Around nine or ten o'clock at night, Bai's mother was getting ready to go to bed and rest, while Bai Yu and the other three were sitting in the living room, full of energy, eating snacks and watching TV.
After dinner, Wang Hai arrived at Bai Yu's house with his beachcombing gear.
As midnight struck, the moment Bai Yu's alarm went off, she immediately turned off the TV, and the four of them exchanged glances.
"Go back to your rooms and change your clothes. Wear water boots and long pants, and put on a jacket over your shirt. The temperature is quite low at the beach at night, and it's also windy, so please be careful to keep warm."
Bai Yu glanced at Li Xue and Bai Yue and gave them a reminder about their attire.
As for him and Wang Hai, they were both wearing wading pants and windbreakers, and were ready to set off at any time.
While waiting for Li Xue and Bai Yue to come downstairs, Bai Yu glanced at the system panel, preparing to check his luck stat for the day, which would also give him a sense of what he would gain that evening.
Today's luck rating: 62 (+10%)
With the blessing of Wang Hai, a shared user, Bai Yu's luck value today is 62 points, which is quite good. After all, it's over 50, so it seems their harvest today should be pretty good.
After Li Xue and Bai Yue changed their clothes and came downstairs, Bai Yu and the other three immediately picked up their belongings and set off.
As soon as Bai Yu stepped out of the living room, she looked up at the weather tonight. The moon was bright and the stars were few, with a huge full moon hanging in the night sky.
Today is the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the moon is exceptionally round. The visibility in the night sky is extremely high, making it a perfect night for beachcombing.
When they arrived at their doorstep, Bai Yu and the others discovered that they were not alone in having villagers who also planned to go beachcombing at night; there were at least a dozen groups of villagers.
Because they had already seen more than a dozen lights along the beach, and these lights were not only on the sand, but also on the rocky shore a little further away.
"Brother, some people have already gone to the beach. Let's hurry over there. We've already fallen behind, and we have to catch up now!"
After Bai Yue finished speaking, she picked up the small bucket and walked quickly towards the shore.
"Slow down, watch your step, don't run too fast at night! Sigh, I just can't do anything with her. Xue'er, Ahai, let's go over there too."
Bai Yu watched Bai Yue's retreating figure. What else could he do but remind her to be careful? He could only spoil his own sister.
Li Xue and Wang Hai just smiled when they heard this. They had experienced Bai Yue's current treatment before. Even now, Bai Yu was still so good to them, just like family.
As Bai Yu and his companions arrived at the beach, they first glanced at the crowds gathering seafood on the beach, and then decisively headed towards the rocky reef in the distance.
There were too many people on the beach. Going to collect seafood there would be like competing with the village aunties for the harvest. Rather than that, the four of them would rather go to the rocky beach next to it, where there were fewer people.
"Let's go to that rocky beach over there. The tide has just gone out, and the rocks are all wet. They're very slippery, so be careful not to fall on them, especially you, Bai Yue, understand?"
"Okay, bro."
As Bai Yu said, the rocks are very slippery when the tide has just receded, especially since some of them have seaweed and kelp growing on them.
Walking on this, it's easy to slip and fall if you're not careful, and a fall like that can hurt terribly.
He wasn't too worried about Wang Hai and Li Xue, since they had been here many times during the summer vacation. The main concern was Bai Yue, as this was her first time coming to the beach late at night, so she naturally needed to be extra careful.
When they arrived at the rocky beach, four hardworking beachcombers wearing headlamps appeared.
Don't be fooled by how bright the moon is tonight; it's useless. No matter how bright the moonlight is, it can't reach the dark corners, especially the crevices where prey is hiding.
"Yueyue, you stay with your sister Xue'er and don't stray too far from us. Ah Hai, you take the food and go beachcombing. We don't need to film any videos tonight; let's just catch seafood freely."
Bai Yu has only one requirement for tonight's beachcombing: to catch as much seafood as possible and, ideally, use up all of today's luck points.
As for shooting videos, it's too dark at night, and the spotlights overhead are only so bright, so the videos won't be very good. It's better to just go beachcombing.
After Bai Yu finished speaking, he took out a pair of rubber gloves, put them on, picked up the bucket, and prepared to get to work.
The remaining three followed suit and started catching seafood separately, but they didn't go far, keeping a distance of only a few meters between each other.
