Chapter 365

Azheng and Hearing Xiao Xiao took turns going down one more time each, which is equivalent to each person going into the water three times.

The first time, Hearing Xiao Xiao had no harvest, while Azheng caught two sea cucumbers. The last two times, both of them had quite good harvests, and they came up with their net bags full. Of course, abalone still took the lion's share.

After they came up, Ye Yaodong also went down one more time. Of course, the goods he hunted belonged to himself.

Azheng looked at the goods in their basket and said joyfully, "These look like they should be thirty jin, plus a few sea cucumbers and small spiny lobsters."

"I didn't expect there to be so many abalone down there. This place is really a treasure land."

Azheng also excitedly rubbed his hands back and forth. Both of them were wet, but it didn't matter; they didn't care at all and were just happy.

"I wonder if there are also many goods under the sea in other locations?"

"Who knows? If it's not necessary, who would dive to the seabed? Abalone and sea cucumbers are expensive for a reason. Pen shells are easier to talk about; they don't necessarily grow on the seabed, and they might even grow at the low tide line."

"Dongzi, tell me the truth, did you burn high incense?"

"What burning high incense? My ancestral grave is smoking green smoke, I've had great luck, okay? I'll be smooth in everything in the future, great luck, official career will be smooth, step by step, and money will roll in..."

"Alright, alright, close your mouth. Don't show off your achievements from the few days you attended the literacy class." Ye's father now has a headache as soon as he hears him talk. He really treats himself as a cultured person. After blowing his horn, he starts showing off again.

Hearing Xiao Xiao smiled and said, "Why do you care if he burned high incense? It's good that we can get some light. Rest for a while, I'll go down later. Anyway, it looks like it's still early."

"We can go into the water a few more times. Didn't you say that if the harvest isn't good today, we won't come to this sea area tomorrow? Then we won't be able to go into the water, and we might not be able to go in the next few days either."

"Right, right, right, we have to go into the water a few more times today and catch a little more."

"Rest for a while, I'll go first later."

The two of them happily decided with one word after another.

Seeing that they were in high spirits, Ye Yaodong didn't stop them. Young people have good physical strength. Anyway, they won't be here for the next few days and won't need to go into the water, so let them go into the water two more times today.

He isn't planning to go down anymore. He has already gone down three times today. Take it easy. Anyway, the harvest is already much more than what he used to hunt alone.

It's a pity that his eldest brother's and second brother's boats didn't gather with his, otherwise he could have called his eldest brother and second brother to take turns going into the water together and get a share.

This doesn't need to be fixed on who must go into the water. With more people, he can lie down and earn, which is even more effortless. Anyway, they are all his own people. He'll ask again after looking at the situation in a few days.

Hunting a little bit by going into the water can be considered extra income, which is better than their trawling. It's a win-win.

After the two of them took turns going into the water two more times, they collapsed on the boat and gasped for breath.

Hearing Xiao Xiao shook the water off his hair and wiped the seawater off his face again. "This diving is also quite exhausting."

"It's mainly because you guys didn't rest for long. Alright, don't go into the water today. The goods you've caught are enough. It's almost noon, the noodles in the pot are almost ready. Eat and then go catch squid separately." Ye Yaodong put away the equipment directly, so they wouldn't be reluctant.

Azheng looked up at the sky. "It's noon so fast?"

They had been in the water and didn't know what day it was on shore. After looking at the sun hanging high in the sky, they realized that time passed really fast in the water.

"Then let's split the harvest. Later, if the squid harvest isn't much, we'll come back and dig abalone hard again."

Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows. With money to earn, are they all risking their lives?

"Don't mess around, otherwise your bodies will have all kinds of problems when you get old."

"That's still decades away. Who knows if we can live until then." Azheng said indifferently.

Hearing Xiao Xiao patted him. "What are you nagging about? Hurry up and split the things. It seems there's no scale..."

"Whatever, no rush. It's the same to split them after going back." They are all friends, he has nothing to worry about.

The harvest today really looks like a lot, filling a basket and a half. Ye Yaodong visually estimated that just the abalone alone could be split into twenty jin per person, plus a few small spiny lobsters and sea cucumbers, and each person could also split a few.

Hearing Xiao Xiao and Azheng's mouths were about to split to the back of their heads with joy. For them, today's harvest was no less than picking it up for free. It was exciting and fun, and the harvest was good, possibly even better than the squid harvest.

"Then let's split the small spiny lobsters and sea cucumbers by quantity first, and wait until we go back to weigh the abalone before splitting them into three equal parts."

"Oh, no problem, easy to talk about. Everyone is a brother and not an outsider."

"That's fine, then wait until we go back to split them. Anyway, they won't disappear."

After a few people simply ate a bowl of noodles and filled their stomachs, they returned to their respective buoys where they placed branches.

It was just noon now, and there were only scattered squid distributed around the branches, not many in quantity. Ye Yaodong simply netted the squid together with the branches and took the opportunity to collect the squid eggs as well.

He hadn't come for two days, and there was a string of eggs hanging on the branches, dense and numerous. He collected them one by one and put them into a bucket.

Squid eggs can be preserved for a long time by pickling with salt.

When eating, wash them, place them in a basin one by one, add a little cooking wine and ginger slices, and steam them in a pot until cooked. Pick one up and take a bite; it's slippery, salty, fresh, and chewy. It deserves to be called a rice-killing artifact.

During this period, he harvested half a bucket every three days. The family had already pickled a lot. When Father Lin and Mother Lin left, Mother Ye also packed a lot for them, letting them take them back to eat slowly. She stored the rest in bottles and jars.

Ye's father also helped on the side and said, "I guess it's really almost gone. It's a pity. I didn't have time to come out the past two days, otherwise, I could have caught a few more."

"There's nothing to pity. People who received goods the past two days didn't receive many either. It can only be said to be so-so."

"Why did you only take 1/3 from your friends earlier? They all said they would take half for you."

"That's about it. Can my conscience take it if I take so much? They are also quite dangerous underwater. I'm just on the shore, didn't do anything, just provided the equipment. And they aren't the boat workers I hired, just consider it helping a friend."

"Then why don't you let your eldest brother and second brother go into the water and help them?" Ye's father wanted to ask this earlier, but because Dongzi's two friends were there, he was embarrassed to say it.

"They aren't here!" Ye Yaodong said as a matter of course.

Their boats usually don't go with his. They are accustomed to staying in the sea area that Ye's father took them to before. Since they aren't here, how can he teach them?

Ye's father thought about it, and that was true.

"Wait until tomorrow when we go to the sea area where your eldest brother and second brother are staying to fish. The brothers can also take care of each other. In a while, let them come back here together, and a few people can take turns going into the water to catch a little more."

"Hmm."

He understood his father's thoughts.

They are all his sons, and the palm and the back of the hand are both meat. If there is something good, of course, he wants to benefit his sons first.