Because Ye Cheng is lightweight, he can stand a little higher.
The two searched the entire cave tirelessly, and managed to bring down all the animals except for a few that were too high to reach.
Of course, there are still many gaps that I haven't looked into carefully. I can do that next time I have the right tools.
Ye Cheng counted them and found that he had gotten more than 30 pieces in total. He wondered what price he could sell them for.
Before they knew it, the two of them had been working for more than two hours, and it was already noon. Xiao Hu's stomach started to rumble.
"Brother, what do you want to eat? I'm starving."
Ye Cheng was also hungry, and thinking of Wang Defa, that shameless bastard, he got a little angry.
But for now, we can only focus on food.
When Ye Cheng went out just now, he looked around and didn't see any wild fruits, so he could only go to the beach to find something to eat.
"Let's go to the beach and see what we can eat."
The two placed the bird's nest in the cave and then strolled along the beach. Their purpose for beachcombing was simple: to find food, so they found it relatively quickly.
In half an hour, Ye Cheng picked up several mussels and clams. Xiao Hu had caught a stone crab, but Ye Cheng threw it away because it was difficult to catch.
Incidentally, the two also found two sea cucumbers and pried open two small oysters, which looked like quite a good find.
Ye Cheng had Xiao Hu kill and clean these animals at the beach, while he found a stone slab and took them all back to the cave.
Since we didn't bring a pot, we had to use this thin stone slab as a griddle to make teppanyaki.
After a quick wash, Ye Cheng found some dry branches and started a fire. Luckily, he had a lighter, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to start the fire.
I learned about grilling on a stone slab from a survival show, and it turned out to be quite practical. The slab heated up quickly, and Ye Cheng poured all the clam meat, mussel meat, sea cucumber, and oysters onto it.
There was no oil, just the natural oils from the food itself, which quickly gave it a fragrant aroma.
Without chopsticks, the two of them used two twigs to eat, and surprisingly...
The taste was really mediocre; there wasn't a drop of salt in it.
But they were so hungry that they wolfed down their food.
The best-tasting seafood is oysters and sea cucumbers; these two have the best texture.
The mussels were much worse; the meat was too tough.
After eating a meal in the wilderness, the two of them drank two bottles of spring water and felt full, which made them feel a little better.
Checking the time, it was about time. Ye Cheng led Xiao Hu back to the coconut grove. There were only 6 traps in total. To be honest, Ye Cheng didn't have much hope. The first 4 traps yielded nothing, not even a hermit crab.
After reaching the fifth trap, Xiao Hu suddenly lowered his voice and said,
"Brother, look!"
Ye Cheng looked through the bushes and saw a blue coconut crab circling under the trap. It was quite large, probably weighing more than 2 pounds.
After capturing the coconut crab, the sixth trap was also empty.
After a whole day of beachcombing, the two only managed to get a little over 50 pieces of bird's nest and one coconut crab.
The thought of seeing that damned Wang Defa soon made Ye Cheng angry. Damn it, he had left the two of them on the island for a whole day!
When they arrived at the beach, Wang Defa's boat had just arrived, its engine churning.
Before the boat had even come to a complete stop, Ye Cheng jumped aboard, grabbed Wang Defa, and pinned him to the deck.
"Did you already know there were no coconut crabs on the island, and then deliberately not answer the phone?"
Wang Defa looked completely innocent. "Second brother, you didn't ask. You just said you wanted to go here, so I brought you here. If you had asked, I definitely would have told you."
These words left Ye Cheng speechless. Damn it, you think you can always come up with a lie.
Seeing his second uncle being pinned to the ground by Ye Cheng, Xiao Hu quickly came over and pulled him away, after all, he was his own uncle.
"Second Uncle, you're a real dog! You could have told us you were out of food, and then you didn't even remind us when you saw we didn't have any. We almost starved to death." Xiao Hu scolded Wang Defa and then went into the cabin to get two buckets of instant noodles.
I only ate a little bit at noon, and I'm starving.
Wang Defa patted his butt, not angry at all, "You should be able to guess what happened. The coconut crabs sold for 20,000 yuan. Of course, other people will ask me about it."
You all know me, I'm pretty loyal. If a friend asks, I'll definitely tell them. And when there are a lot of people involved, it becomes like this.
Ye Chengfei rolled his eyes at him, "You call yourself righteous? I think you've been paid to do it."
Wang Defa chuckled twice, "Of course, I have to take the money too."
"Give us our money back! Give us back our boat fare!" Ye Cheng said, looking annoyed.
When money was mentioned, Wang Defa immediately became serious. He turned to Ye Cheng and said, "Second brother, we made a promise, no regrets. We men are men of our word, we have to keep our word."
Besides.
Wang Defa pointed to Ye Cheng and his group's water tank, "Didn't you guys also get a coconut crab?"
Ye Cheng snorted coldly, "You think I'm not losing out by spending a whole day getting a coconut crab?"
Ye Cheng specifically instructed Xiao Hu not to mention the bird's nest incident, precisely because he was afraid of Wang Defa's big mouth.
If he exposes this again, I'll have nothing left.
"Second brother, your second uncle has something to say to you. The two of you have worked all day and only caught one coconut crab. That's pretty good. If everyone in the village had this kind of income, they would all be going to the beach to collect seafood. Who would still want to work?"
That makes perfect sense, leaving Ye Chengdu speechless. If villagers could earn this much from beachcombing, then no one would need to work.
But I'm different. I'm a system guy, so I have to have ambitions.
The boat started moving. Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu sat at the bow, eating instant noodles and scolding Wang Defa. Wang Defa smiled without saying a word. Anyway, getting a refund was impossible. They could eat their noodles if they wanted.
"No, Second Uncle, this isn't the way back," Xiao Hu mumbled through a mouthful of noodles.
Originally, the way back from this island was simply to head west, but Wang De found himself heading north instead.
"I have another trap over there. It'll be quick to pull it in after a quick run," Wang Defa explained, then glanced at Ye Cheng, his eyes gleaming.
Ye Cheng immediately became alert and pointed at Wang Defa, saying, "Well, don't overthink it, don't expect me to scam you again. You swindled 200 yuan from me today, that's enough, okay?"
Wang Defa chuckled and pointed at Ye Cheng, saying, "I knew you were smart, second brother. You really are exceptional. I hadn't even finished explaining, and you already understood."
"roll!"
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