It was a long night, and there was a cool breeze outside, but the house was filled with heat. Even the moon blushed and hid in the clouds.
Early the next morning, after dinner, the couple left their three children behind, letting them go to school and play on their own, leaving the two to mind their own business and then ran away.
Ye Yaodong carried the bucket and whistled as he walked towards where the boat was docked. The wind was a bit strong on the shore. Although it was not yet time to put on a cotton-padded jacket, he was afraid of strong winds on the sea, so he put on a cotton-padded jacket when he came out.
It's really hot.
He reached out and grabbed his collar to fan the wind a few times, and turned around to urge, "Hurry up, are you okay? I asked you to put on your hat and scarf when you came out. You had to get to the pier to put them on, for fear that others would not see them.
Look at your beautiful face."
Lin Xiuqing trotted while wrapping her scarf around her face and head, and then put on her hat and stuck it inside so it wouldn't fall off.
"What are you talking about? Aren't I afraid that if I wrap it up tightly and people see it on the street, it will make people feel weird? I can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth all day long. If I open my mouth to talk, it will make people angry. I won't go.
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She stamped her feet angrily and was about to walk back. Ye Yaodong quickly ran up to hold her and said with a smile, "No, I made a mistake. My wife is so pretty, so I'd better stop covering her face and show her face to everyone."
What is beauty?"
Lin Xiuqing was instantly amused by him, and she slapped him twice with a smile, "Hurry up and get on the boat, you are still talking nonsense."
"Don't I have to coax you first? Why coaxing my wife is more important than coaxing her on the boat? I can't go to bed until I coax her."
Lin Xiuqing didn't hear the implication of his words, she just glared at him several times and kept her mouth open all day long.
Ah Cai walked over slowly and looked at them with a smile, "What are you two going to sea for at this time?"
"Nothing, she is a mountain person and has never been to the sea..."
Lin Xiuqing pinched his waist secretly. Ye Yaodong took a breath and quickly changed his words, "...the ground cage can be put away. I will go out and put the ground cage away. She is curious about what the sea is like, so I will take her out for a walk.
Turn around and look at the sea..."
"The relationship between husband and wife is so good."
"It's necessary." After saying that, he grabbed Lin Xiuqing and said, "Let's go, get on the boat. Go early and come back early."
Lin Xiuqing quickly followed.
After arriving on the boat, Ye Yaodong lifted up his clothes and looked at his waist. "A man's waist is very important. Don't like to pinch my waist all day long. You can change your arms next time!"
"You're still talkative. The ship is about to sail. I'll leave early and come back early. I have two children at home. They all said I wasn't going and insisted on dragging me out."
"With a combination of men and women, the work is not tiring. It would be boring for me to go to sea alone."
Ye Yaodong touched his waist and muttered a few words before setting off.
Lin Xiuqing had been standing beside him, curiously watching him sail the boat, and then looked left and right at the few boats docked there that were not out to sea.
On the sea in the distance, there are scattered small wooden boats floating at work.
Although she has been married for several years, she has never been to the sea, either pregnant or nursing a baby, which feels quite new to her.
"A Dong, where are we going to the island?"
"Look closer, it's better to find a place with higher ground, a beach, and not so steep. The tide is slowly receding now, and the islands I dug at the beginning last year are all OK.
I found a treasure, I'll go take a look later. I haven't visited it for a year, and those shellfish must have grown quite big. I just don't know if anyone from the nearby village has visited it."
"Do you think there will be pearls or something?"
"Pearls are not so easy to form. They are only possible on islands that have not been visited for a long time. Don't worry about those. It's good to be able to pick up treasures once. You can find them anywhere. These are all partial wealth, and you still need to have more real wealth.
a little."
"For good fortune, I can only count on you, the head of the family."
"It's easy to say. Once you feel comfortable serving me, everything will be yours."
"Like hell!"
Ye Yaodong laughed loudly. He felt that he was not far from reaching the peak of his life. There were seniors and juniors above him, and there were people taking care of everything every day. This was also a kind of happiness.
He hadn't visited the surrounding islands for a whole year, so he picked them at random and planned to go to the island where turtles had laid eggs before. The turtles laid two eggs once every one, which was not as rare as pearls.
Adult sea turtles, no matter where they roam, must return to their "hometown" every year to lay eggs.
Lin Xiuqing watched the island in front of her getting closer and closer, feeling a little inexplicably excited, "Is it here? Did you dig here last year?"
"We can dig here wherever we can, so that the rain and dew can all get wet. We can't just catch a sheep and collect its wool."
"That means we have dug here too."
"Remember the turtle eggs?"
"Remember, it's here?"
"Yes, but the weather is getting cold now and it's past the sea turtle egg-laying season. I wonder if there are any unhatched eggs."
