Sea urchin nest
"What did you find?"
As soon as Li Guoqing saw him coming, he quickly pulled Li Xiangdong over, "Second Brother, look what this is?"
Li Guoqing tried his best to suppress his cheerful voice, because there were other people gathering seafood nearby, and he was afraid that making a loud noise would attract their attention.
"Wow! A sea urchin nest!"
Li Xiangdong also saw it; several pieces of broken reef were densely covered with sea urchins of all sizes!
Judging by appearances, there are probably more than a hundred.
The two stopped talking and placed the basket under the sea urchins. With a gentle hook, they pulled a sea urchin into the basket.
This is a particularly stress-relieving activity.
The two of them happily hooked all the sea urchins off the rocks, and soon their baskets were full.
Seeing the remaining sea urchins, the two simply sat on the ground and started cracking them open to eat.
When Li Xiangdong ate sea urchin for the first time in his past life, his friend winked at him and said, "Enjoy the feeling of the sea urchin roe lingering on your tongue, it's like a French kiss!"
Perhaps the sea urchins he ate back then weren't fresh enough, because Li Xiangdong didn't have that wonderful feeling. But now he does.
So, in no time, the two of them ate a whole bunch of sea urchins, and used all the water they had with them to wash them. As a result, they were so sick of the sea urchins that they didn't even have a sip of water left.
Grandpa Li, who had already collected a full basket of seafood, searched the entire beach but couldn't find the two little ones. He was extremely anxious, worried that they might get lost!
Just as I was scanning the beach with my eyes wide open, I saw two people walking over with a basket full of sea urchins, looking worried.
Where did you two go?
Then, his anger turned to joy, "How did we find so many sea urchins?"
Li Xiangdong, not bothering to answer his question, asked, "Is there still water in your kettle?"
"Yes, I have....."
Li Xiangdong took the kettle, gulped down half a kettle of water, and immediately handed it to Li Guoqing, who was staring at him expectantly. He gasped, "It's too salty!"
After learning the whole story, Old Master Li was speechless. "You ate so many sea urchins raw?"
The old man was very worried that when they went to shuck oysters later, they might eat until they were stuffed.
All three of their baskets were full, so they had to put their things down at home first and then come back with the empty baskets, which would also be a good opportunity to go home and have breakfast.
Grandpa Li told them to empty the seafood from the basket onto the ground, then sort it into different buckets, add water, and cover them with lids.
Li Guoqing was making breakfast inside, though it couldn't really be called breakfast anymore, since it was already 9:30.
Although he was overwhelmed by the savory taste of raw sea urchin earlier, he has now already eaten several sea urchins, made steamed sea urchin with eggs, steamed a few crabs, and cooked some white porridge.
Just as the food was cooked, Li Jinyin pushed the door open and came in. He sniffed and took a deep breath. "It smells so good!"
"Did you make steamed sea urchin with egg?"
He looked at the dining table and sure enough, there was a large plate of golden-yellow steamed sea urchin eggs.
It's better to be lucky than early. He thought he would only be able to eat some cold leftovers, but he didn't expect to get some hot food.
The four of them wolfed down their food. When Li Jinyin heard that they hadn't gone to shuck oysters yet, he laughed and said, "All the big oysters on the beach have been picked clean by people. There aren't any decent ones left."
That's true. The beach they went to in the morning was relatively flat and was the best place on the island for beachcombing. People of all ages and genders liked to go there.
"Brother Yin, do you have a good spot?"
Li Jinyin smiled mysteriously, "Of course!"
Li Guoqing eagerly handed him the last large steamed egg with sea urchin, saying, "Brother Yin, you can have this!"
This infuriated Old Master Li, who was about to reach for the sea urchin, so much that he started blowing his beard.
However, Li Xiangdong and Li Guoqing, the two youngest sons, were both distracted by their son's words, so the old man could only eat a smaller sea urchin instead.
"When we went out to sea, we found a deserted island to the southeast. There was no one on it, but the rocks were covered with oysters, mussels, pen holders, and the like!"
Li Jinyin thoroughly enjoyed eating the sea urchin, oblivious to his father's constant winks.
Old Master Li's eyes were practically twitching, but his son was utterly blind. He could only cough and say in a deep voice, "Xiangdong and Guoqing aren't from our coastal area. What if something happens to them if you take them to a deserted island?"
That makes a lot of sense. Professor Liu entrusted his two young sons to him. It was fine for him to take them around the island; they were safe. But now that they were going out to sea, he couldn't be responsible if something happened.
After listening to his father's words, Li Jinyin's feverish mind calmed down. He scratched the back of his head and said, "Dad, you're right."
Li Guoqing remained silent, only looking at Li Xiangdong with his eyes, waiting to see his reaction.
Li Xiangdong showed no sign of displeasure. He understood the thoughts of the Li family father and son, and he also valued his own life.
He's here to relax and unwind; he doesn't need to take any risks just for some seafood.
"Then let's not go to the deserted island. Let's eat first, then go get some oysters, and we can go sea fishing this afternoon!"
Li Jinyin was an honest and kind man. He was worried that Li Xiangdong and Li Xiangdong would be angry. Seeing that Li Xiangdong was not unhappy, he decided to give up his work of mending the net and accompany them to shuck oysters.
After the four finished their meal, they carried the large bucket back to the beach. By then, the sun was quite strong, and there were far fewer people on the beach; they had probably all gone home.
Li Jinyin found a place filled with pebbles of various sizes, and sure enough, many oysters grew on it.
These oysters grew together with the rocks, clinging tightly to the reef, one next to the other, though they weren't particularly large.
Of course, the rocks are also covered with emerald green mussels and clusters of pen holders.
Mussels, scientifically known as mussels, are called sea mussels in Huichuan. They are a very common type of shellfish and were not very expensive even in later generations, costing about ten yuan for three catties.
The dried mussel meat is called dried mussels, which are similar to small dried oysters, but the taste is quite different.
Li Jinyin put on gloves, swung the sharp hammer in his hand, first stabbed the tip into the oyster shell, and then pried it open with a force, revealing the plump, snow-white oyster meat with black edges.
He used a small shovel to cut off the oyster's foot, and then the oyster meat fell into the bucket.
The other three did the same thing: they picked up the larger oysters first, and let the smaller ones go. As for the mussels and pen holders, they didn't even glance at them.
As they were working, Grandpa Li suddenly exclaimed, "Oh ho, little abalone!"
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