"Wow, you guys are really something! You actually found a piece of abalone!"
Fu Wan exclaimed in surprise. Fu Qing looked up and saw the unusual steamed bun in Fu Wan's hand.
She wanted to eat too, but she had to work.
Oh, she's having such a hard time!
Fu Wan immediately noticed the longing in Fu Qing's eyes, reached out and broke the remaining steamed bun into three pieces, stuffing them directly into Fu Qing and Fang Min's mouths.
After putting a piece of abalone into her mouth, she squatted down to examine it.
"Ah Wan, aren't we amazing? I was the first to discover this!"
Fu Qing proudly pointed to the abalone on the reef, perhaps because this deserted island was rarely visited by people, there were an unusually large number of abalone.
Looking around, they were densely packed, and each one was the size of a duck egg.
Fu Wan gave Fu Qing a thumbs up, "Amazing, Qing is amazing!"
"Amin is amazing, with so many abalone, he can definitely make a lot of money."
Not content with praising Fu Qing, Fu Wan also took the opportunity to compliment Fang Min.
Fang Min's cheeks flushed slightly. She rarely heard such direct praise from others. She smiled and then lowered her head to continue digging for abalone.
Fu Wan pulled out a small knife she carried with her and pried open five or six abalone in a row. Fang Min found it strange that she hadn't put them in the abalone bucket to the side.
"Ah Wan, shouldn't we put all these abalone in the bucket?"
Fu Wan shook her head, "These look good. I'll wash them later and blanch them for everyone to try at lunchtime."
Fang Min knew how expensive abalone was, but she habitually followed Fu Wan's advice and didn't say much.
After picking off more than twenty abalones, Fu Wan felt her arms getting a little sore. Looking at Fu Qing's actions next to her, she couldn't help but laugh.
"Ah Qing, why do you always pick the biggest ones to pry open?"
Fu Qing said matter-of-factly, "Qing isn't stupid. The big ones are valuable, so we'll pry the big ones first."
Fu Wan understood; the girl hadn't quite come to her senses yet, thinking it was like digging for abalone near the village—something that had to be snatched.
"The larger ones are fine too. We can separate the large ones from the small ones later so it'll be easier to calculate the price."
These words were mainly spoken to Fang Min, who responded with an "okay." After Fu Wan finished speaking, she stood up, just as Boss Fu brought over a few fish traps.
"Dad, are you going to go down into the cage?"
Boss Fu laughed heartily, “Yes, I think the water quality around here is quite good, there are still quite a few aquatic plants even on such a cold day.”
I went aboard the boat to look for them, and luckily I brought a few fish traps and crab traps.
"Ah Wan, this island isn't big. Why don't you take your brother and the others around? You might find something valuable."
After saying that, Boss Fu looked around to find a good feng shui spot to set up the fish trap. When he saw the abalone on Fu Qing's side, Boss Fu grinned again.
He said that his lifelong experience as a fisherman told him that there were many valuable things on this island!
Think about the coconut island and bird's nest island they visited before; both of them had great products!
Fu Laoda found a spot and went over to set up crab traps, Ye Jianguo followed behind carrying several crab traps, and Chen Balang carried a bucket, searching for sea snails everywhere.
"Brother, I'm going to check out the other side of the island, do you want to come?"
Upon hearing his sister's call, Fu Ming immediately shouted, "Go!"
He hurriedly emptied the seafood from his bucket to Fu Liang, then picked up the empty bucket and ran towards Fu Wan.
"Ah Wan, this is my first time on a floating island, it's so exciting!"
As Fu Ming followed, Ye Lin also quickly walked over carrying a bucket.
"I'll go with you!"
With two tall men, each over 1.8 meters, around, Fu Wan felt like she had two bodyguards with her.
"Okay, bring all the tools, like knives. Maybe we'll run into some unexpected surprises on our way there."
Upon hearing this, Ye Lin knew he had come to the right place.
Fu Liang also wanted to come over, but there were still many unremoved seashells at his feet, so he couldn't get away immediately.
This island is actually similar to Coconut Island and Swallow's Nest Island, except that it is smaller in area and has sparse trees.
Fu Wan led Fu Ming and Ye Lin to the other side of the island. The path was full of dark brown rocks, and it was a bit difficult to climb over them.
Fortunately, all three of them were agile and climbing a few rocks was no problem for them.
After walking for more than ten minutes, all Fu Wan could hear were the occasional cries of seabirds and the whooshing sound of the wind.
"Hey, look what's that?"
Ye Lin strode across a trench. The tide hadn't receded yet, and the seawater had almost completely submerged the trench.
But Ye Lin has exceptional eyesight; he's been trained to catch rabbits in the forest since he was a child, so finding prey is a piece of cake for him.
He reached into the trench and groped around for a while. Fu Ming and Fu Wan were wondering what was going on when Ye Lin pulled out a red scallop.
"Is this thing edible?"
Ye Lin had never seen such a shellfish before, and he held up the shell to ask Fu Wan a question.
Fu Wan handed over the bucket, saying, "They're edible, just ordinary red scallops."
She glanced at the trench; the seawater in it was somewhat murky because of Ye Lin's bucket of rummaging.
But that didn't stop her from seeing that the trench was full of red scallops.
These red scallops are edible, but they don't fetch a high price.
This is also one of the raw materials for sun-dried scallops, and it was one of the species that Fu Wan had planned to cultivate.
The price is affordable, making it a seafood product that ordinary people can afford.
Ye Lin had no recollection of these common scallops because what was sold at the dock was mostly scallop meat picked out by fishermen; the shells had long been discarded.
Upon hearing Fu Wan say it was worthless, Ye Lin instantly lost interest.
"The tide hasn't gone out yet, let's take a walk around and come back for a bite."
Seeing seafood doesn't mean you can leave it at all. Even though it's cheap, it tastes pretty good steamed.
Especially now that the weather is cold and the seawater is cold, the seafood living in this cold water is even sweeter.
After memorizing the location, the three continued walking forward, and soon Fu Wan saw an empty cave entrance in the rocky reef.
Thinking of the rocky caves on Swallow's Nest Island, Fu Wan was somewhat tempted.
Could this also be bird's nest?
However, she immediately dismissed her guess, mainly because she hadn't seen a single swallow feather, let alone any swiftlets, in the vicinity.
However, Fu Ming was very interested in the cave and immediately took the lead and went in.
"Huh, it's pitch black in here, I can't see anything."
Fu Ming took two steps and then turned back to complain. After thinking for a moment, Fu Ming took out a box of matches from his body.
"I put this in my pocket when I was cooking. We didn't have any flashlights with us."
"I'll go take a look."
What use is a box of matches? Fu Ming and the others can't see clearly without light, but Fu Wan can!
She hurried forward, took two steps into the cave, and then realized something was wrong.
A little further inside the cave entrance, there were several large rocks about half a person's height piled up. Looking through the gaps between the rocks, several large wooden crates could be clearly seen inside the cave.
There wasn't even a speck of dust on those wooden crates, so they probably hadn't been inside for long.
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