The beach was still a little chilly in the early morning, but that couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the children.
Especially after knowing that they would be returning in three days, Song Tiantian especially cherished the time she could still spend at the beach.
Song Tiantian used long pliers to pick up the conches left on the beach after the tide receded, and also looked for some beautiful and intact shells to collect.
The big turtle followed Song Tiantian closely. When it saw her picking up shells and conchs, it would pick up the conchs it saw and hand them to Song Tiantian.
In addition to this, it can also catch crabs. Although the big turtle looks bulky, it is very fast at catching crabs. What's more important is that it is not afraid of being pinched.
During the years of wandering in the sea, not only did the turtle have a heavy body, but its limbs also became exceptionally strong to withstand any friction. The hard and rough skin also made it not afraid of the crabs' waving claws.
The powerful forelimbs snapped directly at the crab that was showing off its claws. The palm-sized crab was dizzy from the blow, and before it could react, a fin like a palm fan covered its body, pressing the crab so hard that it could not get up.
The big turtle pressed down the crab and made a snoring sound towards Song Tiantian in front of it.
During the time she spent with the big sea turtle, Song Tiantian was able to clearly distinguish the big sea turtle's voice from that of other sea turtles.
Song Tiantian turned around and looked at the big turtle. When she saw it holding down its flippers, she immediately ran over and asked, "Big turtle, did you catch anything?"
"Whoosh!" the big turtle moved its flippers away, and the crab, which was suffocating from being crushed, was suddenly exposed.
Song Tiantian quickly picked up the crab with pliers and threw it into the bucket with a "clang". There were already quite a few crabs and conchs in the bucket, and of course some complete shells, which Tiantian was going to take back to make shell powder.
The materials for Wuding powder have been almost collected, and Song Tiantian plans to make it during the next few days while she is in Hainan.
However, in order to avoid failure, Song Tiantian still needs to prepare several ingredients.
Just when Song Tiantian was happily picking up shells, a big turtle suddenly started calling towards a certain place, and the sound was much sharper than before.
When Song Tiantian heard the sound, she immediately ran over: "Big turtle, what's wrong with you?"
"What happened?"
"I hear turtles calling."
"What's wrong?"
Xiangfangnan, He Jingnian and others also hurried over.
At this moment, the big turtle suddenly started digging the ground with its hind legs excitedly.
Song Tiantian exchanged glances with Xiangfangnan and the others.
"Does it want us to dig something?"
"What's down here?"
"Did the big turtle find something?"
“Dig or not?”
"dig!"
After a few words, the little guys took out their tools and shovels from the buckets and started digging at the place where the turtle was throwing.
"Crackling"
"Crack, crack, crack"
[What on earth are Tiantian and the others digging for? ]
Did the turtle discover something?
[It must be some big stuff, otherwise the turtle wouldn't be so excited all of a sudden]
[Big stuff, could it be blue crab? ]
[It's possible! ]
The moist sea sand was dug up shovel by shovel, but nothing was found inside.
Xu Anjia looked at the ground, which was still covered in mud and sand no matter how hard he dug, and couldn't help but stop: "Did the big turtle make a mistake? There's nothing underneath?"
"Yeah, I've been digging for so long, why is there still sand?" He Jingnian was not a persistent person. After digging for half a day without seeing any crabs or conchs, He Jingnian was a little discouraged.
Song Tiantian looked at them and said, "How about you guys go to the beach and I can dig here myself."
"I'll go with you." Xiangfangnan said as he continued to dig sea sand.
"Then I want to go with Tiantian too." Xu Anjia said, and immediately picked up the shovel again and continued digging in the sand pit where a hole had already been dug.
Seeing this, He Jingnian, who originally wanted to pick up conchs, also picked up the shovel.
But at this moment, they had not been digging for long when they heard the sound of the shovel hitting a hard object.
Song Tiantian quickly stopped shoveling and looked into the sand pit that had been dug to a depth of almost fifty centimeters.
In order to see more clearly, Song Tiantian turned on the watch light on her wrist and shone it towards the sand pit, only to see a corner of the wavy shell edge exposed.
But judging from the edge of the shell, the thing buried underneath must be quite large.
"It looks like a conch, doesn't it?"
"He looks pretty big."
"I'll go down and take a look."
Song Tiantian jumped towards the conch and used a shovel to clear the mud and sand from the edge of the shell. When she saw this, she was stunned: "This conch seems to be dead."
"What? Dead?"
"Then we dug in vain."
"No way, we've been digging for so long..." Xu Anjia's brows furrowed.
