Chapter 663: What's This?
Chapter 663: What’s This?
Zhou Ying smiled, "Sis Ruan, I forgot to tell you, this octopus has a secret weapon!"
"I’ll stew it when we get back", Ruan Tang said, feigning anger with a smile.
Ruan Tang threw the octopus into the bucket, but it wrapped itself around her hand.
Zhou Chengsen said, "Use more force, really swing it."
But no matter how many times she tried, she couldn’t shake it off.
She was holding the bucket in one hand and a flashlight in the other.
Zhou Chengsen stepped forward to help, grabbing the octopus and tossing it into the bucket.
Ruan Tang then raised her arm to wipe the ink from her face.
Zhou Chengsen glanced at her and pointed to her forehead, "There’s some here too."
Ruan Tang wiped it.
Then, Zhou Chengsen pointed to another spot, "There’s some here too."
Ruan Tang wiped it again.
Zhou Chengsen pointed again, "Here, and here too."
Ruan Tang wiped it once more.
But no matter how much she wiped, she couldn’t get it all clean.
Zhou Ying tilted her head back, her neck starting to ache.
At that moment, Zhou Zhou, who had caught an octopus, said happily, "I caught one!"
Zhou Ying, feeling anxious, quickly handed her handkerchief to Zhou Chengsen, "Dad, please help Sis Ruan clean up, the ink got on her eyelids."
Ruan Tang: "..."
"It’s fine, it doesn’t need to be cleaned."
Zhou Chengsen took the handkerchief and said, "Close your eyes."
Ruan Tang closed her eyes.
Zhou Chengsen gently wiped the ink from her eyelids and then from her hairline, "All done."
Ruan Tang, still with her eyes closed, hardly dared to breathe.
When she heard him say it was done, she opened her eyes, her heart racing.
Jiang Xia, carrying a bucket, walked over and saw the scene just as it happened.
That harmonious feeling came over her again!
Zhou Ying took Ruan Tang’s hand, "Sis Ruan, let’s keep looking!"
"Okay", Ruan Tang, avoiding Zhou Chengsen’s gaze, answered and walked away with Zhou Ying.
Zhou Zhou didn’t want to lose and wanted to play a game, "Uncle, let’s hurry up too!"
"Sure", Zhou Chengsen responded.
But then Zhou Zhou saw Jiang Xia and immediately said, "Uncle, you catch them yourself! I’ll team up with Auntie!"
How unprofessional!
Zhou Zhou decisively walked over to Jiang Xia!
Zhou Chengsen: "..."
"Auntie, will you team up with me to catch octopuses? We’ll compete with Yingying and Sis Ruan."
Jiang Xia smiled, "Sure, is there a prize for winning?"
"Yes, we can play the arcade game for an extra half-hour."
Jiang Xia smiled, "We have to win then."
Zhou Zhou nodded vigorously!
"Let’s get started."
Zhou Chengsen explained to Jiang Xia, "Lei said you didn’t sleep much last night, so we shouldn’t disturb you."
Jiang Xia smiled, "I knew it was his idea."
Not far away, Zhou Ying excitedly shouted, "Another one! Hurry, it’s about to get away!"
Ruan Tang quickly chased after it.
Zhou Zhou urged, "Auntie!"
The adults were all so relaxed!
It was her game time!
"Alright, let’s catch it now!"
Jiang Xia shone the flashlight and started looking around.
Zhou Chengsen had no choice but to shine his own flashlight and search.
Jiang Xia’s moves were different.
Wherever her light shone, she found something!
"There’s an octopus here!"
Zhou Zhou immediately ran over to catch it!
Jiang Xia also spotted a large blue crab hiding in the sand and quickly scooped it up with her hand net!
Zhou Zhou caught an octopus and a large sand snail.
When she threw them into the bucket, Jiang Xia’s flashlight caught another octopus, "Quick, the octopus is running in that direction."
The aunt and niece quickly chased after it.
The octopus was swimming pretty fast.
