The wind and rain lasted for a full day and night, finally subsiding around 8 or 9 p.m. the following evening.

Fu Wan coaxed Chen Lingling to sleep, but her heart was already at the seaside.

With such a strong wind and rain, there must have been a lot of things washed ashore by the sea.

After covering Chen Lingling's belly, she opened the door and ran into Boss Fu and Ye Xiaocui, who were dressed neatly.

"Father, Mother, what are you doing?"

Boss Fu coughed lightly, "Your dad's an old fisherman, with such big waves, there must be some cargo at the beach!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Ming's door creaked open. He quietly closed the door and turned around to see the three people staring at him.

"Um, I'm just going to use the restroom."

"Do you need to be dressed so neatly to go to the toilet?" Fu Wan rolled her eyes at him. The net bag around her waist was already tied up, and she was still going to the toilet?

Fu Mingxin steeled his resolve, looking fearless, and declared, "I'm going to go beachcombing too!"

God knows that for the past two weeks, every time he saw Fu Wan and Ye Xiaocui return with their hauls, he felt like he had a claw scratching at his heart.

He used to need a cane to walk, but now he's only slightly lame, walking with a limp, but he no longer needs a cane for support.

Boss Fu nodded in agreement, "Then let's go together!"

Fishermen's sons aren't so delicate. Back in the day, he broke his hand but still went fishing in Shanghai.

Ye Xiaocui hesitated, but seeing Fu Ming's happy expression, she swallowed the advice she was about to give.

Oh well, as long as the kids are happy, it's fine. Besides, going beachcombing won't tire your legs out.

Ye Xiaocui closed the gate, and the four of them walked quickly along the path to the seaside.

As it turned out, they ran into an acquaintance on the way—it was Fu Liang, who was out gathering seafood with a net.

"Uncle! Aunt!"

Fu Liang grinned at the group, and then they all tacitly agreed to hurry towards the beach.

It's still a bit windy at the beach, and the waves keep crashing on the sand, which isn't as clean as it used to be.

"Quickly, let's split up!"

As soon as they arrived on the beach, Fu Wan pulled Ye Xiaocui toward the pile of rocks.

Those little trenches always bring new surprises!

Before they even reached the rocky outcrop, they encountered a surprise!

Fu Wan walked forward with a flashlight, but didn't pay attention to her feet. When she felt something wriggling under her feet, she was startled and moved away to take a look.

Hey, isn't that Squidward?

"Ah Wan, there are so many octopuses here!"

Ye Xiaocui also stepped on one. She quickly reached out to grab it, but the octopus in her hand got agitated and sprayed ink all over her face.

"Mom...Pfft hahahahaha."

Fu Wan couldn't help but laugh; Ye Xiaocui's blank expression was truly rare.

"You little rascal, you're making fun of me now!"

Ye Xiaocui walked to the side, scooped up some seawater with her hand to rinse it, and then quickly picked up the octopus on the beach.

"This is truly rare; I haven't seen so many octopuses in a long time."

Indeed, Fu Wan only just noticed that there were several octopuses buried in the sand at their feet, desperately trying to crawl out!

"Ah Wan, hurry up! So many live octopuses! We can get a good price for them later!"

Octopuses, also known as eight-armed fish, generally prefer to hide in caves under rocks on the seabed. In addition, they are the most intelligent of the invertebrates, so it is rare to catch a large number of octopuses by fishing. Occasionally, there may be one or two, but they are less than the size of a palm.

It's unclear whether the waves have destroyed the octopus's home, but Fu Wan and Ye Xiaocui dug around for half an hour, getting more and more excited as they dug.

The rescue plan for the octopus only ended when the beach around them was dug into numerous sand pits and holes, and the octopus had harvested more than half a bucket.

Fu Wan carefully searched for octopuses on the beach with a flashlight. When the flashlight beam swept back, she saw several unusual octopuses in Ye Xiaocui's bucket.

That's a blue-ringed octopus?

She picked up the little octopus from the bucket and examined it closely. The blue-ringed octopus was smaller than the other octopuses and its body was covered with eerie blue rings. The little octopus in her hand, which was only the size of a child's fist, was almost exactly the same as the one she had seen in short videos in her previous life.

"Mom, you can't eat this!"

Once she recognized it as a blue-ringed octopus, sweat broke out on her back.

Fortunately, she made sure everyone in her family wore thick gloves before she went out. You know, the blue-ringed octopus is one of the most venomous creatures in the ocean and it doesn't usually attack people.

However, once bitten by it, there is basically no cure, and the whole village will be feasted!

Fu Wan picked out all the blue-ringed octopuses from the bucket and threw them back into the sea one by one.

"Ah Wan, can't we eat this little octopus?"

Ye Xiaocui rarely eats or sees octopus, so she felt a pang of heartache seeing Fu Wan throw it into the sea.

Octopus isn't cheap!

"Mom, one of these little octopuses covered in blue rings can kill more than 20 people!"

Ye Xiaocui was so frightened that her face turned pale. She thought to herself, "Thank goodness it wasn't sold. If someone had bought it and eaten it, wouldn't that have been a terrible thing?"

After selecting the octopus, Fu Wan picked up the snakeskin bag and walked to the side, while Ye Xiaocui took a small shovel and went to dig for clams.

There are many reefs on the beach, some of which are newly washed up, while others are large rocks that were there before. The strong winds and waves have moved them a bit.

Fu Wan first did the same as before, taking the net and circling it in the trench. When she pulled up the net, there were only two small fish, no bigger than her palm, staring at her with their eyes wide open. There was nothing else in the net.

Okay, even the ocean trenches have their share of mishaps.

She tossed the two palm-sized fish back into the sea and then began searching under the rocks with a stick.

Crabs love to stay under rocks.

After searching for a while and turning over several rocks, we finally found two blue crabs, one large and one small, under the rocks.

The two crabs were quite different in size; one weighed two or three pounds, while the other was only the size of a child's fist.

The small crabs were released naturally; every fisherman understands the principle of slow and steady wins the race.

If we arrest all the little ones, what will our descendants catch when they're left to catch nothing?

The beach was getting busier, and Fu Wan searched for a while with her net before finally finding a rock with a small patch of oysters.

The oysters here didn't look as big as before, but something was better than nothing. Fu Wan used a knife to pry them off one by one and threw them into the bucket next to her.

I wonder if there are any oyster pearls left inside these oysters.

If you don't take some garlic chili sauce home, pour it over the oysters, sprinkle some chopped green onions, and drizzle with hot oil, it will taste quite good.

"Ah Wan, let's go back!"

Ye Xiaocui shouted from a short distance away, "There are so many people on the beach, it's estimated that every household in the village has come out."

Since they hadn't dug up many clams, Ye Xiaocui thought of calling her family home to see what they had found.

If you have any good fish, you can send them to Fu San first, so that you won't be too conspicuous when there are too many people around.

"They're here!"

Fu Wan pried off the last oyster and picked up the bucket to leave.

As a result, the flashlight accidentally swept across the rocks and revealed a spotted fish head emerging from under the rocks, which startled Fu Wan.

What is this thing?!