A new day begins!! "Ring ring ring..." Chen Zhiyao started her new day with the familiar sound of the alarm clock.
When she opened the door, she saw two adorable little angels, obediently guarding the entrance.
As soon as Ah Huang and Xue Tuan, who were sitting at the door, saw Chen Zhi Yao, they immediately grinned and laughed without a care in the world.
"Woof woof woof..." (?????)
"Awoooooo...?"
Good morning, Ah Huang and Little Snowball.
Looking at the two adorable little ones, Chen Zhiyao's mood couldn't help but improve.
As she was going downstairs, she saw her father carrying large bags and small packages out of the storage room.
"Dad, what are all these things you're carrying?"
Chen Weiqiang put the things in the hallway outside the living room, then turned around and patiently said to his daughter:
"The boat has too few fishing tools, so I went to the shop yesterday and picked up two more fishing nets of different sizes."
Chen Zhiyao nodded in agreement, "That's true. It would be a waste to go all the way to the sea just to go beachcombing and fishing."
Chen Weiqiang proudly showed his daughter the two nets in his hands:
"Let me tell you, both of them are specially made. The one with the small hole can catch small fish weighing about half a pound, such as mackerel, flower bream and red ridge fish."
"The one with the larger holes is made of a special material. It can catch fish weighing six or seven pounds or more. Even if you encounter a fierce sea wolf, you don't have to be afraid."
"That sounds pretty impressive."
At this moment, Chen Zhiyao noticed two small boxes next to the fishing net.
"Dad, what's in these two cardboard boxes?"
“Didn’t you want a sump pump? The old one at home isn’t working anymore, and one pump is too slow, so I brought back two more yesterday.”
Chen Zhiyao smiled and gave her dad two thumbs up, "Dad, you're so thoughtful."
Yan Shuting brought out a large pot of lean pork soup noodles and urged in a strong voice:
"Alright, you two stop praising each other and come have breakfast."
"Coming, coming!" the father and daughter said in unison, then happily went to the kitchen to get the bowls and chopsticks.
After breakfast, apart from Grandma Chen staying at home to look after the chicks in the orchard, the other four people went to the dock together.
The dock was quite lively at this time, with boats of all sizes preparing to go out to sea to fish.
After the ship was filled with oil and ice, the Ping An, under Chen Zhiyao's control, set off smoothly toward the reef island.
After about 50 minutes of sailing, the people sitting in the wheelhouse could already see the outline of the reef island.
However, the tide hadn't completely receded yet, and only a small portion of the island was exposed. Chen Zhiyao estimated it would take about half an hour before she could go down to the beach to explore.
I took advantage of this time to set up some fishing nets and fish traps.
With the help of fish finders, the group skillfully set nets of different sizes according to the species and size of the fish.
Use a large net for big fish and a small net for small fish.
After placing all four nets down, the group worked together to put ten earth traps and ten crab traps in suitable locations.
After they finished their work, the tide had receded somewhat, revealing about a third of the entire reef island.
The area around the reef island is full of reefs of all sizes, and fishing boats are very likely to run aground when they get close. The only way to get to the island is by paddling a small kayak.
The family of four, carrying three water pumps and beachcombing tools, quickly arrived at the reef island.
At this time, the puddles on the island had not yet been fully exposed. The group put their things away first, and then went to the exposed part of the puddles to collect seafood.
Chen Zhiyao was incredibly lucky today. Before she even had a chance to turn on her X-ray glasses, she found a particularly plump sea cucumber in a small puddle. Just as she picked up the sea cucumber, she spotted several conch shells hiding in a crevice in the rocks.
When Chen Zhiyao got closer, she discovered that it was actually a nest of conch shells, and quite a variety of them.
Spicy snails +5
Flower snail +3
Piglet snail +4
Horseshoe snails +2
Sand White +5
After looting everything out of the puddle, she carried the bucket to a large rock nearby.
In a recessed area of the reef, there was a large nest of yellow-mouthed giant snails, each one exceptionally plump.
With a beaming smile, Chen Zhiyao scooped all the spicy snails into the net and then vigorously shook it.
The smaller snails all fell out through the mesh, while the larger ones were put into a net bag.
About a third of the small snails were sieved out, and the remaining ones weighed about four pounds.
Earning 100 yuan is easy.
Now, she was in an even better mood.
Chen Zhiyao walked happily behind the rock and soon harvested several half snails and ordinary spicy snails.
She was about to go to the next place when she suddenly remembered that she hadn't turned on her X-ray glasses yet.
With the X-ray glasses on, Chen Zhiyao spotted a blue orchid crab, its color so intense it looked like it had been poisoned, right beneath the rocks.
This little guy hid very well, hiding in the very center of the stone through a winding stone cave.
The twisted stone cave was impossible for the all-purpose tongs to fit into, and the rocks were so tall that they couldn't be lifted either.
In the end, Chen Zhiyao had no choice but to pick up a small, dead fish from the side and place it at the entrance of the hole, intending to lure it out.
She deliberately laid the little fish horizontally, so that even if the orchid crab came out, she wouldn't be able to drag it into the cave for a while.
Then she walked to another rock about half a person's height.
Although there were no seashells on this rock, a large, bright green blue crab was hiding in a crevice.
This blue crab wasn't very wary and hid right at the entrance of its hole, so Chen Zhiyao easily pulled it out.
When it was pulled out, this guy still had half a small fish clamped between its two pincers, so it seemed to be eating breakfast.
A little while later, she found another conch shell, about the size of a fist, under a crevice in the rocks. Actually, besides this large conch shell, there were several other snails in the crevice.
However, they were too small, so Chen Zhiyao didn't like them and simply ignored them.
She was still waiting for the orchid crab from before to come out, so she didn't dare to go far and instead wandered around the boulder.
Flower snail +3
Spider snail +2
Horseshoe snails +3
Sea urchin +2
Piglet snail +4
Blue Crab +2
After going around in circles, Chen Zhiyao's bucket was already half full of various seafood.
At this time, the orchid crabs inside the cave had also been lured out by the small fish.
Because the small fish was placed horizontally at the entrance of the hole, the orchid crab couldn't drag it inside no matter how hard it tried.
The orchid crab was so anxious that it kept pacing around, but it just couldn't bring the delicious food in front of it into its home, and so it was stuck at the entrance of the cave.
When Chen Zhiyao reached out with her all-purpose clips, the little guy didn't have time to escape.
Immediately afterwards, the large crab, weighing six or seven ounces, was tied up tightly.
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