Chapter 218 “Locusts” in the Sea
The next day, the weather looked even worse. When I woke up early in the morning, it looked gray and drizzled.
Ye Yaodong couldn't help but frown when he looked at the sea. The wind was not as strong as the previous two days, but the waves were still there.
His 1,000 hooks are still at sea. I don’t know if the buoys will be destroyed by the waves. Worryingly, the ground cage nets are also at sea. I haven’t collected them in three days. If I don’t go today, the fish in the cages will be gone.
The shrimps are all going bad.
"Ah Qing, I'll sail out to collect the goods from the cage."
"There are waves and it's raining. You just caught a cold..."
"It's okay to have a little rain, and the waves are not as big as the previous two days. I didn't go to the open sea. I just collected the ground cage along the coast. It'll be okay."
Lin Xiuqing glanced outside the house, frowned and said, "Then be careful and put on your raincoat."
"Um."
Ye Yaodong picked up the raincoat hanging behind the door and put it on, then took the bucket and went out. Seeing that he had to go out even though it was raining, Ye Yaohua and Ye Yaopeng asked him why he was going there?
"Go collect a cage and come back."
Without saying a word, he walked out without stopping.
There are boats of all sizes floating outside the pier. The weather has been bad in the past few days, so no boats have gone out, and even the purchasing point has not opened.
It was the same today, it was deserted and there was no one there, which was a huge contrast to the bustle of people coming and going in the past.
Ye Yaodong walked towards the shore of the pier with a bucket, but looking at it from a distance, he always felt that something was wrong on the rocks covered by sea water outside the pier.
Why do you feel that the reef has become colorful?
It looks yellow and purple? It seems to be moving?
He walked quickly forward in the rain with questions on his head, but his eyes widened in shock, "Fuck...starfish???there are so many?"
On the underwater reef wall as far as the eye can see, the densely packed tentacles waving around are actually starfish!
The tide is currently at low tide, but the tide has not receded to the bottom. Although the rocks on the shore have been submerged by the sea water, he can still clearly see that there are starfish on the rocks under the water as far as he can see. His mouth is filled with tears.
I was so wide-open that I continued to fuck...
Getting closer, although the sea water was a bit turbid, he could still vaguely see that there were large yellow and purple starfish lying on the beach below. After all, its color was quite eye-catching.
"Grass, when will this be picked up?"
He was happy but also a little worried because he had nothing to put these things in...
Today I just wanted to collect a ground cage, so I was carrying two buckets. I didn’t even push the cart out, and there was no place to put it. His boat was not small and could not dock. The water level in this area was at low tide.
Too shallow.
Everyday they take a bus out at high tide, then get on their own boat, and then dock their own boat to the shore to load goods or things.
The water level on the shore is too shallow during low tide. There are two high tides and two low tides every day. The rising and receding times are different from day to day. It is easy to get stranded on the shore. If you get stranded, you will not be able to get out.
In the past, ships would come in and dock at high tide to unload their cargo. After unloading, they would drive a little outside to dock, and then I would let a bus pick them up to the shore.
The small wooden boats are not worried about the shallow water level, they are always docked on the shore, but his small wooden boats have been sold long ago, which is very sad!
His eyes scanned the surroundings. Instantly, his eyes lit up and he saw Ah Zheng and the small wooden boat!
"Good guy, it's you! Lend me your help first!"
Other people's boats are not easy to move, and if they are seen and some of them make a fuss, theirs must be fine!
He swung two buckets and walked happily towards their boat.
Just start picking them up from the rocks near where their ship is docked.
From a close distance, he could clearly see that some of these starfish had five points like a five-pointed star, but there were also four and six.
There are 4 dense rows of tube feet arranged side by side under its horns. Using the tube feet, they can capture prey and allow themselves to climb onto rocks.
The large starfish on the underwater reef were more than 20 centimeters in diameter according to his visual inspection. They looked amazing. There were densely packed tube feet on the lower side. The small ones were about 5-6 centimeters. I didn't see any smaller ones.
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Each of these starfish is squirming its tentacles to eat. They wrap up the small mussels on the reef, use their tentacles to pry open a very thin opening, and then destroy the meat inside.
Even though these starfish are very beautiful and cute, they are very edible. As long as they are smaller creatures that swim in the water, they are all edible, including oysters, abalone, sea cucumbers, fish eggs, crabs and scallops.
eat.
Sometimes I become so cruel that I don't even let my own kind go...
Just like locusts on the ground, it is extremely destructive. Wherever it goes on the seabed, there are not many shellfish left.
And it also has super reproductive capabilities. A female starfish can lay 20 million eggs at a time!
Ye Yaodong picked one up and rubbed it with his thumb. Several of its tentacles were still moving.
"Made, with such a large area, all the goods on the rocks at the pier will be eaten up, and all the sand clams under the beach will be eaten up."
