Grandpa Chen and Chen Weiqiang had long since gone far away and couldn't hear her voice at all.
Grandma Chen and Yan Shuting, who were not far away, rushed over as soon as they heard Chen Zhiyao's excited voice.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were overjoyed to see this scene.
Looking around, the beach is covered with a dense array of slender snails, as well as plump whelks and yellow clams.
Their sheer number is astonishing; it's as if these little guys have taken over the entire beach.
Moreover, these snails are quite large, almost as thick as a human finger.
Each of the whelks is as big as a baby's fist. Yellow clams are smaller, but they're more expensive.
The sand rakes used for beachcombing come in different sizes, and Yan Shuting walked at the front with a large sand rake.
The sparse sand rake quickly gathered the plump snails to one side, while the smaller snails and yellow clams remained in place.
This allows for the quick separation of larger screws.
Following behind her, Chen Zhiyao used a small sand rake to gather the yellow clams and snails together.
Grandma Chen walked at the very back, patiently picking up any leftover seafood and putting it into the bucket.
Before long, a small mountain of snails formed in front of Yan Shuting. These snails were particularly large, each weighing about two or three ounces, and a few could weigh a pound.
This pile of snails filled two large sacks, weighing nearly 200 pounds in total.
At this moment, there was also a small hill in front of Chen Zhiyao, mostly filled with snails and a small portion with yellow clams.
At the purchasing station, snails usually cost only a few yuan per kilogram, while yellow clams can sell for more than 20 yuan per kilogram, a huge price difference.
However, there was no time to sort them now, so Chen Zhiyao packed them all together and would unpack them slowly on the ship when they returned.
Grandma Chen, who was at the very back, also came over at this time, her bucket also filled with all kinds of seafood. It seems that quite a few fish had escaped the net.
These conches and shellfish weighed several hundred kilograms in total, filling four large sacks.
After resting for a while, the three of them split up again, each eager to go treasure hunting on the beach.
After walking a few steps, Chen Zhiyao noticed several rock bream that had been blown ashore by the waves not far away.
The rock bream, including damselfish, black sea bream, red sea bream, and bigeye sea bream, were quite small but still very fresh.
Chen Zhiyao grinned and deftly collected them all into the bucket.
"Haha, thank you for the ocean's gift."
Chen Zhiyao had X-ray vision glasses and quickly found another clam nest.
As soon as the sea salt was sprinkled, these little guys eagerly crawled out. The razor clam nest was quite dense with razor clams, but unfortunately the area wasn't large, and the total weight was only about a pound.
After catching all the razor clams in front of her, Chen Zhiyao continued walking forward in a good mood.
I had just spotted two octopuses that I hadn't even had a chance to grasp the sand, and before I could even walk over to them, I saw several seagulls fly down from mid-air.
To scare the seagulls away, Chen Zhiyao threw the sand shovel in her hand.
But it was no use. By the time she got there, the octopus had already been snatched away, leaving only two clumps of seagull droppings on the beach.
Looking at the bird droppings on the ground, Chen Zhiyao was furious. She looked up and grumbled at the few seagulls that hadn't flown far away.
"That's going too far! You not only took the octopus away, but you also humiliated me."
All that responded to her were a few smug little figures.
Unable to compete with those wretched seagulls for the octopus, Chen Zhiyao had no choice but to turn her attention to other seafood.
Looking straight ahead, I saw two stranded goldfish.
Unfortunately, these two golden bream had been on the beach for too long and had already met their end.
Chen Zhiyao lifted the fish gills and saw that they were still bright red inside. She happily put them into the net bag.
The further she went, the more sea fish she saw being swept ashore by the waves.
Black hair +1
Ribbonfish +4
Sea Wolf +2
Black sea bream +3
Yellow foot wax +2
Flounder +2
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As she walked, Chen Zhiyao's net bag was already full of various kinds of sea fish.
She had just taken out a new net when she turned around and saw a huge shark in front of her.
When I went over to take a look, the guy was already dead.
This shark is quite big; when you lift it up, it's as tall as Chen Zhiyao.
It looks like it weighs over 20 pounds, but it's been sitting for a while and it already has a bit of an odor.
There was quite a lot of meat on the shark, so Chen Zhiyao picked it up, intending to take it back to use as bait for tomorrow.
"Splash splash splash..."
By this time, the seawater had receded by more than half.
As the tide recedes, the various delicious seafoods that usually lie hidden deep in the sea gradually reveal their mysterious forms.
Chen Zhiyao strolled along the beach, her eyes scanning her surroundings like radar.
Not long after, she suddenly started running.
When she stopped, she saw a small patch of sea cucumbers in front of her.
Each of these sea cucumbers was plump and round, and a rough estimate puts each one at least three or four ounces.
Normally, when going beachcombing, you might only find one or two sea cucumbers on the beach occasionally. Now that there's a whole lot of them here, Chen Zhiyao is overjoyed.
Before she could even stand still, she didn't hesitate to reach out with both hands, grabbing one sea cucumber in each hand and quickly putting them into the bucket she was carrying.
The movement was so fast that it almost left afterimages.
A few minutes later, Chen Zhiyao's bucket was already half full of sea cucumbers.
She picked up the bucket and weighed it in her hand, estimating that these sea cucumbers must weigh at least five or six pounds.
Looking at these sea cucumbers, Chen Zhiyao's face was filled with a satisfied and happy smile.
Before she could finish being happy, she looked down and discovered a huge breathing hole at her feet.
Chen Zhiyao was immediately delighted and quickly picked up a sand shovel to dig with all her might.
After finally digging a large pit 30 centimeters deep, the shovel in my hand finally touched the big guy inside.
At this point, she stopped digging and switched to a pair of all-purpose clamps, which she used to firmly trap the creature below that was trying to escape.
With the clam unable to move, Chen Zhiyao easily obtained a giant razor clam. This giant razor clam was particularly dark in color, clearly an ancient ancestor that had lived for many years.
"You're unlucky to have run into me today." Chen Zhiyao happily put it into the bucket.
The rocky beach on the island is behind us, it used to be quite far away, and now there's another fishing boat there.
After discussing it, the group decided to go back to the ship first.
Chen Zhiyao realized she hadn't gone diving in a long time and decided to go in and collect seafood later.
"I want to go swimming and collect seafood, does anyone want to come with me?"
Upon hearing this, Yan Shuting was also eager to join in: "Let's go into the water together."
As for the remaining three fishermen, they planned to stay on the boat and fish.
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