readytorunbook Chapter 261: Fun at the Beach
Chapter 261: Fun at the Beach
They were watching intently when they heard Heihei and Xiaobai's warning growls from the side.
Xia Qingyue looked over and saw three medium-sized hermit crabs on the beach moving quickly in different directions, all heading towards the sea.
Black and White chased them relentlessly, being full of curiosity about new things while remaining alert. Sometimes they raised their feet to poke the hermit crabs, and sometimes they tilted their heads in confusion, just like a vivid dragon and lion dance.
She couldn't help laughing, and when she saw the colorful shells and conchs on the beach ahead, her eyes suddenly lit up with joy.
"Let's go pick up shells over there!" She took Han Zhibai's hand and ran over there.
The shells and conches were big and small, white, purple, and golden in various shapes. She picked out the good-looking ones and exclaimed in amazement from time to time.
As she was picking, she saw a hole on the beach in front of her, which was washed by waves of sea water. She had seen in videos in her previous life that there might be seafood underneath such places, such as clams and crabs.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but walk over there.
Han Zhibai followed her and saw her staring at the hole on the beach below. He said, "There may be crabs hiding underneath. Let me dig."
As he spoke, he squatted down and started digging with his hands. After a few diggings, sea water surged up, blowing up the sand. The water became turbid and he couldn't see what was going on underneath.
The sea water gradually receded, and a black shadow suddenly appeared where the hole was, and it moved rapidly downwards with the force of the sea water.
She said excitedly: "It's a crab, catch it!"
Han Zhibai was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and he caught it accurately in one move. It was a not-so-big blue crab.
"That's great. Let's see if there are any other holes like this nearby." She turned around to look for it, and soon found one. She ran over and started digging with her hands.
"Qingyue, be careful, don't get caught."
"Don't worry, I've been catching crabs in the river since I was a child, so I have rich experience." Without even turning her head, she quickly dug the white sand, and a tip of a yellow-white thing suddenly popped out. She reached out to grab it, but it sensed danger and shrank back into the sand in the blink of an eye.
Not caught.
"Clam, I must catch you!" She continued to dig unwillingly. After spending more than a quarter of an hour, she finally caught the clam and felt very happy.
She handed it to Han Zhibai like she was showing him a treasure, "Look, this is what I caught!"
"Qingyue, there is an area in front with crabs, snails, shells, and this thing in your hand."
"Then let's go over there, play for a while and then go back. We'll see if we have time to go fishing later in the evening."
Han Zhibai nodded and shouted to the two little ones who were having fun behind him, "Heihei, Xiaobai, follow us!"
They moved forward and encountered a coconut tree with several coconuts on it along the way.
She smacked her lips as she watched.
"I don't have a knife now, so it's hard to get it down. I'll go to the wooden house in front and there's a knife there. I'll chop the coconut down."
"Wooden house?" She glanced at him.
"It was a wooden house built on the beach, with a lot of miscellaneous items piled inside, like some utensils, fishing nets, and wooden boats."
"Wooden boat!?" Her voice suddenly rose.
"Yes, but it's not very big, just enough for three people. I'm thinking of making a bigger boat when there's room later. If the weather is good, we can go out to sea on the boat."
This idea is totally fine!
After walking for more than a quarter of an hour, they came to the wooden house on the beach. The house was more than ten square meters in size. After experiencing wind and sun, it left traces of vicissitudes of time. Some places had worm holes in the wooden boards, while others were cracked and damaged, and covered with dust everywhere.
Han Zhibai opened the door, waited until the dust had settled, and went in first, followed by her.
A wooden boat in the house is particularly eye-catching. It is light yellow in color, smooth in surface with brown lines, and about six meters long. There are oars inside the boat. It has not been taken care of for a long time, and dust and cobwebs have accumulated on it.
On the other side of the boat were several rows of wooden racks on which were placed utensils, wooden barrels, fishing nets, straw raincoats and other daily necessities.
Although the house is not big, it contains a lot of things that are needed for going out to sea.
He found a handy small shovel, two torches, and picked up two wooden buckets. "Let's go outside and catch crabs."
"Great!"
They took their tools and went outside to the beach.
At this time, the sun had already set, but there was still a ray of light in the sky. The sky darkened, and the cold moon was like a hook in the night, and the stars were twinkling.
The beach here is affected by the terrain. When the sea water surges up, it tends to bring up creatures from the shallow water areas of the sea. Seafood such as conchs, crabs, and shells can be seen every few steps on the beach.
Seeing this, Xia Qingyue exclaimed and hurriedly leaned over to catch the medium-sized crab that was crawling past her.
"It's so nice here!" She happily squatted down to pick up conch shells, just like she was picking up the money she had dreamed of countless times but could never pick up all the money.
Han Zhibai followed her to pick up seafood, and occasionally reminded her where there were large seafood items.
Meanwhile, Heihei and Xiaobai were busy playing, either kicking shells and conches to chase them, or fighting with crabs. Sometimes they got pinched and barked angrily.
They were all immersed in the joy of picking up seafood.
After an incense stick of time, the two wooden barrels were half full, and they picked out the big and good ones.
The sky had become completely dark, and the only way to get around was by lighting a torch nearby. The sea breeze was howling, giving me goose bumps.
They all thought it was time to go back, as they might get sick if they continued to blow like this.
Holding torches for lighting, they hurried home. When they passed a coconut tree on the way, Han Zhibai suggested climbing up and chopping down a few. It was getting dark at night, and even with the torches for lighting, visibility was still limited. She felt it was unsafe to climb trees at night, so she didn't let him climb up, saying that she was too cold and didn't want to drink, so they could wait until daytime to chop down some.
The distance is not far, and you can get home in three to five minutes.
The cattle and sheep in the poultry house heard them coming back and started calling out anxiously.
Han Zhibai carried the wooden bucket into the kitchen and lit the oil lamp. "I'm going to feed the poultry."
"I'll make dinner. How about eating these tonight? Steam some sorghum flour steamed bread for the staple food."
"can."
As soon as he left, Xia Qingyue was the only one left in the kitchen. The two kids were tired from playing outside and fell asleep in the main room without even eating.
Xia Qingyue picked out the blue crabs, cleaned them, and steamed them directly in the pot. The fresh seafood tasted sweet and fresh, and you can eat it in its original flavor.
The cat's eye snails and several other large snails were blanched in water, then taken out and rinsed with cold water. They were taken out with a thin bamboo stick and the black stuff at the tail was removed. She didn't know if those things were edible, so she only kept the snail meat.
Cut the snail meat into thin slices and stir-fry with dried chili peppers, dried Sichuan peppercorns and wild onions. It tastes spicy and fresh.
Put salt and oil in the white clam in advance to let it spit out the sand. If there are loofah or radish greens, they can be used to make soup. In her previous life, she had drunk white clam loofah soup when she was traveling at the seaside. The taste was fresh and sweet, and she still remembers it clearly.
Without vegetables like loofah, she only made a bowl of clear soup with white clams.
After more than half an hour, it was time for dinner. She called Heihei and Xiaobai to eat. Their dinner was sorghum flour steamed bread and boiled rabbit.