Tide Catching

Ruan Tang asked curiously, "What are they picking up? There seem to be quite a lot."

Jiang Xia took a Snakeskin Bag filled with Tide Catching tools and pulled Ruan Tang along by the hand. "No idea. Let's hurry down too."

Zhou Chenglei got out of the car and was about to fetch the other tools when he saw how fast they were running. He shouted, "Be careful when you go down! Don't fall!"

Last year, Jiang Xia had taken a tumble beside the piles of rocks, leaving a faint scar on her foot.

Without turning her head, Jiang Xia called back, "Got it!"

Zhou Chengsen quickly grabbed two hoes and two buckets before chasing after them.

The path down to the beach was covered with both rocks and sand, making it easy to fall.

But neither Jiang Xia nor Ruan Tang was walking it for the first time. They hopped down with ease.

The two of them ran toward a less crowded area.

The beach was enormous. Once the Ebb Tide had drawn back, four or five kilometers of beach were exposed, so there was no need to squeeze in with everyone else.

The family walked a long way, only beginning to pick things up once they reached an area where the tide had not completely receded.

Spring was on its way, and many green seaweeds had sprouted across the beach. They were still short and tiny, but by the next Ebb Tide, they would probably have grown much longer.

In the water, Ruan Tang spotted two snail eyes that looked like pigs' snouts and said, "I know these are the eyes of White Sand Snails."

Jiang Xia glanced over. "That's right! There are lots of White Sand Snails today. I guess everyone is picking them."

She could already