Fisherwoman: After my divorce, I became rich by fishing at sea

When Boss Fu parked the boat, he saw his daughter looking at... a group of birds on the ground with a puzzled look on her face?

For people who grew up by the sea, the things they are most familiar with, besides fish, are probably seabirds.

Just as he approached to look at the group of birds with some curiosity, the birds flew up vigilantly when they saw people coming, and then landed on a branch not far away.

This agile and light posture, this shape, is this a swallow?

But where did the swallows come from on the seashore?

Fu Wan became excited at this moment. She finally remembered the familiar feeling she had when she saw the swallow!

In her previous life, she worked for a boss who sold bird's nests and they had a pretty good relationship. At that time, she read a lot of information about bird's nests.

The group of seemingly inconspicuous black birds in front of you are the aristocrats among the swallows, the swiftlets!

The swiftlet has a petite body, with a body length of about the width of a palm, about ten centimeters.

Their upper body feathers are generally black or brown, and sometimes under the sunlight, they can be seen to have a faint blue sheen.

The swiftlet is a gregarious bird that primarily feeds on insects. Modern records show that a single swiftlet can eat multiple mosquitoes in a single day.

Fu Wan couldn't help but get goosebumps when she thought about the mosquito in the experimental picture.

However, in modern times, people are keen on swiftlets mainly for their bird's nests.

During the breeding season, they usually use saliva to mix feathers, mud and other materials to form a nest. The nest is usually placed on the cliffs of sea rocks. This is the famous tonic - bird's nest.

Golden bird's nest is the most expensive and the most nutritious of all bird's nests. A pound of good quality bird's nest may cost tens of thousands of yuan.

However, modern swiftlet nests are generally produced in India and the Malay Archipelago.

China's golden bird's nest is distributed in Hainan, Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hubei, Guizhou and other provinces and regions.

Boss Fu had heard of the swiftlet, and when he heard Fu Wan say that this was the swiftlet, his eyes lit up.

There are so many swiftlets catching insects here to eat, which means that there are their nests nearby.

It’s not that they are unethical to pry open the swallow’s nest. Swiftlets build nests for breeding, and after the young swiftlets grow up and leave the nest, the old swiftlets will build new nests.

However, if the nest built by some swiftlets before is still there, they will build another nest on top of the original nest.

Some swiftlets are more willful and will simply choose a new location to build another one. However, because they like to live in groups in cliff caves, the second nest is often not too far from the first one.

Therefore, harvesting bird's nests will not make the swiftlets homeless.

Fu Wan and Fu Lao Da were now in high spirits. The father and daughter had two snakeskin bags tied to their bodies, and now they walked towards the tall reefs nearby with even more energy.

The cliff cave is probably right at the edge of the reef, and there are tall reefs on the other side of the island.

Sure enough, after the father and daughter walked for a few minutes, they heard a lot of light bird calls.

Fu Wan is much younger than Boss Fu, and is now walking in front of Boss Fu.

But when she was about to climb to the edge of the cliff cave, she was stopped by Boss Fu.

"You walk behind me, and I'll walk in front and take a look."

It was not known whether the cave ahead was a swiftlet's cave. Boss Fu was afraid that it would be too dangerous for Fu Wan to go up there. He was a grown man and had much more strength.

After saying that, regardless of Fu Wantong's disagreement, he simply passed her and climbed up the rock wall in a few strokes.

It is easy to climb up, but the cliff cave in front of us is much smaller.

Boss Fu quickly turned around to pull Fu Wan, but the child couldn't wait any longer and had already climbed up.

Boss Fu walked in front, and Fu Wan followed behind.

It was a little dark in the cliff cave, but after the two of them got used to it, they could see the specific situation inside the cliff cave clearly.

Especially Fu Wan, because of the fish beads, her eyesight at night was no different from that during the day.

The area in front of the cliff cave was a bit damp, but it became much drier after walking for a while. It was probably because the cave was far away and the seawater could not get in.

The cliff caves on the seaside are all naturally formed by long-term wind and rain, so the edges of the cliff caves are bumpy. Boss Fu walked along the edge of the cliff cave. If he hadn't been cautious, and his hands were rough and covered with calluses from being used to doing farm work, he would have been in trouble.

The sharp edges of the cliff cave are so high that they will cut your palms.

The two men walked along the cliff cave for about ten minutes and saw light not far ahead.

When we walked to the bright place, we found that it was a very large reef, but the middle was empty. The sunlight came in from the top, illuminating the scenery on this side clearly.

"Oh my God!"

Boss Fu looked up at the densely packed transparent bowl-shaped objects on the surrounding cliffs, and from time to time there were many swiftlets flying around.

Fu Wan also looked up. There was probably nearly a thousand square meters of transparent bird's nests embedded in the cliff wall, just like the footrests of rock climbers in her previous life, one after another.

Many bird's nests have turned a little gray, especially those at the bottom, which are closest to them. It is obvious that they have been abandoned by the swallows.

Fu Wan and Boss Fu were both so happy that they couldn't stop smiling. They knew there should be bird's nests here, but they didn't expect there to be so much.

Even if you take some of these bird's nests home, you can earn a lot of money!

Neither Boss Fu nor Fu Wan are greedy, and even when collecting bird's nests, they know when to stop.

Perhaps because of the noise made by Boss Fu and Fu Wan, many swiftlets were startled and flew up, then circled twice and returned to their nests.

Fu Wan was delighted by the palm-sized creatures and whispered to Fu Laodao, "Dad, we only pick the ones without swallows. We can't touch the nests where swallows live."

Boss Fu lowered his head to take out the bag and said without looking up: "That's for sure. We are not greedy for money. How could we do such a wicked thing?"

"Hurry up and go back when we've almost finished picking them. This way your mother won't worry if it gets too late."

Fu Wan took out the small knife she carried with her, and Boss Fu took out the small shovel he had originally intended to use to shovel clams.

When the two men came forward with tools, they both paused.

"Awan, how do we get this thing off?"

Boss Fu frowned, and Fu Wan remembered that in the information she had read in her previous life, there didn't seem to be much mention of how to collect bird's nests, and they only boasted about the value of bird's nests.

However, she did hear from the boss that to collect bird's nests, one needs to use a special spray bottle to spray some water so that it is easier to take out.

After all, bird's nest is made of swallows' saliva.

But Fu Wan was confused again. Would it be true that adding water would not dissolve the bird's nest?

Neither of them had any idea, and Boss Fu didn't care anymore. He just took a small shovel and carefully shoveled out a bird's nest.

He was a good worker and he could shovel out the bird's nest with just one shovel.

"Dad, you're still the best!"

Boss Fu couldn't help feeling a little proud, but when he put the bird's nest in the bag, he was dumbfounded.

This bird's nest is stuck to the shovel and I can't shake it off no matter how hard I try!