"What are we waiting for? Hurry up and salvage it, or it will be too late if other ships spot it."
Du Minhui stopped and looked back at him, puzzled.
"That's right, with so many sea turtles, you're bound to make a fortune. What's the point of waiting?"
Xiao Yunhu also said.
Seeing that he remained silent, Xiao Guowen exclaimed in surprise, "Holy crap, A-Ye, you don't actually want to save it, do you?"
"Brother Ye, normally if we only catch one or two fish in the net, we can just release them and that's fine. But now that we have so many, it's not right for you not to want them?"
Ah-Can poked his head out of the driver's seat, looking somewhat displeased.
Um?
Is that true?
All three of them glanced at Feng Ye with curiosity.
But Feng Ye frowned, his face full of struggle, and still didn't say anything.
The three of them were immediately incredulous.
What are you waiting for?
"Ah Ye, you don't really not want to save it, do you?"
"Seriously? So many sea turtles! They could fetch a lot of money. Are you really going to let them go?"
"Yes, doesn't it hurt to watch money slip through your fingers?"
"Brother Ye, say something!"
"well……"
Feng Ye sighed.
Why are there so many sea turtles in front of me? Couldn't they be different kinds?
Even a sunfish would be fine, it's just a bit unlucky.
This situation is really putting my principles to the test.
He's in a really difficult position right now.
He frowned, struggled with the decision for a while, and finally decided to let them go.
However, figuring out how to convince Ah-chan and the others is a problem that needs careful consideration.
He knew very well that it wouldn't be easy to get them to understand his position.
After all, the immediate benefits are so tempting to them.
Just as he was pondering how to come up with a reason, Feng Jialing caught up with him in his boat.
However, they did not get too close, maintaining a minimum safe distance.
Both boats were towing nets, and it would be a huge problem if they got tangled together.
The people on the ship also saw the large group of Pacific olive ridley sea turtles on the sea surface, and they were all surprised.
However, everyone was puzzled as to why the Rising Sun didn't go forward to retrieve it.
Standing at the bow of the boat, Feng Jiaqing shouted anxiously, "What are you all standing there for? Go and retrieve it!"
Ah-Can said helplessly, "Third Uncle, you should try to persuade him. Ye-ge doesn't want to take the bait."
"What?"
Feng Jiaqing's eyes widened, and he cursed, "You spendthrift! Do you have too much money to burn?"
"So many sea turtles, and you don't want to catch them? Do you know how much they could sell for?"
"This is wealth delivered right to our doorstep!"
Feng Ye took a deep breath; he had to give an explanation.
"Do I look like someone who's short of money..."
Before he could finish speaking, Ah-Can interrupted, "You don't need it, but I do! I still need to save money to get married."
Feng Ye was exasperated: "Do you think I don't know how much money you have? Stop using that as an excuse, okay?"
Feng Jiaqing glared at him angrily: "Stop giving me this nonsense, the important thing is to get up there and retrieve it. If other ships spot us, they'll take it too."
"Sigh, you may not know, but the country implemented an animal protection law in March of the year before last. This sea turtle is included in it; you can't catch it, and if you get caught, you'll go to jail."
Left with no other option, Feng Ye had to resort to the law.
"Bullshit, you can't even make it sound plausible."
"If there really is such a thing as a law, why aren't those fishermen who caught and sold sea turtles arrested and imprisoned?"
"Also, Ah Fa, Lao Zhu, and Lao Lin have been collecting sea turtles for years, how come they haven't been caught?"
Feng Jiaqing didn't believe it at all, thinking it was just something Feng Ye made up.
"I'm not lying to you."
Feng Ye said helplessly, "The law does exist, but its enforcement is insufficient. It hasn't been implemented in many places, including where we are."
"But nobody knows what's going on here?"
"If the enforcement is strict, and we've already made some money and then we're caught, then the evidence is conclusive, and no one can protect us."
Xiao Guowen asked in surprise, "You don't know?"
"What do you mean?"
Feng Ye didn't react for a moment.
Du Minhui interjected, "You've been here for so many days, haven't you seen any fishermen selling sea turtles on the island?"
"ah?"
Feng Ye was stunned.
Du Minhui continued, "Yesterday afternoon we were strolling around the pier and saw several fishing boats with sea turtles on them, which were all sold to fishmongers."
"I don't know!"
Feng Ye was now completely at a loss.
He really didn't notice that.
I was hoping to scare them by threatening them with jail time, so they would agree to his suggestion not to fish.
I never imagined that I was so ignorant.
If this method doesn't work, then we need to change our approach and try appealing to emotions.
"Sigh, I think it's better to release them. We're not short of money, are we?"
"Besides, these sea turtles have grown to this size over a hundred or two hundred years. It's no easy feat, is it?"
"As the saying goes, 'A tortoise lives for a thousand years and a turtle for ten thousand,' the sea turtle has a good meaning, symbolizing longevity."
"And sea turtles are quite intelligent animals..."
He rambled on and on, trying his best to make his words sound convincing.
Ah Can remained unmoved: "Brother Ye, what you're saying sounds nice, but reality is cruel. If we don't take advantage of them, others will. Their fate won't change because of us."
Feng Ye knew that what A-Can said was true, but he still insisted, "Then let's wait until other ships discover it and come over before we talk about it."
"Their speed just happened to be similar to ours when we were operating, so we followed behind. I don't believe any other ships would dare to intrude into our course."
Apart from Ah-chan, everyone else looked at each other in bewilderment.
Good heavens, not only are they turning away the money that's offered to them and refusing to catch these sea turtles, but they're also going to protect them.
It's absolutely ridiculous.
Ah-chan, on the other hand, had a "I knew it would be like this" expression on his face.
He had witnessed too many of Feng Ye's outrageous actions.
For example, shoveling barnacles off sea turtles, untangling fishing nets for killer whales, feeding herring to whale sharks, and climbing onto whale sharks to catch remoras, etc.
He said with a pained expression, "Forget it, if we don't want to fish it out, we don't have to."
Feng Jiaqing stomped his feet in anger, but there was nothing he could do. He could only turn his head and say, "Seventh Brother, let's stay away from him. Out of sight, out of mind, so we don't have to see him and feel upset."
That's a lot of money, are you just going to give it up like that?
Xiao Guowen asked incredulously, "Are you really not going to fish anymore?"
"Go ask your good brother, I can't control him anymore."
After saying this angrily, Feng Jiaqing turned around and ignored him, going to sort the catch.
Feng Jialing also steered the boat away and returned to the course to continue trawling operations.
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