The bright yellow color instantly caught Ye Yaodong's eyes, and he was immediately delighted.
two!
A family of three!
This small reef nest was completely covered by seaweed. If he hadn't poked it a little, he would never have been able to discover that there were two large coconut snails inside.
Really big!
I can't even grasp it with one hand.
When he held it in his hand, it was bigger than his palm, and the shell was estimated to be a little more than 20 centimeters long.
He held one in each hand and pressed the soft flesh on top out of habit. The inner lips had teeth and the outer lips were very thin.
Judging from the size of these two, they are estimated to be around three or four kilograms, and the small one we just caught is probably also around one or two kilograms.
He put the two into the net bag as well, reuniting the family of three, and then Ye Yaodong started walking around again.
At this moment, the visibility on the seabed is becoming clearer and clearer. It should be because the sun is high in the sky and the sea is clear, so the light penetrates the water more thoroughly, which is more conducive to his treasure hunt on the seabed.
He picked up a sea cucumber and a half-broken one from the seaweed. He then walked to the reef wall. Thinking that time was almost up, he decided to dig abalone to fill up the net bag first.
At this moment, a tentacle suddenly emerged from the gap between two reefs, followed by another tentacle.
Ye Yaodong's body reacted faster than his brain. Before he could think, his hands had already grabbed the two tentacles, and with a little pull, he directly pulled out the little green dragon inside.
Its shrimp tail curled up instantly, then dropped down and curled up again, over and over again.
It really is a piece of cake.
I chased one before, but I couldn't get it out after it got into a gap. Now, I accidentally caught one in the trap.
After putting it in the net bag, he looked into the gap again. There were several more inside, but this gap was open and the other end was also an exit, so it was not easy to take them out.
As time was limited, he did not plan to try and simply gave up. The first priority was to dig more abalone from the reef wall to fill the net bag.
After his efforts over this period of time, the number of abalone on the surrounding reefs has decreased a lot, but manpower is limited and he is still far from clearing them all out.
Every time he goes into the water, it is basically to rescue ground traps. The actual time he spends digging for abalone is only five minutes. Basically, he only goes into the water about three times a day.
The pressure at the bottom of the sea is very harmful to the eardrum, so he has to control the number of times he goes into the water. Fortunately, he doesn't go out to the sea every day.
Today, because there were three coconut snails, they took up half of the space in the net bag. The net bag was full after I had just pried out the abalone for a short while.
Regardless of the fact that the time was not up yet, he prepared to flap his fins to float up.
But at this moment, a pointed head suddenly popped out from the crevice of the rock next to him. He stared at it vigilantly, ready to swim away at any time, but he saw the head sticking out a little more.
Ye Yaodong also recognized this thing at this time, wolf eel
This is a good thing for increasing milk production.
It has wolf-like fangs and is extremely poisonous.
There was a fisherman in their village who had his finger bitten by a wolf eel, and his finger was swollen and black.
If the swelling is too severe and it becomes ulcerated, you will have to go to the hospital for surgery to remove it. This wolf eel is not to be trifled with.
But despite the ferocious appearance of the wolftooth eel, its price is far lower than that of sea cucumbers and abalone. If he hadn't wanted to catch it and bring it back to help Ah Qing produce milk and replenish her body, he would have just pretended not to see it and walked away.
But since I’ve seen it, I can’t let it go.
He pulled out the scoop net from behind his waist and stretched it out directly over.
I've heard before that wolf eels have very poor eyesight and dull senses, so when danger comes, they move slowly, making people mistakenly believe that they are calm and courageous.
He was afraid of alerting the enemy, so he moved the net slowly. However, no matter how slowly he moved, the surrounding water flow would change unusually.
But by the time the wolf eel realizes the danger, it is already too late; it has already been caught in a large net.
Ye Yaodong was afraid of being bitten, so after catching the eel, he kept turning the net, making it confused. Then he took the opportunity to grab its head and float up.
