Chapter 122: Today is full of rewards

“Catching the Sea ……”

Natsuki Arai has a memory of this term and remembers it as ……

As the scene changes, the group changes into specialized seafaring clothing, with long black rain boots on their feet, and each person has a plastic bucket with a small shovel as well as pliers in it.

As expected, it really was exactly like what he had seen on TV, Aoi Natsuki’s eyebrows involuntarily raised, his gaze subconsciously looking towards Hayakawa, hoping that she wasn’t repulsed by this place in her heart, if because of this, dropping her goodwill, it would be too much of a loss.

But surprisingly, Hayakawa’s face did not show any discomfort at all, instead, facing this piece of mudflat after the ebb tide in front of him, his eyes revealed a great yearning.

“Hayakawa do you mind here?” Natsuki Aoi asked carefully.

“Don’t mind at all.” Hayakawa brought his sight over and immediately shook his head with a smile on his face, “When I used to be in the countryside, the sea was near my home, and even though the elders wouldn’t let me get close to the sea because of my young age, my grandpa would often take advantage of the time he spent catching the sea to bring back all sorts of things… It’s so nice nah, that I can actually get my hands on it and try it out myself.”

“Well …… that’s really great.” Aoi Natsuki nodded in agreement and put her heart down, looking up at Sakurajima Apricot who had already stepped out ten meters away, and was now in a state of excitement that was nothing less than Hayakawa’s, spinning in circles for a moment, and backing up frequently to greet them as they advanced.

Lina has been looking at the feet, every step, the beach floor is a print, mouth repeatedly exclaimed, a moment fast, a moment slow, play is not happy.

“Alright, here it is, let’s dig up something as interesting as we can!”

Sakurajima Apricot pulled out a small shovel from a plastic bucket and smiled towards the few people.

“Awwww!” Lina cheered as she held her little shovel high in the air, only the shovel in Lina’s hand was thoughtfully replaced with a plastic child’s model, also to avoid injury.

Then a few people began to “dig for treasure” session.

Aoi Natsuki eyes scanning a circle of underground, completely did not see anything, it is difficult to not already have someone step in advance have been searched clean?

“Aoi, you can’t find it like this, you have to bend down and look carefully, the ground has different soil quality, some creatures will have different ways of hiding, well …… look here, is the surface of the sand here slightly elevated, and there is a wavy cascade on the surface, then this means that it has just started to lie down on the sand, my guess is that What’s hiding under here should be a clam.” Sakurajima apricot said carefully beside him, just like the last time he practiced the dance, every time he mentioned the key point of the place, Sakurajima’s attitude would relatively become very serious.

“Yeah.” Aoi Natsuki squatted down and dug with a shovel shining at the place, and sure enough, it felt hard underneath, and when he dug it up, it was really a clam.

“Congratulations, dig the goods.” Sakurajima Apricot folded her arms and smiled from the sidelines.

“It’s just …… so small ah.” Natsuki Arai held the clam above her head, and it was probably less than two centimeters in diameter.

“That’s normal, keep looking slowly.”

Sakurajima Apricot finished speaking and started searching on her own.

On the other hand, Hayakawa was close to the relatively wet land, which her grandfather’s theoretical knowledge had told her would definitely produce good goods! She was also hoping to dig up some big crabs or something good.

But it’s certainly not that simple.

“Awwww!” Lina’s voice suddenly came from behind her.

Hayakawa turned around and realized that Rina was also following her, and at the same time both of her rain boots had half of the tops of their feet already sunk into the mud.

Seeing this scene, Hayakawa was instantly startled, his face changed, and he shouted for the remaining two to help.

Aoi Natsuki and Sakurajima Apricot straightened their backs and stretched their necks to look their way when they heard the sound.

“Leigh, Leigh that foot is stuck in!”

“!” Aoi Natsuki was startled, her mind immediately recalled some crisis incidents that she had once seen on the news where people had gotten caught in a swamp, so catching the sea was still such a dangerous thing to do!

“Don’t be so nervous, it’s fine.” Sakurajima Apricot acted calmly, dropping the clams she dug up in her hands into a plastic bucket, and then slowly walked over to Rina’s side.

Looking at Leena who couldn’t get her foot out with all her strength, her little face followed and held red.

Keiko Hayakawa cast a worried glance.

Sakurajima Apricot looked down at Rina, followed by placing the plastic bucket on the ground, freeing her hands, reaching under Rina’s armpits, and with a gentle lift, Rina managed to disengage, but the two rain boots remained in the mud.

Handing Rina over to Aoi before pulling the rain boots out of the dirt and placing them on the ground.

“Do not panic when you meet things, this kind of place is not trapped, really more than the top of the foot, can not be pulled out, just give up the boots, these are basic common sense ah.” Sakurajima apricot face calmly said.

Hayakawa small face red, indeed, just saw Rina something, instantly she panicked, even let her take off the rain boots so simple way can not think ……

“Thanks.” Natsuki Aoi said in thanks, then her gaze glared at Rina, “From now on, stay close behind me okay?”

“Well ……,” Lina agreed, lowering her head.

