The beach was vast, and Jiang Xia found a spot with hardly anyone around to gather snails.
On ordinary days, there wasn't much to gather during tide catching.
But today's turban shells were very large, almost as big as the Triplets' little palms.
Jiang Xia also gathered more than a dozen scallop snails, all of them plump.
The sky darkened, and seawater began creeping up the beach. The tide was coming in, and the villagers gradually made their way ashore.
"Xia Xia, we're going home. Second Brother and the others are heading back too."
"Okay." Jiang Xia's waist was already sore from all the digging.
Real tide catching was no easy task. It was especially hard on the waist.
Especially for the fishermen who depended on it for a living.
Zhou Chenglei came over to Jiang Xia and lifted her bucket to take a look. "Why didn't you call me to dig up the scallops?"
Digging up these things was quite strenuous too.
"There weren't many. I only found these." Jiang Xia held up a turban shell and asked with a smile, "Is it about as big as one of the children's palms?"
Zhou Chenglei glanced at it, then pictured the Triplets' chubby little hands, amusement in his eyes. "About that size."
When they climbed ashore, they met up with Zhou Chengsen and the others.
Zhou Zhou said excitedly, "Little Aunt, look at the Scallop King I dug up! I pulled it out all by myself!"
Jiang Xia took a look. "Wow, it's really huge! It's even bigger than the one Little Aunt dug up! Zhou Zhou, you're amazing!"
Zhou Zhou was delighted. "Little Aunt, I'll save this one for you to eat! I'll roast it!"
Jiang Xia smiled. "Okay!"
"I also gathered lots of scallops, turban shells, and Blood