Chapter 536: Glib-tongued

Ye Yaodong smiled and followed behind, watching her trotting back, and felt that "men and women working together makes the work less tiring" still had some truth to it.

Look, he had been busy for half a day and had just felt quite tired.

Now, after flirting with his wife, he suddenly felt relaxed all over, his walking was as light as flying, and he could even run to catch her.

It was just that her head and face were wrapped too tightly. Otherwise, with her long hair now reaching her chest, if she let it down and ran on the beach, her hair would definitely be elegant and look very good.

Watching her, his mind started to fantasize...

So much so that his wife had run too far, and he forgot to call her to stop, and then he followed her and ran too far as well.

Until Aqing turned her head back, puzzled, and asked him: "Where are those bamboo razor clams of yours? Why didn't you say anything? How much longer until we get there?"

Ye Yaodong had been trotting closely behind her. Hearing her turn her head to ask, he finally came back to his senses. "Ah?"

He looked left and right, only to find that they had run too far, and had run quite a distance...

They had even run to where he picked the kelp...

He gave an awkward laugh. "Oh, I forgot for a moment and ran too far."

He pointed behind him, at the long bamboo stick standing in the distance. "See that? There's a bamboo stick standing there; that's the place."

The smile on Lin Xiuqing's face immediately vanished, and she gave him a speechless glare. "Are you stupid? I ran too far, and it's one thing that you didn't call me, but you actually followed me and ran too far too. What are you thinking about? Dreaming of nonsense!"

Ye Yaodong touched his nose, feeling that his brain cells were too active, which didn't seem to be a good thing. "You keep it for yourself to eat. I just had a momentary lapse and forgot."

Lin Xiuqing looked at a patch of smooth reef about three or four meters ahead. It was all yellowish-brown, and she didn't see any uneven barnacles on the surface, and she understood in her heart.

"Is this where you picked the kelp?"

"Right. I've basically picked all the large ones. The smaller ones are only palm-sized, too tender, so I left them to grow longer."

"These tender ones must be better to eat, right? They'd be better for a cold salad."

"Forget it. That small half-sack earlier is enough to eat for a long time. If you want a cold salad, you can just slice those into strips; it's not much different. Let these small ones grow up and pick them next year."

Lin Xiuqing also curiously stepped forward and touched the rock wall a few times. It was very soft, slippery, and cool. The large patches within sight had all been torn off, and there were really only small pieces left.

"Then let's come back and pick them next year."

"Yeah, we'll get more then and take them back to dry. Anyway, nobody wants them." Ye Yaodong held her hand and walked toward the bamboo razor clams, talking as they walked.

"It's a pity they grow wild like this. I saw some sea lettuce earlier and wanted to pick it, but I looked and had nothing to put it in. The sack had to be used for those shelled things, and the bucket had to be used for fish."

"That doesn't taste good, and it's not easy to dry and store. Just take some kelp back, that's enough..."

The couple chatted away. People who didn't know might have thought the island was their family's backyard.

In fact, it was almost the same. They came when they wanted to, and took what they wanted to take back. It was all naturally grown by heaven and earth, and didn't need management. Digging it was just too satisfying.

Ye Yaodong had the experience of digging razor clams last year. Today, when he came out to beachcomb, he also brought a small handful of salt, specially wrapped in a handkerchief, which he had kept in his pocket.

Now, he took it out like a magic trick, which surprised Lin Xiuqing.

"Why did you specially bring salt? We're only out for half a day. Are you planning to cook something to eat?"

"You don't understand this, do you? This is a magic weapon for beachcombing. I'll show you a trick in a moment. Just wait and see."

Lin Xiuqing squatted beside him, watching him use a shovel to dig into the ground, and was indeed very curious about why he brought salt. She learned from him and dug a hole together.

"Is this how you dig off the top layer? Why not dig them one by one?"

"You'll know in a moment."

"Still keeping me in suspense?"

"You go dig on the side. Any place on the ground with air holes can have a layer scraped off. Wait for me to perform a magic trick for you."

Lin Xiuqing smiled and said, "You really have a lot of tricks."

As she said this, she obediently moved to the side and helped him dig.

"If you can't perform a magic trick for me later, I'm going to scold you."

"Then if I perform it successfully, do I get a reward?"

"Hmph, you perform it first."

"Watch closely!"

The experience of coming out with a woman is of course different from coming out to play with friends. Ye Yaodong heard there was a reward and felt even more energetic.

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Lin Xiuqing watched him. He just sprinkled a little salt into the small holes on the ground, and then she saw the bamboo razor clams rise straight up from the sand pit, her eyes widening in surprise.

"Ah! Can it be done like this?"

Ye Yaodong was smug. "Now you know how powerful I am? Everything has to rely on brains. If you dug them one by one, how long would that take?"

"I know you're powerful, really smart." Lin Xiuqing grinned happily, her eyebrows curved. "Give me some salt, let me try too..."

Ye Yaodong pulled back the hand holding the handkerchief-wrapped salt. "We agreed that if I performed a magic trick, you'd give me a reward."

