The father and son hurriedly climbed directly onto the reef, and this time they did not dig down from above, but from below to the top, so as not to sink in the back.

"Dad, pick the abalone and dig it first! Put the conch first."

"I know."

Before digging a few, Father Ye stopped again and said, "I'll pick up your mother and sister too, and there will be more people to hurry up, so as not to sink too fast and dig too late." Soak in the water for a while, and go back to the bath and soak your feet as soon as you're done."

"Okay then, hold them to a higher place later, and try to soak in as little water as possible."

There are priorities, and I thought that the two of them would dig slowly, and they were not in a hurry anyway, who knew that they were sinking? Then you can only let the old lady and sister help together, so as not to miss it.

Father Ye hurriedly climbed onto the boat to pick up Mother Ye and Ye Huimei.

Ye Yaodong was digging and looking at two good points to step on, and as soon as they came, he would hug one with his father.

"You guys dig right here, it's better to step on the ground a little higher here, be careful, don't slip."

Ye Mu muttered, "It's nothing to soak in water, it's cold to be cold, go back and soak your feet, just rest for a few days, hurry up and dig it is important, Huimei should not soak in water." I knew that I would have come down with you in the morning to dig, and it would have been quicker."

"Who knew this would sink again? I thought my dad and I could dig slowly."

"Hurry up, dig quickly, it's good to call me, if that's just how much can you two dig?"

……

Each of the four men carried a bucket, and the iron hooks were not enough, so they dug with flat screwdrivers.

Fortunately, the tide is now receding, the water level is dropping, and although the reef is sinking there, it has not flooded much, one receding and one sinking, barely flat.

When Ye Huimei's bucket was half full, Ye Yaodong went over to help pour it onto the boat, otherwise her little girl's arm strength was not enough, it was too heavy to carry, and by the way, she would change the digging position, and he was quite distressed about this sister.

At about 12 o'clock, after the tide receded, the entire reef also dropped by almost a meter, and the boat was full of two more sacks.

At this time, they had already climbed to a higher position to dig, and if they didn't dig at the bottom, they could only let it sink. Soak in water for a long time, on a cold day, who can't stand it?

For most of the day, Ye Yaodong felt that his feet were going to be swollen, and he was wet below his knees and was frozen unconscious.

When the tide receded and rose again, it was obvious that the water was flowing over the reef very fast, more than twice as fast as at low tide.

After all, one was sinking in the morning, and the other was receding at the same time, except for the low height of the reef, the water level did not change.

In the afternoon, as it sank, the water level rose again, and the speed of the submersion doubled.

The family of four didn't bother to get something to eat on the boat, and planned to dig for a while soon, digging as much as they could.

At half past 1, because the tide rose fast, there was only more than one meter left at the highest point of the entire reef, and it was still *** out, and it was not easy to stand around this high place.

They had to give up the struggle, first carried the two women to the boat, and then climbed up with them, at this time he and Father Ye were almost wet.

You won't get wet when you go to sea normally, and no one thinks about bringing an extra set of clothes.

After taking off the rain boots and pouring out the full amount of seawater, the father and son casually threw them into the corner.

Mother Ye and Ye Huimei's shoes were already wet, and they also took them off, barefoot.

Everyone leaned on the side of the ship, watching the reef sink at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it was a pity that there were still a lot of undug ones.

"It's a shame that it sank into the sea like this? Can't dig it up?" Ye Mu frowned and said distressedly.

Ye Huimei stretched out her head and felt distressed, "Will it be pushed up again?"

"Who knows?"

I don't know how deep it will sink, if it doesn't go that deep, wait for the weather to warm up,

He could have dived in and caught it.

"How many bags have you dug up?" Father Ye said as he walked towards the sacks in the corner, shaking his mouth with his mouth.

Two and a half large bags of abalone, and one bag of abalone mixed with conch.

Originally, before breakfast, the father and son dug up half a bag of abalone mixed with conch, and when the tide was high in the afternoon, they didn't care about just digging abalone.

"It's okay, it's okay, we dug a lot, and the rest should be a little more than 1/3, and it's good to sink without digging."

"Well, the third brother is right, we have already made a fortune after picking up so many for nothing." Ye Huimei nodded happily, her eyes crooked with a smile.

"Dad, you and the third brother quickly take off your pants and wring the water, and I'll take it to the stove for you to roast."

"Hmm."

"I'll go and collect the longline and sticky nets later, and we'll go back straight after we're done."

It was too uncomfortable to stick to his body with a wet body, his feet were already frozen and unconscious, and it was not easy to make money.

Father Ye nodded, "Go back early."

Ye Mu hurriedly said, "There are still more than half a bag of shelled ones on the island next to it that haven't been carried on the boat yet, so go over and load them on the boat first."

"Got it."

