"Is there another possibility, a desperate struggle?"
"No way, look how energetic it is, it doesn't look like it's about to die at all."
"Perhaps it's just a final burst of energy before death..."
People on the shore exclaimed in surprise and began to discuss the matter.
Feng Ye didn't participate; he just watched and waited silently.
This whale shark only occasionally flicked its tail, splashing large amounts of water that soaked its back.
As time slowly passed, the sun grew stronger and stronger, and the tide gradually rose to its highest point.
The whale shark was almost completely submerged in the water, with only a small part of it visible above the surface.
Everyone saw it trying to back away, but no matter how hard it twisted its body and slapped its pectoral fins against the water, it only retreated a little bit and couldn't actually go back.
I don't know how it got stranded during the night. Maybe it was pushed there by the rising tide, or maybe it was swept away too fast...
Large marine life strandings are actually quite common worldwide, occurring to varying degrees every year.
Orcas and dolphins, in particular, are the two most common species to be stranded.
It's easy to run aground, but it's difficult to get back into the sea on your own.
Feng Jiaqing and Feng Jialing also finished breakfast and came over. They looked around the dock for a while before going to the workshop.
Before long, they came over pushing a cart with dozens of snakeskin bags filled with dried fish piled on it.
These are all dried fish that were just dried yesterday.
One of the bags was a gift from Feng Ye to his father-in-law. He didn't have much of anything except dried fish, so he had to give him extra dried fish.
The rest of the dried fish will be sent to the county.
Since we started collecting and drying fish, every day the dried fish is delivered to shops in the county the following day.
Unsold items are stored in the shop, protected from wind and rain.
As long as the three shops in the county are not full, the warehouse in the workshop will remain empty.
As an aside, the dried fish in shop number 51 was taken away by Fatty Nie some time ago, and the key has naturally been returned.
At the same time, Ye Qingling also came over with her son. She walked up to Feng Ye and asked, "Ah Ye, did you go to Uncle Fa's shop to get some fish?"
Feng Ye shook his head: "Not yet."
He was careless yesterday afternoon; when he was selling fish, he didn't think to keep some fish, shrimp, and crabs, and sold them all at once.
Only after Ye Qingling asked did she realize what was going on, and she had no choice but to go to Feng Jiafa's shop to buy some more and leave them at his shop.
“You dropped your chopsticks and ran over here, and you’ve been watching ever since.”
Feng Ye scratched his head and laughed, "Hehe, I forgot to get it."
"I'm really impressed with you. You watch the son, I'll go get it."
Ye Qingling rolled her eyes at him, shoved Feng Xinan into his arms, and headed towards the Feng family's hair salon.
As soon as Ye Qingling left, Secretary Xiao patted him on the shoulder: "Judging from this, you're going to your father-in-law's house to deliver a festival gift today?"
"Um."
"No wonder you didn't go out to sea today. In that case, I won't keep you waiting any longer. I don't think this fish can go back on its own. Could you please try to pull it and see if you can drag it back to a place where the water is deep enough?"
"It's just a try; I can't guarantee it will work."
"Let's try it first. If it doesn't work, I'll ask the big ship that collects jellyfish for help."
The boats that collect jellyfish don't arrive this early; they usually don't arrive until after 9:30.
"Okay, call two or three people to come up to the boat and help out. I'll go and leave my son with my father first."
Feng Jiaqing, Feng Jialing, and A-Can were preparing to load the dried fish onto the boat.
Upon seeing this, Feng Ye quickly stopped them, asked them to wait a moment, and offered an explanation.
"Won't it be dangerous? If its tail swings and hits the boat, we'll suffer a huge loss."
Feng Jiaqing hesitated.
Feng Jialing added, "Yes, we also saw it slapping the water with its tail. If that force had hit the boat..."
"Don't worry, Dad, I still have Uncle San."
Ah-Can quickly said, "We know whale sharks very well; they won't attack the boat. Besides, we won't sail too close."
Feng Ye tucked his son into Feng Jiaqing's arms and chimed in, "This whale shark is quite intelligent; it should know we're helping it and won't attack us."
Feng Jiaqing and Feng Jialing exchanged a glance. Although they were still a little worried, they didn't say much, only reminding each other to be careful.
Feng Ye and A-Can waited on the boat for a while, and then the people that Secretary Xiao had called arrived on the boat one after another, and even he himself came aboard.
However, there were quite a few people who boarded the ship, more than a dozen.
Clearly, most of them came uninvited and were quite bold, wanting to get a closer look at the spectacle.
Feng Ye didn't chase them off the boat; he told them to look if they wanted, but that they could stay on the boat, but they were responsible for their own safety.
Ah-chan steered his boat to a stop not far from the whale shark.
Feng Ye took a bundle of spare ropes from the cabin: "Secretary Xiao, have your men go into the water and tie the ropes to the whale shark."
"Won't there be any danger?"
Upon hearing that they were to go into the water and tie the cable to the whale shark, Secretary Xiao couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
Having witnessed the immense power of a whale shark's tail, it's understandable to be worried.
Feng Ye said confidently, "Don't worry too much, it won't happen."
Secretary Xiao swallowed hard: "A-Ye, why don't you take the lead?"
"I'm not going down there. I'll get all wet and then have to go back to shower and change. It's too much trouble."
Feng Ye was going to his father-in-law's house, and A Can was going to the county; neither of them was suited to be covered in seawater.
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