Bai Yu ran back and forth on the beach six times, each round trip covering nearly five kilometers, so six round trips would cover approximately thirty kilometers.
Especially considering that Bai Yu was running with sandbags strapped to his limbs, his own strength was also very high.
Sometimes, when Coach Li saw Bai Yu's training intensity, he would suggest that Bai Yu participate in marathon races. With Bai Yu's ability, he could easily handle the race.
"Phew, phew, it's been a while since I've run like this. These few laps are really tiring."
After finishing their run, Bai Yu sat on the rocks with her water bottle, looking out at the inner bay of the small fishing village with Wang Hai.
“Brother Yu, with your current abilities, I really think you should participate in a marathon. If you go, you will definitely win the championship, and even breaking the record is not a problem.”
Watching Bai Yu complete six laps in just over an hour, with added weight, Wang Hai felt increasingly that the 10,000-meter race was not suitable for Bai Yu, and that he should challenge himself with more difficult races.
Take a marathon, for example. It's a race of just over 42 kilometers. That kind of race is the most suitable for Bai Yu.
"Don't talk nonsense, kid. You're afraid I'll be exhausted, right? You want me to go to a marathon? What kind of good person runs a marathon?!"
The whole route is over 40 kilometers, and it takes almost two hours to complete. That's just too grueling; I'm not going to go through that torture.
Bai Yu rejected Wang Hai's suggestion without even thinking about it.
If it weren't for the fact that running could actually make money, he wouldn't even want to participate in long-distance running now.
Of course, now that Bai Yu has participated, he doesn't regret his previous decision. Sometimes, if you persist in something for a long time, you will really fall in love with it.
By this time, Bai Yu had already fallen in love with running, and the 10,000-meter race was the longest he could accept; he didn't want to participate in any longer ones.
After waiting on the rocky beach until 11 o'clock, Bai Yu and Wang Hai went home.
Wang Hai went home, while Bai Yu went to the processing plant, had lunch at the factory canteen, and then went home to rest.
Bai's father is now the factory manager and usually eats lunch at the factory, while Bai's mother eats at the school cafeteria, and Li Xue also eats at the company.
If Bai Yu were to cook for himself at home, he would be eating alone. Rather than that, he might as well just mooch a meal at the factory canteen.
After lunch, it was only noon, which is the time when the tide is at its highest.
So Bai Yu went home to rest for a while, and around one o'clock in the afternoon, he took his beachcombing gear and called Wang Hai. The two of them walked towards the rocky beach together.
Bai Yu's beachcombing equipment is still the same old set, the same equipment that Brother Tongzi gave him at the beginning: sand shovel, plastic bucket, crab tongs, and other items.
Although Bai Yu hasn't been going to his hometown to go beachcombing much in recent years, he has always kept these tools, which have been with him for many years, in very good condition and with great care.
To be honest, the only beginner outfit that Brother Tongzi gave Bai Yu is of extremely high quality.
Even though five years have passed, these tools look brand new, with no trace of time on them.
Hmm? No signs of age?
That's not right. It's understandable that there are no marks on the crab tongs and sand shovel, but it's a bit too much if there are no marks on the plastic bucket.
Bai Yu remembered that when he was beachcombing before, his bucket was scratched by sharp rocks. Although the plastic bucket was not completely shattered, it still left a large scratch on the bucket. But now, where did the scratch go?
As Bai Yu and Wang Hai were about to reach the rocky beach, Bai Yu noticed something unusual: the bucket he was carrying had a production date of 2019, meaning it was made last year!
In that instant, Bai Yu felt a sense of how fast time flies. In the blink of an eye, 20 years have passed, and it's already the end of 2020. It's almost 21 years.
Time flies so fast; in the blink of an eye, he's had Tongzi for five years, and in those five years, Tongzi has brought him considerable benefits.
Take this big blue crab in front of us, for example. It's highly likely that it appeared because of Bai Yu's luck today.
Huh? Wait a minute! What just happened in front of Bai Yu's eyes? Did a large blue crab flash by?
As Bai Yu was walking, he suddenly caught a glimpse of something moving beside him out of the corner of his eye. When he looked over, he saw a large blue crab waving its big pincers on the rocks, doing something he couldn't quite place.
After looking around, Bai Yu prepared to continue walking, but after taking two steps, he suddenly realized that they had come here to go beachcombing.
Seeing this big blue crab means there's a catch, so why is he just going to let it pass by without paying any attention to it?
So Bai Yu stopped and turned around to go straight to the big blue crab. Taking advantage of the fact that the guy wasn't paying attention, she grabbed the crab shell and picked it up.
Bai Yu didn't use crab tongs at all; he took down the guy with his bare hands.
"Tsk tsk tsk, what's going on here? Has it been too long since anyone came here to go beachcombing? Why are these crabs so wary? I've come right up to you, and you don't even know to squeeze into a crack?"
Bai Yu looked at the large blue crab in his hand, shaking his head as he looked at it.
