"Second Uncle, are you not planning to continue the hunt and are you going home?"
Seeing that his second uncle and cousin had already started packing their things, Bai Yu casually asked them a question.
"Well, it's getting late. I can go back and get some more sleep now, but I'll still have a lot to do when it gets light."
"Okay, Uncle, take care. Xiao Hao, take all of your dad's things and keep a close eye on him."
"Okay, bro."
After watching their second uncle and cousin leave, Bai Yu and Li Xue continued their search in the rocky forest.
For the two of them, the main purpose of going to the beachcombing site today was to relive the feeling of beachcombing in the past, and catching seafood was secondary.
Of course, this goal was just an idea from an hour ago, and now their thinking has changed; they are no longer satisfied with just experiencing it.
To be precise, it's not about being satisfied with empty experiences anymore, but about seeking the kind of bountiful, exhilarating experience of the past.
They also want the freedom to enjoy shrimp and crab, and not just any shrimp and crab, but small green lobsters, large green crabs, and orchid crabs!
If you say that you can have the freedom to eat shrimp or crayfish, it's probably still a relatively easy thing for most people to achieve.
However, to achieve Xiao Qinglong's freedom, not to boast, but among all the people in the country, there are really very few who are willing to spend this much money.
Moreover, Bai Yu and his friends didn't buy the lobsters and crabs; they caught them themselves. They could guarantee that these lobsters and crabs were absolutely fresh.
This is why today is a spring tide day; the tide recedes quite far, exposing most of the seafood on the shore to the seawater.
Otherwise, under normal circumstances, it wouldn't be an easy task for them to catch so many small green dragons and crabs.
'Yo'
Just as the couple were having a great time gathering seafood, Bai Yu suddenly heard a long moo, which sounded somewhat like the moo of a cow, but was also much sharper and longer.
"Huh? What the hell is going on? Xiaoxue, did you hear anything?"
After hearing the sound, Bai Yu stood on the reef and looked around.
Unfortunately, it's still dark. Apart from a few scattered lights, the entire beach is pitch black, so dark you can't see your hand in front of your face.
"A sound? What sound? I didn't hear anything. Little White, did you mistake the sound of the waves for a sound?"
Li Xue looked puzzled; she hadn't heard any shouts.
Li Xue didn't hear it, and Bai Yu didn't see anything unusual either. For a moment, Bai Yu also thought he had misheard.
But just as Bai Yu was about to continue searching for lobsters, he heard a sound again, this time louder and clearer, accompanied by the sound of water spraying.
How can I describe the sound of this spraying water? It's like the sound of the advisor spitting blood in the movie "Flirting Scholar," with a very long and drawn-out sound.
This time, Bai Yu didn't even need to ask Li Xue. He just glanced at her, and she seemed to know what Bai Yu was going to say.
"Brother Xiaobai, you don't need to ask anymore. I heard it this time, but the sound seems to be coming from the sea. What could it be?"
Unfortunately, it was still too late, and the entire sea was pitch black. The moon had disappeared sometime earlier.
All they knew was that the sound came from the sea in front of them, but they couldn't tell what kind of creature was making it.
As for using a headlamp to shine it?
Stop joking. The headlamps they're wearing have limited wattage, and their illumination range and brightness are very limited. They're not really a problem for catching seafood at the beach.
However, it's really too much of a challenge to see things in the distance with a headlamp.
Faced with this situation, Bai Yu didn't have any good solutions. Just as the two of them were about to continue their beachcombing, Bai Yu's phone rang.
"Hey, Ah Hai, what's wrong? What? There's a whale stranded on the beach? Did it just wash ashore by itself?"
"Okay, okay, wait for me there, I'll be right there. Do you have any elders nearby? If so, have them call the village chief and ask him to open the village committee office and turn on the village lights and the dock lights."
The call was from Wang Hai, but after listening to what Wang Hai said, Bai Yu was completely bewildered.
Only after Wang Hai finished explaining the situation did he tell Wang Hai about his arrangements.
Although Bai Yu is only in his early twenties and hasn't even reached thirty yet, he is quite respected in their village.
It's true, not an exaggeration at all. Bai Yu really has prestige among them. Many villagers listen to what he says, and even the village chief has to take it seriously. Even if he goes to the town or county to report the situation, there will be someone specifically assigned to handle his affairs.
Firstly, it's because of Bai Yu's status as a champion; secondly, Bai Yu's family has become wealthy and has boosted the income of the entire small fishing village.
In this situation, do you think Bai Yu's words would carry little weight in the village?
In the village, Bai Yu's family could easily control the village chief just by relying on the employees in the processing plant. To get to higher levels, they would need to rely on his various identities.
When Wang Hai called Bai Yu, there were quite a few elders present. After hanging up, Wang Hai found an elder he knew well and told him about Bai Yu's arrangements.
On the other hand, after hanging up the phone, Bai Yu explained the current situation to Li Xue while walking quickly towards the beach.
Unlike the rocky forest on Bai Yu's side, there is a place on the beach in front of their small fishing village that is always brightly lit.
This place is the dock of the small fishing village. Although it is just a small dock in the village, it is mostly small and medium-sized boats that dock here. Large boats cannot dock here.
However, apart from its small size, the pier in their fishing village is relatively well-equipped, including many all-weather lighting devices.
Once it gets dark enough, the lights on the dock will be turned on, which are specifically for the villagers who go out fishing at night.
As a result, the beach closest to the pier has benefited. Only a portion of the sand and mudflats of the entire beach have access to some lighting, while the rest of the beach is pitch black.
Just moments before Wang Hai called Bai Yu, villagers who were gathering seafood near the beach witnessed a humpback whale, over ten meters long, burst out of the sea, crash onto the beach, and become stranded there.
The sudden appearance of the humpback whale naturally attracted the attention of the villagers who were gathering seafood on the beach. They immediately gathered around and began to discuss the whale.
However, the villagers didn't know it was a humpback whale; they thought it was a sperm whale.
After all, this is the South China Sea. Although humpback whales do appear in the South China Sea, their numbers and frequency of appearance are extremely low, far less than that of sperm whales.
In addition, the villagers see both humpback whales and sperm whales as whales and think there is no difference between them. The only large whale they know is the sperm whale.
Then Wang Hai and Bai Yue stopped the onlookers. They took their buckets and filled them with seawater from the beach, pouring it over the huge thing.
Why do this?
Of course, we can't let this giant whale die. For all marine life, once stranded, all they have left is one thing: dehydration and death.
Humpback whales, on the other hand, are listed as endangered species and are a Class I protected animal in China.
If no villagers come out to beachcomb tonight and no one sees the humpback whale, then it doesn't matter if the whale dies the next day.
But now that they've seen it, they can't remain indifferent, at least they can't just stand by and watch this guy die in front of them.
Under Bai Yue and Wang Hai's organization, the villagers kept pouring seawater over the humpback whale to ensure it wouldn't die from dehydration.
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