"Lili, are you home?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Lili realized it was Aunt Zhang calling her, so she quickly opened the door to see what had happened.
Aunt Zhang was carrying a bucket of water, her face beaming with a smile.
Gu Lili asked with a smile, "Aunt Zhang, is there some good news?"
"Lili, hurry up! Your Uncle Zhang said a lot of fish have washed ashore! Grab a bucket, let's go collect them!" Aunt Zhang said excitedly.
Gu Lili, who was still feeling sleepy, perked up instantly after hearing what Aunt Zhang said.
He nodded quickly and went back to call everyone to take their buckets and head to the beach.
The group walked and ran, reaching the beach as quickly as possible.
When we arrived at the beach, it was just as Aunt Zhang had said: the beach was full of fish. An uninformed person might have thought that someone had deliberately scattered the fish on the beach.
There were also many clams and shrimp mixed in.
The fish were jumping and hopping on the beach, as if they were dancing.
Just as Gu Lili had thought, there was always a high tide when the moon was full.
The tide receded so quickly that the fish and shrimp didn't even have time to react before being left on the beach.
Uncle Zhang had already filled a bucket with noodle fish. When he saw Aunt Zhang coming over, he quickly raised his hand, signaling her to come over.
"Coming, coming!" Aunt Zhang called out loudly.
Then he jogged over to Uncle Zhang, carrying the bucket.
"Beep, noodlefish, seven coins a pound."
"Beep, prawns are 36 coins per pound."
"Beep, clams are five coins a pound."
"Beep, Golden Pomfret..."
Mechanical voices kept echoing in Gu Lili's mind as she looked at the fish and shrimp in front of her.
These aren't fish and shrimp, they're clearly money!
Gu Erniu and the others were already picking them up impatiently. Although it was the first time Li Ershu had seen such a scene, he quickly joined the battle.
Gu Lili took one look and, not to be outdone, picked it up herself.
As she picked through the items, Gu Lili gradually moved away from the crowd.
Just kidding, if we stayed together, where would we buy our catch?
As Gu Lili picked and sold the items, she soon saw her balance slowly increasing.
Gu Lili left some in the storage space. Anyway, they wouldn't spoil in there, and she could take them out to eat whenever she wanted.
While picking them up, Gu Lili was suddenly sucked into the seawater and sat down on the ground, her pants getting completely wet.
Gu Lili looked back and realized that she had been so focused on picking up fish that she hadn't noticed the tide had risen up in front of her.
Gu Lili quickly got up and jogged towards Gu Erniu and the others.
The rising tide is very dangerous; it can unknowingly carry people into the sea.
The waves in the sea are also something they cannot contend with.
"Erniu, Huanhuan, Sigou, Second Uncle, hurry up and go up!" Gu Lili shouted loudly.
Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang were still some distance away, so Gu Lili decided to call out to them when she got closer.
Gu Erniu and the other three heard Gu Lili's voice and quickly looked up.
At this moment, Gu Sigou was also sucked into the water, and Li Ershu quickly pulled him up.
At this point, they were still unaware of the danger and didn't understand why Gu Lili was calling them up when there were so many fish.
Gu Lili ran over and angrily said, "Are you all deaf! I told you to get ashore, hurry up!"
Time was of the essence, and Gu Lili didn't have time to talk to them properly; she started yelling at them instead.
Seeing Gu Lili's angry expression, Li Ershu quickly led the children upstairs.
Although he was the second uncle of the group, he was only eighteen years old, four years older than Gu Lili.
He was not yet married and did not realize that he was an elder.
So when Gu Lili was scolding them, Li Ershu, like the other three, didn't dare to raise his head and obediently walked to the shore.
Seeing the group come up, Gu Lili didn't have time to say anything and quickly ran towards Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang.
"You lot, you absolutely cannot go any further, do you hear me!"
Upon hearing Gu Lili's words, the group quickly looked towards the place where they had just been.
In just a short while, the place where they had been standing was submerged by seawater.
Li Ershu patted his chest and said, "My God, this is really scary! No wonder Lili was so angry!"
I can't swim either, so if I get splashed by a wave, I'm doomed.
They were all a little frightened, but when they saw the direction Gu Lili ran in, their hearts jumped into their throats again.
Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang, engrossed in the joy of collecting sea fish, were completely unaware that the seawater was rising at an alarming speed.
Gu Lili cried out anxiously, "Uncle Zhang, Aunt Zhang, come up here quickly!"
At this moment, Gu Lili was still some distance away from the two of them. They heard Gu Lili's shout, but they didn't hear what she specifically shouted.
"Hua's dad, look at Lili, she's caught quite a lot of fish, isn't she? Look how happy she is, she's dancing!" Aunt Zhang said, pointing to Gu Lili running towards them from the shore.
Uncle Zhang looked up and saw that they seemed to be dancing.
The little hand was waving quite enthusiastically.
Uncle Zhang nodded and said, "It should be. Let's speed things up. This bucket will be full soon, and then we'll go home. We haven't had breakfast yet, and after picking so many fish, we're really a bit hungry!"
The two of them brought out four buckets in total, and there is still one bucket that is not full.
Aunt Zhang nodded and continued picking up the fish.
Gu Lili was running and almost cried.
Why are these two picking it up again with their heads down?
At this moment, Li Ershu and Gu Erniu also jogged over, while Gu Huanhuan and Gu Sigou stayed behind to watch the bucket.
Gu Erniu sped up and quickly overtook Li Ershu.
Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang are my future father-in-law and mother-in-law, I can't let anything happen to them!
If anything were to happen to her, Sister Da Hua would be heartbroken!
The water rose very quickly, and Aunt Zhang was knocked down by a wave.
Uncle Zhang immediately helped Aunt Zhang up. Only then did the two of them belatedly realize that the water had risen to right in front of them.
Uncle Zhang was startled and quickly pulled Aunt Zhang away to run.
Before Aunt Zhang could react, Uncle Zhang kept pulling her along.
Gu Lili breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the two of them come up. Thank goodness, no danger had occurred.
Aunt Zhang was taken to the shore, where she discovered that the water level had risen.
"Oh dear, the fish we picked up are still over there!" Aunt Zhang exclaimed, slapping her thigh.
The three buckets of fish they had just collected were placed on a rock not far from them.
As Aunt Zhang spoke, she started to run over there.
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