After putting the clams into the bucket, Bai Yu continued walking on the mudflats, but this time they paid more attention to the sensations under their feet.

However, it wasn't something they could easily notice, since they were wearing wading pants and weren't walking barefoot on the mudflats.

Besides feeling the sensation under their feet, their eyes were also busy searching for prey on the mudflats.

Soon, Bai Yu and his team made another new discovery.

"Brother Yu, look at this vent. It's so round, just like it was drawn with a compass."

Wang Hai, who was walking behind, pointed to a small hole on the beach and said.

"Wow, it really is quite round. But this hole looks a lot like a sea cucumber's hole. Are there sea cucumbers here? We've never caught any sea cucumbers back in our hometown."

Looking at the hole Wang Hai had mentioned, Bai Yu was unsure for a moment what kind of creature it was, what kind of breathing hole it was.

He said it might be a sea cucumber because it looked very similar to the hole in the video of catching sea cucumbers he saw online, but he was unsure because he had never encountered sea cucumbers in his hometown before.

Because sea cucumbers are cold-water marine organisms, while the coast is located in the tropics, strictly speaking, this is not a suitable habitat for sea cucumbers.

Especially now that it's September, even if it's not the hottest time of the year, the daily minimum temperature is still around 25 degrees Celsius, and the maximum temperature is even more 36 or 37 degrees Celsius.

“Brother Yu, we’ll know what it is once we dig it out. There’s more than one of these breathing holes here. Let’s dig them all out.”

"That's true. We'll know what's inside once we dig it out."

Then Bai Yu took out the old actor's sand shovel and started digging at the breathing hole.

However, considering that it might contain sea cucumbers, Bai Yu was extra careful when digging, trying to dig around the breathing hole.

After all, sea cucumbers don't have shells; they only have a thin outer layer like intestines. If a sand shovel were to hit them, they might just be shredded.

Bai Yu had seen videos of people catching sea cucumbers online. Those people had professional equipment, so catching sea cucumbers was very convenient and quick, and they could catch them one by one.

But Bai Yu didn't have such a thing, so he could only dig with a sand shovel.

Generally speaking, sea cucumbers don't burrow very deep. You can dig them out by digging down 30 to 40 centimeters along their breathing holes.

Bai Yu did just that. When he had dug almost to the end, he used his hand to push the mud and water in the pit to the side, and a pinkish color was revealed at the bottom of the pit he had dug.

Upon seeing this, Bai Yu understood what was going on. This thing was the breathing hole of a sea cucumber, and sea cucumbers are pink.

Without hesitation, Bai Yu grabbed the sea cucumber and pulled it out of the hole.

With a tug from Bai Yu, a pink intestine about half a meter long was pulled out and thrown onto the beach.

To be fair, this sea cucumber is quite resilient; even though Bai Yu stretched it to half a meter long, it didn't break.

About ten seconds later, the sea cucumber, which was originally half a meter long, slowly shrank to about ten centimeters, with a thickness of about four or five centimeters. Overall, it looked short and chubby, and very heavy.

But don't be fooled by its appearance. In fact, this thing is full of water inside. If Bai Yu and the others want to sell it, they will have to control the water first.

After all, the purchasing station buys sea cucumbers, not seawater.

"Brother Yu, these sea cucumbers look quite pink and tender. Do you think they taste good?"

Looking at the sea cucumbers beside him, Wang Hai's first thought was whether they tasted good; he didn't care much about anything else.

"I don't know about that, but I've heard that sea cucumbers can be made into sashimi. I wonder what advantages sea cucumber sashimi has compared to other large intestine sashimi?"

Bai Yu didn't really know what sea cucumbers tasted like, but he did know how to make sea cucumber sashimi; he had seen it online.

That thing really looks like intestines. I don't know how people who eat it manage to swallow it. Anyway, if you asked Bai Yu to eat it, he really couldn't eat sashimi.

"Sea cucumber sashimi? Brother Yu, what do you think, should we...?"

"Hold on, if you want to eat sashimi, I'll save you two pieces. There are quite a few holes around here."

"Let's go to the food street tonight, and I'll find you a place that makes sea cucumber sashimi. Just so you know, I don't eat sashimi made from sea cucumbers, so you'll have to eat that yourself."

Before Wang Hai could finish speaking, Bai Yu interrupted him. He knew Wang Hai too well; he could tell what Wang Hai meant without him even finishing speaking.

"If Brother Yu isn't going to eat, then I won't either. It's no fun eating alone. Brother Yu, I'm going to go dig for sea cucumbers over there."

Upon hearing Bai Yu say he wasn't going to eat, Wang Hai instantly lost his appetite as well.

Don't let Wang Hai's reputation as a foodie fool you; he's a foodie with a discerning eye. He understands the difference between eating alone and eating with someone else—which tastes better.

Then Wang Hai also took a sand shovel and went to the side to dig for sea cucumbers. However, because Wang Hai was also holding a video camera in one hand, his efficiency in digging for sea cucumbers was not very high. The main task was still with Bai Yu.

In just over ten minutes, Bai Yu and his companion dug out about ten sea cucumbers and also found several clams nearby.

