Chapter 80

Amidst the banter of the group, the small boat moved slowly toward the small island.

There were many isolated islands of various sizes around them, all uninhabited. Perhaps due to geographical reasons, on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month, the tide would recede below the reefs, while for others, the water level would only drop a little, but no beach would be exposed.

Ye Yaodong wandered around the surrounding coast and specifically chose a small island with higher terrain to land. Just as the tide began to recede, a large beach was already exposed. Perhaps the high tide didn't cover the entire beach either. Such small islands, besides having goods on the reefs, were also highly likely to have goods on the beach.

After tying up the small boat, he took his tools and got off, "Today is the fifteenth, the highest tide level was at 6 AM, it's almost 8 AM now, and the tide is already receding. We have plenty of time today, let's all do our own thing."

"This island looks smaller than the last one."

"Who cares about the size, whether there are goods or not is what matters, right?"

"It's fine, if there's no harvest, we'll just have Dongzi switch to another island later."

"Oh my, what is this?"

Ye Yaodong had only walked a few steps when he saw a grayish-white egg buried in the sand on the beach, with only a tiny bit of the shell exposed!

It should be an egg, right?

He wasn't sure, so he poked it, then squatted down to dig, and the egg revealed its full appearance.

The others also hurried forward to take a look.

"Is this a sea turtle egg?"

"Dongzi, keep digging. If this is a sea turtle egg, they lay a whole nest. Dig and see if there are more underneath."

They didn't need to tell him; he knew to keep digging.

The sand was very loose. After digging casually for just over ten centimeters, he touched another egg. After taking it out, all he could see underneath were eggs.

"Holy crap, did I really dig up a sea turtle's egg nest?" Ye Yaodong was pleasantly surprised.

"These sea turtle eggs are great for nourishment!"

The nutrition of one turtle egg is equal to five chicken eggs. It has the effect of moisturizing the skin for women, and for men, it's a treasure for virility. Turtle eggs also have the benefits of preventing arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure, and diabetes, as well as antibacterial, anti-cancer, and anti-aging properties.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Dongzi has had a great start again. Hurry up and count how many there are."

Ye Yaodong happily picked them up one by one into the bucket while counting.

"78 eggs!"

After he took all the eggs out, he could see clearly that the egg pit was about 40 centimeters deep and about 20 centimeters in diameter. The eggs had been overlapping, which was why he touched them after digging only ten centimeters.

"Damn, that's quite a lot. This sea turtle isn't small." Aguang was incredibly envious. When would he have such luck?

"Should we look around too? See where the sand is looser and has traces of being turned over. Maybe there are other sea turtle egg nests?"

"Right, right, right. In some places, sea turtles will come ashore in groups to lay eggs. Since Dongzi dug up one egg pit here, there might be more around the beach!"

Ye Yaodong looked at them speechlessly as they talked one after another, enthusiastically wanting to go look. He quickly spoke up to stop them, "Did you guys forget why we're here? Sea turtle eggs aren't worth much money, why waste the effort to look for them?"

"Hey, money doesn't matter, the main thing is the virility and kidney-toning effect!" Aguang didn't even lift his head as he walked forward to search.

"Damn, you're a bachelor, what do you need virility and kidney-toning for? Aren't you afraid of overdoing it and having nowhere to vent?"

"That's not something you need to worry about."

Hearing Xiao Xiao also laughed and said, "Although they aren't worth much, they're quite rare. I've never eaten sea turtle eggs. If you don't find any, Dongzi, share a few with me, just to let me try the effect!"

"Hahaha~ is it because you're not satisfied yourself that you want sea turtle eggs?" Azheng laughed at him from the side, but was kicked in the butt by Hearing Xiao Xiao, and the two started chasing each other.

"Screw you! I have kids, you dare to question me?"

"Hahahaha~"

"Damn you, don't run, let me beat you to death..."

"Two idiots!" Aguang rolled his eyes as he watched their retreating figures and muttered.

He had intended to give up searching for sea turtle eggs and go directly to the reefs to dig for some shellfish. When he got off the boat, he had seen that the reefs were covered with all kinds of shells. But unexpectedly, as he turned around, his peripheral vision caught traces of an animal crawling not far away.

He walked over quickly, and there really were traces, only they had been ruined by a few footprints. These two were idiots!

After muttering a soft word to himself, he followed the traces, marked a spot, and tried digging. Before he had dug very deep, he also touched sea turtle eggs, and was instantly pleasantly surprised.

"Haha, I also found a nest of sea turtle eggs!"

"Ah?"

The two who were chasing each other ran back and looked at Aguang with envy.

"When did you get this kind of luck too?"

"Could it be that my luck got better because I got away from you two idiots?"

"Get lost~"

You see them as idiots, and others think you're all idiots. That's exactly how Ye Yaodong felt right now; all three of them were idiots!

He wouldn't join in their fun. He picked up an empty bucket and a pair of fire tongs, intending to go search around the reefs first.

The goods on the reefs wouldn't run away, so there was no rush. Anyway, there were only a few of them here, and the tide was receding early today, so there was plenty of time. They could divide the spoils slowly later.

As a result, after catching three large blue crabs and five stone crabs in a row, the three of them were still looking for turtle eggs. He really didn't know how to describe it.

"Stop looking for turtle eggs. You guys still need to make money to buy a boat, remember? I've already caught three large blue crabs, and you guys are still dawdling there!"

"Ah? So fast?"

Aguang rushed over in a hurry. Anyway, he had found a nest of 82, which was enough. It was time to do serious work.

Seeing this, the other two had no choice but to give up searching and could only wait until there was extra time later.

"Hey, do you think if we cast a net around here when we go back, we can catch a sea turtle? After all, this small island seems to have sea turtles appearing often. It just so happens I brought a cast net." Azheng said, still somewhat unwilling to give up.

Ye Yaodong thought about it; catching sea turtles should be fine now, "Try it when we return later. Try our luck, though we probably won't catch any."

"I originally thought about bringing the net just in case there were good goods, but now I can only use it to try and catch a sea turtle."

"Forage for seafood first, don't waste time thinking about it. I've caught three more stonefish and two small white octopuses."

"Dongzi is really fast. I also found two stone crabs and a stranded black rockfish." Aguang also said.

"Don't talk if you don't have good goods." Hearing Xiao Xiao used the fire tongs to clamp out a large blue crab hiding between the crevices of two rocks, "Holy crap, this looks like it's more than two jin."

He excitedly held the fire tongs high. He had found big goods as soon as he started, his mood was incredibly excited!