Return to the small fishing village of 1982

Seeing so many shellfish on the reef, everyone became excited again, and the disappointment they felt just now disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Ye Yaodong was also happy. The tide had just receded a little. When it receded to the bottom, more of the surface of the reef would be exposed.

"Everyone acted independently."

After saying that, he was not in a hurry to dig. Instead, he searched around for a while until he saw a rock covered with wild abalone. Then he leaned down and dug with a screwdriver.

This kind of wild abalone adsorbed on the reef is different from the abalone sold in the market. It looks completely different. It is much smaller, only larger than a one-yuan coin. It is oval-shaped and its shell is also very thin.

This is his favorite food. It can be steamed with enoki mushrooms and scallion oil. It is so fragrant.

He used a screwdriver to pry a little, and the whole piece fell off. He happily used a bucket to pry off the whole piece, and then continued to search around.

From the corner of my eye, I saw a large bergamot hand in the crevices of the reef nearby, densely packed into clusters. This was worth a bit of money. .

Buddha's hand is also called a pen holder, and its scientific name is turtle foot. According to "Sanshan Zhi" of the Song Dynasty, "named after its shape, the flesh in the valley is beautiful, and the big one is like a palm."

He first put on gloves to protect his hands from being scratched by the spat, then reached into the gap and dug it out with a screwdriver.

After digging out the entire piece of Buddha's hand, he moved his position and continued searching. When he saw a large snail, he also picked it up.

The most common snails on the reef are spicy snails, horseshoe snails, green shrimp snails, sesame snails and flower snails.

As long as they are big, he will accept them all.

What he started to dig was all that could be sold for some money. The valuable ones were dug first, and the worthless mussels, sea melon seeds, and cow eyes were left alone.

He didn't pry the oysters growing inside, waiting until he had dug out all the valuable ones, and then he would slowly sort them out.

After searching for it, he bumped heads with A Guang and took a look into his bucket. He saw that he had everything and everyone who came was welcome. He probably dug whatever he saw, and the whole bucket was almost full.

"It's full, why don't you pour it into the bag?"

Aguang said innocently: "I only brought one bucket!"

Ye Yaodong couldn't laugh or cry for a moment, "Then now that the bucket is full, can't you just sit and watch?"

"Let's put it in first. I only pick up abalone and big snails now. I was too excited at first and put everything into the bucket. Now it's full. I don't have to put it in. I have to pick a few."

Ah Zheng also raised his head from nearby and said, "My bucket is almost full..."

The fat man sat on the rock and sighed, "My bucket has been full for a long time. I have been resting for a while. Who knew there are so many things to dig on an isolated island."

Ye Yaodong was also speechless to them. They saw him carrying a sack yesterday, but they didn't prepare anything today.

Suddenly he couldn't help but feel secretly happy. Fortunately, he brought two sacks with him today, because when he came ashore yesterday, he took a closer look and saw the densely packed area. He thought that there should be a lot of goods, and he was afraid that one sack would not be enough.

"I see Dongzi that you still had a big bamboo basket in the bucket this morning?"

"Yes, there are two sacks in the big bamboo basket. I specially brought more sacks today. I told you yesterday that there must be goods on the isolated island, but you didn't make more preparations. Now, you can pack them in buckets When it’s full, you can sit next to it and rest, and when the tide recedes, you won’t have to rush out to sea!”

"How could we have imagined that we just waded ashore yesterday without looking carefully, and then went to the boat to get tools again."

Everyone regretted not making preparations earlier. After the bucket was full, they could only sit on the rocks and watch Ye Yaodong dig.

Ye Yaodong was also very excited. Wherever there was any goods on the rocks at the pier, he would always pick the bigger ones among the short ones. It was like here on the isolated island, where the goods were densely packed and very big.

Like that mussel, there are two varieties in the wild, one is emerald green, and the other is black and light green. Each one is as big as an egg. The head is black and white, and the one is slightly smaller, but still Pretty big.

When the bucket was full, he took it out, placed it on the open space aside, and took out a sack to hold the mussels. When these things grew, they grew into long pieces, and it was very easy to dig them out.

After digging out the mussels, he dug out the eyes of the nearby cow, mixed them with the clothes, and picked them out when he got home.

In their local dialect, they call them cow eyes. Officials don’t know what they are called because they can’t be bred and can’t be seen on the market.

It is also a kind of shellfish, just like scallops, but the meat is not as big as scallops. The shell is round and the color of stone. It is great when you add some ginger and garlic paste to make soup!

While digging for mussels and cow eyes, he also dug for sea melon seeds and snails. He dug whatever he saw and accepted all who came. He packed it in sacks instead of buckets, so he didn't have to pick them out as he did at the beginning.

When the entire sack was almost full, he dragged it to the beach and shook another sack out of the bamboo basket.

"Are you tired, Dongzi? You really prepared two sacks. Why are you so diligent? One sack is not enough. Do you want to take a break first?" Xiaoxiao lit a cigarette and watched Ye Yaodong at leisure.

"You can't do it if you don't work hard. We need a lot of money to build a house. My eldest and second brothers went to sea with my father and used all the money they earned to build a house. I also have to work hard. I can use more seafood to serve as food for the workers. It can reduce household expenses.”

"Otherwise, I have to pick stones and transport sand. If I don't do anything, my father will break my legs."

Ah Zheng chuckled: "Ha~ Your father must be just talking about it. Doesn't he know that you can't carry your shoulders or your hands? You've grown so big and you've been beaten a lot, so what does it matter?"

"You can't say that. My eldest son is already 5 years old. As a father, don't I lose face? Besides, building a house is also a big deal. How can I not care about it? I must help with something. Wait. After the separation, I still have to support the family."

Xiao Xiao nodded: "That makes sense!"

Ah Zheng then said positively: "Anyway, we have nothing to do. Let's go and help you tomorrow."

"On this hot day..."

"It's okay, let's just help."

Ye Yaodong thought for a while, "Or I can go back and ask the workers if they have shouted enough. If not, you can come and help me."

"There are enough people, we can also come to help. Anyway, we don't have to calculate wages, just take care of the food."

"Okay, I'll definitely take care of the food. Then you can take care of it. Go when you have time. If you don't, forget it."

While he was talking, he had already pried off half the bag of spat. At this moment, he didn't have time to open the oysters directly. Instead, he dug out the whole spat and threw it into a sack, waiting for the women to take it home to slowly open it.

"Will you help me carry that sack onto the boat first?"

"OK!"

As soon as they loaded the sacks onto the boat, they realized that they had done something stupid!