The sea and sky blend into one color
"Ring ring ring..."
When the sky was still overcast, the alarm clock suddenly started ringing in the quiet room.
Today is low tide, so Chen Zhiyao specially set her alarm clock back to 5 a.m.
At this time, Ah Huang at home was sleeping soundly, but many people in the village had already come to the beach to go beachcombing.
During high tide, the sea recedes quickly and far, resulting in a harvest that is two to three times greater than usual.
Chen Zhiyao quickly got herself ready and went out excitedly right after breakfast.
Apart from Ah Huang, who was left at home to guard the house, all five members of the Chen family went out to help.
Although it was only 5:30, it was already quite late for those going to the beach.
At this time, the village beach was crowded with people; except for those who were not at home, almost everyone else was out gathering seafood.
Looking around, it was a sea of people.
Looking at the crowds that outnumbered seafood, Chen Zhiyao felt that there probably wouldn't be much left in the village.
Because Grandma Chen also has to take care of her chickens and shrimp ponds, she can't leave home and can only go beachcombing on the village's beach.
The remaining four people boarded the fishing boat together to go beachcombing at Dolphin Island.
It used to take more than an hour to get to Dolphin Island. Chen Zhiyao was going fishing in the afternoon, so her fishing boat was fully fueled.
After refueling, she stood at the bow of the boat and shouted energetically:
"Let's set sail!"
Then Captain Sugar turned around and went into the cockpit, skillfully steering the behemoth.
The weather is nice today, calm and still, perfect for going out to sea.
Although the bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish, fishermen who go out to sea still prefer calm days without wind or waves.
It was a sunny day again, and the sun came out very early.
Against the backdrop of blue sky and white clouds, the sea appears even bluer, and from a distance, the sea and the blue sky almost merge into one.
Every time Chen Zhiyao posts a stunning photo, people always ask her if she added a filter.
It feels so unreal, and they've never seen such a beautiful sea before.
Whether the ocean is blue or beautiful depends mainly on the weather.
If the weather is good, and the angle and time are right, the sky will look just as beautiful as in her photos.
However, if it's a cloudy day, the sea might be a hazy gray.
Moreover, the light is better in the morning than in the afternoon, so the sea appears bluer in the morning.
It will be darker for most of the afternoon.
Therefore, the timing, angle, and weather are all important factors when viewing the sea.
After an hour and a half, Chen Zhiyao could already see Dolphin Island from the cockpit.
Suddenly, a pink figure appeared directly in front of her.
"What's this?"
Chen Zhiyao quickly grabbed the binoculars from the table and looked in the direction she had just been.
In the distance, a pink dolphin can be seen leaping and playing on the sea.
Pink Dolphin
"You can actually see dolphins on Dolphin Island!" Chen Zhiyao exclaimed excitedly.
"A pink dolphin! It's a pink dolphin! Mom, Mom, come out quickly! There's a pink dolphin outside!"
Chen Zhiyao's excited voice immediately woke up the group of people who were dozing in the lounge.
Dolphins can often be encountered at sea, but pink dolphins are like pandas among animals—extremely rare.
Upon hearing the sound of pink dolphins, the people in the lounge immediately woke up.
Yan Shuting ran the fastest and snatched the binoculars from her daughter's hand as soon as she arrived.
"It really is a pink dolphin, and it's quite pretty."
Yan Shuting watched for a while, then handed the binoculars back to Grandpa Chen, and finally they ended up in Chen Weiqiang's hands.
The pink dolphins they are seeing are actually Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, a Class I protected animal in China.
When they are young, the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin is dark gray, but as it grows older, the color gradually fades and it becomes pure white when it grows up.
The pink color of dolphins is due to congestion of blood vessels under their skin, not because they are actually pink.
Chen Weiqiang held binoculars and watched the pink dolphins on the sea with great interest.
As I watched, I suddenly noticed a small gray dolphin next to the pink figure.
Chen Weiqiang immediately exclaimed, "There's another little gray dolphin!"
Upon hearing her father's words, Chen Zhiyao immediately snatched the binoculars back.
Not far away, there was a long, pink dolphin, and next to it was a baby dolphin.
The two, one big and one small, look like a mother with a lovely child.
Cute little dolphin
At this moment, Chen Zhiyao also noticed that the fish finder showed that there was a school of fish ahead.
It looks like these two dolphins are hunting.
Although the fish are all small, there are many of them, at least two or three hundred.
If it weren't for these two adorable dolphins, she would definitely have gone fishing with her nets.
However, this is breakfast for two dolphins, and everything has a first-come, first-served principle.
Chen Zhiyao did not compete with them for the fish, but silently continued to move towards Dolphin Island.
Soon, not far from the island, the fish finder detected another school of fish, and they were quite large.
So she quickly steered the fishing boat over, and the other three people lowered both large-mesh nets, surrounding the school of fish.
In addition, 10 fish traps were also lowered along with the netting.
When we arrived at the back of Dolphin Island, we encountered a small group of fish.
There weren't many of them, and they weren't very big, but they were just the right size to put the small-hole adhesive nets in.
Grandpa Chen noticed that this place wasn't far from where he had fished before, and that the area below was mostly coral reefs and rocks, so he figured there might be crabs there.
So they put all the crab cages down here as well.
As the fishing boat continued forward, Chen Zhiyao suddenly noticed that the dolphin from before had actually followed them.
Two little creatures, one big and one small, seemed to want to play with them, and followed at the stern of the boat at a distance that was neither too close nor too far.
Seeing that Chen Zhiyao and the others had landed on the island, the two adorable little creatures continued to swim freely in the sea, disappearing without a trace in no time.
Chen Zhiyao had visited Dolphin Island several times, but she had never seen dolphins before.
She had previously thought that Dolphin Island, like their Dolphin Town, was just a name without substance, but she never expected to actually encounter dolphins.
And it's a pink dolphin.
Yan Shuting, standing to the side, said with certainty:
"You must have encountered a pink dolphin today because you visited the Tanah Lot Temple yesterday. It looks like you're going to have a good harvest today."
Chen Zhiyao, who believed in science, was skeptical, but Grandpa Chen and Chen Weiqiang, both veteran fishermen, agreed wholeheartedly.
The tide receded very quickly today; by the time the group arrived at the white sand beach, a large portion of the beach had already been washed away.
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