Chapter 058 Chapter 58: Chasing the Sea
When the two children heard that their father was going to take them to the beach, they lost all their sleepiness instantly. They had long been eyeing the two brothers Zhang Xianli and Zhang Xianle to go to the beach to touch crabs. They heard that the crabs were so scared that they dared not move when they shone a flashlight on them.
Now they also have flashlights at home. Lingling leaned over the table, struggled to hook her father's new flashlight, held it in her arms, and urged her mother to get out quickly. Little Wanli looked at her eagerly, and it was obvious that he meant the same thing.
Lin Yue laughed and told them that it was daytime and they didn't need flashlights. The two children were obviously unhappy. Lin Yue found it funny, cleaned them up, and pushed them to the dining table to eat.
After dinner, Lin Yue found some old clothes for himself and the two children to change into, and also gave each of them a small straw hat. The two little guys were fully equipped, not only with their own straw hats, but also with a small basket and a small shovel, but the shovel was made of wood.
After the mother and her two children were ready, they stood neatly in front of Zhang Yuandong.
Zhang Yuandong had already changed into an old military uniform by this time. He found a shovel, took a few large sacks, and drove towards the sea with the three soldiers.
Today is not a high tide day, so there are only a few children at the beach. They did not go far away, but only looked for small sand crabs under the rocks very close to the roadside.
As soon as Lin Yue got out of the car, she didn't care about her children and her man, and rushed to the beach excitedly.
She first went to see what the children had received. The children carefully hid their baskets behind their backs, as if they were afraid that she would snatch them away. Lin Yue smiled awkwardly and consciously carried her equipment to a place farther away from them.
The beaches of later times are packed with people all year round, but if you want to go swimming, you really can't find a place if you are not familiar with the beach. Lin Yue has never really been swimming in the sea in his life, he has only played on the beach.
Every time she saw news about someone going to the beach and getting something, she was envious. Now that she had such a large beach to swim on, she felt full of confidence. The bags Zhang Yuandong brought were not enough for her.
It was low tide at that time. Looking far away, the coastline was still very far away. From time to time, one or two white birds whose names I didn't know would land on the beach, pecking at something.
Seabirds are also meat, but no one catches them, not because they are not tasty, but because they fly too fast and are difficult to catch.
Lin Yue had no experience in sea fishing, so she didn't know where to start. She saw these seabirds pecking here and there, and thought that there must be something in the place they chose. As a result, she ran over excitedly to take a look, but couldn't see anything.
When Zhang Yuandong saw her silly look for the first time, a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.
The two little ones beside him shouted, "Mom, come over here quickly and see what Dad has found!"
Lin Yue ran over excitedly, only to see that Zhang Wanli was holding half a broken clam shell in his little hand, and Zhang Linghan was holding a small sand crab as big as a fingernail. He was instantly disappointed.
Zhang Yuandong couldn't help but laugh when he saw the expression on her face.
Seeing Lin Yue looking at him accusingly, he quickly put away the smile on his face, cleared his throat, and said, "Now is not the time to catch crabs. Come on, I'll take you to dig clams."
Lin Yue looked at him doubtfully, not quite believing it. She had seen many videos of people chasing the sea, and they could pick up anything at the beach.
She couldn't help asking, "Let's look for any ponds. There might be fish in them."
Zhang Yuandong shook his head: "We have to go inside as fast as we can. It's not safe with the child. I'll bring you here alone next time at night."
The most people come to the beach at night, and there are many students from the county town, carrying kerosene lamps and wearing small rain boots to dig clams and catch crabs. On the contrary, during the day, unless it is a high tide day, there are few people coming to the beach.
This time, she was supposed to bring her child to the sea, but Zhang Yuandong made it sound like she was also a child who needed to be coaxed. Lin Yue felt a little embarrassed, and stopped talking, following Zhang Yuandong forward.
Zhang Yuandong found the right place and used a shovel to lift a thin layer of mud. Lin Yue squatted down and pinched it, and sure enough, there were several clams hidden in the mud.
Zhang Linghan was anxious and shouted, "Mom, put it in the Lingling basket!"
Lin Yue put a few clams in her hand into her small basket, and picked a few more and put them into Zhang Wanli's small basket. Only then were the two children satisfied.
Zhang Yuandong used a shovel to dig a hole nearby. When he saw the water slowly overflowing, he asked them to put the small basket into the water and shake it to rinse the clams inside. He then took out a short rake and searched nearby.
Wherever the rake passed, the clams in the mud were turned out, and Lin Yue only needed to follow behind him to pick them up. It was very convenient.
After a while, her basket was full. Zhang Yuandong took out the sack he brought from home and asked Lin Yue to put the food into the sack.