Ye Yaodong looked at the little green dragon crawling in the basket next to him again, grabbed a few of them, and looked at them.

Their shell is olive-colored, which looks hard, and they are colorful, except that they have a large head and a short belly.

Some of them are small, just like his mother said, about two or three taels, and some of them are relatively large, with five or six taels, six or seven taels. Leave a dozen of them down, and there aren't many left.

It's a pity, this little green dragon ran fast, and as soon as he grabbed the net, he was scared to run around and ran back into the sea, otherwise he could catch more.

"At that time, I saw a lot of them, just a fish, and ran away." Ye Huimei said with some regret beside her.

"It's okay, this little green dragon is not easy to catch, and he has a good mouth at night."

After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he put the little green dragon down, and then went to the boat, he had to go to the island to carry the big half bag of shells for his mother, and then he immediately drove the boat to collect the sticky net.

The sticky net was put on, and there was a rolling wheel to help rotate, which was very light, Mother Ye and Ye Huimei took over the work directly and went to get started, he and Father Ye sat by the stove first and roasted the fire first.

After a while, I heard his sister's exclamation in my ears.

"Ah...... It's so big...... It's so ugly..."

"Why are there so many toad fish?"

"Huh~ What is this? It looks like a pomfret, but it's a colorful striped ......."

Ye Yaodong replied casually: "It's a reef fish, I don't know what it's called, it's too small, let's put it back in the sea and raise it!" There's a needle in the basket next to it, so you poke it through the side of the fish's maw, puncture the swim bladder, and throw it back."

"Oh, why bother?" Ye Huimei asked, but she still complied, and then threw the fish back into the sea, and disappeared in an instant.

Fortunately, the sticky net was not put in the sea for a long time, and the activity of the fish was still very large, and after being thrown back into the sea, it dived alive again.

"If you don't puncture its swim bladder and release it, it will still die, it looks good, it's a pity to die."

Fishermen of later generations also know the sustainable development of the ocean, catch big fish, release small fish, unless they are caught, they will die, such as trawling.

"Why?"

"Because the air pressure on the bottom of the sea is not the same as the air pressure on the surface of the sea, it is not adaptable, its stomach will explode, and you will die if you are released directly."

"Oh."

"Hurry up and get to work, you have to ask everything!"

"Curious, I haven't been to the sea."

Ye Yaodong and Ye's father both had four feet on the coal stove, and all four feet were soaked and wrinkled, and they roasted on the coal stove for a while before they became a little conscious.

"Dad, go back and soak your feet in ginger boiling water, and it will be better to soak them for a few days."

"Well, I won't be able to go to sea for a few more days, but luckily I dug up a lot of abalone today......

"Ah, little green dragon! It's a big ......."

When the father and son heard the exclamations over there, they turned their heads to look again, only to see Ye Huimei fiddling with the fishing net and untying the little green dragon that was entangled inside.

The little green dragon caught in mid-air kept moving its long whiskers, and its tail kept curling and letting go, this one was obviously much bigger than the ones in the frame.

"It's a big one, look!"

"Got a pound, huh? Yes! There's still a little green dragon for you to stick to today."

Ye Huimei's happy mouth couldn't close with a smile.

"Hurry up and work, stop playing, there are still two toad fish in it that haven't been taken out yet, and the remaining fishing nets are not long, hurry up and pull them up, and we will go longline fishing later." Ye Mu urged.

"Oh, here we are."

She put the little green dragon in the basket, and ran excitedly to help collect the sticky net, but when she saw the mucus covered in the toad fish, she was disgusted when she reached out to grab it.

"It's so ugly, my hands are sticky......

Dislike is disgusted, but it doesn't prevent her from grasping it neatly.

When she saw the flattened body of the flounder, with its eyes on the same side, she muttered, "What a strange fish look like at the bottom of the sea."

Although she grew up by the sea, she really never went to sea, there was no boat at home before, she only helped weave nets at home, or went to the beach with her family when the tide was high, and went to the dock to surf the sea, and today she came out to fish, it was really the first time, which made her a little excited.

When she saw that a five- or six-pound manta ray was also sticky, she continued to chatter: "Are all the fish on the bottom of the sea so flat? I heard that the tail spines of this fish seem to be poisonous, so you need to cut them off first, right?"

The whole boat was filled with her chirping, but it seemed a little lively, not boring at all.

"Wait a minute, I'll take that longline for me too?" She was in the mood, and she felt that she had not enjoyed it, and the feeling of collecting fish was too fun.

Ye Yaodong smiled and shouted at her, "You're not tired, aren't you sleepy? I've been working all day at night."

"It's okay, I'm having fun."

"If you are serious about letting you go to sea with your man in the future, you will feel tired and don't want to do it."

Ye Mu's casual words instantly made Ye Huimei break her defense.

"What are you talking about, mother, hurry up and collect your net!"