Xiao Xiao slapped his forehead and said, "Shit...Are we stupid? Can't we just pour the goods in the barrels onto the boat? We can still free up space for more loading!"
Ah Zheng also suddenly realized, "That's right? Just pour it onto the boat and put it in the corners separately. Then we can put it in a sack when we get back."
"Damn, pig brains... You all just sat there for so long, watching Dongzi dig alone."
"Let's go, let's go pick up some more. The boat fare and gas are so expensive, we can't come here for nothing!"
After they went back and told Fatty and Chen Wei, the two finally reacted and hurriedly poured the goods in the barrels onto the boat to make room for further loading.
Ye Yaodong looked at them speechlessly. Anyway, he just had to fill the two sacks. As long as they were not washed and placed in a cool place, these shellfish should be able to keep for two or three days.
If he didn't have to take care of the workers' food and drink, he wouldn't have picked up so much. After all, there was no refrigerator, and if he picked too much, the food would go bad if he couldn't finish eating it. What he has picked up now is enough.
After a sack of juvenile shellfish is filled, it is his turn to sit down and rest while watching them work.
Because no one has visited the isolated island, there are still abundant shellfish attached to the reefs. It is impossible for him to pry all of them back by himself, so there are still plenty of things to pick up if they go back.
After sunbathing for a while and eating two corns he brought with him, he saw that the tide had receded and most of the surrounding reefs were exposed. He picked up a large bamboo basket and fire tongs and shouted to the people bending over the reefs: "Comrades, the tide has receded. I'm going to go treasure hunting. You guys continue to dig!"
"MD, it's too late to do anything!"
"I'll dig for a while longer. If I find something good, just shout and I'll go down again."
"Okay, I'll tell you after I've bought all the big stuff." Ye Yaodong laughed and rolled up his trouser legs to start searching in the shallow water.
"Damn, I'll stop digging and go take a look too." Ah Zheng jumped in with a half-full bucket. He didn't even bother to go to the boat to pour it out, for fear of being a step too slow. Anyway, these shellfish on the reef couldn't escape.
As soon as he jumped down, he heard Ye Yaodong's surprised voice.
"Shit~ Sea centipede!"
"What, where? Where are the sea centipedes?"
"Are there sea centipedes?"
Everyone ran to Ye Yaodong in surprise, only to see that the exposed mudflat was covered with densely packed sea centipedes.
The sea centipede, scientifically known as the sandworm, is a worm that grows on the shallow mudflats of the southeast coast. The most terrifying thing about it is that it looks like a centipede, but it is non-toxic and non-aggressive, and its legs are very short. Its food is mainly seaweed and seagrass, supplemented by small shrimps and fish.
"Fuck, this is too disgusting, right? So many"
"I got goosebumps!"
A large group of sea centipedes are wriggling. If someone has trypophobia, they will be scared to death!
Fortunately, Ye Yaodong was not afraid of this thing. "This is a good thing. Everyone, come together. When you catch it, make less noise. Don't let it get into the mudflat."
"Oh no no no, it's too disgusting. It's so big, it makes my scalp tingle. I don't want it."
"Neither do I. I don't have any gloves."
"My eyes are going blind. I'd better go somewhere else to refresh my eyes."
"It's really a bit disgusting. You should go and catch it yourself if you find it!"
They all shook their heads and quickly moved to the side.
Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes, "One by one, they want to eat, but no one is willing to reach out."
"That's not what I meant. The way it looks after being cooked is so different from when it's alive. It's so packed together that I'm about to vomit. Anyway, you found it, so it belongs to you. Go down quickly!" After saying that, A Guang quickly picked up the bucket and ran away.
Let him catch it if he wants, it would be better if he keeps it all to himself, but the bamboo basket in his hand is not suitable for holding sea centipedes, so he quickly ran towards the boat.
He had to empty the seafood in the barrels onto the deck and free up the water buckets to load them. As he walked, he kept muttering, "Why are there so many sea centipedes crawling out? Shouldn't they be in the caves under the mudflats?"
"Who knows, maybe they will come out to mate during these first few days of the new year."
Anyway, it’s good to catch them.
After freeing up the bucket and simply rinsing it with sea water, he excitedly ran towards the group of sea centipedes.
It was a bit disgusting, but he could accept it. After all, he was wearing gloves and there was no direct contact.
He grabbed a handful and watched them struggling and squirming. He felt sick and quickly put them into the bucket. The sea centipedes around them seemed to be frightened and burrowed into the soil.
Ah, how could we let them run away
Ye Yaodong sped up and caught all the sea centipedes that were still on the surface and had not reacted yet. Those that were not caught burrowed into the mudflats.
Looking at the small holes on the surface of the mudflat, he tried to dig them out. When he felt what he had, he gently pulled it. This requires patience and carefulness.
After pulling for a while, you should stop to allow the centipede's body to shrink, then pull it up again. If you pull too fast, it will easily break.
After touching only a few holes, he became impatient to continue touching, thinking it was a waste of time. The bucket was already half full, estimated to be about four or five pounds.
He planned to go to the beach first to see if there were any other good things, and then come back and catch them slowly when he had time. Anyway, this thing was here.
After putting the bucket in a cool place, he took the bamboo basket and fire tongs and ran towards the nearest A Guang.
"Did you gain anything?"
"What do you think? If there was something good I would have shouted it out long ago."
"That's right, it looks like no one has made any big discoveries!"
He glanced at Guang's bucket and saw a few stone crabs and small fish. "You can go dig for shellfish on the reef, maybe you can get more."
Ah Guang nodded seriously, "I think so too."
Ye Yaodong patted his shoulder comfortingly, and after looking at where the others were, he planned to walk further along the isolated island reef.
During the time he was catching the sea centipede, the tide receded a little.
Since he had a good start on the mudflats today, he specifically went to places with mudflats.
The exposed areas of this isolated island after the tide receded include small sandy beaches and mudflats. They don't look very clean and you will sink into them if you step on them. After only a few steps, his legs are already covered in mud.
While walking around with the fire tongs, I saw a huge blue crab covered in mud, lying motionless on the surface of the mudflat, basking in the sun
The surface was well camouflaged, and the shell was covered with mud. If you didn't look carefully, you would almost miss it. Ye Yaodong clamped it with fire tongs, and its big pincers immediately waved around.
"Young, and a female. It's quite heavy, and should contain red cream. I estimate it to be about one and a half kilograms. Not bad, not bad. I almost missed it."
My luck is really good. I felt that there should be goods on the mudflats, and I actually found some when I just walked around.