Chen Zhiyao drove her electric tricycle and returned to the rocky beach where she had started her beachcombing trip in just a few minutes.
I could see my mom, grandpa, and grandma waiting from afar.
Mom had a pretty good haul today; besides half a bucket of small seashells, she also got a conch and a big blue crab.
The elderly couple kept their catch together; apart from a few pounds of razor clams, the rest were various small shellfish and snails.
The three of them initially thought that today's harvest was quite good, with each of them earning at least 100 yuan.
However, seeing Chen Zhiyao's car almost full of fish, I was incredibly envious.
Yan Shuting praised her, saying that her good harvest today was due to her sincere kowtowing when she worshipped the sea god yesterday.
She still remembers how her daughter kowtowed yesterday, her forehead turning red.
Chen Zhiyao felt a little guilty, because she actually had the system's support.
Fortunately, Yan Shuting didn't dwell on the issue and quickly moved the various seafood items at her feet into the car.
The tricycle wasn't very big; once the fish were in, there wasn't enough room for anyone to sit.
Chen Zhiyao drove back first, while the remaining three walked back slowly.
Yesterday, I picked up a lot of small seafood that was already dead but still relatively fresh on the beach. These things weren't worth much, so I kept them all for my family to eat.
The refrigerator at home is now completely full.
Therefore, Chen Zhiyao plans to sell all of today's catch.
After setting down her beachcombing tools, Chen Zhiyao was just about to go out when her eyes fell on a large net full of scallops.
Besides the ones she picked up, there were also quite a few scallops in the fish catch of other family members.
"These scallops are quite big, should we keep them to dry as dried scallops?"
Knowing that the jars at home containing dried scallops were almost empty, Chen Zhiyao quickly picked out all the scallops from the car.
The scallops that were picked out filled more than half a bucket, probably weighing about 10 kilograms.
Then Chen Zhiyao hurriedly hopped on her tricycle and set off to town to sell her catch of fish.
She had been visiting the Yang family's purchasing station quite often during this period, and almost everyone there knew her.
As soon as he entered the door, Yang Jiajun's wife, Li Qingqing, greeted him warmly.
"Tangtang, you're here." He said, looking towards the tricycle behind her.
Upon seeing those valuable, large items, his smile widened even further.
Then he quickly gathered a strong young man to help unload the fish from the tricycle.
The items were still settled separately, starting with Mom's fish catch:
10 jin of mixed shellfish, 7 yuan per jin, totaling 70 yuan. 8 liang of conch, 100 yuan per jin, totaling 80 yuan. 4 liang of mud crab, 50 yuan per jin, totaling 20 yuan.
The total is 170 yuan.
Although it may not seem like much, it's considered a very good income among the villagers who go beachcombing.
Next up was the elderly couple's: 4 jin of razor clams, 27 yuan per jin, totaling 108 yuan. 3 jin of spicy snails, 16 yuan per jin, totaling 54 yuan.
The various small shellfish weighed 18 jin (approximately 9 kg), at 7 yuan per jin, totaling 126 yuan.
The total income is: 288 yuan.
It's clear that seafood prices are lower today than yesterday.
That's normal, though; seafood was everywhere yesterday. Things are valued for their scarcity; if there's too much of anything, it's worthless.
Finally, it's Chen Zhiyao's catch. Whether she can successfully level up today depends on them.
Small green lobsters weigh 1.5 jin (750g), priced at 180 yuan per jin, totaling 270 yuan. Coconut snails weigh 3.5 jin (1.75kg), priced at 100 yuan per jin, totaling 350 yuan.
Crabs weighing over one jin (500g) cost 1.2 jin (68 yuan per jin), totaling 82 yuan. Crabs weighing between half a jin and one jin (250g) cost 3.2 jin (1.6 kg), totaling 45 yuan per jin, totaling 158 yuan.
Orchid crabs weigh 1.8 jin (approximately 0.8 kg), at 38 yuan per jin, totaling 69 yuan. Spicy snails weigh 3 jin (approximately 1.5 kg), at 16 yuan per jin, totaling 48 yuan.
There were too many items. After weighing them, Li Qingqing settled the bill for her first, which came to a total of 977 yuan.
Next are the fish in the bucket:
Golden pomfret, 6.6 jin, 26 yuan per jin, total 172 yuan. Sea barb, 5.6 jin, 8 yuan per jin, total 45 yuan.
6 jin of grouper, 48 yuan per jin, totaling 288 yuan. 14 jin of sea bass, 35 yuan per jin, totaling 490 yuan.
The octopus and cat's eye snails weighed a total of 4 jin (2 kg), at 30 yuan per jin, for a total of 120 yuan.
Five jin of conger eel cost 55 yuan per jin, totaling 275 yuan. One jin of stone eel cost 65 yuan.
Li Qingqing held the computer and pressed the buttons for a while, repeatedly hearing the "reset to zero" sound.
The latter part contains a total of 1455 pieces.
Finally, Chen Zhiyao's total income for today is 2432 yuan.
The majority of the harvest came from fish traps.
When Chen Zhiyao left the purchasing station, the little dream in her mind had changed from a small ball of light to a slightly larger ball of light, and it looked brighter.
"Tangtang, the second level of the beachcombing system has been successfully unlocked!"
Besides the light orb growing larger, Xiaomeng's voice also changed, transforming from the voice of a little girl into the voice of a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl.
"Xiao Meng, you seem to have grown up. Your voice has become more mature too." Chen Zhiyao was very curious. How could a system grow up?
"Yes, I am the embodiment of the beachcombing system. As the system unlocks more and more, I will grow up as well."
"That's amazing!"
However, Chen Zhiyao didn't dwell on it too much; she was already eagerly opening the latest identity information.
Host: Chen Zhiyao
Level: 2 (Tidal Bouncing)
Points: 1428
Perspective range: 2 meters
Transparent time: 2 hours
Tools for beachcombing: sand shovel, iron shovel, tongs, spade.
Seeing that she only had 1428 points left, Chen Zhiyao felt a sudden surge of pressure; these points really didn't last long.
She had originally planned to browse the system's shop and buy some useful items, but these points weren't enough to buy anything.
After leaving the purchasing station, Chen Zhiyao spent another 15 yuan to buy a bunch of small miscellaneous fish, enough to fill about three fish traps.
Then she went to the town's largest vegetable market, the Dolphin Market.
Their town is called Dolphin Town. I heard that dolphins can often be seen in the sea area in front of the town's pier, hence the name.
However, Chen Zhiyao has never seen a dolphin in all her years.
In the seaside town, the market is mostly filled with various kinds of seafood, and there aren't many stalls selling meat and vegetables.
Chen Zhiyao bought some pig intestines, pig lungs, pig liver, and duck liver. She went to several stalls and finally managed to gather all the items.
Besides the three fish traps that were stolen, she now has 12 fish traps.
Place exactly two traps for each item, and use the remaining two traps to put mixed bait, so you can see which one works best.
(It's so troublesome to calculate the income from the fish catch every time. Does anyone else think the calculation part is too long and wordy? Should we simplify it?)
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