Chapter 24: Blood Clams
The snail meat of the cat’s eye snail was much larger than its shell, and it retracted into its shell with a squirt of water when startled.
Yun Jiao pinched the snail meat, and the water squirted even more fiercely.
The meat looked very tender.
Yun Xiao Wu knew what she was thinking at a glance.
“It’s not edible.”
Yun Jiao glanced at him, turned her head, and didn’t speak with her back to him.
Yun Xiao Wu leaned over, “I’ll stir-fry it for you when we get back.”
Yun Jiao became happy again, “Okay.”
“This cat’s eye snail is quite big.”
Yun Xiao Jiu and the others also ran over, “Jiaojiao, Fifth Brother, what are you doing here? Mother asked us to watch you and not go into the sea.”
“We didn’t go, we found some spicy snails here.”
Whoosh…
There was a considerable commotion from the sea surface, and everyone looked towards it.
Yun Xiao Wu exclaimed in surprise, “Hey? It’s that Giant Sea Turtle.”
Yun Xiao Liu, “What a big turtle.”
Yun Xiao Qi, “Brother, do you know that Sea Turtle?”
Yun Xiao Ba, “Wow… it’s swimming towards us.”
Yun Xiao Jiu, “Turtle turtle.”
The Sea Turtle was not afraid of people and was coming towards them with something in its mouth.
When they saw clearly what it was, Yun Xiao Wu exclaimed, “Run! That Sea Turtle is ungrateful and is bringing a jellyfish!”
After speaking, Yun Xiao Wu picked up Yun Jiao and ran.
Sea Turtle: ???
Its pair of Doudou Yan stared at Yun Jiao, who was being carried away, with a hint of resentment.
Didn’t you ask me to bring delicious food?
Yun Jiao flapped her short legs and struggled, “Brother, put me down, that’s a gift from the Giant Sea Turtle for me.”
Jellyfish are also edible for merfolk.
She had eaten them before; they were crunchy and chewy, a very good snack for merfolk.
Yun Xiao Wu, “What are you talking about eating? Father said that thing is poisonous. If you get stung by its tentacles, it will hurt a lot and even kill people!”
“Quickly take that thing away. If you want to repay kindness, bring a fish at least.”
Standing far away, Yun Xiao Wu pointed at the Giant Sea Turtle.
Yun Jiao became unhappy and puffed up into a ball.
“Fifth Brother, can’t we really eat that thing? If it’s poisonous, why is the Sea Turtle okay after catching it?”
“Fifth Brother, why did it catch a jellyfish?”
“Fifth Brother…”
They asked many questions.
Yun Xiao Wu, “I don’t know, don’t ask me!”
The Sea Turtle looked in Yun Jiao’s direction, as if asking her if she still wanted to eat it.
Yun Jiao’s eyes welled up with tears, “I can’t eat it, Brother won’t let me!”
Yun Xiao Wu quickly comforted her, “Jiaojiao, be good, we’ll eat something else, we won’t eat that.”
Sea Turtle: Then I’ll eat it?
It buried its head and quickly swallowed the jellyfish.
Yun Jiao became even angrier watching.
“I want scallops, I want big fish.”
If she couldn’t eat jellyfish, scallops or fish or sea snails would also be fine.
Yun Xiao Wu and the others scratched their heads, “Jiaojiao, are you talking to it?”
Yun Jiao nodded.
“It can’t understand. How can animals understand us?”
Yun Jiao’s childish tone was very certain, “It can understand.”
The Sea Turtle had already turned around and headed back into the sea.
Yun Xiao Qi sighed, “I don’t know if it will come back. It even knows how to be grateful, bringing gifts back. It’s just that we can’t eat that thing.”
“Let’s go, let’s go back, Mother is calling us.”
Yun Jiao, “I’m not going.”
She was still waiting for something to eat.
“Jiaojiao, be good, we’ll come again next time.”
Yun Jiao glanced towards her mother, “It’s still early, Mother and Aunt are still digging.”
“Yun Xiao Qi.”
“Yes, Fifth Brother!”
“Go and tell Mother and Aunt that we are tide gathering here and won’t run around.”
“Understood!”
Yun Xiao Qi gave a playful military salute and ran towards Shen Yunlian and Wang Mei.
He quickly ran back.
“My mother and aunt said to watch Jiaojiao.”
Yun Jiao pouted unhappily, why were they only watching her.
“Let’s go, let’s go over there and take a look.”
Bringing Yun Jiao, they moved their position and ran towards the mudflat.
The mudflat in the bay was very large, and many people were tide gathering here.
“Brother, I see a green crab.”
Yun Jiao followed them, looking around for things.
Her eyesight was much better than ordinary people’s.
Soon she found an orchid crab in a crevice.
“Fifth Brother, there’s an orchid crab over there.”
Yun Xiao Wu immediately followed her pointing direction and used the fire tongs to dig in the crevice, indeed finding an orchid crab with its claws raised.
“Not bad, it weighs about three taels.”
Yun Jiao, “Cat’s eye snail.”
She found another cat’s eye snail.
The cat’s eye snail was lying in the sand, forming a small bulge.
“There seems to be a snail over there, let’s go take a look.”
A sea snail washed ashore by the tide, it was white and quite beautiful.
After picking it up, she found that the shell was empty, with no meat inside.
Yun Jiao shook the shell, which was larger than her hand, “There’s something inside.”
Yun Xiao Wu took the shell and shook it hard, and several small tentacles emerged.
“Wow, it’s a small octopus.”
They didn’t discard the seashell; it was quite beautiful, and Yun Jiao liked it.
“Jiaojiao has good luck and good eyesight, she’s found quite a few things in such a short time. Point us in another direction to search.”
Yun Jiao closed her eyes and pointed randomly.
The brothers actually took her in that direction.
A few minutes later…
“Holy crap!!!”
“Wow! So many clams, how is this different from what we usually eat?”
Yun Xiao Wu quickly jumped into the small tidal pool.
“Stupid, these are blood clams!”
Blood clams are different from ordinary clams; the meat inside is red, looking as if it were bleeding.
This thing also sells for a good price.
“Hahaha… a nest of blood clams!”
Some blood clams had opened their shells, revealing red, tender meat inside.
It looked delicious.
This was Yun Jiao’s assessment.
They excitedly picked blood clams, and Yun Jiao also stretched out her small arm and picked one up.
Then, turning her back to her brothers, she secretly pried it open and ate the meat inside.
Delicious!
However, she only ate one; the rest were to be sold for money.
“Jiaojiao, did you steal and eat something?”
Yun Jiao shook her head, resolutely refusing to admit it.
“You didn’t wipe your mouth clean.”
Yun Jiao wiped her mouth and looked at her brothers innocently with her big eyes, shaking her head, “I didn’t steal and eat anything.”
“You, why do you like eating raw seafood so much? It’s so fishy, and you can still eat it.”
The entire nest of blood clams they picked weighed a little over two catties.
After picking them, they were still somewhat unsatisfied, “Jiaojiao, point us in another direction, let’s keep looking.”
Yun Jiao spun around in place and pointed randomly, “Over there.”
This time, they searched in the direction she pointed for a long time but found nothing good. It was Yun Jiao herself who poked with her small shovel and hit a seashell.
Moon Shell.
It was the size of her palm, the shell looked plump, with a pale purple inner rim and a crescent-shaped white outer circle.
This kind of shell was quite beautiful.
“It’s a moon shell.”
“Are there any more?”
Yun Jiao stared at the inconspicuous small air vent on the beach; it was impossible to see without paying attention. She poked it again with her small shovel.
This time she had to dig much deeper, but it was still a moon shell.
“Look!”
