Goldfield
Chapter 7: Saving the Little One

A very large coral reef was falling in front of the children. As Xiaolian and Shitou cheerfully ran over. Yu Hnag was a little calmer. However, when he saw a large amount of seafood on the coral reef, he became unable to resist bending over to gather seafood faster.

Yu Xiaocao quietly stood on the reef, while letting the cool sea breeze blow on his face. A blue vision that greeted his eyes as the sky and sea were filled with pure sky blue, it was a transparent color. Even blue jade, with the best quality, could not compare to the clarity and brilliance of the sea and sky.

It is a sea without the slightest trace of pollution! Yu Xiaocao fell into an unavoidable trance, while being dazzled by the scene before him.

"Cao'er, come! Wear these shark squeaky boots. Your feet are different from your brothers. They're used to running around the beach. If you run around the coral reefs, then your legs will be torn apart." He did not expect Yu Hai to be so considerate. He really thought that the soft legs of his youngest daughter had no defense against rough surfaces.

Yu Xiaocao who was fascinated by the beautiful scenery in front of him immediately woke up wearing boots happily.***the boots are rather large, but still can be worn. He learned from the others and bent down to search around the coral reefs.

Sure enough this is an area that no one else has yet discovered! Immediately, Yu Xiaocao found a kind of black clam. He carefully picked it up and gave it to Yu Hai, as if it was a treasure. He said excitedly, "Dad, I found a clam. Do you think it's edible?"

Yu Hai looked and replied with a smile, "This is a matter of remiss. The meat is delicious and also very nutritious. It is also known as 'Sea Egg'. Take as much as you can. If we get as much as possible, then we can dry it out and sell it for a good price in the city during the winter!"

'Egg from the sea'? Doesn't that mean it's very nutritious? Our family needs a lot of nutritious food! All right, he's got to take that much. We're not going to sell it. We'll eat it ourselves! He could only imagine the delicious spicy stir-fry kerng he had eaten in his previous life! Xiaocao almost drooled as he thought about it.

I'll take it, I'll take it all!

"Huh? Oldest brother, why did you knock that? Can it be eaten too?" Xiaocao was suddenly beside Yu Hang. When he approached to take a closer look, saw him hit something as hard as gray limestone with a shovel, Because he was curious and asked.

This was the first time his youngest sister had come to collect food at sea, so Yu Hang was very patient when explaining to his youngest sister, "This is called a barnacle. See, isn't it shaped like a horse's tooth? It doesn't look like anything special, but it's delicious if the meat is boiled with clear water."

Yu Xiaocao took the shovel his elder brother gave him and cursed it loudly. As expected, he found soft flesh within the shattered shell. She happily picked it up and stuffed it into her little bamboo basket.

"ah! Isn't this an oyster? Very good when baked!" Shortly after, Xiaocao was surprised to find another type of seafood. He cried out in astonishment as he took it out from the crevice of the reef.

Little Shitou laughed at her brother's ignorance, "The second brother is hailizi! The town people call them noble. Once dried, we can sell it to the pharmacy."

Muli is just another name for oysters, okay? it's just a different name for the same thing. Yu Xiaocao glared at him in annoyance, then continued his treasure hunting trip on the coral reef.

A snail? It's a little small, but we can still eat it! I took it too!

The starfish? It looks pretty! Can it be eaten? Whatever, I'll take it first!

Sea urchin? like porcupines. Is it also edible? Take, take, take!

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Yu Xiaocao was very busy on the coral reef and had unknowingly filled his bamboo bucket. But he continued to dig and take seafood with spirit.

Yu Xiacao was very enthusiastic about his first harvest trip at sea. Besides, he was very happy with the very satisfactory result. Unbeknownst to him, he gradually moved further and further away from his father and brothers. He followed the reef and was suddenly pulled over by a cliff.

"Dad! Daddy's! Come here!" Even Yu Xiaocao's tone of voice had changed and carried a feeling of tension and unease without him noticing.

Yu Hai immediately followed the voice and said. "What's wrong? What the hell's going on? Are you okay, Xiaocao?"

"Dad, look over there. Is that a corpse?" Yu Xiaocao shouted loudly as he pointed towards the object floating nearby.

Yu Hai looked in the direction his daughter was heading. He's right! Did a fisherman from a nearby village have a boat accident? The wind starts to wind around noon and the waves get stronger in the sea. So, it is very likely that someone has a ship accident!

After which he immediately made a decision, he took off his top clothes and dove into the sea. Looks like wind is firmer now. Rumbling sounds were heard as the waves hit the cliffs and coral reefs.

Yu Xiaocao nervously shouted at his father, "Dad, be careful! There's a lot of rocks under it, so be careful and don't hurt yourself!"

When Yu Hai appeared on the water, he was already within a few meters of Xiaocao. He still listened to the words of concern from his daughter and waved at her. After that, he continued swimming towards the person floating in the sea.

Yu Hang and his brothers no longer bothered collecting seafood. They all gathered together and watched their father swim close to the unconscious.

Yu Hai swam against the waves and dragged the floating person back to the reef. But he was exhausted when he tried to come back. Yu Hang and Xiaolian helped their father pull the person to the reef.

The young man was wearing all-black clothes, seemingly around fifteen or sixteen years old at the moment, his face was pale and his eyes were still tightly shut. His long eyelashes were like little fans attached to the carry part of his eyes, while there were no traces of blood on his plump lips.

"It looks like he's still breathing!" Yu Xiaocao placed his finger under the young man's pointed nose and exclaimed in surprise.

Yu Hai who was still exhausted, held the young man on his shoulder facing down. As he pushed the young man's stomach with the tip of his shoulder, a burst of seawater shot out from the young man's mouth. Yu Hai jerked him a few times, until the young man stopped spewing seawater, before dropping him again.

"Dad, can he still be saved?" Yu Xiaocao anxiously asked when he saw the handsome young man still faint.

Yu Hai examined the young man's limbs and did not find them, "He did not drown for a long time, he could still be saved. Does anyone bring water? Give him some water."

"Dad, didn't he drown? Why did you give him water when his stomach was already full of water?!" Yu Xiaocao untied his leather bag containing mystical stone water, from his waist and asked in a daze.

"I know, I know!" Little Shitou clapped her hands as she spoke, "Sea water. If you drink too much salt water, you will definitely thirst.Of course you will drink water when you are thirsty."

Yu Xiaocao comforted with the childish speech of his younger brother. He pinched his cheek and laughed, "Well, you seem to know a lot!"

Yu Hai who sat on the coral reef tiredly, looked at his children and chuckled, "To drink water to a drowning person is to prevent him from dehydration. Little Shitou was also right. It's dangerous for the body to consume too much seawater."

Yu Xiaocao asked Yu Hang to sit the young man down until he carefully opened the purplish lips of the young man iyu and stuffed the mystical stone water into his mouth.