Chen Zhiyao kept looking down at the puddles and rocks at her feet, and then looking up at the boulders around her to see if they were covered with barnacles. She felt like her two eyes were too busy to keep up.
And those goose barnacles, priced at 180 yuan per kilogram, were like a delicious radish, dangling right in front of her.
Persistence pays off. Just as she raised her head and looked around again...
Finally, on a huge rock that was a head taller than her, she found a small clump of goose barnacles.
These little guys were about half a head taller than her. Although there weren't many of them, they were all quite chubby.
These goose barnacles grew on flat rocks. Chen Zhiyao took out a sand shovel and shoveled them all down.
However, I left a few smaller ones to continue growing, so I can come back and harvest them again in a while.
With a childlike expression, Chen Zhiyao instructed the remaining barnacles, "Grow up well here, and I'll come back to take you home later."
Although the goose barnacles we just shoveled down were quite large, there weren't many of them, only about 2 pounds in total.
Goose barnacles + n
Chen Zhiyao walked around the boulder and found some palm-sized oysters on it.
Oysters aren't worth much, but one this big can sell for several dollars.
She grabbed a sand shovel and started shoveling away, prying off more than 20 huge oysters in just a few minutes.
Oysters +22
Chen Zhiyao put all the oysters into a net bag, lifted it up, and it felt as heavy as if it were filled with stones, weighing at least twenty pounds.
Seeing that the remaining oysters were not very big, she stopped working on them.
"Splash..."
The sound of the waves gradually subsided, and a large area of reefs was revealed in front of us.
Chen Zhiyao continued walking towards the sea, but felt that the things in her hands were significantly heavier than before, and she regretted prying the oysters off.
This thing is heavy and takes up a lot of space, and it's not expensive either, so it's not cost-effective at all.
Just as she was wondering whether to put the oysters down first, she noticed a well-disguised abalone in a small puddle in front of her.
Wild abalone
This thing was covered in moss, blending almost perfectly with the surrounding rocks.
However, Chen Zhiyao had been going to the beach to collect seafood since she was a child, so this couldn't escape her sharp eyes.
With a flick of the all-purpose tongs, the little abalone immediately detached from the rock and was easily picked up.
Abalone +1
After putting the abalone into the bucket, Chen Zhiyao looked around, then picked out a large rock and placed the oysters in a conspicuous spot, intending to take them with her when she returned later.
The seawater kept receding, but it clearly couldn't keep up with Chen Zhiyao's pace, and the water beneath her feet was getting deeper and deeper.
But the further you go, the better the finds become. And that's when she discovered a super long and thin sea snail.
And just by looking at the shape of the conch, she knew it was a large conch.
Conch shells are expensive; one is equivalent to more than two kilograms of ordinary conch. Upon seeing this large conch, Chen Zhiyao immediately beamed with joy.
Conch +1
As Chen Zhiyao bent down to release the conch shell, she noticed a large creature hiding in a patch of seaweed to her left.
The tongs gently peeled away the seaweed, revealing a large blue crab whose color was quite similar to that of the seaweed.
It's time to test your eyesight again! Can you spot it?
This thing was hiding inside eating something. When Chen Zhiyao picked it up, it was still eating a small fish about the size of a thumb.
When it was clamped, the creature froze, its two large pincers holding up the small fish, which was now only half its original size.
This blue crab is a bit smaller than the previous two, but it still weighs about half a pound.
Blue Crab +1
"Why are there only blue crabs today? I haven't seen any baby blue lobsters."
She felt this place was quite suitable for the little green dragon to grow up, but unfortunately she didn't see it.
Chen Zhiyao was still talking about the little green dragon when she turned her head and saw a swimming crab eating breakfast under the big rock next to her.
Blue crabs for breakfast
However, this guy is really not picky about food; that little fish didn't look fresh at all.
She could smell a rotten odor even before she got close.
Chen Zhiyao picked up the small fish, and sure enough, it had already gone bad.
"It stinks!" Chen Zhiyao threw it away with a look of disgust.
Then, after washing the claws twice in a nearby puddle, it finally managed to catch the swimming crab that was trying to escape.
"It's quite plump, it looks like it weighs about six or seven ounces."
Blue crab +1
swimming crab
Swimming crabs are relatively large, with a generally bluish-gray shell that has a rough texture and white spots on the surface. They are named for their spindle-shaped cephalothorax.
Swimming crabs are quite expensive here. Crabs weighing between half a pound and a pound can sell for 60 yuan per pound at the purchasing station.
If it weighs more than one jin (500 grams), it can sell for at least 80 yuan per jin.
"Splash..."
The tide had almost receded to the very back of the island, so Chen Zhiyao quickly walked around it.
During the trip, we also found a few small fish weighing one or two pounds, but these fish were no longer fresh.
However, Chen Zhiyao still picked it up. Although it was no longer edible, it was still quite good to keep it as bait or for baiting.
After walking around the rocky island, she didn't find many small seafoods like conch, but she did find more than a pound of goose barnacles in a crevice.
However, all the good stuff on this island has been looted, so it'll probably be a while before I can come back.
Chen Zhiyao went back and brought the oysters. When she got to the water pit where she had just drained the water, she found that the water had been almost completely drained.
Just then, Grandpa Chen walked over from the side with a smile, carrying a bucket.
"Tangtang, today's harvest is pretty good too. These big blue crabs weigh several pounds in total, and there are also so many barnacles."
Chen Zhiyao secretly glanced at the bucket in the old man's hand. It was mostly filled with small, inexpensive seafood such as snails and octopuses.
The most valuable item was probably the sea bass that weighed over three pounds.
But before she could say anything to comfort her, she saw the sound of water coming from the puddle her grandfather was drawing water from.
Immediately afterwards, the two saw a large red sea bream weighing over three pounds jump out of the bottom of the nearly drained water pit.
The creature suddenly shook its head and tail in mid-air, then quickly fell back into the puddle, splashing a huge spray of water.
Grandpa Chen couldn't even chat with his granddaughter anymore; he excitedly ran over to catch fish.
Such large red sea bream are rare; they could sell for at least 100 yuan per kilogram.
By this time, the seawater had completely receded, and the waves continued to pound against the surrounding rocks, ready to surge back in.
Hearing the sound of waves coming from not far away, Chen Zhiyao didn't dare to delay. She quickly took out the bucket and went down into the puddle with anticipation.
The puddle was large, and most of the rocks that had been submerged for years had been exposed, with only a small amount of water remaining at the lowest point.
As soon as she came down, Chen Zhiyao heard the sound of fish splashing in the water all around her.
Through the X-ray glasses, you can see that there are quite a few panicked little creatures hiding under the cracks in the rocks.
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