Return to the small fishing village of 1982

Lin Xiuqing hurried back, panting while running, and handed the bucket to Ye Yaodong.

Ye Yaodong took the bucket and filled a bucket of sea water, and asked curiously: "Why didn't Mom and the others come with you?"

She blinked and said, "I didn't say that."

Ye Yaodong chuckled, isn't he stupid?

"They didn't ask you what you were doing with the bucket?"

"I hurried in, took the bucket and ran away. They asked from behind, but I didn't answer before I had time to say anything."

"oh!"

After watching the bass sliders being loaded into the bucket, Lin Xiuqing opened the sack and took another look at their harvest. It seemed like there wasn't much left?

"You didn't look around again? Did you gain anything after I left?"

"The big stuff is here. I don't want to go anywhere else. The tide is still receding anyway, so don't worry. Let's just put the bucket here first. No need to carry it around. No one comes out during the typhoon anyway."

She was lifting the bucket, but when she heard this she had to put it down again. Carrying half a bucket of water was indeed a bit heavy.

Ye Yaodong had just walked a few steps when he bent down and grabbed a stone crab, and muttered: "If I had known, I would have asked you to bring out the fire tongs just now, so it would be easier to pick up the crabs."

Lin Xiuqing said angrily: "You didn't tell me earlier."

"I forgot about it for a moment. I only remembered it when I saw the little green crab with a broken leg." Now there is no mobile phone to make calls.

The two continued to wander around the reef area, moving rocks when they saw movable ones, and the harvest was quite good. Shi Jiugong caught five or six of them, not to mention stone crabs, and he picked up more than a dozen in a short time. , and a few red seals. Ye Yaodong has been bending down frequently, and his waist is sore.

He stood up straight and twisted his waist, "I'm only 25 years old, why does my waist feel like it's useless?"

Lin Xiuqing's face turned slightly red and she rolled her eyes at him, "It's embarrassing to say it."

"There's no one around, so there's nothing to be embarrassed about."

It has indeed become a bit more frequent these days, and I feel like my body is being drained, and I really need to rest at night.

"Hey~ there is only one red seal, why are they all one by one? How can I cook it when I take it back? It's not enough for a bowl."

"It's good to have it. Just cook it all in one pot and boil it. It's easy."

"Hey~ there is another one here, you can fry it with green pepper."

The couple chatted while walking. Lin Xiuqing was surprised to find the goods at first, but now she has calmed down and only glanced at them.

"A conch came up with the waves. Why is it so big? Is it just the shell?" Lin Xiuqing watched helplessly as a wave pushed up a huge conch that was as big as her head. She didn't know if it had any flesh. .

Out of curiosity, she kicked it casually, and the conch turned over, and the conch meat on its head shrank.

There is meat!

She squatted down and picked it up happily. It was almost bigger than her head. This snail must be valuable!

"A Dong, what kind of snail is this? It's so big!"

Ye Yaodong looked up disapprovingly, but his eyes widened, "Coconut snail?! So big?"

"Coconut snail?" It was hard for her, a mountain person, not to recognize it. Few people in their village had ever seen such a big snail.

He didn't care about the sack in his hand, threw it aside, and hurriedly ran over to take it, "Damn it, such a big coconut snail weighs only two pounds!"

"Isn't it valuable?" Lin Xiuqing's eyes were shining.

"Whether it is worth anything depends on whether there is a treasure in its belly? If there is no treasure, it can only be sold for some money. If there is a treasure, we will make a fortune?"

She was confused and confused, "What do you mean? What else can it have in its belly?"

"Fortunately, I'm here. If you had picked it up alone, you wouldn't have sold it directly!"

"What else?" The more she listened, the more confused she became. What's the point of selling it? "What kind of treasure does it have in its belly?"

"Not sure. We'll have to dig out the meat to find out."

"Ah? If you dig out the meat, how can you sell the snail for money?"

"If you don't dig out the meat, how do you know if there is any treasure inside? The shell of such a big snail is also valuable for collection, and can also be processed into handicrafts."

But compared to the treasure, what does this snail count?

The fishermen at their seaside generally know that whenever they catch shells or other things, they must perform a "laparotomy" on them to see if there are any rare treasures hidden inside, especially the big ones.

Lin Xiuqing was so anxious that she didn't tell her what treasures would be inside for a long time. "What exactly are there? Pearls?"

Ye Yaodong said with a smile: "It hasn't been released yet, who knows if it is available? I will tell you when it is released, so as not to be happy in vain!"

She was so angry that she stared!

"Then drive quickly!"...

Ye Yaodong spread his hands and said, "If you don't have any tools, give me a scale hook and I can open it. Otherwise, you can only take it back and cook it and pick out the meat."

"Then just wait until you get it home and then drive it."

He thought for a while, "How about going to the store and borrowing a hook?"

If the treasure is opened at home, there is no guarantee that others will not be tempted, and he is a little itchy at the moment and wants to see if there is any in it?

"Okay! I'll go right away!"

"I'll go, you watch here, you've just run back and forth."

"It's okay!" After saying that, she ran away, anxious to know what was inside.

Ye Yaodong had no choice but to wait and study on the spot. From the outside, he couldn't tell whether there was anything inside. The snail meat shrank when touched and was quite fresh.

If he wasn't afraid of smashing it, it would stick the shell fragments to the flesh, making it difficult to pick out. It would be easier for him to just smash it open.

While waiting, he walked around with the coconut snail and caught two more stone crabs and three stone crabs. They threw them all into the sack. The coconut snail was still in his hand. He couldn't bear to throw this away. Throw it into the sack.

Lin Xiuqing was anxious. When she ran back, she accidentally fell and bruised her knees. She limped over and Ye Yaodong saw her from a distance and hurriedly greeted her.

"What happened? Did you fall?"

"Well, I accidentally tripped over a stone when I was running."

The knees of his trousers were torn and stained with wet soil. He couldn't help but frown. He knelt down and wanted to roll up her trousers to take a look, but she dodged him.

"It's okay, just go back and mend your pants."

"Who cares about your pants? Lift up your pants and show me."

"No, I'm fine. Just take the scale and open this screw to take a look."

"Look at your knees first. This conch can open anytime..."

"Are you bothered? Come on..." Lin Xiuqing put the scale hook directly into his arms and urged him.

Ye Yaodong had no choice but to open the coconut snail for her first.

This kind of coconut snail, the local people's way of getting the snail meat is to hang the abdomen and legs with a scale hook and hang it up for a period of time.

Because the spiral part of the coconut vortex snail is short, the internal organs cannot be grasped firmly, and there is no strength. If it is hung upside down for a long time, the tail of the snail will naturally loosen when it cannot bear the weight of the shell, leaving only the intact meat hanging on the hook. With.