The pier at dusk
This time, we set out two more fishing nets and 10 more crab traps, and the catch was significantly more than yesterday, including quite a few valuable large fish.
Yang Jiajun knew that Chen Zhiyao had caught two more grouper, as well as a lot of small lobsters, red sea bream, and black sea bream, so he came to the dock early to wait, afraid that someone would intercept them.
While on the boat, Grandpa Chen and Chen Weiqiang had already sorted the fish by type and size, so now all they had to do was carry them off the boat basket by basket.
Before long, the four of them arrived at the purchasing station with a truck full of fish.
Yang Jiajun stared intently at the 10-pound pearl grouper, his eyes glued to it, and began to quote the price with great delight:
"Pearl grouper 80 yuan, mouse grouper 420 yuan, tiger grouper 50 yuan, small green lobster 188 yuan, coconut snail 110 yuan, conger eel 56 yuan, large green crab 70 yuan, small green crab 50 yuan."
"Orchid crabs are small, 45 yuan; cuttlefish, 35 yuan; large red sea bream, 70 yuan; small red sea bream, 56 yuan; large black sea bream, 60 yuan; small black sea bream, 50 yuan; turbot, 23 yuan..."
Yang Jiajun held onto the two grouper tightly, and the helper next to him quickly stepped forward to weigh Chen Zhiyao's catch.
Sea wolves, 28 jin, 10 yuan per jin, total 280 yuan. Coconut snails, 2.1 jin, 110 yuan per jin, total 231 yuan.
10 jin of conger eel, 56 yuan per jin, totaling 560 yuan. 6.5 jin of tiger grouper, 50 yuan per jin, totaling 325 yuan.
Pearl grouper, 3 jin, 36 yuan per jin, total 108 yuan. Orchid crab, 22 jin, 45 yuan per jin, total 990 yuan.
Large blue crabs weigh 3 jin (1.5 kg), 70 yuan per jin, totaling 210 yuan. Small blue crabs weigh 23 jin (11.5 kg), totaling 1150 yuan.
5 jin of baby lobster, 188 yuan per jin, totaling 940 jin. 3 jin of cuttlefish, 35 yuan per jin, totaling 105 yuan.
Large black sea bream weighs 6 jin (3 kg), at 60 yuan per jin, totaling 360 yuan. Small black sea bream weighs 33 jin (16.5 kg), at 50 yuan per jin, totaling 1650 yuan.
Large red sea bream (5 jin) cost 70 yuan per jin, totaling 350 yuan; small red sea bream (30 jin) cost 56 yuan per jin, totaling 1680 yuan.
28 jin of white pomfret, 23 yuan per jin, totaling 644 yuan. 50 jin of turbot, 23 yuan per jin, totaling 1150 yuan.
The rat-spotted fish weighs 3.2 jin (1.6 catties), and costs 420 yuan per jin (0.5 kg), totaling 1344 yuan.
Today's catch was plentiful, and Chen Zhiyao heard a long string of "zeroing out" repeatedly.
In total, her catch today was [number] pieces.
Upon hearing that today's income had exceeded ten thousand, Chen Zhiyao's eyes widened in disbelief, making her look rather silly.
Then Yang Jiajun started settling the bill for Grandpa Chen.
While everyone was distracted, Chen Zhiyao quickly opened the beachcombing system. With so much money earned today, maybe she could level up again.
As expected, the system page has been updated.
Host: Chen Zhiyao
Level: 3 (Tidal Bouncing)
Points: 1384
Perspective range: 3 meters
Transparent time: 3 hours
Beachcombing tools: sand shovel, iron shovel, multi-purpose tongs, iron spade, 2 live fish buckets, and fish traps.
I've lost nearly 1500 points; it seems this is all the money I earned from fishing today.
"Congratulations, Tangtang, you have successfully unlocked Level 3 of the beachcombing section." Xiaomeng's voice sounded a few years older than before.
"Congratulations! Xiaomeng, you've grown up again!"
