It wasn't until early in the morning that he took care of all the goods and took the people back to the dock. Seeing that everything on the ship was still normal, he felt relieved.

"Has no one seen this turtle?"

Chen Guodong said: "No, didn't I take a piece of tattered sheet and wet it to cover it? No one saw it."

"That's good. I'm also worried that someone around will see it. You can't handle the forced buying and selling by yourself."

"There was no one, I just lay down and slept on the side."

"I'll stay here with you and wait. The others will go back and tell my father to ask the workers at home to come out and replace it. It's better to leave this thing on the boat. There is no need to carry it around, but someone must be on the boat.

Watch."

"OK."

Father Ye was surprised when he heard the news at home early in the morning. He quickly ran out with a group of people and asked a lot of questions.

"There are days at the end of the month, which are suitable for sacrifices. You can go back and have a rest, and release the animals tomorrow. They have been released on the boat for several days. If they are released for too long, it will be unlucky if they die."

"I know, I just asked you to come over and watch."

Ye Yaodong explained what his father should pay attention to before going back to sleep.

I stayed up all night, and even though I squinted for a while, I was still more tired than before going to bed, so it was better not to sleep.

As soon as he returned, he didn't care about taking a shower or counting money, so he lay down and fell asleep.

When you wake up, you have time to clean yourself up and count all your money.

I don't know where his father has hidden the money he sold these days. He will have to wait until someone comes back to find out.

He also took the opportunity to check the almanac with an old man nearby to make sure that the next few days were good days for offering sacrifices, so he directly made a reservation for tomorrow to avoid a long night and many dreams.

After determining the time, he rode his bicycle to buy chickens, ducks, pigs, fish, and other fruits, incense and candles.

After he had arranged everything, it was almost evening. They had dinner early and went to the dock to replace people.

By the way, he also told his father his plan, asking his father to cook the chickens, ducks and pig tails he had killed and pick them over after the hour tomorrow.

He had already prepared other things and put them neatly in the basket.

The pier was bustling with people at night, and the noise was overwhelming and endless. People were still coming and going on the pier until dawn.

Some were selling goods overnight, and some were preparing to go out to sea. There was no decrease in the number of people coming and going.

Until the sun is high in the sky, there are relatively few people on the pier, but it is still more lively than going to the market.

Father Ye came over to place the sacrifices he had prepared early in the morning, and brought other villagers over to watch the fun. Ye Yaodong and others yawned and got up.

"You can take a picture of me before I release it. I wanted to take a picture yesterday, but without your teaching, we would have forgotten how to use your camera, and no one dared to touch it."

"Okay, let's tie a big red flower on this turtle first."

Others are keen to take photos with some big items in their home, because it is a face-saving thing if they have big items such as home appliances.

However, after his father stayed with him for a long time, he became a little bit led astray by him, and he also loved taking photos with all kinds of big fish.

When the villagers saw such a big turtle, they started talking about it.

At this time, the boatmen also removed the obstacles surrounding the turtle, lifted up the quilt for the leatherback turtle, poured a bucket of sea water, and then decorated it with festive red flowers.

Some passers-by around heard what they were saying. Although they couldn't understand what they said, they could still hear the surprised tone.

Also, people have a herd mentality. There are so many people gathered here to watch the excitement, and people passing by will be curious and want to come around to see what everyone is eating.

"Ah... what is that? Is that a turtle?"

"That black thing on your boat is a turtle? It's so big..."

"Look, what kind of turtle is that? It's so big..."

"Here, why are you so big? He's bigger than a human..."

"I know, this is a leatherback turtle. It can grow very big..."

While I was taking a photo, some people on the shore asked me, and they all recognized this big turtle, and some even called the leatherback turtle by its name.

There were also more people watching the excitement, and some people were asking for prices.

Seeing that many people had gathered around, Ye Yaodong could only smile and said: "No, this turtle is not for sale. Let's disperse. Those who should buy fish will buy fish, and those who should sell fish will sell fish."

"Can I sell it for 500 yuan?"

"I won't sell it. The boss will continue to take a look, or wait. Maybe someone will catch a big sea turtle in a few days."

