Kelp is a great food. It tastes good whether you use it in cold dishes or soups when the weather is hot.
Now, not only Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu wanted to get off the ship immediately, but Ye Xiaocui was also impatient.
As soon as the boat came to a stop, Ye Xiaocui got off first. The place where the boat came to a stop was a mudflat. Ye Xiaocui was afraid that Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu would fall into the mud and sand, so she got off the boat first and then carried the two of them off and put them on the drier sand.
As soon as the two children saw the deserted beach, they started to run around happily, and the two sisters took the little shovels that Fu Ming had made for them and went to dig for seashells.
Fu Wan followed Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan, who came later, to pick up seaweed by the reef.
"Awan, Xiaocui, this seaweed is much better than the seaweed we picked up in the village!"
As soon as Jiang Chunlan climbed onto a reef, seaweed was swaying in the water beside the reef.
Upon hearing Jiang Chunlan's words, Fu Wan picked up the clump of seaweed closest to her.
When she picked it up, she realized that it was indeed as Jiang Chunlan had said: the kelp not only had very little mucus, but when she picked it up, she couldn't even see any sand.
I don't know where it came from.
Who cares? If we've met them, it's fate. We'll just have to pick them all up. If they're wet and hard to sell, we'll dry them and sell them. Maybe Sun Youcai will take a liking to them.
Thinking this, Fu Wan picked up the seaweed faster.
Fu Ming and Fu Liang were looking for crabs under the rocks, and surprisingly, they found several blue crabs that weighed over a pound each.
Fu Wan picked up a clump of seaweed at her feet, but was attracted by a bulge underneath it.
Wearing gloves, she reached into the mud and dug the thing out, then washed it in the water beside her.
Hey there, isn't that Fairy Shell?
The fairy clam is also known locally as Xi Shi clam, and some people also call it Xi Shi tongue or Concubine clam.
This person is called both a fairy and Xi Shi, which shows how highly people regard this thing.
Once cleaned, this type of shellfish reveals its true appearance: a pale white shell with a regal purple apex. It is a bivalve shell with a triangular shape.
These fairy clams are not only beautiful, but also incredibly delicious. Fu Wan remembers that when Fu Ming took her to the beach to collect a few when she was little, they were so delicious that they were boiled and then dipped in soy sauce and chili sauce.
"Wan, what did you dig up?"
Ye Xiaocui watched as Fu Wan put her hand into the mud and sand, and after a long time without her saying anything, she became quite curious.
Fu Wan waved the object in her hand, "Mom, there are fairy shells in this sand!"
"What?! Fairy Shells?!"
Fu Ming has very sharp ears. When he heard Fu Wan say there were fairy shells, he stopped catching crabs and rushed over.
"It's a fairy shell! Ah Wan, where did you dig it up?"
Fu Wan pointed to the ground beneath her feet, "Right here!"
As the seawater receded beneath his feet, Fu Ming immediately spotted several protrusions that resembled fairy shells.
"Ah Liang, let's get to work!"
Fu Ming tossed aside the fire tongs in his hand, picked up the shovel lying beside him, and began searching for the fairy shell.
Fu Wan followed closely behind, and soon the three siblings dug up several fairy shells.
Especially on Fu Liang's side, they actually dug up a fairy shell the size of a palm.
This really can't be called a shellfish; it should be called a clam.
"Mom, Aunt, look!"
Fu Liang was extremely excited. After all, an African has to have his luck once in a while, right? The Goddess Mazu still remembers him.
If he doesn't sell the fairy shell after taking it home, he'll keep the shell as a keepsake for his children; it's a badge of honor for him!
Jiang Chunlan gave him a thumbs up, and she and Ye Xiaocui watched the children digging for fairy clams with great enthusiasm, while the seaweed waiting for them to pick up on the side lost its appeal.
"Sigh, having too much seafood is a real problem!"
Jiang Chunlan lowered her head and complained, while Ye Xiaocui couldn't help but laugh, "If you said that in the village, you'd be asking for a beating."
Villagers scramble for sea cucumbers when they go to the beach, but luckily this place is far from the dock, so most people don't come here to work.
It was only because Boss Fu was bored that he kept driving around aimlessly, wasting half a barrel of diesel fuel before finally discovering this island.
Giving up the seaweed was out of the question, so the two sisters quickened their pace and soon filled the burlap sack to the brim, collecting all the seaweed from the rocks.
They didn't want the smaller pieces of seaweed; they left them in the sea to see if they could grow longer so they could come back and collect them next time.
After they finished picking the seaweed, they went over to check on Fu Wan and the others' harvest.
"Wow, you got so many fairy shells?"
Fu Wan didn't stop shoveling the shovel she was using. "Mom, Auntie, come help us as soon as you're done. We've probably disturbed a fairy clam's nest!"
When you dig up one, there's another one next to it, and there are even cases where you dig up three or four clustered together at the bottom.
The bucket is almost full, and I'm so tired that my back aches.
There's no way to pick them all up, there's really no way to pick them all up.
Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan immediately rushed over to help, throwing the burlap sack filled with seaweed onto a clean spot on the nearby beach.
With the support of Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan, the fairy shell collecting team sped up considerably. Before long, they had filled two large buckets with fairy shells, and no more fairy shells could be seen on the mudflats.
They were all small ones. Occasionally, Fu Wan would pick them up and throw them back into the sea so they could grow up before coming back.
"Xiao Cui, A Wan, how are things on your end?"
After anchoring the boat, Boss Fu set up the fish traps and bamboo tube traps. After that, he took his fishing rod and went to find a good spot to start fishing.
However, the spot he found wasn't very good. Apart from two sea bass weighing one pound each taking the bait, the others either got off the hook or got snagged on the bottom, which made Old Fu so angry that he came over here for comfort.
Fu Wan had no idea that her father was having such a bad day, so she called him over.
"Dad, come help me carry all these fairy shells over there!"
Boss Fu agreed immediately, tossed the fishing rod and other equipment aside, and ran over to take a look, only to be dumbfounded.
"Wow, so many fairy shells!"
No wonder he had bad luck; all his good luck is here!
Just then, Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu ran over from not far away, with Fu Ling shouting as she ran.
"Mom, there's a puppy barking here!"
Fu Wan was full of questions. Where did these ducks come from on the beach?
"Did you hear that right?"
Fu Ling was beaming with excitement, while Qin Mingzhu looked serious. "Godmother, we didn't mishear, it really is the sound of a puppy."
This is strange. Fu Ming and Fu Wan exchanged a glance and thought of everything in the sea, but they couldn't think of anything that would bark like a dog.
"Come on, let's take Uncle and Mom to see!"
Fu Wan and Fu Ming gripped their shovels tightly, signaling Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu to lead the way.
Fu Liang also picked up a stick and followed behind them.
The group followed Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu back to where they had run from. As they got closer, they could indeed hear something making noises.
I must say, it really does sound like a puppy barking!
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