As they were talking, Fu Ming, fully equipped with an oxygen tank on his back, walked over.
"Ah Wan, let's go!"
Fu Wan nodded and dragged over the kayak she had taken from the warehouse.
She's loved kayaks ever since she took one with her last diving trip.
Not only is the large target size convenient for Boss Fu to locate their positions, but it can also provide a place to store them when Fu Wan's network is full.
Boss Fu inflated the kayak and then helped them launch it into the water.
As he put him down, he muttered, "You two siblings need to be careful. Once you've had enough fun, I'll come back for you."
Fu Wan and Fu Ming responded in unison, and the two of them grabbed their nets, spearguns, and harpoons, then turned and waved goodbye to the people on the boat.
Two splashes rang out in quick succession, and the people on the boat felt a mixture of worry and envy.
Ye Lin was naturally envious. He also wanted to try diving, but the waters here were dozens of meters deep, and his diving skills were not enough for him to dart around here.
Not only would we gain nothing from this, but it would also be bad if we ended up holding Fu Wan back.
Big Yellow, who was enjoying a carefree time eating, drinking, and relaxing on the boat, saw this in the crowd and quickly pushed his way through the crowd to jump into the water as well.
"Hey, hey, Big Yellow!"
"What's that dog doing? Why is it going diving with us?!"
Fu Mancang and the others found it strange that Da Huang hadn't shown anything special on this voyage; usually, he would just lie on the deck and watch them pick out the fish.
"Let it go, it's fine!"
Only after Boss Fu spoke up did everyone give up the idea of retrieving Big Yellow.
Since Dahuang showed no intention of diving into the water, Fu Wan simply put it on the kayak.
It's about 3 p.m., the hottest time of day.
The surface temperature of the seawater was not low, so the two of them not only did not feel cold, but also felt quite comfortable in their water.
Fu Wan went down first and tied the kayak to a rock.
Only after that did she have time to examine the seabed.
Unlike other seabeds, the coral reefs here are more abundant than in other sea areas.
Although the water was quite deep, a fair amount of sunlight still managed to penetrate the seawater and shine onto the coral reefs.
The sunlight filtering through the water made it appear like flowing glass, and the colorful little fish darting among the coral reefs mesmerized Fu Wan and Fu Ming.
The underwater world has a kind of magic that makes people think about it all the time and never get tired of looking at it.
The vast seabed is teeming with colorful coral reefs. Hiding beneath the rocks are not only various ornamental fish, but also lobsters with outstretched electrical wires.
Hmm, lobster?!
Fu Wan, who was lost in her reverie, snapped back to reality and quickly swam toward the reef.
These lobsters hide in their burrows during the day and only come out at night.
Trawls rarely catch lobsters.
Since we've already gone into the water and encountered them, there's no reason not to catch the lobsters.
Fu Wan stepped forward and tried to reach in, but the coral reef cave was a bit narrow, and it was difficult to move her hand inside.
Just as Fu Wanteng was about to lift the coral reef to cover the lobster with a net, a pair of hands suddenly reached out from the side and silently lifted the coral reef.
Fu Wan turned her head and looked, oh dear, she said she had forgotten something.
I forgot my older brother came down too!
Fu Ming was also helpless. His younger sister was enjoying the beautiful underwater scenery with him when she suddenly went to dig out lobster nests without saying a word. Digging out lobsters was one thing, but why did she forget about him?
Sigh, is it because I have too little presence?
With the lobster in front of him, Fu Ming instantly forgot all about these other things.
It doesn't matter if I'm not very noticeable, as long as I can catch lobsters.
The tacit understanding between the brother and sister over the past twenty years is no joke. One of them lifted the rocks while the other caught the lobsters. In the end, Fu Wan stopped catching them by hand and simply used a net to catch several at a time.
Of course, they didn't want the ones that were too small or had babies, so they kept only the big and strong ones, planning to roast them and eat them when they got home that night.
Looking at the two bags full of lobsters, Fu Ming and Fu Wan gave each other a high five with great satisfaction.
Fu Wan gestured to Fu Ming, indicating that he should use a harpoon to spear the fish. As for herself, she needed to find the shadow of the sea willow tree.
Sea willow, which lives in the sea, is actually a type of black coral, and it also has another name: gorgonian coral.
In the Fujia Village area, people are more accustomed to calling sea willow trees "sea iron trees" because they are generally dark brown and have a very tough texture.
Moreover, it is also resistant to decay, hence the name "ironwood".
Decades ago, many wealthy families liked to collect these sea ironwood trees and use them as raw materials for polishing ornaments.
This type of coral appears rough on the surface when it is in the sea, but after polishing, it will have a glass-like luster.
Image of a Cycas revoluta figurine (image removed due to copyright infringement).
Moreover, the sea iron tree also has particularly strong medicinal value. This is also the reason why Sun Youjin sought out Fu Wan. It is said that sea iron trees of good quality, when boiled into soup or steeped in water, are very effective in treating physical damage caused by excessive smoking and drinking.
Fu Wan didn't know the specifics either; she had only heard about the uses of the sea willow tree.
Sea willows generally live in waters about 30 meters deep. Although their name is related to wood, they are not plants, but animals.
In fact, most corals are animals; they feed on plankton, but they don't move much and just resemble animals.
Sea willows can live for tens of thousands of years. They typically grow on rocks on the seabed and can grow up to three or four meters tall.
However, this thing grows very slowly; it takes decades or even centuries for it to grow to just two centimeters long.
Given how rare this was, Fu Wan didn't plan to dig up a live one. She had to look for a dead sea willow tree to bring back to Sun Youjin.
Fu Wan swam around and saw all sorts of corals in every color on the seabed. But after looking carefully for a long time, she couldn't find a trace of the sea willow tree.
Could it be that there are no sea willow trees in this area?
Fu Wan muttered to herself, just then, Fu Ming swam over with a look of utter disbelief.
The net in his hand contained several fish. Fu Wan glanced at it and recognized four or five palm-sized triggerfish, a pufferfish, and several spider snails.
"What's wrong?"
Fu Wan gestured to Fu Ming, who patted his chest in fear and gestured back to tell Fu Wan what had just happened.
He had just spearfished in that coral reef. The fish were all hiding during the day, so there weren't many to see.
He finally spotted a pufferfish, and he immediately remembered the pufferfish porridge that Fu Wan had brought back last time. Its fresh and sweet taste made him unable to resist taking a bite with his fork.
Fortunately, his aim was good, and the pufferfish was harpooned. But when this thing was harpooned, all the spines on its body immediately stood up.
Although Fu Ming was wearing gloves, he still didn't know where to start.
With no other option, he took out the scissors he carried with him and stabbed the pufferfish several times. After a few minutes, the pufferfish died, and he unloaded the fish and put it into a net bag.
But then, something strange happened. When he was about to go find Fu Wan, he discovered that the scissors he had placed on the nearby reef were gone!
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