Seeing that both father and son insisted it had really happened, and that they seemed to have no reason to lie to them, everyone began to believe it somewhat.
"Oh my, you two know so much! You even knew that fish wouldn't hurt people and went near it. We would've stayed far, far away."
"A-Dong, you're something else! You actually rode on a shark?"
"Did you get that fish to take you around the sea a few times?"
"Why didn't you bring that fish back for everyone to see?"
Ye Yaodong was speechless. What did they mean, bring it back for everyone to see?
Did they think he was bringing a girlfriend home?
They made it sound so easy!
"Have you got the wrong idea? All I did was help untangle the fishing net wrapped around it. It's not my pet. How could I get it to carry me around the sea, let alone bring it back with me? That'd be like an ant trying to move an elephant!"
"I suppose that's true..."
"I only did it a favor." With that, Ye Yaodong went to push the handcart.
There really wasn't much to say to villagers who knew nothing about it. They were talking at cross-purposes anyway, and after a couple of explanations, he lost interest in talking.
He had actually been quite excited at first, but everyone's questions and disbelief had dampened his spirits and taken all the fun out of it.
Seeing was believing, after all. Without witnessing it themselves, everyone thought he was bragging and doubted whether it was true.
What could he do when communications were so limited these days? People knew little and were mostly only familiar with things they commonly saw.
There was no point saying more. He might as well go home and