Chapter 414 Strange Smell
Zhou Chenglei had been right next to her, and when he saw Jiang Xia getting so scared he jumped back.
He threw the bucket in his hand and caught her.
The moment Jiang Xia was pulled into Zhou Chenglei's arms, he grabbed his arm and pulled him away: "Snake!"
It was thick and round, struggling in her hands and trying to bite her!
Zhou Chenglei knew that she was extremely afraid of snakes, so he picked up Jiang Xia and then looked at the small puddle, where a sturdy earth dragon was struggling in the mud.
"It's not a snake, it's an earth dragon." He held her with one hand and stroked her back with the other, looking at the earth dragon twisting its body in the mud pit and burrowing into the sand.
Earth dragon? What is an earth dragon? Jiang Xia looked over: the thing was covered in mud, and only its head was slightly pointed. It was shaped like a snake, with a long and thick body.
When she touched it, she thought it was a snake.
It really does look like a snake!
Father Zhou had already come over: "What's wrong?"
Jiang Xia moved and signaled Zhou Chenglei to let her go.
Zhou Chenglei loosened his hand, put her down, held her wrist, and felt that her pulse was still beating faster than usual, which showed that she was still frightened.
He held her hand and interlocked their fingers, "It's okay, Xia Xia caught a soil dragon and thought it was a snake, so she got scared."
"Earth dragon? You can even encounter an earth dragon? This thing is hard to come by! Hurry up!" Father Zhou squatted down and quickly caught the earth dragon that was trying to hide.
Father Zhou grabbed the earth dragon's head and lifted it up in front of the two men, saying with a smile, "This earth dragon is fat! This thing is very valuable! Very nutritious!"
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Jiang Xia silently took a step back and asked Zhou Chenglei: "What are the effects of the earth dragon?"
Father Zhou said with a smile: "Earth dragon is very good for the bones and muscles, and has a miraculous effect, especially on the waist. Drinking a bowl of earth dragon medicinal soup is simply relaxing the muscles and tendons."
The earth dragon belongs to the eel family. Its scientific name is Pollo bean-toothed snake eel. It has a cone-shaped head, a rouge tail, and a somewhat ferocious temperament.
People in this area believe that earth dragons can strengthen muscles and bones. Anyone who has fallen or broken a bone wants to drink a bowl of earth dragon soup or wine soaked with earth dragons.
Zhou's mother and Tian Caihua also came over.
When Tian Caihua saw the thick earth dragon in Zhou's father's hand, her eyes widened: "This earth dragon is so big, it must be three or four pounds, right?"
Father Zhou smiled and said, "Almost! Let's make some medicinal soup tonight! It will nourish the whole family."
Zhou Chenglei: "Use it to hang out in a bar."
After the soup is stewed, his mother will definitely let him drink it, as he really doesn’t need to take any supplements to his waist recently.
Jiang Xia is pregnant, so it is not suitable for her to drink medicinal soup that is too nourishing.
And I heard that most women have bad backs after giving birth, and his mother sometimes always complains of back pain.
After soaking in wine, his mother and Jiang Xia can have a drink whenever they feel back pain.
"It's okay to make wine. I'll go to town to buy some herbs for making wine." Father Zhou was very happy.
Jiang Xia thought of Zhang Fuyan, who was always injured. She thought that after the wine was brewed, she should give her a bottle to drink to strengthen her bones. Zhang Fuyan Tian Caihua moved her lips. Her father had back pain and kept asking her to find a dragon to make soup for him.
But I haven't seen one for half a year. I did see someone catching one at the dock before, but it was bought by someone else first.
She looked at the earth dragon. It was so big, could she give half of it to her parents?
Jiang Xia bent down and picked up a scallop at his feet: "Let's go and continue looking for earth dragons."
Zhou Chenglei: "Are you not afraid anymore?"
Jiang Xia: "It's not a snake, what are you afraid of?"
