Encircled from both sides, even the cleverest fish eventually becomes a fish caught in the net.
When Fu Ming took the flashlight and looked at it, his face instantly showed disbelief, and his voice became excited.
"This...this is a giant spotted scorpion?"
Fu Wan looked closely and shook her head. "These are strawberry spots."
Ye Lin, standing nearby, asked in confusion, "What kind of fish is a strawberry grouper? Is it expensive?"
Fu Ming looked at him with an expression that said, "Expensive? Of course it's expensive! This fish is similar to the grouper; both are good fish!"
The strawberry grouper, also known as the blue-spotted grouper, is similar to the red grouper in that it has a bright red body covered with beautiful blue spots that resemble stars.
Strawberry spotted catfish prefer to swim alone, but sometimes they appear in small groups. They like to eat small fish, shrimp, or snails in rocky areas.
This fish, like the grouper, has tender flesh and is rich in nutrients, so the price is also very attractive. Fu Wan has never caught a strawberry grouper before, and she doesn't know how much Fu San charges per pound.
"Ah Wan, these grouper are so beautiful, but our buckets are already full!"
Fu Ming carried a net filled with strawberry fish, but after searching for a long time, he still couldn't find a bucket to put the fish in.
Fu Wan looked and, sure enough, the buckets the three of them were carrying were full of blue crabs.
Fortunately, Fu Wan had a net bag with her.
Fu Wan put the strawberry-shaped fish into a net bag, then placed the net bag in the trench to the side, planning to take it home later when they finished their beachcombing.
"Oh my, what's this?"
Just as Fu Wan placed the net in the trench and was about to walk to the side, her hand, which was resting on the reef, grabbed a handful of snails.
"Yellow-mouthed Spicy Snail!"
The yellow-mouthed giant spicy snail is the most common type of snail found while beachcombing. Spicy snails have a slightly spicy taste because the tail of the snail meat contains a small amount of capsaicin.
These snails may not have vibrant colors, but they taste great whether stir-fried or blanched.
Fu Wan had seen the snails that Ye Xiaocui had picked up on the beach before, and they were the typical size of snails. But the pile she had in her hand now was almost twice as big.
"Where are the spicy snails?! I'll come, I'll come."
Fu Ming is the family's favorite to eat spicy snails, especially after Fu Wan stir-fried them with chili peppers once before, which he ate and couldn't forget.
"Holy crap, so many spicy snails!"
"And it's so big!"
Fu Ming became excited and quickly told Ye Lin to take out the snakeskin bag he had brought.
"Luckily we brought snakeskin bags, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to pack all these snails."
Ye Lin had never seen so many snails growing on this rock before. He didn't even bother to talk to Fu Ming, and just silently picked them up one by one.
"Ah Lin, look what this is?"
Fu Ming picked something up from the trench and showed it to Ye Lin mysteriously.
Fu Wan, who was picking snails nearby, heard this and curiously turned her head to look.
Tsk, it's actually a cat's eye snail that's half the size of a fist.
The cat's eye snail was very fresh; it was retracting into its shell when Fu Ming picked it up.
“Such a big snail. There are snails about the same size in our village pond, but they are not edible and they are not as pretty as this one.”
Fu Wan guessed that Ye Lin was referring to the golden apple snail, which is common in the village pond. This snail is not only poisonous but also harmful to the environment, and it is indeed not comparable to the cat's eye snail.
However, judging from Fu Ming's smug look, she could tell he was up to no good.
Sure enough, Fu Ming coaxed Ye Lin, saying, "Look, that snail meat feels nice to touch, right? Press down on that piece of meat, and you'll find a different kind of surprise."
Seeing Fu Ming's serious expression, Ye Lin didn't think much of it and pressed the snail meat into the shell with some skepticism.
The next second, a jet of water shot directly onto Ye Lin's face, drenching him completely.
Hahahaha!
Fu Ming laughed hysterically. If they weren't harvesting snails on the rocks, Fu Wan was afraid he would laugh so hard he would fall into the sea.
"Are you a three-year-old? How childish!"
Ye Lin wiped the water off his face with his shoulder. If these cat's eye snails weren't edible, he would have smashed them into Fu Ming's face.
I doubt Lingling and the others would even know how to pull this off!
The three chatted and laughed as they picked wild snails. There were so many wild snails here that each of them took a small snakeskin bag, and all three bags were bulging.
"Oh dear, these old bones of mine!"
Fu Wan straightened up and rubbed her sore back.
Just then, she noticed two dark figures squatting next to the bucket where they had put the crabs.
Because Fu Ming and Ye Lin were looking at the snails with flashlights, and they were some distance away from the bucket where the crabs were kept, the three of them didn't initially notice that someone was nearby.
What are you doing!
Fu Wan shouted angrily. If others couldn't see her, surely she could! Her eyes were like searchlights!
The two people were clearly one big and one small, and they were frantically stuffing crabs into their buckets.
Fu Wan's angry shout startled Fu Ming and Ye Lin, not to mention the two thieves not far away.
Fu Ming and Ye Lin stopped collecting snails and put the bag on the rocks. They then ran towards the crab bucket while shouting.
"What thief came from here, daring to steal our things!"
"Don't you have hands and feet? There's so much stuff on this beach, why are you stealing from someone's bucket?"
The two people tried to run when they heard the noise, but the child couldn't run fast. A crab even ran away, and when the child tried to catch it, the crab pinched his finger hard.
"Aaaaaaaahhhhh!"
Serves you right!
You dare steal our stuff!
Fu Wan also walked in that direction, getting closer and closer, and the more familiar the face seemed.
Ha, isn't that Qian Xiaohua and her precious son Fu Yaozu?
When Fu Wan and the other two ran to the bucket, several people from not far away came over, looking quite lively.
"Ouch, quickly put your hand in the water! This big blue crab is pinching you, it looks painful."
Fu Yaozu cried loudly, and Qian Xiaohua panicked and lost her composure. She quickly pressed his hand into the trench next to them. The blue crab felt safe and then released its pincers.
Even so, Fu Yaozu's hand turned red and swelled up instantly.
Seeing the crab trying to escape, Fu Ming quickly picked up the net next to him, scooped it up, and caught the crab.
Fu Wan looked at the crabs in her bucket and had to admit that Qian Xiaohua was quite good at stealing. She didn't just steal from one bucket; she stole quite a lot from each of the three buckets, and the buckets that were almost overflowing were now much smaller.
On the contrary, her bucket was almost overflowing.
That's awesome.
Fu Wan was fearless. This person had stolen something, so why should she give her any face?
She picked up her bucket and poured the contents into her own bucket. Qian Xiaohua, seeing this, immediately grabbed the bucket and started wailing.
"What are you doing! How dare you steal from an orphan and a widow!"
Fu Wan snorted coldly, "Are these your things? My three buckets were originally full, don't you have any idea where this bucket of crabs came from?"
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