Tomorrow, on the 16th day of the lunar calendar, the tide will reach full around 12 o'clock in the morning, and will remain full for more than an hour before starting to recede.
Ye Yaodong squinted for a moment, and when it was almost half past one, he got up lightly.
He had tried to move as gently as possible, but the squeaking sound of the bed still woke up Lin Xiuqing. There was a child waiting to be fed next to her. She was a light sleeper, and she would wake up and touch the child if there was any movement.
But as soon as I heard this noise, I knew it was not coming from a child.
From the sound of him getting dressed, it didn't sound like he was getting up to go to the toilet.
"A Dong? You really took A Yuan to go fishing in the sea at night?"
"We'll go out for a walk and then come back. You can sleep in your own bed."
He also wanted to see what he could gain at night?
"It's time for Ayuan to be beaten, so I just want to play. I haven't had enough fun during the day, so I want to go there at night."
"Don't blame him, I want to go there myself. Anyway, I have nothing to do."
"It's late at night, everyone is sleeping, what are you doing for free?"
"Shh, don't wake the child. I'll be back soon." He said soothingly and hurried away.
He had just opened the door and was about to go next door to call Lin Guangyuan when he saw the door in front of him also opened.
"Scared!" Lin Guangyuan patted his chest and whispered: "Scared me!"
"Shh, I'm quite alert."
"I was half asleep, and I got up quickly when I heard the sound of your door opening."
"Don't wake up everyone else. I'm going to pee first. You can wait for me at the door."
"good."
As a result, after he finished urinating, there was another person at the door. He glared at the two people who were whispering excitedly, "When did your relationship become so good?"
"Third uncle is unjust and takes care of third aunt's nephew but not his own nephew!" Ye Chenghai complained.
"Didn't you come out already? Let's go, the tide has started to recede."
One was taking care of it, and the other two were taking care of it. Fortunately, they didn't wake up the other little ones.
He had already put all the tools in the bucket before lying down. He was accustomed to preparing everything that needed to be prepared in advance. Now he could just pick it up and go without having to rummage around.
The two young men followed behind excitedly, "Third uncle, do you think there will be more goods at night than during the day?"
"have no idea!"
"Sister-in-law, haven't you ever been to the beach at night?"
"Don't you want to sleep? Do you think I am free every day?"
"Aren't you free?"
Ye Chenghai interjected: "My third uncle used to be very idle. In the past year, I don't know if he took the wrong medicine. Suddenly he worked hard and worked hard. If his temper was not the same as before, we would have thought that he was possessed by a ghost.
…”
Don’t avoid suspicion at all, just say this in front of the person involved, okay?
Ye Yaodong said angrily: "Shut your mouths and stop talking."
"Hey, I'm not used to being too quiet, why don't we talk?"
"Are you sure you can come out and get up for school tomorrow?"
"Do you think my mother is a vegetarian? You can definitely drag me up!"
Lin Guangyuan burst into laughter, "It's just like my mother. Fortunately, I don't have to go to school anymore."
"It's better for you. You don't have to go to school or go to the dock to pick up goods. You can play comfortably at home..."
"Who said that? I also want to help work in the fields..."
Ye Yaodong listened to their chatting, and his mouth was flat. Each one was more useless than the other. It was undoubtedly a family inheritance.
"You're not allowed to go into the water later, you know?"
"knew."
As soon as they stepped off the beach, Ye Yaodong gave each of them a bucket. The two of them shared a flashlight, while he himself carried a headlamp and a sack. This suited him better and matched his temperament!
"Conch, conch...little uncle, such a big conch...rolling, rolling..."
Ye Yaodong also saw the conch that had just been brought up by the tide. It was rolling into the sea before it stopped. He trotted forward and stepped on it with his foot before stopping it. He picked it up and threw it into Lin Guangyuan's bucket.
"It's pretty big. Look again. The tide is still receding. Follow it slowly."
"Sea urchin sea urchin...there are two..."
"Here...here...this fish's tail is still moving, it's still alive, hahaha..."
The two of them were very excited as they walked and picked it up, and the sound of "ding-ding-dong-dong" kept coming from the bucket.
Ye Yaodong also picked up a black snapper, two white pomfrets, one large and one small, and some large clams.
When he reached a small pile of rubble, under the swaying light of his headlamp, he saw a pile of stone crabs crawling around there, and there were also a few swimming crabs here and there.
The two teenagers followed them and shone their flashlights back and forth, and said in surprise: "Ah, so many crabs~"
"Haha, I just said let's go out at night~"
"There are a lot of rocks here. When the tide recedes, seafood can easily get stuck on the rocks and become stranded. Grab the big ones quickly, but not the small ones. Be careful not to get your hands pinched."
There were many clams stuck on stones and stranded around, as well as some small fish and shrimps. Ye Yaodong picked everything he saw into a sack.
The three of them were bent over and shining their flashlights back and forth. They were very busy picking up all the miscellaneous goods in this small pile of rubble. Their buckets were almost one-third full.