However, it must be said that October and November are really the best months to eat crabs, especially the crabs from the South China Sea, which are all incredibly plump.
The crab in Bai Yu's hand was about seven or eight ounces in size, almost a pound. Moreover, Bai Yu had checked and confirmed that the crab in his hand was a female crab. Female crabs at this time of year definitely have roe and fat.
Bai Yu then took out cable ties and tied them up with the guy's large pliers before putting them into the plastic bucket.
Bai Yu was very satisfied with his first catch of the day—a large female crab weighing seven or eight ounces. If he took it to the market, it could easily fetch forty or fifty yuan.
Bai Yu then continued strolling along the rocky beach. Perhaps it was a perk of returning to beachcombing, but he had a fantastic catch that day.
Basically, every two steps a white fisherman takes, he can find something on the rocks, such as crabs, conch, or scallops.
Bai Yu even found a huge coconut snail shell in a rocky pit. Yes, it was just a shell, and there was no meat inside.
However, the shell of this coconut snail is very large, about the size of a basketball. Most importantly, the shell is completely intact except for the lack of meat. Even if there is no meat inside, it is still a good exhibit.
When Bai Yu found it, he thought he was seeing things. After all, he had never seen such a big coconut snail before. Even the coconut snail he had seen while beachcombing in Hawaii was smaller than the one he had found.
Bai Yu naturally accepted the snail shell.
The coconut snail shell is not as valuable as the nautilus shell he found when he went out to sea before, but that's because nautiluses are protected animals, while coconut snails are not.
Moreover, even if you find both types of shells, the handling methods are different. You can keep the coconut snail shell, but the nautilus shell needs to be handed over.
He handed over the nautilus shell that Bai Yu found while fishing to the relevant authorities, and he even brought a video of the discovery with him, just in case they thought he had killed the nautilus.
Now things are different. Bai Yu can confidently take this basketball-sized coconut shell home and display it openly in their living room for everyone to see and admire.
As Bai Yu and his brother spent more and more time at the beach, their harvest naturally increased and improved.
After all, as time goes by, the sea level is gradually receding, and more and more reefs are being exposed from the sea.
Seafood could be found hidden in the pits or crevices of these reefs, and if the Bai brothers found it, it would become their prey.
Just as Bai Yu was searching a waterlogged rocky pit, Wang Hai's voice called out from the side.
"Brother Yu, Brother Yu, come quick! I've found something good here, come quick!"
Upon hearing Wang Hai's shout, Bai Yu immediately abandoned the puddle in front of him and ran towards Wang Hai.
He knew Wang Hai very well; he wouldn't call Bai Yu unless something unusual happened. If he did call Bai Yu, it meant something big had definitely happened.
Sure enough, before Bai Yu even reached Wang Hai's side, he noticed something unusual in the puddle next to Wang Hai: there were two fish fins in the puddle.
There is only one type of fish fin that can be visible above the sea surface: the dorsal fin. The fin that Bai Yu saw was triangular, which was clearly the dorsal fin of a shark.
Shark? You encountered a shark while beachcombing? Seriously?!
"Ah Hai, what's going on? How come there are sharks in this pit? Are they big? Ah Hai, move to the side, don't let a shark bite you."
Bai Yu hadn't even walked over yet when his voice came first.
"Don't worry, Brother Yu, these are just two cat sharks, and they're not very big. They're not aggressive at all."
"Brother Fisherman, you go down from your side, I'll go down from this direction. Let's block them from both ends and catch them all, okay?"
As Wang Hai spoke, he prepared to roll up his trousers and wade into the puddle to catch fish.
Seeing this, Bai Yu was so frightened that he immediately spoke up to stop Wang Hai from doing anything further.
Although the two catsharks in this puddle weren't very big, each only about half a meter long and probably weighing less than ten kilograms.
However, as a type of shark, the cat shark has relatively sharp teeth, and if you get bitten, it will hurt terribly.
Moreover, the catshark in this puddle is not a tiger catshark, but a common catshark. This kind of catshark is not edible and is at most used as a decoration in an aquarium. It doesn't serve much other purpose.
Cat sharks are certainly edible, but in our domestic waters, although there is only one family of cat sharks, there are eight genera in this family. Only the tiger cat shark is the most delicious cat shark, and the other cat sharks are not considered very tasty.
However, it must be said that the tiger catshark is a cold-water marine creature, primarily found in the East China Sea and Yellow Sea, while the South China Sea is a tropical waterway.
It's not that there are no tiger catsharks here at all, but their numbers are extremely small. At least before winter arrives, you basically can't see tiger catsharks here.
After being stopped by Bai Yu, Wang Hai looked at the two catsharks with a regretful expression, and then continued searching on the rocky beach.
He didn't intend to eat the two catsharks; he simply thought they were fun. After all, eating such slender fish as catsharks wouldn't be very interesting, at least not satisfying for Wang Hai.
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