As the group of people were joking around, the boat slowly moved towards the island.
There are many large and small isolated islands around them, all of which are uninhabited. Perhaps due to the geographical location, the tides will recede under the reefs on the first and fifteenth days of some of them, while for others the water level will just drop a little, but there is still no beach exposed.
Ye Yaodong wandered around the surrounding coast and deliberately found a small island with relatively high terrain to go ashore. A large area of beach was exposed just as the tide began to recede, and it is possible that the entire beach was not covered even when the tide was high. In addition to the reefs on such an island, there is a great possibility that there are goods on the beach.
After tying up the boat, he carried his tools and got off the boat. "The tide is receding. Today is long, so let's go our separate ways."
"This island looks smaller than last time."
"No matter the size, what matters is whether there is any goods or not?"
"It's okay. If there's nothing to gain, let Dongzi go to another island."
"Hey, what is this?"
Ye Yaodong had just taken a few steps when he saw a grayish-white egg buried in the sand on the beach, with only a little bit of the shell showing!
It should be eggs, right
Unsure, he poked it, then squatted down and dug at it, revealing the egg's full appearance.
Others also hurried forward to take a look.
“Is this a turtle’s egg?”
"Donzi, keep digging. If these are turtle eggs, they will lay a whole nest. Dig and see if there are any more underneath?"
Without them telling him, he knew to keep digging.
The sand was very loose, and he dug casually. After digging about ten centimeters deep, he touched another egg. After taking it out, the whole bottom was exposed, with eggs everywhere.
"Oh shit, we actually dug up a nest of turtle eggs?" Ye Yaodong was very surprised.
"These turtle eggs are very nutritious!"
The nutritional value of one turtle egg is equivalent to that of five eggs. It can moisturize the skin of women and is an aphrodisiac for men. Turtle eggs also have the benefits of preventing arteriosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes, and have anti-bacterial, anti-cancer and anti-aging effects.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, Dongzi has another great start, quickly count how many there are."
Ye Yaodong happily picked up the fruits one by one and put them into the bucket, counting them as he went.
"78 eggs!"
After he took out all the eggs, he could see clearly that the egg pit was about 40 centimeters deep and 20 centimeters in diameter. The eggs were overlapping, so he only dug a dozen centimeters before he touched it.
"Damn, there are really a lot. This turtle is not small." A Guang was so envious. He wondered when he would have such luck.
"Why don't we look around? See if there's any loose sand or signs of turning over, or maybe there's a nest of sea turtle eggs?"
"Yes, yes, yes. In some places, sea turtles come ashore in large groups to lay eggs. Since Dongzi has dug an egg pit here, there may be more around the beach!"
Ye Yaodong watched them speechlessly as they were about to go looking for it enthusiastically. He quickly spoke out to stop them, "Have you forgotten why we are here? Turtle eggs are not worth much, why are you going through all the trouble to look for them?"
"Hey, it doesn't matter whether it's money or not. The main thing is to strengthen the kidney and improve sexual function!" Ah Guang searched forward without even raising his head.
"Damn, what do you, a bachelor, need to do to strengthen your virility and nourish your kidneys? Aren't you afraid that you'll take too much and have nowhere to go?"
"You don't need to worry about that."
Xiao Xiao also said with a chuckle: "Although they are not worth much, they are quite rare. I have never eaten turtle eggs. If you can't find them, Dongzi, give me a few so that I can try their effects!"
"Hahaha~ Are you too young? You're not even satisfied with yourself, so you want the turtle eggs to regain your strength?" Ah Zheng laughed at him, but was kicked in the butt by Xiao Xiao, and the two started chasing each other.
"Fuck, you are young, your whole family is young! I already have a child, how dare you question me?"
"Whether or not you can have a baby doesn't seem to have anything to do with whether the baby is big or small, right? Hahahaha~"
"Fuck, don't run, I'm going to kill you..."
"Two idiots!" A Guang rolled his eyes and muttered as he watched them chasing each other.
He originally planned to give up looking for turtle eggs and wanted to go directly to the reef to dig some shellfish. When he just got off the boat, he saw that the reef was full of various shellfish. However, he did not expect that when he turned around, he saw traces of animals crawling not far away from the corner of his eye.
He took a few quick steps over and found it was really there, but it was destroyed by a few footprints. What were these two fools!
After muttering something softly, he followed the traces to mark a spot and tried to dig a little. Before he dug too deep, he found turtle eggs and was instantly surprised.
"Haha, I also found a nest of turtle eggs!"
"ah?"
The two people who were chasing ran back and looked at A Guang with envy.
"When did you get this lucky?"
"Is it possible that my luck has improved because I'm away from you two idiots?"
"Get lost~"
You think they are idiots, and others think you are all idiots. This is how Ye Yaodong feels right now. All three of them are idiots!
He didn't want to join them. He carried an empty bucket and took the fire tongs and planned to search around the reef first.
The goods on the reef cannot escape, so there is no need to rush. There are only a few of them here anyway. The tide is ebbing early today and there is a long time left, so we can slowly divide it up later.
As a result, after catching three large blue crabs and five stone crabs in a row, the other three were still looking for turtle eggs. I really don't know how to describe it.
"Stop looking for turtle eggs. You still need to make money to buy a boat. Have you forgotten? I've already found three big blue crabs, and you're still wasting time!"
"Ah? So fast?"
A Guang rushed over in a hurry. Anyway, he found a nest of 82, which was enough. It was time to get down to business.
Seeing this, the other two had no choice but to give up the search and could only wait until they had more time to look again.
"Hey, do you think we can catch turtles if we cast a net around when we go back? After all, it seems that turtles often appear on this island, and I happened to bring a flying net with me." A Zheng said with a little bit of hope.
In forty years, sea turtles will be national second-class protected animals, but they are not now.
Ye Yaodong licked the corner of his mouth. In 1982, there were no taboos. Turtle soup was also a great tonic. "I have to return later. Let's try our luck."
"I had thought of bringing a net with me, just in case there was a good catch, but now I can only use it to try and see if I can catch any turtles."
"Go fishing first, don't waste time thinking about it. I caught three stone nine-tailed bream and two small white seals."
"Dongzi is really fast. I also found two stone crabs and one stranded black crab." A Guang also spoke up.
"If you don't have any good stuff, don't talk about it." Xiao Xiao used tongs to pick out a large crab hiding between two rocks. "Fuck, this one looks like it weighs more than two kilograms."
He excitedly raised the fire tongs, and as soon as he came over there was a big shipment, he was very excited!