The egg white of seabird eggs is chewy and has a delicate texture. The taste is still very good. It’s a pity that no soy sauce was brought out. It would taste better with soy sauce.
He counted them and found that three were enough for each person, so he put twelve into the pot and boiled them. When they were cooked, he took them out and put them aside, and then started to cook the noodles.
He was a little tired of eating all kinds of noodles and rice noodles at sea every day, but it was good to have something to eat as long as it could fill his stomach.
While eating, Lin Xianghui said, "Seabird eggs in the forest are pretty easy to find, right?"
"Not all of them are seabird eggs, some are pheasant eggs. I saw pheasants when I first entered the woods, but I couldn't catch them because they can fly so fast. I only got a nest of pheasant eggs."
"We need to make traps. We used to go to the mountains to set traps. There used to be a lot of wild boars, weasels, and muntjacs in our mountains. Now many of them have been cultivated into tea mountains. Many of the big ones have been caught. Pheasants and rabbits are still common, and we can catch them occasionally."
"That's fine, I can have a snack once in a while."
"Yes, I can't bear to eat the ones I raise at home, but the ones I catch in the mountains are also good, and I don't feel bad eating them."
"Then when we get back, let's take some time in the evening to set a few traps?" When he saw the two pheasants, he wanted to catch them very much, but he could only watch them fly away. What a pity.
"That's fine. Just make a few simple ones with wood and iron nails, and dig a few traps in the mountains tomorrow."
"Okay, then it depends on your performance whether you eat meat or fish next."
Father Ye said unhappily, "Don't encourage your two brothers-in-law. It's tiring enough to go out early and come back late. It's dark when you get home every day. Why do you still want to set traps and mess around?"
Lin Xianghui just smiled and said, "It's okay."
"Forget it, let's try again when we have time. There are plenty of them in the mountains around the village."
"You don't want to do more work all day, but instead fiddle with all these miscellaneous things..." Father Ye muttered a few more words.
Anyway, Ye Yaodong just ignored it.
A man is a teenager until he dies. Isn't it normal for him to like to have fun? He doesn't visit prostitutes, gamble or take drugs.
After simply filling their stomachs, they divided the work and went about their own business. The two brothers-in-law continued to go to the island to catch squid. At this moment, the tide was about to recede, so they could just pick them up as the tide receded, as there would be more squids after the tide receded.
Ye Yaodong left all the tools for fishing to them, and also left them several sacks, so that they could pick up squids, pry shellfish, hunt seabirds, or collect seabird eggs.
"You are welcome to do whatever you want. Don't go into the water. Just be safe. We are not far away. You can see our boat when you climb up the rocks. If you need anything, stand on the rocks with the red flag in the bucket and wave it. We will come over when we see you. If you are hungry, fill your stomach with the freshly boiled eggs. We have something to do at noon, so we won't prepare food."
"Okay, we know what's going on. Just focus on your own things and don't worry about us. We are not children and we won't run around."
"Um."
The reef is not far away, so we can take care of anything.
After a few simple words asking them to be careful, they sailed towards the reef. Along the way, they could see squids floating on the sea from time to time, and there were also sporadic activities beneath the sea.
There are not many of them and they are scattered. Normally they could stop and catch them with a hand net. But now it is not worth it for them to stop and cast a net. They have to save their energy for later.
The dazzling sunlight made the sea surface sparkle. Not far away, a huge white figure was floating on the sea. The father and son looked at it from afar in surprise.
"what is that?"
"I don't know, it looks pretty big."
“Go and take a look!”
Ye Yaodong saw it clearly when he drove the boat over there. "I thought it was something else, but it turned out to be a sunfish."
Such a big fish was lying on its side on the sea to bask in the sun, which made the little kids excited for a moment, thinking they had encountered another big fish.
Father Ye also said regretfully: "Let's go, don't worry about it."
He quickly turned the bow of the boat, avoided it, and headed towards the reef again.
When they arrived, he skillfully opened the stacked traps as usual and placed them down in rows. Father Ye drove the boat slowly, and the father and son cooperated with each other. They didn't need to communicate, and each knew what to do.
