"Uncle Third, your sack is inconvenient. We have to run around and throw it in even if we catch one."
"Then you free up the basket, grab it into the basket first, and pour it into the sack later."
"good."
The children poured the small seafood they had just picked into a basket, and then filled their own baskets first.
"Wow, these are so fat~" Ye Chenghai grabbed a squirming sandworm, "Uncle Third, let's catch all these sandworms, how much can we sell them for?"
"It doesn't cost much to sell, so it's just dried in the sun. Everyone can share a little bit and eat by themselves."
"How much can it be sold for?"
Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows, "I want to make money to carry goods at the dock!"
"Ah? No, no, no...it's good to eat by yourself..."
Laughing to death!
Others laughed at him one after another, "Brother Ahai, aren't you most looking forward to making money?"
"He made 1 yuan last time..."
"Why don't you go again?"
Ye Chenghai rolled his eyes, "You guys can carry it for a day and you will know."
"Hehe~ Then I prefer to herd sheep. There are a lot of delicious food on the mountain. I saw that the loquats on the mountain over there are so big."
"Do you want to herd the sheep, or steal the sheep?"
"Hehe~"
Ye Yaodong listened to their jokes and couldn't help but urge, "Hurry up and don't be verbose, otherwise it will be difficult to dig out later if you shrink back."
Every year from April to September is the sandworm breeding season. In order to increase the fertilization rate, the "Huaichun" sandworms crawl out of the sand to mate.
Now that they have encountered them, they must be caught in one fell swoop. There are so many people in the family, and even if they don’t capture more, they won’t be able to score enough points.
Sandworm meat is crispy and tender, delicious, nutritious, and rich in protein. Especially in taste, it is better than sea cucumbers and shark fins.
Because sea cucumbers and shark fins themselves have little flavor, ingredients such as chicken or lean meat must be added when cooking, otherwise they will be tasteless.
Sandworms have a delicious taste and are very distinctive without adding other ingredients. They can be cooked with anything to bring out the sweet and fresh taste.
After drying, it can be fried, stir-fried, stewed, stewed, or boiled into soup. The boiled soup is as white as milk and has a very delicious taste and high concentration. It is known as "natural MSG". It is fried and crispy, and is very suitable for drinking.
If you sell it now, it won't fetch much, but if you keep it to eat, it's really delicious, and it'll be just right for Ah Qing's milk supply.
He didn't feel disgusted even if he wore gloves. He would pick out any small pieces that were poking out of the sand or half-buried in the sand and throw them into sacks.
After a while, the bottom of the sack was covered with wriggling sandworms, and the children's baskets were also densely packed.
Although the three girls were also there to catch them, their faces were full of disgust. They were not as excited as the boys, and they were not as efficient as them.
As they scratched, they kept mumbling happily.
"So many..."
"Many of them have even gotten into the sand..."
"Just scratch the surface. There are many more over there..."
"Do you have these sandworms every day?" Lin Guangyuan's eyebrows were flying, his eyes were shining, and he was very happy to catch them.
"How can they be there every day? I can see them occasionally, but not that many. I pick up clams every day."
"The same goes for crabs. Anyway, when the tide goes out, there are things to pick up on the beach."
Lin Guangyuan looked envious, "It's so nice here. You can pick up small seafood when you go out, and your mouth will be crooked..."
"Hahaha~" Ye Yaodong felt very funny listening to their childish words, "Turn over all the sandworms in your basket. It's almost full and it's hard to carry it."
"Coming, coming..."
One by one they happily came over with full baskets and lined up to pour. The boy was so tough that he even reached into the sack to continue playing with it.
After emptying all their baskets, Ye Yaodong took the sack and weighed it. He felt that it was already nearly 20 kilograms. It was so efficient. It only took a short time.
We really shouldn’t underestimate child laborers, they all have fun and are very active.
"I'll fry you a bowl later when I go back to reward you!"
"Ah, great, dig more..."
After the children made this promise, each one became more active as if they had been given a shot of chicken blood. They carried the basket and walked further to catch it.
Ye Yaodong carried the sack to the side, picked up the shovel and continued to scrape the bottom of the boat. He took a break while catching sandworms, and now his arms are no longer sore.
There were still large areas of juvenile barnacles on the bottom of the boat waiting for him to shovel them down. He had to hurry up and leave the job of catching sandworms to a few children.
After catching the sandworms, ask them to come over and continue picking them up, making the best use of them!
Cleaning the bottom of the boat is also a physical job, and it requires lifting it high and shoveling hard. The area of ​​​​the bottom of the boat is not small. Ye Yaodong stops for a while.
When he stopped, he was not idle. He picked up the sack and picked up some spats first. He shoveled some spats, and the shells cracked, revealing small yellow-green oysters that looked like snot.
The shells of some mussels were also cracked by him, revealing fresh meat.
When he picked them up, he also deliberately picked out the empty shells and cracked ones and threw them away from a distance. After a while, he picked up half a sack of mussels and barnacles.
