Chapter 235

The tractor drove along shakily. Fortunately, none of their family got motion sickness, and Lin Xiuqing didn't get motion sickness either.

According to her, the one in her belly was the most worry-free. Being pregnant was the same as not being pregnant, no difference. Her taste hadn't changed, and she felt nothing, unlike when she was pregnant with the first two children, so troublesome, vomiting every day with no appetite.

It must be a daughter.

The couple was convinced of this.

After shaking for more than an hour, the tractor finally entered Bai Sha Village.

Ye Chenghu, who had been wilted the whole way, saw the familiar village and instantly became energetic again, hurriedly stretching his head to look around, seeing if there were any friends he knew.

Seeing someone he knew, he excitedly greeted them: "I'm back from my grandma's house, I'll come find you to play in a while."

He was really too smug. Other people's grandma's houses were in the village, just a few steps away, while his grandma's house required taking a tractor to get to...

Thinking about it, his heart bloomed with joy. After getting home, he could share with his friends how fun his grandma's house was.

No one knows a son like a father. Ye Yaodong knew what this kid was happy about as soon as he saw his expression. It turned out that calling a tractor was to give him face.

This habit of showing off must be changed.

The tractor sent them directly to their doorstep, saving a lot of trouble. It would have been even better if his second sister-in-law hadn't made snide remarks.

Ye Yaodong moved the cargo back and forth into the house without paying attention to her. Only Lin Xiuqing chatted with her for a few sentences and then changed the subject.

"Are there no more starfish?"

"There haven't been many these past few days. Not many people go to the pier to pick them up. It was a fight to the death every day a few days ago, and many people were scared. It just so happens that the quantity hasn't been high these past few days, and it's a neap tide, so the tide doesn't go out, and no one goes," Ye Dasao said with a smile.

A neap tide refers to around the 7th and 22nd of the lunar calendar. Due to the partial cancellation of the sun and moon's influence on the Earth's tides, the resulting tidal height is lower, which is called a neap tide.

It means that the tidal range of the high and low tide on this day is the smallest, the seawater recedes less, and the seawater is still very deep when it recedes to the bottom of the tide.

"It's good that there are none. Fighting every day, I find it scary just looking at it. They are all from the same village, seeing each other every day."

"Who says not? After you left, we didn't go to pick them up, just watched on the shore."

Lin Xiuqing said a few words, sent the two children to play by themselves, and went into the house to tidy up things. Her mother had packed quite a lot for them, sack by sack.

After she untied all the sacks, she saw that she didn't know when, but a sack of sweet potatoes had actually been packed...

"My god, I told her we have them planted at home, and she still packed a sack for us."

Ye Yaodong was also a bit speechless. Was the mother-in-law afraid they wouldn't have food to eat?

"Maybe she knew we called a tractor to send it back directly, which is more convenient, so she temporarily packed an extra sack?"

Lin Xiuqing couldn't laugh or cry, "Then let's move this sack to the corner first, and that sack of pumpkins, my god, everything has to be brought back for me..."

The couple muttered while tidying up. It was truly a sweet burden; this was all the love of the elderly.

Ye Yaodong let her tidy up the things first. He went into the house to check the room. Everything was normal inside and out, and the treasures were still there, so he felt relieved and went to help.

By the time they finished tidying up the pile of local goods, it was near noon, and they had to start making lunch. Ye Yaodong took one of the two wild ducks he had just brought back and sent it to the old house for them to have a taste.

When the old lady saw it, she took his hand, touched his arm, and touched his stomach, "Did you eat well at your mother-in-law's house? You're not used to the food in the mountains over there, right?"

The old lady still treated him like a child.

"It's fine, I brought some dried fish and dried goods over, and the river seafood is also quite delicious. You don't need to worry, old lady. Look, we caught several wild ducks over there, just right for you to grind your teeth."

Ye Yaodong said this and handed the wild duck to his father, letting his father take it to kill.

Ye Fu weighed the wild duck in his hand, "Too thin, not as fat as domestic ducks, the meat is probably very dry."

"It's quite delicious stir-fried, put in some dried radish slices, add more ginger. My mother-in-law stir-fries it quite deliciously. If there are no dried radish slices, go get some from me, she packed a big sack for me."

"The wind is calm and the waves are still today, are you going out to sea tonight?"

"Yes, after eating lunch in a while, I'll go collect the goods from the ground cages and get some bait. I haven't been there for many days, I don't know if there's much cargo."

"Probably starfish again."

Although no one goes to pick them up outside the pier, it's because of the neap tide, which doesn't mean the starfish are completely gone.

"Then I'll take them to exchange with Acai for some cheap fish and shrimp as bait. I'll go see if the sticky net I asked someone to make is ready in a while. It's just right to take it out tonight to test the water."

Ye Fu nodded, "Mm, I mentioned casually to your Uncle Lin yesterday while drinking that you were preparing to try the sticky net. He said he had a rolling wheel idle there that he could lend you to use, which could save a lot of effort."

"Alright, that's great. We'll go move it from his place in a while. Bring the coal stove from the old house tonight, so we can eat something hot."

"Mm."

After Ye Yaodong finished talking with his father, he chatted with the old lady for a few sentences before going on his way to see if the sticky net was ready.

The sticky net is also called a silk net, usually woven from a relatively transparent and fine nylon thread, and tied with lead weights and floats. It is relatively invisible in the water. Once a fish swims onto the net, because of the scales on its body, its head and body will get stuck in the mesh. The more it struggles, the tighter it gets stuck, making it very difficult to escape.

Sticky nets are generally divided into four types: floating nets, sinking nets, single-layer fishing nets, and three-tailed fishing nets.

