He had no idea what it was, so there was really no telling whether anyone would want it.
He wasn't too optimistic.
After all, it didn't look edible. If you couldn't eat it, would you buy it just to leave it sitting around stinking?
It was ugly, too. If you found it novel, a few looks would be enough.
He wondered whether they had the technology to make it into a specimen yet. If they did, it might fetch a good price.
After all, nobody had ever seen a creature like this. It was pretty rare, whether in this era or in the future.
An idea struck Ye Yaodong, and he immediately thought of a solution for the Zhou brothers.
If nobody wanted it, surely they couldn't just get stuck with it, having dragged it back for nothing but everyone else's entertainment?
He glanced at the frowning Zhou brothers and swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue. He might as well wait. What if A-Cai came back in a little while and said someone wanted it? Then he'd have gone to unnecessary trouble.
Eldest Zhou frowned and agonized over it for a while. "It's hard to say. It's not like that oarfish you dragged back last time. You could tell at a glance that it was something rare, and you knew what it was. I don't even know what this thing I hauled back is. It's so strange-looking. We really might end up stuck with it."
"You've already dragged it back. Just wait and see."
The villagers were discussing whether anyone would want it, too.
"If nobody wants it, should you butcher it yourselves and have a look? It doesn't look all that easy to butcher, either."
"Would you dare eat it if they did?"
"Uh... nobody knows