"Why don't you sell it? Do you think the price is too low? 800!"

"1000! Sell it or not? It's high enough."

"1200, that's about it. Don't be greedy."

"I offer 1,500, I want it."

Ye Yaodong felt his head hurt when he saw that some people were already competing there spontaneously.

That's what I'm afraid of.

We are not afraid of showing off, but we are afraid of malicious competition. It is not impossible to buy and sell by force. Taking by force is normal.

Originally I thought it would be better to do less than to do more, so I deliberately kept a low profile and covered the turtle with something so as not to attract anyone's attention.

He always felt that he was not sincere enough to release such a big sea turtle casually, so he thought of preparing a sacrifice, suing Mazu and the sea, and praying for safety before releasing it immediately.

Unexpectedly, people on the shore reacted so quickly. As soon as his father took a photo, someone heard about it and came over to buy it.

"I said I won't sell them. I'll keep the useful ones. The bosses will go look at the goods on other ships. There should be some rare ones."

"Do you think the money is too little? Do you know who our boss is? Just be smart and you'll be fine."

Ye Yaodong looked at the people shouting on the shore. Before he could speak, he heard his younger brother Chen Zhihua shouting too.

"Then do you know who our boss is?"

"Who is it? Isn't he just a fisherman?"

"Are you kidding? Our boss is the owner of Dongsheng Group, owns more than 20 large ships, and is also the president of the Fisheries Association!"

Ye Yaodong: "..."

He boasted several times at the fish sauce factory in the city, saying that in the future the fish sauce factory would be called Dongsheng Group...

Why did you help him blow it out...

"Fisheries Association..."

"Is he still the president? Can't you tell? He doesn't look very old..."

"You are very young, there are so many ships..."

"Not local, right? The accent doesn't sound like..."

The younger brother Lin Jianping next to him also shouted: "Here...here...here...we are all his workers. There are hundreds of people here, how can we still have a holiday?"

"That's right, otherwise how can our boss not care about those hundreds or thousands of dollars?"

Several boatmen said something to each other, which directly frightened the few people on the shore who had just shouted.

I thought he was just an ordinary fisherman and offered a high price, so why don't I just pay him a salary?

Now I didn't dare to shout anymore. It didn't matter if I had money. The name of the president seemed a bit powerful, so he turned to look at his boss.

Ye Yaodong smiled awkwardly and said: "Bosses, there's no need to argue. I salvaged this leatherback turtle myself. I didn't intend to sell it. I used it to release it. If you see it, it's tied with big red flowers."

"Release?"

"Release animals? No wonder? Look at the piles of things."

"I just said it should be freeing..."

"It turns out it's a release, that's what it should be," the middle-aged man next to the dog leg said with a smile, "then let's release it."

Everyone else had no objections for a moment.

Most people will release turtles when they catch them, but it's hard to guarantee that there will be extraordinary people. What's more, there will definitely be people who are reluctant to part with such a big turtle, and there are many people who sell it for money.

Ye Yaodong smiled and said: "Sea turtles are a symbol that protects our fishermen's safety in fishing and smooth sailing. Turtles, sea turtles, come back from the sea."

"Releasing the sea turtles will return them to nature. I also hope that the fishermen can go to sea smoothly and return safely."

"This one is 1.82 meters long. Its limbs are more than two meters long when fully extended, and it weighs about 500 kilograms. It is a rare big turtle. I think it is better to have some rituals and be more pious."

The middle-aged man continued to nod, "Yes, it should be."

Seeing that no one was clamoring anymore, no one was calling out the price anymore, and everyone was just whispering and watching the fun, Ye Yaodong asked his father to continue with the ceremony.

His father also has some potential to be a magician.

Holding incense in hand, he knelt in front of the statue of Mazu who had been brought out, burned incense and prayed, then prayed in all directions, muttered various words, and finally put the incense in the incense burner.

Then he held the yellow paper in his hand and burned it again...

Then they lit yellow paper at the bow and stern of the ship, and circled the bow and stern three times.

Then they were asked to take turns to go up to worship and burn incense respectively.
To be continued...