Chapter 49 A good start
Chapter 49 A good start
It looks like a typhoon is really coming. More than half an hour has passed, and the tide hasn't receded much.
The waves in the distance rolled forward one after another, and the waves hit the rocks, splashing like broken jade.
"Brother, the wind and waves are a bit strong, where should we put the jar?"
Li Changle thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to that big rock, put the jar into the sea, and then look for seafood in the nearby puddles and mudflats."
Chen Yongwei did what he was told. The two of them walked forward against the wind. A typhoon was coming, and there were only a few beachgoers on the beach.
The sea water surged up and covered their ankles before retreating.
Li Changle saw a fish in front of him being swept out of the water by the waves. After the waves receded, the stupid fish was stranded on the beach and kept jumping, struggling to get back into the water.
"Fuck! Good luck!" He ran over with a scoop net and caught the fish. He raised the scoop net and shouted to A Wei who caught up with him, "A big yellowfin bream."
Chen Yongwei looked at the big fish weighing at least five or six kilograms in the scoop net, grinning and showing his full white teeth, "Brother, you can even pick up yellowfin bream. I am here with you purely to pick up money!"
The yellowfin bream is a fish of the genus Acanthopanax in the family Sparidae in the order Perciformes. It is also known as yellow wing, yellow legged fish, and yellowfin bream. It is known as a superior fish.
Its body is oval, flattened laterally, and narrow on the back. The back of the fish is bluish-gray with a golden luster, and the pelvic fin, anal fin and lower lobe of the caudal fin are bright yellow.
The meat of yellowfin croaker is tender and delicious, and very tough, unlike the farmed ones in later generations, which have a sandy taste.
Li Changle vaguely remembered that in this era, the price of yellowfin fish seemed to be more valuable than yellow croaker, and it could be sold for about one yuan per catty.
He picked up a valuable fish right after opening, and he had a feeling that today’s catch would be great!
Li Changle happily poured the fish into Chen Yongwei's bucket filled with seawater, "Hurry up, the bigger the wind and waves, the bigger the catch. We have to make a lot of money before the typhoon comes."
"Okay!" Chen Yongwei picked up the bucket. Before the two of them had taken a few steps, they saw several fist-sized shellfish. When they got closer, they found out that they were blood clams.
Blood clam, also known as giant clam, red clam, hairy clam, mud clam, flower clam, etc., is a kind of shellfish marine life that generally grows in mudflats.
Eating blood clams is very simple. Put a bowl of water, a few slices of ginger, and two onions. After the water boils, put in the blood clams. It only takes ten seconds to blanch them before serving.
To open a blood clam, you only need a coin. Insert it into the groove of the clam's butt and twist it left and right. You will hear a "click" and the clam will be opened.
Then you can see blood-like secretions, and it is believed that this thing has the effect of nourishing yin and tonifying yang.
There is a saying among the people that “you are what you eat” and eating blood clams can replenish blood!
"Good stuff." Li Changle picked it up happily.
Chen Yongwei also said happily: "Brother, I haven't seen such a big blood clam for a long time. It is said that eating this thing can replenish blood, and it is also good for women. You can take it back and cook it for my sister-in-law."
"Then I'm not welcome!"
"You're not an old woman. You clearly want it, but you have to be polite for a long time before taking it."
"You are the old woman!" Li Changle picked up a clam and threw it at her.
Chen Yongwei dodged and said, "I'm not wrong. Look at the women in the village, aren't they all like this?"
"You are right, right? You go fishing with a bunch of women every day, but why don't you bring any girls home?"
"You know what's going on, but you still say that. I don't want to bother with you."
Li Changle took the small rake out of the backpack, and walked forward while pressing the small rake, combing the mud and sand in one direction, and the shellfish buried in the mud and sand were turned out.
"Brother, go slower, I can't pick them all up!" Chen Yongwei picked up a few more blood clams and clams and threw them into the bucket. "An octopus!" Li Changle cheered and went forward to catch a red snapper weighing about two kilograms that was struggling to crawl into the water.
The long tentacles immediately wrapped around his wrist, feeling sticky and a bit disgusting.
After Chen Yongwei picked up the clams that Li Changle had raked up and put them in a bucket, he chased after them and saw the octopus. “Brother, at this rate, our bucket will burst before we even reach the big rock.”
Li Changle took a look and said, "It's only half a barrel, it's still a long way from bursting!"
He continued walking forward with the small rake in his hand, and saw several puddles in the shallow water in front of him, as big as the mouths of wash basins. Layers of soft and fluttering tentacles were stretched out in front of him, blooming like sunflowers in the puddles.
"Sand!" Li Changle exclaimed, turned his head and waved at Chen Yongwei, pointing at the puddle in front.
Chen Yongwei looked in the direction he pointed and nodded with shining eyes.
The cave where the sand dragon hides is about 20 to 30 centimeters deep. Although this creature seems to have no eyes, its reaction is very quick.
Once a person approaches and touches it or it senses an invading enemy, it will immediately shrink its body and hide at the bottom of the cave.
The two men tiptoed forward and with lightning speed, they quickly inserted their foot into the bottom of the sand spit's ventilation hole, blocking its escape route. At the same time, their hands were not idle, quickly digging the sand spit out.
In just a few moments, the two of them dug five sand holes in the puddle.
"Haha!" Li Changle looked at the bulging, hard sand in his hand that was bigger than his wrist, "I dug up two big ones."
"You two are the biggest among the three of us." Chen Yongwei spread out his hands to show him, and the two of them happily put the sand into the bucket.
Li Changle walked in front holding the small rake. He felt that the wind was so strong that he couldn't even wear the hat steadily, so he simply unfastened the rope buckle and hung the hat behind his neck.
The small rake turned up the clams, cone snails, flower snails, clams, etc. hidden under the mud and sand.
Chen Yongwei carried the bucket and bent over, picking up the trash at the back. Before he knew it, it was getting dark.
Suddenly, a drop of rain fell on Li Changle's bare arm. He looked up at the sky and realized that the sun, which was shining brightly above his head just a moment ago, had been covered by clouds at some point.
The dark clouds above our heads are growing thicker and thicker, and the sky is getting darker and darker. It looks like a heavy rain is about to come.
"Oh shit! It looks like it's going to rain!"
Suddenly a loud thunder sounded, which scared him. He slapped himself on the mouth, clasped his hands together, and confessed to God, saying that he was wrong to curse.
Seeing his expression, Chen Yongwei burst out laughing, "Brother, are you afraid of thunder?"
"No!" Li Changle put on the bamboo hat hanging on the back of his neck, tied the rope, and picked up the sack. "Let's go. First, go to the reef beach and put the jars down. Then we can go fishing in peace."
"Yeah! On typhoon days, the rain comes quickly and goes away quickly!"
Chen Yongwei picked up the bucket and followed him. When they were almost in front of the big rock, raindrops began to fall. The raindrops as big as soybeans hit the bamboo hat and made it rattle.
The two men took a few quick steps to the edge of the rock, took the can out of the sack, tied the lead weights at both ends of the fishing rope, and then tied both ends of the fishing rope to the bamboo pole and straightened it.
Thanks to the support of friends, PK has advanced to the third round, thank you friends! Thank you!
Go, go, go! Sanjiang’s ultimate goal!
(End of this chapter)