The fish trap in her hand wasn't heavy, and Chen Zhiyao easily pulled it up.
Inside the cage were two enormous little green dragons, bigger than her palm, each weighing over a pound.
Last year, that small green dragon weighing half a pound sold for 180 yuan per pound. These two giant ones must cost more than 200 yuan per pound, right?
Thinking of this, Chen Zhiyao became very excited. These two big guys must be worth at least five or six hundred yuan.
Chen Zhiyao put all the razor clams from the bucket into a net bag, and then put the four small razor clams (two large and two small) into the bucket separately.
Such an expensive little dragon should naturally live in a separate luxury mansion.
Then she took out her phone and made a video call to Chen Weiqiang:
"Dad, I'm at the place where I put the traps. The traps have caught a lot of good stuff. Hurry up and bring the car over."
Chen Zhiyao currently has a large sack, a net full of razor clams, a net full of cat's eye snails, and four small green lobsters. She can't possibly carry all of these things back by herself.
Chen Weiqiang's cheerful voice came from the other end of the phone:
“We’ve found quite a few good things on the beach; the car is almost overflowing. I’m going home for a bit, and I’ll come back to find you later.”
Unlike Chen Zhiyao, the other members of the Chen family didn't have X-ray vision glasses, so they basically picked up all the seafood that could be sold.
Many hands make light work, and in just over two hours we had already collected a huge pile of all sorts of small seafood, some valuable and some not.
Not only was the entire trunk overflowing, but even the middle seat was piled high with buckets of seafood.
"Sure, I'm not in a rush." Chen Zhiyao's clear voice was full of joy and excitement.
After hanging up the phone, she immediately continued her treasure hunt on the beach.
Her dad will be driving over soon, so there won't be any trouble finding a place to put it. No matter how valuable it is, as long as it can be sold or eaten, Chen Zhiyao won't let it go.
She quickly filled a large net with various small seashells, as well as a small sea bass that had already died but was still relatively fresh.
In addition, there was a pile of various kinds of sea fish on the ground, which had already stiffened and gone bad.
She now only has four intact fish traps, and she has put all of this small pile of miscellaneous fish into them.
Then put those fish traps back on the coral reef.
This coral reef is perfect for setting traps. The two harvests have been good, so Chen Zhiyao doesn't plan to move here anymore and will set traps here from now on.
rocky beach
Just as the traps were set up, Chen Weiqiang drove up in his van.
Although the minivan looks a bit old-fashioned, it's cheap and very practical. You can drive it to the beach or go fishing without feeling bad about the cost.
It's also very convenient to occasionally go and buy supplies for small shops and fishing tackle stores.
Therefore, despite being able to afford a more expensive car, Chen Weiqiang has never changed his vehicle.
Upon seeing the four little green dragons in the bucket, Chen Weiqiang's eyes widened, and he became so excited that he stammered.
"These little green dragons are huge, and they're all alive!" Chen Weiqiang suspected that his daughter had secretly gone to worship the sea god before leaving home.
Chen Zhiyao was very proud, her little face held high, and even her voice was filled with laughter:
"The two small ones were found on the white sand beach, and the two large ones were caught in a fish trap. There was a typhoon these past two days, so they must have been blown up here."
Chen Weiqiang muttered to himself:
"In the past few years, excessive fishing has led to a decrease in marine resources in the area. In the last two years, few people have set fish traps. I didn't expect the area to recover so well now."
Chen Zhiyao knew in her heart that there was actually a system bonus, but she couldn't say it out loud, so she just smiled and pretended not to know.
On the way back, both the rocky beach and the white sand beach were still crowded with people, almost everyone carrying a bucket, a burlap sack, and several net bags.
Although everyone was exhausted and their clothes were soaked with sweat, they all had rosy cheeks and bright, satisfied smiles on their faces.
On the way, they ran into Grandma Chen and her daughter-in-law Yan Shuting, who were walking back with several close female friends, chatting and laughing.
From what she overheard, Chen Zhi knew that these people were discussing going to worship the sea god that afternoon.
Today, everyone could freely pick up all kinds of seafood on the beach and return home with a full load. The villagers were very grateful for the sea's bounty, and many planned to worship the sea god.
When Chen Zhiyao returned home, she saw Grandpa Chen busy sorting the seafood that everyone had collected that morning.
The four of them found a lot of things, and they were very varied. Many of them were rare creatures that lived in the deep sea or on the seabed.
The amount of seafood Chen Zhiyao brought back was much less than the amount of seafood she had brought back earlier.
