Chapter 48 A boat full of shellfish (more to come, please read more)
"I have good eyesight. Several crabs were covered in mud and hiding in the tidal flats. I almost missed them." He admitted that he was indeed lucky, but part of it was his experience.
"I was quite happy when I caught a blue crab, but this comparison has completely diminished it, making it seem like a big deal." Ah Zheng shook his head and said gloomily.
"It's okay. The tide hasn't risen yet. Let's go around the surrounding tidal flats. Hey, where are Fatty and Aguang?"
Xiaoxiao pointed towards the beach beside the reef, "Hey, Fatty took a nap there."
Ye Yaodong turned sideways and looked in the direction of his finger. He saw the fat man lying on the beach with his hands behind his head and his hat covering his face.
"Damn it, can you sleep here? Is he a pig?"
"Isn't he just a pig?"
Speechless!
Under such a bright sun, the sky can be used as a quilt and the earth can be used as a bed. He is really impressed!
"Aguang went to pick up small abalone. He thought the ones on the rocks were more suitable for him."
"Oh!" He also saw a figure on the reef with his butt sticking out. "Then you guys keep looking. The tide won't come up for a while. I'm going to rest for a while."
As he said that, he walked towards the patch of sand where he had caught the sea centipedes before. There was also a small half bucket of sea centipedes that he had caught before, so he could take a break and continue catching.
Although this thing may look a little disgusting, it is also extremely delicious for gourmets.
The beach in their village didn't have anything like this. Before the water rose, he could continue to dig holes and catch some more. He didn't know if their pier would be closed.
It's okay if you don't collect them. As long as you don't kill them, they can be released for two or three days. There are many people in his family, so I guess they won't be released for three days. They will be wiped out in two days at most.
Sea centipedes one by one, some 20-30 centimeters long and only a few centimeters short, were caught out of the hole one after another.
"Are you still arresting me? It's not disgusting."
Ye Yaodong knew it was A Guang when he heard the voice, and said without raising his head: "It's okay to catch them one by one. Isn't it just a centipede in the sea? It's not like I haven't seen it before."
"Do I have to sell them for catching so many? Or should I eat them myself?"
"Let's see if Ah Cai will accept it. After all, we don't have this stuff at our dock. If you don't accept it, just keep it for yourself."
Aguang looked at the bamboo basket next to him, "There are also blue crabs, they are quite big. The harvest is good, I can barely earn a day's wages."
"I envy you to death, I caught seven of them, two females and five males, all of them are meaty." Ye Yaodong was quite proud. He had never thought that the products on the isolated island were so rich.
"What? Seven? What kind of shit are you lucky!"
Aguang's eyes widened in disbelief and he shook the bamboo basket. Sure enough, he saw several large pliers from underneath.
"Ah Zheng and Chen Wei also caught one each. Do you want to go for a walk? The tide is not full yet."
"Go, go now, tell me where to catch him!"
Ye Yaodong pointed to him and reassured him, "I've basically turned around there. You can go a little further. I've never been to that direction."
"knew."
Aguang excitedly ran towards the direction he pointed. As soon as the tide started to rise, it would rise quickly. What's more, it was already the first day of the new year and the water level had not receded very low today.
Ye Yaodong didn't expect that it was just a suggestion, but A Guang harvested two blue crabs, one of which was huge, a little bigger than his biggest one.
When you come back, you will be envied by others.
Xiaoxiao said jokingly: "Master Dongzi, please give me some advice anytime."
"Yeah, if I had known if I had asked you more just now, I might have been able to catch two of them!" Ah Zhenghui's intestines turned green, and he was still chatting with Dongzi in front of him.
A Guangze was a little bit too knowledgeable, and said with a regretful face: "Oh, I went too late, I only found two of them before the tide came up, and the second one was almost washed into the sea by the tide, but luckily I was quick.
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"It's okay. You now have two blue crabs. Fatty and Xiaoxiao don't have one. If I had known there were them over there, I would have gone by myself." Ye Yaodong said with a smile and then reminded everyone, "Tide
Everyone is here, let’s pack up everything and get on the boat.”
"Let's go, let's go home. I'm starving to death."
"Me too, I'm very hungry."
"I woke up the damn fat guy..."
"Just throw him here and treat him like a savage..."
"Speaking so loudly, do you think I'm deaf and didn't hear you?"
Everyone joked and carried their own buckets and tools onto the boat first, and then Aguang went to untie the rope and use the bamboo poles on the boat to extend the distance from the shore before starting the machine.
It's already three o'clock now. It's been a whole day since we got out early in the morning. Everyone is exhausted. As soon as we get on the boat, we sit or lean in a crooked way.
"This fishing trip is quite hard. Fortunately, today's harvest is good and it is not in vain." Chen Wei twisted his neck and said.
His temperament is not as lively as theirs, and they usually make jokes and jokes. He doesn't talk much and only speaks occasionally.
The fat man rolled his eyes, "Why do I think you are mocking me?"
"Hahaha, be more confident and remove the word "feel"." Ye Yaodong said with a smile.
Others couldn't help but feel happy.
"Fat man, you might as well not come. Look at your fat and white face, but it's all tanned."
"There's nothing wrong with a man being darker. It's just that he's really too hot and too exposed to the sun. I won't come here next time."
"Tomorrow I'll go to Dongzi's homestead to help, and I'll have to show off..."
Ye Yaodong quickly said: "Hey, don't force me. Who is willing to work under the sun on such a hot day? I won't force you to come or not."
The fat man said a little embarrassedly: "I'll help you depending on the situation."
"It's okay. Building a house doesn't happen in a day or two. The family has hired workers, so you can do whatever you want."
Everyone nodded. Anyway, I just wanted to help depending on the situation.
The boat arrived at the dock after more than ten minutes of sailing. After it docked, they all got off the boat, leaving only Ye Yaodong alone on the boat watching.
They had to go back and get sacks to load the goods. There were several piles of shellfish they had collected on the deck. They also had to push a cart over, otherwise it would be too heavy to pick up and take home.
While he was waiting, fishing boats came in one after another. It was already afternoon, and it was time for the fishing boats to come in.
They were all from the same village, so there was no one they didn't know. Everyone said hello to him one after another. Seeing that his boat was full of shellfish, they all asked a few questions out of curiosity, but he was able to put them off.
They all looked common on the rocks, and no one thought it was strange. They just thought there were too many of them, and they were all over the ship. Seeing that Ye Yaodong was unwilling to say more, they stopped asking, but couldn't help but take a few more glances.
In other words, these things are not worth much. There are few people with boats in the village, and there are many hand-operated small wooden boats. Moreover, everyone's boats must be used for fishing to make money. Otherwise, there will be nothing left on the surrounding islands.
After waiting for a while, he saw his mother appear on the shore, she must be waiting for his father.
Mother Ye also saw him, called out quickly, and trotted towards him, "Why did you just come back and go there... why are there so many shells?"
Before she could finish her words, her eyes widened in surprise at the shelled objects piled all over the boat.
Don't raise books. If you keep them, you might raise me to death, haha
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