Back To the Small Fishing Village In 1982
Chapter 80

As the group of people were joking around, the boat slowly moved towards the island.

There were many uninhabited islands of various sizes around them. Perhaps due to their geographical location, on some islands, the tide would recede below the reefs on the first and fifteenth of the lunar month, while on others, the water level would only drop a little, but still no beach would be exposed.

Ye Yaodong circled around the surrounding coast and deliberately chose to dock at a small island with higher terrain. Even as the tide just began to recede, a large area of beach was already exposed. Perhaps even at high tide, it didn’t cover the entire beach. On such small islands, besides the goods on the reefs, there was also a high possibility of finding goods on the beach.

After tying up the small boat, he took his tools and disembarked, “The tide is receding, we have a long time today, so let’s all do our own thing.”

“This island looks smaller than the last one.”

“Who cares about the size, what matters is whether there are any goods, right?”

“It’s fine, if we don’t find much, we can ask Dongzi to change to another island later.”

“Oh, what’s this?”

Ye Yaodong had just taken a few steps when he saw a grayish-white egg on the beach, partially buried in the sand with only a bit of shell exposed!

He uncertainly poked it, then squatted down to dig a bit, revealing the full egg.

The others quickly came over to look.

“Is this a sea turtle egg?”

“Dongzi, dig a bit more. If these are sea turtle eggs, they lay a whole nest. Dig and see if there are more underneath.”

He didn’t need them to tell him to keep digging.

The sand was very loose. After just a casual dig, only about ten centimeters deep, he felt another egg. After taking it out, the bottom was full of eggs.

“Damn, did we really dig up a sea turtle nest?” Ye Yaodong was overjoyed.

“These sea turtle eggs are very nourishing!”

One turtle egg is equivalent in nutrition to five chicken eggs. For women, it has skin-nourishing effects, and for men, it’s a treasure for virility. Turtle eggs also have the benefits of preventing arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure, diabetes, as well as antibacterial, anti-cancer, and anti-aging properties.

“Tsk tsk tsk, Dongzi’s got another great start. Quick, count how many there are.”

Ye Yaodong happily picked them up one by one into the bucket, counting as he went.

“78 eggs!”

After he took out all the eggs, he could see clearly that the egg pit was about 40 centimeters deep and about 20 centimeters in diameter. The eggs were overlapping, which is why he felt them after digging only about ten centimeters.

“Wow, that’s quite a lot. This sea turtle must be big.” Ah Guang was incredibly envious, wondering when he would have such luck.

“Why don’t we look around? See if there’s any loose sand or signs of digging. Maybe there are more sea turtle nests?”

“Right, right, right. In some places, sea turtles come ashore in groups to lay eggs. Since Dongzi found one nest here, there might be more around the beach!”

Ye Yaodong looked at them speechlessly as they chatted enthusiastically, ready to go searching. He quickly stopped them, “Have you forgotten what we came here for? Sea turtle eggs aren’t worth much money, why bother looking for them?”

“Hey, it’s not about the money. It’s mainly about boosting virility and nourishing the kidneys!” Ah Guang said without even looking up, continuing to search.

“Damn, you’re single. What do you need to boost virility for? Aren’t you afraid of overdoing it with nowhere to release?”

“That’s none of your business.”

Xiao Xiao also chuckled and said, “Although they’re not worth much money, they’re quite rare. I’ve never eaten sea turtle eggs. If we don’t find any, Dongzi, share a few with me. I’d like to try their effects!”

“Haha, is it because you’re too small and not satisfied with yourself, so you want sea turtle eggs to regain your manhood?” Ah Zheng mocked him from the side, but Xiao Xiao kicked him in the butt, and the two started chasing each other.

“Damn, you’re the small one, your whole family is small! I already have a child, how dare you question me?”

“Whether you can have children doesn’t seem to have anything to do with being big or small, right? Hahaha!”

“Damn you, don’t run. See if I don’t beat you to death…”

“Two idiots!” Ah Guang rolled his eyes at their retreating figures and muttered.

He had planned to give up searching for sea turtle eggs and go directly to the reef to dig for some shellfish. When he first got off the boat, he had seen all kinds of shells all over the reef. But as he turned around, from the corner of his eye, he saw what looked like animal tracks not far away.

He quickly walked over and found that there really were tracks, though they had been disturbed by a few footprints. Those two idiots!

After muttering under his breath, he marked out an area following the tracks and tried digging. Before he dug very deep, he also found sea turtle eggs, instantly delighted.

“Haha, I’ve found a nest of sea turtle eggs too!”

“What?”

The two who were chasing each other ran back, looking enviously at Ah Guang.

“Since when did you have such luck?”

“Is it possible that getting away from you two fools improved my luck?”

“Get lost!”

You think they’re idiots, others think you’re all idiots. This was how Ye Yaodong felt at the moment – they were all idiots!

He didn’t want to join their excitement. He took an empty bucket and fire tongs, planning to search around the reef first.

The goods on the reef weren’t going anywhere, so there was no rush. After all, it was just them here, and the tide had receded early today with plenty of time. They could divide the spoils later.

After catching three large blue crabs and five stone crabs, the other three were still looking for turtle eggs. He really didn’t know how to describe it.

“Stop looking for turtle eggs. Didn’t you want to earn money to buy a boat? Have you forgotten? I’ve already found three large blue crabs, and you’re still dawdling there!”

“Huh? So fast?”

Ah Guang rushed over urgently. After all, he had found a nest of 82 eggs, which was enough. It was time to get down to business.

Seeing this, the other two had to give up their search, only hoping to look again if they had extra time later.

“Hey, do you think if we cast a net around here when we’re leaving, we might catch a sea turtle? After all, this small island seems to have frequent sea turtle visits, and I happened to bring a cast net.” Ah Zheng said, somewhat reluctant to give up.

Sea turtles would become a second-class protected animal in China forty years later, but not yet at this time.

Ye Yaodong licked his lips. In 1982, there were no restrictions. Sea turtle soup was also very nourishing. “We can try when we’re about to head back, test our luck.”

“I originally brought the net in case we found some good catches, but now we can only use it to try catching sea turtles.”

“Let’s beach comb first, don’t waste time thinking about it. I’ve caught three more stone crabs and two small white-spotted crabs.”

“Dongzi is really fast. I’ve also found two stone crabs and one stranded black sea cucumber,” Ah Guang chimed in.

“If it’s not good stuff, don’t even mention it.” Xiao Xiao used the fire tongs to pull out a large blue crab hiding in the crevice between two rocks. “Damn, this one looks like it’s over two jin (1 kg).”

He excitedly raised the fire tongs high. Finding a big catch right away put him in a great mood!