After making a wish, financial freedom

Chapter 540
Li Zhuo hugged the old turtle on the yacht, the captain asked after seeing it:
"The turtle is the mascot, are you going to..."

Li Zhuo explained:
"Don't worry, I have no other ideas. I am a wildlife protector. If it is injured, I will take it to rescue. If necessary, I will adopt it as a pet so that I can take care of it more conveniently."

The captain also saw the scars on the turtle's flippers, so he naturally chose to believe Li Zhuo's words.

After returning from the yacht, Li Zhuo made a special call to the crew to ask if the turtles could be taken out of the Philippines.

The crew understood this and explained:

"You only need to apply for a pet certificate and pay a customs fee to take it out of the Philippines. However, in China, sea turtles are national first-class protected animals, and they are not allowed to be kept and cannot be brought in."

Li Zhuo asked:

"But what if I take it to Vietnam? I have a beach house in Vietnam, can I keep it there?"

The crew said:
"If it is Vietnam, it should be easy to solve. You only need to have a pet certificate and pay a 'thank you money' to the customs. You can bring it into the country. I will ask someone later. It should be no problem."

In this way, Li Zhuo understands that it is difficult to deal with domestically, but in Southeast Asian countries, except for Singapore, other countries can spend money to solve it.

As long as it can be solved with money, it is not a problem.

Li Zhuo took the turtle back to Peng Anna City and entered the hotel where the crew stayed.

After that, he asked the hotel kitchen to bring live fish and shrimps, and the turtle ate some. Not long after, the veterinarian Li Zhuo asked the hotel to find also came over.

He came over and inspected the sea turtle carefully, and noticed that not only the web was badly injured, but even the tortoise shell on the left edge was scratched by the oar.

After Li Zhuo heard about it, he mentally asked the turtle how he felt.

There was some surprise in its voice, and it replied:
"I don't feel much, I just feel pain in my flippers. As you put it, I feel a little numb now, not like normal."

After Li Zhuo confirmed it, he carried it to the veterinarian's shop together with the veterinarian.

Disinfection, plastering, feeding medicine, bandaging, all the busy work, the whole turtle was wrapped into white rice dumplings.

After finishing it, Li Zhuo took the old turtle back to the hotel to live and raise it.

I have to change the dressing every day. After a few days, the old turtle's condition has improved a lot.

During this period, Li Zhuo paid a sum of money and got Lao Gui a pet certificate.

After getting the pet certificate, Li Zhuo took it on his own plane and flew from Punta Ana to Legazpi in the Bicol region.

This is the central part of the Philippines, Legazpi is a port city, close to the Pacific side.

After landing at the small airport in Legazpi City, Li Zhuo asked the crew to rest in the best local hotel.

He himself took the turtle to its old home.

You have to go to the beach first, then take a small boat and row for about 20 minutes before arriving at a small island.

There are palms and coconut trees everywhere on the island. There are very few islanders, and most of them are old people.

The boating tour guide said that because of the inconvenience of life here, to eat green vegetables, you have to row to the land, and go to the city to buy them, and it takes two hours to go back and forth.

Young people yearn for a more modern life and have basically moved to the city instead of living on an island.

After the old turtle got here, he was a little excited. He struggled to get down from Li Zhuo's arms, and staggered forward.

Finally, we climbed to an old house that had collapsed.

It is said to be an old house, but it is actually a simple residence made of palm tree trunks, wooden boards and thatch, right on the coast.

The only thing that can match the modern times is that the windows of the old house are covered by a piece of blue cloth.

Due to years of disrepair, the roof of this old house collapsed badly, no wonder the children of this family are unwilling to come back, probably no one would want such a dilapidated thatched house.

The old turtle wandered around the thatched cottage for a long time, and was reluctant to leave.

Things have changed, everything has changed.

Last year in this door today, the face of peach blossoms in red.

Memories of the past are always beautiful, but reality is often crueler.

The arrival of Li Zhuo and his party attracted the only seven or eight elderly people left on the island, as well as a young fisherman's family.

The old people still remembered the old tortoise, and came over to say hello to it, saying they recognized it, and used to see it basking in the sand in front of the house.

The old turtle obviously also remembered these people, and it kept sticking out its head to greet these people.

He even remembered the young fisherman, but he was a little boy at that time, but now he is the father of three children.

Li Zhuo, the tour guide and his party were retained, and the old people brought out the red snapper, Dong Xingban, sixties, etc. that they had caught at sea today, and cooked them to entertain them.

Also added greens bought from the city.

Li Zhuo ate a meal with the turtle in his arms, and stayed at the home of an old fisherman that night.

The conditions here are indeed a bit poor. The place to sleep is to spread palm leaves first, then a mat, and lie down on the spot to sleep.

The nostalgic old turtle asked Li Zhuo in spirit if he could help the people here.

Li Zhuo said:

"Let's do this. Before I leave tomorrow, I will give each of their families a sum of money to improve their lives."

"Thank you, can you build a bridge for them?" Old Turtle asked.

The distance from the mainland to the island is more than 1 kilometer, and the cost of building the bridge is estimated to be very high. Li Zhuo remembers that the price of building a bridge in China is as low as 2 million yuan per kilometer, and even 6 million yuan per kilometer if the construction is difficult.

He couldn't afford such a high bridge construction cost, so he could only explain to Lao Gui, and finally said:
"The bridge can't be built, but I'll buy them a small boat. They will go to the mainland by boat in the future, which is much more convenient."

The old turtle agrees.

The next morning, before Li Zhuo returned with Old Turtle, everyone came to see him off. Li Zhuo said to everyone:

"On behalf of the turtles, I would like to thank everyone for their care. Before leaving, I gave 10 pesos to each household on the island. It is not much money, just to improve their lives."

10 pesos, equivalent to 1.25 yuan, can't be said to change their fate, but at least life will be much easier, especially for the elderly, who can use it for a long time.

All the old people were very happy and expressed their thanks one after another.

Li Zhuo said again:
"I will order a small aluminum alloy ship for everyone, with plenty of power, a cabin, and will not be exposed to rain, so that you can go to the city to buy and sell things."

Small boats are enough for them, and the price is not high. It costs 10,000+ to order one in China.

They sent him back to the city, and Li Zhuo went to the bank to withdraw 90 pesos. There were 9 households in total, and one of them happened to be 10 pesos.

After giving the money, Li Zhuo went online again and ordered a small ship in China that could seat 14 people. The price was only 16 yuan, which was exactly 20 yuan plus shipping.

Li Zhuo booked them for them on the spot, and wrote the address as the name of the small island. From now on, the fishermen on the island will be in charge of the ship.

After this matter is settled, Li Zhuo has also fulfilled one of Lao Gui's wishes.

Now it has recovered a lot from its injury, Li Zhuo is going to take it to Da Nang, Vietnam to adopt it, this is also a wish of it, and it must be fulfilled earnestly.

Before leaving, the old turtle said to him:
"I believe in you, let's go, I will take you to find something good first."

On the same day, he sat in the fishing boat of the fishermen on the island, rowed along the coast for more than an hour, and finally approached a reef area in the open sea.

Here, according to the drawing passed down by the old turtle, Li Zhuo collected a strange artifact. Its shape was very different. The bottom was like a turtle, and the top was a pagoda. It was golden, probably gilded. .

Although I don't know what it is, I feel that it is valuable.

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(End of this chapter)