Chapter 22: First Taste of Seafood (I)
This guy is both smart and simple. Although he is a little wary of strangers, he has a superficial understanding of human greed.
Although Lin Yue was very interested in the scenery under the underground river, she had just arrived here and didn't understand the situation clearly. It was not the best time, so she should find something to eat now!
Lingnan has very loose management of fugitives and does not care about the life or death of prisoners. They have to rely on themselves for everything.
"Weng Toubai, try to find a beach where no humans have set foot. We just came here and it's not suitable for us to have a conflict with the indigenous people."
As a plant, the white-bellied gentian does not quite understand the concerns of humans.
"Why, aren't you humans happy to meet other humans? The two original humans were particularly excited when you came today. They kept saying that finally someone came and they no longer have to worry about being slaughtered by wild beasts one day."
Lin Yue felt a little disappointed in her heart, but also felt a little relieved.
"If a lot of white-headed owls you don't know come to your home and compete with you for rain, sunlight, and soil, what will be your attitude?"
"Who, who wants to take over my territory? If anyone dares to come and take it from me, I will beat them so hard that their parents won't be able to recognize them."
The leaves of the white-headed sedge were so angry that they stood up, and the delicate white flowers trembled as if they would fall off.
"That's the kind of relationship we have. Let's find a beach where no humans have ever been. I'm going to take my nephews to fish for seafood tomorrow."
Lin Yue sucked the saliva that was about to flow out, and looked forward to tomorrow even more.
Accompanied by the roars of wild beasts and the rich aroma of nuts, everyone who had been running around for three months had a good sleep.
The biological clock woke everyone up at dawn.
Lin Yue took away the children under the age of ten and fifteen, and took charge of today's meals. The young and middle-aged people were sent by Lin Hongyuan to move wood to prepare to build a house. The women prepared to search around to see if there were any Hawaiian nuts.
After a night of fermentation, the Feng and Li families who arrived first also knew that this black little fruit was a good thing. The fragrant aroma floating in the air last night made people feel hungry and regretful that they had lived here for so long and had not discovered that the things they despised were so fragrant!
Watching the mountain of fruits being consumed bit by bit, their hearts were bleeding, as if every knock was like a blow to their hearts.
Lin Yue and the children walked along the mountain road for two hours. Fortunately, the white spirit plant Wengtou helped them avoid thorns, wild beasts, and mountain walls, and opened up a small path that one person could pass through.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa.”
From a long distance away, the sound of waves crashing could be heard, and the strong smell of the sea filled the air.
"Auntie, what's that smell? The air is salty and fishy."
Lin Lang covered his nose with his hands, feeling a little disgusted. As someone who had never lived by the sea, he simply couldn't adapt to such an environment for the first time.
Lin Yue was very happy. She could already hear the sound of the waves, which meant that they were not far from the beach. There was no trace of anyone walking nearby. It seemed that the little guy Weng Toubai had really found an uninhabited place.
"Hurry up, we've arrived at our destination. This is the smell of the ocean. You'll smell it often in the future, so get used to it as soon as possible."
Lin Yue, however, took a deep breath in enjoyment, with an expectant look on her face. Sea, here I come.
As he spoke, he ran quickly, passed through the dense jungle and bushes, and finally saw the snow-white salt beach and the surging blue ocean.
At this moment, Lin Yue's heart was excited. The sea was synonymous with danger in the end times. Many creatures in the ocean had mutated. Amphibians such as crabs and turtles were difficult to deal with, not to mention large and lethal animals such as octopuses, whales, and sharks.
Even though the ocean is rich in resources, no human dares to set foot there.
Fortunately, they are all marine creatures and will not leave the sea, otherwise humans would have been wiped out by mutated creatures long ago.
"Ah! Auntie, look what this is. It's so beautiful, like a small tree stained with blood."
Lin Daxuan was the boldest. He ran away with the wooden bucket and dug out a small coral from the sand, a bright red coral.
Lin Yue quickly matched it with the knowledge in her memory. It was a plant in the sea, which had ornamental value but was useless to her.
"Brother Xuan, that's just a plant in the sea. It has no use, but if you like it, you can take it back." Lin Yue would not deprive others of their choices.
"Be careful, there may be sharp stones, shells, bones and the like on the beach. You are only wearing thin straw sandals, so you may get your feet cut. You need to use branches to feel your way across.
You can also follow me and learn what is edible in the sea first, and then you can act alone, but you must not go near water. "
It was the first time for everyone to come to the beach. They were both excited and scared. They had never seen blue water before. Although they were all born into official families and were knowledgeable, the geographical restrictions still made them seem ignorant.
Therefore, when people who were not from the Lin family heard this, their nervous hearts finally relaxed. They knew nothing about the food in the sea.
"Ouch, something is biting me, it hurts!"
Cheng Hui jumped up and down, and there was a yellowish crab on his toe. He was completely panicked.
"Don't move!"
Seeing that Cheng Hui was about to step on the crab to death, Lin Yue hurriedly stopped him.
With quick eyes and hands, she grabbed the crab's shell and clamped Cheng Hui's toes tightly with one claw. Lin Yue didn't dare to pull hard for fear of hurting Cheng Hui.
"What should I do? It hurts!"
Cheng Hui looked at Lin Yue pitifully, pretending to be pitiful very deliberately.
The intelligence, wisdom, strategy and courage that Lin Yue had displayed in the past three months had deeply attracted him, who grew up in a family of military generals. There were more than ten exile teams of people of her age, and he was drowned in them. He was not outstanding at all and had nothing to attract her.
Several handsome and talented boys approached Lin Yue, but after a month, there was no progress. By chance, they seemed to have become brothers.
Cheng Hui was anxious but also relieved.
Little did Lin Yue know that she was complaining in her heart that the son of a military general from a noble family was actually cried by a crab. She was probably more delicate than a little girl. She would not dare to invite him to any activities next time.
"Don't be impatient."
Lin Yue took the wooden stick and hit the crab hard. The crab that had clamped Cheng Hui's toes immediately loosened its claws and turned to attack the wooden stick. It looked so ferocious that it was determined to clamp the stick to death.
"Phew, I was scared to death. Luckily I overheard it before."
Lin Yue's grandfather always brags about how he went to the beach to catch crabs when he was young, and he also tells us what to do if you are pinched by a crab.
"Remember, if you are caught by a crab, you must not use brute force to pull off its claws, otherwise it will clamp tighter and tighter, and even if you pull its claws off, it will not loosen.
In addition to directly hitting the crab as just now to create a greater crisis for it, if you are near the water, you can also soak in the water to reduce the crab's vigilance and it will let go.
Remember, crabs are the most common animals on the beach and one of our main targets. We will have to catch them in large numbers in the future."
My dears, Happy New Year!
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