The giant crab in front of her was even bigger than the two blue crabs from before combined. Chen Zhiyao's lips curled up into a wild smile as she used her all-purpose tongs with lightning speed and precision.
A blue crab bigger than her own face was picked up by Chen Zhiyao in one go.
"Wow, this thing is heavy. It must weigh at least a pound and a half."
This guy was filthy; Chen Zhiyao even gave him a bath before tying him up.
I had just tied the big blue crab up tightly when my mom called.
"It's past 10 o'clock, why aren't you back yet?" Yan Shuting yawned on the phone, her voice full of sleepiness.
Chen Zhiyao glanced at the time on her phone; it was already 10:40.
It's still early in a big city, but in the village it's already late at night.
However, Chen Zhiyao had just caught two big fish and several large blue crabs, and was currently very excited.
"Mom, there are lots of big blue crabs here on the rocky beach. I'll catch a few to take back for you."
Chen Zhiyao's voice was cheerful and lively, and Yan Shuting on the other end of the phone also became more awake and couldn't help but laugh along.
However, she couldn't help but remind her, "The rocks on the reef beach are all seaweed and oysters. Be careful and come back soon."
"Yes, sir."
Chen Zhiyao smiled and waited for her mother to hang up before putting her phone away.
As soon as I looked up, I spotted a huge whelk on the rocks in front of me.
The patterns on this whelk are particularly beautiful, and it's so big that one of these whelks is equivalent to two whelks.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the large creature was wriggling towards a small snail next to it.
Just as it was about to have a good meal, a small gloved hand descended from the sky and firmly grasped it in its palm.
By the time it came to its senses, it had already been tossed into the bucket with a thud.
As for the little snail, it escaped unharmed because it was too small.
As she left, Chen Zhiyao playfully gave a few instructions to the clueless little snail:
"Grow up quickly, I'll find you later."
Although the little guy couldn't understand what Chen Zhiyao was saying, it seemed to sense danger and its wriggling speed increased significantly.
Although several groups of people had come here to collect seafood during the day, quite a few little creatures still came out to forage for food at night.
Every time you turn over a stone, you can always find a lot of good stuff underneath.
Orchid Crab +1
Cat's Eye Snail +1
Flower snail +2
Blue Crab +1
Just as Chen Zhiyao found another cat's eye snail, Chen Zhiqiang's laughter came from not far away.
She turned her head and saw that her father's net was stuffed full, indicating that he had also had a good haul.
After walking a few steps, Chen Zhiyao came to a water pit surrounded by large rocks. In the gap between two of the rocks, there were countless small snails, each about the size of a finger.
Chen Zhiyao picked up the small bucket at her feet, placed it under the rock crevice where the snails were most densely packed, and then frantically shoved the little creatures into the bucket.
Besides the snails in the crevices, there were many more snails crawling all around the rocks, so Chen Zhiyao quickly called her father over.
"Dad, there's a huge nest of snails here, come over quickly."
Before long, the father and daughter, beaming with joy, had collected all the snails from the nest, filling the last net bag to the brim.
Chen Zhiyao picked up the full net bag, happily weighed it in her hand, and estimated it to be at least seven or eight pounds.
By this time, the sea level had risen quite high, so the father and daughter each carried two nets and hurried back.
When we were halfway there, we ran into Grandpa Chen, who was turning over stones.
The old man had a large bucket at his feet containing several blue and blue crabs of different sizes, as well as several kilograms of spicy snails and a few small whelks.
Crabs and conches are hardy, unlike sea fish which don't survive long once they're out of the water.
The three discussed it and decided that since it was getting late, they would leave the items at home and take them to town to sell during the day after collecting the traps.
The three of them, grandmother and granddaughter, returned home at 11:30 p.m., and Grandma Chen and Yan Shuting had already gone to bed.
The three of them quietly sorted out the fish they had caught from the beach.
Everyone picked up roughly the same things, and without distinguishing whose things belonged to whom, they put them all together.
Nine orchid crabs, each weighing about five or six ounces, weighing a total of five jin (2.5 catties).
There are 12 mud crabs, 8 of which weigh between half a pound and one pound, totaling 5.5 pounds; and 4 of which weigh more than one pound, totaling 4.8 pounds.
There were six stone crabs, but they were quite small and didn't have much meat, so the purchasing station wouldn't accept them. We had to keep them for our own consumption.
Six catties of whelk, four catties of cat's eye whelk, twelve catties of spicy whelk, and the small conger eel weighed exactly two catties.
Chen Zhiyao was resting on the sofa when she noticed a transfer on her phone. It was from her second uncle at the recycling station, totaling 560 yuan.
At this moment, Grandpa Chen took out a receipt from his pocket.
Chen Zhiyao took it; the receipt showed that each person's catch was calculated separately.
The top item shows her catch: 16 jin of barracuda, 10 yuan per jin, totaling 160 yuan; 8 jin of grouper, 50 yuan per jin, totaling 400 yuan. For a total of 560 yuan.
Here are her dad's: Sea Wolf (a type of dog) 12 jin (6 kg), 10 yuan per jin, total 120 yuan; Stone Nine (a type of dog) 1.6 jin (0.8 kg), 60 yuan per jin, total 96 yuan. Total 216 yuan.
Finally, it was Grandpa's turn. The sea bass weighed 17 jin (8.5 kg) in total, at 35 yuan per jin, for a total of 595 yuan.
Chen Weiqiang also came over and found that his income was the smallest, which made him a little unhappy.
He felt it was all because of that barracuda; not only was it cheap, but he also spent so much time reeling it in, which prevented him from having time to fish for other fish.
Compared to her father's depression, Chen Zhiyao was beaming with joy.
I made 856 yuan fishing this morning, and with the 560 yuan I just earned, I've made 1416 yuan fishing today.
Thinking about today's earnings, Chen Zhiyao was overjoyed.
It's a pity that the fishing section hasn't been unlocked yet, so it can't be counted towards the points.
Seeing his daughter lost in thought, Chen Weiqiang quickly urged her to take a shower:
"You have to collect the traps tomorrow, so go to bed early."
Chen Zhiyao nodded obediently, "I'll go take a shower now, Dad, you should get some rest too."
But in my heart I was secretly thinking: It's already 12 o'clock, it can't be much earlier than this.
She had originally planned to rest today, but she ended up going fishing twice and going beachcombing, which was even more tiring than yesterday's low tide.
Chen Zhiyao felt sore all over, and both her arms felt weak.
After the initial excitement of fishing wore off, Chen Zhiyao felt utterly exhausted, as if she had lost her soul.
She felt alive again after taking a hot shower.
Thinking about collecting the traps tomorrow, Chen Zhiyao set an alarm for 5 a.m. before going to bed.
She had just set the alarm when she felt like she couldn't keep her eyes open. She had barely lain down in bed when a soft snore started playing.
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