Even though the sun was out, the little thing in front of me still shone brightly.
Chen Zhiyao took two steps at a time and arrived at the small puddle in front of her with an expectant look on her face.
In the puddle was a beautiful, colorful seashell.
Unknown seashell
Without a second thought, Chen Zhiyao reached out and picked up the pretty little thing.
Upon picking it up, I discovered that the meat inside was long gone; it was just a beautiful empty shell.
However, this thing is really beautiful, and after a simple wash in the puddle, it looks even better.
What beautiful seashells!
Chen Zhiyao had never seen this before in all her years of beachcombing, and she held it up and examined it repeatedly with a serious expression.
"It looks a bit like an abalone shell, but much prettier."
Two days ago, there was a storm, and Chen Zhiyao thought that it must have been swept up by the waves from the deep sea.
Chen Zhiyao liked this thing more and more as she looked at it, and put it into the bucket in her hand with a big smile.
She has loved collecting all kinds of exquisite and beautiful seashells since she was a child, and there is a shelf in her room specifically for displaying these pretty little things.
Having finally found a beautiful seashell that matched her aesthetic, Chen Zhiyao was in a very good mood.
Humming a little tune, I walked briskly towards where I had parked my car.
We also came across a rope covered in seaweed along the way.
Ropes covered in seaweed
Based on her years of experience beachcombing, she knows that little babies are usually hidden under seaweed like this.
Chen Zhiyao stopped and used the clips in her hand to unfold the special rope.
Full of anticipation, I didn't dare blink.
A short while later, she found a crab lying half-submerged in the sand in the densest part of the seaweed.
"Oh, it's a blue crab, but this one's a bit small."
Chen Zhiyao weighed the crab in her hand; it was only about 200 grams. So she gently tossed it into the sea.
"Go on."
Then they turned over all the remaining seaweed.
Soon, several more plump white moon shells and a rather large cat's eye snail appeared in the bucket at Chen Zhiyao's feet.
Moon Shell +4
Cat's Eye Snail +1
By this time, the seawater had receded by half, and Chen Zhiyao estimated that it had receded to a position where she could place a fish trap.
She had originally planned to go directly to the coral reef where she had set the traps that morning.
However, considering that the place isn't very big, I put in four traps in the morning, and that already filled up all the good spots.
After thinking for two seconds, Chen Zhiyao decided to keep a few of the traps and put the rest elsewhere.
After all, you can't put all your eggs in one basket.
In less than two minutes, she drove to the rocky beach where she usually went beachcombing.
There were hardly any people on the rocky beach at this time. Looking up, all you could see was blue sky and white clouds, a scene as beautiful as a painting.
rocky beach
After admiring the beautiful scenery for a while, Chen Zhiyao started working.
The haul from last time was only so-so. This time, Chen Zhiyao picked out four small, somewhat dilapidated fish traps.
These fish traps are still dry and not heavy, but they take up a lot of space.
With the wet and particularly hard rocks underfoot, Chen Zhiyao had a difficult time walking.
Finally, she found several suitable places for fish and crabs to live and set up fish traps.
Each trap is spaced about a few meters apart.
The last typhoon blew away several ground cages, which broke Chen Zhiyao's heart.
This time, she deliberately placed a two- or three-pound stone in each trap. It's so heavy, it can't be blown away, can it?
On the way back, Chen Zhiyao slowed down and began searching around the rocky beach.
With her sharp eyesight, she quickly spotted a stranded octopus in a small pit surrounded by pebbles.
Octopus
Chen Zhiyao used the tongs in her hand to lift the little guy up. He was quite heavy, probably weighing about half a pound.
However, this guy had several wounds on his body and looked like he had lost his vitality.
However, she didn't mind at all. She took it home that night and stir-fried it, making it another delicious dish to eat with rice.
Octopus +1
Suddenly, in a flat puddle to her right, Chen Zhiyao saw several long, thin creatures.
"It's a snail, and it's quite big."
These little guys are about the size of her little finger, long and thin, with eight or nine segments on them.
They call them snails here, and they taste especially delicious when stir-fried with perilla leaves.
Oncomelania
The puddle wasn't big, maybe only about 1 meter in diameter, but it was teeming with these delicious little creatures.
It must weigh at least several kilograms; it looks like someone left it here.
However, the typhoon that hit a couple of days ago was probably a gift from the sea.
"Not bad, not bad, I didn't expect there would still be some who slipped through the net."
Chen Zhiyao's clear, bright eyes narrowed with delight, and a bright smile appeared on her lips.
Snail + n
After digging all the little creatures out of the puddle, Chen Zhiyao stood up straight and prepared to leave.
Unexpectedly, at the edge of the puddle, I stepped on something hard.
Holding a sand shovel, Chen Zhiyao quickly dug out a hairy clam that was almost as big as her fist.
These are several times bigger than those two small clams we just saw.
This big guy was eating snails with his mouth open, but Chen Zhiyao ruthlessly dug them out of his mouth when he had only eaten half of one.
Clam +1
Snail +1
Then, Chen Zhiyao continued driving her tricycle slowly forward.
My eyes couldn't help but look to the rocky beach on the right, where rocks of all sizes formed one puddle after another.
Not far away, a father and son were pumping water from a pit, and Chen Zhiyao watched them with great interest for several moments.
Suddenly, an idea flashed into her mind.
"By the way, I can put the fish trap in these big puddles."
If you put more bait in the fish trap, you can easily catch the creatures in the puddle.
Chen Zhiyao thought about it more and more and felt that this idea was great. "I'm so smart!"
As she spoke, Chen Zhiyao stopped the car and then carried down four more cages.
After thinking about it, I realized that the bait in the fish trap might not be enough, so I picked out some small, inexpensive seashells from the bucket and put them in.
You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub.
The rocks on this rocky beach are particularly large, and there are many pits of varying sizes inside.
Chen Zhiyao walked to a place near the sea and deliberately chose four of the largest water pits, then put a fish trap in each of them.
These puddles are mostly several square meters or more.
Such a large puddle is rarely used for catching fish, as the cost of the pump alone would be considerable.
This kind of large pit has a lot of things, and it won't affect other villagers' ability to pump water.
Chen Zhiyao felt that the spot she had chosen couldn't be better.
She brought 11 traps from home, and now there are 3 large traps, each 80 centimeters in diameter, left in the car.
She placed all of these fish traps on the coral reef.
On her way home, Chen Zhiyao walked and stopped frequently, but she didn't find much seafood.
Back on the white sand beach, the bucket in my hand wasn't full yet.
Well, the harvest was far worse than the previous two days, but it was still within the normal range for beachcombing in the village.
Since she didn't have much stuff, Chen Zhiyao was too lazy to go to town and went directly to her second uncle's purchasing station.
Four catties of moon clams, 6 yuan per catty, totaling 24 yuan.
Four jin of snails, 10 yuan per jin, totaling 40 yuan.
Two cat's eye snails, 33 yuan per cat's eye snail, totaling 66 yuan.
1.5 jin of hairy clams, 10 yuan per jin, totaling 15 yuan.
One pound of octopus costs 30 yuan.
I made another 175 yuan today.
At this moment, the little dream in her mind happily opened the points page for her:
Host: Chen Zhiyao
Level: 1 (Beachcombing)
Points: 8996
Perspective range: 1 meter
Transparent time: 1 hour
Tools for beachcombing: sand shovel, iron shovel, tongs, spade.
"Tangtang, you're just 1004 points away from leveling up!"
"I know, I know. I'll definitely collect all 1,000 points by tomorrow morning."
She set 15 traps today; she'll probably make a small fortune tomorrow.
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