That night, Chen Zhiyao had a very vivid dream. In the dream, she disturbed a crab's nest, and one after another, large crabs weighing one or two pounds appeared, eventually bursting the bucket.
In her dream, she tied up blue crabs until her hands were sore and her little face was tired from smiling.
"Ring ring ring ring ring..."
The next morning, Chen Zhiyao woke up with a smile when the alarm clock rang.
While brushing her teeth, she was thinking: This dream is so real. I need to bring more cable ties to catch the crabs. Maybe my dream will come true.
At this time, the sky outside was still gray, but the early risers were already busy going to the beach.
After breakfast, Chen Weiqiang drove his van to the beach with his family to go beachcombing.
The sun had just risen, and the horizon and the sea were dyed pink by the sunrise, looking like a richly colored oil painting.
sunrise
Chen Zhiyao couldn't resist taking out her phone and snapping away.
When the group arrived at the beach carrying their belongings, a considerable number of people had already gathered there.
The villagers couldn't wait for the tide to recede and were already wading in water up to their calves, searching for all sorts of seafood.
The beach here is so crowded, you probably won't find anything good there, Chen Zhiyao said to her family.
"There are too many people here, I'm going to the rocky beach ahead where there are fewer people to go beachcombing."
As she spoke, she picked up her beachcombing tools and headed towards the rocky beach from yesterday.
She prefers to go beachcombing in less crowded places, where at least no one will be competing with her for the seafood.
"There are oysters and clams all over the rocky beach. Make sure you wear gloves and don't try to catch crabs with your bare hands," Yan Shuting reminded him worriedly from behind.
"Okay, I'll be careful."
A close friend invited Grandma Chen and Yan Shuting to go beachcombing together, but the two women were too lazy to leave and stayed on the beach to continue.
Grandpa Chen and Chen Weiqiang moved out their old, broken water pump and planned to pump water from the rocky beach to catch some big fish.
The tide receded quickly and far today; before Chen Zhiyao even reached the rocky beach, the tide had already receded considerably.
Along the way, there were all kinds of small seashells underfoot, densely packed, but unfortunately they were all worthless little seashells.
Various seashells
These small seashells can be found everywhere on the beach, even when it's not high tide.
However, they are worthless, and villagers only pick them up and take them home when they have absolutely nothing else to harvest.
If you bring a strainer, you can process dozens of kilograms in an hour.
The tide had just receded, and there were quite a few little creatures stranded on the beach. Along the way, Chen Zhiyao picked up quite a few cat's eye snails and small octopuses that hadn't had a chance to lie on the sand yet.
The purchase price for both items is quite good; I definitely can't let them go when I see them.
When they reached the rocky beach, Chen Zhiyao's bucket already contained about 10 cat's eye snails and seven or eight menacing octopuses.
Weighing the bucket in her hand, Chen Zhiyao smiled as brightly as the sun in the sky, "Not bad, not bad, it weighs about three jin."
Three people are already turning over rocks in this rocky area from yesterday, all with happy faces. It seems they've had a good haul.
It's quite a large place; everyone has their own area and doesn't bother each other.
The tide has only just begun to recede, and there aren't many things left yet, so Chen Zhiyao doesn't plan to put on the X-ray glasses right now.
Something this important should be used sparingly, at least until the tide has completely receded.
Putting on the gloves provided by the system, Chen Zhiyao, holding a bucket in one hand and tongs in the other, began her beachcombing day.
As soon as I looked down, I saw a small, five-pointed creature lying on the emerald green seaweed.
"What a beautiful starfish."
This little guy has a few corners that point upwards, which makes it look quite unique.
starfish
Starfish resemble five-pointed stars in shape and live in every corner of the ocean, from shallow to deep seas.
These little creatures mainly feed on shellfish, crabs, sea urchins, and the like.
Starfish vary in size, with the smallest being about 2.5 centimeters and the largest reaching 90 centimeters.
Moreover, starfish come in all sorts of colors, including orange, red, purple, yellow, and cyan, all of which are very beautiful.
The roe inside starfish is edible, but it doesn't taste very good, so people in the village generally don't want it.
