Chapter 308: Digging shellfish at the bottom of the boat

After the confinement had passed for about ten days, Lin's father and mother also brought small clothes, chickens, eggs, longevity noodles, red dates, longan, and other food for the lying-in woman, and came to visit.

It wasn't the first one, so they weren't in such a hurry, finished the work at home, and prepared things before coming over.

Lin mother smiled and hugged the child. "Fortunately, you are already the third one, it's fast to give birth, and it's safe and sound. I thought Adong would send you back after the New Year."

"He thought that after the spring, our family would have to start picking tea again, it's too busy, so don't add trouble to you, and our location is remote, right on the beach, it's convenient if there is any movement, can go to town or go somewhere to stay for a day or two and come back."

Lin's father also nodded. "That's right, we were on the mountain for a whole month last month, went up the mountain at four o'clock in the morning when the sky was not bright, and didn't come back until evening, you wouldn't have anyone to take care of if you went."

"Don't talk about this, it's good to be born."

"What's the cousin's name? Her face has so much meat... it's about to hang down..." The eldest nephew Lin Guangyuan also came over to play today, and stretched his neck to look at it.

Lin mother glared at him. "Can't say that."

"Called Ye Xiaoxi." Ye Cheng-hu shouted on the side.

"Called Xiao Jiu!" Ye Cheng-yang shouted without showing weakness.

Lin Xiuqing smiled and said, "The fortune teller said she doesn't lack anything, so the name can be taken casually. Adong said that the names of the few small ones all have water, so let's call it Xiaoxi. Just right, three in the family, she ranks ninth among the few small cousins, and the few small ones call her Xiao Jiu."

Ninth sister ninth sister, beautiful sister...

When Ye Yaodong heard a few naughty boys call her ninth sister two days ago, the melody of this song couldn't help but come to his mind, and he felt it was quite good...

The nickname can be called casually.

"Then who takes care of you after you give birth? Your mother-in-law doesn't live together anymore."

"She takes care of washing and cooking here during the day, and doesn't go back until it's dark. At night, Adong gets up to work."

Lin mother was surprised, and then the smile in her eyes couldn't stop. "Adong changed the diapers? Hehe, he is really getting better and better, hard work for him, have to get up several times at night."

Lin's father: "Didn't he go to sea at night?"

"No, he only goes to pull ground cages every other day during the day, and gets some fish and shrimp back to feed me milk. I said I could change diapers myself, but he insisted on not."

Lin Xiuqing said this, and her face was filled with full happiness. She didn't expect him to be able to do this.

Although he hated changing diapers every time, as long as Xiao Jiu cried, he would be the first to climb up to touch whether she was peeing or hungry.

When giving birth to two sons, he hadn't been so attentive.

"You gave birth at a good time, there is seafood to eat."

Looking at the daughter's white and tender face, Lin Xiuqing also smiled and said, "Yes, there is fish soup every day now, much better than when giving birth to his two brothers."

Ye Yaodong accompanied in the room, listened to them talk for a while, and then went out.

A group of children at the door were making an appointment to go to the beach to dig clams and pick up crabs.

He also looked up at the beach, determined that the tide had receded, and went to the village to call people.

His boat had been soaking in the sea for a long time, and there were a pile of young shellfish and barnacles at the bottom of the boat. These days when he drove the boat out to pull ground cages, he felt serious water intake.

In the vast sea, the least lacking are microorganisms and parasitic animals.

Especially a creature called barnacle, it can attach to natural reefs, pier embankments, ship buoys, seawater pipelines, and can also attach to living things such as blue whales and sea turtles.

Ships sailing on the sea for a long time, regardless of size, will be covered with barnacles, young shellfish, mussels, etc. at the bottom of the boat. The longer they are not cleaned, the more and larger they grow.

They will all increase the boat's water intake, increase the resistance of the boat's sailing, and at the same time, the boat's speed becomes slower, and the boat's fuel consumption also increases. Therefore, every boat needs to be cleaned regularly.

After collecting the ground cages in the morning, he parked the boat on the beach, and after the tide receded, it would be stranded on the beach.

It just so happened that his father-in-law and mother-in-law were here today, so he scraped the bottom of the boat, and could get some fresh oysters and mussels for them to take back.

He called a group of familiar young and strong men, as well as a few cousins, brought a few bundles of ropes and went to the beach. They had to turn the boat sideways first.

A group of small ones excitedly picked up stranded small seafood on the beach, and saw Ye Yaodong bring a group of people over, and they all surrounded them one after another.

"Third Uncle, why are you here? Are you all going to forage by the sea too?"

"Third uncle, look, we caught a few crabs, and picked up a lot of snails and clams..."

"I have a fish here..."

"I have sea urchins here, and starfish..."

A group of children offered treasures, holding their small baskets, wanting to show him.

Ye Yaodong smiled and comforted, "Good good good, you go pick it up, I'll call you to help later."

"What are you going to do, third uncle?"

