Chapter 155

The four of them were excited. Each took a bowl and rushed directly to the reefs, only attacking the oysters growing naturally on the stone walls. They turned a blind eye to other things like mussels, sea melon seeds, gooseneck barnacles, small abalones, cow eyes, etc.

At this moment, how could those things be as attractive as oysters?

It wouldn't be too late to dig those things later.

Few people come to these deserted islands. Occasionally, those with boats at home might come to dig some food to take back, as they also need some shellfish to change their taste after eating fish and shrimp every day. It's rare to see people like them who come every three days to try their luck. Everyone would rather spend time catching fish in the sea to exchange for money.

Ye Huimei also rolled her eyes there, found a spot with wild small abalones around, and was just about to start digging when she saw a stone fish in the reef crevice.

"Ah ah ah... pearl!"

"Ah? Holy crap?" Ye Yaodong turned his head when he heard her surprised voice. "You dug one out!"

"Ah—let me see, let me see..." The others also ran over in a panic, all envious to death.

"How come you siblings have such good luck?"

"Yeah, I've pried open several, and I haven't pried one out."

Ye Yaodong said happily: "It's normal not to pry one out. I heard that it's possible to pry one out of 20,000 oysters. My sister should be a newcomer with good luck."

As for him, maybe it's Mazu's blessing! Reborn with a lucky bonus!

Ye Huimei was flushed with excitement, holding the pearl and looking left and right under the sun. "Third Brother, take one of those two you just got and give it to me to compare."

Ye Yaodong searched his pockets. The two he had just now were exactly the same size, rarely uniform and round.

"Mine is a whole circle smaller than yours."

"That's good enough. Pry another one to make a pair, and you can make pearl earrings as a dowry in the future." Xiao Xiao joked, which earned him a fierce glare from Ye Yaodong.

"Hurry up and work. Don't know how long no one has visited this island. Every oyster is 5+, super fat. Just dug two and both produced pearls. Maybe there are more."

The specifications of oysters are divided by weight. 1+ is above 1 liang, 2+ is above 2 liang, 3+, 4+, etc. 5+ is a first-class large oyster.

These pearls are the result of the oyster's biological process, because it protects itself from foreign substances.

A foreign substance, such as a grain of sand, may enter the oyster and get stuck between the mantle and the shell. This will irritate the mantle, just like having a wood chip on your finger, you might rub it because of the irritation.

To protect itself, the oyster's natural reaction will be to cover the irritant, which it achieves by having the mantle cover the irritant with nacre.

Pearls in shellfish are usually formed this way, but the probability is relatively low, and the formation period requires a long time.

Everyone didn't understand what 5+ was, so they skipped it directly, holding a bowl in one hand and tools in the other, continuing to work with full motivation.

Ye Huimei didn't want to scour the sea anymore, so she also tried hard to pry oysters.

The oysters were large. Ye Yaodong's small bowl was full before long. He straightened his body and looked left and right, finding that the tide had receded further, and more shellfish were exposed on the reef surface.

He pondered, anyway, there was nothing to hold them, so it's better to dig them back and pry them slowly. Don't know if he can pry out pearls.

Having these two is enough. Xiao Xiao's words just now also reminded him that he can keep them for himself, and make a pair of pearl earrings for his wife in the future.

He took the rice bowl back to the place where the pots, bowls, and ladles were placed, took out a few sacks from the bucket, spread three of them out, shook them, and grabbed them together in his hand. He didn't go to join the fun on their side, but dug nearby in the opposite direction, digging whatever he saw, just classifying them and throwing them into the sacks.

On the island, any snail is the size of a longan, whole patches of mussels grow, not to mention others. Ye Yaodong picked them up happily, only hating that he didn't have enough hands.

At this moment, he heard another excited "holy crap"...

"Ah hahaha—I finally dug one out too!" Fatty held a bead high and was ecstatic there.

A-Zheng knocked on the bowl with envy and jealousy. "Damn, when did oyster pearls become so rampant?"

"Exactly!" Xiao Xiao also echoed with an unbalanced heart.

Fatty said triumphantly: "This is my good luck. Finally didn't come in vain today."

"Hmph..."

The two who had gained nothing continued to bury their heads in hard work. Fatty seemed to have tasted the sweetness, poured the oysters that were already full in the bowl directly into the pot, emptied the bowl, and continued to fill it.

Ye Yaodong took a look and couldn't help but sigh at Fatty's good luck. Looking at the oysters that had been added to the sack, don't know if he can pry out pearls when he takes them home?

When the goods on the low reefs were almost dug up, he carried the sack and climbed to a high place, but because his feet slipped and the weight of the sack in his hand, he fell directly, limbs facing the sky...

"Ah—holy crap—"

Hearing his exclamation, the others thought he had found something good again. Turning their heads to look, it turned out he had fallen.

"Hahaha—scared me, thought you found big goods again." A-Zheng deliberately patted his chest exaggeratedly.

Xiao Xiao also said exaggeratedly: "Scared me too—"

"Damn... son of a bitch, don't even know how to show concern."

