Chapter 55: Super Large Green Crab
As the eldest in the family, Yun Chendong was much calmer and more responsible than his younger brother, so his younger brother was practically raised by him.
Taking care of Yun Jiao was naturally a piece of cake for him.
Moreover, he was very meticulous and thoughtful, and while Yun Jiao was eating, he untangled her messy hair and tied it into two jet-black braided buns at the back of her head.
The tiny glutinous rice ball looked even more beautiful.
He played the role of a “mommy” even more competently than Yun Linhai, the father.
The family was all boys, and Yun Linhai, as a father, had no experience styling a little girl’s hair.
Ever since Jiaojiao arrived, Yun Chendong had wisely started learning how to braid hair.
Sometimes he would watch Shen Yunlian and the others braid hair, and during the time when corn grew tassels, he would practice using corn tassels when he went to the fields.
Now that Yun Jiao’s hair had grown longer, he could finally use his skills.
“Big brother, you eat too.”
Yun Jiao held up the steamed bun in her hand.
Yun Chendong shook his head: “No, I’ve already eaten.”
“We’re here!”
Yun Linhe’s excited voice came from ahead.
Yun Chendong looked over, and no one would have expected that such a good thing as abalone, and quite a lot of it, was hidden on this seemingly ordinary small island.
After docking the boat, Yun Chendong first pried the sea turtle, which was struggling to climb out of the boat, back into the sea, and then carried Yun Jiao onto the island.
The sea turtle happily dived into the sea to forage.
They followed their previous route and went to check the reef that had been covered in abalone before.
“Hey, there are some bigger ones again, they must have climbed up after the tide came in.”
But there weren’t many. They didn’t catch the ones that looked too small; the slightly larger ones were estimated to weigh about two to three catties.
Yun Chendong glanced around, and without joining his father and uncle in the commotion, he took Yun Jiao to another section of the reef.
“Jiaojiao, don’t run around here. Big brother sees some sea chicken feet and is going to pry some off.”
Yun Chendong looked at the cluster of sea chicken feet growing on the higher reef and put Yun Jiao down.
Sea chicken feet, scientifically known as goose barnacles, usually grow on steep reefs.
Yun Chendong was agile and climbed up the reef in a few moves.
Yun Jiao got bored after watching for a while and started looking for things around her.
She squatted on the reef, her eyes wide open, peering into the crevices between the rocks.
To her surprise, she actually found something.
She immediately grabbed a large green crab that had scurried out from a crevice.
A green crab bigger than her face!
Yun Jiao’s eyes lit up. She hadn’t seen such a large green crab since she became human.
When the green crab was pulled out, it flailed its claws, its large pincers trying to pinch her.
Yun Jiao slapped it.
“Behave!”
Green crab: …………
The shell of this large green crab was even a bit dark.
Yun Jiao threw it into her small bucket. Good heavens, it almost filled the bottom of the bucket.
The sight of such a large green crab gave Yun Jiao confidence, so she picked up her small bucket and started looking for more.
Yun Chendong, who was prying sea chicken feet above, glanced down and, seeing Yun Jiao looking for things and not running around, was reassured and continued prying.
Meanwhile, after catching a large green crab, Yun Jiao’s luck didn’t continue to be so good.
Later, she only caught two orchid crabs weighing about two to three liang each, as well as some mantis shrimp and prawns.
However, she did find a small patch of spicy snails.
The spicy snails here were much larger than those in the village.
She wasn’t greedy, and focused on prying off the spicy snails, picking the large ones and dropping them into her small bucket.
“Jiaojiao.”
It was her father’s and uncle’s voices.
Yun Jiao stood up and replied: “Father, Big Brother, we’re here!”
The sound of the waves crashing against the rocks and the wind were too loud, and Yun Linhai and the others didn’t hear her and continued calling.
Yun Jiao patiently continued to respond.
After responding three times, Yun Chendong, who was above, called out: “We’re here.”
Yun Linhai and the others also walked over and finally saw them.
“Where’s Jiaojiao? What’s up there?”
Yun Chendong: “Jiaojiao is down here, and there are quite a lot of sea chicken feet up here.”
“Father, Uncle~”
Yun Chendong had already pried quite a few sea chicken feet, and seeing the tide getting closer, he decisively went down.
“So many?”
Yun Linhai and the others looked at the sea chicken feet in his bucket: “These are too plump.”
Not only were they plump, but the meat was also very long, as long as their fingers.
“Why do these feel different from the sea chicken feet we pried before?”
“They are different. The meat will definitely be delicious.”
“Jiaojiao caught so many spicy snails, and also some crabs and shrimp. That’s amazing.”
Yun Jiao’s eyes curved into a brilliant smile.
“Father, a very big crab.”
She pointed to her small bucket.
That big crab was at the very bottom, covered by other things.
Yun Linhai and the others didn’t see it clearly at first. After Yun Jiao reminded them, they poked around with the fire tongs, and the extremely large green crab was revealed.
“Oh my god!”
Yun Linhe’s eyes widened, and he couldn’t help but curse after seeing the enormous green crab.
The expressions on the faces of the other two were not much better.
“This… such a big green crab?”
Yun Linhe: “Quick, take it out and let’s see.”
The large green crab was taken out and was still actively flailing its claws.
Those big pincers.
Seeing them, Yun Linhe couldn’t help but laugh heartily.
“I swear, I’ve never seen such a big green crab in my life. This must be at least three catties!”
Yun Linhai excitedly rubbed his hands: “So big, so big… how did it grow like this.”
Yun Chendong: “How did you catch it? Did it pinch you?”
A pinch from those large pincers would be serious.
Yun Jiao put her little hands on her hips: “It dared!”
She sounded a bit fierce.
However, in the eyes of Yun Chendong and the others, it was just cute.
“No, this green crab has to be put in a separate container, don’t let it get crushed.”
Dead crabs weren’t valuable, and if such a large one was crushed, they would be heartbroken.
It deserved to have a bucket all to itself.
Yun Jiao’s small bucket was commandeered.
“Let’s go, let’s head towards the kelp patch we saw earlier.”
Before going to the kelp patch, they also checked the place where they had picked prawns earlier.
There were still prawns, but not as many as the first time they came.
But this didn’t stop them from happily picking them up.
There were also some mantis shrimp.
After picking them up, they headed towards the kelp patch.
A large patch of kelp lay on the rocky beach.
This was the type of kelp that was long and wide, with lengths exceeding one meter.
Yun Linhai and the others’ faces were practically splitting with smiles when they arrived.
“Such a large patch of kelp, let’s take some back.”
Kelp wasn’t valuable and was very heavy.
If they wanted to sell it, it had to be dried first.
That was too much trouble.
Yun Linhai and the others didn’t expect to sell it for money; they mainly wanted to take it back for themselves to eat, to add some vegetables to their meals.
The kelp that was still growing was black, with wavy edges.
One piece of kelp could be rolled into a large clump.
The three men busied themselves, cutting the kelp.
Yun Jiao, meanwhile, was using her small shovel and small fire tongs to look for things not far from them.
She flipped over the kelp, revealing what had been hidden by it.
A large string of mussels!
