Fu Wan swam up quickly with her speargun, and when she got closer, she realized that it was indeed a genuine red snapper.
Red grouper is also good; it tastes delicious whether steamed or grilled.
Fu Wan quickly prepared the harpoon and then searched around the crevices of the reef for a good aiming angle.
After finding the right angle, she decisively pulled the trigger. As the mud and sand in the crevices of the reef continued to rise, Fu Wan could feel the red wrasse struggling desperately inside.
She slowly retracted the fishing line tied to the arrowhead, then reached in and pulled the arrow and fish out together.
Fortunately, the crevice in the reef was not particularly narrow, and there were no other small protruding corals inside.
Otherwise, if the fish swims around wildly with the line attached, eventually getting the line tangled and impossible to untangle, then you'll have to cut the fishing line.
This red melon seed-shaped animal isn't particularly large, but it's not small either, weighing at least one and a half pounds.
Its whole body was bright red, and when the fish arrow was pulled out, the tender fish meat inside was clearly visible.
Fu Wan put the red melon seed into the net bag that Bai Qianzhou was holding, and Bai Qianzhou couldn't help but give her a thumbs up.
Within ten minutes of entering the water, Fu Wan had already caught a red grouper and a mantis shrimp.
Bai Qianzhou didn't have a harpoon, but he brought a spear. He hadn't been in the water for so long that he missed twice, which made him laugh in frustration.
Helpless, he could only imitate Fu Wan and catch three mantis shrimp.
After Fu Wan put the red melon seed spot into the net, Bai Qianzhou pointed to the sea and then to himself, indicating that he needed to go up for air.
Fu Wan nodded knowingly. After Bai Qianzhou went up, Fu Wan picked up the harpoon and began searching in the crevices of the reef.
There were ten adults, two children, and a big yellow croaker on this trip. One fish definitely wouldn't have been enough.
Thinking about how long it had been since she had eaten grouper, Fu Wan really missed it.
As she was thinking this, her vision suddenly blurred and a dark figure emerged from the mud and sand.
Seeing that it was a crab, Fu Wan instinctively reached out to grab it, but the crab scurried away so fast that Fu Wan missed.
No matter, the crab stopped again soon, and Fu Wanyou stepped forward and struck again with lightning speed. This time, she finally caught the crab.
This crab is different from the blue crabs, swimming crabs, and three-spot crabs she usually catches; it is a rare seven-spot crab.
The seven-spotted lady crab, also known as the red-spotted lady crab, has eleven dark reddish-brown spots on its back: three in the middle, four at the bottom, and two on each of the upper left and right sides. Combined with its lighter purplish-red shell, it looks very beautiful.
Image of a seven-star crab (image removed due to copyright infringement)
This crab is somewhat similar to the mantou crab that Fu Wan had seen before. Both have obvious bulges on their backs and huge pincers, making them look extremely dangerous.
For that fleeting glance, Fu Wan thought she had encountered another crab that had been switched at birth!
Unexpectedly, it was a seven-star crab that I had never seen since my rebirth.
She had heard people say that this kind of crab was poisonous before, but in her previous life she saw Old Lady Shen cook it for Shen Guangzong. Not only was Shen Guangzong unharmed, but he also kept saying that he wanted to eat it again.
Therefore, Fu Wan guessed that this kind of crab was probably like the fierce chieftain crab she encountered yesterday; whether it was poisonous or not depended entirely on what the crab ate.
In other words, crabs themselves are not poisonous, but if they eat poisonous algae or shellfish, they may become poisonous.
Looking at the seven-star crab, which was bigger than her own palm, Fu Wan hesitated for half a minute before decisively stuffing it into the net bag.
Regardless of whether it's poisonous or not, let's take it back first!
We'll find out when we get back to the island and ask Boss Fu. If it's poisonous, we can release it then.
Thinking about it, Fu Wan caught two more seven-star crabs. It was because she remembered that when Shen Guangzong was eating crabs, Fu Ling was right next to her, swallowing her saliva.
If it's not poisonous, she'll make Fu Ling have a good taste today!
Bai Qianzhou went up to catch his breath and came back down, but he didn't return to Fu Wan's side immediately. Instead, he spotted a filefish on the way and followed it with a harpoon.
The filefish doesn't swim very fast. Bai Qianzhou got used to it in the sea for more than ten minutes and also got the feel for fishing.
In just a few minutes, he happily swam towards Fu Wan with the fish.
Fu Wan was putting the single-horned fish she had just caught into her net.
Unfortunately, we couldn't find a grouper, but this single-nosed fish is quite big; we can grill it later.
Fu Wan was also very happy to see Bai Qianzhou return with a fish speared in his spear.
She smiled and took the filefish from his hand. Suddenly, she noticed a bulge in the mud at Bai Qianzhou's feet. She pushed him away and fired her harpoon at the bulge.
Bai Qianzhou was still somewhat confused after being pushed aside, but when he saw the true face of the mound of mud and sand, he couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.
That was actually a stonefish weighing nearly two pounds!
Unlike the stonefish of the past, this stonefish is highly venomous and is called the rose poison scorpionfish.
Locally, it has many other names, such as tiger scorpion or sea scorpion.
These alternative names all point to the fact that it is very poisonous, but even though it is poisonous, our fearless ancestors still discovered its deliciousness.
The rose scorpionfish has an elongated body and a flattened profile. From the front, the fish is rather ugly to look at, with an uneven head and no scales.
This fish is reddish-brown overall and likes to hide in the mud and sand to wait for prey to come to it. Because of the various uneven, wart-like protrusions on its body, coupled with the cover of mud and sand, it is easy to blend into the coral reef at a glance.
Rose scorpionfish image (image from the internet, please delete if it infringes on copyright).
If Fu Wan hadn't pushed Bai Qianzhou aside, he probably would have stepped on him. Although he was wearing flippers, the quality of his wetsuit was so-so. The spines on the back of the rose scorpionfish are very sharp. If he had been pricked, the consequences would have been unimaginable!
You know, Fu Wan once saw a news report about a person in an island country who stepped on a rose scorpionfish after going into the water. At first, he thought it was just a coral scratch and didn't take it seriously. Two hours later, the person fell into a coma and eventually died despite treatment.
Like ordinary small stonefish, the venom of the rose scorpionfish is mostly distributed in the spines on its back. It has venom glands hidden under the spines on its head, and its venom is hundreds of times more potent than that of ordinary stonefish.
Fu Wan had never paid attention to the genuine rose scorpionfish before, and she never expected to encounter it in this way today.
The harpoon was close enough to pierce the rose scorpionfish. Fu Wan let it struggle, and only after it had finished struggling did she find scissors and cut off all the spines on the fish's back.
Fortunately, she was worried about encountering seafood with poisonous stingers, so she brought a pair of scissors. Otherwise, it would have been really difficult to deal with those stingers if she had used a short knife.
Even though she was wearing gloves, she didn't dare to grab it directly with her bare hands. Instead, she held a fish arrow in one hand and used scissors in the other, working for several minutes before cleaning the rose scorpionfish and putting it into a net.
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