They plan to come back tomorrow to pull out the traps that were put down today. The longer they leave them, the more goods they can get.
So I didn't come here in the dark this morning to release the fish. It doesn't make any difference whether I release it earlier or later, because I have to release it overnight anyway. It's just right to come here now to release the fish before going into the water.
After all the traps were put down, Ye Yaodong looked at the sun hanging high in the sky. It was still a little cool in the morning and evening, but now the temperature has risen a bit and it is getting hot.
He took all his diving equipment and tried it again. After confirming that there was no problem, he tied a net bag around his waist and also tied a large foldable simple net bag.
The Jiang Yao were too big, with the largest ones being more than 20 centimeters long. A net bag couldn't hold many of them, so he had asked his mother to take some time to weave him a bigger one so that it would be more convenient for him to go into the water to fish.
When the time comes, we will do it the old way: throw the net bag into the sea, come up first, and then pull the line up directly because it is long.
After completing all the preparations, he did a simple warm-up before jumping into the sea.
The sea water was still icy cold in the morning, and after freezing for a while and splashing around a few times, he rushed straight to the bottom of the sea.
The first time is strange, the second time is familiar, and the third time is my back door.
He reached the bottom of the sea as quickly as possible, identified the surroundings, picked up two moving sea cucumbers, and swam forward, flapping his flippers.
The weather was good, the sun was shining directly on the sea, and the light on the seabed was also very clear.
After swimming a few steps forward, he saw groups of dark-black clams standing in the mud on the seabed in front of him. Just like what he accidentally discovered last time, they lived with their pointed ends upright in the mud and sand, and gathered together in groups.
There is a saying along the coast: sea cucumber, abalone, and Jiangyao clams.
In other words, Jiangyaobei is comparable to sea cucumber and abalone. It is not only delicious, but also nutritious and has the effect of nourishing the kidneys! !
At this moment, the mouths of many barnacles are still slightly open, and they are eating algae.
After finding them, Ye Yaodong seized the opportunity and planned to make a quick decision. The time he spent in the water was limited each time. Fortunately, these Jiang Yaos were standing on the seabed and would not move, which saved him a lot of trouble.
Otherwise, like Xiao Qinglong, you may not be able to catch a few even after a long time.
So even though this is relatively cheaper than sea cucumbers, abalone and small blue dragon, this one won't move, so just take some time to get them all back. Next time you can just focus on getting sea cucumbers and abalone over there, and you don't have to swim over here.
After several excavations by him, the number of abalone in the reef over there has decreased, but it still requires a long-term battle.
He did not put the small net bag in first, but took out the big net bag directly. He squatted there and pulled out the clams one by one and threw them into the net.
This is not difficult to pull out. Some of the open lobsters will close directly when stimulated.
20 minutes was neither long nor short, but it was enough time for him to fill up the big net bag.
When the time was up, he didn't hesitate any longer, but let out the rope of the net bag, tied it to his hand and swam upstream.
When he was touched by the fish, shrimps and crabs around him, he pretended not to see them and rushed directly to the surface of the water.
Father Ye saw his figure emerging from the sea not far away and quickly drove the boat over. "Why did you emerge here?"
"Jiang Yao is down here, not on the reef. He swam a short distance when he came down. The seabed here is relatively high, not as deep as on the reef. It's probably only ten meters deep, and it may not be there even at low tide."
Father Ye nodded casually. He had never been in the water and didn't know what the situation was like under the sea, so he just took whatever he said as the truth.
"Come up and rest for a while, stretch your arms and legs."
"Um."
After Ye Yaodong climbed the mountain, he handed the rope in his hand to his father and said, "You pull it. I'll take a rest."
"How many pounds?"
"About 40 or 50 kilograms, right? Some are big and some are small. Let's use the rolling wheels to save some effort."
"OK."
Father Ye tied the rope to the rolling wheel and tightened it little by little. Soon a large bag of black goods was pulled to the surface of the water.