Chapter 15: Digging For The Razor Clam King
Hearing Yun Xiaowu’s excited cries, the other brothers in the Yun family also ran over.
Then they all widened their eyes.
Although they were not old, they all lived by the seaside, so they knew what was valuable and what was not.
The small razor clams were only floating around at two or three mao per jin, and they were extremely difficult to dig, requiring many to get one jin. But this Razor Clam King was at least one yuan per jin.
Their sister alone dug about three jin here.
“These things are hard to dig, how did you do it?”
These things burrow deep, and as soon as there’s any movement, they run very fast. Without some strength, patience, and experience, you really can’t dig them out.
Yun Jiao didn’t say anything, she just demonstrated it on the spot for them.
First, find the air vent of a Razor Clam King, then hold the small shovel and dig downwards swiftly.
Just as she dug deep with one shovel, easily lifting the sand, the small, plump ball of a person moved quite swiftly. Most importantly, she seemed to know where to dig.
In just a few scoops, a Razor Clam King was dug out.
Brothers: …………
Yun Xiaowu didn’t believe it: “Is it that easy? Let me try too.”
He found a small hole next to Yun Jiao and then started digging around haphazardly.
The ones behind, Xiao Liu, Xiao Qi, and Xiao Ba, also found air vents and started digging.
However, they didn’t know how to distinguish the direction, and after digging for a few times, the Razor Clam King escaped!
Several of them were extremely annoyed.
“I dug one up!”
Instead, Yun Xiao Jiu, who was playing in the sand, dug out a Razor Clam King right away.
Moreover, in the time it took them to dig, Yun Jiao had dug out another one.
Several brothers: …………
No, the way you guys are acting makes us, the older brothers, look like useless trash.
Yun Jiao didn’t know how to teach her brothers either, as she didn’t have any experience digging razor clams, relying entirely on her intuition and strength.
That’s right, although Yun Jiao was small and soft, her strength was considerably greater than that of ordinary children.
It wasn’t exaggeratedly strong. At three years old, her strength was only slightly greater than that of Fifth Brother, who was ten years old.
She was usually very well-behaved and didn’t show it, so her family didn’t know about her strength.
By the time Yun Chenxi returned with a bowl of oyster meat, they had already dug up more than half a bucket of Razor Clam Kings.
Although Yun Xiaowu and the others dug a bit slower, with time and by exerting effort against the Razor Clam Kings, they still managed to catch several.
Yun Chenxi looked at the half bucket of Razor Clam Kings, which was about six jin, and then at the small portion of oyster meat in his bowl, and immediately felt terrible.
“There are Razor Clam Kings here?!”
“Razor Clam King? Where are the Razor Clam Kings?”
An auntie who was tide pooling nearby and heard the words “Razor Clam King” immediately ran over like the wind.
The Yun family had many children who were boisterous and prone to causing trouble. When they gathered here, other people tide pooling in the village avoided them. Anyway, the beach was large.
Who knew this place was a treasure trove!
The auntie’s eyes widened when she saw the Razor Clam Kings in their buckets.
“My dear mother, these are indeed Razor Clam Kings, and you’ve dug up so many!”
The auntie was extremely envious.
“You dug them in this spot? Are there Razor Clam Kings here?”
Saying that, she also found a spot not too far from the Yun siblings and buried her head in digging.
In response, the Yun Jiao siblings could only glare, as the beach didn’t belong to the Yun family, and no one had said they would push the siblings aside to grab territory. They were just digging nearby, and no one could do anything about it.
Yun Chenxi slapped his mouth: “My cursed mouth, why did I say that!”
Yun Chenxi also quickly rolled up his sleeves and joined in.
The auntie over there was clearly more experienced and quickly dug up a Razor Clam King. She immediately excitedly called her family over.
It was estimated that her excited and agitated emotions were too obvious, and soon other tide poolers also came after hearing the news.
“It’s a Razor Clam King? There are Razor Clam Kings here!”
“Good heavens, I’ve been here so many times before and never discovered a Razor Clam King.”
Everyone chattered away, not delaying their work at all, each finding a patch of sand not too far away and starting to dig.
As more people arrived, this area of the beach would be depleted of its bounty in no time.
Yun Jiao’s stomach rumbled; she was hungry.
She looked at her brother with longing eyes.
A young girl who was young and exceptionally beautiful had a natural advantage. Yun Jiao just looked at people with longing, appearing like a soft, white ball, pitifully so, making people feel infinite affection.
“You’re hungry, aren’t you? Let’s go home.”
Yun Xiaoliu had already dropped his small shovel and was sitting beside him, resting, looking as if he were asleep.
Who knew where all that sleepiness came from during the day.
“Not digging anymore?”
Yun Xiaowu was covered in sweat. The ten-year-old dark-skinned young boy seemed to have inexhaustible energy.
Yun Chenxi called his younger brothers: “We’re not digging anymore. We’ve dug up almost everything here.”
It’s a pity this spot was discovered, otherwise, it could have been their secret base for the next time they came to dig.
In their bucket, there must be at least eight jin.
Yun Chenxi led his younger brothers and sisters towards home. During the journey, Yun Jiao held the coconut shell in her arms, her eyes curved into beautiful little crescent moons.
The sun was very strong, and everyone was sweating, but Yun Jiao didn’t sweat much. Her skin was so white it seemed to reflect light.
After being exposed to the sun for so long, her skin didn’t look red at all.
The contrast with her sun-tanned brothers was too obvious, like a soft, white tangyuan ball mixed into a pile of charcoal.
Granny Yun, who was sitting at the doorway sorting vegetables, smiled so broadly that her wrinkles deepened when she saw her grandchildren returning.
“Oh, Chenxi and the others are back. Just at a glance, your Jiaojiao is really fair. She looks like a little fairy under the Bodhisattva. You say she grew up by the sea, so why is she so much fairer than other children? She’s truly adorable.”
“What is she holding in her hand? That’s a big shell, isn’t it?”
Several old ladies, about Granny Yun’s age, were sitting at the doorway with small stools. They were weaving fishing nets, and gathered together, they could chat and work.
“Grandma.”
Yun Jiao ran over, holding the coconut shell.
“Grandma, I picked up a big shell.”
Granny Yun’s smile grew even wider: “Good, good, good, our Jiaojiao is so capable.”
Little Yun Jiao leaned against Granny Yun’s arms, her dark, bright eyes looking at the other old ladies and obediently greeting them one by one.
As people get older, they most like children who are well-behaved, pretty, and sweet-talkers.
Yun Jiao happened to possess all of these qualities.
The old ladies each reached into their pockets and gave her something.
Although they were all inexpensive things, like a candy that had been kept for who knows how long, a small green date, or a few dried small fish.
Yun Jiao didn’t dislike them and thanked them all obediently after receiving them.