Beautiful starfish of various colors can be seen everywhere on the beach, but almost no one picks them up.
In her opinion, starfish are all show and no substance.
After walking a few more steps, Chen Zhiyao spotted a large yellow pincer protruding from under a rock.
The pliers were quite similar in color to the rocks next to them; if I hadn't moved them slightly just now, I would have easily mistaken them for something else.
Large pliers
Chen Zhiyao grew up by the sea and was very familiar with these big claws. She recognized them as those of a blue crab, and one that was quite large as well.
"It was well hidden, but unfortunately I still managed to find it."
Chen Zhiyao quickly extended the all-purpose clip in her hand towards the large, half-hidden object.
Once caught in the clamp, the crab inside stopped struggling and obediently let itself be pulled out.
"What plump mud crabs! They must weigh at least a pound. Great, a fantastic start!"
Blue Crab +1
Last night I dreamt that I disturbed a crab's nest, and I never expected that I would actually catch a big crab today.
"Luckily, I brought a lot of cable ties with me when I went out. I knew I'd come in handy today." His tone was full of pride.
Chen Zhiyao quickly tied the big guy up tightly. The blue crab was bigger than her fist and felt heavy in her hand.
Blue crabs are considered a relatively expensive seafood due to their tender meat, delicious taste, and rich nutrition.
A cat this big would fetch 60 or 70 yuan per kilogram even if sold to a recycling station.
This is all money! Looking at this big, green thing, Chen Zhiyao was overjoyed.
Blue crab
As soon as she placed the crab, she looked up and was delighted to see two cat's-eye snails, one large and one small, under the rocks to her left.
Chen Zhiyao took two steps at once and lifted the reef, revealing a cat's-eye snail that was almost the size of her fist, with two sharp little tiger teeth showing. It looked silly, but also very cute.
"This must be the ancestor of cat's eye snails."
Chen Zhiyao weighed it in her hand; it was at least three ounces, almost four ounces, while the smaller one weighed two ounces.
Cat's Eye Snail +2
Actually, there were a few small oysters on the rock, but they were too small and not worth much, so Chen Zhiyao decided to let them go.
After walking a few steps, she saw the familiar large pincers again under a reef.
This guy was even more outrageous; both of his large pincers were sticking out.
Two large pliers
"Are you afraid people won't know you're here?"
The pincers in his hand clamped down quickly and accurately, and another large blue crab was caught, but it was thinner than the previous one, weighing only six or seven ounces. However, it was still a pretty good size.
The deeper you go into the sea, the bigger the rocks become, and the more wonderful things you find.
Suddenly, she saw a very special stone, surrounded by a dense ring of green seashells.
Stones covered with shells
Chen Zhiyao's eyes lit up, and she quickly ran over, "So many mussels, and they're quite big!"
Fortunately, she doesn't have trypophobia, otherwise she wouldn't have dared to eat them when she saw so many mussels.
Mussels, also known as sea mussels, become "dried mussels" after being dried. They are very delicious when used in soups or stews.
Mussels live in the intertidal zone to the shallow seabed. They are quite common on the coast and can usually be found on rocky beaches.
The taste is quite good, but there's too much of it and it's not worth much. It's even cheaper than clams, and some recycling stations are unwilling to buy it.
With so many mussels, if we harvest them all, there won't be enough room to store the other things we find later.
Moreover, they were heavy and not easy to carry while beachcombing, so Chen Zhiyao decided to leave them for the time being.
I thought that if they were still there when I went back, I would take them back to dry the mussels.
If you keep walking forward, the surrounding area is full of large rocks as tall as your thighs.
These stones form natural puddles.
Looking up, I saw two round figures peeking out from under a rock about the size of a rice cooker.
Chen Zhiyao stepped forward and overturned the stone, revealing a nest of cat's-eye snails underneath.
Cat's Eye Snail +5
The whole family was thrown into the bucket by Chen Zhiyao.
"Splash splash splash splash splash," a faint sound of water came from not far away.
Judging from the sound, it must be a big fish. Chen Zhiyao was immediately delighted, and two small dimples appeared on her face.
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