Chapter 218: Got to work

Ye Yaodong shook the sack with a grin. "Emergency in the world of the rivers and lakes, I'm requisitioning this. It's easier for you to use sacks; you can just haul them up to the shore once they're full. I still have to rake through everything again after I'm done picking."

Xiao Xiao asked while picking, "When did you discover it, you already picked almost a boat."

"Morning, originally thought about the ground cages in the sea not being collected for several days, afraid that the fish and shrimp inside would die, thinking about coming out to see if I could collect the goods in the ground cages, didn't expect to see so many starfish stealing food here."

"Damn, this dense large area, it's really damn many..."

"Pick quickly, pick quickly, although this thing is cheap to death, but it can't stand such a large quantity, things picked for nothing, taking them back to dry or soak in wine is good..."

Ye's mother and the others on the side were also happily discussing, "This thing appeared once many years ago. At that time, all the sand clams on the whole beach were eaten by them. When the tide retreated and the beach was exposed, except for starfish, the rest were empty shells."

Ye's eldest sister-in-law also said excitedly, "I remember, at that time I was still a girl, the whole family came out to pick..."

"Not just the whole family, the whole village was picking wildly on the beach..." Ye's second sister-in-law said while picking skillfully. In just a short while, she had already picked half a bag, laughing so hard her mouth couldn't close.

"Relying on the sea to eat the sea, strange things appear on the beach from time to time, who knows when these things will pop out again?" Ye's father smiled, shook the sack, and then continued to bend down to pick.

The whole family was happily talking to each other...

Not long after, their sacks were already 70-80% full, and then they helped each other lift them to the shore.

Ye Yaodong had been picking for a whole morning, and his efficiency had slowed down a lot. After picking for a while, he stood up to twist his waist and hips, turn his neck, and relieve the soreness.

Looking around, the tide seemed to have retreated to the bottom, the reef water level had dropped a bit, the nearby reefs were mostly exposed, the starfish on the surface had been picked by everyone, and only the ones covered by seawater in the distance had not been waded over to be picked.

The water level of the sand beach under his feet only reached his calves, and Ye's mother, who was quick-handed, was already bending down to pick in the water.

At this time, Ye Yaodong felt that something was wrong, where was his second sister-in-law?

He looked toward the shore, only to see his eldest sister-in-law tidying up the sack, looking into the distance, and then running inside quickly...

Ye Yaodong:...

He didn't believe they both went to the toilet!

Raising his head, he hadn't even taken his eyes back when he heard noisy sounds from the shore, and in less than two minutes, a group of men, women, and children appeared in his field of vision...

Ye's second sister-in-law ran in the front, looking at the group of people on the reef looking up at her, she didn't care, urged the people behind her to hurry up, and then climbed down first.

Ye's mother glared at her angrily, "What's the matter with you?"

"Ah? Hehe, Mom, I was thinking there are so many starfish, we don't know how long it will take to pick them. My mother's family is not an outsider, fat water doesn't flow to outsiders' fields, so I ran back to call the family to come and pick together," Ye's second sister-in-law apologized with a smile, "I just saw eldest sister-in-law also go back to call her mother's family."

Ye's mother looked at the group of people from the in-laws coming down from the shore, and it was not good to say anything, she still had to pile up a smile on her face to greet them...

Before five minutes, another group of people appeared on the shore...

This time it was Ye's eldest sister-in-law's mother's family.

And before ten minutes, there were another large group of people on the shore, this time it was the mother's family of their sister-in-law's mother's family...

Another half hour passed, the pier reef was already occupied...

Ye Yaodong looked speechlessly at the people all around him, everyone with their butts in the air and hands outstretched. Fortunately, he had already been picking for the whole morning.

"Adong?"

He heard someone calling him, raised his head and looked toward the shore, only to see his wife holding a lunch box, waving at him.

Instantly, tears of emotion flowed into his stomach. His wife still loved him, knowing he was hungry and hadn't eaten, she specially came out to deliver food to him.

It just so happened that the sack in his hand was full, and he had long used a sack to cover the half boat of starfish behind him, barely covering it, so as not to be too eye-catching and make people jealous.

Although it couldn't be covered too tightly, it was at least not so conspicuous.

He closed the mouth of the sack, pinched it, and carried it on his shoulder to walk up.

"Have you eaten? You ran out, what about the two children?"

"Originally waited for you to eat, you didn't come back, Mom ran back from the pier in a hurry to say you were picking starfish, so I hurriedly fed the two children, and after eating, sent them to the old house to let the old lady watch for a while, and then came over to deliver food to you."

"Mm, just right, I'm hungry too."

He put the sack of starfish next to his flatbed cart, and incidentally took off the coir raincoat on his body and put it on the cart. It had stopped raining at this time.

Then he took the lunch box and chopsticks from her hand and ate quickly, drinking tea while eating, making a quick decision.

There were more and more people at the pier, all of whom came after hearing the news.

There were no secrets in the village, they were all relatives, one passed to ten, ten passed to a hundred. In less than an hour since his family came, more than half of the village had come out, and even people from the next village had come after hearing the news.

