Follow the army to the island, the rebellious male protagonist was led by me to counterattack

Chapter 67 Sandworm
Shi Xia changed into dry clothes, and Qu Zhongyuan was also sent home by the truck arranged by Bald Brother.

Shi Xia did not participate in what happened after returning.

Before leaving, the three members of the Qu family expressed their gratitude.

"Comrade Shi, I will do it."

"it is good."

Shi Xia responded, and Mrs. Qu held her hand again.

"Comrade Shi, these are some scraps of fabric left at home. Please don't be disgusted."

Mrs. Qu placed a bag of cloth weighing more than ten pounds in front of Shi Xia.

Looking at the pieces of high-quality fabric inside, you can tell that they were specially sent by someone and are not waste fabrics at all.

"Thank you, Mrs. Qu. I like it very much."

Shi Xia's straightforwardness made Mrs. Qu happy. It was easy to get along with such a person.

"Okay, let me talk to Xiao Xia."

The old lady made a joke and pulled Shi Xia aside.

"Take it."

The feel of the paper made Shi Xia subconsciously reject it.

"I can't—"

Shi Xia lowered his head. It was not money, but bills, or even human tickets.

The old lady pushed Shi Xia's finger and said, "I've lived through hard times. What people want to eat most is meat."

"Here, the little girl is so thin, she needs to eat more meat."

Shi Xia grinned.

"I'm really greedy for this meat!"

Shi Xia accepted the meat ticket and left, calling out to Grandpa Shi. The bald brother reminded her, "Sister, wait for me."

"it is good."

Shi Xia took Grandpa Shi and left first, waiting for Bald Brother outside for a while.

Not long after, Bald Brother came out, and the three of them stood in the corner and started dividing the money.

"The Qu family gave me an extra three hundred, so the total is eight hundred. I'll take fifty, and the rest is yours."

Shi Xia confiscated it, took out two hundred from it and gave it to Bald Brother.

"I originally said I'd give you a hundred, but the extra three hundred, we'll split it in half, so you'll get two hundred and fifty..."

Bald Brother and Shi Xia looked at each other.

Bald Brother: She called me an idiot?

Shi Xia: This is really an accident.

The two looked at each other and suddenly smiled.

"Okay, sister, you're straightforward. I'll take it."

Bald Brother readily accepted the two hundred and fifty.

Money is money.

Shi Xia was not the type to quibble, so he said bluntly, "Bald Brother, if you have any problems in the future, as long as it's not against the law, feel free to come to me, Hai Sandao, Shi Xia."

"Okay! I feel relieved now that my sister said that."

The two agreed and prepared to separate.

When Bald Brother heard that Shi Xia wanted to buy meat, he immediately took the job and said, "We're out of meat now. If you trust me, I'll go to the slaughterhouse tomorrow and pick out the best meat for you. I'll then send the ferry to bring it to you. How about that?"

"Can this still happen?"

Shi Xia was a little surprised. The bald brother showed a proud expression and said, "Of course. Your bald brother doesn't have any other special abilities, but he knows a lot of people."

"Thank you in advance. I'll give you the money and the ticket. Let's keep it to ourselves."

"Hey, I just love doing business with people like girls!"

Bald Brother happily took the money, and Shi Xia took Grandpa Shi away.

The ferry was already past its scheduled time, but sometimes there would be boats from fellow villagers, and Shi Xia wanted to look for them to see if he could come across one.

As soon as I arrived at the ferry, before I even started looking, someone called my name.

"Shi Xia, Comrade Shi!"

Shi Xia looked in the direction of the voice and saw Zhang Gaizi, the soldier she had rescued from the sea.

She walked over, looked at Zhang Gaizi who was loading vegetables and food onto the boat, and greeted him.

"Hello, Comrade Zhang."

"Hello, Comrade Shi, are you going back to Haisan Island?"

"Correct."

"Get on the boat!" Both sides were very happy. Shi Xia called out to Grandpa Shi and got on the boat and chatted with Zhang Gaizi for a while.