With that, she was re-dressed in her rain boots, and the party proceeded to begin digging up the seafood that had become stranded on the shoal.

After almost twenty minutes had passed, Aoi Natsuki had dug up quite a few things, but most of them were clams… was today some kind of special day? There were so many shellfish. He had heard before that some fishermen knew the change of seasons very well, and could use it to harvest different kinds of seafood, then in that case, Sakurajima Apricot had brought them here today on purpose.

“Here.” Sakurajima Apricot pointed to the ground, “Right here you can see there are many unevenly arranged holes spread out, which often hides some bamboo razor clams, in order to protect themselves by diving into the earth, these holes are the entrances for them to crawl, and slowly get covered up over time, and currently you can still see them clearly.”

After Sakurajima Apricot finished speaking, she squatted down, picked up a shovel, and scraped off the layer of soil on the surface, after which she took out a packet of salt from a plastic bag while greeting the remaining two people to come over.

Lina trotted over with a small shovel and a curious look on her wide-eyed face, already covered in mud, but she was having a particularly fun day.

“A magic trick for you.”

Sakurajima Apricot then unwrapped the salt package, after which she evenly sprinkled it over the not-so-obvious holes and waited quietly for seven or eight seconds before repeating the sprinkling of salt and waiting again.

This time it’s finally the magic that happens.

A bamboo razor clam poked its head out of the ground violently, just as if it had been negotiated in advance, totaling about seven or eight, all exposing half of their bodies on the ground.

Lina covered her mouth in unusual surprise.

Natsuki Arai was also surprised, then helped Sakurajima pull out the razor clams and put them in a plastic bucket.

“How interesting.” He whispered under his breath.

Today, I have learned some good knowledge about catching the sea, and it’s a worthwhile trip. In addition, if I can use this opportunity to improve Hayakawa’s specialty point, it would be great.

Hayakawa caught on quickly, and eventually after an hour she had dug up more than even Sakurajima, and the four of them could be said to have a full harvest.

Having been bending over and having a bit of a sore back, Sakurajima Apricot announced at this point that she was switching locations and taking a special bus to the next stop on the list.

Approaching the sea, this time it was time to really start fishing, there was a specialized fishing rod rental store nearby, Sakurajima Apricot led the three of them up the steps, lifted the cloth curtain and stepped in, taking the first look inside, only to see it was a very plain storefront, a stale air greeted them, behind the counter to the left, an old man with very few white hairs was yawning, and his attention suddenly took on a glow as he looked towards Sakurajima, who had entered the door.

“Oh! It’s not an apricot.”

“It’s been a long time na, grandpa.” Sakurajima Apricot waved her hand.

“Grandpa?”

When the white-haired old man heard this, he hastened to make an explanation, “It’s just that Apricot likes to be called that, I’m not her real grandfather, Apricot, the first time I’ve seen you have brought your friends along, are they all high school classmates?”

“Yes.” As Sakurajima Apricot replied, her pace had led her straight into the cargo area, and within moments, there was a burst of rummaging sounds.

The white-haired old man was suddenly stunned, stood up, poked his upper body out of the cabinet, supported his hands on the surface of the cabinet, and shouted toward the apricot inside, “If you bring your friends along today, the rental fee is all 50% off!”

“This …… Thank you!” Aoi Natsuki didn’t realize that the relationship between the two parties was this good, so she immediately bowed in thanks, and Rina beside her bowed politely as well.

“What a cute little girl~” the old white-haired man said with a kind face as he looked at Rina.

Aoi Natsuki stroked the back of Rina’s head, and after chatting with the store manager for a couple more moments, he watched Sakurajima walk back with a large pile of things, and he hastily discontinued the conversation and went up to help.

The old white-haired man noticed the choice of rods and hooks, and in the next moment asked, “Is it to hang some bamboo clip fish?”

“Uh-huh!” Sakurajima Apricot nodded.

“Amazing, can you surmise the fish you want to catch just by using a tool?” Hayakawa exclaimed.

The white-headed old man, however, was unimpressed and waved his hand, “It’s nothing, seeing as how Apricot is holding a small, number two hook, and there aren’t many fish that can be caught per se, it’s a casual guess.”

“That’s pretty impressive too.” Aoi picked up.

“That’s all for now, bait-wise, grandpa~” Sakurajima Apricot looked at the white-haired old man with a smile, her voice gradually becoming good-natured, a face that Aoi Natsuki had seen before, very different from the usual, sort of a brand new existence that could be called a second personality.

“Mo, really can’t do anything about you, the bait counts as 50% off for you too.” The white-haired old man could tell that he really loved Sakurajima ah, and with that, the group headed off to go fishing with a bunch of equipment at a super low price.

There is special fishing available on the embankment here, and just today there were seven or eight older grandpas standing on the edge catching fish.

The amazing thing was that they all knew Sakurajima, and even took the initiative to give her some of the fish they had caught in their buckets. Should we say that the residents of this place were hospitable, or that Sakurajima herself possessed an unstoppable charm?

Later, Sakurajima explains to Aoi and Hayakawa about the use of bait cages, and since it’s necessary to pull with the fish on the embankment, Rina is left to watch from the sidelines with supportive eyes.

