Chapter 335 Seagull
A group of children have been gathered around the stove, Mother Ye couldn't drive them away, and some wanted to help light the fire, but she scolded them a few times before going to wait there scratching their ears and stretching their necks.
Lin Guangyuan asked curiously: "Are seabird eggs delicious?"
"Should be delicious, right? Eggs are delicious, and seabird eggs must be delicious too."
"Haven't you eaten?"
"Where shall we eat?"
"Aren't you people from the seaside? Haven't people from the seaside eaten seabird eggs?"
"Who said that seasiders must have eaten seabird eggs?"
They were discussing in a hurry there.
Father Ye smiled and said: "Seabird eggs are delicious. Seabirds are different from birds in the forest. Seabirds often lay eggs on the ground or on rocky piles. It's just a matter of luck. Islands are easier to pick up."
Only then did Lin Guangyuan suddenly realize, "I said that at that time, seabird eggs were picked up on the ground, and they were picked up one by one, sometimes there were more than a dozen when they were found, and then there were more eggs not far away, all on the ground. "
"normal."
"Okay, okay, it's time to cook, you stand aside, I'm going to lift the lid of the pot, don't get in the way here."
As soon as they heard what Ye Mu said, they immediately stood aside, shouting excitedly, that it was finally healed.
Mother Ye took a small basket and scooped all the seabird eggs into the basket to drip water, then poured them into a large bowl and brought them to the table.
"Be careful it's hot, wait until it cools down before eating..."
"I want the big one!"
"I want a big one too!"
"I want it too, I want a big one too..."
Mother Ye's head got dizzy when she heard that, "It's almost the same."
Seabirds vary in size, and seabird eggs vary in size. Some are as big as goose eggs, and some are as small as quail eggs.
She deliberately picked it up when she just got off the pot, otherwise, she would quarrel again later when the food was divided unfairly.
It’s like this when there are more children, a lot of them are grandchildren~
The children didn't think it was too hot. As soon as the bowls were brought to the table, they all rushed forward, each of them took one, and then it was so hot that they kept changing their left hand for their right hand, and their right hand for their left hand. blow.
"I told you guys that it's hot, so it's too late to eat it later?"
"Neither hot nor hot..."
"Give it all to me, I'll soak it in cold water..."
"Need not…"
One by one, they have been knocked on the side of the stove, and some are knocked on other people's heads...
Then he peeled off the shell with a whimper. Looking at the white egg white, he couldn't wait to peel off the rest of the shell, so he took a bite and rolled it in his mouth twice before he could swallow it.
Ye Yaodong put down the bowls and chopsticks after he was full, and seeing their anxious faces, he couldn't help but said, "What's the hurry? Anyway, I'll give you all to eat, and it won't be too late when it gets colder? I swallowed it without chewing twice. Do you know what it smells like?"
A group of people are a little confused, as if they haven't tasted it?
Ye Yaodong shook his head. Regardless of them, he went directly into the room and looked at the mother and daughter. He was dirty and didn't dare to touch them. He just stood by and looked at Lehe for a while before going out with his clothes, ready to take a shower.
As soon as I went out, I heard them screaming there again.
"This egg yolk is so big!"
"mine too!"
"Huh? I've already bitten!"
Others who hadn’t bitten the yolk quickly ate the egg white, leaving the yolk to roll in the palm of their hand.
"Mine is bigger!"
"I am older than you!"
"I'm the biggest!"
Seabird eggs also tend to be larger than forest bird eggs, and the yolk ratio tends to be higher, perhaps because of their larger size, whether it is an albatross or a great egret, sea duck, or gannet.
Of course there are many small ones, such as seagulls, petrels and some wading birds.
Ye Yaodong's head was full of black lines, what was he talking about?
He frowned, glanced at the children, then shook the towel, draped it over his shoulders, and headed for the back door.
By the way, I took a look at the sky. The starry sky under the night is extremely bright and full of stars. At a glance, I know that tomorrow will be a good weather again.
Although the boat was bumped into a bit today, nothing happened until it came back from work. He was going to go to sea as usual. If he asked someone to come to check, it would be delayed for a day tomorrow.
Flood season is only a few days, and it rains and winds from time to time to delay it. There are only a limited few days to fish. He is reluctant to stop now, and the loss in one day is huge. Anyway, little Ah Zheng's boat was working near him.
During dinner just now, Lin’s father and Lin’s mother also said that if it didn’t rain or wind at night, I would go with him again and go back the day after tomorrow.
After all, this opportunity to make money is quite rare, earning more than 30 a day is really a lot.
Ye Yaodong has no objection, this is a incidental matter, he doesn't mind helping the old father-in-law and mother-in-law, and let them earn some money, which they earned by themselves.
Just when he was taking a shower, Ye Chenghai sneaked over.
"Third Uncle, can you take me with you tonight? No school tomorrow."
