The pier at night
Seeing that the seafood Chen Zhiyao brought was indeed excellent, the second uncle quoted a relatively high price:
"Orchid crabs are priced according to their size. Those between half a pound and one pound are 40 yuan per pound. Those over one pound are 55 yuan per pound."
"Conger eel is 55 yuan per jin, pearl grouper is 35 yuan per jin, tiger grouper is 28 yuan per jin, cat's eye snail is 38 yuan per jin, moon clam is 5 yuan per jin, and small octopus is 30 yuan per jin."
Chen Zhiyao had been going to the beach since she was a child, so she was quite familiar with the prices of various seafood. The price was indeed good, so she nodded happily.
“Okay, we’ll go with the price you suggested, Uncle. But I want to keep this tiger grouper for our own consumption, and also keep two catties of moon clams.”
"Alright, alright, you can pack whatever you want to keep with your own things."
Chen Zhiyao took two buckets from the recycling station and took out the things she wanted to sell.
In the end, only a tiger-striped clam and a little over two pounds of moon shells remained.
I'm tired of eating clams every day, so I thought I'd try these moon clams for a change.
My second uncle took out a calculator and weighed the items while calculating the money.
"The cat's eye snails weigh 4.5 jin, at 38 yuan per jin, for a total of 171 yuan."
"10 jin of moon clams, 5 yuan per jin, totaling 50 yuan."
"The pearl grouper weighs 3.2 jin (1.6 catties) and costs 35 yuan per jin (0.5 kg), for a total of 112 yuan."
"The conger eel weighs 4.1 jin (2.5 catties) and costs 55 yuan per jin (0.5 kg), for a total of 225.5 yuan."
"Two catties of octopus, 30 yuan per catty, totaling 60 yuan."
"One blue crab weighs 8 liang (approximately 40 grams), which is 40 yuan per jin (approximately 500 grams), so it's 32 yuan. The remaining three crabs weigh over 1 jin each, totaling 3 jin and 5 liang (approximately 1.25 kilograms), which is 55 yuan per jin, or 192.5 yuan."
"That's 843 yuan in total. Not bad, you've earned over a thousand yuan in just one day. Why don't you just stay in the village and go beachcombing?"
"Second Uncle, you can just transfer the money to my WeChat account."
As for staying in the village to go beachcombing, Chen Zhiyao was still considering it and didn't say much.
Although she has a beachcombing system, she doesn't know if she can use it indefinitely, so she'll observe it further before making a decision.
Chen Zhiyao quickly received the WeChat transfer, and at that time she already had 3315 yuan in her WeChat account.
The 2,000 yuan was pocket money given to her by her father, and the remaining 1,315 yuan was her earnings from going beachcombing today.
"Holy crap, I actually made over a thousand yuan from beachcombing today, which is more than I make at work!"
Chen Zhiyao was in a very good mood after selling her catch of fish.
On the way back, the surrounding mountains seemed exceptionally green, and even the seagulls flying by looked much more pleasing to the eye.
"I made 1315 yuan today. If I could make this much every day, wouldn't I be rich?"
"Even if you earn 1,000 yuan a day, you can accumulate 10,000 points in 10 days. After the system is upgraded, the X-ray glasses will also be upgraded, allowing you to catch even more fish."
Moreover, the system is very user-friendly; as long as you accumulate points, the money you earn from beachcombing is still yours.
Chen Zhiyao's imagination grew more and more rosy, as if she were about to become rich and reach the pinnacle of life.
When I got home, the house was already filled with a wonderful aroma.
Chen Zhiyao stood at the door and took a deep breath. "The smell of braised pork... Grandma must have cooked it today."
"I'm back!" Chen Zhiyao said happily as she pushed her tricycle through the door.
Just then, Grandma Chen came out of the kitchen. "You're back! Quickly wash your hands, dinner will be ready soon."
Chen Weiqiang had already returned from the county and came over with a grin to check on Chen Zhiyao's harvest for the day.
"With just this one fish and two pounds of moon clams, your beachcombing skills are terrible. Back in the day, I could earn 800 yuan a day when I went beachcombing."
Yan Shuting rolled her eyes and then interrupted:
"You only did it once during the high tide, aren't you ashamed? You've said it 800 times already."