It was not easy for them to come here. If they dug less, it would not be worth it. If they dug more, they could take it back and dry it in the sun. Lin Yue thought it was too strenuous to pick up the clams one by one, so she asked Zhang Yuandong to dig a big pit for her. When the water overflowed, she put the mud mixed with clams into a basket and put it in the water to wash.
Lin Yue had made the basket himself. The gaps were relatively large, perfect for washing. After the mud and sand were washed away, only clams and stones were left in the basket. Lin Yue only had to pick out the stones. The two kids loved this job and were eager to pick out the stones. Lin Yue simply dumped the clams in the basket onto the ground and picked them up with them.
The two little ones were tired of playing with the sand and mud after a while and went back to play in their own puddles. Probably all children like to play with sand and mud. This place is a treasure for children and is enough for them to play for a whole day.
Lin Yue didn't want to pick clams anymore, so she threw the sack to Zhang Yuandong and took out a bag of salt, pouring a lot of salt into a small hole. She had watched videos of people catching clams in the past and often saw people catching clams like this.
After sprinkling the salt, she waited quietly by the side. Unfortunately, after waiting for a long time, the small hole did not change. Salt is also very expensive. She was reluctant to continue wasting it, so she had to give up.
Zhang Yuandong didn't notice her little movement. He just thought she was tired and was resting there.
As the sun got brighter and brighter, the two men only dug half a sack of clams before going home. The two kids were still not satisfied with the fun and were making a fuss and refused to leave. Zhang Yuandong promised them to dig some mud to take home, and they reluctantly agreed to go back.
Lin Yue led the two children, and Zhang Yuandong carried the sack, and they walked back together. Before they reached the roadside, they saw the children playing in the car from a distance, and when they saw the children coming back, they ran away.
Zhang Yuandong did not chase after them. He returned to the car, checked it to see if it was damaged, and left it alone. He asked Lin Yue and the children to wait here for a while while he went to fetch some sea water with a bucket.
The land on the roadside was very hard, with many small holes of varying sizes. Lin Yue picked up a thin wooden stick and took the child to poke into the holes one by one.
When Zhang Yuandong came back and saw this scene, he couldn't help but smile and said, "This is a crab hole. They are very smart. It's useless to poke them like this."
Lin Yue stood up with a smile and said, "We are just playing..."
When I turned around, I saw his naked upper body and was instantly stunned.
Zhang Yuandong took off his shirt and held it in his hand, revealing a strong and muscular body. His muscles were smooth and not exaggerated, and one could faintly see the mermaid line going down. There was a little sweat on his wheat-colored skin, which seemed to glow in the sun.
Lin Yue quickly wiped the corner of his mouth and his face turned red involuntarily.
Zhang Yuandong was sweating a lot, and the sun left white marks on his clothes. He often went shirtless when he was in the army. Now he didn't know if he forgot about the embarrassment in front of Lin Yue. He walked to Lin Yue very naturally, shook the clothes in his hands, and several swimming crabs fell out instantly.
Zhang Wanli and Zhang Linghan ran over and shouted, "Big crabs, such big crabs! These are the big crabs that Brother Xianli eats at home!" The two guys wanted to reach out and grab them, but they saw the crabs showing off their claws and fangs to them.
Zhang Yuandong had already broken off the crab claws. He patted the two children's heads and said with a smile, "Why are you hiding? They can't pinch you, don't worry."
Lin Yue swallowed his saliva and asked, "Where did you catch such a big crab?"
Zhang Yuandong pointed to the place where he had just drawn water: "There is a puddle over there. I moved the big rocks out of it and saw these crabs. There are also a few octopuses, look."
As he said this, he brought the bucket to Lin Yue's side. There were indeed two octopuses in the bucket, each as big as a palm.
When he saw Lin Yue trying to catch crabs, he just looked under the rocks. Fortunately, he found one.
Lin Yue felt that her mouth was about to drool again, so she hurriedly urged: "Let's go, let's go home, don't be late for lunch!"
The family of four had just gotten into the car when suddenly a loud cry of surprise came from the distance.
Lin Yue looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the children had run to the reef beach at some point. The water there was deep and the waves were strong. A few years ago, someone was swept away by the waves there. Unless they were experienced fishermen, few people would go there to catch fish. I didn't know how those children got there.
Lin Yue was a little worried that they might be in danger, so he shouted for them to come back quickly, but they seemed frightened and only shouted in panic. The distance was too far, so Lin Yue and Zhang Yuandong could not hear clearly what they were shouting.
Fearing that a child had fallen into the water, Zhang Yuandong asked Lin Yue to look after Wanli and Lingling here, and he quickly hurried over.
The two boys were still too young to be affected by their parents’ emotions, but they didn’t know what had happened. When they saw their father run away so quickly, they asked their mother eagerly, “Why did Dad run away? Aren’t we going home?”
Lin Yue held a child in his arms and comforted him: "The older brothers over there are in some trouble. Your dad will go and see if he can help."