From the time Bai Yu and his companions arrived at the mudflats until they had looted everything around them, only an hour had passed.
During this process, Bai Yu caught a total of fourteen lobsters, more than twenty crabs, and a number of scallops and conches.
This harvest was incredibly substantial; these items could easily make Bai Yu a fortune.
However, what upset Bai Yu was that he had been digging for more than an hour, and now it was all gone. He was somewhat disappointed.
This is a perfectly normal feeling.
"Brother, we've finished digging all the holes here, where do we go next?"
Just then, Bai Yue and Wang Hai also came over carrying plastic buckets.
The surrounding caves were gone, and the two of them wanted to ask Bai Yu about her next plans.
"Once we're done, let's go home first, put all these things back, and then we'll come back."
By the way, don't tell anyone about what we caught here today. I think these lobsters came here to lay their eggs, and this should only be the first batch. There might be more here in a while.
As long as we keep quiet, all the lobsters here will be ours in the future, and that will be our chance to make a fortune!
"Okay, Brother Yu."
"Okay, brother, I promise I won't tell anyone. But Sister Xue'er will be here in a couple of days, and she'll definitely find out then. Telling Sister Xue'er shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"Xue'er? She's fine, she's one of us."
Bai Yu then led Wang Hai and Bai Yue back to shore, where they boarded an electric scooter carrying their respective buckets.
This time, to make it easier to deliver goods, Bai Yu and his team specially rode electric bikes. They put the plastic buckets in front of them, and once the electric bikes started moving, no one knew what was in the buckets.
When Bai Yu returned home, no one was home; her parents had gone out to visit other people and hadn't returned yet.
Bai Yu placed their catch in four aquariums: Chinese lobsters in one group, small lobsters in another, scallops and conches in a third, and crabs in yet another.
As for the only two octopuses he caught, they had long been eaten and left no trace.
Imagine putting an octopus, a lobster, and a crab together—how could they possibly have a good relationship?
Even if the crab's two most crucial claws are tied up, it still has eight small legs, so it can still grab an octopus and put it in its mouth.
Together, Bai Yu and Wang Hai caught a total of twenty lobsters, a number of crabs, and a number of scallops and conches, but not a single fish or mollusk.
On the other hand, Bai Yue had an extra haul compared to Bai Yu and Bai Yue: mudskippers, and quite a few of them.
After putting these things away, they set off again.
It's still early, and they have plenty of time to go beachcombing this afternoon. They can make more trips and collect more seafood, which will earn them more money.
When they returned to the mudflats, Bai Yu saw that the spot where they had previously dug for lobsters had been taken over by others.
As mentioned before, when Bai Yu and his two companions arrived here, there were a few villagers gathering seafood on the mudflats, but there weren't many of them.
They saw Bai Yu and his group had only been at sea for a little over an hour before leaving. Their first thought was that the resources here were good, and that Bai Yu and his group had left with a full load of their catch.
So they occupied the place where Bai Yu and the others had just been, but to their disappointment, there was nothing left in the area except for a bunch of holes of all sizes.
"Ah Hai, isn't that your uncle's family? Why aren't they out gathering seafood on the beach? Why are they here on the mudflats?"
Looking at the villagers from afar, Bai Yu felt that they looked a bit like Wang Hai's aunt.
"I don't know, but it's none of our business anyway, there's nothing left there. Brother Yu, let's look somewhere else."
Wang Hai had absolutely no good feelings towards his uncle's family. He didn't even visit his uncle's house for the New Year's greetings today, completely acting as if this relative didn't exist.
“That’s true, it has nothing to do with us. We can still go beachcombing if we go further away. Come on, let’s go check under that cliff over there. There’s a lot of seaweed and kelp there, we should be able to have a good harvest.”
"Let's go, brother, you lead the way, Hai and I will follow you."
Bai Yu then walked ahead, with Wang Hai and Bai Yue following behind him, heading towards the distant cliff.
The sea in front of the small fishing village is an inner bay. Apart from the flat land in front of their village, the coastlines on both sides of the inner bay are very high, like a small cliff.
