Time Travel: A Fisherwoman Goes to the Sea to Raise a Baby

Chapter 199 Snowball turns directly into coal ball

Xu Yiban squatted down and held a bamboo shovel against the air hole. He dug down several times and the clams popped out.

Xu Honglian was not as excited as Xu Yiyi. She had been staying at home for too long and wanted to get some fresh air.

I threw a few small conches into my pocket and then lost interest.

"How about we go out and play? Go to town? It's a low tide today, I don't think there's anything to pick up."

Xu Honglian glanced at the mud on her hands and realized that she had not picked up much.

It does smell fishy.

"What's fun in town? Sister Honglian, if you pick up some conchs, they'll be a dish after all."

Sanchuan stood up straight and pulled up Sihai who was lying on the ground playing in the mud.

"When this mud dries up later, don't yell at me if it hurts when it sticks to your body!"

Sanchuan pointed at Sihai's nose and cursed angrily.

Xu Yiyi was also very confused when he saw it.

This little brat Sihai is being quite naughty nowadays.

He has a quick mind and does some irritating things from time to time.

"I'm not yelling at you!"

Sihai snorted and picked off the large pieces of mud on his body.

Drag the fish basket to Er'er's side.

"You're so close to me, I'll beat you if I get on top of you, do you believe it?"

Er'er was furious. When she saw the little brat Sihai coming, she quickly left.

In the end, only A Yue and Si Hai, the master and his disciple, were left happily playing in the mud.

The sun is setting in the west, and the orange-red light gives the clouds in the sky a brilliant golden edge, sprinkling warmly on the boundless mudflats, as if spreading a brocade woven with golden threads across the earth.

Snowball is like a lively snowball, with sparkling blue eyes, looking around curiously at this world of mudflats full of novelty.

This is the first time it has been brought here.

At this moment, he was excitedly circling around Sihai and A Yue, meowing.

In a moment, it locked onto a puddle where small fish were swimming frantically. It arched its back, muscles tensed, and pounced like an arrow from a bow.

However, because he used too much force, he fell into the water, splashing high into the water.

When it emerged, there were mud beads hanging from the tip of its nose and its wet white fur was clinging to its body, making it look both funny and cute.

In a short while, the snowball turned into a coal ball.

The two people and the cat were covered in mud.

Wu Yuan lay on Xu Yiyi's back, babbling, and pointing at Snowball with his little hands from time to time.

A few small blue crabs crawled across the mudflat. Xu Yiyi looked at them with disdain, but was unwilling to let them go.

Pick up a little bit and take it back to feed the chickens.

Sanchuan was patient and had good eyesight. He was not very tall, so he bent down slightly and carefully picked up the snails and shells on the mudflats, unlike Xu Yiyi who had to bend down completely.

I was exhausted after just a short while.

"You dig first, I'll go over there and take a look."

Xu Honglian persisted for a while, but she really didn't feel like it anymore.

Walking on the mud under my feet, I crossed the mudflats and reached the seaside.

At this time, the mud on Sihai and Ayue's bodies had dried up, and it started to hurt when it was scratched on their bodies.

Seeing Xu Honglian playing in the water on the beach, he hurriedly pulled A Yue to follow.

"Sister, I'm going to take a shower."

Sihai spoke in a baby voice.

Xu Yiyi looked up and saw that the child was covered with dark brown mud. His originally new short brown clothes could not be distinguished from their original color, and the corners of his clothes were drooping due to wetness.

There were a few strands of seaweed hanging from the hem, like strange tassels.

Mud spots flew everywhere as he ran and jumped. His legs were deeply stuck in the mud. Every time he took a step forward, there was a "puff" sound, and the mud flowers splashed higher.

Ah Yue was no worse off, her hands were covered in mud, sticking together like two balls of mud.

He suddenly grabbed a handful of mud and threw it around casually, then turned around and dug a hole in the mud, as if he was looking for treasure.

She was not happy when Sihai wanted to take her to the beach.

He lay on the mud, looking at Xu Yiyi with anger.

But looking at their little faces again, only their eyes were bright and lively, like a clear deep pool, distinctly black and white amidst the surrounding mud, their eyeballs rolling around, full of undying childlike innocence and curiosity.

"Look! It's a conch!"

The sea breeze blew by, carrying the salty smell of the sea.

The wind blew a few strands of wet hair in front of A Yue's forehead, but it couldn't hide the excitement that shone from her eyes.

She shouted at Xu Yi in the distance, grinning and revealing a row of white teeth.

In an instant, the mud on his cheeks fell off and his laughter echoed on the mudflats.

……

Forget it, Xu Yiyi thought to herself.

Why could she compete with a child?

Sihai pulled A Yue slowly towards her and threw the conch in his hand into her fish basket.

There was a ding-dong sound.

"Sister, you picked up so many clams?"

Sihai looked at the fish basket beside his elder sister's legs. It was full of clams, almost popping out of the water.

Razor clams are full of mud and sand, so most people on the island are not willing to pick them up.

Even if they pick them up, they usually take them back to feed the chickens.

"After spitting out all the mud and sand, razor clams are a dish, and you're still complaining about it?"

Xu Yiyi quickly picked up the clams that had popped out and put them into the fish basket, then reached out and pinched Sihai's little face.

The dried dirt on the child's face fell off with a loud noise.

"I don't mind!"

Sihai shouted loudly and snorted.

The sudden move startled Wu Yuan.

Feeling guilty, he pulled A Yue and Xueqiu'er's back and headed to the beach.

Sanchuan came over from a distance dragging a fish basket full of conches.

"Big sister, we're having snails tonight!"

Sanchuan said excitedly that Er'er was weak before.

In order to nourish his apprentice, Mr. Wu braved the rain to go back to the clinic and get some dendrobium.

Xu Yiyi made a meal of Dendrobium, conch and sea cucumber stew.

The crystal-clear sea cucumber lies at the bottom of the bowl, its wrinkles soaked with the rich soup, plump and soft. Take a light bite, and the chewy texture instantly bursts between your teeth.

The large conch head meat is cut into palatable chunks. When chewed, it is firm and tender. The sweetness of the conch meat is interwoven with the delicate medicinal fragrance of dendrobium and the rich sea flavor of sea cucumber.

The dendrobium strips stewed until slightly transparent look like lily hairpins scattered in the soup. Take a sip and the sticky juice is wrapped with a faint herbal fragrance, and the sweet and refreshing taste instantly moisturizes the taste buds.

Not to mention how healthy it is.

Just that one time, Sanchuan remembered the taste.

"This snail is too small. The meat won't taste good if it's cooked with just a little bit of meat. I'll try a different method for you."

Xu Yiyi bent down and washed her hands with the water from the small nest on the mudflat.

"Go and bring back my brother and A Yue, and call your sister Honglian, let's go home."

Xu Yiyi said this as he dragged the fish basket towards Er'er.

The little girl was carrying a lot of fish, and the basket was mostly filled with clams, fiddler crabs, and jumping fish.

The shallow layer nestled in the fish basket was carefully selected.

Don’t buy one that’s too small.

Er'er ran to Xu Yiyi with something in his hand, and kicked a few domineering little crabs on the way.

Suddenly, I thought that I could take this little crab back to feed the chickens, so I turned around and picked it up happily.

It is closer to the river if you walk along the mudflats.

Xu Yiyi squatted at the mouth of the river with a fish basket and shook off the mud and sand from the clams and conchs.

"Sister, the annoying uncle is here again."

Er'er stretched out his feet to play in the water with a smile on his face.

When he turned around and saw Xu Guining, his face immediately fell.