Feng Ye was overjoyed. He quickly took out the net, poured all the miscellaneous things in the bucket into it, and then went forward to grab them.
He doesn't need clips or anything like that; he thinks it's too slow. He prefers to just grab it with his hands, which is faster.
Ah-Can stopped arguing, opened a snakeskin bag, and started sweeping the swimming crabs into it with a shovel.
"Brother Ye, look at me, not only am I fast, but I also don't have to worry about getting my hands caught."
Ah-chan said smugly.
In just a short while, his snakeskin bag already contained more than a dozen swimming crabs.
The only downside was that a lot of sand was swept in as well.
"That was a really good idea of yours. How come your brain is working so well today?"
"I've always been pretty smart, okay?"
"Why not be smarter and catch it like I did?"
Feng Ye smiled as he tilted the bucket over and used a small shovel to sweep the swimming crabs into it.
This way, he doesn't need to hold the opening of the burlap sack open, which allows him to move even faster.
"Damn, you're smarter, Ye-ge."
Ah Can watched as the number of swimming crabs in Feng Ye's bucket rapidly increased, exclaimed in admiration, and took the bucket over as well.
As the tide continued to recede, more and more swimming crabs crawled ashore.
The two were overjoyed and exclaimed repeatedly, "So many!"
"There are too many. How long will it take to catch them all? We can't catch them all."
"Catch as many as you can..."
The two were busy and having a great time. Whenever they couldn't sweep the swimming crabs into the bucket, they would put them into a snakeskin bag and then continue catching them.
Fortunately, the place was relatively remote, and since it was nighttime, not many people came, allowing them to enjoy it all to themselves.
"Damn it, so many of them at once, we can't keep up with them all. Can't they come ashore in batches?"
Ah-Can complained, wishing he had three heads and six arms.
"Hahaha, your idea is hilarious, and you're dreaming too much. You're sending people to their deaths and expecting them to line up."
Feng Ye responded with a loud laugh.
"Hehe, isn't it because we can't catch them all?"
Ah-Can smiled and then asked, "Brother Ye, why do you think these swimming crabs come ashore?"
"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?"
Feng Ye shrugged. "Stop asking so many questions, hurry up and catch them, they're already starting to climb into the water."
After coming ashore, these swimming crabs did not stay for long; after only a short while, they turned around and crawled back into the water.
At that moment, both of them wished their parents could give them more hands.
This is all money; it would be such a waste to let it go.
They all sped up, quickly sweeping the blue crabs into the bucket with small shovels.
Before the people on the shore had even finished catching the swimming crabs, they carried buckets back into the water to catch more.
Fortunately, the tide hadn't come in yet, allowing them to keep catching themselves in the water for a while longer.
Only when they could no longer see crabs in the diving area did they reluctantly carry their buckets ashore.
"What a pity. If only we had brought a net, we could have caught them all in one go."
Ah-chan's face was full of regret.
"Bringing a net when you go fishing? How could you even think of that?"
Feng Ye patted A-Can on the shoulder with a smile, "Don't be greedy, we've already caught quite a few."
Ah-Can pursed his lips, "It's only so-so, about 40 pounds."
Feng Ye poured all the crabs from the bucket into a snakeskin bag, picked it up, weighed it in his hand, and was quite satisfied.
"I caught about 40 kilograms of them, mainly because they are all quite big and heavy."
"The tide hasn't come in that fast yet. Let's look around some more. There must be plenty of other goods."
"Let's look around some more. Let's leave the crabs we caught here for now, so we don't have to carry them around so much. Just be extra careful."
After the tide recedes to the bottom, there will be a period of calm for about an hour.
The tide had just receded to the bottom in about ten minutes when it rose again in about forty minutes.
Ah-Can looked back at the direction of the dock and nodded, saying, "Yes, most of the people have left. No one should be coming here anymore."
The two men, carrying empty buckets, continued their search along the edge of the sea.
Before they had gone very far, they heard the sound of splashing water again.
He was secretly delighted, thinking to himself that Ah-Can's jinx might have come true, and that the swimming crabs were indeed coming to the shore in batches.
He immediately stopped and shone his headlamp around the sea.
However, the sea was perfectly calm, and nothing unusual was observed.
Feng Ye frowned, wondering if he had misheard.
But that shouldn't be the case; he's quite confident in his hearing.
Undeterred, he continued his search on the sea surface. Suddenly, several translucent objects flashed by in the beam of his headlamp.
The distance was too great, so I couldn't see it clearly at first, and I didn't recognize it at all.
"Huh? There really is something."
He stopped moving and let the spot of light from his headlamp stay still.
In a short while, more and more translucent creatures gathered within the area of the light spot.
It looks like a squid, only a little too small.
Feng Ye's eyes widened as the name of a marine creature popped into his mind—the sea hare.
To confirm his thoughts, he slowly turned his head, moving the headlamp to the side.
The small patch of translucent creatures moved along with it, swimming happily back and forth within the circle of light.
He was able to confirm that this thing was a sea hare.
Phototaxis!
Many marine organisms exhibit phototaxis.
That's why the method of fishing with lights came about.
Sea hares, on the other hand, exhibit strong phototaxis.
Sea hare is what fishermen call it; its real name is pen-spinner fish, also known as pen-spinner sheath.
There are two reasons why it is called a sea hare:
First, after the squid is cooked, its originally slender body becomes round, resembling a rabbit's body, while its two protruding tentacles look like upright rabbit ears.
Arrange them neatly on the plate, and they look just like a group of little rabbits.
Secondly, the squid is quick to escape, truly embodying the saying "still as a virgin, swift as a rabbit."
This is one of the reasons why it has the nickname "sea hare".
Sea hares are relatively small, with the longest not exceeding 15 centimeters, and those usually caught are only a few centimeters long.
Its shape is very similar to that of a squid, but it is shorter and smaller, like a miniature version of a squid.
Therefore, in some places, sea hares are called little squid.
Despite its small size, it is a ferocious carnivorous creature that feeds on small shrimp and fish.
Sea hares are highly nutritious, being a type of seafood that is high in protein and amino acids and low in fat.
Its protein content is nearly 10%, and if it is air-dried, the amino acid content accounts for half of the total dry weight.
However, its price is not high, making it very affordable.
It's incredibly delicious; one bite and it bursts with juice, full of seeds.
The only downside is that sea hares die easily when taken out of the water, and since they are not from fishing grounds, it's difficult to find fresh ones.
Most of what you can buy are frozen or dried products.
However, this does not affect its deliciousness.
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