However, they are all much more valuable and larger pieces.
Grandpa Chen's face turned bright red with joy when he saw the four small green dragons and half a bucket of sea cucumbers in the bucket:
"Tangtang has been having really good luck lately. Your grandma and the others are going to worship the sea god this afternoon. Why don't you go too? Bring some more offerings."
Chen Zhiyao nodded earnestly, "Okay, after I sell the fish, I'll buy some fruit and pastries in town."
Having acquired such a powerful cheat system as the "Sea-Catching System," she really should go and pray to the Sea God.
It took Chen Zhiyao half an hour to sort the various seafood she brought back by type and size.
One pound of large sea cucumber, seven pounds of small sea cucumber, two pound of large small green lobster, one pound of small small green lobster, and one pound of conch.
8 jin of razor clams, 4 jin of whelks, 5 jin of cat's eye snails, 5 jin of sea snails, and 7 jin of various miscellaneous shellfish.
3.6 jin of bluefin tuna, 2 jin of octopus, 2.3 jin of rockfish, 2.4 jin of sea bass, and 2 jin of yellowtail amberjack.
Blue crabs: 2.2 jin for crabs weighing over one jin, 4.6 jin for crabs weighing between half a jin and one jin, and 2.5 jin for crabs with missing limbs.
Orchid crabs: 2.6 jin for crabs weighing half a jin to one jin, 2.8 jin for crabs weighing three liang to half a jin, and 1.1 jin for crabs with missing limbs.
The sea bass and yellowtail abalone were relatively small, so Chen Zhiyao kept them for her own family.
Chen Zhiyao left behind the other crabs that were missing limbs, as well as a few dead fish.
Although it doesn't fetch a high price, the taste is by no means compromised.
Chen Zhiyao finished cleaning her catch and went to help her family.
"Don't get involved in these things, hurry up and go to town to sell your catch."
Chen Weiqiang was worried that her little green dragons would die, so he urged her to go to town and sell them quickly.
The price difference between a live and a dead little green dragon is half.
Chen Zhiyao listened to advice and quickly loaded her catch into a tricycle and went to Yang's purchasing station.
The purchasing station was bustling with activity. Not only were Mr. and Mrs. Yang there, but Mr. Yang and his wife were also there, the whole family of four busy running around.
Chen Zhiyao waited for a while before Boss Yang and his employees came to collect the fish.
Seeing the sea cucumbers and baby lobsters in the bucket, Yang Jiajun's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile:
"The seafood is really good today. There was a typhoon a couple of days ago, and the fishermen in the area couldn't go out to sea to fish, so the price of seafood has gone up quite a bit today."
As he spoke, he picked out the valuable sea cucumbers, baby lobsters, and conch shells first.
"Large sea cucumbers are 120 yuan per jin, one jin is 120 yuan. Small sea cucumbers are 80 yuan per jin, 7 jin is 560 yuan."
"Large green lobsters are 220 yuan per jin, and 2.4 jin are 528 yuan. Small ones are 190 yuan per jin, and 1.5 jin are 285 yuan."
"Conch costs 130 yuan per jin, so 1.8 jin would cost 234 yuan."
This small bucket of stuff alone is worth 1727 yuan.
Then there are various seashells and snails:
"Razor clams are 30 yuan per jin, so 8 jin would cost 240 yuan."
"Wheel is 42 yuan per catty, 4 catties is 168 yuan."
"Cat's eye snails are 38 yuan per catty, 5 catties is 190 yuan."
"Sea snails cost 40 yuan per jin (500g), so 5 jin would cost 200 yuan."
"Mixed clams are 8 yuan per jin, 7 jin is 56 yuan."
Another 854 yuan came in.
In the end, only the fish and crabs in the bucket remained.
"The bluefish is 68 yuan per catty, and 3.6 catties is 245 yuan."
"Octopus costs 32 yuan per catty, so 2 catties costs 62 yuan."
"Shi Jiugong is 70 yuan per jin, 2 jin is 140 yuan."
Blue crab:
It costs 70 yuan per jin for more than one jin, and 154 yuan for 2.2 jin.
Half a jin to one jin costs 58 yuan per jin, and 4.6 jin costs 267 yuan.
Orchid Crab:
Half a pound to a pound costs 48 yuan per pound, and 2.6 pounds costs 125 yuan.
Three to half a jin (250 grams) is 40 yuan per jin (500 grams), and 2.8 jin (1.45 grams) is 112 yuan per jin (0.5 kg).
Today's total income was 3686 yuan.
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