Ye Huimei said happily: "Since Third Brother can still scold people, then it should be fine."

He patted his butt and stood up, saying speechlessly: "It's just that the tide has receded. If the tide hadn't receded, if I slipped from the reef and rolled into the sea, I wouldn't be seriously injured but would have to peel off a layer of skin. Those who can't swim would be even more finished."

"Then sit down and rest for a while? Don't climb?"

He looked up at the steep reef, which was densely covered with many shelled things. He hesitated whether to climb up again?

At this moment, he belatedly felt a little pain in his left arm. Lifting it up to look, it turned out to be scratched by a few long cuts, his clothes were torn, and a few blood beads came out.

"Damn, so sharp."

Hearing his movement, Ye Huimei walked over and took a look. "Really injured? Then sit down and rest for a while. Third Brother, I'll dig a bit more and share with you."

He patted her head. "Don't worry about it, go play your own game, don't dig so desperately, be careful, don't climb up. The tide has just receded, these rocks are all slippery, and the shelled things on them are all very sharp. You just go around at the bottom."

"Oh, okay."

He threw the sack aside, rolled up his trouser legs, and carried the bucket and fire tongs, intending to scour the sea first to relax, and by the way, find where there are good things around, or points that are easier to climb.

Ye Huimei thought about it and didn't climb anymore. She also learned from Ye Yaodong to roll up her trouser legs, took the sack, and followed him, intending to just dig some in the positions that were easy to dig at the bottom.

He walked down until the tide was up to his calves before he walked to the outside of the rocks. He saw a quite large nine-section shrimp swimming there in the tide. He used the fire tongs to clamp it and threw it directly into the bucket. This one was not small, looking close to one liang.

Not far away, there was an octopus waving its tentacles. He waded through the seawater, walked a few steps quickly, and clamped it into the bucket.

Just at this moment, his peripheral vision caught a shallow water pit between two reefs, where a group of light brown fish, whose body shape was like the sea bream family, were swimming.

His eyes lit up instantly, and he hurried forward a few steps. Only upon a close look did he recognize that this was a stone-shell fish.

The body is light brown, mixed with cyan tones. There is a blue longitudinal stripe under the eye socket of the head, and the fins are yellow, so in some places, it is also called yellow-winged boy.

This is a variety of the sea bream family. No wonder he felt it looked very much like a sea bream from afar, just not sure what kind of sea bream it was.

This kind of fish generally travels at night and is a nocturnal fish. During the day, most of them gather around independent reefs or move at the junction of sand and mud. At night, they disperse to forage.

At this moment, the tide receded, and they were exposed. Ye Yaodong estimated roughly that there were about twenty or thirty of them, each looking to be over two or three jin, not small. This fish is still a noble of the sea bream family and is not cheap.

From his surprised discovery to walking close and estimating in his heart, it was only a matter of a few seconds.

He excitedly called to Ye Huimei: "Little Sister, go help me get the hand net, hurry up."

His voice was full of joy, and everyone could hear it.

"Found what good things, Third Brother?"

"What else is there? Dongzi?"

"Hurry up and get it for me first."

The seawater kept washing, and he was worried that they would swim out of the water pit and run to the sea, then he wouldn't be able to catch them all in one nest.

Seeing him urging urgently, Ye Huimei hurried back to get the hand net for him. Getting closer, she saw that it was a group of sea breams.

"Ah? So many fish! Third Brother, what kind of sea bream is this? I only know black sea bream, yellow sea bream, and true sea bream!"

"Little sister, what has your brother found again? Why so excited?"

"Stone fish? Not right, this isn't a sea bream..."

Ye Huimei grabbed the hand net and hurried over. Only after getting close did she see it was a school of sea bream.

"Ah? So many fish! Third Brother, what kind of bream is this? I only recognize black bream, yellow bream, and red sea bream!"

His voice immediately summoned A-Zheng and Xiao Xiao, who were still struggling.

"What? The whole water pit is full of stone fish?"

"What kind of stone fish? Tiger grouper? No way?"

The two of them were surprised and also climbed down from the reef.

His voice immediately summoned Ah Zheng and Xiao Xiao, who were still struggling hard.

Ye Yaodong skillfully scooped the fish in the water pit multiple times into the bucket and happily handed it to the two who had just run over to see.

"What kind of grouper? Tiger grouper? No way, right?"

"Holy crap—"

The two of them didn't know what else to say, and could only say "holy crap" in unison.

"Pearls, no pearls, fish, no fish, damn it, just watching you get rich alone..."

"Damn, this bucket is worth a lot of money, Dongzi found it again! Go, go, let's also carry buckets and go around, can't let him find all the good things..."

"Holy crap~"

The two of them didn't know what else to say, and could only exclaim "Holy crap" in unison.

"Pearls, no pearls; fish, no fish either. Damn it, just watching you get rich alone..."

"Damn it, this bucket is worth a lot of money. Dongzi found something again! Let's go, let's take our buckets and walk around too. Can't let him find all the good stuff..."