He felt a bit uncertain. It was already over November and it should be gone. However, he came here on a temporary basis and originally planned to dig shells.
"Hey, how do you drive this way?"
"The water level over there is too shallow. If you don't get too close, you'll have to run aground. You have to swim through the water. It's almost winter. It's okay for me to go into the water. You'd better not go into the water."
"Uh-huh."
After Ye Yaodong docked the boat, he helped her carefully step over the rocks.
Lin Xiuqing looked at the rocks under her feet, which were densely covered with mussels. She resisted the urge to squat down and buckle down.
"There really are so many."
"Well, it's hard to stand up here and it's slippery. Go down and dig slowly."
"Um."
Ye Yaodong stepped on the edge and jumped down first, then hugged her down.
"You can look for whatever you want and dig whatever you see. I'll go look around."
"What are you turning to? Are you looking for turtle eggs?"
"No, just look around. You can dig your own. Don't worry about me. I won't go far. If anything happens, just scream. I can hear you."
"oh."
Watching him move forward, she obediently put on her gloves, took out her tools, and began to search the surrounding rocks.
She knew what could be sold for money, what could not be sold for money, and what was delicious, and she planned to find the ones that could be sold for money first.
Ye Yaodong took a spatula and wandered around along the beach. From time to time, he dug the spatula on the beach, always looking for bubble holes. He dug down with the spatula and dug several holes, which were full of clams. He was too lazy to do so.
Pick up.
When he walked outside to the mud, all he dug were razor clams. He was a little reluctant to pick them up, but he still picked them up and threw them into the sack in his hand. He no longer noticed these fragmentary things unless they were in quantity.
many.
Ye Yaodong looked at the dense air bubbles everywhere on the ground, and knew that there must be razor clams underneath, but he felt that he had just arrived and there was no need to waste time on it, so he went around to the side and planned to wait until he finished shopping around.
, if there is nothing better, come over and dig again.
He carefully took a few steps back and walked towards the area where there were no bubble holes. If he stepped directly on it, he would not be able to see the small hole. If he came to dig later, he would not be able to identify it.
Seeing an abandoned piece of bamboo lying nearby, he took it and stuck it on the side, which was equivalent to making a mark so that he could find it easily when he came over later.
When I came back last year, all the animals were so excited that they started squealing and digging wildly at the shells on the rocks. I didn’t even visit all the surrounding areas, so I decided to change the island next time.
Today he can take a look around to see what the situation is, and then consider what to dig. Anyway, Ah Qing has already dug there with a star in his eyes, and the bottom line is guaranteed.
Walking to the side, he saw small piles of poop-like sand on the open beach next to him...
He felt that if the two boys saw it here, they would definitely shout excitedly that there is poop...
I dug a shovel and dug out something that looked very similar to a lugworm, and it looked particularly like an earthworm.
It has a round head, many tentacle-like things on its body, and a slender tail.
Ye Yaodong muttered, "Sandworm."
This thing is also called sea earthworm, and it doesn’t look much different from earthworms on land.
Their local fishermen often say that whatever animals are on the ground, there are also animals in the sea, such as seahorses, walruses, sea pigs, sea snakes, sea centipedes... There are earthworms on the land, and of course there are sea earthworms in the sea.
Nereis can also be called sea earthworms, but the two species are different.
The sand beetle will dig a "U"-shaped hole under the beach, lie gracefully inside, with its head and tail facing the two openings, then swallow the sand containing microorganisms and organic matter from one end, and then expel the non-nutritive sediment from the other end.
Silt.
That's right, just lie down and eat the buffet.
It means eating with your mouth and defecating with your butt at the same time. If you are defecating while eating, your intestines will be straight as ordinary people would say.
That's what they made of those little tufts of sand dunes, which are the poop of sand beetles.
Some like to be neat and tidy, so they discharge them regularly, while some are more informal, and they discharge them randomly.
Ye Yaodong saw that on the right side were the bubble holes of the razor clams he had just avoided, and on the left side were the poop of sand beetles. He couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. These creatures really like to gather together and occupy their own territories without interfering with each other.
He was too lazy to dig for this kind of thing. After shoveling twice, he just skipped it and stepped on the poop one by one. Seeing the poop protruding on the beach, he wanted to crush it and step on it.
flat.
It was as if the beach had become flat, and he felt comfortable.
It wasn't until he saw a stranded jumping fish on the beach that he stopped stepping on the poop and went to pick up the fish first.
Because the tide has just started to recede, and the beach area is actually not very large. He walked around the island, and the beach was completely exposed. It would probably take three or four hours.
As he walked around, he picked up some stranded small seafood, of various varieties, not worth much, and could only gain happiness.
Until he saw a low reef at a 270-degree sharp turn ahead, and there was a large puddle surrounded by those rocks.
This is revealed when the tide first recedes.
Chapter completed!