But it couldn’t outpace the human’s large, grasping hands.
Zhou Zhou grabbed it with one hand.
Jiang Xia quickly caught a mantis shrimp swimming in the water.
When she picked it up, she saw it wasn’t fat, so she threw it back into the water to let it grow more. Then she picked up an oyster nearby.
It was quite heavy, so it must be fat.
After Zhou Zhou threw the octopus into the bucket, she continued to shine the flashlight around.
The low tide and the darkness of early morning made the sea particularly rich with bounty!
Others might not know, but Jiang Xia could find something with just a few steps!
Of course, this was also because the fishing industry in this era wasn’t as developed as in modern times, so there were many more fish and shellfish in the sea.
However, Zhao Chenglei also said that many fish were not as abundant as they used to be.
So, the prices of some fish were getting higher and higher each year.
"Zhou Zhou, over here, there’s an octopus hiding under this oyster shell. Can you see its tentacles?"
"I see them, it’s really well hidden!"
Zhou Zhou immediately went to grab it.
Jiang Xia felt something strange in the sand under her feet. She bent down and dug a bit, picking up what turned out to be a pearl oyster!
It looked quite old.
She threw it into the bucket.
At that moment, Zhou Zhou exclaimed, "Auntie, a big crab!"
Jiang Xia walked over.
"It’s in that hole, I saw it crawl in."
Jiang Xia used the iron tongs to grab it. It took several tries before she finally caught the large blue crab and threw it into the bucket.
"Auntie, I caught another big octopus!"
"Great job!"
...
Jiang Xia and Zhou Zhou were having a blast, and not far away, Zhou Ying and Ruan Tang were doing the same.
Nurse Li and Nurse Qiu were even busier, unable to straighten their backs.
They didn’t find many octopuses, but there were plenty of henshell snails.
The two of them were having a great time picking them up.
Henshell snails were delicious, but they were sandy.
Before they knew it, it was already dawn. They had been picking from the ankle-deep tide until the water had completely receded.
The sky and sea met at the horizon, painted with a beautiful orange sunrise.
With the daylight, it became much harder to find octopuses.
The sisters asked each other how many octopuses they had caught.
It turned out they both had the same number.
Zhou Zhou: "What if no one wins? Who gets to play for an extra half-hour? Does that mean neither of us can play for an extra half-hour? Should we keep competing for a bit more?"
Jiang Xia: "..."
This honest girl!
She’s going to get taken advantage of if she keeps this up!
She needs to be taught to be a bit more shrewd.
Jiang Xia was about to say something when Zhou Ying immediately objected, "It’s not that no one wins, we both win! We both get to play for an extra half-hour!"
Zhou Ying looked at Zhou Chengsen, "Right, Dad?"
Zhou Chengsen nodded, "Right, today you both get to play for an extra half-hour."
"Yay!" Zhou Ying jumped up happily.
At that moment, Zhao Chenglei and the others started dragging the net back. It looked quite strenuous, so Zhou Chengsen said to Zhou Zhou and Zhou Ying, "I’ll go help pull the net, you follow Auntie."
Jiang Xia said, "Let’s keep picking as we walk over!"
"Okay", the sisters agreed.
Then they ran excitedly forward, continuing to look for octopuses.
Jiang Xia and Ruan Tang followed behind, looking for anything else in the sand as they walked.
Suddenly, Jiang Xia noticed something odd in a pile of sand.
It looked like there was a round object buried underneath.
She picked it up. It was round, like a giant coin.
Jiang Xia had never seen anything like it, "What is this?"
Ruan Tang looked over, "This is a traditional medicine called sea penny. It has many medicinal uses. Using it to make medicinal wine can effectively treat rheumatism and kidney diseases, among other things..."
Ruan Tang listed a series of benefits, and Jiang Xia felt this thing could do almost anything, "I’ll check if there are more. Dr. Ruan, can you write me a prescription? I’ll buy some herbs and make some medicinal wine when I get back."
Ruan Tang smiled, "Sure."
(End of Chapter)
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