When putting down the ground cage in the shallow water at the beach, Ye Yaodong pushed the trolley along the shore to transport the ground cage. He also picked up a lot of various big fish, small fish, shrimps, crabs, and conches. After only a short journey, he had already
I can't hold it with both hands.
After the wind, rain and big waves swept by, many remaining fish and shrimps were stranded on the beach. Last night, they only picked them up around the door of their house. The fish farther away became trapped fish. There were always some that were not swept back into the sea by the wind and waves.
He didn't know if he had been visited early by the neighbors. It wasn't fully bright before. If so, he probably didn't visit him very thoroughly. He simply asked Lin Xiuqing to search around the beach first.
Anyway, he has already set up a net in the sea, and those scallops that escape will only fall into his net, and those shells that cannot escape will still not escape.
Father Ye saw that he was messing around. After laying two nets in the sea, he went to his house to push out the cart and move the cage, and ran over to help.
"What's the use of putting the cage here?"
Ye Yaodong asked back: "Where is the use of putting it? The typhoon has just passed, the waves are big outside, and there is no way to put it outside, so just put it on the shore. The tide has risen so high that it will come up one after another.
I can catch some fish and shrimp.”
"I can also catch some scallops that escaped. It's a pity that I don't have any other large fishing nets at home. It would be better to have a seine net. Spread it out wide to ensure that those scallops can't escape."
"You're just messing around. There are so many piled on the shore, not just scallops, but all kinds of shells and conchs. If you don't move them over there, how many nets can you net in the sea?"
"Have you underestimated it? There are so many shells on the shore, and they are built so high. It would be good if half of them have meat. My net specializes in catching scallops that can run away, and there are still live ones. Maybe the harvest will be better."
Father Ye didn't argue with him and just let them go. Anyway, they picked up a lot last night and this morning they were one step ahead of the villagers and had already collected five baskets of shelled ones.
Maybe he could really catch a lot of them in his net. Just now he saw those scallops in the sea running very neatly.
People in the village ran out in twos and threes and ran back to get tools, and they also brought many family members and neighbors with them to come back again.
Before everyone even walked to the beach, they saw the coastline made of shells and were so surprised that they opened their mouths from ear to ear.
It was a white arc-shaped line, piled up along the coast, in sharp contrast with the stones, silt, sea sand and turbid yellow sea water, as if a white ribbon separated the sea water from the stone silt.
Suddenly everyone was excited.
"Oh, you were right, it's really piles of shells..."
"Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, someone is already picking it up."
"There must be a lot of conches, and the big scallops can be sold for some money. You can also pick up some oyster shells and open them back..."
"Ah! Yellow snapper! There is a yellow snapper."
Just as they were jogging towards the beach, someone saw a yellow snapper, which was quite big. Now everyone started to pay attention to their steps and surroundings.
"Big white pomfret, there are two big white pomfret, they must have been hit by the waves..."
"You're so lucky... Oh my God, there's a white pomfret here too... There's a little shark there, it's so small..."
"This Pipi shrimp has no meat, but this oyster snail is huge, ah... it's a hermit crab..."
"Ah...Chunziyu, this big..."
"Wow, yours is so big, you can sell it for a lot..."
Before they could even get closer, everyone was already looking around eagerly.
As they walked, they looked around, looking around for any good products.
The prices of big white pomfret, yellow snapper, and spring bream are not low. They are all good fish of high quality. Their attractiveness is no less than that of a low coastline made of shells. Picking two at random may be worth more than a basket of shells.
Many people ran out of the village one after another. After seeing other people's harvests, they didn't rush to the coast and started looking around.
The shells over there look so long, you can dig them slowly, don't worry, it's dark now and not many people came here after hearing the news, some of them are probably catching up on their sleep.
Ye Yaodong and his father also picked it up while putting it away in the cage. When passing by and seeing something valuable on the beach, he picked it up and threw it on the cart.
It's quite impressive that they occasionally go ashore to push the cart to pick up the ground cages. Before the ground cages are put away, there are already a dozen good fish, a dozen conchs, and some larger miscellaneous fish piled on the trolley.
There were also seven or eight crawling green crabs, which he and his father had picked up on the shore, and some that had been washed up by the waves.
There were a lot of swimming crabs on the shore, but they were already dead, so he didn't want them anymore.
As the rain gradually stopped, the clouds on the horizon began to appear, and the rising sun gradually emerged from the clouds in the east. The sky was glowing with light, giving people a feeling of clearing up after the rain, parting the clouds and seeing the dawn, and my whole heart was filled with excitement.
It's bright.
The word spread in the village. There were only a few people at first, but more and more people came later.
When Ye Yaodong spent an hour placing the four rows of ground cages along the coastline into the water, the shore was already crowded with people collecting shells. It felt like the whole village, except the old man,
Most children come.
There are still waves on the beach and the water level is high. Even if there is no wind or rain now, adults still won't let children come to the beach.
