"This conch is really beautiful! Ah Wan, do you know what kind of conch it is?"
Jiang Lan knew nothing about snails, but that didn't stop her from thinking the conch was beautiful.
Fu Wan turned the conch shell in her hand around and held it up in front of Jiang Lan's eyes: "Look at it like this, what does it look like?"
The spiral-shaped shell has a milky white base color with reddish-brown lines growing out from the center, making it look like some kind of bird.
Parrot!
A thought suddenly struck Jiang Lan, and she excitedly asked Fu Wan, "Parrot, doesn't it look like a parrot?"
Fu Wan nodded approvingly, "That's right, it's a nautilus. This conch shell should be a nautilus." (Nautilus image from the internet, removed if infringing copyright). Nautiluses generally live at depths of 100 meters and are nocturnal, resting during the day and active at night. The nautilus shell Fu Wan found was intact, but empty inside; its owner had long since disappeared.
Nautiluses are also known as living fossils of the ocean. They have lived on the seabed for hundreds of millions of years and are of great value to biological research.
Because of the different living habits of the conch, there are no such conch in the waters near Fujia Village. Even though she knew that her daughter would definitely like such a beautiful conch, Fu Wan had no way to bring it back.
Nautiluses were among the species prohibited from entering China in later generations, and the checks were very strict.
Fu Wan didn't know the current customs regulations, nor did she want to cause trouble. This kind of thing wasn't like strawberry seeds; it was too conspicuous.
"Cousin, can I have this?"
Song Yuqing is about the same age as Fu Ling. Ever since Fu Wan cleaned the nautilus, her eyes have been glued to it and haven't looked away.
"Okay, here you go. Be careful not to cut yourself on the edge."
Upon hearing this, Fu Wan readily placed the nautilus shell in Song Yuqing's hand. Song Yuqing nodded in agreement and immediately became enamored with the nautilus.
"Ah Wan, come and see! There's so much seafood here!"
Hearing Bai Qianzhou's call, Fu Wan quickly walked over. Bai Qianzhou and Jack were quite far away, about fifty meters from where she had just been standing.
There was a cluster of rocks of varying sizes, and because the tide had just receded, the rocks underfoot were wet and slippery.
It was Jiang Lan's first time going out to beachcomb. She was so focused on holding her child's hand and walking forward that she lost her footing and almost fell.
Seeing this, Fu Wan quickly reached out to support her. Fortunately, she was quite strong when fishing and pulling fish, and Jiang Lan wasn't fat either.
Are you alright?
Jiang Lan breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. "It's alright, thank you, Awan."
Good heavens! She still feels lingering fear when she looks at her feet. There's a big, protruding rock there with sharp edges. If she had fallen on it, she would have definitely ended up in the hospital.
Fu Wan shook her head, but didn't pull her hand back.
"Let me help you, Yuqing, come and hold your aunt's hand."
If Jiang Lan had previously thought of Fu Wan as just a relative who didn't ask for anything in return, now she treated her like her own younger sister.
The kind that shines with radiance.
God knows that even Song Zhirong in her eyes had never looked this handsome.
After walking for a few minutes, the three of them finally arrived at Bai Qianzhou's side. When they saw what was on the reef, Fu Wan was also shocked.
"This, this is a mussel?"
Good heavens, people would believe it if you said it was abalone, but where can you find such a big mussel, the size of a goose egg!
Bai Qianzhou and Jack had already pried up a small pile. Hearing Fu Wan say this, Bai Qianzhou held up a mussel to show her.
"Look, these are indeed mussels. But they're probably quite large, probably because harvesting is restricted here."
These mussels must be quite old; you can see that the distinctive bluish color of mussels is almost gone.
Fu Wan took a look and it was true; they were mostly black and gray.
They brought buckets with them today. Jack and Bai Qianzhou probably pried off about four or five pounds of mussels. But eating too many of these things isn't all that great. Considering the weight limit, Fu Wan gave up on joining the mussel-picking team.
Just then, a sea breeze blew by, and something swayed slightly on the rocks not far away, which Fu Wan immediately noticed.
There was something moving on the reef. Fu Wan stared intently for a moment, then tiptoed closer to the reef. The closer she got, the clearer she could see what was on it.
Two antennas!
Based on her extensive experience in beachcombing, those two long antennae could only contain lobsters!
How could she let a lobster go? But the lobster was also clever. As soon as Fu Wan got close, the lobster that had poked its head out got startled and kept burrowing back under the rocks.
Seeing this, Bai Qianzhou ran over and lifted the rock before Fu Wan could ask for help.
Seeing this, Fu Wan also instinctively grabbed the two antennas, touched and pulled, and the big lobster was caught in her hand.
Wow, cool!
Jack exclaimed in surprise, and Jiang Lan was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth for a long time.
Good heavens! This cousin is amazing! She managed to catch such a huge lobster!
Fu Wan grabbed the lobster and walked back, while the lobster instinctively struggled and squeaked.
Song Yuqing was very bold and approached without any fear.
"Wow, Auntie, what's this?"
The little girl rarely gets to eat this kind of thing. Even when she does eat shrimp, it's always pre-prepared and cleaned by Song Zhirong.
"Shrimp, this is a lobster!"
To be precise, it was a California lobster, reddish-brown in color, and only after being pulled out did we realize it was at least half a meter long. (Image of a California lobster, please delete if infringing copyright). Such a large lobster attracted Robert and Tom, who were fishing nearby. Despite their shock, Fu Wan suddenly remembered something.
"Can I take this lobster home?"
She had just felt like she was back in Fu Family Village, going to the beach, when she saw Robert and Tom's foreign faces and remembered that there were quite a few rules here.
Robert and Tom scratched their heads; to be honest, they didn't know either.
After all, they'd never caught a lobster before.
"Should we put it back?"
Fu Wan suppressed her heartache and asked.
Sigh, lobsters are delicious, but she doesn't want to experience prison life in the US just for a shrimp.
Jack chimed in, "I don't recall this being mentioned in the relevant regulations manual."
To be honest, he only glanced at the booklet a couple of times and didn't look at it carefully.
Upon hearing this, Robert offered an idea.
"No, dear Wan, wait here for a moment, I'll go ask."
There are people who inspect the fish in the pavilion not far away; you can't go wrong asking them.
Fu Wan nodded. It was their oversight; they had forgotten to bring the handbooks they had been given out earlier when they came out today.
"Wait a minute, when you went to get your fishing licenses, why didn't you take that booklet with you?"
Fu Wan turned to Bai Qianzhou and Jack and asked them. The two looked at each other in surprise. Oh dear, how could they have forgotten about this?
Bai Qianzhou suddenly realized why he felt he had forgotten something when he came out after paying the money—he hadn't taken that booklet!
Robert didn't understand what they were saying at first, but after listening to Jack's explanation, he ran to Hawke's office without saying a word.
"Guys, wait a minute, I'm going to find Hawke right now!"
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