"Tiantian and Jiajia, it's time for breakfast!" He Xuebin stood on the deck and waved and shouted to Song Tiantian and the others.
"I'm coming." He Jingnian turned around hurriedly and was about to go back.
But at this moment, Song Tiantian's cry of surprise came from the sand pit, and Xiang Nan quickly jumped in: "What's wrong?"
"Look at this." Song Tiantian pointed to the half-cleaned shell and said, "This is a giant clam shell."
"Giant clams?"
"Yes, the largest shell in the world."
After Song Tiantian's reminder, Xiangfangnan suddenly recalled: "I know that there are giant shells that can be up to two meters long."
"Yeah, that's it." Song Tiantian hurriedly squatted down again and continued to clean out the giant clams.
Xiangfangnan also started digging.
He Jingnian and Xu Anjia saw this and followed suit to help.
He Xuebin looked at He Jingnian, who had turned around to return, but jumped back into the pit. He couldn't help but wonder, "Weren't you planning to return? Why are you digging another pit?"
"What's wrong?" Lu Chuanbei wiped the moisture from his hands and walked towards the deck: "Are Tiantian and the others back?"
"No, they're digging a hole on the beach."
Lu Chuanbei hurried forward to take a look, and it was true. The pit was almost half the height of Tiantian.
"I'll go take a look."
"I'll go with you."
When Lu Chuanbei and the others arrived, Song Tiantian and the others had already dug out more than half of the giant clams.
But even a half-sized giant clam can already give people an idea of how huge the entire giant clam will be after it is dug out.
[Do shells this big really exist? ]
[The part that's just exposed is already about half the size of Tiantian, right?]
[That’s right, when Tiantian curls up, she can almost fit completely inside.]
[I finally understand why giant clams are called the largest shells in the world]
[It’s a pity that this giant clam is dead. If it were still alive, it would probably be more spectacular.]
"Tiantian, what are you guys digging for? It's time for dinner, but you haven't even started yet..." Before Lu Chuanbei could finish his words, he was stunned by the giant clams Song Tiantian and the others were digging in the pit. "Wait, is this a giant clam?"
"Oh my God, such a big shell." He Xuebin was stunned.
"Yeah, we didn't go back just to dig it out." Song Tiantian nodded while continuing to dig with her hands.
But at this moment, Song Tiantian felt lighter and was carried out by someone.
Lu Chuanbei took the shovel from Song Tiantian's hand: "Let Dad do the rest."
"Uh-huh"
Seeing this, He Xuebin took the shovel from He Jingnian. With the help of two adults, the giant clam, which had been dug out for most of the time, was soon fully revealed.
Lu Chuanbei threw away the shovel and, together with He Jingnian, lifted the giant giant clam, which was more than one meter long, out of the sand pit.
There is still some black sea sand on the giant clam's body, but this does not reduce its height in the eyes of everyone.
Especially the half-open edge of the shell, even though it has not been cleaned yet, it still shows its brilliance. Under the sunlight, it flashes with pearly light, which makes the people who gradually gathered when Song Tiantian and others were digging the sand pit exclaim in surprise.
“Oh my god, is this a giant clam?”
"Did you see it? There seemed to be a flash of pearly light where it opened."
"Yes, it has a halo like a pearl."
"That's because the entire giant clam is a jewel. Ancient people used the shells of giant clams to carve beads or to carve jewelry."
"Is this true? Is the giant clam made entirely of jewels?"
"Really? You can find it by searching on a search engine..."
Amid the tourists' discussions, Lu Chuanbei and his team began to clean up the edge of the shell.
It is unknown how long this giant clam shell has been buried here. The edge and inside of the shell are full of mud and sand. In order to facilitate cleaning, He Xuebin went to the beach to fetch a few buckets of water, poured them into the edge of the shell to soften the mud and sand on the outside, and then used pliers to probe inside to pry it open.
Fang Xiuzhu and Xu Qi, who had been waiting for Lu Chuanbei and his friends to bring the children back for a long time but had not seen them, also arrived at the beach at this time.
When Fang Xiuzhu and Xu Qi saw the giant giant clam in the crowd, they were also shocked, and then they became part of the cleaning team.
"Kaci"
Thanks to the efforts of Lu Chuanbei and his team, the giant clam was finally pried open, revealing its interior filled with mud and sand.
[Hey~ I thought there was something inside, but it turned out to be just sand]
[Of course, this giant clam has been buried under the beach for who knows how long. Even if there was something inside, it would have been gone long ago due to the erosion of sea water and sand over the years.]
[It’s great to find giant clams this big, why would I need a bicycle?]
[That's right, just this giant clam shell is worth a fortune!]
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