The villagers were stunned.
"Did you see it with your own eyes, sir? That fish was so big, it could swallow a person whole with just one bite!"
"A fish that big as a house could probably eat a boat, let alone a person!"
"I don't think so. How would you chew up and digest a ship that's been swallowed?"
Everyone was talking at once, and it looked like they were about to start arguing when the village chief tapped the table with his pipe. "What's all the arguing about? Let the master speak."
The others were so embarrassed by what they said that they shut up.
Li Zhensheng smiled and waved his hand, "Everyone is right. That kind of big fish is called a whale. They usually live in the deep ocean. A whale is really bigger than a house, but they don't eat fishing boats, they only eat fish."
"When they encounter a school of fish, they open their mouths wide and suck in both the fish and the seawater. Of course, we didn't go out to sea or see it with our own eyes, but this is something all the fishermen in Quanzhou know. This time we only had time to look around the beach. Next time we go, we'll stay for a few more months and have the chance to go again."
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