After collecting seven or eight more shellfish such as sand clams and blood clams, he finally spotted a fish.
The fish was enormous, and it was being swept along by the waves towards the shore in the water not far ahead.
"Wow, what a huge sea bass!"
Feng Ye opened his eyes wide, his face full of excitement, and ran towards the location of the big fish.
"Why are you running into the sea? Are you crazy? Come back here!"
Seeing Feng Ye rushing towards the sea, and with giant waves crashing in from afar, Feng Xuan quickly shouted.
He didn't see the large bass in the sea.
"I saw a big fish."
"Is the fish more important, or your life? Come back quickly."
"Don't worry, it's okay."
Feng Ye stopped when the seawater reached his thighs, but the fish had vanished. He had no choice but to search around for the large bass he had just seen.
The seawater was murky and constantly churning, and the large sea bass were floating and sinking in the water, making them difficult to find.
Just then, the waves surged and rolled up the large sea bass, which he then saw.
It's not far away, about three or four meters to the left front.
Feng Ye struggled against the waves to move over, but the rolling waves made him feel unsteady and as if he were about to float away.
Whether it was good luck or the blessing of Mazu, before he could even move completely over, the giant bass swam towards him.
Feng Ye quickly opened the snakeskin bag towards the large sea bass...
The large bass flicked its tail and walked right into the trap.
Feng Ye quickly tightened the opening, dragged the snakeskin bag, and walked towards the shore...
One wave crashed over him, soaking him from head to toe, but he felt incredibly refreshed.
Feng Xuan had been watching Feng Ye from the beach, worried that he might be in danger and ready to rescue him in time. Seeing Feng Ye walking back, he breathed a sigh of relief.
After Feng Ye dragged the snakeskin bag ashore, Feng Xuan angrily said, "Are you out of your mind?"
"Isn't everything alright?"
Feng Ye said with a grin, opening the burlap sack.
"Holy crap, it's huge, it must be at least a meter long!" Feng Xuan exclaimed, then his expression turned serious and he said, "But that's no reason for you to take risks. You're not allowed to go any further. We'll just pick it up from the shore."
“I’ll be careful,” Feng Ye continued with a smile. “This guy is really heavy, it must weigh about fifteen or sixteen pounds.”
"I'll give it a try."
As he spoke, Feng Xuan picked up the snakeskin bag and weighed it in his hand: "It's really heavy, at least fifteen pounds. Are you going to sell it first, or continue collecting?"
"Let's continue. Whether the sea bass lives or dies won't affect today much, it's all the same, so let's not waste time."
"I was just happy to have found a toadfish, and now you've found such a big bass. Your luck is unbeatable."
Feng Xuan shook his head, took two steps forward with the snakeskin bag, and picked up a scallop that had just been swept ashore by the sea.
"It's still early, there's definitely more cargo to come."
Feng Ye gripped the opening of the snakeskin bag containing the large bass tightly, letting the bass struggle futilely inside, and continued searching on the beach while dragging it along.
A short while later, I saw a snail, which was quite large and long.
"A conch, this thing's all caught up? I wonder if there's any meat in it?"
The conch, also known as the fragrant snail or golden thread snail, inhabits the deep sandy and muddy seabed in the subtidal zone. It can be caught by sea trawlers, but is generally not seen on the coast.
I picked it up, turned it over, and sure enough, there was meat inside.
I weighed it in my hand and it was about a pound.
"Brother, look what I found this time?"
"A conch shell, did it get caught up in the commotion too?"
Feng Xuan exclaimed in surprise, glancing down at the beach where a large blue crab was swaggering about, brandishing its two large pincers.
He quickly stepped forward and stomped on it, then grabbed it from behind.
Those two large pincers were still baring their fangs, trying to attack the person who grabbed it.
However, its pincers cannot only attack forward, but cannot attack backward, so it can only do useless work in vain.
"Look at this big blue crab, it must weigh at least three pounds!"
Feng Xuan held up a large blue crab for Feng Ye to see, a big smile on his face.
"I knew it! There were definitely some good items. It wasn't a wasted trip, was it?"
"It's a pity I didn't bring a rope; it would be a shame if I broke my leg."
Feng Xuan shook his head and had no choice but to unfold the other snakeskin bag and put the large blue crab inside.
He dared not put the large blue crab into the toadfish's snakeskin bag, otherwise the large blue crab would surely cause trouble for the toadfish.
"If it's interrupted, it's interrupted. At worst, I'll just eat it myself and it'll be just right to replenish my body."
"I couldn't bear to part with it. Even if it's broken, its head alone could sell for several dollars, which is equivalent to a day's wages for me."
"It's not like we bought it; we caught it ourselves, so what's there to be reluctant about?"
...
The two followed the tide, chatting as they walked and collecting fish, shrimp, crabs, and shellfish of all sizes, and collected quite a lot.
Some items were valuable, and some were worthless; they were all stuffed into the snakeskin bag.
The beach in Dongtou Village is very large, and the water level varies.
They walked and stopped, slowly receding with the tide. Sometimes they would turn back when they saw seafood being swept up. It took them almost an hour to search the entire beach before they finally reached the edge of the sand.
Beyond the beach lies the rocky area.
The water level has receded considerably, and a small portion of the reef area has been exposed. Although some seawater still rushes in during large waves, the danger has been greatly reduced.
They simply headed towards the rocky area.
There must still be some seafood that they've carried ashore on the beach, but they don't want to go back to look for it.
Compared to beaches, the various puddles of different sizes in the rocky areas are more likely to strand all kinds of seafood.
As soon as Feng Ye entered the rocky area, he noticed ripples spreading out in a small, murky puddle under a rock, and quickly took a few steps forward.
Upon seeing this, Feng Xuan asked, "Ah Ye, have you spotted a large shipment?"
"I don't know yet." Feng Ye turned over the stone and looked at it, and couldn't help but say with some disappointment, "It's a small blue crab, less than half a pound."
"It's still a blue crab, better than a stone crab."
Feng Xuan glanced at it from afar, said something, and then began searching in the rocky area.
"That's true."
Half a pound of mud crab may seem small in this era, but it will not be considered small in later generations.
Feng Ye picked up the small blue crab and threw it into the snakeskin bag containing the crabs.
After catching the large bass, he packed them separately: fish and shrimp in one burlap sack, crabs in another, and shellfish just tossed aside.
Looking up, I saw Feng Xuan stuffing a red fish into a snakeskin bag.
"Brother, what kind of fish did you catch?"
There are many kinds of red sea fish, and he couldn't tell which one it was at first glance.
"Eastern Star Spotted, unfortunately it's dead, and its head is shattered."
Upon hearing Feng Ye's question, Feng Xuan simply showed the fish to Feng Ye.
It was indeed a grouper, weighing about two pounds. The only pity was that its head was half broken.
It was probably hit on the head by the waves crashing against the rocks.
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