The bucket of white fish was already lined with a layer of sea cucumbers, which looked a bit strange and unsettling at first glance.

After digging up all the sea cucumbers in this area, Bai Yu and his companion's beachcombing journey was far from over; to be precise, it had only just begun.

When beachcombing on the mudflats, most people are looking for bulges and breathing holes; it's very difficult to find sea fish, especially large ones.

However, there are exceptions. For example, the fish that Bai Yu is holding is an exception. It is a rare and abundant type of sea fish found on the mudflats.

The fish that Bai Yu is holding is a type of fish that crawls on mudflats. It is not very big, about ten centimeters long and two fingers wide, which is already considered a large fish.

This fish is the mudskipper, a rare delicacy from the mudflats.

Mudskippers, also known as mud monkeys or jumping fish, are not known by Bai Yu as to how fast they swim in the water, but their speed in crawling and jumping on the mudflats is definitely among the top of all marine creatures.

Mudskippers are generally not very big, but don't assume that because they are small, they are not tasty. The taste of sea fish has little to do with their size.

On the contrary, mudskippers taste excellent, and they can be prepared in various ways, whether steamed, fried, stir-fried, or used in soup.

More importantly, mudskippers are also a rare and nourishing delicacy. They have therapeutic effects, specifically in nourishing yin and yang, tonifying the kidneys and strengthening the waist, and promoting sperm production and blood nourishment.

Hmm, isn't it incredibly appealing? We won't go into the specifics, but those who know, know.

Furthermore, mudskippers can be kept as ornamental fish, which has caused their economic value to skyrocket, reaching a peak price of over 100 yuan per kilogram.

However, these fish are not easy to catch. Mudskippers generally live on mudflats covered with silt. Trying to catch them on mudflats really tests both your skills and your patience.

Because mudskippers are very small and lightweight, they don't weigh much. You might spend half a day working in the mud, only to find that the mudskippers you caught weigh less than a pound when you try to sell them. That would be quite interesting.

This time, Bai and Yu didn't find many mudskippers, only about ten scattered on the beach.

Bai Yu and Wang Hai didn't push too hard on these mudflat fish; if they caught some, they would catch a few, but if they didn't, it didn't matter.

Even if they don't catch enough mudskippers to sell, it's okay. They can take them to the food street at night and eat them at a street stall.

Besides mudskippers and sea cucumbers, Bai Yu and his team also found a lot of octopuses on the beach.

Catching octopuses on the mudflats is a lot of fun. If an octopus has crawled over a place, it will leave traces. We just need to follow these traces to find where the octopus is hiding and then catch it.

Bai Yu was a little stumped by these octopuses, not because he didn't want to catch them.

The reason they didn't want to sell them was that the small octopuses that Bai Yu caught were octopuses with rice attached.

As is well known, octopus with rice and octopus without rice taste completely different and have entirely different textures.

The rice made from octopus is very nutritious, and that's why Bai Yu didn't want to sell it—he wanted to eat the octopus himself.

I don't know what's wrong with him today. He brought Wang Hai out to collect seafood to make money, but after wandering around the beach for so long, he seems to really want to eat all the seafood they've picked up.

Whether it's sea cucumbers that you've never tried before, or octopus and mudskippers that follow, they are all rare delicacies, especially since these things are still fresh and alive, highlighting their freshness.

"Brother Fisherman, crab, crab! Holy crap, it's fast!"

Just as Bai Yu was pondering whether to eat these things himself or sell them, he heard Wang Hai's shout in his ear.

When Bai Yu looked in the direction Wang Hai was pointing, she saw a blue crab on the beach running at an extremely fast speed, covering more than ten meters in the blink of an eye.

To be honest, this was the first time Bai Yu had ever seen a crab run so fast. He had absolutely no intention of catching it; he couldn't catch it, he really couldn't.

"Goodness, is this crab about to take off? Forget it, Ah Hai, this crab isn't meant for us. Let's keep looking for breathing holes and bulges. We should head back after wandering around for a while."

Bai Yu glanced at the orchid crab that had run away, then checked the time again. It was already four o'clock in the afternoon, and they had been at the beach for more than an hour.

After such a long time of beachcombing, Bai and Yu's haul was quite good, weighing about twenty pounds in total.

The only downside was that they didn't find anything of great value today. The most valuable thing they found was probably mudskippers, but unfortunately, there weren't many of them.

According to Bai Yu's plan, they intended to stay here until 5:30, so that when they returned to school, it would be exactly 6:00, dinner time.

Wang Hai naturally obeyed Bai Yu's instructions and continued searching the beach.

At 5:30, Bai Yu left the beach with Wang Hai on time and then found a place to wash their wading pants.

They then got on their electric bikes and headed towards their school.

This time, Bai Yu doesn't plan to sell their catch to the local purchasing station. Instead, she plans to take it to the food street and ask the vendors there if anyone wants it. If so, she'll sell it to them; if not, she'll find another purchasing station to sell it to.

If a merchant wants it, he can then talk to them about whether they can cooperate long-term. If so, he might be able to save on the middleman's fees.

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