Chen Zhiyao opened her second uncle's WeChat account and specifically showed Chen Weiqiang the transfer records.
"I made 472 yuan in the morning and 843 yuan in the afternoon. I earned a total of 1,315 yuan today from beachcombing, which is 500 yuan more than your highest record, Dad."
Chen Zhiyao held her head high, her face full of pride.
Chen Weiqiang's eyes widened. "It really is 1300! What incredible luck you've had, girl!"
"Get out, get out! Can't you speak properly? What kind of father are you?"
Yan Shuting quickly pushed Chen Weiqiang away, then took her daughter's phone, saw the transfer records, and was immediately overjoyed:
"So much money, 1300 a day, that's more than your dad's fishing tackle shop."
"Hey, how can you talk like that? I'm a high-income earner with a monthly income of over ten thousand yuan," Chen Weiqiang said with dissatisfaction.
The sea is right next door, and there are so many people in the county who enjoy sea fishing. His fishing tackle shop is located on the roadside leading to the sea.
If you forget to bring fish food when you go out, or if you get a burn while fishing, you can just buy some things when you pass by his fishing tackle shop.
For this reason, Chen Weiqiang specially ordered two huge signs so that the name of Brother Qiang's Fishing Tackle Shop could be seen from afar when passing by.
Although his fishing tackle shop isn't busy every day, when he encounters professional anglers, he earns just as much as this girl does from beachcombing.
They might not make a sale for three years, but once they do, they can live off it for three years. Overall, the income is still quite good.
As the highest earner in the family, Chen Weiqiang was very confident and stood tall with his back straight.
The three were chatting happily when Grandma Chen's voice came from the kitchen.
"Dinner's ready! Come over and help serve the dishes."
Chen Zhiyao, being young and energetic, immediately took the lead.
"Hey, here I come!"
Besides braised pork and green vegetables, the only other items on the table were small seafood such as clams and octopus.
For two consecutive days, Chen Zhiyao had been eating 60 dishes every meal, and she was getting a little tired of it.
"I brought back some moon clams and a tiger grouper. We'll have these for lunch tomorrow."
"Sure." Grandma Chen was a very gentle person, with a faint smile always in her eyes and brows, making people feel very close to her. She was always willing to grant her granddaughter's requests.
Grandpa Chen picked up a piece of braised pork for his granddaughter and asked in a strong voice, "I overheard you chatting earlier, Tangtang, did you make over a thousand yuan from beachcombing today?"
"Yes, it's 1315 yuan."
Fearing the elderly couple wouldn't believe her, Chen Zhiyao opened the transfer page her second uncle had sent her.
"Tangtang is so amazing." Grandma Chen's eyes crinkled with laughter, and her face became even more wrinkled.
"My granddaughter is amazing." The old man was also very happy and proud.
Seeing her grandparents beaming with joy, Chen Zhiyao wasn't in a hurry to put her phone away. Instead, she posted her catch and payment screenshots on her WeChat Moments.
Such a great find, of course I have to share it with everyone!
"Tomorrow is high tide, so I won't go to the shop; I'll stay home and go beachcombing."
Chen Weiqiang was quite envious that his daughter had earned 1,300 yuan today by beachcombing. Tomorrow was high tide, and he planned to make a big splash.
Here, the two days before and after the 2nd and 16th of each lunar month are high tides.
During spring tides, the sea recedes far and quickly, leaving many slow-moving seafood stranded on the beach or mudflats, resulting in a much larger harvest than usual.
During high tide, almost everyone in the village, young and old, goes out to go beachcombing.
Even Chen Weiqiang, who runs a shop in the county, will stay home to go beachcombing when the weather is nice.
Families with fishing boats would also sail to uninhabited deserted islands to catch seafood, where the harvest was even greater, with buckets of all kinds of seafood being carried ashore.
However, the Chen family had already sold their boat, so they could only go beachcombing in the village.
Before going to sleep, Chen Zhiyao turned on the floating platform again:
Host: Chen Zhiyao
Level: 1 (Beachcombing)
Points: 915
Perspective range: 1 meter
Transparent time: 1 hour
Beachcombing tools: sand shovel, iron shovel, and tongs.
After turning off the float, Chen Zhiyao felt that she still didn't have enough points. Tomorrow is high tide; hopefully, more valuable big fish will come.
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