Chapter 20 Domestication of Ospreys
Not to be outdone, the other osprey swept around the river with its sharp eagle eye, and also found its target, retracted its wingspan and rushed into the water.
The calm river waves swelled and rippled in circles.
Suddenly, two ospreys jumped out of the water and hovered above the bamboo raft with the fish in their mouths.
Ye Xiuyan raised her head, revealing a delicate and beautiful little face from under the hat, and patted the wooden bucket full of water with a smile, summoning the osprey.
The two ospreys heard the sound of slapping and flew around the bamboo raft twice and slowly flew down.
Ye Xiuyan waited for the two ospreys to stand firm, pulled the fat red-tailed carp out of the eagle's mouth, threw it into the wooden barrel, and picked out two small fry from the wooden barrel and threw them to them.
"Diligently."
The two ospreys chirped happily, leaned their necks to catch the small fish, and swallowed it deliciously.
"I caught a lot of fish today, so I'll give you more food."
Ye Xiuyan glanced at the carp with a small half bucket and patted the heads of the two ospreys in praise.
"Diligently."
The two ospreys rubbed her wrists affectionately, and the eagle's eyes were shining.
"The weather is so good, I also went down to the river to catch some river mussels, and I moved my muscles."
Ye Xiuyan stood up from the bamboo raft, stretched comfortably in the sun, took off the hat, hung a small net pocket around her waist, picked up the net, jumped into the water dexterously.
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The Surabaya River is rich in abundant products, and the reefs and aquatic plants on the bottom of the sea are home to countless oysters, mussels, crabs, and lobsters.
Schools of fish drift down the river, and you can occasionally spot a water snake or two and electric eels.
Ye Xiuyan has a water spirit root and is wrapped in an aura cover, which can stay in the water for a long time, and her eyes can see clearly in the dim light.
She dives to the bottom of the river, carefully avoiding the aggressive fish, and nimbly weaves her way through the aquatic grass.
A crab came out of the mud and sand, saw the two-legged mermaid, and jumped up in fright.
Ye Xiuyan fished out the crab with a cheat net against the direction of the current, pulled the net bag off her waist, and threw it in.
There are a lot of oysters attached to the reef, which need to be pried off with a knife.
Her main purpose in going down the river was to look for mussels, giving up the idea of prying oysters.
There was a thin line in the mud under the aquatic weeds in front of me, and I followed the traces and found a palm-sized river mussel.
She was overjoyed, and she used internal vision to clearly see the pearls in the mussel shell.
Sensing the danger, the mussel closed its shell and fled into the mud, trying to find an opportunity to slip away.
Ye Xiuyan was quick to use a cheat net to dig it out of the mud.
I was lucky today, and I had a harvest just after I got into the water.
She thought beautifully, stuffing the river mussel into the net pocket, like a small red-tailed carp shaking its head and tail, flexibly shuttling through the water and grass.
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Two ospreys let out a long cry and hovered above the raft, their sharp eagle eyes staring at the water, looking for their little master.
Ye Xiuyan knew that the two ospreys would not see her for a long time, and they would definitely be in a hurry, which would inevitably cause unnecessary trouble, and after staying under the water for about half a stick of incense, she paddled and pulled the splash to the surface.
"Gollum."
A small head was exposed in the rippling blue water, and Yuxue's cute little girl wiped the river water on her face, supported the bamboo raft with both hands, and climbed up flexibly.
"Diligently."
When the two ospreys saw the little master, they chirped happily, flapped their wings, and landed on the wooden frame one after the other.