Floating nets have larger floats and lighter lead weights, used to catch mid-to-upper layer fish.

Sinking nets have smaller floats and heavier lead weights, used to catch mid-to-lower layer fish.

Single-layer fishing nets have only one layer of net surface, with floats on top and weights on the bottom. The net is better concealed in the water.

Three-tailed fishing nets have two layers of large-mesh outer nets and one layer of small-mesh inner net. The inner net is long, and the outer net is short. When the net is in the water, the inner net is loose and the outer net is tight, which has a good fishing effect and a chance to entangle larger fish.

Sticky nets are also divided by size, and different apertures catch fish of different sizes. Generally, they are calculated by fingers, divided into 2 fingers (as big as two fingers side by side), 3 fingers, 4 fingers, 5 fingers. Generally, 3-5 fingers in size is fine.

What Ye Yaodong asked someone to make was 3 fingers, and it was a three-tailed fishing net. If you want to do it, do it better. Now the marine resources are rich, and there are still relatively many big fish on the seabed.

After taking a look, it was already done, so he made an appointment to come and pick it up after eating, and then felt relieved and went back first.

The only difference between a sticky net and a drift gill net is that the drift gill net has hooks, while the sticky net does not. The lethality of the drift gill net is particularly great, but it is not yet prohibited. He is preparing to try the sticky net first to see.

After walking around in a big circle, just as he was preparing to go home, he happened to hear his good big son bragging to a group of little brats...

"You guys don't know how high that wild duck flew... My dad is very amazing, he caught two at once with a bamboo basket..."

"My cousins also caught a big basket, said there were eight of them. We stir-fried one that night and stewed one, it was so fragrant..."

"My house also has a big turtle. We caught two originally, but my dad stole and ate one. This one left was saved by me with great difficulty from my dad's hands..."

"You guys can go to my house to see in a while, there's still one as big as a washbasin. My dad said it can't be caught, what a pity, otherwise I could let you guys see it..."

"Actually, that tractor is not comfortable to sit on at all, the butt keeps bumping up and down there..."

Ye Yaodong looked at this kid excitedly gesturing there with black lines all over his head, frowned, walked over, and picked him up by the back of his collar.

"What are you saying, so excited? Go home to eat, still bragging here!"

"Dad, let go, I'll walk myself..."

He struggled and twisted, but couldn't break free, and was dragged further and further away. He had no choice but to shout to his friends in resignation: "You guys come to my house to see the turtle in a while, my dad said it's called a soft-shelled turtle, it's so fun..."

Oh my god, this stinky kid...

"Dad, let go, let go, don't drag, I'll walk myself..."

Ye Yaodong knocked on his head, "Walk faster, if you drag and drop, I'll beat you when we get back. Why so many words? Still talking non-stop. Your brother is at home, don't know how to look after him, running around everywhere."

"He is playing with the turtle at home alone, it's fine. I just came out to find friends to play for a while, and was just preparing to go back."

"I didn't drag you, are you willing to go back?"

He was chatting so vividly; if he hadn't dragged him away, he could have talked until dark!

"I want to go back to eat, if you don't eat, I still have to eat."

After Ye Chenghu finished this sentence, he ran towards home, leaving only Ye Yaodong staring at his back, staring blankly. Where did he learn this? Now he can say anything, and even say this!

He chased after him quickly, he was also hungry.

They didn't cook duck at noon. They had been eating it every day at her mother's house recently, so Lin Xiuqing planned to keep it there for two days before killing it.

Ye Yaodong looked at the stir-fried celery with dried sea lettuce, steamed eggs with dried baby abalone, steamed dried fish, and clear radish soup on the table, and his appetite opened wide. River seafood has the deliciousness of river seafood, and seafood has the freshness of seafood. It's quite good to eat them interchangeably.

The two children saw there was steamed egg, and both stood up happily, holding spoons with their hands stretched out long. Lin Xiuqing scolded while supporting the little child.

"What are you arguing about, sit down, I'll pack it for you..."

"Don't just focus on eating, pack some for them?"

Ye Yaodong looked at the chopsticks he had just picked up. He hadn't even picked anything up yet, which eye saw him eating?

He had no choice but to put down the chopsticks again, pick up the spoon to pack egg custard and dried baby abalone for the two children, and only then picked up the chopsticks to eat.

"Are there still many dried shellfish at home?"

"It's okay, no problem eating for a month or two. You brought back quite a lot last month, took a little to my mother's house, and half is still left. What's wrong?"

"I see the two of them quite like eating it. If it's running out, I'll go to the deserted island to look around again," Ye Yaodong said while eating sweet potatoes, his mind also wandering.

The sweet potatoes grown by his father-in-law's family are red when boiled, and quite sweet. He thought about when he had time, he could also harvest the sweet potatoes at home. If the quantity is large, drying some sweet potato strips for his wife and children as snacks would also be good.

"Probably the shellfish nearby have all been eaten by starfish, right? There shouldn't be any cargo in the last few months."

"Can go a little further, let's talk about it. If there's still some at home, there's no rush. It's cold, and it's windy from time to time, so it's not certain that we can catch the neap tide."

"Enough to eat until spring. There are also quite a lot of dried fish at home, and occasionally we go out to sea to eat some fresh ones. The two of them are not picky, they can eat anything, it's better if there are eggs."

"Wait until spring, see how many chicks Mom can hatch there. If it's not enough to divide, we'll go to other people's houses to catch a few more. Eggs laid by chickens raised at home are more nutritious."

Lin Xiuqing nodded with a smile.

Their family had just set up the stove, and there were no small animals in front of or behind the house, just waiting to catch more chicks to raise after spring.