He finished the rice and dishes in the lunch box and handed it to Lin Xiuqing, and looked around, "There are people everywhere here now. Why don't you help watch for a while, our family is all picking below, don't let it be moved away by others just after being lifted up."

Anyway, she was a pregnant woman and not suitable to go down. Letting her go back, she definitely wouldn't be able to sit still.

"Okay."

"That small boat below, covered with a sack, the starfish on the boat were also picked by me. When you watch here, pay attention, don't let it be stolen."

There are people everywhere in the water now, it is inevitable that some people want to fish in troubled waters, and he can't watch by the boat all the time, there will always be times when he doesn't see it.

Lin Xiuqing nodded, "Okay, I will pay attention."

Ye Yaodong patted her head with satisfaction, and took another sack to walk down.

He felt that he had no place to stand, there were people everywhere, many rolled their trouser legs to the root of their thighs, rolled their sleeves to their shoulders, waded in the seawater barefoot and reached out to fish, not feeling cold, and still talking to the people around them excitedly.

Therefore, people by the sea are prone to rheumatism and arthritis. The older generation likes to drink all kinds of medicinal wine to get rid of rheumatism.

This starfish is also very suitable for soaking in medicinal wine. The middle-aged old men on the side were chatting there, saying that they would keep it to dry and soak in medicinal wine, and also said that their stomach was not good, and eating starfish could improve...

Ye Yaodong looked around, unless he walked outside the tide, there were no starfish on the surrounding stone walls.

Still that sentence, there are many people and great power, the villagers were like locusts crossing the border, and not one was left as far as the eye could see.

He had to learn from others, rolled up his sleeves and started fishing in the water. Fortunately, it wasn't very cold here.

The starfish in the diving area gradually decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye. The villagers slowly moved their butts toward the outside of the tide, and some could even incidentally pick up some octopuses, big sea snails, and various fish washed in by the seawater.

Everyone was happy when they picked up good goods, shouting and holding them in their hands, and others looked at them with even higher enthusiasm.

"Ah~ this is what I picked!"

"F***, clearly I picked it, I already grabbed its tentacles..."

"I also grabbed it, clearly I saw it first and rushed up first..."

"Roll your mother's, clearly I grabbed it in my hand first, you were a step slow, and it's not that whoever sees it first is whose, everyone saw this red octopus..."

"I f*** your mother, clearly I saw it first..."

A middle-aged woman grabbed the tentacles of a big octopus and quarreled with another middle-aged man who also grabbed this octopus. The two refused to give in to each other.

This big octopus looked not small, looking like it was more than three jin, and was grabbed in the air by the two, other tentacles were moving randomly, waving and winding around their arms.

The villagers beside heard the movement and turned their heads to look. The families of the two also hurriedly put down the work in their hands, surrounded them, and started quarreling.

The men of the two families rolled up their sleeves, spitting and scolding, pushing and shoving...

The women were also scolding there, saying the other party was immoral...

Seeing that the war was about to break out, the villagers who were familiar and had good relationships all stepped forward to help pull the frame and persuade, but the two families still pulled the big red octopus, and no one was willing to let go?

Their hands were covered with mucus, so they changed to another hand and continued to grab tightly...

Just when everyone was watching the excitement, Lin Xiuqing shouted on the shore, "Adong, Adong, someone is stealing the starfish on our boat..."

Ye Yaodong turned his head to look, just in time to see a middle-aged man fishing in troubled waters, grabbing the starfish on the boat and putting them into his own sack.

He glared in anger, just happened to be not far away, and directly dragged the sack and rushed over to punch, "F*** your mother, I worked hard to pick for a whole morning, you actually dare to steal mine."

The middle-aged man was punched, and also rushed over angrily to fight with Ye Yaodong.

But he was punched by Ye's father who also rushed over, "You damn Zhang Lao Liu actually took advantage of the chaos to steal, I'll beat you to death..."

"What are you doing? What are you doing? Someone hit someone~ Eldest, second, third, fourth, hurry up and come here, your dad was hit... Why are you hitting people? Why are you hitting people? Don't think that you have many people in your family, we are afraid of you..."

A middle-aged woman who was dark and thin and full of sesame seeds rushed over, saying while pushing Ye's father with both hands, and using her head to top Ye's father's stomach, pushing him.

Ye's father was a bit restrained by this woman, couldn't push her away, and could only retreat in the water, just in time for Ye's mother to rush over and grab her short hair fiercely, pulling her head away, and cursing.

"Are you crazy for men? In broad daylight, with so many people watching, your head wants to drill into my man's arms, you shameless slut, at your age, still so slutty, don't even look at your face full of fly shit, where did you get the face..."

The middle-aged woman was so angry her face turned bright red. She glared fiercely at Ye Mu and reached out to scratch her face. "You foul-mouthed old woman, who would covet your old man..."

"You don't covet, you drill into his arms? You look so ugly, but you are so slutty, no wonder you can give birth to a nest..."

Ye's mother is not afraid of things. If someone provokes her, she has always sprayed back directly before asking the reason. She has eight brothers and sisters, and they are all in one village!

The villagers watched the dramatic scene on both sides, feeling that their eyes were not enough to watch. The previous play hadn't been finished, and this side had already started fighting, and looking back at that side, they also started to use fists...