Seeing Fu Wan gently place the conch shell back next to the coral reef, Boss Fu was also full of questions.
He remembered that his daughter used to love collecting pretty seashells when she was little, so why doesn't she like them anymore?
Underwater, it's difficult to communicate using only hand gestures. Fu Laoda's question only lingered in his mind for less than a minute before he enthusiastically got back to work.
He discovered that several large sea cucumbers, each as thick as an arm, were hidden near the coral reef not far away.
Such large sea cucumbers are quite rare, and Boss Fu couldn't resist, so he swam over and started frantically picking them up.
He's been seeing sea cucumbers a lot lately. He kept two of the ones he picked up while beachcombing last time for himself, and asked Ye Lin to send a few more to his brother-in-law.
Although he felt much more energetic after eating sea cucumber, who could have predicted that he might have overdone it, as he started having a nosebleed while sleeping that night.
This nearly scared Ye Xiaocui to death, so she has ordered Boss Fu to stop eating such nourishing food.
Even though his wife wouldn't let him eat it, Fu Laoda couldn't resist the sight of it.
If he doesn't want to eat it, he doesn't have to. He can't just sell it for money!
In such a vast country as China, there are plenty of men who want to eat sea cucumbers!
Fu Wan wasn't interested in sea cucumbers; all she could think about were lobsters. But after searching several coral reef caves, she couldn't find a single little lobster.
However, near the last coral reef, she found quite a few ribbons.
Thinking back to the last time she ate this stuff was a month ago, Fu Wan couldn't help but swallow her saliva as she looked at these big things.
Blanched scallops with a touch of garlic chili sauce – the taste is amazing!
So she didn't hesitate to start picking up the ribbons. They were delicious to eat, but the outer shell was heavy and big.
In no time, the net bag, which had been filled with more than half a bag of mantis shrimp, was stuffed full of straps.
Moreover, because of the weight of the strap, the mantis shrimp stopped struggling and were unable to move at all.
Looks like I need to get a new net.
Luckily, I brought several net bags with me!
Fu Wan tightened the opening of the net bag in her hand, tied it up, and put it aside.
She then took a net bag off her waist and began a new round of harvesting.
She was still obsessed with lobsters, but perseverance paid off. As she swam to another coral reef to search, several familiar lobster tentacles appeared before her eyes.
Those upright antennas, aren't they calling out to her?
Lobster holes are usually quite narrow, so Fu Wan could only reach in along the upright antennae, grab the lobster's head tightly, and then pull it out.
However, she was a little surprised when she pulled out the lobster, because this time the lobster she caught was not the small green lobster from before, but a yellow-spotted lobster with a slightly yellow tail.
The little green dragon that Fu Wan and the others were talking about is actually a bamboo dragon, also called a fir dragon. Its tail is mostly greenish-blue, with a clearly visible bluish-green tinge at the base.
The small green lobster is very similar to the Chinese spiny lobster, but there are also differences. The bottom of the spiny lobster's tail is a distinctly layered yellowish-brown.
Furthermore, the Chinese spiny lobster has many white and blue spots on its head, while the yellow-spotted lobster is not as visually appealing. Not only is its color not bright, but it also has many yellow spots on its dark blue back.
Although it doesn't look very appealing, the yellow-spotted lobster tastes better than the small green lobster, second only to the spiny lobster, so it also ranks second in price.
This was the first time Fu Wan had caught a yellow-spotted lobster in the sea. Before she could even admire it, she hurriedly stuffed the lobster into her net and started digging into its burrow.
Lobsters are social animals; finding one could mean finding an entire brood.
Sure enough, after feeling the struggling force in her hand, she withdrew it again—another yellow-spotted lobster. However, because she had caught two lobsters in a row, the other lobsters in the burrow were clearly frightened and hid in the innermost part of the rocks, making them impossible for Fu Wan to reach.
Just as she was worrying, the coral reef was suddenly lifted up.
Fu Wan didn't even have time to see what was going on before her hand instinctively reached for the lobster.
There were only about five or six lobsters in this nest, including three small ones. The small lobsters had heads bigger than their tails, and they looked like they were not yet adults.
So Fu Wan naturally let them go, and then stuffed the larger lobster in her hand into the net bag.
It was naturally Boss Fu who lifted the coral reef. He picked up half a bag of sea cucumbers and turned to look for Fu Wan, only to find that his daughter had encountered a problem.
When he saw the yellow-spotted lobster in Fu Wan's net bag, he gave it a thumbs up.
Yellow-spotted lobster, great price!
After restoring the coral reef to its original state, Fu Wan and Boss Fu dug out a few more lobster holes and collected several spider snails. After filling their nets again, she and Boss Fu tacitly picked up the harpoons that were placed to the side.
Now that we have lobsters and conches, all that's left is the last net, so naturally we should catch a few fish to take home.
Although there were many fish in this sea area, neither Fu Wan nor Boss Fu had any intention of making a move.
Since these fish are all small, about the size of a palm, there's no need to kill them.
Just as Fu Wan was about to give up, a beautiful red creature emerged from the coral reef and swam slowly past her.
After seeing what the fish looked like, Fu Wan was stunned.
Those are long-tailed birds that prefer to live in the deep sea; I don't know how they ended up in this shallow water area.
But she wasn't about to let this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity slip by; she raised her harpoon and speared the fish.
The long-tailed bird never expected danger to come so quickly. Before it could react, the harpoon had already pinned it to the mud and sand.
Fu Wan was afraid that it would struggle violently and escape, so she swam over and grabbed it before pulling out the harpoon.
Only after putting the fish into the net did she have a chance to admire the beauty of the long-tailed bird.
"Long-tailed bird" is actually the local name for this fish. Its scientific name is *Cyprinus filamentosa*, also known as long-tailed ice snapper.
The most distinctive feature of this fish is its tail, which has smooth lines like a ribbon. Its whole body is a beautiful bright red, except that its belly is a slightly lighter color.
Moreover, this fish has a large forked tail fin and likes to eat squid, shrimp, crabs, and plankton. It generally lives in the deep sea and can grow to over a meter in length. (Image of a long-tailed bird; it's very beautiful.) The one Fu Wan has is only about 40 centimeters long, but its weight is estimated to be around four or five kilograms.
Seeing that Fu Wan had already made a catch, Boss Fu was not to be outdone and caught a yellowfin seabream weighing about two pounds.
Afterwards, they caught a few more common sea bream. Seeing that their harvest was almost complete, Fu Wan signaled to Boss Fu to swim to the surface.
Not long after they surfaced, the roar of a diesel engine could be heard in the distance. The timing was perfect—Fu Ming and Fu Liang were returning with their trawl nets.
Fu Wan and Boss Fu first handed all the nets in their hands to Fu Ming on the deck, and then they used their hands to push themselves up onto the boat.
"Wow, you've got quite a haul this time!"
Fu Ming sighed several times; their trawl net had only just been raised, and they hadn't even had time to untie the ropes yet.
“Ah Wan, perfect timing. You untie the rope of that trawl net, and I’ll go get the fish baskets to pack all this seafood.”
It wasn't that Fu Ming was being lazy and hadn't untied the rope of the trawl net; it was just that Fu Liang, who was sailing the boat, insisted that Fu Wan untie it.
Although Fu Wan was a little tired, she still had the strength to untie a rope.
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