Lin Xiuqing gave him a reproachful glare. "We're already an old married couple, we've already had three children, what reward do you need?"

"That's different. Me sleeping with you, and you actively sleeping with me—can they be the same?"

"On a deserted island, you seem even more energetic."

Ye Yaodong gave a wicked smile and twitched his eyebrows. "Hmm~ hmm~"

"We'll talk about it when we get back. Give me the salt first."

"Let's agree first."

"You're pushing your luck, aren't you?"

"Psh~ otherwise you can just watch."

"Who was tired like a dead dog last night? It's only been half a day today, and you think you can stand tall again."

"Holy crap, looking down on me, huh? I still have two scratch marks on my back. Do you want to see who was so excited last night?"

"Get lost."

Lin Xiuqing was ashamed and angry, gave him a fierce glare, and snatched the salt he was holding.

Ye Yaodong watched her with a smile, learning from him and sprinkling the salt into the pits bit by bit.

"Women are just saying one thing and meaning another, and they're very stubborn. They like to turn their backs and deny everything at the drop of a hat."

"Your mother is also a woman."

"My father can handle her."

"Who talks about their own mother like that?" Lin Xiuqing glanced at him and stared at the hole, watching the bamboo razor clams inside rise one by one, and called out happily again.

"There are so many, every hole has one."

"This is called 'one radish, one pit,' one stick in one hole."

Lin Xiuqing: "..."

"Shut up!"

Even though the sea breeze was blowing like that, she felt her ears burning hot.

"Didn't you feel bored being alone, with no one to talk to? Aren't I talking to you to relieve your boredom? Why don't you want to listen to me talk, and why are you telling me to shut up again? Women are really fickle."

"Is that normal chatting?"

"Why isn't it normal chatting? I didn't say anything wrong! It was very apt."

Ye Yaodong saw her turn her face away after finishing the razor clams, so he quickly moved over and looked at her with a smile.

"At your age, you're still shy."

This made her angry. Lin Xiuqing elbowed him directly, making him fall to the ground.

"I'm only 26. Don't bother me, go away, I don't want you, you're in the way. I'll handle this, you go knock some shellfish off the rock wall, don't get in the way here."

Ye Yaodong wasn't annoyed, looking at her with a straight face with a smile. "Flipping your face so fast?"

Lin Xiuqing closed her mouth and stopped talking to him. He actually said she was old; she was furious.

"Alright, alright, you're only 26, still a flower."

"A morning glory."

Ye Yaodong choked on his saliva from her sulky words, and then started laughing wildly.

"Fine, fine, morning glory it is. Should I go to the mountains tomorrow and dig a few for you to plant in the yard?"

Lin Xiuqing couldn't help but laugh herself. "Don't bother me, you're so annoying, and you're not helping, just laughing there."

"Working, working, working, I'll work right away."

"You don't need to pull them, leave them there, I'll do it. You go to the side and dig off a layer of sand on the surface."

"Fine, fine, you do it then."

"Hey? Why is there a different one here?" Lin Xiuqing had just finished collecting the razor clams that had risen and sprinkled salt on the side again, only to find that the razor clam that had risen from one pit was a bit different.

This one couldn't really be called a bamboo razor clam anymore.

Bamboo razor clams are thin tubes, like the long ones of an automatic pen, but the one that rose up this time was super wide, much wider than the bamboo razor clams that had risen before, and much fatter and thicker.

Ye Yaodong heard her speak and turned his head to take a look. "This is a large horse-knife clam, also called a razor clam king. This is also delicious, not much different from a bamboo razor clam."

"Oh, so a different one mixed in suddenly."

"Normal. Don't bonito fish often get mixed in with tuna?"

Seeing that there was nothing wrong with the one that had mixed in, Lin Xiuqing collected it together with the others and put it in the bucket.

The couple worked together, one scraping sand, one pouring salt, having a great time. Being together, they had company, which was much more interesting than when they were busy separately earlier.

Until this patch of bamboo razor clams was cleared by them, the two stood up, twisted their necks, and pounded their waists.

Ye Yaodong also helped her knead her neck and press her lower back. "Tired?"

"It's alright, just stand up and walk around, anyway we're done digging."

"Then let's go to the rock wall and dig for a while more, then we'll go home." He looked at his watch. "It's about two o'clock, the tide is about to rise at this time."

"Mm-hmm."

Ye Yaodong picked up the bucket and walked in front.

Lin Xiuqing smiled, then trotted up, grabbed his hand with one hand, and the two walked hand in hand.

"Clingy, still want to hold hands..."

"Dislike it? Then forget it... let go..."

Ye Yaodong held her hand and wouldn't let go, saying words of dislike. "Seeing that you like to lean over so much, I'll reluctantly hold it."

Having been reborn for so long, with the playfulness of friends, the company of children, and the care of family, not to mention that his psychological age was small and he hadn't grown up, his mindset had long since adjusted to when he was in his twenties.

Lin Xiuqing tilted her head and looked at him with a smile. "So men also like to be stubborn."

"Yeah, from head to toe, only my mouth is harder than that place."

"..." ===== CHAPTER 537 =====