Fu Wan ran over and shielded the terrified Fu Ling behind her. The snake, which Jack had thrown aside, was still flicking its tongue and glaring at everyone.
The feeling made his hair stand on end. Seeing that something had happened below the tree, Fu Ming hurriedly climbed down.
Among them, the most experienced with snakes was Ye Lin, who had just run over to grab a coconut. He dropped the bucket in his hand, picked up a branch from the side, and prepared to use it to drive the snake away.
Unexpectedly, a whooshing sound came from the sky, and a shadow descended from the sky. Then, its sharp claws grabbed the snake that was about to pounce, lifted it into the air, and then hurled it hard at the nearby reef.
"Little Yellow!" Fu Ling recognized him at a glance.
Before the snake could react, Ye Lin quickly picked up a rock and smashed it against the falling snake. The snake then twitched a few more times. Jack, who was standing next to it, also mustered his courage and smashed a rock at the snake. Only then did the snake slowly become still.
Damn, I was almost scared to death.
Fu Wanping calmed her wildly beating heart and carefully examined the two children's condition again.
Thankfully, I wasn't bitten by a snake.
Ultimately, it was Jack who discovered it in time; the snake was hiding under the coconut tree, only about a meter away from Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu.
Now Fu Wan truly believed what Fu Fengying said about Jack not being a bad person, especially after his actions just now, which made Fu Wan look at him with new respect.
"Thank you, Jack, thank you for saving the children."
Fu Wan thanked him, but Jack waved his hand and said "no no no" for a long time. Then, as if he had thought of something, he quietly moved closer to Fu Wan.
"Beautiful lady, thank you no need to say thank you, but could I drive your tricycle?"
Fu Wan was both amused and exasperated. Although she couldn't understand why Jack liked tricycles so much, she still nodded in agreement.
"Don't bring it up, it's okay to give it to you."
This made Jack burst into his first big laugh since he arrived. "Wan, I didn't expect you could speak English too."
Fu Wan smiled and said, "There are many things you don't know."
However, delivering the tricycle is definitely not realistic; it wouldn't be possible to get it through customs.
Jack understood these principles, so he planned to have his fill of driving before going back.
Because of the snakes that had appeared, Fu Wan dared not let the children get too close to the trees anymore, and only let them continue digging for sandworms in the sand nearby.
Ye Lin, however, had a look of utter dismay on his face. "Awan, is that bird Little Yellow? It's eating a snake."
Eat snake.
? !
Although Fu Wan couldn't believe it, when she walked to the rock, she found that Xiao Huang was indeed pecking at the snake meat with its sharp beak.
Its eyes still held a hint of indifference, and it would occasionally flap its wings to scare away the seabirds that came to snatch its food.
The commotion caused by Fu Wan's arrival startled it. At first, it thought Fu Wan was coming to steal its food, but when it saw that it had come, it backed away.
It even tried to crouch down and hide the snake meat behind its back.
It looked as if it was afraid Fu Wan wouldn't let it eat.
Fu Wan was amused by its anthropomorphic performance. She wasn't against Xiao Huang eating it; after all, if it hadn't appeared in time, everyone would have had to go through a lot of trouble to subdue the snake.
The key question now is, is this snake edible?
"Brother Lin, do you know what kind of snake this is?"
Although Jack and his crew had smashed the snake's head to pieces, the patterns on its body were still clearly visible.
Ye Lin took a closer look and shook his head regretfully.
"I've never seen this kind of snake in the mountains before; it's probably a sea snake!"
"Sea snake? What sea snake?"
Fu Laoda's voice came from not far away. He had caught a few sea bass and was preparing to let everyone have a simple meal before trawling.
Hearing Boss Fu's voice, Fu Wan felt much more at ease.
Ye Lin didn't recognize the snake, but Boss Fu might.
Sure enough, after glancing at the snake, Boss Fu frowned and his expression became much more serious.
"Where did this snake come from?"
Fu Wan immediately replied, "They were under the coconut tree just now. Luckily, Jack reacted quickly, otherwise he might have bitten Lingling and the others."
"Father, is this snake poisonous?"
Boss Fu nodded and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He was so frightened when he heard Fu Wan say that she almost bit her granddaughter that he broke out in a cold sweat.
"This snake is not only venomous, but highly venomous. Look at the patterns on its body; it doesn't look like a non-venomous snake."
That makes sense. The snake was about a meter long and looked somewhat like the silver-ringed snake that Fu Wan had seen before, with rings all over its body.
Unlike the banded krait, this snake wasn't black and white, but blue and black. Its head was also quite large, and its mouth had a yellowish tinge. It was a gray-blue flat-tailed sea snake. Baozi, who was afraid of snakes, quickly closed her eyes. The body was already a mangled mess, and Fu Wan could only barely make out the features from the pile of flesh, piecing them together with her memories.
"So what kind of snake is this?"
Ye Lin couldn't help but ask, as he had learned something new, seeing a blue and black snake for the first time.
"This is a blue-gray flat-tailed sea snake, a type of highly venomous sea snake. If you see this snake in the future, please stay away from it if possible."
This type of snake can swim in water and climb trees. They typically locate their prey by smell.
We probably startled it when we arrived on the island.
Come to think of it, it would be strange if there weren't snakes on such a big island.
"But this snake is poisonous, so it should be okay for Little Yellow to eat it, right?"
Upon hearing its name called, Xiao Huang shook its head, and then, taking advantage of Fu Wan's inattention, secretly pecked at a piece of snake meat and swallowed it.
Oh my, this is delicious, so delicious!
Boss Fu shook his head. "It's alright. The kestrels are birds of prey, and they grow up eating these kinds of things. This little bit of toxicity won't affect them."
This is similar to how people eat chili peppers. Initially, they are allergic to spiciness, but after a while, they become immune to it.
As they were talking, Ye Xiaocui and the others had already started a fire. The fresh water in the stainless steel pot was boiling. Fu Ming took Jack to the side and washed a few sea snails, planning to throw them in after they finished eating the noodles.
Seeing this, Boss Fu quickly carried his bucket over. This time, they came out to eat noodles again. However, Ye Xiaocui was also quite capable. When she heard Fu Wan say that she would eat the blue melon seed bream herself, she glared at her but didn't say anything.
She simply fried the fish tail and head in a stainless steel pot with a little oil, then added water and brought it to a boil. When she finally added the noodles, Fu Wan could smell the aroma of the fish even from a distance.
As for the blue grouper, it is sliced and added to the pan when the noodles are about 70% cooked, so that the noodles are cooked by the time the noodles are done.
The blue-spotted fish didn't have many bones. Fu Wan carefully checked it before serving it to Fu Ling and Ye Xiaocui, making sure there weren't any small bones.
Everyone had a good meal, but Jack, after finishing a bowl of noodles, not only drank the soup but also wanted another bowl.
However, considering that he still had to take a boat later, he could only silently put down his chopsticks, afraid that what he had finally managed to eat would be vomited up later.
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