Chapter 55: A big harvest in typhoon weather

"Hurry, hurry, that clam is about to roll back into the sea."

Lin Xiuqing, with a smiling face, stepped on the waves to pick it up, her whole face shining. Ye Yaodong couldn't help but look a few more times; he hadn't seen her smile so easily and happily for many years.

After picking up the clam from the sea, she happily walked toward him and raised her hand. "This is the biggest one I've picked up, it's as big as my fist."

"Mm, put it in. Let's walk toward the giant reef direction, looking as we walk. By the time we get there, the tide should reach the reef."

She smiled and nodded.

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but stop after walking only a few steps. He squatted down and dug with his finger in a position with air bubbles on the beach, and he dug out a sand clam.

"Your aim is really accurate!"

After saying this, she also aimed at a hole and dug, and also dug one out.

Sand clams are unevenly distributed on the beach, and it takes time to find them daily. Only when the tide has just receded and the air bubble holes are exposed are they easier to find.

"Do you want to dig here for a while, or walk forward?" Ye Yaodong asked, seeing her digging there tirelessly.

She stood up, still wanting more. "Forget it, I won't dig anymore. Let's go forward to the reef and see if there's anything good to pick up?"

"Mm."

Walking to a small piece of gravel pile with mudflats, the two were pleasantly surprised again.

"There's a fish there."

"It's a black porgy."

It was already dead and stranded on the beach. Ye Yaodong pried open its fish gills and looked. They had already turned dark red, which meant it might have already died in the sea and was washed ashore.

"It's not fresh anymore, don't take it, throw it back into the sea!"

"Alright." Lin Xiuqing felt a sense of regret. It was hard to pick up another fish, but it wasn't fresh.

Black porgy is also called sea bream, and the biggest difference from crucian carp is that their habitats are different. Black porgy lives in the sea, while crucian carp lives in lakes and swamps.

She picked up the fish and walked toward the sea waves. Just as she threw it back into the sea, a wave rolled up. She quickly retreated a few steps, but didn't expect that after the seawater receded, there was an extra big mud crab on the beach.

"A-Dong, A-Dong, come quickly, there's a big mud crab, come catch it quickly, it's about to crawl away..."

Hearing this, Ye Yaodong ran over quickly. He saw a big mud crab waving two pincers and crawling sideways quickly on the beach. He quickly stepped on it and caught it. Those two big pincers were still waving claws and dancing.

"Good fellow, this one is two jin! Good luck, not coming out in typhoon weather in vain!"

Lin Xiuqing's face also bloomed with flowers. "Coming out today was really the right choice."

"Before, when I called you, you were reluctant. This one is worth more than two days of your net weaving."

"I didn't know. Let's go, let's follow the waves forward."

This time it was her turn to pull him anxiously.

Following the tide, they walked and picked. They picked up quite a few fish, shrimp, crabs, and clams, big and small. None of them were valuable, but it was quite worth being happy about.

Their beach wasn't small. Walking down from the shore, they walked and stopped, sometimes walking up to see if there was any stranded seafood. It took more than half an hour to reach the reef area.

Just as he stopped, Ye Yaodong saw two plum fish swimming in a small water pool between two reef crevices, and there was a sea snail as big as an infant's fist attached to the stone wall in the small crevice.

After he caught the fish, at his wife's request, he left the snail for her to pry.

Plum fish are often mistaken for small yellow croaker by laymen, and the two are very similar, and the prices are not much different.

"It's a pity there are only two, and they're so small."

Lin Xiuqing tilted her head and smiled. "It's fine, they can be steamed with the golden pomfret and the small sea bass we just picked up, a mixed fish platter."

"Mm, let's look separately."

The tide had already receded below, and the two of them looking separately could be faster. Ye Yaodong hadn't walked a few steps when he heard Lin Xiuqing's surprised voice: "Sea eel! A-Dong, there's a sea eel here, so big!"

He quickly walked toward her. A big eel of about 3-4 jin was swimming in the low-lying water area. It looked like it had also been rolled up by the waves and stranded.

This sea eel's mouth and teeth were very powerful, and one bite would immediately see blood. It needed to be careful when catching it. Ye Yaodong aimed with one foot and stepped directly on its head. He saw its tail swinging wildly.

No matter how it struggled, it was useless. He directly pinched its head and threw it into the sack.

Seeing that he had already caught the eel, Lin Xiuqing continued to look around in the reef area.

"A-Dong, A-Dong, grouper, there's a grouper here!"

Did his wife have dog shit luck today? She was the one calling all the time!

"Damn, it's a grouper, why is there a grouper here?"

Lin Xiuqing didn't recognize all the grouper varieties at all. Anyway, she knew it was a grouper, and Ye Yaodong was more familiar with it and recognized it at a glance.

This grouper is a type of grouper, with an elongated, laterally compressed, and sturdy body. It inhabits coral reef areas with clear water. Juveniles often appear in reef flats or tide pools, while adults usually inhabit deeper waters. He didn't expect that a typhoon, with surging waves, would actually roll this fish up!

Today was really a big harvest, and it was really not in vain. If he had known, he really should have brought a water bucket.

"Do you want to run home and get a water bucket? I'll watch it here?"

This fish wasn't like the ordinary seafood picked up before. Although it couldn't sell for a high price in this era, it was a rare item. It was better to catch it alive. It would be quite good to sell it to a big hotel to raise for ornamental purposes as a facade.

"Is this fish very valuable?"

"Of course. Look at the pattern and you'll know this fish is not common. This grouper is not from here. I don't know how it was rolled over by the waves!"

Hearing the affirmative answer, Lin Xiuqing was excited. "You watch it here, don't let it be washed away by the waves or rain, I'll run home and get a bucket immediately."

Today, I don't know if it was his good luck or his wife's good luck. He mostly followed her and picked it up.

They all say that newcomers have good luck when playing mahjong and cards. Does this also apply to beachcombing?

The key is that she is no longer a newcomer, just coming out for the first time in typhoon weather.

This fish was also quite valuable. He couldn't bear to let it leave his sight and go beachcombing himself, so he had to stand here and watch. Who knew that he was just standing there and not looking for anything, but a mud crab crawled out of the stone crevice.

It was really delivered to the door, don't take it for nothing!

The resources of mud crabs in their sea area were still very rich, but it was a pity that this mud crab delivered to the door was missing a foot, and the other foot didn't match its body size. It was obvious that the original one was broken and it had grown back.

Although it weighed one jin, its value was greatly reduced!

Originally, if a mud crab was missing a big pincer, the price would be at least one-third less. This other pincer had just grown back not long ago, which was equivalent to none, and it couldn't be sold for a price. It was just right to keep it and take it back to stew with Codonopsis to give the children some strength. ===== CHAPTER 56 =====