He threw the starfish into the bucket and continued to pick it up. There was such a large area, and he took the lead in picking up the big one. He didn't know when he climbed up. Because of the wind and waves, no one came out of the dock these days, and no one noticed it.
It is estimated that they were washed by the waves, so they appeared in large numbers on the shore to look for food.
He bent down and picked up a bucket full within a short time. He twisted his waist and continued.
When he had picked up both buckets, he had only eliminated a small area. The surrounding areas were crowded with starfish. If he had to pick them up all day and night, he would probably not be able to finish them all!
Who cares, pick up as much as you can, and fill the small boat first before you notice it.
He poured all the starfish in the two buckets into the boat, and then went back to load them, not caring that his trousers and shoes were soaked in water.
He went back and forth, pouring out the bucket when it was full. He didn't know how many times he poured it out. The boat seemed to be half full, and his waist was almost giving out.
I don't know when the rain stopped, and the sky looked a little brighter.
When Ye Yaodong looked at his watch, he was shocked to realize that it was already past 12 o'clock. He had been out for more than 4 hours. No wonder he was hungry.
"Ah? What is this?"
Ye Yaodong heard the sound and looked up, "Mom? Why did you come out?"
"It's me. Didn't Ah Qing say you went out of the sea cage? Why are you here? What are these dense things? Are they starfish?"
He affirmed: "It's a starfish. I originally wanted to go out to the sea cage, but when I arrived at the pier, I saw starfish everywhere, so I picked it up here."
My waist is almost broken.
Some time ago, the pork loin felt like it was all wasted. I didn’t put in the effort at the critical moment, so today it’s all wasted here.
After Ye Mu heard this, her eyes immediately shone and looked at the large number of starfish here, "Why don't you know how to go back and tell me? There are so many here, how long will it take you to pick them up by yourself?"
"Isn't this because I thought that since I saw it, I would pick it up for a while before anyone noticed it. I haven't asked you yet? Why did you suddenly run out?"
"I watched the rain stop after dinner, so I went to your place to have a look. Who knew that Ah Qing said you were going out to collect the floor cages, but you haven't gone back yet. I was worried that something would happen to you, Langda, and you would ask me to come out.
Take a look. You don’t even know how to go back and tell me.”
As she spoke, Mother Ye patted her thigh and said excitedly: "Oh, I have to go back and call your father, sister, your eldest and second brothers, and ask them all to come out and pick them up. This is all money!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she ran back happily.
"Wait a minute, mother, bring me a few more sacks, and call little Azheng and the others..."
Nor can their ships be commandeered in vain.
"I know, I know……"
Ye's mother's voice came from far away, and Ye Yaodong felt relieved and found a higher rock to sit down. His waist was about to break and he wanted to rest for a while.
Looking at the surrounding reefs, they were still covered tightly by starfish, and only the area around him was empty.
Mad, after working hard all morning, I only picked up half of the place. It’s really overwhelming.
Ye Mu left quickly, and so did the people she called.
I saw Ye's father and Ye Huimei pushing the cart over first, followed closely by Ye's eldest brother, Ye's sister-in-law, and Ye's second brother, Ye's second sister-in-law.
They were shocked to see starfish on the rocks on the shore covered by sea water.
"They are really all starfish!"
"so many……"
"Quick, let's go down and pick it up..."
"A Dong has picked up so many?"
"Did you pick up all the things on this boat? Why didn't you go back and say anything?"
Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes, why would he waste time going back to talk?
When you encounter something, shouldn't you pick it up first?
If his mother hadn't come out, he could have continued to pick up and go back until it got dark or the boat was full!
"It's still nagging, why don't you pick it up quickly?" After Ye's father said this, Ye Er's sister-in-law immediately fell silent.
Each of them shook a sack, each found a place, and excitedly began to pick up money.
Their excitement prompted them to start chattering again.
"Why so many starfish?"
"Yes, why do so many starfish suddenly appear on the shore? They are all quite beautiful. Normally you can only pick up one or two occasionally on the beach, but today there are so many and so big!"
"Is it because of the waves these days?"
"There are them in the sea. Look, they are everywhere in the sea and on the beaches."
…
After a while, Mother Ye also arrived late with Ah Zheng and Xiao Shanshan.
The two of them were called out by Ye's mother without knowing why. She thought Dongzi had something urgent, so his mother was so anxious and asked them to come out quickly with sacks.
They were originally wondering why they were bringing sacks to the pier? This was not the first day of the new year, nor was it the fifteenth day of the new year. There were still waves on the sea.
They were also surprised at just one glance, and they immediately reacted and rushed forward with Ye Mu.
They are indeed good brothers. Even if he thinks of his family when he has good things to do, he actually thinks of them too!
So touching!
"Damn it, you've already loaded a boat with your horses?"
"This ship looks familiar?"
"Hey, this is our boat, are you stupid?" Xiaoxiao glared, no wonder he took a detour to call them.
Chapter completed!