Ye Yaodong rubbed his hands with a towel and paused, looked over, "Go and tell your father, let him take you there."
Ye Chenghai hesitated and said: "Then can he agree to take me?"
"Why don't you agree? You just said to experience how hard it is to be a fisherman, and you will cherish your studies in the future. Anyway, you won't go to school tomorrow, and you can work harder and pick up a little more if you go. And just stay on the small island Don't run around, you are not a child anymore, how can you help the family do some work in your spare time, earn some money to supplement the family, that's all."
Ye Chenghai was stunned for a while when he told him, and then he blinked his eyes.
"Third uncle, what you said makes sense! Why didn't I think of trying to persuade like this."
"Because you're a clever fool!"
"ah?"
What adjective is this?
"Why don't you talk about it soon?"
"Oh, yes!" He ran away in a hurry, his parents had just come back for a while, and they were still at the door.
But just after taking two steps, he turned back again.
"Third Uncle, say it again, how did you say it?"
Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes and repeated it to him.
Ye Chenghai also recited the words and recited them, and then happily said: "I remember it!"
Immediately afterwards, Sa Yazi ran away.
Ye Yaodong shook his head and continued to take a bath. He had never seen him memorize the memorization so quickly. Everyone thought going to sea was fun.
When he was almost finished washing, and rushed the remaining basin of water towards his feet, Ye Chenghai blew over like a gust of wind, and shouted excitedly as he ran, "Third Uncle, Third Uncle, it's done, you too! incredible!"
"cut ~"
Casting him a glance, Ye Yaodong continued to rub his two feet against each other, rushing straight to the point.
"Then how can you thank me?"
"Thank you too? Then you will share half of the seabird eggs I picked up tomorrow, and Ye Chengjiang will also share half with you. Second Aunt asked him to go too. He was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth."
"Oh, it turns out that you are not going to pick up squid, but seabird eggs!"
"Hey, pick them all up."
"Okay, then each person will give me half of the seabird eggs as head fee!" He said as he walked in with the washbasin and towel.
Lin Guangyuan was a little speechless after hearing this, "Little uncle, you are so treacherous, and you need to pay for a trick."
"Of course, don't waste the delivery. Don't forget to pay for tomorrow's boat fare. Pick up some more, and I will reward you with some."
Ye Papi!
Lin Guangyuan rolled his eyes, took the washbasin from him, and planned to take a shower. He stayed in Ye Chenghai's clothes for a few days. Although the sleeves and trousers were a little short, the weather was warm, so it was not a big problem.
At night, they went out to sea as usual, but the spirits of Father Lin, Mother Lin and Lin Guangyuan were obviously not as good as yesterday.
"Cheer up, it's only been two days!"
"Little uncle, you are working hard."
"Isn't that right, pick up some more seabird eggs for me later."
Lin Guangyuan pouted, forget it, pretend he didn't say anything.
Going out to sea today has never been blind, and it has been going smoothly. I work with A Zheng Xiaoxiao and the others on both sides of the island without interfering with each other.
It was only in the middle of the afternoon that the wind blew up and the waves were strong. They carried on their homework for a while, but later found that it was not possible.
Ah Zheng and the little boat also came over, and told them that they couldn't continue working, and everyone had to stop work early with regret.
Lin's father and Lin's mother didn't affect it, and there were more squids brought in by the big waves. They picked up a little more than yesterday, and there were one more sack than yesterday, and there were 3 bags. The happy Lin's mother couldn't close her mouth. It's all over, and it's already full of harvest before the evening.
The joy of rushing to the sea is to gain a lot.
"That's right, Mom pried more today than yesterday."
Mother Lin smiled until her eyes were wrinkled, and she was very happy, "I have experience today, and the prying process is a little faster, and I also went to dig ahead of time. There are really too many seabirds, and they are too annoying."
Father Lin also straightened his waist and asked suspiciously: "Didn't you go to catch squid? Why did you come back suddenly?"
"The wind is blowing and the waves are getting bigger and bigger. I can't work any more and I have to go back."
"Huh? So fast?" Mother Lin looked up at the waves on the sea, "It seems to be quite big."
Father Lin also felt that the waves were a bit big just now, but he is not from the seaside.
"Then go back early and carry all these goods on board first." After speaking, he called Lin Guangyuan towards the top of the mountain with a loud voice.
Lin Guangyuan's voice came from the forest as if there was nothing.
He and Lin's father first carried a few bags of shellfish next to them onto the boat, and waited for Lin Guangyuan by the way.
After carrying a few full bags, his shoulders were also red. Mother Lin pointed to the bag in the corner, "There are still..."
"I'm coming, I'm coming..." Lin Guangyuan's excited voice came from afar.
They turned their heads to look, only to see Lin Guangyuan running out of the forest, onto the rock, and throwing a bunch of white animals from top to bottom?
White animals?
Ye Yaodong took a closer look, isn't this a seabird?
Egret? Gannet? seagull?