Father Ye was collecting traps, and when he saw him floating up, he hung the half-collected trap on the boat and tried to pull him up. But at this time Father Ye also saw the wolf eel in his hand.
"Wolf eel?"
"Well, bring a bucket of water and put it in first."
Father Ye immediately turned around to get it.
After Ye Yaodong came up, Ye's father saw the net bag on his waist, which was full of things.
"Huh? There are coconut snails today? So lucky?"
"Yeah, I was lucky. I found a small one, but I also found two big ones by accident."
Ye Yaodong took off all the equipment on his face and body, wiped the water off his face, and said.
"There is a treasure land underneath. Even with the efficiency of my daily discharge, I really can't empty it all. But it's just right that I can't empty it all. It's sustainable development. I can dig a little bit every time I go into the water."
Although Mr. Ye didn't understand what he meant by sustainable development, it didn't stop him from being moved.
“Are there really so many goods down there?”
"Yes, there is a large reef underneath. The ones exposed above the sea before are only a part of it. There is more underneath, and they are also full of abalone. We can dig slowly."
"Or you can teach me how to use your gadgets. We can take turns going into the water. This way it will be more efficient."
"Ah? You're an old man, why are you going into the water?"
Ye's father's originally kind expression disappeared in an instant, and he just felt upset.
"My old bones... My old bones are stronger than yours, and my fist is bigger than yours."
I knew he was just being perfunctory before.
"Tsk~ You've been doing this for decades, isn't it normal for your hand joints to be thick? Forget it, you're already old, why are you messing around? Just stay on the boat, there's endless money to be made."
Father Ye frowned, "I'm only in my 50s, how come I'm already old?"
"That's old enough. I'm only in my 20s."
Father Ye was furious. It was another day of being irritated by his son.
"If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."
"Isn't that what you asked?" Ye Yaodong laughed twice with a playful look on his face. "Anyway, you are not short of money now, and neither am I. Why are you working so hard?"
"You prodigal son, you've only worked for a few months and made a little money, but you think you've made enough and don't want to work anymore, right? You're always lazy, you're only in your 20s, and you don't want to work, while others, even with their old bones, are still rowing boats out to sea to make money..."
"You now have an extra mouth to feed at home. The whole family is counting on you, and you haven't even said anything about working harder..." Ye Yaodong interrupted his father's nagging, took over the conversation, and said in a naughty tone.
Ye's father opened his mouth but was blocked by him. He had to swallow back the words he had just said.
He chuckled again and said, "Oh, I know what you are going to say. My mother always says the same few words every few days. Not only have you memorized them, I have also memorized them. Don't be influenced by her."
Seeing his father's dark face getting darker, he patted his shoulder ingratiatingly and said, "Don't worry, I won't work so hard to make money. I'll just make money well."
What are you talking about
Father Ye was not comforted at all. He could only give him a harsh look and continue to collect the traps.
If he talks to that bastard Coffin for a few more words, he'll die a few years shorter.
Fortunately, I am in the same boat with him, so I can watch over him, supervise him and urge him on. If I just hire a random farmhand and no one is in charge of him, he might work one day and rest for three days.
Ye Yaodong: Underestimate him!
While Ye's father went to collect the net, Ye Yaodong also poured out the goods in the net bag into another bucket filled with sea water.
Anyway, they don't interfere with each other.
The abalone soon attached itself to the wall of the bucket, the sea cucumbers and coconut snails sank to the bottom, and only the small green dragonfish swam around in the narrow space of the bucket.
In the corner next to it there is a bucket filled with a lot of small green dragons and sea cucumbers.
Those were the goods that Ye's father had just poured out of the cage, and the quantity looked very optimistic.
If he didn't want to avoid the limelight, he would really be reluctant to leave this reef. The output below could be equal to what others would get in a whole day of trawling if he went into the water two or three times.