Chapter 254 Twitter

  The father and son climbed up the reef in a hurry. This time they did not dig down from the top, but from the bottom up, so as not to sink behind and make it difficult to dig.

   "Father, pick the abalone first! Put the conch first."

"I know."

Before digging a few, Father Ye stopped again and said, "I'll pick up your mother and younger sister. Hurry up if there are more people, so as not to sink too fast and it's too late to dig. Soak it in the water for a while and then soak it for a while." Yes, after digging, go back early and take a bath and soak your feet."

   "Okay then, carry them to a higher place later, and try to soak as little water as possible."

   There are priorities, and I just thought about the two big men digging slowly. Anyway, I am not in a hurry. Who knew it was sinking? Then I can only let my mother and sister help together, so as not to miss it.

  Father Ye hurriedly boarded the boat again to pick up Mother Ye and Ye Huimei.

  Ye Yaodong dug and looked at two easy-to-step spots, and when they came, he and his father carried one over there.

   "You guys have finished digging here. The higher terrain here makes it easier to step on your feet. Be careful and don't slip."

Mother Ye muttered, "It's okay to just soak in water. If it's cold, it'll be colder. Go back and soak your feet and rest for a few days. It's important to dig quickly. Huimei doesn't soak in the water. If I knew it, I would come down with you in the morning." Dig, hurry up."

   "Who knew this would sink? I thought it would be enough for me and Dad to dig slowly."

   "Quickly dig, hurry up, it's better to call me, how much can you dig if it's just the two of you?"

  …

   Each of the four people carried a bucket, and the iron hooks were not enough, so they dug with a flat screwdriver.

   Fortunately, the tide is now ebbing, and the water level is dropping. Although the reef sinks there, it does not rise much. One recedes and the other sinks, barely leveling off.

When Ye Huimei's bucket was half full, Ye Yaodong went over to help pour it onto the boat, otherwise, as a little girl, she didn't have enough arm strength and was too heavy to carry, so I would change her digging position by the way. For this sister, he It hurts a lot.

  At about 12 o'clock, when the tide receded to the bottom, the entire reef dropped by almost one meter, and there were two more sacks on the boat.

  At this time, they have all climbed to a higher position to dig, and those who can't get down to the bottom can only let it sink. Who can't stand soaking in water for a long time in the cold weather?

  For most of the day, Ye Yaodong felt that his feet were going to be swollen, and the knees were wet and frozen, and he was unconscious.

  After the tide receded to the bottom, when it rose again, everyone obviously found that the speed of the sea water overflowing the reef was very fast, more than twice that of the ebb tide.

   After all, one is sinking in the morning, and the water level of the other is receding at the same time. Except that the height of the reef has become lower, the water level has not changed.

  In the afternoon, while sinking, the water level rose again, and the speed of submersion directly doubled.

  The family of four didn't bother to get on the boat to get something to eat, and planned to dig for a while, digging as much as they could.

  By 1:30, due to the fast rising tide, the highest point of the entire reef was only more than one meter away, and it was still exposed. It was not easy for people to stand around this high point.

  They had no choice but to give up struggling, first carried the two women onto the boat, and then climbed up by themselves. At this time, he and Father Ye were almost wet.

  Going out to sea normally won’t get you all wet, and no one thought about bringing an extra set of clothes.

  After taking off the rain boots and pouring out the full seawater, the father and son just threw them into the corner.

  Ye Mu and Ye Huimei's shoes were already wet, and they took off, leaving bare feet.

  Everyone leaned on the side of the ship, watching the reef sinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, it was a pity, there were still a lot of undug.

   "It's a pity, it sank into the sea like this? Can't it be dug up?" Ye Mu frowned and said distressedly.

  Ye Huimei stretched her head and felt distressed, "Will you be pushed up again sometime?"

   "Who knows?"

   I don't know how deep it will sink. If it is not that deep, he can dive down to catch it when the weather warms up.

   "How many bags have you dug?" Father Ye said as he walked towards the sacks in the corner, shaking his mouth.

   Two and a half bags of large abalone, and one bag of abalone mixed with conch.

Originally, the father and son dug half of the bag of abalone mixed with conch before breakfast. When the tide rose in the afternoon, they didn’t care about just digging the abalone. a bag.

   "It's okay, it's okay, we also dug a lot, and the rest should be a little more than 1/3, and it sank without digging, which is also very good."

   "Yeah, third brother is right, we have picked up so much for nothing, and we are already rich." Ye Huimei nodded happily, her eyes crooked with a smile.

   "Father, you and third brother quickly take off your pants and wring out the water. I'll take them to the stove for you to roast."

"Um."

   "I'll go and collect the longline and sticky net later, and let's go back directly after collecting."

  It was too uncomfortable to stick to his body wet, his feet were already frozen and he couldn't feel it, and it was not easy to earn money.

  Father Ye nodded, "Go back early."

  Ye Mu hurriedly said again: "There are still half a bag of unshelled ones on the nearby island that haven't been loaded on the boat yet, so let's go and load them on the boat first."

