"Dad, what are you talking about earthen jars and bottles and jars?" Ye Chenghu looked at them curiously.
After Ye Chenghai and the others explained it to him in great haste, he slapped his thigh and regretted that he had missed it and did not know about it the first time.
"I want some too. I want some too. I want to play with them too. I'm going to ask mom for some bottles and jars..." Ye Chenghu ran back to the house like a gust of wind.
Ye Chengyang didn't quite understand what he heard, but since his brother ran away, of course he followed his brother and went into the house.
Except for fighting, under normal circumstances, they are good brothers who are inseparable. Wherever the elder brother goes, the younger brother follows.
But Lin Xiuqing was busy washing rice and making lunch, so she had no time to care about the two brothers and drove them all out.
They went to the corner of the door and rummaged through the sacks. There was a swaying sound, and the bottles and jars in the sacks were instantly poured out all over the floor.
Most of them are cans of malted milk that they drink. These can be used to store things. Ah Qing couldn't bear to sell them to junk collectors, so he has been collecting them there. There are also a lot of other cans.
Now, not only the two brothers were excited, but everyone else stopped working and gathered around to ask for it.
Ye Chenghu was unwilling to share it with others and refused them all. "Go back to your own home and find it. This is mine! I don't even have enough for myself, how can I give it to you? Go back and find it yourself."
If they could go back, would they stay here and do hard labor? They would have gone home to rummage through their boxes long ago.
"You can go to your grandma's house to look for it, or you can go to your grandmother's house to look for it, otherwise there won't be enough to share."
“That makes sense!”
With Ye Yaodong's advice, the group of children became extremely enthusiastic. However, he was short of people who could help him with the work, so he had to continue peeling the bamboo shoots by himself, which was a bad idea.
Ye Chenghu used all the cans in the house and coaxed Yangyang by saying: "Brother has finished, just share and use, you don't have to do it, just watch..."
Ye Chengyang coaxed him and nodded.
Ye Yaodong did not expose the truth, and the two brothers were willing to fight and be beaten.
Ye Chenghu also found a screw and instructed Ye Chengyang to pick up a big stone outside the door so that he could feel a little involved. Then he spent the whole afternoon hammering away at it, trying to knock a hole in the edge of the jar to make it easier to tie the rope.
A group of kids next door were also there, sticking their butts up and banging their butts all afternoon.
There was no other way. They had just been spanked and their buttocks were hurting, so they had to stick their buttocks out. But no matter how painful it was, it couldn't dampen their enthusiasm.
"Dad, is this how it's strung together?"
"That's about right. The string is secure. As long as it doesn't get washed away by the waves, it will be fine."
"That's it!"
Ye Chenghu excitedly fiddled with the fruits of his labor and dragged them to the next door to show off. Along the way, the bottles and jars rubbed against the ground, making clanging sounds.
They were doing it at the right time, and the tide gradually receded in the afternoon.
A group of children were reluctant to go anywhere, so they squatted in a row at the gate of the yard, holding sharpened sticks in their hands. Of course, they took advantage of Ye's father's free time to come around and pestered Ye's father to sharpen them for them.
In front of them were piled all kinds of bottles and jars, tied together with ropes.
The other friends were also attracted by their strange behavior and things, so they squatted over and asked them curiously.
They kept their mouths shut and said nothing, but that couldn't stop the children's curiosity. They all squatted together, ready to see what they were going to do.
After their anxious wait, the tide slowly began to recede at around 2:00 p.m., and they began to move excitedly.
Ye Yaodong was afraid that they would follow the tide and run into the water, so he followed them out of concern.
By the way, I'll bring a bucket to see if there's anything I can pick up when the tide goes out. It's been raining for several days and the water level is rising. I guess the waves outside are going to be big too. It'll be nice to pick up some seafood as a dinner snack.
"Can you guys slow down a bit? The tide hasn't receded yet. It's still early."
He was holding a bucket in one hand and a pair of fire tongs in the other. He had just caught a crab that was running sideways when he looked up to remind the children who were running forward excitedly.
"knew."
Parents nowadays completely let their children do what they want because they are too busy. They have a lot of work to do to make a living and have no time to take care of their children. Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Ye actually don't care if their children play on the beach. As long as they don't go swimming, it doesn't matter where they go.
The same goes for the neighbors on both sides, as long as they know to come back when it’s time for dinner.
Ye Yaodong would keep a closer eye on the children, and his two sisters-in-law were influenced by him and sometimes would not allow the children to go to the beach to play.
He had seen and heard of too many children who drowned while playing in the water, and how many parents were heartbroken and regretful. And those who drowned were often good at swimming, especially naughty boys. Every child is a treasure in the eyes of their parents. If any accident happened, it would be heartbreaking.
He would rather keep a closer eye on the child to avoid regretting it later. Children are young and ignorant, and most of the time they won't be obedient.
Ye Yaodong picked up the trash as he walked. The tide didn't recede so quickly, so he searched back and forth around the water level and kept an eye on the child at the same time.
A few children picked up things while waiting for the tide to go out, and threw whatever they picked up into his bucket.
