There was so much fish that the mother and daughter had to make two trips to carry everything up.
Chen Zhiyao was panting heavily, but now was not the time to rest.
Seeing that the seawater was about to flood in, the mother and daughter rushed to the large water pit to help.
The larger puddles are only two-thirds as deep as the smaller ones, but they are relatively flatter.
The bottom of the pit was very large, and the stones of different sizes divided it into several small pools of water of different sizes.
Before she even reached the bottom, Chen Zhiyao heard the sound of fish splashing in the water, and it was clear that there were quite a few of them.
It's obvious that there are more various kinds of sea fish in these puddles.
Before long, she walked to the nearest small puddle.
Even without X-ray glasses, you can see many slender dog sharks swimming anxiously in the pool. This is probably a dog shark nest; besides the few visible above, there are many more hiding in the corners and crevices.
Dog sharks are a real treat, so Chen Zhiyao immediately rolled up her sleeves and eagerly went down to the puddle to catch them.
"One, two, three..."
While catching fish, Chen Zhiyao counted them. In this small puddle, she caught a total of 13 dog sharks.
Four of them were still small fry, which she released back into the wild.
The remaining nine large ones were all put into the bucket, so that the whole family could be together.
Besides the dog shark, there were also a few small fish in this small pit.
Shi Jiugong +2
Turbot +2
Small fish +4
After catching the fish, Chen Zhiyao, in a good mood, picked up other seafood from the puddle.
Spider snail +1
Sea urchin +3
Abalone +4
Conch +2
Flower snail +5
...
She had just emerged from the small puddle, and less than two minutes later, she found another brood of crabs hiding in a crevice in the rocks.
Orchid Crab +2
Red Flower Snail +1
Blue Crab +1
Just as Chen Zhiyao finished tying up the large crabs, she heard bursts of laughter and cheers coming from below.
At this point, only the lowest part of the puddle remained.
Looking down, I saw my three elders at the bottom of the pit fishing.
There weren't any big fish at the bottom of the pit; they were mostly mackerel weighing less than a pound each.
These are not small fry; mackerel are not very large to begin with, but their numbers are enormous, and you usually encounter them in large groups. The scientific name for mackerel is *Sinibotia scoparia*, a warm-water, mid-to-upper-level fish that is frequently encountered when out to sea.
When Chen Zhiyao was setting the net in the morning, she discovered a group of very small fish.
Now it seems that it is probably this mackerel.
The preparation of mackerel is very simple; the most common method is pan-frying.
After washing it clean, marinate it with salt for ten minutes, then wash off the salt from the fish and fry it over medium-low heat.
Chen Zhiyao noticed that two large buckets of mackerel had been placed on the rocks next to her, and there were also many fish at the bottom of the pit.
With the bucket about to burst, the three of them were so happy that their mouths were practically stretched to their ears.
Chen Zhiyao was just about to go into the water to catch fish when her mother called her back:
"Tangtang, we don't have enough buckets. Go up and get two more and put them where we landed on the island."
"Alright!" Chen Zhiyao moved quickly and climbed out of the puddle immediately.
Knowing that she would be pumping water from the puddles today, Yan Shuting brought extra buckets with her before leaving home, which would come in handy.
Although there were no big fish in the large puddle, there weren't many snails either.
However, catching three buckets of mackerel, one bucket of other small sea fish, and half a bucket of dogfish can still be considered a great harvest.
The rocks in the puddle were either covered with sharp oysters and oysters or slippery seaweed.
It took the group quite a bit of effort to carry the large pile of fish upstairs.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Zhiyao took out some hardened and smelly sea fish.
She picked up all these sea fish while beachcombing last night, and had already mixed them with bait additives before leaving home.
Instead of releasing the baited fish into the two previous puddles, she chose two new ones.
After all, all the edible things in the puddle have been looted, and if we come back tomorrow, the harvest will definitely not be as good as two new puddles.
Chen Zhiyao arrived at the spot where she had just landed on the island, just as Chen Weiqiang and Grandpa Chen had rowed away in their kayak.
At this moment, there was still a large pile of fish on the ground, and the mother and daughter smiled at each other.
Yan Shuting looked at the crabs tightly bound in the net bag and said happily:
"We had a great harvest today. I'll cook a couple more dishes for lunch so we can celebrate properly."
As a foodie, Chen Zhiyao naturally wouldn't refuse.
"Great! If we've had such a good catch today without baiting, we're sure to have an even better catch tomorrow."
The catch was so large that the kayak had to make three trips to transport everything, along with Chen Zhiyao and the others, back to the fishing boat.
Today's catch was plentiful and varied, with all sorts of fish taking up half the deck.
Chen Zhiyao, along with her father and grandfather, worked together for an hour to sort the seafood according to type and size.
Mackerel are categorized into large and small sizes, with half a pound as the dividing line. Similarly, various crabs and sea fish are also categorized into large and small sizes.
Different sizes have different prices.
Based on past experience selling seafood, selling it separately by size can increase the price by 10% to 20%.
Chen Zhiyao had just finished her work and hadn't even washed her hands when Yan Shuting's voice came over:
"Dinner's ready! Come on over, I made something delicious today."
People live off the land and water. Every time we go out to sea, the ingredients are basically all kinds of seafood caught that day.
Yan Shuting naturally prepared a seafood feast.
Braised sea carp, pan-fried mackerel, steamed clams with vermicelli, stir-fried crab with ginger and scallions, steamed oysters with garlic, and stir-fried romaine lettuce.
A table full of delicious-looking dishes made everyone's mouths water. Pan-fried mackerel, clams, steamed vermicelli, stir-fried crab with ginger and scallions, steamed oysters—after a busy morning, everyone was starving. Yan Shuting and Chen Zhiyao didn't even have time to take pictures before they started eating.
Having just finished lunch, Yan Shuting, a newly minted fishing enthusiast, was eager to go fishing.
After glancing at her husband, Chen Weiqiang shrewdly went to the driver's seat, ready to go find the fish.
While searching for the fish, Chen Weiqiang was still internally complaining:
He used to say that he only cared about fishing and neglected his family, but now this guy's addiction is even bigger than his.
However, he only dared to complain to himself.
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