She was still a little scared. If she was asked to catch him or deal with him, she would never dare to do it. But wasn't he there? Tian Caihua also went to the small puddle to look for him.
The family picked up things here and there and continued moving forward.
There are so many ribbons, they are all money! Of course, you have to pick them up as much as possible.
When the tide recedes, thousands of miles of beach are exposed. You can imagine how many wonderful things there are!
Jiang Xia bent down and picked up an oyster, a clam, and a snail and put them into the bucket.
Then I saw a pair of crab eyes.
She hooked it up with a hoe. It turned out to be an orchid crab about the size of Zhou Chenglei's palm.
Zhou Chenglei pressed its shell with a shovel and caught it.
Keep picking, grabbing, digging, digging! The webbing here must have grown for a year or two, and soon one bucket was full, and soon another bucket was full.
Hairy clams, conches and spicy snails are also big in size. Zhou Chenglei doesn't pick up the small ones, but only those that are big enough.
Half an hour later, Zhou Chenglei asked Jiang Xia: "Are you tired?"
"Not tired." Who would get tired so quickly if they had money to pick up? Jiang Xia felt that she could still pick up things for another half an hour.
"Pick up the food for another fifteen minutes, then you can take a break." Zhou Chenglei glanced at his watch.
"good."
Thirteen minutes later, Zhou Chenglei quickly walked back and brought the bamboo chair and wooden board over.
He placed the wooden board on the beach and put the bamboo chair on it.
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This way, when Jiang Xia sits on it, the four legs of the bamboo chair won't sink into the sand, and Jiang Xia can sit more steadily.
Jiang Xia picked up a belt, walked over and sat down to rest.
Jiang Xia sat there basking in the sun, watching them picking up things.
Seeing this made her want to continue picking up the pieces! Forget it, she stopped looking and picked up the kettle to drink water while looking at the sea in front of her.
In the distance, there are mangroves and thousands of seabirds flying around, probably pecking at the fish and shrimps exposed on the beach.
The afternoon sun is a bit strong, and the beach has a bit of smell under the evaporation of the sun.
Especially on a beach like this where the tide has just receded and there is still sea mud, the smell is not very pleasant.
Jiang Xia didn't care about it for the moment. He could eat salted fish and endure thirst. If you live on the feeder of the sea, you won't mind the smell of the beach.
But as I kept smelling it, I always felt that there was a faint special smell coming from nearby.
Recently, she found that her nose was becoming more and more sensitive.
My sense of smell is much more sensitive than before, and I can smell some odors.
She can smell odors that Zhou Chenglei can't smell.
It smelled a bit like wood, but Jiang Xia didn't care, thinking it was coming from the wooden board under the chair.
After a while, the wind blew and brought another scent.
This time she was sure it wasn't the smell coming from the wood under her feet.
Jiang Xia turned his head and looked at the big wood not far away, on which were hung a lot of seaweed and a few pieces of kelp.
Jiang Xia suspected that it was the smell coming from the kelp and seaweed dried in the sun, but he didn't pay much attention to it and continued to look at the sea and see how they were having a lot of fun digging for kelp.
It's just that the smell wafts over from time to time and cannot be ignored.
I don't know if it's good or not after smelling it too much.
Jiang Xia stood up, moved the chair, dragged the wooden board, and sat down in another place.
Zhou Chenglei has always paid some attention to Jiang Xia.
When he saw her moving the chair, he walked back to her and asked, "What's wrong?"
"It's okay, it smells a bit strange, I'll sit further away."
Zhou Chenglei reached out to take the bamboo chair and wooden board, carried them a little further away, and then put them down.
Jiang Xia walked over to him and continued to sit down.
Zhou Chenglei walked towards the branch. He suspected there were dead fish and shrimps there. He was afraid Jiang Xia would smell it, so he planned to cover it with sand.
Jiang Xia looked at the wood and felt something was wrong!