Just as Ye Yaodong was taking off his raincoat and walking towards the trolley, there was a sudden sound of curses not far from the shore. Each sound was louder than the other. It sounded like two women were scolding each other.
Anyway, they had finished their work, so he and Father Ye walked over curiously, but unexpectedly heard some familiar voices.
It seems like two women are fighting for fish there, or is it grouper?
"Who said you saw it first? I obviously caught it first, it's mine..."
"Screw you for being paralyzed. You are blind and didn't see anything. I saw it first and walked over. Only then did you realize it and rushed over to grab it. But you couldn't grab it and they all fell into my bucket. How dare you say it's yours?"
You asked me to return it to you, are you thinking about shit?"
"You shameless fat bitch, it's obviously you who pushed your butt against me..."
The fat woman interrupted her first, "Young man, what's wrong with me? I'm so fat. You don't have the conditions to eat this whole body of meat if you want to. You're a waste of ribs and a washboard. If you touch it lightly, you'll do it yourself."
If you lie down and eat mud, who is to blame?"
"That grouper is mine. I caught it just now. I was obviously the one who caught it first. You shameless fat woman took it from me..."
"It's so funny. I was the one who saw it first. You came here to snatch it from me. How dare you say it's yours? You even said that I'm going to push you with my butt. Even if your butt can give birth to a son, you've been a high-stakes person in the past life. I didn't hit you with my butt."
It would be better if you just sit to death."
"The folks were making comments, but she caught me in her hands, and she squeezed me away... This is our family's life-saving money, and my man is still lying in bed taking medicine..."
If you can't quarrel with others, this woman can only wipe her tears and show sympathy.
The fat mother-in-law looked down upon her with disdain, "Which man is yours? Didn't you find another man who helped support your family?"
"You have to be reasonable. Whoever finds out belongs to you. You can't just grab someone else's fish just because one of your men is lying on the bed, and you want me to let you go. Why? I'm not your gang.
Damn, I still have to support you! If you have this time to waste time with me, you might as well go to the beach to get more shells."
While talking, the fat woman softened her attitude a little, stopped cursing, and planned to leave with the bucket.
"You can't leave..." When the woman saw that she was about to leave, she kicked her bucket angrily and unwillingly, and cursed with her hands on her hips, "You shameless, fat and ugly woman, if you want money, sell the two by yourself."
One leg is more profitable than anything else...and you still want to steal it from me..."
The fat woman saw the bucket fall out of her hand and fell all over the floor. Before she could react, she heard her scolding her so harshly. She couldn't be kind now, so she turned around and slapped her.
Ye Yaodong stood outside the crowd and listened to the voice and the curse. The more he listened, the more familiar it became. He felt like she was the wife of a fat man? There were not many fat women in the whole village.
He stood up on his toes and saw that she was indeed the fat man's wife.
The woman fiercely grabbed the woman's hair and slapped her twice. The woman also stretched out her hand and scratched the fat man's wife's face. The two women instantly struggled with each other, and the people around them came forward one after another.
Pull frame.
Half of the woman's face was covered in mud, but why did he feel that the woman seemed familiar? And she just mentioned being a gangster?
At this time, Father Ye said: "Ouch? Isn't that Asheng La's help to set up his wife?"
Um?!
He instantly remembered that this was Wang Lizhen, the cheating wife of his second cousin Ye Yaosheng.
This cousin is in his late 30s, and his wife has been married for more than ten years and has not been able to give birth to a child, not even a daughter. She prays to gods and prays to Buddha everywhere, and it doesn’t work for her to seek medical treatment, take folk remedies or drink talisman water. The year before last, she didn’t know what to eat and she had something wrong.
, poisoned himself to death.
As for this Wang Lizhen, the man went to work in the city last year, but fell from a high building and died half-dead. The medical expenses depleted the family, and there was no one to support the family. So the man agreed to find a strong man to help support the family, which was his second uncle.
Cousin at home.
The main reason is that this woman was able to give birth to sons, two in three years and three in five years. She gave birth to three sons in a row, but one fell into the sea and the other into a well, and only one survived.
Ye Yaosheng spent all his money on medical treatment these years because his wife couldn't give birth. At this age, he couldn't afford to marry a young girl. He would have to marry a widow or get divorced anyway, so it was better to find someone who could give birth to a son.
From what she just said, the man hasn't died yet. Once the man is gone, Ye Yaosheng can become an official couple with her and continue living together. This is a clique.
There are still things like this these days, but they will disappear in the future.
He still remembered that later Wang Lizhen gave his cousin three more daughters in a row and was fined and punished with death...
"Come up and help break up the fight. Why are you just standing there?" After Ye's father recognized the person, he also stepped forward to help break up the fight.
"How can I do it...just let those women do it..."
Ye Yaodong watched the two of them pulling and pulling, both of them were exposed so badly that he almost tore his clothes off. How could he, a grown man, have the nerve to step forward.
Chapter completed!