"Fuck! Where did you get so many seabirds?"
Lin Guangyuan climbed down from the rock carefully, and handed the bucket to Ye Yaodong, asking him to help carry it on, and then he jumped.
"Because I have a secret weapon!"
He grinned, showing his 12 white teeth, and pulled out the slingshot from his pocket.
"Look! I came prepared today!"
Mother Lin also said happily: "I caught so many again."
"again?"
"There are also a few in the sack next to you."
Ye Yaodong just opened the sack at hand, and thought it was also a squid just now.
Opened it and found that there were indeed several seabirds inside, all of which were quite large, and he was immediately pleasantly surprised.
"The aim is good."
Lin Guangyuan said with some pride: "Of course, I will be able to hit every shot. I can hit a sparrow so small, let alone these seabirds."
"Yesterday I found them annoying. I couldn't drive them away. I drove them away and flew back. I borrowed a slingshot from Ahe last night. By the way, I asked Ahai and Ajiang to bring the slingshots."
"Look, I always pick the big ones, these must be very meaty!"
"Little uncle, is seabird meat delicious?"
He swallowed, "I haven't eaten seabirds yet!"
Ye Yaodong flicked his forehead, "Seagulls cannot be hit."
Anything else, the egret was listed as a protected animal in 1989, and other seabirds were not listed as a protected animal until about the same time.
"Why? Do I have seagulls in here? I don't even know them!"
"There is one, and there is an egret, and the others are gannets. Gannets are clumsy on land."
"That's right, a few of them look silly, why can't you catch seagulls?"
"Let's go back to the boat. It's windy and the waves are a bit big. Go back quickly."
While talking, he picked up a bunch of seabirds and put them together in a sack. It was so heavy, the feathers were all dirty, one piece was black and the other was white, and it was all mud. Fortunately, he could drag it back.
Lin Guangyuan followed him, and said regretfully as he walked: "It's a pity that I can't drag it, otherwise I can kill a few more. When I found that I couldn't drag it, I went to dig out the seabird's nest. These few are actually It was just by the way, seeing them flying from the beach to the forest, I just shot them down."
"Get on the boat first."
Father Ye helped pick up the goods on board.
After all the things were loaded onto the boat, they headed back. Little Azheng and his boat were also waiting aside, and they returned together.
Ye Yaodong rubbed his shoulders, and said to Mother Lin: "Today, I just returned early, so I will pick out the goods and see if there are any valuable ones, and I can sell them for some money."
"Aren't these shells worth nothing?"
"There are also a few valuable ones, such as goose-strength barnacles, but I don't think there are any. We haven't seen them when we came to this island before, but larger snails can still be sold for money."
Mother Lin nodded with a smile.
"Little uncle, why haven't you said why seagulls can't be shot?" Lin Guangyuan asked again as soon as he boarded the boat.
"Seagull, seagull, my friend, seagull~our good friend~"
"Didn't your teacher teach you to sing this song?"
Lin Guangyuan blinked his eyes, "I seem to have heard of it."
"Hmm~" Ye Yaodong cleared his throat, "Let me teach you a lesson today. In addition to eating fish, shrimp, crabs, and shells, seagulls also like to pick up leftovers thrown away by people on board, so they are also called harbor cleaners."
"Seagulls are also the "forecasters" of maritime navigation safety. When sailing at sea, they often run aground or run aground due to unfamiliar water environment, or shipwrecks occur due to sudden changes in the weather. Experienced fishermen know that seagulls often Landing around the shoals, rocks or submerged reefs, a group of flying noises, this is undoubtedly a signal to people to beware of hitting reefs."
"Oh! Is that so?" Lin Guangyuan half understood.
Father Lin and Mother Lin at the side understood.
"Also, it also has the habit of flying in and out of the port. When the voyage is lost or the fog is thick, you can find the port by observing the flying direction of the seagulls."
"Okay, so which one is it? Take it out and let me see what it looks like? I think they all look similar?"
"What is it like? It looks like a bird! What else can it be?"
As Ye Yaodong said, he took out the seriously injured and dragged half-dead seagull from the bag, "This is the seagull."
"It flies close to the sea surface, then the weather in the future will be sunny, if they wander along the seashore, then the weather will gradually get worse."
“If seagulls leave the water, fly high, and fly in groups from a distance from the sea to the sea, or if groups of seagulls gather on the beach or in the crevices of rocks, it indicates that a storm is coming.”
The reason why seagulls can foresee storms is because the bones of seagulls are hollow tubes, filled with air without bone marrow.
This is not only convenient for flying, but also like a barometer, which can predict weather changes in time.
In addition, the hollow quills on the seagull's wings are also like small barometers, which can sensitively sense changes in air pressure.
Lin Guangyuan scratched his head, "What do I think, they all look about the same?"
"You are blind!"
"Hmph, I'm not from the seaside!"
Not at night, maybe during the day
(end of this chapter)