Ye Yaodong carried the bucket and walked towards the shallow water. When he got closer, he shouted to them, "Did you get anything?"
"Does picking up a cat's-eye snail count as a gain?" A Guang looked depressed.
"It's better than nothing." He walked towards Guang and returned the bucket to him.
"I'm embarrassed to take such a big bucket when it's so empty."
“Hahaha~” He also found it a little funny, “It’s okay, just change your name when you get back!”
"Hey~ let's talk about it later. One snail requires firewood, what a waste. I'll make up the number for you!" As he said that, he threw the snail into Ye Yaodong's bucket, making a ding-dong sound.
"Let's look for more. The tide has just receded and the water is not rising so quickly. We may find some more."
"It doesn't matter. You guys continue. I'll go around the reef wall and see if there's anything to pick up." A Guang shrugged and walked straight to the edge of the reef wall.
"I just visited this reef yesterday. I picked up all the slightly larger clams and snails, and I also opened all the oysters that could be opened. If you go there now, there will definitely be nothing there."
"It doesn't matter. I'll just walk around. If there's nothing to eat, I'll go back and eat."
"Well, then you can see for yourself. It's so sunny now, if you don't get anything, you might as well go back and rest early."
"Um."
Ye Yaodong looked around and realized that his friends had probably searched the area around him, so he simply walked towards the rocks near the shore.
Unexpectedly, after taking a few steps, I felt something hard under my feet. I squatted down and saw a cat's eye snail poking its head out from under the sand.
He picked it up and used his thumb to scrape and pinch the soft flesh on the cat's eye snail's head that was exposed and soaked up sea water and had no time to shrink back.
Sizzle~ Several streams of water flew out~
He chuckled and rushed to A Guang who was walking in front of him, saying, "A Guang, look, I found a cat's eye snail behind you when I was walking. It's quite big."
"Shit!" Guang turned around and cursed, "I just walked past that."
Ye Yaodong threw it into the bucket and said with a smile: "Maybe I've been lucky these past two days!"
"I shouldn't have come out today. It's so comfortable to stay at home and sleep. I must have eaten too much that I ran out to bask in the sun." He said as he walked towards the reef.
Under the scorching sun, Ye Yaodong continued his treasure hunt on the beach. However, he didn't find anything big. Going treasure hunting at the beach really depends entirely on luck.
Forty years later, even with a high tide, there wasn't that much to pick up on the beach, just maybe some jumping fish, stone crabs, and giant 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, the seafood has become less and only some uninhabited islands can you find more seafood.
Watching the tide rising little by little, everyone wanted to go back. It was already past one o'clock and they were all starving.
"Let's go back. There probably isn't anything left to pick up. The tide is about to rise." Xiaoxiao shook the bucket and shouted to everyone.
"Okay, okay, let's go back. It's so hot."
"There weren't many things to pick up. Dongzi picked them all up."
Ye Yaodong glanced at his half-full bucket and felt quite satisfied. "I didn't pick up anything else in the back, just stone crabs and jumping fish. These two things should be enough for one bowl."
"You have that one tiger stripe, it's enough. It's worth the money. This trip today was not in vain."
"And there's that nest of snow clams! It's a good deal, and the scattered seafood can make up two or three bowls."
He smiled, thinking that he had indeed made a good harvest today. There would be a high tide tomorrow, so he could continue coming to see if his luck was really good.
"Let's go back. I'm starving." He casually kicked the big rock at his feet and planned to go back.
Who knew that at the moment he was about to turn around, a tentacle stretched out from under the stone. His eyes widened in surprise, "Octopus?"
"Ah? You found another octopus?" A Zheng, who was not far away from him, ran over happily.
"It hid really well. If I hadn't kicked it, I don't think its tentacles would have extended."
"Catch it and have a look. See if it's a red, black, or white seal. Its tentacles look quite small, so it shouldn't be big."
There are three common types of octopus in their waters. The white octopus is also called the tide-watching octopus. It is very small, but the most expensive and tastes the best. The red octopus is second, and the black octopus is the cheapest, but the meat is not that good, and it is often difficult to bite.
He reached out along the tentacles and grabbed it off with force. "It's wrapped really tightly. It's a black seal. Trash."
"Well, it's better than having no one at all."
"Dongzi, you're lucky today! Before leaving, you can even find a black seal."
"Look at your bucket. You've got quite a lot today."
Ye Yaodong looked at the octopus that was tightly wrapped around his wrist. He wanted to throw it into the bucket but couldn't. He could only use his other hand to pull it off and throw it in. However, as soon as he threw it in, its tentacles wrapped around the bucket again and tried to climb out.
"Damn, it can really climb. I can only hold it in my hands. Can you help me move that stone? Move it and see if there is anything else underneath?"
"You think there's another nest?"
Having said that, everyone still worked together to help tip the stone over.
"Holy crap, there really is one," he was pleasantly surprised, "but it's a little small."
"Another black chapter, but it's not bad, it's always good to gain something!"
Xiao Xiao squatted aside to help catch it and put it in Ye Yaodong's hand, "Okay, you can go back now. You really came back with a lot today."
He grinned, he could indeed have a snack in the evening, so today's work was not in vain, he had food to eat and money to earn.
"You guys think it's okay. Although there's nothing good, the little things can make up a bowl or two."
Ah Zheng shook the bucket in his hand. "It's not bad, not as good as the best, but better than the worst. Hey, where's Ah Guang?"
I originally wanted to make fun of A Guang, but I didn’t expect to see him.
After his reminder, everyone realized that A Guang seemed to be missing.
"A Guang walked around the reef before, but didn't gain anything. He was in a bad mood and went back first." It's true that he didn't gain anything. He had been there yesterday, so it would be strange if he could gain anything.
"It's a waste of time to come out and bask in the sun." Awei was a little gloating.
"It's okay, let's gather our things together and go to his house for a drink in the evening." Ye Yaodong suggested.
It's normal for friends to eat my food and me yours. Yesterday he even had a free meal.
"Okay, if we all get together, it will be impressive and we can have a decent table."
"Just call Fatty, even if Haozi is not at home."
"The fat guy won't come to sunbathe, but he will definitely come to drink!"
"It would be just right for him to bring two kilograms of rice wine brewed at home."
“You can have this.”
Everyone had already arranged the evening's food and drinks without saying a word.