Chen Qiuju was very serious about teaching. After prying off a few oysters, she asked, "Have you learned it?"
"I've learned it."
The two nodded in unison and joined the team that was prying oysters.
The three of them did not gather together, but each chose an area to work in.
The area chosen by Jian Yuelan is relatively flat.
As soon as she rolled up her trouser legs and went into the water wearing her Liberation shoes, fish of all sizes swam out from under the reef.
Fish are too agile and difficult to catch with bare hands.
She didn't think about catching fish, mainly because she didn't recognize any of the fish.
Then she set her sights on the sea urchins and conchs on the rocky bottom of the reef.
It was easy to pick up conchs and sea urchins, and I picked up half a bucket in no time.
There was no refrigerator at home, and she was not greedy, so she stopped and prepared to pry the oysters.
Suddenly, I caught a glimpse of a dark shadow out of the corner of my eye.
She looked closely and found that it was actually a school of yellow croaker.
Judging from the scale, there are about 60 or 70 of them, conservatively estimated.
The key point is that these yellow croakers are not small in size. The big ones weigh about two or three pounds, and the small ones weigh about seven or eight taels.
Jian Yuelan suddenly became energized, rushed over quickly, and smashed her fist hard at the school of fish.
“Plop—”
Amidst the huge splash of water, the fish fled in panic.
Several yellow croakers jumped high in panic and fell onto the rocks with splashes of water.
"Sister-in-law, come quickly, there are fish."
She happily picked up the fish from the rocks and threw them into the bucket, shouting.
Zheng Wan and Chen Qiuju, who heard the sound of water and looked out to see what was going on, became alert at the same time.
"Here I come."
The two of them responded and came over here.
"Hurry, I've left two for each of you."
There were 7 yellow croakers in total. Jian Yuelan picked up three of similar size and left the remaining four slightly larger ones to Chen Qiuju and Zheng Wan.
"Why is there a yellow croaker here?"
Chen Qiuju was full of confusion. Among marine fish, yellow croaker is a relatively popular fish, with tender meat and few bones. It is sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives on the island, and orders are placed from local fishermen.
Yellow croaker is a deep-sea fish and will not easily move to shallow waters.
If you can catch the seafood in time, your ancestors will be so happy.
Looking at the yellow croaker that Jian Yuelan handed over, she murmured, "Could it be that newbies really have better luck? Why don't I have it?"
Zheng Wan, who was putting the fish into the bucket, suddenly lit up her eyes.
"Sister-in-law, are newbies really lucky?" she asked excitedly, "I'm a newbie too, can I catch some fish too?"
Chen Qiuju's helplessness suddenly disappeared.
The corners of her mouth twitched, and she looked at Zheng Wan, who was excited, and said, "I don't know if you, a newcomer, can be lucky enough to catch fish. I only know that we have fish today."
“Not only fish, but also sea urchins and conchs.”
As she spoke, Jian Yuelan bent down and reached into the water, pulling out two sea urchins. She said, "There are quite a lot of sea urchins and conchs here. Sisters-in-law, do you want to pick some up and take them back?"
"want."
Sea urchins and conch are also delicious.
It doesn’t matter if you haven’t encountered it, but if you have, you can’t let it go.
There are fish, oysters, sea urchins and conchs. This trip is worth it.
The reefs are really a magical place, with all kinds of fish, shrimp, crabs, snails and oysters.
Not only that, there is also abalone.
There are just not many of them and they are not big in size.
Jian Yue picked up exactly ten, and Chen Qiuju picked up six.
Zheng Wan was luckier, she got thirteen.
"Shouldn't we go back now?"
Looking at the almost full bucket, Zheng Wan gave a reminder.
Chen Qiuju looked up at the sun in the sky and said, "It's time to go back. Let's go. We'll come back next time."
Living on an island, you don’t have to worry about missing opportunities to go to the beach.
The three of them decided to quit while they were ahead and left the reefs and headed back.
After walking a distance, the three found that there were many people gathered in front of them, and they could hear faint crying and wailing.
"Oh no, something happened."
Their hearts skipped a beat, and after exchanging glances, the three of them ran towards the area where the crowd was gathering.
Ye Linxing and his team are the first group of soldiers to land on the island, and more soldiers and their families will arrive later.
There are not many military dependents accompanying the army nowadays.
Therefore, except for the two military wives, the rest of the crowd were fellow villagers from the island.
The villagers were yelling and the kids were crying.
Someone was talking in dialect, which Jian Yuelan couldn't understand.
But that didn't stop her from looking through the gap.
Then, she saw a child with a purple face being held upside down. The man was holding the child's ankles and shaking them hard, saying something anxiously.
"What's going on? Why are you shaking the baby upside down?"
"The kid got stuck while playing with a small shell."
A military wife who knew what had happened took over the conversation.
Jian Yuelan stuffed the bucket into Chen Qiuju's hands, rushed over, snatched the child from the man's hands, and said, "Get out of the way."
“*&*(%$#…”
The man who was caught off guard and had his child snatched away was stunned for a moment, then he reached out to snatch the child away in anger.
"Don't rush, I can save him!"
Her pretty face was frosty as she scolded him angrily. The man was stunned and stretched out his hand, hesitated for a while, and then retracted it.
Then he looked at her nervously with sweat on his forehead.
Jian Yuelan didn't have time to talk. She stood firmly with her front legs bent and her back legs kicked, let the child sit on her bent thighs, and began to perform the Heimlich maneuver.
In an instant, the noisy scene became silent.
Everyone looked at Jian Yuelan and the child in her lap.
Zheng Wan was a little flustered and whispered, "Sister-in-law, can Xiao Jian do it?"
But instead of saving others, he caused trouble.
"have no idea."
Chen Qiuju was also panicked, but she stayed calm.
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