“Just squeeze the bait into the bait cage and slowly lower it into the water, different from last time, the water is deeper here so there is no such thing as sinking, gently shake the rod so that the vibration of the rod goes to the bait in the cage in the water spreading rapidly, the next step is to be patient.”

As soon as Sakurajima Apricot had finished speaking, suddenly the rod tightened immediately, she reeled in the line unhurriedly, it didn’t look like she was struggling, and soon a small fish, probably about the length of her hand, was out of the water.

“This is the bamboo sandwich fish, put it on the grill and grill …… that is quite delicious.”

Just by talking about it, the party had been caught up in Sakurajima’s appetite.

Aoi and Hayakawa immediately followed suit and started fishing.

Aoi Natsuki gradually can also appreciate the joy of fishing, blowing the sea breeze, feel the whole person is very relaxed, have a word without a word with the old grandpa around chatting, do not have to think about what to do, leisurely leisurely to finish the day’s time is a first-class satisfaction.

The time came to two o’clock in the afternoon.

This time the harvest is really very rich, after returning the tools, they went to the area dedicated to the fire, burning charcoal laying grill plate, if you do not like to roast, you can also specifically find the nearby store made into a dish served up, only need to deliver some processing costs.

Sakurajima Apricot was handling the entrails of the bamboo sandwich fish, although the bamboo sandwich fish would die not long after it came out of the water, the action of digging out the fish’s entrails like this with a smile on her face while moving in a fluid motion still couldn’t help but send a chill down the back of the body, and after all of it was done, she admired her hands stained with blood with interest, and her eyes were filled with an unrivaled contentment.

This kind of fear will only be slowly realized a little bit after becoming her friend, I guess.

Zip–

On the baking sheet, the bamboo sandwich fish is grilled to a moist oil, and the clams spread out on the left half of the sheet open their mouths one by one, showing the grainy white clam meat inside.

“Then we’re on!”

The crowd chimed in.

Then eat to your heart’s content, the amount was totally open today, probably because you caught it yourself, and just sprinkling some salt on it made it feel very tasty.

Lena ate it with a mouthful of grease, and the charred, crispy crust had a surprisingly good texture.

Aoi Natsuki looked over to Hayakawa as she ate, opening the system panel and realizing that she had already added another 2 points to her fishing specialty points, NICE! It was the right choice to come today!

The meal lasted until four o’clock, mainly because the grandpas who were with us were particularly hospitable and chatted for a long time.

Like Sakurajima Apricot had said before, today it would only be possible to stay at a nearby B&B for one night, Aoi Natsuki didn’t have a problem with that, and Hayakawa’s side got a series of replies to be careful and safe after contacting his parents.

Lina ate and drank enough, the whole person began to be sleepy, and finally fell asleep in Aoi’s arms, carrying her a few people all the way to a relatively secluded looking B&B hotel, open the phone to check the information of the hotel, there is even a hot spring inside! Then don’t even need to think, decisively choose this one.

Once inside, Natsuki Arai handed Rina over to the two girls.

“Please give her a brief wash and put her to bed early.”

“Uh, okay.” Sakurajima nodded and took Rina.

Aoi Natsuki then grabbed her room card, tidied up a little and prepared to head to the hot springs to take a bath, she was also very tired after playing all day and deserved a good rest.

When you enter the room, it’s a large open room with tatami mats, with a bed as standard, and if you’re not used to it, sheets on the tatami mats are fine.

I have to say that the environment here is really good ah, the room door is directly out of a courtyard, a pine tree stands in the wall, the center of the small pond made of stones, a water storage bamboo tube (water) in the water storage, then quickly tilt to the other side, impact on the stone, make a crisp sound.

Aoi Natsuki took a deep breath and followed it up by opening the cabinet to find a wooden bucket containing various changes of clothes and towels.

It’s really traditional, holding a barrel in your hand to take a bath, it really feels like you’re a kid.

It was getting dark, and just the time he spent standing at the mouth of the balcony looking at the view made it feel like the sky had fallen a few moments.

Ten minutes past seven in the evening.

Natsuki Aoi stretched comfortably and warmly as she walked slowly back to her room from the depths of the corridor, this time taking the outer courtyard and instantly enjoying the full view of the bed and breakfast inn again.

As he walked, the familiar pleasant thumping sound grew stronger, and it appeared that he had walked to his room as well.

Turning right up ahead and passing around the corner, the next moment his eyes caught sight of a girl sitting in a corridor not far away, wearing a rose-red, flower-patterned yukata, clogs under her feet, and raising her eyes to look straight up into the sky at the night scene.

Away from the hustle and bustle of the city, there are no skyscrapers here, surrounded by silence, only the occasional sound of birds chirping and insects chirping, obviously the moon in late January, but today is exceptionally bright.

Moonlight sprinkled on her face, crystal white, Aoi Natsuki watched are a few seconds in a daze, and finally the line of sight fell on her unique wooden hairpin, her hair coiled is the right amount of good, even if only one meter five height, at this moment, but gives a person a feeling of desire.

“Hayakawa ……”

Aoi Natsuki pondered for a moment before finally walking up to meet them.