Originally, Lin Xiuqing wanted to take advantage of the few days when she was not too busy to go back to her parents' home to give them Mid-Autumn Festival gifts, and to tell her family about the moving date and invite them to the wedding. However, she did not expect another typhoon to come, and now she can only wait until the typhoon is over.
There are many typhoons here in the summer. This year is relatively good. Many typhoons did not pass through here and there was not even any impact. But I heard that this one is another big typhoon.
The village commune's loudspeaker started playing early in the morning and the whole village could hear it.
Some people rushed to the seaside to sail to a safe harbor, while others were calm and not in a hurry, saying that there were still a few days.
Ye Yaodong is one of those people who is not in a hurry.
Available on typhoon days!
He had just received the goods yesterday, and he would go to receive them again tomorrow, and it would be a good opportunity to drive the boat to a safe harbor at the same time. With the plan made up in his mind, he walked leisurely towards the new house, and planned to go to the beach to check the tide.
Luckily, the tiling of their new house will be completed in just one day today, otherwise they would have been worried that the typhoon would have blown away the entire piece if it had only been half-pasted.
After walking around the house and checking the progress of the tiling, Ye's father and his two brothers were also helping, so he walked towards the coast with confidence.
Looking at the calm ebbing tide, he didn't feel how big the waves were until he saw a large clam the size of a fist washed up on the beach. Only then did he realize that the waves in the open sea must be quite large.
Since he saw it, there was no reason not to pick it up. Fortunately, he had a sack with him!
witty!
He heard about the typhoon yesterday and it was broadcast on the radio this morning. He picked up a sack when he went out, and it came in handy again.
Clams, white clams, hairy clams…
"Ah? There are also clams? There are also some here..."
Wen clams are relatively expensive clams, known as the "most delicious in the world". The shell is slightly triangular and the body is relatively large, with the largest diameter reaching 5 cm.
Their current skin care product, clam oil, uses large clam shells as containers.
If I had known earlier, I would have called his wife out. I took her out several times before and she was always very excited and quite keen on going to the beach.
He picked up all the seafood washed up by the waves that he could see into sacks. There were also many people standing on the shore, all of whom came to watch the tide. It was a pity that none of them brought containers, and they did not have Ye Yaodong's good habit. Wherever they went, a sack would fall out of their pockets, and they could only watch him pick them up.
Some people who lived not far from the beach ran back home to get buckets when they saw this.
It was not until Ye Yaodong picked up a large conch that was more than 20 centimeters tall that the people standing on the shore became nervous.
"What is that? A conch that big?"
"Adong, is there any meat in that snail, or is it a hermit crab?"
"Bring it here and have a look. It's rare to see snails this big."
"It should be a hermit crab, right?"
Ye Yaodong was also very surprised when he held the big conch in his hand. He felt that it weighed 3 or 4 kilograms. He pressed its head with his thumb and it shrank immediately.
The meat of this conch is plump and tastes like abalone. He licked his lower lip and missed the conch slices a little. The sliced meat is very crispy and tender, and does not become hard when exposed to heat like other snail meat.
But, well, just think about it, he only has a few thousand yuan in savings at home, he can't bear to spend it, he can only wait until he gets rich.
When he heard the calls of others on the shore, he ignored them and pretended not to hear them. It was windy at the seaside, so he just threw the ball back into the sack.
What are you looking at
After watching it, do you want to gather a group of people to the beach to share a piece of the pie
Just take a look from a distance!
Ye's father, Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua had already checked the tide and saw that there were many people on the beach, so they came out to take a look. Upon seeing this, they sent the second son back to tell them and bring a bucket.
The typhoon is still early, and there seemed to be no waves on the shore today. I didn’t expect there were still things to pick up. No one was prepared, and they just came out to check the tide.
Ye Yaodong followed the tide and picked up the trash. Soon, Lin Xiuqing came with a bucket. She complained, "Why didn't you call me when you came to the beach?"
