Back To the Small Fishing Village In 1982

   "What is King Squid?"

  Both brothers didn't understand, they looked at Ye Yaodong, waiting for his explanation.

   "Perhaps you can understand it as a giant squid. The frequently swaying tentacles are quite similar to the squid's whiskers."

   "Is the squid also possible?"

"The king squid also refers to the king squid. There is squid in the name of the king squid, but it is not a squid, but a kind of squid. As for the giant squid, there is a kind of squid called the king squid, which lives in the Antarctic. Others There is no place, this big king squid is different."

  The two brothers were a little confused, but Dongzi seemed to know a lot?

   "Then this one is so big, it should be very valuable?"

   "It must be very valuable. Who has seen such a big squid or octopus, just like the oarfish that Dongzi caught before. Who has seen such a big hairtail?"

  The more the two brothers discussed, the hotter their hearts became. When they thought of Dongzi's oarfish sold for 800 yuan, their eyes were bright as they looked towards the sea.

  Ye Yaodong explained: "Oarfish and hairtail are different, they are two species."

   "They look almost the same! One is big and the other is small."

  He didn’t bother to correct it. Everyone was a fisherman, not a party of academics. It didn’t matter what they called it, as long as they could be sold at a good price.

   "The tide is receding a little bit, but I don't seem to see the waves moving the big guy forward. Isn't the wave quite big today?"

   "Is it possible that the octopus or the squid is too big and heavy, and the tentacles are moving around, and the waves can't move?"

   "It's also possible, let's see first, we have to wait for the tide to recede."

   "Well, after you retire, you should be able to get it, right?"

   "Look first."

  The three brothers stood together for a whole morning. Sister-in-law Ye and Second-sister-in-law Ye had been having conflicts with the men in the family for the past few days. They were in the midst of a cold war, and they ignored them.

   I'm even more embarrassed to come here to ask Lin Xiuqing. I always feel a little uncomfortable in front of her alone after not listening to people's persuasion.

  Lin Xiuqing had been sitting in front of the window with her chin propped up and watching.

  The children had money and firecrackers in their pockets, and they ran away long after eating.

  She thought for a while and sent a pot of hot tea over, so as not to have to stand there and wait, and get thirsty while talking, she took a look at where the tide had receded.

  Seeing how considerate she was, Ye Yaodong felt warm in his heart, "Why didn't you listen when I told you not to come out to have a blast? We'll go in and drink water by ourselves when we're thirsty."

   "I'm also curious about where the tide has receded, and whether the thing in the sea has been washed in."

   "Nothing, except that the tide has receded a little, so I don't know if it's a big octopus or a big squid or a big squid. It's still in place and hasn't been washed in by the waves."

   "I don't know if the tide will go out later, will it be enough? I've never seen such a big man..."

   "It's not uncommon to find everything in the sea, no matter how big the guy is, it's just that most people can't see it."

"Do you want to take turns watching the tide? It saves the three of you from standing together and blowing the cold wind." She saw that Brother Ye and Second Brother Ye both shrunk their necks, put their hands in their sleeves, and their hair was blown up to reveal a wide chest. forehead.

  Ye Yaodong also looked at the two people who were huddled in a circle, "Why don't you go back to the house and tie a scarf, put on a hat and gloves, and then come out later?"

"also."

  The two of them wore cotton jackets. The wind on the shore was stronger than that at the door of the house. After all, the house faces south, and there was a house at the door to block the wind. I didn't feel how cold it was, but it was really cold when I came out to the shore.

  After they went in for a while, they ran out after being fully armed, and let Ye Yaodong go in to rest.

  Ye Yaodong looked at his wife who was still standing beside him, so he went in with her first, as long as someone watched and didn't allow others to get in first.

  During half the morning, the three brothers took turns coming in and out, and even the sister-in-law Ye and the second sister-in-law knew that there were big guys at sea, and they were waiting for the ebb tide.

  The two of them were also excited and kept running to the shore to watch, thinking that if they got it back and sold it for a few hundred yuan like the oarfish, a little bit of distribution would relieve the loss.

  Second Aunt Ye said excitedly: "Isn't it possible to go down? The tide has receded a bit."

   "Just wait here. If you haven't retreated to the end, you'll be waiting here just like standing in front." Ye Yaodong said and looked around. No one really came to the beach today.

  The weather is bad and no one comes to blow the wind.

  In everyone's expectation, the tide receded little by little, and they also walked to the beach, following the tide to the lowest point.

   Walked nearly 100 meters in a row, and the distance from that big guy was not far away. Looking closer, its tentacles became thicker, and from time to time it raised up to beat the sea surface, and then aroused large splashes of water.

   When they reached the lowest tide point, only tens of meters away from the big guy, they could barely see the huge monster in the sea.

