Chapter 254: Chasing the Sea

Given Ma Guilan's personality, she probably also likes to go fishing.

Gu Cheng was not happy: "Forget it, Tian Pinggui will not rest tomorrow."

The family of three finally got a chance to go out for fun, and he didn't want anyone to disturb them.

Liu Yinyin: “…”

Ma Guilan has two daughters with her and will not cause any trouble to them.

Besides, Gu Yanyan really needs a playmate.

However, Liu Yinyin didn't say anything in the end.

At night, Liu Yinyin was sleeping in a daze, and suddenly she heard some noise next door...it should be Zhou Zhian and his wife coming back.

Without thinking much, Liu Yinyin turned over and continued to sleep.

The next day, just after dawn, the family of three got out of bed.

Liu Yinyin quickly fried a few egg pancakes for breakfast...

She was careful enough, but still accidentally disturbed the people next to her.

"Yinyin." Ma Guilan yawned and wondered, "Why did you get up so early today?"

Some men have to go to work early and exercise early every day, so it is understandable that they get up early.

But Liu Yinyin is different. After observing her for some time, in Ma Guilan's eyes.

This girl knows how to enjoy herself and usually sleeps until she wakes up naturally in the morning.

Liu Yinyin said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, Gu Cheng is off today, we plan to go to the beach after breakfast."

Ma Guilan was delighted when she heard this: "Going to the sea? Wait a minute, I'll go with you."

How could she be missing out on such a good thing?

Liu Yinyin: “…”

In the end, the trip of three became a trip of six.

Liu Yinyin found it a little funny and took a scarf and wrapped it around Gu Yanyan.

It was cold in the morning and the sea was rough, so it was easy for children to catch a cold.

There was a strong wind last night. After the tide goes out in the morning, there will be a lot of seaweed, fish, shrimps and crabs on the beach that were blown by the wind and waves.

So, there are quite a lot of people coming to the sea today.

Of course, most of the people who come here are villagers from the island.

As a newcomer, Ma Guilan was a little nervous, fearing that she would be excluded by others.

Liu Yinyin also felt a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, with the presence of Gu Cheng, a grown man, they felt a little more at ease.

The two of them had no experience in fishing, so they found a place with few people to dig clams...

Gu Cheng actually had no interest in catching up with the sea, he just wanted to spend time with the mother and son.

Liu Yinyin had someone to accompany her, so he could only take care of the child.

When Gu Yanyan saw the sand on the sea, his eyes widened with curiosity.

Children have no resistance to sand.

He was wearing so many clothes and was running around on the beach like a little penguin.

He used the small wooden shovel that Gu Cheng made for him and dug here and there.

I don’t know if it’s his nature or what, but the kid knows there are good things hidden under the sand, so he starts digging with a shovel.

After a while, a beautiful shell really appeared underneath.

The boy put the shovel aside, squatted down, and started picking up shells.

Seeing that his face was about to fall into the sand, Gu Cheng pulled his collar up.

The little boy was so tired that his face was red. He held a red shell in his hand and handed it to Gu Cheng: "Dad..."

Gu Cheng met his sparkling eyes and asked, "For me?"

Gu Yanyan nodded seriously: "Dad, give it to me..."

Gu Cheng took the small shell he handed over and brushed off the sand on his hands.

Gu Yanyan picked up his small shovel and continued to dig for shells. He was busy and happy as if he had found something interesting.

Liu Yinyin on the other side was also busy.

After the high tide, there are so many things on the beach.

Liu Yinyin has already dug up half a bucket of clams, razor clams, and mussels.

Ma Guilan picked up more. She was very skillful and had the help of the eldest lady. She filled half a bucket with clams and razor clams.

Although there are a lot of things on the beach, most of them are small shellfish, not very big in size.

After coming here with great difficulty, Liu Yinyin doesn't want to just pick up these little things.

She looked up and saw that many of the people who came to catch the sea had already gone into the water. There must be more seafood in the shallow water area, and maybe even some big stocks.

Liu Yinyin was eager to make a move. She rolled up her trousers and said to Ma Guilan, "Sister-in-law, I'm going to take a look at the shallow water area over there."

Ma Guilan nodded: "Then you should be careful."

It’s not that she didn’t want to go, but she was in such a hurry this time that Ma Guilan’s family didn’t prepare any wading shoes.

It was so cold, there was no way she could go fishing barefoot.

Liu Yinyin found a place with reefs to go into the water...

Sure enough, there are more seafood in the water.

After a while, Liu Yinyin found two abalones hiding in the reef, which looked quite big.

Abalone is good stuff.

Liu Yinyin stepped on the stone, took the pliers, and directly clamped out the two big abalones that were huddled together and put them into the bucket.

Things are most easily hidden in the reefs. Liu Yinyin also caught a few orchid crabs, but they didn't look very big.

Such a small crab didn’t have much meat, so Liu Yinyin threw the crab back into the sea.

I turned around and used a small net to scoop out some conches from the water...

I don't know how long I worked. The sun rose higher and higher, and people who came to catch the sea left one after another.

The water in the shallow sea area was made turbid by the people going out to sea to fish, and it was impossible to see what was underneath clearly.

Liu Yinyin carried the wooden bucket ashore...

Hiss, it’s quite heavy. Today’s harvest is quite good.

In addition to clams and razor clams, there are also conch, octopus, two large abalones and some small fish and shrimps.

The buckets are almost full, these sea fish and shrimps probably weigh more than ten pounds.

Gu Cheng carried Gu Yanyan, who was covered in sand, over to help her get her things.

Liu Yinyin looked at the dirty little guy and twitched her lips slightly: "How did you get into this state?"

Like a little cat.

There was sand not only on Gu Yanyan's body, face, and hair.

Gu Cheng said helplessly: "I was not careful when walking and almost fell into the hole I dug myself."

Liu Yinyin smiled when she heard this: "Hurry back and give him a bath, or he will catch a cold."

There was no need for Liu Yinyin's help. Gu Cheng walked in front, holding the child in one hand and carrying a wooden bucket in the other.

Liu Yinyin was carrying Gu Yanyan's small bucket behind.

Ma Guilan had quite a good harvest this time, a bucket full of clams and razor clams, as well as a few sea urchins and starfish.

Her eldest daughter, Tian Danniu, was also quite capable and picked up half a bucket of seafood.

Liu Yinyin glanced at the diligent little girl and asked Ma Guilan, "Sister-in-law, is the big girl in school?"

Ma Guilan said casually, "I studied for two years before, but the school was closed due to the bad harvest in the past two years, so I didn't continue my studies."

Liu Yinyin said "Oh" and then said, "I think the environment on the island is pretty good. I don't know if there are any schools. It would be better for children to read more books. It will also be an advantage when looking for a job in the future."