Chapter 252: Sinking? (Monthly Ticket Bonus 7)

Ye Huimei looked at her parents, who were somewhat shaken, and laughed out loud. Her Third Brother really had a sharp tongue.

Ye Yaodong glanced at her sideways. "I'm telling the truth, aren't I? Our parents have already finished the major things they need to do. Is there any place left to spend a lot of money? Daily food and drink don't cost much, so why be so frugal?"

"Hahaha, so let's keep one small green lobster for each of us!"

"Right!"

Ye Mu had nothing to say at this time, only glaring at the brother and sister. "Only your mouths are sharp, you know how to talk and eat, specifically picking good things to squander. When you get married, let's see if you can still squander like this."

"You really don't manage the household, you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt are. When you get married, you must be frugal. You still have two sisters-in-law to marry off in the future. You can't be too loose with your spending, and you have to manage your own man well..."

Ye Huimei, who was originally happy, felt awkward after what her mother said. She wasn't even married yet, and she was already being told to manage her man...

"Stop talking, I'm not even married yet..."

Ye Fu also pondered the taste of it. Being frugal and saving so much money, wouldn't it just be left for the three sons to split in the future? They had suffered for half their lives, it was about time they enjoyed some good food...

What's more, they could pick so many abalones today, keeping one small green lobster for each person didn't seem too much, right?

He glanced at Old Third. Having stayed with this spendthrift for so long, he felt he was becoming like him, actually thinking that keeping one for each person was no problem...

Ye Fu coughed dryly. "Then pick the small ones, keep one for each person!"

The smile in Ye Yaodong's eyes leaked out. He looked amusedly at his father pretending, feeling that his parents were about to be corrupted by him.

"Hmm, one that's two or three taels isn't expensive. There are eight of us in total, keeping eight is only two-something jin."

"Since we're keeping them anyway, keep a few more. Your eldest and second brothers both have three children, keep three for each family so the children can taste a bite."

Ye Fu was also someone who cared for his children. As a grandfather, if there were good things, he didn't have to keep them for his sons, but he would always think of his grandchildren.

"Alright." Ye Yaodong had no opinion. It was all caught by his mother and sister anyway, his father could handle the distribution.

Ye Mu felt a bit pained, having to keep half of it to squander all at once, but she couldn't bear to eat it herself while her grandchildren didn't get to eat.

She had to frown and look away.

"Alright, you guys stop for a while, send us to the small island first, otherwise we'll just stand here and watch, it's a waste of time."

"Father, you send Mother and them there, and by the way, go ashore to rest for a while. It's not good to keep soaking like this."

He was still young, he could drink some sea snake wine when he got back to get rid of the dampness.

"Alright, by the way, pour the goods in the bucket into the sack, it's heavy to keep carrying it."

Ye Yaodong also handed the bucket up to empty it first, and then continued to climb onto the reef. Digging from the top down could save some time soaking in the water. It had just started to recede, and he could wait until 12:00 when the water level was at its lowest to go down, so it would be shallower.

It was just that these reefs were rugged and slippery, so he needed to be careful.

They weren't in a rush anyway, safety first. Anyway, these stacks of abalones were still firmly attached to it and couldn't run away.

Ye Fu steered the boat to the small island nearby, dropped off the mother and daughter and the tool sacks, instructed them to be careful, not to climb up and down, and if they couldn't carry it, just put it anywhere and wait for them to move it, then steered the boat back to the reef.

At this time, Ye Yaodong had already dug half a bucket *ding ding Dongdong*. Practice makes perfect; digging these fist-sized abalones was really refreshing.

"Dongzi, we'll have to dig these abalones and sea snails for a whole day."

"It shouldn't be that long, right? Although it looks dense, that's because they are big. Prying them off one by one is fast. Look, isn't a large area empty? In some places, they aren't crawling very densely. With two people digging, it's fast."

"It's good there are no starfish here, otherwise these abalones would be squandered again."

"Indeed."

"Dig faster. Around 8:00, we'll go over to your mother's side to take a look, and by the way, rest and cook something to eat."

As Ye Fu was talking, he also climbed onto a reef and poured the water out of his rain boots, but he didn't sit steadily and almost slipped down, which gave Ye Yaodong a big fright. He swayed his body and almost fell too.

"Ah, Father, be careful."

"The butt is too slippery, I didn't sit steadily for a moment."

"Take it easy. Or go over there, that reef is flatter, you stand there, I'll take the high ones."

Ye Fu stretched his head to take a look and didn't force it. "Hmm, alright."

This reef wasn't big, but it wasn't small either. With company, the father and son talked, and they didn't feel time passing slowly. The key was that both of them were full of energy, and thinking about the large sum of money about to be earned made them high-spirited.

Until both of them had filled two more buckets and looked at the time, it was already 8:00, so they climbed onto the boat.

Ye Yaodong took off his rain boots and socks, looking at his feet, which were soaked white and wrinkled. He suddenly felt that this money wasn't so easy to earn. To get rich, one must pay a price.

Otherwise, why would people by the sea have more or less rheumatism when they get old?

