After walking a few steps, Feng Ye saw another black sphere lying quietly on the sand ahead.
He quickly walked over and picked it up.
This is a sea urchin, and it's quite big, about 4 centimeters long.
Not bad, I can make my son a bowl of steamed sea urchin and egg.
Suddenly, Feng Xidong's voice rang in his ears: "Uncle, I've found a really ugly crab too, come and help me catch it."
"They're here."
Feng Ye picked up the cat's-eye snail he had just seen and quickly walked over.
Upon closer inspection, they saw Feng Xidong squatting on the beach, watching a mahi-mahi crab eat with great interest.
The victim was a clam.
Clams are actually called flower clams, a very common and inexpensive type of shellfish, and in some places they are also called flower cockles.
However, its scientific name—variegated clam—is probably known to very few people.
"Uncle, this ugly crab is amazing. Its two pincers can even pry open a clam's shell."
The demon crab had already pried open the clam's shell.
It's using one pair of pincers to support the clam while the other pincers reach inside to grab the clam's meat.
"That's why we don't let you catch crabs. You're still too young, and if a crab's claws pinch your fingers, they could be broken off."
"I didn't arrest him..."
Feng Xidong argued, his eyes still fixed on the feeding mahi-mahi crab.
The mahi-mahi crab pried around inside the clam with its claws for a few moments, then pulled out the clam meat and put it directly into its mouth.
Upon seeing this, Feng Xidong excitedly exclaimed, "We ate! We ate!"
"Okay, I'll help you put it in the bucket."
Feng Ye reached behind, picked up the ghost crab, and put it into Feng Xidong's small bucket.
This devil crab is very greedy. Even when it was caught, it was reluctant to let go of the claws and kept tightly gripping the clam meat.
Perhaps because of his gluttony, this one was a size larger than the ones he had caught before, probably weighing about four ounces.
Moreover, the shell is very hard, not the soft kind that comes right after molting.
"Alright, keep looking. Call me if you see any more crabs."
"good……"
Feng Xidong picked up the bucket and ran off again.
Feng Ye continued strolling on the beach, but before he had gone a few steps, someone called him again.
He hurried over, only to find that the little girl from the neighbor's house over there had found a seven or eight-ounce blue crab, but dared not touch it.
Blue crabs are much more ferocious than mahi-mahi crabs, and their claws are larger and more powerful.
Let alone children, even adults would be badly injured if they got pinched.
In the following days, the sounds of children finding crabs and calling for his help to catch them could be heard from time to time.
Feng Ye helped this person and that person, running around on the beach, but he himself didn't pick up much more stuff.
When Ah-chan returned pushing the cart, he thought of calling all the children back.
"Men, stop looking and go back."
There were no other adults around, and no one was watching over him; he couldn't rest easy.
If danger occurs, there will be no one to save you.
"Oh? You're home so soon? Uncle, shall we play a little longer?"
Feng Xidong looked up at Feng Ye, then gazed reluctantly at the surrounding beach.
Then I found another oyster shell and excitedly ran over to pick it up.
The other children were having so much fun that they didn't want to go back so soon, so they ignored them and continued to run around happily.
"Come back with me, and I'll cook you the shellfish we've taken from the bottom of the ship."
"Okay, okay..."
"Let's go, let's go back and eat seafood."
As soon as they heard there was food, they all excitedly ran over.
Now that the Lunar New Year is over and most of the holiday treats have been eaten, the children are back to a life where they have almost no snacks besides three meals a day.
...
When Ye Qingling saw them return with a group of children beside them, she was completely dumbfounded.
"Ah Ye, why did you bring back so many children?"
Before Feng Ye could speak, Feng Xidong interjected, "Auntie, Uncle said he'd cook us some shellfish."
Ye Qingling looked at Feng Ye and asked, "What are you up to?"
Feng Ye didn't rush to answer, but instead smiled and said to the children, "What would you do if I said I was lying to you?"
"Oh, Uncle, you can't go back on your word!"
"That's right, if you're lying, I'll never trust you again."
"We just worked so hard for you, and you actually tried to cheat us? That's too much."
"Uncle Aye, you can't do this..."
The children started complaining all at once, almost glaring at each other angrily.
Seeing the children's reactions, Feng Ye couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Alright, alright, I was just kidding. I'll cook it, I'll definitely cook it, I'll cook you a huge basinful, so you can eat your fill."
"Hmph, that's more like it."
Ye Qingling looked at the group of children, then at Feng Ye and A-Can, and asked again, "What exactly happened?"
Ah-Can shook his head: "All I know is that these kids helped us collect shellfish, but I don't know what Ye-ge promised them."
"This is what happened..."
Feng Ye recounted the whole story in detail.
"I see. Then let's cook it as a treat for them."
Upon hearing this, Ye Qingling smiled with understanding.
Feng Ye and A Can dumped all the shellfish from the snakeskin bags onto the ground and called the children to help sort them.
Ye Qingling went to the kitchen first to start a fire and boil water, and then came out to help.
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