"There are so many. Your beach is so nice."
"It's okay, there aren't so many goods every day. It depends on the tide. You came by chance." Although Ye Chenghai is not old, he should know and understand, as he is a seaside person.
Ye Yaodong also straightened up and rubbed it, then shook the sack. The bottom layer was already fully covered.
He raised his head again, swaying from side to side and looked around by the light of his headlight. When he found nothing, he called to the two of them and continued moving forward.
"Let's go, keep walking forward. The tide is receding little by little. When it reaches the bottom, we will go back. That's almost enough. Go back to bed early. You are all growing. It's too late..."
Before he finished speaking, he stopped speechless and was stunned.
He suddenly saw a bright light in the sea water dozens of meters away in front of him. It was a hazy light, like night light with no brightness at all. It was a large circle with a diameter of tens of meters.
The two boys saw him staring at the sea in a daze, and followed his gaze.
"Aha? What is that? Sister-in-law?"
"Could it be blue tears again, third uncle?"
"It shouldn't be, it doesn't look like it."
There are many things that can glow at night in the sea, such as fish eggs, red tide noctiluca, squid, etc. If you look at this phenomenon at night, you will know that it is not blue tears.
The hazy light became brighter and brighter, rising to the surface of the water and seemed to be moving and spreading.
It lasted for about ten seconds, and the light gradually dispersed and then dissipated.
"No more?"
"What is that? Your beach is so magical..." Lin Guangyuan was very curious, "What are blue tears?"
Ye Chenghai said perfunctorily: "It's just the sea water glowing with blue light. It looks very beautiful at night..."
"Let's go forward and have a look." Ye Yaodong took the lead and opened his legs.
At this moment, they all noticed something crawling up the shore in the water not far away, and dense sounds came from all around.
During the crashing, the surroundings were dark, and it was still far away, so it was not very clear even with a flashlight.
"What is it? The sound sounds a bit strange..." Lin Guangyuan went out to the beach at night for the first time, and felt a little numb when he heard the weird sound.
Ye Yaodong trotted forward a few steps and shined his headlight on it. He took a closer look, wasn't this a crab?
"Holy crap, so many crabs?"
All the clattering crabs were stone crabs and swimming crabs, crawling from the water to the shore with the tide.
The two boys behind him also ran after him, and they were also pleasantly surprised.
“So many crabs!”
Ye Yaodong was so happy that he took out a new sack from his pocket and handed it to them, "Quick, stop talking, grab it quickly, damn, this is too much, it's so dense, I thought it was something just now
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Crabs like to come ashore when the tide is strong, but they always lean on the rocks close to the shore. It is rare to see crabs running directly to the shore.
The sea is extremely vast, and humans have yet to explore the sea very little. There will always be magical things happening.
"Uncle Third, how many sacks have you brought? Why do I think you can always take out sacks from your pocket? It's like someone who can do tricks."
"What do you know? I'm called thorough. Sacks have many uses! Bring a few more to be prepared. Stop talking nonsense and grab them quickly."
The two boys stopped talking and poured the contents of the bucket into sacks, then quickly grabbed them.
Ye Yaodong also threw the fire tongs aside. It was too slow to grab it with this one, so he squatted down and grabbed it faster.
As the tide receded, more and more crabs climbed onto the shore. The three of them were so happy that they shouted, "There are so many crabs..."
"There are so many! We should call them all in the evening. When will we catch them?"
"Catch as many as you can. If you catch them, I will sell them tomorrow to buy you delicious food and reward you."
"No, you should share it. Third uncle, you can't be too picky! We are no longer children."
"Fuck, I still want a share. I'm so brave. I really dare to think about it." Ye Yaodong said angrily.
"Hehe~ Everyone who meets you has a share!"
"Okay, divide it into three parts tomorrow and give your share of the money to your mother. Then I will buy something for the little ones, but you don't want to eat any of it."
Ye Chenghai stared, "Why should you give it to my mother?"
"If you want to share the money, of course you have to give it to her."
"Can't you give it to me?"
"Of course not. Children can't have too much money."
"You are so treacherous!"
"Hurry up and get to work. Whatever you want to eat, I'll buy it for you tomorrow."
Lin Guangyuan said: "My sister-in-law cheats people out of work every day with food. Fortunately, I am not a child."
"You're going to eat and live in my house for the next few days. How dare you share the money?"
Lin Guangyuan pursed his lips, "Zhou Bapi!"
"My surname is Ye!"
"Oh, Ye Papi!"
"Have you watched a lot of short movies?"
"Humph, I can walk several miles to watch movies in other villages!"
"Don't be so talkative, get to work. I'll give you pocket money tomorrow after I make some money."
The two boys were complaining, but they still worked very hard, actively catching crabs one by one into the bucket, and when it was half full, they poured it into the sack.
It was obviously not May yet, and the night wind was quite cool, but their bodies were hot and sweaty.
"Uncle Third, it seems they ran into the sea again?"
"Hurry, hurry up~"
Chapter completed!