  The main thing is to roughly see its huge white oval body that is a little bit exposed on the water.

   "Fuck, it's really a king squid, not a giant octopus!" Ye Yaodong looked at its body from a distance, and recognized it.

   It may be that the tide has been ebbing, and the tide is getting shallower and shallower. Its huge body has been stranded in the water long ago, so it cannot move forward with the washing of the tide, and can only use its tentacles to struggle.

   Also because the tide is too shallow, its body is too big, and half of it is exposed on the sea surface, so they can barely recognize it even if it is 40 to 50 meters away.

   Sister-in-law Ye and second-sister-in-law Ye who had been following along were also excited, "Wow, is it really a squid? Is there really such a big squid?"

   "What is a king squid? Is it just a big squid? This one is so big, my God, I have never seen such a big squid, go ahead..."

Lin Xiuqing also followed, watching excitedly, "Ah Dong, tell me what is the king squid? I'm so surprised, it's really a big squid, it's too big, it looks like it It's several meters long, we haven't seen such a big squid here, it's so strange."

   "What is a king squid? A king squid is actually a giant squid. Some people call a king squid a king squid. The difference between this thing and a normal squid is only a head? The species is the same."

  King squid is also called "King Squid".

   In fact, there is a difference between squid and squid. As far as squid and squid are concerned, they are similar in appearance, but they are obviously different.

  Squid has a long and narrow body, a bit like the tip of a javelin, so it is also called calamari. The tentacles of squid are not as long as those of squid, and they cannot be fully retracted into the body, and squid has hard bones.

   "Then it is a squid? The king of squid?"

"almost."

   Second Sister-in-law Ye added excitedly: "It's just like the emperor hairtail fish is the emperor among hairtails!"

  Uh... If you want to understand it this way, let's understand it this way, but hairtail and oarfish are really not the same species...

   No explanation!

  Several people walked forward as the tide receded, their mouths were full of surprises, and they talked about how many meters the king squid was.

   "This big squid should be worth a few hundred yuan, right? It's so big, it's a fortune..." Mrs. Ye said with a smile on her face.

  Second Aunt Ye also smiled from ear to ear, and echoed: "It must be sold for a few hundred yuan. Who has seen such a big man, and the old lady must have never seen it after such a long time."

   "It's too early to say, let's talk about how big it is when we get closer." Although Brother Ye said conservatively, the excitement in his eyes and the corner of his mouth that was grinning behind his ears revealed his insincere words.

  As they got closer and closer, it was estimated that the tide had receded to the bottom, and they were only about five or six meters away from the giant squid.

  I saw the huge white body half-stranded on the beach, floating back and forth in the shallow sea water, with tentacles entangled together, densely packed with suckers, which can be clearly seen from a distance, it is really too big.

   And it seems to still have a breath of life, and it can occasionally swing its tentacles, but it's not like the one they saw on the shore at the beginning, waving a long whip.

  Ye Yaodong told the three of them to stand where they were, not to go any further. If the vitality was still strong, you could fly out with a flick of the tentacles.

   "It looks like it's almost out of gas, right? It just wobbled a little bit."

   "It's probably about to die, it's so big, there's too little water here."

   "It's hard to say, I'll just go up and have a look, and if there is something wrong, I can run away."

  Lin Xiuqing nodded, "Then be careful."

"Um."

  Ye Yaodong said as he took off his shoes and socks, and pulled up his trousers, and followed his two older brothers into the water.

  The wind was bitter and the sea was icy cold, but the hearts of the three were burning.

   When the sea water reached their knees, they also walked up to this huge squid. This huge size is even more shocking when viewed from a close distance.

  Sizzling squid is an indispensable food in night market food stalls. The common squid is 20-30 cm long, which is not enough to eat in one skewer, but this king squid is not as big as its eyeball.

"My dear...this must not be three or four meters long? No wonder the seawater can't wash in at this position. It must weigh several hundred catties! My God..." Big brother Ye saw the size of this big squid when he approached. After that, I couldn't help but be speechless.

Brother Ye was also surprised and delighted, with a shocked expression on his face, "There are really such big squids? Strange things happen every year, especially this year. Rare things only appeared in the past few years. In the past six months, strange things have always occurred frequently. .”

Brother Ye nodded in agreement when he heard the words, "Yes, yes, there are too many strange things this year, and there are also a lot of big fish. The sardine storm, many people in the village made a lot of money, and everyone went fishing this year. It’s better than last year.”

   "Mazu bless..."

  The two brothers walked around the giant squid while talking, rubbing their hands back and forth excitedly.

Suddenly, one of its tentacles flicked and hit Ye Yaopeng's back directly. Ye Yaopeng was hit unpreparedly, his body leaned forward, staggered, and put his hands in the water, Only then did he stabilize his body.

   "Huh? It's still alive?"