Today is their supply day.

Shi Xia didn't ask any more questions and didn't walk around. He just sat quietly on the deck with Grandpa Shi.

The supply ship stopped when passing by Haisan Island. Shi Xia and Grandpa Shi got off the ship with the things they bought and expressed their gratitude.

The supply ship quickly left.

As they walked along the road, they saw many people wearing headscarves and carrying buckets of water walking towards the beach.

"This is to do——"

"Shi Xia! Hurry up, let the tide go out so we can dig for sandworms!"

Sandworm?

A sandworm that looks like an earthworm, is as thick as a finger, and is soft and legless.

"coming!"

Shi Xia stuffed all the things into Grandpa Shi's hands.

"Go home, grab a bucket and a shovel, and meet me at the beach."

Shi Xia gestured and Grandpa Shi nodded.

The two quickly separated, and Shi Xia caught up with Aunt Zhang who was waiting for her.

"You're back just in time, the tide has just receded!"

"There should be a lot of sandworms today. They're dried and cost a little over 50 cents a pound!"

"So expensive?"

"Of course! Otherwise, would everyone be in such a hurry to go?"

Aunt Zhang and Shi Xia walked all the way to the beach.

Sure enough, nearly half of the villagers were already here, each one taking a piece of land, digging it out with a shovel, bending over to turn it over and search.

The feeling of everyone rushing to dig was so exciting that Shi Xia became a little anxious.

"Let's hurry up too!"

Shi Xia pulled Aunt Zhang towards a deserted direction.

"Aunt, just dig here."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

Aunt Zhang took a look with a shovel, overturned the loose mud and sand, and tapped it twice with the shovel handle. The mud and sand scattered, and a sandworm was exposed, shaking its head.

"Really!"

My aunt dug through the mud and sand and gently pulled out the sandworm, not using too much force or it would break.

It is about 20 centimeters long and as thick as a little finger. It is difficult to tell the head from the tail. It feels a little soft and hard to touch at first. This is because the sandworm is afraid and nervous. After a while, the sandworm will become soft.

My aunt threw the sandworms into the bucket next to her and continued digging.

Another shovel was used, but this time the sandworm was not dug out. Only its head was exposed. My aunt grabbed it, loosened the force, and slowly pulled it out after the sandworm was no longer tense.

“This is really long!”

My aunt smiled happily, threw the sandworm accurately, and the sandworm fell into the bucket, and then she continued digging.

The two of them worked in perfect harmony, digging out sandworms one after another.

After a while, Grandpa Shi and Uncle Wen also came, each holding a bucket of water, followed by Dabai.

The four people spread out and started digging one piece at a time.

The high tide makes the coastline, which is usually only a dozen meters wide, become hundreds of meters wide, and even thousands of meters wide in the farthest places.

The flat seabed makes sea hunting more fun.

As the sky gradually darkened and the sea water gradually rose, the people who went to the beach gradually retreated with the rising sea water. The pits they had dug were smoothed out again and again with the rise and fall of the sea water.

Everyone is filled with the joy of harvest, which is a gift from the sea.

Those who had more dug two or three buckets, and those who had less dug half a bucket.

If you dry it and add up to one or two kilograms, that’s still one dollar!
The Wen family reaped an even greater reward thanks to Shi Qixia's presence.

Aunt and Uncle Wen dug two and a half buckets, Shi Xia and Grandpa Shi, plus Dabai who learned how to dig sandworms, dug a total of three buckets.

Several people carried the buckets home, smiling happily.

"This stuff makes delicious soup."

As the aunt was muttering, Shi Xia thought of something and said, "Make some soup and send some to Wen Cheng'an."

"to whom?"

Aunt Zhang asked casually and then clicked her tongue when she realized what was happening.

She was so busy these past two days that she didn't even think about Wen Chengan.

"Yeah, yeah, send some goodies to Cheng An, he's tired from training!"