Although it's still a very energetic young girl's voice, she's clearly grown up a little bit.
"Tangtang, the beachcombing section is now fully unlocked. Once you've accumulated 30,000 points, you can unlock the first level of the fishing section!"
"..."
Chen Zhiyao didn't say anything. She naturally wanted to unlock the fishing section as well, but it required 30,000 points, which was terrifying to think about.
However, we can't leave it unupgraded. The fishing section isn't unlocked yet, so the money we earn from fishing doesn't count towards our points, which is a real shame.
"Go Tangtang! You've already earned over 10,000 points today. At this rate, you'll level up in just a few days!" Xiaomeng kept encouraging her.
As a beachcombing system, it hopes that the host can unlock the fishing section as soon as possible, so that the points earned from fishing will not be wasted.
Then Xiaomeng continued cheerfully:
"Once the beachcombing section unlocks to level 3, the system's shop will also have some new items. Tangtang, you can check it out when you have time tonight, you might find something unexpected."
Chen Zhiyao immediately pressed on anxiously, "What's the surprise? Do you have the bait for the fish trap? Can we buy the lucky fishing rod?"
Xiaomeng deliberately kept everyone in suspense, saying, "Tangtang, you'll find out for yourself when you go see for yourself."
Chen Zhiyao really wanted to check out the system's shopping mall, but there were too many people in the purchasing station, so she didn't dare to stay there any longer and quickly shut down the system.
When Chen Zhiyao came to her senses, Grandpa Chen's catch had almost been settled.
Spicy snails, 8 jin, 16 yuan per jin, total 128 yuan. Flower snails, 4 jin, 37 yuan per jin, total 148 yuan.
Three jin of conch, 36 yuan per jin, totaling 108 yuan. Three jin of blue crab, 45 yuan per jin, totaling 135 yuan.
Small red sea bream, 1.5 jin, 56 yuan per jin, total 84 yuan. Turbot, 12 jin, 23 yuan per jin, total 276 yuan. Barracuda, 17 jin, 10 yuan per jin, total 170 yuan.
The old man went out to sea today and earned a total of 1,049 yuan. Although it's not as much as yesterday, it's still not bad.
Finally, here is Chen Weiqiang's catch:
Spicy snails, 16 jin, 16 yuan per jin, total 256 yuan. Small black sea bream, 6 jin, 50 yuan per jin, total 300 yuan.
Octopus, 2 jin, 30 yuan per jin, total 60 yuan. Small red sea bream, 1.2 jin, 56 yuan per jin, total 67 yuan.
Turbot, 12 jin, 23 yuan per jin, total 276 yuan. Pearl grouper, 10 jin, 80 yuan per jin, total 800 yuan.
Upon receiving the transfer notification of 1759 yuan, Chen Weiqiang was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling and walked with a swagger.
Today I spent 1000 yuan on gas and another 30 yuan on parking, for a total of 1030 yuan.
The cost is split among the three of them, so each person only pays 343 yuan.
After deducting the shared amount, Grandpa Chen earned 706 yuan today, and Chen Weiqiang earned 1416 yuan.
Chen Zhiyao will also have to pay an additional 134 yuan for boat rental, so her total income for the day is [amount missing].
Moreover, we only went to Seagull Island today, and we used less than half of the gasoline we filled up. I estimate we can save a lot on fuel costs for our next trip out to sea.
Chen Zhiyao thought to herself with delight that even with the cost of renting the fishing boat, it was still more cost-effective than buying a boat ticket to go fishing at sea.
When we got back to the dock, it was completely dark, and we could see many twinkling little stars when we looked up.
Chen Zhiyao skipped and hopped onto the boat. On the way back, the fishing boat sped away, as their family was waiting for them to have dinner.
Actually, there were some octopuses, abalone, and whelks on the ship, but not many, so Chen Zhiyao kept them all.
I made a fortune today, so I should treat myself properly.
There were also more than 20 kilograms of small miscellaneous fish, which I'll save for future use in fish traps and crab cages.
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