"Dad, there are so many air bubbles here..."
"Pinch it and see."
Ye Chenghu did as he was told and reached out to take a sip. "It's a sand clam..."
"Forget it, don't dig anymore. It's a waste of time. I don't know how long it will take to dig this small bubble hole. I've already picked up a lot of big clams in the bucket. Go look around to see if there are any stranded small fish, shrimps or crabs?"
"Okay, then I'll ask mom and my aunt and second aunt to come and dig!"
"Then don't step on these bubble holes, otherwise you won't be able to recognize them and dig them out later."
Although sand clams are more delicious than big clams, Ye Yaodong has become arrogant and no longer looks down on this small piece of sand clams.
After all, it is too difficult to dig sand clams, but big clams only need to be picked up, and the bucket is already half full after a group of people threw them just now.
Fish, shrimp, crab, octopus, shells, conch, everything in the bucket. Except for the fish, the others can be put in the pot at night and steamed in water. It smells delicious.
The tide receded to the bottom, which took almost an hour, amid the children's excited cries of finding a crab, a fish, and a conch.
The distance between the beach and the house is also very long, about two hundred meters away. When the tide goes out on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, the tide can recede even further.
"Uncle San, is this the end?"
"Uncle San, can we put down the bottles and jars now?"
"Uncle San, can you let me go now?"
"Dad, can we let it go now? The tide won't recede anymore, right?"
Ye Yaodong waved his hand and said, "Put it down, put it down. Find your own position and put it down. Insert the stick deeper and hit it with the stone for a while longer."
"okay!"
The children were all excited.
Several children from the next door neighbors followed them out, not knowing what they were doing. They asked again, but were just sent away with a reply, "You'll know soon."
Whether boys or girls, everyone held a bunch of bottles and jars and dragged them along. Everyone was very enthusiastic and each of them found an area to occupy.
They weren't too far away. At a glance, they were standing in a row, only two or three meters apart, and then they started banging and hitting, driving the sticks into the sand.
The other children squatted there and watched, curiously observing them work.
After they had struck the sticks and felt that they had hit the sand firmly, they tied the ropes around the pillars one by one, and then carefully placed the clay pots sideways facing the sea.
"What on earth are you guys trying to do?"
"Oh, don't bother me. I've told you everything. You'll know when the time comes. Don't ask."
"When will that be?"
"You'll know when you get back from school tomorrow."
"We have to wait until tomorrow. I thought I would know right away..."
"Go away, go away, don't get in the way here."
After Ye Chenghai tied up his clay pot, he suddenly felt a little empty. After finishing it, he didn't know what to do for a moment. It seemed that the waiting time was a bit long. He could only come to the beach to take a look after returning from school tomorrow.
"Uncle San, are we okay like this?"
"Well, it happens that the tide will be out when you get back from school tomorrow, so it's a good time to come and collect it."
"So what are we going to do now? This is so boring."
"Go out and search the sea. Pick up whatever you can find. Steam them in a pot tonight and share some with your family as a snack. You haven't had fresh seafood in a few days, right?"
"Okay~"
This is what they love to do!
Some to eat and some to play.
Ye Yaodong also walked around outside the reef, and stepped on a big rock to look at the sea. It seemed that the waves were not big today. After the rain, the sea was rare to be calm.
I guess I have just had a few days' rest and now I have to go out to sea to work and earn money again.
There were a lot more people walking around on the beach at this time, including adults and children. Most of the children came to the beach to play and pick up some stranded seafood.
How can adults be interested in such things? Only children are greedy and want to eat everything.
Some children saw a row of pillars standing here and bottles and jars on the beach, so they curiously circled around and touched them, but they were driven away by the stingy Ye Chenghai and others.
There was a group of child laborers there, and Ye Yaodong didn't want to work anymore, so he threw the bucket aside and let them fill their things, and then he squatted on the reef to dig for cormorants.
He didn't know when large clumps of sea breams began to grow around the rocks, but no one wanted them. He planned to pick a few and bring them home to cook for a couple of meals, or to make a cold dish with them.
If you serve it cold, you’ll need a larger amount, otherwise it will be concentrated.
After taking them to play on the beach until the sun set, Ye Yaodong drove the group of naughty monkeys back home.
When they saw other children also running home one after another, they went back with peace of mind.
A bucket was filled to the brim with the labor of so many child laborers. Ye Yaodong felt it was heavy in his hands and estimated that it weighed at least 20 kilograms.
He also waved his hand happily, "Take it back and wash it, pick out the small fish and fry them as a reward for you, and steam the other seafood in a pot and share some with your family."
"Thank you, Uncle San!"
"Thank you, Uncle San, you are so nice!"
"Great! I'm going to fry some small fish~"
"Youyouyou~ We are going to eat fried fish~ Fragrant and crispy fried fish~"
Everyone cheered with joy.
The wish I made in the afternoon came true in the evening. That’s great! Uncle San is so nice!
The kids from the neighborhood were envious. Who else could eat fried food except during the Chinese New Year
Uncle Ye is so nice...