Returning with a full load
Ye Yaodong carried the bucket and walked down to the shallow water area. When he got closer, he shouted to them, "Have you gained anything?"
"Is picking up a cat's eye snail considered a gain?" A Guang looked depressed.
"Better than nothing." He walked towards Aguang and returned the bucket to him.
“I’m embarrassed to carry such a big bucket when it’s so empty.”
"Hahaha~" He also felt a little funny, "It's okay, just go back and change your name!"
"Hey~ Let's talk about it. It's a waste to burn firewood for one snail. Let me make up the number for you!" He threw it into Ye Yaodong's bucket with a ding-dong sound.
"Look for it again. The tide has just ebbed and the tide has not risen so quickly. You may still find something."
"It doesn't matter, you continue. I'll go to the reef wall to see if I can pick up anything." Aguang shrugged and walked directly towards the edge of the reef wall.
"I just visited the reef wall here yesterday. I picked up the slightly larger sea melon seeds and snails, and I also dug out all the oysters that can be opened. There will definitely be nothing there if you go there now."
"It doesn't matter, I'll just walk around. If I don't have anything, I'll go back to eat first."
"Okay, then you can see for yourself. It's so sunny and if you don't get any results, you might as well go back and rest early."
"Um."
Ye Yaodong looked around and saw that his friends must have been searching for them, so he simply walked towards the rocks near the shore.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I took a few steps, I felt something hard stepped on my foot. When I squatted down and took a look, I saw a cat's eye snail peeking out from under the sand.
He picked it up, scraping it with his thumb while pinching the soft flesh exposed on the head of the cat's eye snail that had been filled with sea water and had no time to retract.
Zhi~ Several streams of water flew out~
He chuckled lightly and rushed to A Guang who was walking in front: "A Guang, look, I picked up a cat's eye snail behind you when I walked away. It's quite big."
"Fuck!" A Guang turned around and cursed, "I just walked over."
Ye Yaodong threw it into the bucket and said with a smile: "It must be that I have been lucky these past two days!"
"I shouldn't have gone out today. It's so comfortable to stay at home and sleep. I was so full that I ran out to bask in the sun." As he said this, he walked towards the rocks.
Under the scorching sun, Ye Yaodong continued his treasure hunt on the beach, but he didn't find anything big. Going to sea really depends on luck.
Forty years later, even if there is a strong tide, there will not be that much to pick up on the beach. There may only be some jumping fish, stone crabs, and large clams.
I don’t know what the reason is. It may be due to overfishing in the ocean, or it may be due to pollution. There are fewer seafood. Only some uninhabited islands can pick up more seafood.
Watching the tide coming up little by little, everyone wanted to go back. It was already past one o'clock and they were all starving to death.
"Go back. There should be nothing left to pick up. The tide is coming in." Xiaoxiao shook the bucket and shouted to everyone.
"Okay, okay, let's go back, it's so hot."
"I didn't even pick up a few things, everything was picked up by Dongzi."
Ye Yaodong glanced at his half-full bucket and felt quite satisfied. "I didn't pick up anything at the back, just stone crabs and jumping fish. I should have a bowl of these two things."
"That tiger stripe is enough for you. It's already worth your while. Today's trip is not in vain."
"And there's that nest of snow clams! If you make enough, you can make two or three bowls of scattered seafood."
He smiled and said that his harvest today was indeed good. If there is a big tide tomorrow, he can continue to come and see if his luck is really good.
"Let's go back. I'm very hungry." He casually kicked the big stone at his feet and planned to go back.
Who knew that when he was about to turn around, a tentacle stretched out from under the stone, and his eyes widened in surprise, "Octopus?"
"Ah? Did you find the octopus again?" Azheng, who was not far away from him, ran over in a hurry.
"It hid really well. If I hadn't kicked my foot, it probably wouldn't have even extended its tentacles."
"Catch it out and have a look to see if it has a red seal, a black seal or a white seal. It looks like the tentacles are quite small. It shouldn't be too big."
There are three common types of octopus in their waters. The white octopus is also called Wangchao. It is small, but the most expensive and has the best taste. The red octopus is the second, and the black octopus is the cheapest, and the meat quality is not that good. It often bites.
Do not move.
He reached out along the tentacles, took it out, and grabbed it hard, "It's wrapped so tightly, it's just a black seal, it's rubbish."
"That's fine, it's better than none of us having one."
"Dongzi, you are a little lucky today! Before you leave, you can still find a black seal."
"Look at your bucket, today's harvest is not small."
Ye Yaodong looked at the octopus tightly wrapped around his wrist. He tried to throw it into the bucket but couldn't. He could only use his other hand to tear it off and throw it in. However, when he threw it in, its tentacles were wrapped around him again.
Climb out of the barrel.
"Damn, I can really climb, but I can only hold it in my hands. Can you help me move that stone and see if there is anything underneath?"
"Do you think there is another litter?"
Having said that, everyone still worked together to help turn the stone over.
"Holy shit, there really is one," he was pleasantly surprised, "It's a pity it's a little small."
"It's a black badge again, it's not bad, it's always good to gain something!"
Xiaoxiao squatted aside to help catch it and put it in Ye Yaodong's hand, "Okay, you can go back. You really came home with a full load today."
He grinned, he could indeed have extra food in the evening, and his work was not in vain today, he had enough to eat and money to make.
"You guys think it's okay. Although there aren't any good ones, I can still get a bowl or two of small things."
Ah Zheng shook the bucket in his hand, "It's not bad, it's better than the best, but it's better than the worst. Hey, where's A Guang?"
I originally wanted to make fun of A Guang, but I didn't expect to see anyone.
After his reminder, everyone realized that A Guang seemed to be missing.
"Ah Guang walked around the reef for a while, but didn't get much. He felt unhappy and went back first." It's not that he didn't get much. He visited it all yesterday, so it would be strange to get something.
"It's free to bask in the sun." Ah Wei gloated a little.
"It's okay, let's put our things together and go to his house to drink at night." Ye Yaodong suggested.
Between friends, it is normal for you to eat mine and I to eat yours. Yesterday, he had a meal in vain.
"Okay, it will be great if we all come together, and we can have a decent table."
"Call the fat man, as long as the mouse is not at home."
"The fat guy won't come to bask in the sun, but he will definitely come to drink!"
"It's just right for him to bring two kilograms of home-brewed rice wine."
"You can have this."
Everyone had already arranged the dinner and drinks for the evening without saying a word.
Chapter completed!