Chapter 212

Because Ye Cheng's weight is light, he can stand a bit higher.

The two searched the entire cave tirelessly, except for a few that were too high to reach, they got the rest down.

Of course, there are still many crevices that weren't examined closely; next time, when we have suitable tools, we can come and check them.

Ye Cheng counted, they got over 30 pieces in total, not knowing what price they could sell for.

Unnoticed, the two had been working for over two hours; it was already noon, and Xiao Hu's stomach started growling.

"Brother, what to eat, I'm starving."

Ye Cheng was also hungry; thinking of Wang Defa, that shameless thing, he got a bit angry.

But for now we can only get food first.

Just now when they went out, Ye Cheng looked around and didn't see any wild fruit, so the only option was to go to the seaside to find something to eat,

"Let's go, let's go to the seaside and see what we can find, and eat whatever we find."

They placed the bird's nest in the cave, then walked to the seaside and started strolling around; this time the purpose of foraging was simple—just to find food—so they found things relatively quickly.

In half an hour, Ye Cheng picked up several mussels and clams; Xiao Hu had originally caught a Stone Crab, but Ye Cheng threw it away—this thing is a hassle to deal with.

Incidentally, they also picked up two Sea Cucumbers and pried open two small Oysters; it looked fairly abundant.

With just these things, Ye Cheng had Xiao Hu go to the seaside to kill them directly, wash them clean, while he himself found a stone slab, and then they brought everything back to the cave.

They didn't bring a pot, so they could only use this thinner stone slab as a griddle for grilling.

After a quick wash, Ye Cheng found some dry twigs, lit them, and fortunately had a lighter; otherwise they couldn't have lit the fire.

Using the stone slab for grilling was something he'd seen in wilderness survival shows; it was fairly practical, and the slab heated up quickly. Ye Cheng dumped the clam meat, mussel meat, and sea cucumber and oyster all onto it at once.

There was no oil, relying purely on the food's own fats, and soon a fragrant aroma arose.

They had no chopsticks, so they used two twigs to pick up the food and eat—besides...

The taste was really mediocre, not a bit of salt.

But they were really hungry, so they wolfed down the food.

The best-tasting were the Oysters and Sea Cucumbers; those two had the best texture.

The mussels were far worse; the meat was too tough.

After eating that wilderness-foraged meal, they gulped down two bottles of mountain spring water, filling their stomachs, and only then did they feel a bit better.

Checking the time, it was about that, so Ye Cheng took Xiao Hu back to the coconut grove; there were six traps in total. Frankly, Ye Cheng didn't hold much hope—the first four traps yielded nothing, not even a hermit crab.

After reaching the fifth trap, Xiao Hu suddenly lowered his voice and said,

"Brother, look!"

Ye Cheng looked past the thicket and saw a blue coconut crab spinning under the trap; it wasn't small, estimated at over two catties.

After securing that coconut crab, the sixth trap was also empty.

After a full day of foraging, they only got over fifty pieces of bird's nest, plus one coconut crab.

Thinking about having to see that damned Wang Defa later, Ye Cheng got angry—damn it, he'd basically abandoned them on the island for a whole day.

When they reached the seaside, Wang Defa's boat happened to come chugging along, with a puttering engine sound.

Before the boat even steadied, Ye Cheng leapt aboard, grabbed Wang Defa and hauled him out, pressing him onto the deck,

"Did you already know there were no coconut crabs on the island, and then deliberately not answer the phone?"

Wang Defa put on an innocent look: "Lao Er, you didn't ask either; you just came up and said you wanted to go here, so I brought you over. If you had asked, I would definitely have told you."

This speech left Ye Cheng speechless—damn, you're still making excuses.

Xiao Hu saw his uncle being pressed to the ground by Ye Cheng, rushed over to pull them apart, after all he was his own uncle.

"Uncle, you're a real dog—you didn't even give us a heads-up, and seeing we had no food you didn't remind us, nearly starving us to death." Xiao Hu gave Wang Defa a dressing-down, then went into the cabin and brought out two buckets of instant noodles.

They had only eaten that little at noon, and were already hungry.

Wang Defa patted his butt, not angry: "That's something you should have guessed—coconut crabs sell for 20,000 bucks, others would definitely ask me about it."

You know me—I'm pretty righteous; if a friend asks, I'll definitely tell them, and when more people ask, it becomes like this.

Ye Cheng rolled his eyes at him: "You call that righteous? I think you just took the money."

Wang Defa chuckled twice: "Of course I had to take the money."

"Refund the money! Return our boat fare." Ye Cheng said, looking displeased.

When money came up, Wang Defa immediately turned serious, turning to Ye Cheng: "Lao Er, we agreed on this—no regrets. As men, our word is our bond; we have to keep our promises."

That's it.

Wang Defa pointed at their water tank: "You guys also caught a coconut crab, right?"

Ye Cheng snorted coldly: "After spending a whole day to get one coconut crab, do you think I'm not losing out?"

Ye Cheng had specifically instructed Xiao Hu not to mention the bird's nest, fearing Wang Defa's big mouth.

If he lets that slip, I'll end up with nothing.

"Lao Er, this uncle is going to say something about you: you two worked all day and got just one coconut crab—not bad. If everyone in the village had that income, they'd all be out foraging, and nobody would go work for wages."

That's reasonable; it left Ye Cheng speechless. If villagers foraging had that income, indeed nobody would work for wages.

But I'm different—I'm a system guy, I need to have aspirations.

The boat started moving; Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu sat at the bow, eating instant noodles while condemning Wang Defa. Wang Defa smiled and said nothing—refunding the money was impossible, so if you want noodles, go ahead and eat.

"No, Uncle, this isn't the right way back." Xiao Hu mumbled with a mouthful of noodles.

Originally, to get back from this island you just head west, but Wang Defa is now heading north.

"I have a fish trap over there; I'll just swing by to collect it—quick." Wang Defa explained, then after speaking he glanced at Ye Cheng, his eyes glinting.

Ye Cheng immediately became alert, pointing at Wang Defa and saying, "Don't get any ideas, don't expect me to give you another haul—you've already swindled me out of 200 bucks today, that's enough."

Wang Defa gave an embarrassed laugh, pointing at Ye Cheng and saying, "I was just going to say Lao Er, you're smart—indeed not ordinary—I hadn't even said it yet, and you already understood."

"Get lost!"