"Ah! What is that?!"
"Sister, sister, save me!"
The second child covered his mouth, not daring to look down at his feet.
Ruan Meng ran over with all her might, really worried that her second brother had been bitten.
"Put your foot up, let me see! What's wrong?"
Ruan Meng squatted down and asked. Ruan Yi had an indescribable expression. Seeing that he hadn't moved for a long time, the third brother thought he was scared and simply lifted him up.
Ruan Meng noticed that her second brother had some yellowish liquid and some white shell fragments on his feet.
Broken shell?
Ruan Meng looked at the spot where her second brother had just stepped and saw some broken shells floating on the water and some remaining on the beach.
Yellowish stuff...
Is it an egg yolk?
Ruan Meng dug through the fine sand covered by the shallow seawater and found a small funnel with five eggs inside!
The third brother was shocked and put his second brother aside.
The second child saw what was in the sand and realized that he hadn't been bitten by a sea monster, but was actually an egg.
I couldn't help but wash my heels in the soft sand.
The third child asked, "Little sister, what is this?"
"Turtle eggs."
Ruan Meng answered confidently, picking up the turtle eggs and covering them with her clothes.
Why are these eggs buried in the sand?
The third brother asked again.
Ruan Meng brushed the mud and sand off the sea turtle eggs and explained:
"Turtle eggs pose many dangers; eagles, wild dogs, and other predators love to eat them. Burying them in the sand can prevent them from being eaten."
The second child asked, "Don't they need to be incubated? Can they just be buried in the sand and hatch into baby turtles?"
Ruan Meng replied, "That's right! Sea turtle eggs don't need to be incubated. After being laid by a sea turtle, they are buried in the sand, and if they are not eaten after more than a month, they can hatch into sea turtles."
The second son looked at his heels; he had crushed two of them. Two sea turtles had no chance of hatching.
He looked at Ruan Meng's arms, his expression somewhat blank.
They seemed saddened by the remaining turtle eggs.
Ruan Meng's words immediately broke the atmosphere.
"Second brother, eggs can hatch into chicks!"
Do you feel guilty when you eat eggs?
The second son shook his head.
Ruan Meng then asked, "Crabs can even have baby crabs! Do you feel guilty about eating sand crabs?"
The second son shook his head again.
Ruan Meng pointed to the sea turtle eggs, "They're the same! Survival of the fittest, and now that they're in my hands, they're my food!"
The second brother remained silent.
Ruan Meng, with a soft heart, took one out of her bosom and reburied it in the original pit, saying as she did so:
"Even if it is born, it may not survive."
"Newly hatched sea turtles are food for seabirds and even crabs, and they have a hard time growing up."
"Only one can be sent back, no more!"
Ruan Meng stared at her second brother with a serious expression.
It seems that if her second brother asks for more, she will immediately turn hostile.
The second son's expression finally softened, and as he looked at his sister's back, the corners of his lips turned up slightly.
My sister is so kind!
Ruan Meng had been longing for steamed sea urchin with egg for a long time. In order to find the sea turtle eggs, she also had to collect a few sea urchins!
The tide was high in the early morning, and after it receded, Ruan Meng successfully found four sea urchins.
It seemed as if it was all for the sake of the four turtle eggs appearing.
A perfect match!
Ruan Meng rinsed the sea urchin clean, cut it open, cracked the sea turtle eggs inside, steamed it slowly over water, and sprinkled some wild scallions on top before taking it out of the pot.
Ruan Meng gave one to her eldest brother, the Song family and the Fan family each took one, and the remaining one was given to her second brother to take to the village chief's house, with instructions to give it to the children.
The eldest brother asked his sister-in-law to cut the steamed sea urchin and egg into five pieces, and each person received one piece.
The third child put it in his mouth and let out a happy sigh.
The second child tentatively put it in his mouth, revealing an expression of disbelief.
Without saying a word, he immediately walked towards the beach.
"Second brother, where are you going?"
"There's another turtle egg. I'll dig it out!"
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