During the few days that Fu Wan went to Shanghai and Beijing, a typhoon hit the Fu Family Village area for two days.
Perhaps due to the wind and rain, and the fact that it is a deserted island, the beach of Swallow's Nest Island is now covered with fallen branches and leaves.
Many seabirds landed on the beach like free-range chickens, seemingly unsure of what to eat. Seawater washed ashore from time to time. Some seabirds would take flight and then land again, while others stubbornly sat on the water like wild ducks.
After the water receded, they hurriedly bent down to find something to eat.
Seeing so many seabirds perched on the beach, Fu Wan had only one thought in her mind.
There's seafood on the beach!
Although it's hard to tell what it is, judging from the number of seabirds, there's definitely plenty of seafood on the beach!
Considering the recent rains, the beach must be quite wet. This humid environment is exactly what crabs and mantis shrimps love!
"Wan, this deserted island looks so dirty!"
Tom frowned as he looked at Swallow's Nest Island before even leaving the island.
He was in a bad mood right now because he had just crawled under the table five times!
That wretched Robert and Jack only went through once!
Upon hearing this, Fu Wan couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.
"Where is the dirt? This is what a primitive, deserted island looks like."
“A pristine desert island, oh dear Wan, you should go see the beautiful country. Our desert islands are very beautiful, like a shining sapphire.”
Tom gestured exaggeratedly, but Fu Wan didn't even raise an eyebrow.
"You mean Katrina Island?"
"My God, you know about Katrina Island!?"
Tom was somewhat surprised, and Fu Wan didn't even try to hide her eye roll this time.
"Have you lost your memory? Weren't we first met in the waters very close to Catalina Island? Jack and I went there to fish for tuna back then."
Catalina Island was the island where Fu Wan, Bai Qianzhou, and Jack visited Los Angeles. To be honest, Catalina Island is indeed beautiful, but Fu Wan would disagree that it is better than Swallow's Nest Island.
"You said Catalina Island is more beautiful because Los Angeles had many sunny days when we went there."
You've seen how windy and rainy it's been here these past few days.
Catalina Island has been developed and is home to many islanders, and of course, there are people managing the beaches.
But here—"
Fu Wan pointed to the deserted island in front of her, "Aside from seabirds and other animals, there isn't a single person like you and me on this island. It's a deserted island, Tom. Comparing a deserted island to a developed island is a mistake in itself."
As soon as he finished speaking, Robert and Jack nodded in agreement.
"Wan is right, Tom. You haven't seen what Katrina Island looks like without people. You could say it's even uglier than this island."
Besides, don't you think going to a deserted island is much more exciting than going to a developed island?
Tom was speechless. Robert's family was much better off than Tom's, yet he didn't look down on him. Tom suddenly felt that he was being pretentious.
But he is also a good kid who can take things in stride, and he immediately apologized to Fu Wan.
"I'm sorry, Wan, my comparison was wrong. This island also has its own unique beauty."
Hearing this made Fu Wan feel much better. She thought to herself, "Young people are just young people. If Tom knew that there were bird's nests on the island, he would never dare to say that Bird's Nest Island is inferior to Caterina Island."
But Fu Wan would definitely not reveal such a secret. As soon as the boat came to a stop, Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan pulled Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu off the boat impatiently.
Fu Wan and Qin Anning followed closely behind, while Fu Ming, Bai Qianzhou, and Jack carried the tools for beachcombing and walked behind.
"Wow, so much seaweed!"
"These look like a lot, Chunlan, let's pick some to take home!"
As soon as Jiang Chunlan and Ye Xiaocui got off the boat, they spotted the seaweed on the beach.
There is a large rocky area on the left side of the beach where the "Riding the Waves" ship stopped, which consists mostly of millstone-sized rocks.
At this time, many rocks were covered with lush green seaweed. Half of the seaweed was hanging on the rocks, and the other half was lying in the still-damp seawater under the rocks, looking very large and clean.
This seaweed is much cleaner than the seaweed from the edge of the village, and it's also much bigger; a single piece can be taller than a person.
The two sisters couldn't possibly let such high-quality seaweed go to waste. Seeing the two children run off to follow Fu Wan, they rolled up their sleeves and got to work without saying a word.
All the seaweed was rolled up and placed in a basket on the side. It will be washed and hung on the deck later. If it doesn't rain, it can be collected in a couple of days and Fu San can take it to sell to the general store!
This quality of seaweed, when dried, should be worth around four or five cents. It's not very valuable, but it's better than nothing!
Qin Anning hadn't been to the beach in a long time, and as soon as she got off the boat, she played on the sand like a child.
"Wow, there's a crab!"
I don't know if it was because she moved too much, but a crab suddenly jumped out of the mud and ran around in a panic.
"Fu Ming, quickly help me catch it!"
"Okay, wife, you wait!"
Fu Ming didn't even take the iron tongs before running quickly toward the crab. Let alone a crab, even if Qin Anning wanted the moon in the sea, he would have to find a way to catch it.
"Haha, honey, look! I caught it!"
"That's amazing! Quick, put it in the bucket before it escapes!"
It was actually a dawn crab the size of an egg. There wasn't much meat to eat, but it tasted alright when used to cook porridge.
Fu Ming turned the crab over to check that it wasn't carrying any babies before putting it safely into the bucket.
Fu Wan was holding pliers in one hand and a bucket in the other, with Bai Qianzhou and the two children beside her.
"Let's go, head towards the reef area!"
"Yay! Let's go catch crabs!"
Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu cheered in unison. The tide had just receded, and crabs were most likely to hide under these small stones.
Those seabirds were catching and eating small crabs.
Seeing that the reef area was full of people, Boss Fu simply took Big Yellow with him, carrying a bucket and tools, and prepared to try his luck in other places.
"Ah Wan, you all keep busy here, I'll go check in the back!"
"Okay, be careful, and call out if anything happens!"
Fu Wan responded without turning her head. As soon as she reached the pile of stones, she spotted a blue crab with half of its claw sticking out.
She decisively picked up the fire tongs and reached over. The bottom of the rock was relatively flat, and Fu Wan didn't have much trouble picking out the crab.
"Wow, Wan, you're amazing!"
"Of course my mom is amazing!"
Just as Fu Ling was about to cheer, Robert beat her to it.
"Robert, I caught a crab too!"
Jack proudly held up a blue crab; it seemed there was much more seafood here than at the beach they had visited the day before yesterday!
Seeing this, Robert was afraid of falling behind, so he quickly grabbed the pliers and started looking for the crab.
As he walked, he suddenly felt something moving on his leg. He looked down and saw a terrifying thing with its mouth wide open, biting his leg. The sharp teeth around its mouth gleamed coldly, causing Robert to instantly feel a chill run down his spine and jump back.
"Oh shit! Help! Help!"
Snake! What a huge Snake!
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