"We are going to turn the boat sideways, clean the bottom of the boat, and call you to help pick it up later."

"Good good good~"

With something to play, how could they not respond?

All followed behind them and walked toward the boat, not running around anymore.

"Stay away, don't get in the way, go to the side and wait."

Ye Yaodong sent the few children away, climbed onto the boat and tied the ropes, and amidst the excited shouting of the children, the boat was also set up by a group of young and strong men.

"Ah ah ah, there are so many mussels under the boat."

"And barnacles..."

"So many! Wow~"

As soon as they saw the boat set up, they couldn't wait to run over excitedly, wanting to drill under the boat on the spot, Ye Yaodong immediately scolded them.

"All go to the side, when I don't say you can get close, none of you can get close, otherwise you will be pressed into meat mud later, are you afraid?"

They scattered like birds and beasts again.

Reborn, he had a few more patience with these children, and he would think of taking them to play if there was anything.

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After the boat was set up steadily, he expressed his gratitude to a group of people, and after they left, he took out a sack from his pocket, shook it, and excitedly greeted the children.

"Come come come, I'll shovel, you wait to help pick it up into the sack."

"Good good..."

A pile of shells grew densely at the bottom of the boat, everything, mussels grew in pieces, and there were green ones, but they were not as delicious as the black-purple ones.

There were also barnacles that looked like small volcanoes, and young shellfish with oysters growing inside, and shells that were useless.

His boat didn't paint red paint, and these shells knocked down could all be eaten.

The bottom of the cruise ship is generally painted with special red paint. This paint can drive away or kill those creatures attached to the bottom of the boat.

In order not to make these shells and insects attach to the bottom of the boat, and in order to reduce the corrosion of the boat shell by seawater, toxic paint such as copper oxide, mercury oxide, and iron oxide is applied under the boat shell below the waterline.

These toxic substances mixed in the paint are red, so the bottom of the cruise ship is red.

Seafood adsorbed on this layer of paint is generally

A small boat like his wouldn't have this kind of paint on it.

Ye Yaodong held a large iron shovel in his hand, aimed at a small, densely grown patch of mussels, and scraped forcefully against the bottom of the boat. Instantly, a large cluster of mussels connected together fell off.

The little ones on the side swarmed over, "My turn... my turn..."

"Third Uncle, shovel a bit more..."

"Alright, you all step back first. I'll shovel a bit more down, then you can pick them up slowly, otherwise, it'll hit you."

This group of fellows was all crowded to the side, so he couldn't work well; if he shoveled them down, they would land right on their heads.

"Then hurry up."

"Got it, stop nagging..."

These mussels weren't very big, though the green ones were larger. They all collectively called them mussels, while the market called them green-lipped mussels. With a forceful shovel, another patch fell off.

He shoveled them off patch by patch, and a pile fell onto the beach with a *swish-swish-swish*. His hands were getting a bit sore, so he stopped to tell the children to start picking them up.

He took two more sacks out of his pocket and shook them. The bottom of the boat was densely packed; how could one be enough to hold them?

"You all be careful, don't cut your hands. The edges of these shells are very sharp."

"Don't worry..."

"Little Aunt's husband, it's really fun here. There's so much to pick up on the beach..."

"Fun, right? I told you to come play here a long time ago. Who told you not to come?"

"They wouldn't bring me, saying it's a very long walk..."

"Ah? You walked here? Why didn't you take a tractor? Although that tractor isn't comfortable to sit on at all..."

Ye Chenghu started rambling again about how bumpy the tractor was... how uncomfortable it was to sit on... and said his nostrils were full of dust...

Hearing this made Ye Chenghai want to give him a few thumps, "Forget it, others want to ride but can't, they have to rely on their two legs. I haven't even ridden one yet..."

Ye Yaodong said while picking, "If you think it's fun, stay for a few days. Eat and sleep with your two cousins, and let them take you to play by the sea for a few days."

Those by the sea think the mountains are fun, while those in the mountains think the sea is fun!

"Okay, okay... then Little Aunt's husband, help me... ah, there are bugs... so many bugs... are there earthworms on the beach too?"

Ye Yaodong looked up and saw several more worms on the beach in front of him, looking like intestines as they wriggled there.

"Those are sand worms! Not earthworms. Where would earthworms come from on the beach?"

The others discovered it too; suddenly, many densely packed sand worms emerged from the sand around them.

"They look just like earthworms, so similar."

"So many..."

"There are some over there too..."

"There, there are some there too..."

"Ah ah ah... so disgusting..." Several young girls looked at the densely packed sand worms and all cried out that it was disgusting.

"Tch, what's disgusting about it? Haven't you played with earthworms before? Hurry up and catch them, catch them..." Ye Chenghai shouted excitedly.

The other boys were also incredibly excited; how could they feel disgusted or afraid to catch them? They had caught plenty of bugs to play with.

Ye Yaodong also excitedly shook the sack, "Use this to hold them!"

It was a good thing he was thoughtful and brought a few extra sacks.