"Wow, such a big conch shell! Not bad, not bad. Beachcombing at night is great."
Bai Yu had only taken a few steps when he spotted a large sea snail. The snail thought it was nighttime and no predators would come to catch it, so it was sticking its head out and nibbling on the seaweed on the reef.
Just as it was enjoying its meal, a large hand descended from the sky, grabbed it, and then began to admire and comment on it.
To be honest, going beachcombing at night is great. During the day, most of the sea snails that Bai Yu and his friends caught while beachcombing were sleeping inside their shells, unlike now where they are openly feeding.
Not only this conch, but when Bai Yu shone his spotlight to the side, another large abalone was revealed, also being fed.
Moreover, it kept moving around while eating, so Bai Yu wouldn't have noticed the abalone if she hadn't seen it move.
In a short while, a conch and an abalone were in Bai Yu's bucket. Such a high-efficiency harvest made Bai Yu smile.
It seems like my decision to go beachcombing tonight was really good.
While Bai Yu was reaping a harvest, Wang Hai and his two companions were also making a killing. He didn't even need to go over to check to know that their haul was substantial, otherwise they wouldn't be laughing so happily and unrestrainedly.
Orchid Crab +1
Conch +1
Cat's Eye Snail +1
Piglet snail +1
Orchid Crab +1
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Just as Bai Yu was reaping a steady stream of prey, he came to a waterhole. Since the tide had just receded, the waterhole was still very full.
Even so, this did not prevent Bai Yu from exploring the water pit. After all, the seawater was very clear, and with the spotlight shining in, one could see the bottom of the water pit. Whether there was prey in it was immediately obvious.
Just from taking that picture, Bai Yu actually made a discovery in the pit: a fish with yellow patterns all over its body and a strange appearance.
How should we describe this fish? Aside from being strange, calling it an unconventional fish wouldn't be wrong, because this guy has very long fins.
The back could be described as numb and rough, with several spines sticking out. Just by looking at these spines, you could tell that getting pricked by them would be quite painful.
If it were just painful, that would be one thing, but the key issue is that it's also poisonous, and its toxicity is said to be so severe that it can cause death.
As for the specifics, Bai Yu wasn't quite sure, but he had never been pricked by such a fish.
These strange-looking creatures with poisonous fins command high prices in the market. If they are wild and large enough, they can easily sell for over a hundred yuan per kilogram.
This fish also has a majestic name: tigerfish.
When Bai Yu saw the tigerfish in the puddle again, her first thought was that she had a fish dish for tomorrow's lunch. This tigerfish was definitely a top-quality fish.
As for his appearance and his toxicity, these were not issues to him.
Once the dish is cooked and served, who cares if it looks ugly or not? People only care if it tastes good.
You asked if tigerfish are poisonous?
That only means the fins are poisonous, not the fish meat. You can leave this problem to Dad Bai; he's a professional cook.
As for how to catch a tigerfish without getting pricked by its fins?
Actually, it's quite simple, especially catching tigerfish at night, because they are afraid of light, especially strong light.
Tigerfish are nocturnal marine creatures; they will hide on the seabed when exposed to strong light.
But this tigerfish is in a puddle, so it has nowhere to hide.
Although Bai Yu's spotlight wasn't very bright, when Bai Yu shone it into the guy's eyes, the guy froze on the spot, completely motionless.
Catching such a motionless sea fish is incredibly easy!
Bai Yu took out the crab-catching claws from the bucket and clamped them down on the creature's dorsal fin.
With a single, decisive strike, the tigerfish had nowhere to escape and fell into Bai Yu's hands.
As usual, Bai Yu first held the tigerfish in front of her and admired it for a while, estimating its weight. The tigerfish wasn't very big, weighing only a little over one pound but less than two pounds.
With the tigerfish in hand, Bai Yu was quite satisfied with tonight's beachcombing trip.
After all, he wasn't going to make money by going to the beach tonight; he really just wanted to add a dish to his menu for tomorrow. He wasn't planning to sell this tigerfish; he would put it on the table for lunch tomorrow.
It would be even better if we could catch another one. There are many people eating at their house tomorrow, and one tigerfish definitely won't be enough. Two would probably be enough.
Just as Bai Yu was thinking about catching another tigerfish, Wang Hai called out to him from not far away.
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