Chapter 252 Abalone landing collectively

  I saw that the seabed was "arched" out of the sea surface by an average of more than one meter, and the most obvious place was even 3 meters above the sea surface.

  The seabed that should have been deep suddenly lifted into land, exposing large areas of reefs, and marine life such as abalones, lobsters, and crabs living on underwater rocky reefs were instantly exposed to broad daylight.

  Thousands of abalones are all adsorbed on the reef. In the past, abalones were mostly lurking on the reef, but today they are all exposed to the sun.

   While the little green dragon was swimming near the underwater scorched stone, those crabs were not worth mentioning.

  Mother Ye stared wide-eyed at the scene in front of her. She was so startled that she couldn't make a sound for a while, and said after a while, "This... did this all come out of nowhere?"

   "Yes, when the third child and I came here last time, there was no such reef nearby. This should be due to the impact of the earthquake, and the submerged reef was pushed up." Father Ye rubbed his hands beamingly.

  All are dark reefs, with no vegetation on them, only some seaweeds swaying there, and one can tell that they have just appeared on the sea surface not long ago.

   "The earthquake was so good that it pushed up all the reefs? Here... so many abalones and little green dragons are exposed..."

   "Never mind him, catch it first, get rich, **** it..."

Ye Yaodong climbed off the boat with a happy face, stepped tentatively into the water close to the reef, the sea water filled up to his knees in an instant, the little green dragon and the crab beside him were scurrying around in shock, they moved quickly, and quickly let go Run back into the sea.

  The ground under the water is not very smooth, but fortunately he is wearing rain boots, which won't hurt his feet, so let's get wet when he gets wet.

   It is a good thing to see tens of thousands of huge abalones exposed in groups on the surface.

   "It's fine for me to go into the water with Dad, but don't go into the water with your little sister, the sea is too cold, so you just use hand-made nets to catch the little green dragon and crabs in the water."

  Mother Ye saw that there were a lot of living things under the water, which were clearly visible, and it was no problem to catch them with hand-made nets.

  Ye Yaodong and Ye's father looked at the surrounding rock walls covered with thousands of abalones, their eyes glowed with wolves. They were big and plump, and they were attached to the reefs one by one, looking very spectacular.

  Usually, abalone can survive for three to five days out of the water, but if it is exposed to strong sunlight, it will die within a few hours.

   Fortunately, although it was sunny these two days, the winter sun was not very glaring, it was very weak.

   I don’t know when the reef was pushed out of the water. These abalones are still adsorbed on the reef, perhaps because the sea water washes them from time to time, so they are still alive and well.

  Ye Yaodong tried to stretch out his hand to break it off, but found that it was very firmly absorbed, and it was very difficult to break it off. It took him a lot of effort to break one off.

The freshly torn abalone is oval in shape and is a common nine-hole abalone on the market. Its shell is greenish-brown with a pearl-like color luster. It is not small, about the size of a baby's fist, and the soft meat on it is still shrinking. .

He rubbed it with the pulp of his thumb, turned his head to Ye Huimei happily and said, "Bring me a bucket and a hook. In the cabin, there is a hook in the basket in the corner. By the way, get one for dad. This is broken." too slow."

The shape of abalone is rather peculiar. Its body has a shell on one side, and the other side is attached to the reef. Once there is any disturbance in the outside world, it will rely on its developed muscle power to firmly attach itself to the reef. At this time, the shell is smashed. Nor will it come down from the reef.

  If you use brute force, it will be more difficult. It is best to approach it carefully, and then use a small iron hook to suddenly hook its shell, so that you can catch it by surprise.

  Ye Huimei obediently ran directly into the cabin to find the iron hook, and then handed him and the old man a hook and a bucket.

  At this time, Mother Ye said in a panic: "These little green dragons and crabs ran too fast. I just caught a net, and the ones next to them immediately jumped into the sea. They couldn't be caught, and there were not a few of them in total."

  Ye Yaodong climbed onto a submerged reef and looked at the spot his mother just fished for, and it seemed that they had run away.

"Then look in another direction, and catch it wherever there is one? Those are not dead, and they will definitely not wait there for you to catch them. When no one is around, they can still swim there leisurely. If someone catches them , They will definitely react and hide in the sea directly.”

   "I ran too fast this time. It's a pity that I ran away after failing to catch two nets?"

   "Catch as many as you can, it's all for nothing anyway."

   These are all scurrying around the reef. Except hand copying nets, there is no other tool with high efficiency.

   Fortunately, these abalones are slow and can't tell the direction, so they can only wait to die on the reef, waiting for them to pick them up.

There are not only abalones adsorbed on these reefs, but also many conchs, all of which are large snails or oyster snails. Each of them is at least the size of a baby’s fist, and some are as big as an adult’s fist. They are firmly adsorbed on the reefs. Very gratifying.

  Ye Yaodong and Father Ye used small hooks to remove everything that caught the eye. From time to time, there was a sound of thud, thud, thud, which was very pleasant to the ear.

  Not long after, they heard Mother Ye calling again, "There are no more little green dragons, they all ran away. I might as well go into the water and dig abalones with you."

