Jiang Xia was a little scared and subconsciously grabbed Zhou Chenglei's sleeve.
Zhou Chenglei held Jiang Xia's hand and said, "Don't be afraid. I'll go take a look. Don't go over there. Wait for me here."
"Okay." Jiang Xia was subconsciously afraid at that moment, but now she has prepared herself mentally and is no longer afraid. She let Zhou Chenglei go.
Jiang Xia is quite courageous, but she doesn't want to see any bad scenes, lest she can't sleep at night, so she doesn't go over.
Without taking care of Jiang Xia, Zhou Chenglei walked nimbly among the reefs and soon approached the black giant.
When I got closer, I could see clearly that it was not a person, but a fish that was washed ashore by the waves and stranded.
He continued to move closer and confirmed that it was a fish, a shark, and it was dead.
In order to prevent Jiang Xia from getting scared, he turned around and said to Jiang Xia as soon as he was sure, "It's a shark."
Jiang Xia breathed a sigh of relief. She was really shocked! From a distance, it looked like the area from a person's buttocks to the thighs.
She raised her foot and was about to walk over.
Zhou Chenglei hurriedly said, "Don't come over here. It's hard to walk in the dark and you may fall. I'll carry the fish over."
This shark is still fresh, let’s take it home first.
It was indeed not easy to walk, and Jiang Xia didn't want Zhou Chenglei to worry, lest he fall in his rush to bring the fish back.
Jiang Xia just stood there, shining a flashlight from a distance to provide him with light.
Zhou Chenglei picked up the shark, which weighed about 100 kilograms. Under the light provided by Jiang Xia, he returned to her after a few jumps and put the fish down.
"Put it in a snakeskin bag and carry it back when the time comes." Jiang Xia took out a snakeskin bag.
Zhou Chenglei put the shark on the snakeskin bag. The shark was more than one meter long and the snakeskin bag could not hold it.
But just put it on. After you finish fishing, you can tie the bag with a rope and carry it back.
The couple put the shark aside and continued searching.
There are shellfish on the beach, and there are some here, but the most common ones hidden in the reef area are crabs.
Those puddles and cracks in the rocks are the crabs' favorite hiding places.
During typhoons, crabs like to hide in the cracks of rocks even more. Now that the typhoon is over, many crabs have come out to look for food.
Therefore, Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia caught a lot of crabs not long after they left.
I also picked up some fish and shrimp in the puddle, none of which were dead yet.
After picking up enough crabs, fish and shrimps, Jiang Xia said, "Let's go back before the children wake up."
"Okay, let's go back and make some seafood porridge."
It's just right that while the fish and shrimp are still fresh, I can go back and cook some shrimp and crab porridge for Jiang Xia as a midnight snack.
Since her child stopped breastfeeding, Jiang Xia hasn't had any midnight snacks and eats less than before.
She has been very busy recently and has lost weight recently.
"Okay." Jiang Xia had dinner a little early today and was indeed a little hungry.
So the couple left the reef area, and Zhou Chenglei carried the things he had picked up back on a shoulder pole.
There are still many people on the beach. No one wants to leave so early. There are still many things that have not been picked up!
Everyone who saw Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei returning couldn't help but ask, "A Lei, Xiao Xia returned so soon? What did she pick up? Is this a shark?"
Zhou Chenglei nodded: "Yes, I found a shark in the reef area and went back to process it so that it would not become stale."
shark!
A shark this big must weigh over a hundred kilograms, right?
Such a big shark, its fin is very valuable.
If they had known there were sharks in the reef area, they would have gone there to pick them up.
According to past experience, you can always find more shellfish by collecting them on the beach than by picking them up in the reef area, after all, the reef area is more difficult to walk in.
When Zhou's father saw Wangcai and his wife returning home and the fourth child carrying a big thing on his shoulder, he didn't pick up the food either.
"Old lady, let's go home! A Lei found a big fish, come home and help me deal with it."
Zhou's mother stopped picking up the trash when she heard this. She was old, and her waist was sore after bending over to pick up the trash for two hours!
So the two elders followed Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei back together.
Tian Caihua saw them going back and ran over quickly: "You're going back so soon?"
"I went back because I was afraid the child would wake up."
Tian Caihua shone her flashlight on the object on Zhou Chenglei's shoulder pole and recognized what kind of fish it was. Her eyes widened: "Shark? Did you find a shark over in the reef area? I would have gone there if I had known."
She saw them walking by and wanted to go over too, but was tripped by piles of red snails.
The fins of such a big shark are very valuable, but the meat is too unpalatable and no one wants it.
"Are you going back, sister-in-law? We'll go back first."
Zhou Chenglei was carrying more than 100 kilograms of things, which was heavy.
"I won't go back yet. I'll continue picking for a while."
She would not go back until she earned back the money she earned from the shark fin.
Without the good luck of others, she just relies on hard work to make ends meet!
Jiang Xia said, "Okay, let's go back first. I'll go make some seafood porridge. If you and big brother are hungry, come and have some."
"good."
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When the family of four returned home, Zhou Chenglei prepared to cook shrimp and crab porridge for Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia said, "You take care of the fish first, so it won't be stale. I'll cook it."
Everyone was busy all night and was hungry.
There is white porridge in the coal stove. Zhou's mother put it there in advance to cook it. It can be eaten for breakfast tomorrow.
Zhou's mother: "I'll take care of the crabs."
Jiang Xia: "No, Mom, go take a shower, I'll do it. Don't you have a backache? It's quick to make seafood porridge, I can do it by myself."
Father Zhou also felt sorry for his old wife: "Yes, go take a shower first, I'll apply some medicinal wine on you."
Zhou Chenglei also urged the two elders to take a bath and come out to eat porridge in a while.
Mother Zhou's waist was indeed uncomfortable, so she went to take a shower.
So the couple, one processed the shark while the other cooked porridge.
Jiang Xia first put the porridge into a casserole, then added rice to cook a pot of porridge for tomorrow morning.
Zhou Chenglei first cut off the fish fins and other parts that could be made into shark fins. It was too late and there was no time to process them, so he put them in the freezer to keep them fresh and would process them tomorrow.
Then he went to process the fish meat. Shark meat was not tasty and smelled like urine, but it could not be wasted. It could still be sold for some money, although not much.
After Zhou Chenglei cut open the fish's belly, he found a bulge in the shark's stomach. He pressed it and found it was hard?
Zhou Chenglei took it out. It was a small black cloth bag of good quality.
Jiang Xia was processing crabs next to him. Seeing that he actually found a cloth bag in the shark's belly, he asked curiously, "Let's see what's in it."
Zhou's father came out at this time: "What are you packing? What are you holding in your hand, Lei?"
Jiang Xia: "Found it in a shark's stomach."
Father Zhou became excited when he heard this and immediately asked, "Open it and see what's inside?"
Zhou Chenglei untied the cloth bag, and Zhou's father was about to take a look.
"Bang, bang, bang!" There was a knock on the gate.
Father Zhou was shocked!
Tian Caihua and Zhou Chengxin also came back from fishing at this time, and thought of having a bowl of porridge here before going home.
"Dad, it's me, open the door!" (End of this chapter)
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