Because some mussels and barnacles are connected together, and the barnacles are adsorbed on the mussels, you have to take them back and knock them off.
The shellfish on the bottom of the boat fell off in pieces as he repeatedly worked and stopped, and the bottom of the boat became cleaner and cleaner. After he worked hard to pry them all clean, he also picked up two sacks.
He clasped his hands together, put them to his mouth, and shouted loudly to the scattered group of friends, both young and old: "Little ones, come back to work soon!"
"Coming, coming..."
A group of older and younger children came flying happily, but Ye Chengyang had short legs and was afraid of being left behind. He ran away in a hurry and fell, and all the sandworms in the small basket were poured out.
The moment the sandworms come into contact with the sand, they all burrow into the sand.
Ye Chengyang suddenly burst into tears, "Ah, my sandworm~sandworm~"
Ye Yaodong trotted over and picked him up, "Just run away. There are a lot of sacks over there."
"No, my sandworm~"
Ye Yaodong looked at the hole on the surface of the beach and tried to dig it out, but he actually took it out again, "Hey, I caught it, don't cry."
He stopped crying instantly, his eyelashes were still wet, his eyes widened, and then he burst into tears and laughed, "There's more, there's more."
As he said that, he reached out and picked it up himself.
"Go to my brother's place and help pick it up. I'll help you catch it here."
"Yeah." He nodded in agreement, and then immediately walked happily towards everyone.
Ye Yaodong also stood up carrying the empty basket and followed behind.
Just lie and fool, why go through all the effort? Children are forgetful and will not remember it after a while.
After handing over the work to the child laborers, Landlord Ye started walking around with his hands in his pockets, and soon he had a big ghost-headed crab in his hand.
After throwing it into the sack, he carried the basket and started walking around. After a while, he picked up a small basket of assorted small seafood.
"Third uncle~"
"Sister-in-law~"
"Dad, we have picked it all up!"
"Okay? So soon?" Ye Yaodong opened the gills of a dumb fish and looked at it. It was still fresh, so he threw it into the basket and walked back.
Seeing four full bags on the ground, one bag only half full, and another bag containing forty or fifty kilograms of sea worms, he was extremely satisfied and the efficiency was good.
Sure enough, having more children is of some use. No wonder people kept having children in the past. This is the meaning of having children...
"Well done, you can also arrange for more frying!"
"Fry a basin, Third Uncle, fry more, otherwise it won't be enough!"
"Then you go look for more. The more you work, the more you will get! The more you catch, the more you can eat." Ye Papi envoy summoned the child laborers to show no mercy.
"Okay~"
"Be careful not to go under the tide."
"Got it~"
A group of children were excited and ran around carrying baskets. They fought hard for a bite to eat!
After sending them to continue working, Ye Yaodong walked back. He had to push a cart over, otherwise he would be exhausted from carrying it.
As soon as Ye's mother saw him coming back, she muttered, "Where did he go? I haven't seen him for a long time. Your father-in-law and mother-in-law are here, and you don't know how to stay with him and talk to him."
"Take a few little ones to the beach..."
"I just know how to play, but I don't know how to greet people. I just pat my butt and run away..."
Ye Yaodong has a headache, why can't he be asked to explain? He sputtered as soon as he saw him.
"Can't you just let me finish what I'm saying? I'm going to clean the bottom of the boat and scrape some shelled stuff back. I want to bring it back to them later."
"Otherwise, I haven't gone to sea for so many days. In the morning, all the goods in the ground cage were sold except for the ones I kept for Ah Qing to breastfeed. There would be nothing for them to take back home. I would send them away empty-handed. Isn't it normal?
good."
Mother Ye was speechless, "If you don't say anything, why do you think you are going?"
"I stay at home all day, what else can I do? I pried several bags of shelled oysters, and later I asked my sister-in-law and my second sister-in-law to help open the oysters. I also caught forty or fifty kilograms of sandworms. Everyone will share a share."
"Are there so many sandworms today?"
"Well, we just happened to meet them. A few children are still catching them there. I'll come back and push a cart first, and push the shelled ones back first."
"Then go quickly. The rice is almost ready. You can add two more dishes later to greet the in-laws."
Ye Yaodong pushed the cart and hurried to the beach. After loading several sacks onto the cart, he called the child workers back.
"Stop looking for it and go home."
"Ah? You're going home so soon, how about playing for a while longer?" Lin Guangyuan looked up and then reluctantly looked at the surrounding beach. Surprised, he ran towards the distance and picked up an oyster snail.
The others were also enjoying themselves and were reluctant to go back. They didn't even move their feet and continued in the same place.
"Do you still want to eat fried sandworms? Go home and eat first, and come back after you finish eating."
"Then let's eat and come back!"
"Let's go, go home and fry sandworms to eat~"
"Oh oh oh ~ eat fried sandworms ~"
When it comes to food, they are reluctant to move.
Chapter completed!