   There are densely packed abalones on the reef, and they don't know when they will pick them up. She is anxious and anxious just watching on the boat, and her heart is itchy, and she really wants to get started.

   "What kind of water are you in? It's not good for you women to be soaked in the sea this winter. If there is really nothing to fish, then I will ask Dongzi to send you to the small island over there, and you go there to dig shellfish."

   "Mother, how many little green dragons have you caught? Do you have a count?"

   "Not much, packed with crabs, not a single basket is full, and it looks like there are more crabs."

   "Then you should count first to see how many little green dragons there are. After counting, ask Dad to send you to the island. Just leave the reef here to me and Dad. Anyway, you two are going to dig shells."

  It's a cold day, and the sea water is icy cold, and the two of them really can't come down to soak.

   "That's fine." Ye Mu nodded reluctantly, at least she had work to do, so she didn't have to just watch on the boat.

  Ye Huimei also knows that she is about to get married, and it is not good to soak in the sea for such a long time. She has never said a word and asked to go into the water. It is okay to go to the isolated island next to her to dig some shells with her mother, and maybe you can also pick up treasures.

  Between Ye Mu and Xiao Qinglong, the father and son's buckets were almost half full, and they couldn't stop at all.

  They did not deliberately distinguish the abalone from the conch, which was too troublesome. They dug them all together into the bucket, and sorted them slowly later.

   "Damn, I dug half a bucket before I dug up one piece. How many of these abalones and conchs were dug back?"

  Father Ye also smiled happily, "It will definitely sell for a lot of money. Abalones are rare. These are not small. They are usually found on the bottom of the sea. Where can they be caught?"

   "Father, we are one and a half of this product today. Those little green dragons and crabs were caught by my mother and little sister, and they are also yours. The oarfish from the previous two days will be counted to you at the end of the month."

"Everything is counted together, and half is good. I hired you as a boatman and I made a lot of money. During this period of time, I earned a lot more than trawling with your elder brother and second brother. For oarfish, it will be sold together with the usual fish. Just count the profit, after all, you found it, I just helped lift it up, if you show it to me, maybe you just ignore it."

  Father Ye is still very clear-headed, and the third child is indeed luckier than ordinary people. Looking at the densely packed abalones on the reef in front of him, his old face is full of smiles.

   "Let's talk about it later, dig first, and pick up all the abalones on the reef first."

   "I don't know how long it will take to dig. I don't need to drag the net today."

   "What kind of nets are you dragging? You can't pick up these abalones alone. Those row hooks and sticky nets are directly thrown into the sea. It will be fine to retrieve them when you go back."

  These abalones are enough for them to earn a lot of money. Longline fishing and sticky hooks are all fine.

  Ye Huimei was a little triumphant at this time, asking for credit, "I just said bring me, if you bring the aunt, the second aunt, maybe half of it will be divided, and our family will lose half of the income."

  Mother Ye couldn't help but said: "Your aunt and second aunt are not outsiders..."

   "It's not our own, the fat and water don't flow into other people's fields, right Dad!"

  Father Ye smiled and nodded, "Hello, my family."

   "I counted them. There are 26 small green dragons. Some are two or three or two big. Some of the big ones are six or seven taels. It's not bad. It should be able to sell for a good price."

   "I don't know what this little green dragon smells like..." Ye Huimei picked up a big tentacles, and saw its tail immediately curled up and kept moving.

  Mother Ye glared at Ye Huimei, "Whenever I'm like your third brother, I'll know how to eat."

   "It's not raised by you. Dad went to sea with the third brother, and he brought back good things every three days. Hehe, it's much better than taking the eldest brother and the second brother to the sea..."

   "Your father and elder brother and second brother will live together, your third brother..."

"Why did I drop it, and I still have to talk about it for you to eat? You can't stop your mouth if you eat it." Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes, "Sister, let's keep a few more little green dragons today, one for each person, everyone will taste it." Taste!"

   "Hey~"

   "You prodigal son ~ you have to eat everything... so you can't keep it and sell it for money..."

  Father Ye also muttered, "Don't keep everything, sell it for money..."

   "Mom, look, we must have made a lot of money with these abalones today, so it wouldn't be too much to keep a few little green dragons back to reward myself?"

"You have to earn money, but you can't lose yourself? You used to have no money, so you just searched and searched. But now, you see, your three sons are all married, the houses have been built, and the families have been separated. You're going to get married soon. You and Dad don't have any unfulfilled wishes, and you don't have anything to spend a lot of money on, so you can't bring so much money into the coffin?"

   "Save some money for retirement, in case of emergencies, and occasionally earn a lot of money and eat something good, is it okay? There is no need to lose yourself by deducting so much..."

  Mother Ye originally wanted to refute a few words after hearing it, but after listening to it, she felt that what the third child said seemed quite reasonable?

   They all built houses for their sons, married their wives, and married their daughters. It seems that there is really nothing to spend a lot of money on?

  It doesn’t seem too much to improve the food by eating something good once in a while?

   "Hahaha... the third brother really knows how to speak!"

  (end of this chapter)