"You're still feeding the kids breakfast, I'm going to come out to the house to see if the tiles are almost done and check the tide."
"What did you find?"
He showed her the conch like a treasure. "Isn't it big?"
Lin Xiuqing took it with surprise, looked it over, and touched the flesh on its head. "It's so big. I've never seen one this big."
"About 20 centimeters."
She smiled happily, her cheeks flushed, "This one must weigh several kilograms!"
"3.4 kilograms is enough. I can sell it for a few dollars. There are a lot of snails on the beach today." He opened the mouth of the sack wide and shook it for her to see. "They are all kinds of clams and conchs. There are not many small fish and shrimps."
"Let's hurry up and follow the tide to look for more." She put the conch in her bucket and walked under the tide with the bucket in her hand.
Seeing this, Ye Yaodong followed, and more and more people gathered on the beach.
Soon, Lin Xiuqing had picked up more than half a bucket full. It was a bit difficult to carry, so she simply poured all of them into Ye Yaodong's sack and only picked out the big conchs, which she put into her own bucket. She smiled and said, "I like this big conch. It would be great if I could just sell the meat and not the shell."
"Then why don't you just not buy it? Eat it yourself?"
She rolled her eyes at him and said, "There are so many people at home, this one won't be enough for everyone to eat. Even if it's sliced, it won't be enough for everyone to eat two pieces!"
"We can still cut it into slices and fry it for two people, after all, it's this big."
"You are just greedy, right? Don't think about taking advantage of this good stuff. This is to be sold for money!"
Seeing her money-grubbing look, Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "Don't you want to keep the shell?"
"Forget it, making money is more important! There seems to be a white conch there." As she said this, she trotted forward to pick it up.
"Why is this snail white? It's quite big, almost bigger than my fist. It's quite beautiful."
She muttered something and threw it into the bucket. Ye Yaodong looked at the snail from a distance and felt that it looked familiar.
"Let me see that white snail you just picked up?"
"What? Do you want to exchange more?"
"No," he took it out of her bucket and held it in his hand, "Why does this look so familiar? The Emperor's Crowned Conch?"
"What snail?" Lin Xiuqing looked at him in confusion.
"This is the Emperor's Crowned Conch, it got its name because it looks like a crown from the Tang Dynasty. There are many of them in the South China Sea and Taiwan."
“Is it valuable?”
"It is one of the four famous conchs. It is a precious conch. It has a certain chance of producing pearls. The pearls it produces are among the ten most precious and rare pearls."
Lin Xiuqing's eyes lit up when she heard this. She thought of the Melo Pearl, "It's so famous? Then we smash it?"
"Don't you want its shell?"
"If you want, then pick out the snail meat?"
"You're not selling it anymore? This one is quite valuable!"
"ah?"
Ye Yaodong teased her deliberately. He found her conflicted look funny. He didn't expect that his wife had this side of her.
Lin Xiuqing hesitated for a moment, "Then are its pearls very valuable?"
"Yes, it is much more valuable than its meat. After all, if there is any, it is a rare pearl."
"Well, then...then why don't we pick out the meat and try it out?"
"Okay! You are the eldest in our family, so whatever you say is what counts."
She glared at him in reproach, "Didn't I think just in case?"
"Why are you two standing here? Everyone is bending down to pick up shells and snails." Seeing them standing there, looking conflicted and excited, Ye Ersao came over out of curiosity.
"Hey, you guys picked up this snail too. I also picked up two pretty good looking ones."
The couple looked at her in surprise, "You picked up two?"
As he spoke, he stretched his head and saw that there were indeed two objects, one big and one small, in her bucket. Ye Yaodong even picked them up to look at and compare them.
"Exactly the same. Those two of my second sister-in-law are also imperial conchs."
"What's this Emperor Snail?" Second Sister Ye was a little confused. "Do you know it? Is this snail valuable?"
"It's valuable! Ah Dong said if there were pearls inside it, they would be even more valuable!"