Reborn in 1994, escaping from marriage and going sea fishing, I won!

Liu Meilan opened her eyes and yawned when she heard this, not knowing what was going on: "Is anyone injured? What is that?"

Sister Tang shook her head: "No one was hurt. I haven't seen it either. I don't know what it is! It was holding a child just now. It looked like a human from a distance."

Hearing this, Liu Meilan was stunned: "Is there really a mermaid in this world?"

Sister Tang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Anyway, I don't know if it's a mermaid, but that thing is definitely not a human! Now it's hiding together pitifully!"

Liu Meilan asked curiously: "Then let's go and take a look now!"

Liu Meilan quickly put on her clothes and shoes and followed Sister Tang to the deck.

Under the light, two animals that looked a bit like manatees looked at the crowd with vigilance and fear.

The larger one among them was holding the smaller one tightly in her arms, just like a mother holding her child.

Many people have never seen this thing, don’t recognize it, and dare not approach it.

Especially when seeing a big one holding a small one, the boatmen thought of humans. They felt that the animals were human-like and were reluctant to hurt them.

The names of the two animals flashed through Liu Meilan's mind: dugong (gèn). (Photo)

I heard that this is the prototype of the mermaid.

When lying on your side, your back and body shape look like a person.

"Don't get excited, this is a dugong, a very rare protected mammal that is almost extinct."

Mrs. Chen was stunned: "My goodness, we ran into a family of three at once. Meilan, since it is rare, we can't stay."

Liu Meilan nodded and quickly replied: "Of course we can't stay here, don't get close. I'll get close and send them to the sea. Oh, go to my room and get the camera, take some photos and send them to the local marine research department."

This is in the South China Sea. The appearance of dugongs should be reported.

"Okay, I'll go get the camera right away." Mrs. Chen agreed and hurried to get the camera.

"Don't be nervous, don't be afraid." Liu Meilan slowly approached, "You seem to be injured, I'm here to help you."

The big sea turtle had received a lot of help from Liu Meilan before, and she has also helped many spiritual animals in the ocean.

Liu Meilan found that one of the little dugongs had a big wound on its neck. It turned out that a large turtle had encountered the family of three nearby and brought them here for help.

Since someone came to her for help, Liu Meilan never refused.

The originally trembling dugong gradually calmed down, made a "moo" sound, and pushed its child towards Liu Meilan.

Liu Meilan squatted on the ground, picked up the little dugong, and gently stroked its neck. Soon the wound on the little dugong's neck healed, and the happy little dugong kept getting into Liu Meilan's arms.

"Don't be afraid, I'll put you back right away." Liu Meilan didn't care that her clothes were wet at this time, she patted the little dugong gently and said, "Bring the big bucket over here."

Zhou Ze immediately brought the big bucket over, and Liu Meilan put the little dugong into the bucket.

The big dugong nearby became anxious, fearing that the child would be snatched away.

Liu Meilan reached out and gently stroked the dugong's head: "Don't worry, I'll put your baby down first."

As a result, the giant dugong was not happy and insisted on going in first.

In the end, Liu Meilan could only take the small dugong out first, then put the big dugong in, and then put the small one in.

The vat was hoisted up and then lowered into the sea.

The sea turtle had been waiting for a long time and overturned the bucket. The mother and child dugong quickly got out of the bucket and swam into the sea.

Liu Meilan lay on the side of the boat and looked at the dugong swimming on the water: "Goodbye."

The big turtle escorted the mother and child to an area with abundant seaweed.

The baby dugong seemed to be hungry and lay on its mother's body to suckle. The big dugong held the baby and lay on its back on the sea to feed the baby.

Almost everyone standing on the deck, watching this scene, marveled at the magic of the Creator.

Mrs. Chen looked at the mother and son, her eyes reddened, and she choked up and said, "Meilan, I miss Shuhua and Shuyuan. I feel they are very spiritual."

Liu Meilan chuckled, "Yes, mammals are generally very intelligent and intelligent. Females conceive their first baby when they are 10-17 years old, with a gestation period of 13 months. The cubs can grow well in the mother's body, with a lactation period of about 18 months. After 3 months, they start to eat solid food. The cubs are fragile and have thin skin, so they are often preyed upon by sharks."

Sister Tang said with emotion: "By staying with their mother for a year and a half, they are not only well protected, but also learn basic skills. With this calculation, their lifespan should be very long."

Liu Meilan replied: "Dugongs become sexually mature at around ten years old, and can only give birth to one child at a time, with a seven-year interval between births. Dugongs have a long lifespan of 60-70 years, but their numbers are decreasing."

The little dugong was full and left with its mother.

Tang Changping reminded: "Don't look at it, our seafood hasn't been sorted yet!"

It was late at night, and after watching some rare things, I remembered that I hadn't done any work.

"Yes, hurry up and sort the seafood."

Just now everyone was so attracted by the strange dugong that they even forgot to check the seafood they had caught.

When the light fell on the seafood again, everyone was surprised to see that there were so many sea bass and various other seafood in between.

Not only that, one third of it is conch.

Liu Meilan’s favorite food is conch. After being heated, it does not taste soft and sticky but crispy and is especially delicious.

Liu Meilan directly picked up a dozen large ones from the bucket and put them in the freezer: "Don't put these in the cold storage, I'll take them to the kitchen to eat tomorrow!"

Sister Tang tried to stop her: "Meilan, the big ones are more expensive, just pick up some small ones! They all taste the same anyway!"

Aunt Liu nodded upon seeing this and snatched Liu Meilan's bucket away. "Big or small, we eat the same. Although you are the ship owner, we boatmen get a commission on the total amount."

"If you really want to eat it, when you get to the shore, you can take a bucket home and share it with your family. There are so many of us, and we all eat such big ones, how much will it take!"

Liu Meilan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The boatmen on other boats were eager to get all the delicious food, but the boatmen on her boat didn't think so.

They thought that if they ate good food, they would sell less and get less commission. They completely regarded themselves as the protagonists and always considered Liu Meilan.

Mrs. Chen also said quickly: "That's right! I'm not afraid of the effort. I'm willing to deal with these small conches."

After saying that, Mrs. Chen picked up buckets and sorted out two buckets of small seafood scraps to save for cooking tomorrow.

Liu Meilan said with emotion: "Thank you all for thinking about me. Don't worry, I won't treat you unfairly!"

Tang Changping laughed: "If this is considered unfair treatment, then our previous ship owners were exploiting us!"

Another 40-year-old ocean-going ship worker, Niu Dali, gave Liu Meilan a thumbs up and said, "I have worked on so many ships, and I can say for sure that working on this ship is the most comfortable and the food is the best. No wonder my friends envy me when I applied for the job at Sifang Island Seafood Fishing Company."