"knew."

  Ye Yaodong looked at the little green dragons crawling around in the basket next to him, grabbed a few at random, and looked down.

  Their shells are olive-colored, look very hard, and the colors are colorful, but the head is big and the abdomen is short.

  Some are small, just like what his mother said, about two or three taels, and some are bigger, five or six taels, six or seven taels. A dozen or so were left, and there were not many left.

  It's a pity, this little green dragon runs fast, and as soon as the hand-made net was caught, he was scared and ran around, and ran back into the sea, otherwise he could have caught more.

   "I saw quite a lot at that time, and I just scooped it up and ran away." Ye Huimei said with some regret beside her.

   "It's okay, this little Qinglong is not easy to catch, and it will be a blessing in the evening."

  After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he put Xiao Qinglong down, and then went to sail the boat. He had to go to the small island to carry half a bag of shells for his mother, and then he sailed the boat to collect the sticky nets.

  Just put a sticky net, and there are rolling wheels to help it rotate, it is very easy, Ye mother and Ye Huimei took over the work directly, and went to get started, he and Ye father sat by the stove first to warm up.

   Not long after, he heard his sister's exclamation all the time.

   "Ah...so big...so ugly..."

   "Why are there so many toadfish?"

   "Huh~ what is this? It looks like pomfret, but it has colorful stripes..."

Ye Yaodong replied casually: "It's a coral reef fish. I don't know what it's called. It's too small. Put it back in the sea and raise it! There is a needle in the tool basket next to it. You poke it in from the side of the fish's belly to pierce the swim bladder and throw it back. Bar."

   "Oh, why bother?" Ye Huimei asked, but she complied, and then threw the fish back into the sea, disappearing immediately.

   Fortunately, the sticky net was not placed in the sea for a long time. The fish were still very active just after being pulled up, and after being thrown back into the sea, they dived alive again.

   "If you don't puncture its swim bladder and release it, it will still die. It looks pretty good, but it's a pity to die."

  Qualified old fishermen, when they encounter live small fish, they will usually release them. Later generations of fishermen also know that the sustainable development of the ocean, catch big fish and release small fish, unless they are dead after being caught, such as trawling.

"why?"

   "Because the air pressure on the bottom of the sea is different from the air pressure on the sea surface, it doesn't adapt, and its stomach will explode. If you release it directly, it will still die."

"oh."

   "Hurry up and work, ask everything!"

   "Curious, I've never been out at sea."

  Both Ye Yaodong and Father Ye rested their four feet on top of the coal stove, and their four feet were so soaked and wrinkled that they didn't feel any sensation after roasting on top of the coal stove for a while.

   "Father, go back and soak your feet in boiled **** water. It will feel better after soaking for a few days."

   "Well, I won't be able to go to sea for the next few days. Fortunately, I dug a lot of abalone today..."

   "Ah, little green dragon! It's so big..."

  The father and son heard the exclamation over there, and turned their heads to look again, only to see Ye Huimei fiddled with the fishing net to untie the little green dragon that was entangled inside.

  The long whiskers of the little green dragon caught in mid-air kept moving, and its tail kept curling up and letting go. This one was obviously much bigger than those in the frame.

   "This one is so big, look!"

   "It's a catty, right? It's ok! There's still a little green dragon sticking to you today."

  Ye Huimei couldn't close her mouth with joy.

"Hurry up, don't play, there are still two toad fish in it, and the remaining fishing net is not long, so hurry up and pull it up, and you will have to catch the longline later." Ye Mu urged road.

   "Oh, here we come."

  She put the little green dragon into the basket, and excitedly ran to help collect the sticky net, but when she saw the mucus all over the frogfish, she felt disgusted when she reached out to grab it.

   "It's ugly, my hands are sticky..."

   Disgusting is disgusting, but it doesn't prevent her from grabbing it neatly.

   When she saw the flat body of the flounder, with two eyes on the same side, she muttered again: "The fish on the bottom of the sea are really strange."

Although she grew up by the sea, she has never been out at sea. There was no boat at home before, so she only helped weave the net at home, or went to the beach with her family during high tide, went to the pier to wash the sea, and went fishing today. It was really the first time, which made her a little excited.

   When she saw that a five-six-pound devil fish was also stuck, she continued to babble: "Are all fish on the bottom of the sea so flat? I heard that the tail spines of this fish seem to be poisonous. Should I cut them off first?"

  The whole boat was filled with her chattering voice, which seemed a bit lively, not boring at all.

   "Wait a minute, let me collect that longline too?" She was excited, and felt that it was not enough to confiscate the fish. The feeling of collecting fish was so fun.

  Ye Yaodong smiled and shouted at her, "Aren't you tired, aren't you sleepy? You've been working all day from night to now."

   "It's okay, I think it's quite fun."

   "Seriously let you go to sea with your man in the future, you will feel tired and don't want to do it."

  Mother Ye's casual sentence broke Ye Huimei's defense again in an instant.

   "What are you talking about, mother, quickly collect your net!"

  (end of this chapter)