And people by the sea love to drink, especially liking to soak various seafood medicinal wines, just to get rid of dampness.

He casually took a rag to wipe his feet and didn't plan to put on shoes. He let his feet air out first and steered the boat to the small island to have breakfast first.

Ye Fu was also barefoot and didn't wear shoes. After wringing the water out of his pant legs, he rolled them up high to avoid them sticking to his legs.

Seeing an opportunity, he first put water in the pot to boil. This pot wasn't that big, so the four of them had to cook two pots.

After the boat docked at the small island, the water in the pot was almost boiling. The two reef islands weren't far apart anyway.

Ye Fu tore a few cabbage leaves and put them in. After it boiled again, he put the rice noodles in, and then threw in some dried mussels, stirred, and was about to cover it when he heard Ye Yaodong say.

"Father, dig a few abalones and put them in..."

Hearing this, Ye Fu's hand shook, and when he covered the pot, he didn't cover it well, it tilted and fell onto the deck.

Ye Yaodong giggled. "My feet are soaked white, eating one isn't too much, right?"

His parents being so frugal and reluctant to eat and drink wouldn't do; he had to straighten them out!

Ye Fu glared at his spendthrift son and silently went to dig out four abalones that looked smaller, dug out the abalone meat, removed the stomach, simply rinsed them with fresh water, and threw them in together to cook without even using a knife to make a few cuts.

"That's right. People work themselves to death just to live a little better, right Father."

"Stop talking, it's fine if you squander yourself, but you have to bring your father and mother to squander together."

"This is called sharing blessings, a son must be filial to his father and mother."

Ye Fu was already powerless against him. Fortunately, he was willing to work hard now, earned quite a bit, and since he earned money, then take a little out to eat, just eat it.

It was better than being idle and playing around all day like before.

"Go call your mother and sister, come on the boat to eat something first. Several hours have passed since night, and after blowing the cold wind for so long, come up and eat something hot to warm the body, don't rush to dig."

"Hmm, alright."

Ye Yaodong was too lazy to get off the boat and just stood on the boat and shouted. After a few shouts, their figures appeared from the edge of the reef, and they washed their hands with seawater and went ashore.

"Finally eating, I feel so hungry."

"Rice noodles aren't as filling as rice cakes. In a few days, I'll ask other families to buy some glutinous rice and take it to the workshop to process into rice cakes. Anyway, we have to stock up on some rice cakes for the New Year, so prepare in advance."

"Making rice cakes so early, isn't it too early?"

"Make a little first."

"Eat first..."

After Ye Fu lifted the pot lid, Ye Mu didn't say anything when she saw the abalones in the pot. Everyone scooped a bowl first and ate it happily.

"Cook another pot, put a few more abalones in."

This abalone meat was thick, plump, soft, tender, and smooth, much better than the farmed ones.

"Really know how to eat..."

Ye Mu nagged, looking at the sack in the corner, which was still quite full, but still went to dig out four, one for each person.

It could be seen that Ye Yaodong's brainwashing was very successful!

Ye Huimei giggled and blinked at her Third Brother, and Ye Yaodong grinned.

Actually, his parents' health wasn't very good either. In the past few years, they couldn't get enough to eat from the communal kitchen and had to work hard to earn work points, overworking themselves. Now that they were older, they should eat something good to nourish themselves.

After cooking two pots, the family ate their fill and rested for a while. Ye Mu and Ye Huimei went down to the isolated island to continue working.

Ye Yaodong and Ye Fu also steered the boat to the reef island, preparing to continue working. They had picked one sack before, but it wasn't very full, only 60% full. Now that they were full and had strength, they continued to go back to work.

But I don't know if it was psychological, but clearly, the tide was receding, yet he felt the water level hadn't dropped at all, but was a bit higher instead.

He frowned and looked at his father. "Father, don't you feel like this reef seems to be... sinking?"

Yes, sinking!

He suddenly thought of this word. It wasn't that the tide hadn't receded, but that the reef was sinking, so clearly the tide was receding, yet the terrain of the seabed wasn't exposed more, but the water level became higher instead.

Ye Fu was also surprised. "If you hadn't said it, I wouldn't have felt it, but this reef is indeed sinking."

"Holy crap, is this after the crustal movement, it's going to sink again?"

"It's very likely. Maybe it's been sinking all along, we were too focused on digging before and didn't pay attention."

"Holy crap, then dig quickly, I feel like the water level is higher again? Clearly, it's receding."

"Then hurry up..."

They had already entered the treasure mountain, there was no reason to let it sink back. After the father and son suddenly discovered something was wrong, they hurriedly took the empty buckets and went down.

Ye Yaodong paid attention to the water level. When he went into the water in the morning, the same position only reached his knees, but now it was a bit above his knees, clearly, it was receding.

"Grass, it's really like a dog, it's really going to sink again, a flash in the pan? Dig quickly, just as the tide is receding, it can slow down the speed of descent, we can dig as much as we can."

"Hmm, be quick." ===== CHAPTER 253 =====