June 8th, sunny.
At five o'clock in the morning, Bai Yu tiptoed out of his room and went to his kitchen. He skillfully turned on the light and gas stove and cooked five packets of instant noodles.
The instant noodles cooked by Bai Yu are not ordinary instant noodles, but deluxe seafood instant noodles.
His instant noodles weren't like the usual instant noodles with just an egg and a ham; this one contained ten large shrimp, six small abalone, and three small octopuses—a seafood instant noodle dish.
These seafood pieces were leftovers from yesterday's hot pot and barbecue, which we didn't have time to grill or cook in the broth.
Five packs of instant noodles, plus three eggs and a bunch of seafood—this portion is clearly not something Bai Yu could finish by himself.
Sure enough, just as the instant noodles were about to be cooked, Wang Hai's voice rang out at Bai Yu's door, and the sound of people coming downstairs could be heard from upstairs.
"Brother Yu, open the door! I've come for breakfast!"
"Brother Xiaobai, don't worry about him, I'll go open the door."
Bai Yu peeked out from the kitchen to check the situation in the yard, then continued watching his pot.
Wang Hai came from his own home, while Li Xue came downstairs from Bai Yu's house. As Bai Yu's goddaughter, Li Xue naturally had her own room at Bai Yu's house.
Due to the nature of her parents' work, Li Xue spent a long time living at Bai Yu's house during her childhood, especially during the winter and summer vacations, which she basically spent there.
That's why Bai Yu and Li Xue are childhood sweethearts.
Li Xue also stayed at Bai Yu's house last night. The three of them discussed during dinner that they would get up early this morning to go beachcombing.
Moreover, regardless of good or bad luck, all the money earned from beachcombing this morning will belong to Li Xue. This is considered a gift from Bai Yu and Wang Hai to Li Xue after the college entrance examination.
"Brother Yu, is breakfast ready yet? I'm hungry."
Wang Hai arrived at the kitchen door and looked at Bai Yu inside.
"Alright, alright, it's all done. Take this small table out and set it up, I'll serve you the noodles."
Soon, Bai Yu and the other two were sitting in the courtyard, around a small table. The three young people each had a bowl of seafood instant noodles and were eating breakfast in the morning sun.
The sun rises very early at the beach. Even though it's only a little past five o'clock now, sunrise time has long passed, and the sun has already risen.
"Xue'er, did you put on sunscreen? If not, put some on later. You'll get tanned if you're in the sun too much this morning."
"Huh? You can get tanned from sunbathing in the morning? Brother Bai, who told you that? Don't scare me."
While they were eating, Bai Yu's sudden words stunned Li Xue, because she really hadn't applied sunscreen.
After all, the morning sun is the gentlest, and according to her, it wouldn't be a problem to bask in the sun a little, so she didn't apply sunscreen.
"I'm not trying to scare you. I'm saying it's possible. After all, you're exposed to the sun. Why can't the morning sun give you a tan?"
After having breakfast, Li Xue immediately ran back upstairs to apply sunscreen.
Bai Yu and Wang Hai were preparing their beachcombing equipment in the storage room downstairs. Bai Yu brought almost everything that could be used for beachcombing.
After Li Xue came downstairs and forced Bai Yu and the other person to apply some sunscreen, the three of them went out to prepare for beachcombing.
At five o'clock, the tide is just going out at the beach.
Soon, Bai Yu and his two companions arrived at the beach, where other villagers were already gathering seafood.
The saying "Those who live near the mountains live off the mountains, and those who live near the sea live off the sea" is not just a saying.
Apart from a few people with proper jobs, most of the villagers in Baiyu's small fishing village rely on the sea for their livelihood.
Villagers with money would buy a boat and go out to sea to fish and make money, while those without money would work as crew members on fishing boats to earn money.
As for those who can't get on the boat, they can only earn money by harvesting seafood on the beach.
The beach area where the small fishing village is located is not very long; the beach on both sides of the pier is only about ten kilometers long. The only good thing is that this beach has not been developed.
Moreover, the village has strict regulations regarding the inner bay area in front of their village, prohibiting all fishing boats from casting nets in the inner bay when going out to sea.
Boats must be sailed out of the inner bay before they can be used for maritime operations. This regulation has increased the income of villagers who rely on beachcombing for a living, and has also protected the ecological resources in the inner bay area.
When Bai Yu went out to catch the sea today, he specifically checked the luck value given by the system.
He was quite lucky; his luck score was 41 points today. Based on past experience, 41 points of luck could bring him an income of between three and five thousand.
The income range is so wide because seafood prices have fluctuated so much recently.
Seafood prices may rise further today, given that it's currently the fishing ban period and many families will buy seafood to treat their children after the college entrance exams ended yesterday.
With all these factors combined, it's hard for seafood prices not to rise.
"Brother Bai, there's too much here. Why don't we go to the other side of the dock and take a look?"
Looking at the sparse figures on the beach, Li Xue offered her suggestion.
It wasn't that Li Xue was afraid of being seen while beachcombing, but rather that the three of them hadn't come out early enough, and many parts of the beach in front of them had already been picked over by the villagers. If they were to beachcomb here, they would only be able to pick up what the villagers had left behind.
Instead of doing that, they might as well find a secluded spot to go beachcombing; they might be able to find more seafood there.
"Okay, let's go over there and take a look. I feel like we're on a lucky streak today and should have a good harvest."
"Xue'er, let me tell you, when Ah Hai and I were beachcombing before, we even caught a little green dragon. Those guys can sell for almost a hundred yuan each, they're really valuable."
For high school students like Bai Yu and Li Xue, one hundred yuan is indeed a lot of money. Even though Bai Yu has earned quite a bit recently, no one would complain about having too much money.
"A small green dragon? These things are not easy to find. I hope we can catch one today. I've never eaten a small green dragon before."
Compared to Bai Yu's focus on the value of the little green dragon, Li Xue was more curious about its taste.
The other beach that Li Xue mentioned wasn't far away; it was just on the other side of the pier. Soon, the three of them arrived at this pier.
Compared to the beach in front of their village, this beach is much wider, but being wider doesn't necessarily mean it has more resources than the other beach.
On the contrary, the harvest from beachcombing here is usually much less than that from the beach in front of the village, and Bai Yu and the others are not quite sure why.
However, according to some elders in the village, this might be related to the water flow in the inner bay, but they didn't pay attention to the specifics of the connection at the time.
In short, relatively few people come to this beach to go beachcombing on ordinary days. Basically, the villagers who regularly go beachcombing only come once every ten days or half a month.
When Bai Yu and his two companions arrived, they could count the number of people gathering seafood on the beach on one hand; it was truly a pitifully small number.
But that doesn't matter. Fewer people means fewer people will compete with them for seafood.
As Bai Yu and his two companions stepped onto the beach, their beachcombing adventure began.
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