After Li Xue finished speaking, she walked over first. Having learned from yesterday's experience, she was going to come and check regardless of whether it was true or not.
Su Chenggong also glanced at it, but he couldn't see any abalone. Wasn't that just a black stone?
But as he got closer, he was surprised.
Good heavens, this huge rock is covered with abalone! Because of their black shells, no one can spot them.
The main problem is that the waves have already submerged half of the rocks, and the waves keep crashing against them, making them hard to spot. When the tide comes in, the abalone will be submerged again.
The black shell had blended seamlessly with the color of the stone.
"Xue, your eyesight is amazing! How did you see that?"
Su Chenggong looked at Li Xue with delight and asked.
Li Xue smiled and said, "Look, the shell of that one has a slightly bluish sheen; it's not completely black."
With so many abalone, and all of them quite large, their buckets were completely overflowing.
"We're in for a treat today. You stay here and I'll go collect it."
Su Chenggong took off his shirt and pants and went into the sea, with half of his waist submerged in the water.
Once you've established a firm foothold, you can start reaping the rewards.
The abalone clinging to the boulder were each as big as a palm.
As the waves crashed over him, Su Chenggong quickened his pace.
The bucket was full very quickly.
He dug them all off the rocks, and then he felt around in the water and found more than a dozen more.
When she couldn't reach it anymore, Li Xue said, "Come on up quickly."
It's already quite remarkable to have met so many.
Su Chenggong reluctantly went ashore, put his clothes back on, and said with a smile, "I'm rich now."
A bucket of abalone, probably weighing thirty pounds.
They collected a bucket and a half of it, which must have weighed over 40 kilograms.
Li Xue's smile never stopped.
The sun was already quite high, probably past noon, and the sun was scorching.
They were at a corner, out of sight of the beach, and by the time they came out, all the clam diggers on the beach had left.
"I wonder how well my second brother and the others fared."
Su Chenggong wiped his sweat and said that they had been digging for abalone for several hours, and they hadn't been able to go to the place where Li Xue and the others had picked up stone eels yesterday.
It's time to go home now; these good goods need to be delivered to Liu the fishmonger first.
This amounted to tens of yuan, and it was their family's savings.
"Brother, how's your haul?"
When Su Chenggong and Li Xue returned to the beach, they saw that Su Chengguo and Zhou Chunmei had also returned.
Judging from the way they were carrying their buckets, they had a good haul.
In particular, Su Chengguo's tone was so strong that she almost shouted "I'm going to explode!"
"Xue, pick out fifteen abalones; we'll add them to our lunch."
Su Chenggong said to Su Xue, and the two began to select abalone.
"Wow, guys, you guys actually picked up so many abalone! That's impossible! Where did you find them?"
Su Chengguo walked closer and took a look, then exclaimed in surprise.
Picking up abalone is normal, but so many is just unbelievable.
Abalone should be found in the sea.
When you're out beachcombing, if you're lucky, you might find a few, but those are usually washed ashore by the sea.
Such a high-quality group of abalone has never been seen by anyone on the shore before.
"There's a rock over there covered in abalone, its color blending perfectly with the rock. Most people wouldn't notice it, but your sister-in-law has sharp eyes and spotted one shell flashing."
Su Chenggong casually pointed and said, then looked into Su Chengguo's bucket and was immediately surprised.
"You guys are pretty lucky. It's hard to find even one out of a thousand yellow crabs, and you've got a whole bucket full, plus so many grouper and prawns."
Su Chengguo caught a lot of yellow crabs, there were about five or six groupers in the bucket, and some shrimp.
Both families of those brothers had a bumper harvest today.
"Hehe, let's go, let's hurry up and take it to Liu the fish collector, then we'll go home for dinner."
Su Chengguo is already eager to sell it for money.
The older brother has a lot of abalone, which can earn him tens of dollars, but he also has a lot of butter crabs, and several of them are full of butter crabs. The price of these butter crabs will double that of ordinary butter crabs.
"Is this abalone for when we get home? Then let's add a butter crab, and these shrimp will make a perfect plate."
Su Chengguo picked up a one-pound yellow roe crab and handed it to Li Xue.
Li Xue looked at Su Chengguo: "Second brother, this is too valuable. Why don't we eat the regular kind? I see you still have some ordinary blue crabs in your bucket, and they're not small either."
Li Xue couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache. These were all oily yellow crabs, worth at least ten yuan a pound. You couldn't find even one in a thousand. Su Chengguo was incredibly lucky to find so many; it was all money!
"Sister-in-law, this is the best thing we should eat. None of us have ever tried it before. In the future, if there's anything good, we should make sure to let our own family try it too."
Su Chengguo was certainly in pain, but when she thought that they had never eaten this before in their lives, she didn't feel bad anymore. She felt more sorry for herself than for the money, because she couldn't even afford to eat it.
Butter crabs are expensive, but one crab costs at most ten yuan. It's not a big deal for their family to eat such a good thing for ten yuan.
"Second brother is right. Let's go quickly so we can go back for dinner as soon as we're done."
Su Chenggong said with a smile that at that moment, he felt that money was not so important; what was more important was his family.
"Sister-in-law, you can take these back and have them as an extra treat. My second brother and I will go to Liu's place to buy fish."
Su Chenggong handed the abalone and razor clams to Li Xue.
Su Chengguo also handed over a grouper weighing over a pound. The two men's wives went home first, while they went to sell the goods. They would go home and have dinner when they finished.
Good things should be enjoyed fresh.
"Okay, then we'll head back first."
Zhou Chunmei and Li Xue went home together, separating from Su Chengguo and Su Chenggong.
On the way, Zhou Chunmei and Li Xue talked about their harvest.
I thought finding just one butter crab was the pinnacle of my luck, but every crab I encountered afterward was covered in butter. My luck was simply unbeatable, making even octopuses seem worthless.
Back home, Su Dahai and Liu Xiaohua were preparing to cook.
Everyone's eyes widened when they saw the seafood they brought back.
"My goodness, I've brought all this butter crab and abalone home and eaten it?"
Liu Xiaohua felt like she couldn't breathe; looking at the yellow crab made her heart bleed.
There are so many abalone, more than a dozen in total, each one the size of a palm.
"Don't make a fuss. If the child has this intention, just eat it without worry. Steam the abalone, boil the octopus, make porridge with grouper and yellow crab, and braise the shrimp whole."
Su Dahai forced himself to remain calm as he made arrangements, not daring to imagine how delicious the meal would be.
"Okay, Dad."
Zhou Chunmei smiled and nodded, then began fetching water efficiently, with Li Xue also lending a hand.
Liu Xiaohua pounded her chest and rushed to help. Despite feeling sorry for the food, she still had to eat. Thinking about the delicious food to come, Liu Xiaohua swallowed her saliva.
Su Dahai stood with his hands behind his back, feeling that this was just the beginning.
"My goodness, this yellow butter crab is just like everyone says, it's golden inside and out, it's really both nutritious and delicious."
This was the first time Liu Xiaohua had ever seen how to prepare a yellow roe crab, and she was amazed. A yellow roe crab has ten claws, which is not enough for a family to share, but once it's cooked in porridge, the flavor is infused into the porridge.
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