The geoduck in Fu Wan's hand was clearly startled, its long, protruding trunk trying desperately to retract, but because of its enormous size, a section of it was always sticking out.
Because its shape resembles an elephant's trunk, it is called a geoduck clam.
The scientific name for geoduck is Pacific geoduck, and fishermen in the Fujia Village area call it emperor clam.
Because geoduck clams are large shellfish, their shells are shaped like clams, and their color is light brownish-yellow. The exposed siphon meat cannot be completely retracted into the shell.
Geoduck shells are mostly between 18 and 23 centimeters long. Not only are they delicious, but they also have a high meat yield. Just the siphon that protrudes from the shell alone accounts for at least 30 percent of the total weight.
Fu Wan seemed to have swum into a geoduck nest. The geoducks under her feet all looked to weigh five or six pounds each, and at a glance, she could see at least a dozen geoducks inhabiting the sandy bottom of the sea.
There's no reason not to take something that's been delivered to our doorstep.
However, the geoduck was too big and heavy for Fu Wan to put in her small net bag. She could only pick up the geoduck in her hand and then drag the net bag containing several small green dragons towards the surface of the sea.
She wondered where Fu Ming and Fu Liang had gone. She hoped the three of them would hurry up so she wouldn't have to swim up and down alone and get exhausted.
Boss Fu was sorting through the fish while occasionally checking the surface of the sea.
Fu Ming and Fu Liang would surface for air every now and then, but Fu Wan was nowhere to be seen.
If he hadn't known his daughter's abilities, he would have been frantically trying to rescue her from the sea right now.
Jiang Chunlan was seeing this scene for the first time and wondered why Fu Wan hadn't come up to get some fresh air.
She held back for several minutes, but seeing that Ye Xiaocui and Boss Fu acted as if nothing had happened, she finally couldn't hold back anymore.
"Why doesn't Awan come up for air? Did something happen down there?"
Just as Ye Xiaocui was about to tell her that everything was alright, Fu Wan suddenly surfaced with a "whoosh" and waved her big weapon at Ye Xiaocui and the other two on the boat.
"That's... an Emperor Clam!"
Ye Xiaocui stood up excitedly, and Boss Fu stopped picking out the fish and quickly reached out to pull Fu Wan up.
The two boats were not far apart at this time, but Fu Wan was closer to her own boat. She handed the geoduck in her hand directly to Boss Fu, and then pulled over her net bag and handed it to him as well.
"Wow, besides the Emperor Clam, there's also such a big little Azure Dragon! Awan, you're truly amazing!"
When Jiang Chunlan saw the small blue dragon, as thick as her wrist, in the net bag, she immediately praised Fu Wan highly.
Now she truly had a direct understanding of Fu Wan's abilities underwater, and felt even more fortunate to have a close relationship with Fu Wan's family.
No wonder they had reaped considerable rewards on these recent voyages; Fu Wan was probably the main contributor. As for her foolish son, Jiang Chunlan knew very well what was going on.
Putting aside everything else, he may only have some brute strength, but this child has been kind and honest since childhood, and he is good to whoever is good to him.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be so close to his cousin, Boss Fu's family.
"Dad, where are my brothers?"
"There are still quite a few emperor clams down there. I want to take them all back; they'll weigh at least a hundred catties!"
A hundred-pound emperor clam!
Boss Fu himself was eager to go into the sea to retrieve them, "Why don't I go? I don't know where your two brothers went, they've been wasting two sets of clothes!"
After saying that, Boss Fu took off his shoes and was about to go into the sea. Fu Wan was both amused and exasperated, and quickly stopped him.
"Dad, you don't have any diving equipment. Don't come down. If something happens, I'll have to fish you out."
Fu Laoda's face turned red with anxiety. "You underestimate your father, don't you? Back when I was catching fish at the bottom of the sea, you guys were still nowhere to be found!"
Ye Xiaocui quickly grabbed him and confronted him without any politeness.
"Look at how old you were before, and how old you are now. Still thinking you're young? You're over fifty..."
Before he could finish speaking, Fu Ming and Fu Liang popped their heads up with a "whoosh." Perhaps because they hadn't been in the water for a long time, both of them were a little tired.
But more than tired, their faces now showed excitement.
When Fu Ming saw that Fu Wan was also there, he started shouting even louder.
"Ah Wan, look what your brother Liang and I caught! We caught several groupers! And quite a few sea bream! Although we injured them with bamboo arrowheads, we'll have fish to eat for several days now!"
"Holy crap, where did such a huge emperor clam come from?!"
They talked as they swam toward the boat. Fu Liang, who was behind them, couldn't see clearly, but Fu Ming, who had been shouting the whole time, spotted the big thing in his mother's hand at a glance.
"Ah Wan, that's amazing! Where did you get such a huge emperor clam!"
Fu Wan pointed to the seabed, "There are still quite a few below. I was thinking that if the three of us take a big net and go together, we can get there faster."
"But you two should take a break. The clam won't run away. We'll go down and fish it out after we've rested for a while."
"What rest? I'm not tired at all!"
Fu Ming tossed a net full of fish onto the boat and then urged Fu Wan to hurry up.
"Where are those emperor clams? Let's go, let's go and bring them all back!"
If he remembered correctly, Uncle Fu's emperor clams cost five or six cents a pound. If he earned a little more money, maybe his little tricycle would be ready soon.
Fu Liang was incredibly excited to hear that there were still many emperor clams in the seabed. Being a young man, he didn't feel tired at all.
Seeing that her two older brothers were as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood, what could Fu Wan say? She picked up a few large nets and went into the sea to do it!
The three of them set off immediately. Fu Ming and Fu Liang followed Fu Wan and swam into the sea. Before long, they arrived at the place where Fu Wan had discovered the geoduck.
Upon seeing the row of geoducks on the seabed, Fu Ming excitedly gestured.
He was so anxious because he couldn't speak while holding his breath underwater.
However, it's definitely true that you can only own it if you hold it in your hand. Fu Ming and Fu Liang quickly suppressed their excitement, each of them picking up a geoduck clam and putting it into the large net.
Fu Wan also went around to the other side. The geoduck clams here varied in size. The large ones had shells the size of a person's head, and their fleshy tubes were thicker than her arm. The small ones were only the size of a fist. Fu Wan simply skipped over them.
Focus on the big picture and let go of the small details; let things take their course.
This principle is deeply ingrained in the hearts of every fisherman.
Fu Ming and Fu Liang were the same; they didn't even glance at the small geoduck clams, but they had enough of the big ones to pick up.
After the three of them had almost finished picking through the geoduck clams, Fu Wan realized that there were still at least several dozen kilograms of geoduck clams left at their feet.
This was the result of Fu Liang and Fu Ming taking some of the cargo back to the ship while they went up to get some fresh air.
There's no other way; since I've already picked them up, I guess I'll just have to move them!
The three men looked at each other on the seabed. Happy troubles always come so quickly. So, each of them dragged a heavy net and swam towards the surface with difficulty but also joy.
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