"Let's go to the back mountain to catch seafood. Okay, we're free anyway." Zheng Gan agreed without thinking too much.
Going to the beach was his original way of making money. To be honest, he missed it a lot after not going for a long time. Anyway, he was free at night, so it would be nice to go and have some fun.
"Okay, then I'll go to your house to call you at six o'clock in the evening, and we'll go over." Lin Hao also felt that something was wrong if he didn't go to the sea a few times this month.
Today's tide starts to recede at 7pm and lasts until 11:30pm, which is just right for setting off at 6pm.
After agreeing on a time, the two had nothing to do, so they simply stayed in the sea-hunting area to help and relieve Qiao Xin's work pressure.
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At six o'clock in the evening, Zheng Gan looked at Lin Hao, who was carrying all kinds of sea-hunting equipment, and said speechlessly,
"No, do you really need to prepare so many tools?"
Small shovels, crab ropes, small clamps, buckets, etc., almost all the tools needed for sea fishing are prepared.
"Of course." Lin Hao smiled confidently. "You never know what tools you'll need on the mudflats. Now that we're fully prepared, we don't have to come back and waste time later."
"Okay, you can do it as you see fit." Zheng Gan shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, but it did make sense. After all, every time he went there, he would deal with different kinds of seafood, and he might not necessarily be able to use those tools.
After packing up, they said goodbye to Qiao Xin and walked out of the house. They dragged Jiang Feng, who was lying dead at home, and the three of them walked towards the mudflats behind the mountain.
Because we were carrying a lot of things, it took us nearly an hour to reach our destination, and the tide was just beginning to recede at that time.
Zheng Gan scanned the surroundings with the map, and then a smile appeared on his face.
"Brother, are we going to have another big harvest today?" Lin Hao is one of the people who knows him best. When he saw this smile, he knew that there would definitely be a big harvest tonight.
"Well, I think there should be some good stuff. Let's go and take a look at the situation." Zheng Gan couldn't wait to walk ahead. The red dots shown on the map were of good size and there were quite a few of them.
The three of them came to the outermost edge of the mudflat. Zheng Gan followed the red dot on the map to find the correct location, then started digging with a small shovel. He stopped after digging three times.
"Wow, it's really a good thing, it's Wangchao." Jiang Feng exclaimed, with a happy smile on his face.
Everyone should be familiar with this thing. In some places, it is also called eight-banded octopus. Its scientific name is short octopus. The long octopus is called Wangchao. It looks a bit similar to the octopus. Both have eight tentacles, but they are not the same thing. The octopus can grow to dozens of kilograms, but the Wangchao is relatively small.
However, Wangchao is a very good seafood. It is not only delicious, but also has medicinal value. It is very beneficial for pregnant women with insufficient milk.
Usually at the seaside, Wangchao is blanched or braised, and it tastes very good. People like Zheng Gan and Lin Hao and others like to eat it very much, and even buy some to go with wine when they have nothing to do.
"Not bad, not bad. If all the people here are Wangchao tonight, we can make a small profit." Lin Hao was also very happy.
They often go to buy Wangchao, so they are very clear about the price. In the market, one kilogram of Wangchao can be sold for eighty or ninety yuan, and the purchase price must be at least sixty or seventy yuan.
"Okay, let's take advantage of the low tide and start looking." Zheng Gan reminded that this is a mudflat, which is not as convenient as a beach. It is more difficult to walk or look for seafood.
Now that the tide had just receded, the three of them began to move gradually inside along the outer periphery. After walking a few steps, they squatted down and started digging. There were even some tide-watchers lying outside, waiting to be picked up.
It was fine at the beginning, and everyone worked with excitement, but it became unbearable after a while, especially Zheng Gan, who had to bend over and dig all the time, and he felt like his waist was about to break.
"I can't take it anymore. I need to rest for a while." Zheng Gan panted and found a place to sit down. He looked at the map by the way. As the tide receded, the exposed mudflats became larger and larger, and the number of red dots also increased.
Lin Hao and Jiang Feng were still a little weak from their indulgence in the previous two days, and they felt tired at the moment.
The three of them worked hard for an hour, but only managed to dig out forty to fifty kilograms of Wangchao, which wasn't a lot.
"Or let's call Uncle Gui and the others as well." Thinking that it would be better for the family to keep the wealth within, Zheng Gan planned to call Jia Gui and the other three to help. Strength lies in numbers, and even if he had to share some with them, it would be more than what the three Xu Nan Gan could get.
The two virtual men expressed their agreement to this proposal with both hands and feet.
Seeing this, Zheng Gan picked up the phone and started calling people. After informing them of the specific location, he continued to work. After all, it would take some time to get from the village.
When Jia Gui and the other two arrived in a hurry, the three Xu men were almost collapsed.
"Boss, we're here. You guys take a break first." Jia Gui and the other two immediately picked up their tools and started working. Although they are old, they have lived by the sea for many years. Whether it is catching seafood or casting nets, they are not inferior to young people in terms of physical strength and experience.
So far, Zheng Gan and his team have been working for two hours, and have picked up a total of a little over 100 kilograms of tidal bonito, which is worth five or six thousand yuan.
The three of them rested for about twenty minutes before forcing themselves to get up and continue working. The key point was that there were too many Wangchao here. If they didn't pick them up, it would be a shame to let down the reward of the map.
The high tide time is 11:30, and under normal circumstances you can start walking back at 12:30, so there are still three hours to do it.
Time passed minute by minute, and on the silent mudflat, there was no sound except the six people working hard.
"Okay, it's almost time, we should go back." Seeing that it was already past twelve o'clock, Zheng Gan began to gather everyone to go back. After all, this was a mudflat with a lot of mud, and the speed of moving could not be compared with the beach. If they delayed for too long, it would be troublesome if the tide rose again.
Lin Hao and the other two followed Zheng Gan's steps and walked out, but Jia Gui and the other two felt a little regretful. Seeing so many Wangchao left here, their hearts felt like bleeding.
However, they also knew that they couldn't stay because of the rising tide, so they could only follow and walk out.
After everyone arrived at a safe place, they began to count the harvest of the night.
The six people brought a total of ten large barrels and three snakeskin bags. They did not put the tide watchers into the bags because they were afraid that they would be crushed.
Out of the ten buckets, eight were full, which meant that the six of them caught almost 400 kilograms of Wangchao.
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