They usually fish for freshwater fish inland and don't understand the dangers of fishing by the sea.

Once they've played for a few days and gotten used to it, you don't need to worry about them anymore; just let them play on their own.

"Oh, by the way, I'm having lunch at my house tomorrow at noon. You, your aunt, and Uncle Erhu will go with them."

The village chief was a little nervous. "There's no need for us to accompany the guests! We've never accompanied such a high-ranking official before."

"It's fine to have your Aunt Guo help you cook, but after you're done, we'll just have a meal!"

Chen Hong covered her mouth and laughed. The village chief, a low-level cadre, felt suppressed when he heard that the other party was a high-ranking cadre.

"How can that be? When guests come to our house, you are all the elders in the family. How can you not show up and entertain them?"

This isn't a village committee, so we don't distinguish between big and small cadres. This is a family dinner, and everyone who comes will be treated as relatives and friends.

Besides, Uncle Zhou and the others are retired. Treating them as leaders would make everyone uncomfortable; it would seem too formal.

The village chief straightened his back and said, "Now I understand. In our family, we're relatives and friends."

"Don't worry, we definitely won't let you down. Your Uncle Erhu and I will take good care of these guests and let them see the warmth and hospitality of the people of Rongcheng."

After arranging for Xiaohao's mother to pick up the child in the afternoon, the village chief took Uncle Zhou and the others fishing, and Uncle Erhu waited at the dock to pick up the goods in the evening.

Chen Hong didn't take a lunch break. She went home to feed the chickens, ducks, and dogs, and then took Black Tiger out to sea in a boat.

It's currently the fishing ban season, and the sea is completely empty. You have to sail for a long time before you can see one or two fishing boats fishing on the sea.

There are significantly more fishing boats carrying tourists than those engaged in fishing operations, and fishermen have also changed their business focus.

Fishing is prohibited during the closed season, so there's no guarantee of income. Since I'm idle anyway, it's better to earn a stable income by taking passengers.

Most of the tourists are inlanders who have never seen the sea, so being able to sail on the sea is a very unforgettable experience.

Moreover, the fishermen came up with a unique idea: to provide each person with a cheap fishing rod so they could go sea fishing.

You can make money from fish bait, you can make money from eating on the boat, and you can even make money from bottled water on the boat.

The current trend of summer seaside tourism is great; it fills the income gap for fishermen during the fishing ban period, making both tourists and fishermen very satisfied.

The government is even more satisfied. With the development of the tourism industry, tax revenue from catering and travel has risen sharply, not much lower than that from the fishing industry. It's a win-win situation.

Chen Hong didn't linger and sailed directly out to sea. With more and more monitoring systems being installed, large catches of fish must never be "fished" in coastal waters.

In order to survive in the long run, she had no choice but to wander around the open sea for a while longer!

Chen Hong went straight to her secret base. She hadn't seen the giant clam for a long time and didn't know how it was growing.

There's also a companion she paired for the giant clam in the space. It's a bit apologetic that it lived alone in the East China Sea for several months.

After all, it had contributed many large pearls to her, and she had already found several companions for it.

They just come and go in a hurry and haven't had time to release the animals.

Fortunately, she had left her coordinates beforehand, and after wandering around for a while, she finally found the exact location of the giant clam.

After anchoring and changing into his diving gear, Chen Hong went into the water and headed towards the seabed.

After observing for a while, the giant clam seemed to be living very well. Chen Hong had previously released a lot of bait and spatial water into this area.

The water quality and seabed environment here have improved significantly, and the giant clams look much bigger.

Chen Hong wondered if it had any pearls growing inside it yet, and she was really looking forward to it.

Around it, Chen Hong placed five large giant clams collected from the seabed of Diaoyu Island. She couldn't tell the male and female giant clams apart.

We can only release more. Once the number increases, there will always be individuals of different sexes, preventing the awkward situation where same-sex individuals cannot reproduce.

Giant clams are valuable. The fossilized shells of dead giant clams are rare organic gemstones, with a white, jade-like texture, and are also sacred objects in Buddhism.

Tridacna shell, pearl, coral, and amber are known as the four major organic gemstones. In Chinese Buddhism, they are revered as the Seven Treasures, along with gold, silver, lapis lazuli, agate, coral, and amber.

Live giant clams are the "king of shellfish" in the sea. When a giant clam opens its shell, its internal colors are vibrant.

Not only do they come in vibrant colors such as peacock blue, pink, emerald green, and brownish-red, but they also often have various patterns, earning them the nickname "underwater beauties".

Giant clams live deep on the seabed, adjacent to corals. Coral reefs are known as the "rainforests of the ocean," and giant clams are important participants and builders of these reefs.

Together, they provide habitats, breeding grounds, and shelters for marine life, and are important ecological infrastructure in underwater cities.

Like "safe housing" for marine life, without houses, the marine inhabitants would be homeless.

They are usually fixed to the coral reef with their openings facing upwards, and will never move throughout their lives.

This lifestyle is very important for weather research; they are like a marine weather station.

It continuously records the surrounding ocean, weather, and climate information from the same location, making it a natural "geological weather station".