Below these cliffs, there are various types of terrain, such as rocky beaches with numerous reefs and mangrove forests.
The place Bai Yu and his two companions were heading to was a rocky forest below the cliff. Unlike the rocky beach at the entrance of the small fishing village, this rocky forest seemed more dangerous.
The rocks here are constantly eroded by the sea, and since few people come here for many years, small moss grows on them.
These mosses are very slippery; if you're not careful, you can easily slip and fall.
Bai Yu and his two companions didn't come for the rocky forest itself, but rather to the area where the rocky forest met the mudflats, where the ground was slightly flatter and had many aquatic shrubs.
As is well known, the bushes and rocky beaches along the coast are the easiest places to hide seafood, and this is also one of the few places on this side of the mudflat pier where resources are relatively abundant.
However, despite having slightly more resources here, not many people usually come here. The reason is...
Twenty minutes later, Bai Yu and his two companions finally arrived at the location of the thicket.
It's too far...
The key point is that you can only get here by walking or by boat; don't even think about riding a bike or driving a car.
However, there are too many reefs here to make it inconvenient to travel by boat, so walking is an option. That's why very few people come here.
"Brother, it's so far away. If we don't find anything good, we'll be at a huge loss!"
'Splash! Splash splash splash!'
"Wait, Yueyue, Ahai, listen carefully, can you hear something splashing on the sea? Where is that sound coming from?"
As soon as Bai Yu arrived here, he heard a strange sound coming from the bushes.
The sound was different from the normal sound of ocean waves. Bai Yu, a seasoned seaside traveler, recognized it immediately, but he couldn't pinpoint where it was coming from.
As soon as Bai Yu finished speaking, Wang Hai and Bai Yue also pricked up their ears to listen, and walked forward as they listened, trying to find the source of the sound.
"Brother, brother, I've found the source of the sound! It's a fish, a huge fish! Brother, come quick!"
"A big fish? It's here! Oh my god, I can't go now. I have a big fish here too, Ah Hai. Have you found it? If not, go help Yueyue first. I'm a little tied up right now!"
Bai Yue had just called out "Bai Yu" when Bai Yu spotted a large fish, and a very unique one at that, which immediately made him unable to move.
The reason why the fish attracted Bai Yu's attention so much was not only because it was very big, but also because Bai Yu recognized its species.
This is a croaker, a croaker that isn't particularly valuable in terms of its meat alone. You can buy a lot of it for ten yuan a pound, which is basically the same price as a mackerel.
They have similar uses, mostly for making fish balls.
However, compared to chub, croaker has a very valuable feature: its maw, or croaker swim bladder.
If croaker meat is one of the least valuable types of fish, then croaker maw is one of the most expensive types of fish maw; the difference between the two is enormous.
The croaker that appeared in front of Bai Yu was at least nearly a meter long, judging from its size alone.
I don't know why this guy came here. You have to know that the water here is only about half a meter deep, and it is currently low tide. In a few more hours, the water here will be almost completely gone.
By then, the giant croaker will be completely stranded.
The croaker seemed oblivious to this, continuing to swim leisurely in the water, occasionally slapping its tail against the surface of the sea, making a splashing sound.
Bai Yu was drawn here by this sound.
Bai Yu then carefully crept up behind the croaker, and taking advantage of its unpreparedness, Bai Yu lunged forward and charged at the croaker.
Only after Bai Yu rode on the croaker did the creature belatedly begin to struggle.
This meter-long marine creature truly deserves to be called a giant. This meter-long croaker looks to weigh only fifty or sixty pounds, but in the process of struggling, with just a flick of its tail, Bai Yu was directly thrown off.
While the croaker's slime plays a part, it must be said that this guy is really strong; he managed to throw down a person as big as Bai Yu!
Then it swam with another tail swing, swimming through the mudflats, reefs, and bushes, so fast that it splashed water more than half a meter high on both sides!
"Holy crap, such a huge fish, and so agile! You've broken the fat man's law! You stop right there!!!"
Bai Yu watched the croaker's retreating figure and followed after it, carrying his bucket.
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