Sunset at sea
As far as I can remember, Chen Zhiyao had been to this freshwater island before.
At that time, the family's fishing boat had not yet been sold. During the summer vacation, she went out to sea with her grandparents. After casting the fishing net, they went to the island to collect seafood.
In her memory, there was a small coral reef here, and there were many wonderful things there.
When she came here before, it was low tide, and she found some good things like sea cucumbers and abalone.
Guided by her memory, Chen Zhiyao continued walking along the rocky beach.
After walking for about 10 minutes, she arrived at a coral reef.
The tide went out early today, and by this time the seawater had receded by more than half, exposing all sorts of strangely shaped corals to the surface.
Upon closer inspection, one can see that many good things have been left behind by the sea.
Moreover, at this time the tide had just begun to recede, and many of the little creatures had not yet had time to lie on the sand or hide properly.
Chen Zhiyao looked down and saw a large octopus with a round head sticking out.
This guy hid most of his body under a small rock, only his big head was sticking out.
Chen Zhiyao even maliciously wondered if it was because the head was too big that it couldn't hide inside.
She originally planned to go fishing on this trip, and never imagined that she would end up beachcombing on an island.
Therefore, Chen Zhiyao did not bring the system's universal clip, but only took a small clip provided by her cousin.
Without the super-powerful clamps, the giant creature couldn't be pulled out at all; its powerful octopus legs were firmly attached to the rock.
Chen Zhiyao had no choice but to use her hands to break the menacing octopus legs off the rock one by one.
After finally managing to get this big guy off the rock, it wrapped all its arms around Chen Zhiyao's arms.
He swung his arm forcefully, but the guy didn't budge; in fact, he clung to it even tighter.
It took Chen Zhiyao a lot of effort to finally throw the two-pound octopus into the bucket.
Octopus +1
Wiping the sweat from her forehead, she missed the system's all-purpose clip terribly.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Zhiyao found a small yellow bottom under a rock.
Chen Zhiyao took three steps at a time and happily jogged over:
"It's a conch shell, and it's quite big."
Chen Zhiyao held the long, thin conch shell in her hand with a big smile. It was quite heavy, probably weighing about a pound.
And further inside these rocks, there is a large conch shell.
"Not bad, not bad, another 100 yuan easily." Holding this heavy thing, Chen Zhiyao couldn't stop smiling.
Conch +2
The seawater continued to recede slowly, while Chen Zhiyao approached the sea step by step.
There are few people here, but there are really a lot of good things.
On a large rock, she also found several small abalone.
"One, two... five, there are five abalone in total."
I had just pried these little guys off when I turned around and found a pair of flower snails, the two little guys huddled together.
Moreover, these two little guys don't hide at all; they just openly expose themselves to the outside.
"Oh, look, you're a young couple. Come on in the bucket."
Abalone +5
Flower snail +2
After walking a little further, Chen Zhiyao was pleasantly surprised to find another large blue crab under a patch of seaweed.
This guy's green body blends in with the seaweed, but with the help of X-ray glasses, he has nowhere to hide.
The moment I reached out with the clamp, it was grabbed by its large pincers; this guy is quite strong.
Chen Zhiyao used a clever trick. She stretched out the clamp, and after the big guy's two pincers clamped down, she quickly pressed it down.
Then, while it was immobilized, I quickly tied it up tightly with cable ties.
With a smug look on her face, Chen Zhiyao picked up the blue crab with its large claws tied to it, and weighed it in her hand with a smile. It weighed about eight ounces.
Chen Zhiyao was happily searching for treasures on this hidden coral reef, so much so that she almost forgot about time.
Octopus +2
Flower snail +10
Blue Crab +2
...
"Ring ring ring ring..."
When her phone alarm went off, she realized how late it was.
By this time, the tide had receded considerably, revealing even more treasures on the coral reefs.
Chen Zhiyao took one last, reluctant look at the auspicious land before her.
Just as I was about to turn around, I caught a glimpse of a large conch shell out of the corner of my eye.
"Haha, I didn't expect to find such a treasure before I went back."
Chen Zhiyao walked briskly to a rock about half her height, and in front of the rock was a conch shell lying half-reclined on the sand.
Conch +1
At this point, Chen Zhiyao's bucket was already more than half full, but most of it contained spicy snails.
Before leaving, she was careful to put the valuable conch and crab at the bottom, and the top layer was filled with whelk, octopus and octopus.
"It's so heavy."
The various little creatures in the bucket weighed nearly 20 pounds in total, and Chen Zhiyao had a hard time walking back.
When we returned to the rocky beach where we had been fishing, everyone was beaming with joy.
It turned out that not long after Chen Zhiyao left, people started catching three-knife fish, and the uncle even caught two in a row.
According to my older cousin, five people caught three-knife fish, while the rest mostly caught small fish like rockfish and yellowtail.
Although everyone's gains were different, at least no one came away empty-handed.
Everyone had a good haul, but no one paid any attention to the spicy snails and octopus in Chen Zhiyao's bucket.
Seeing that everyone had a good catch, Chen Zhiyao felt itchy to try it herself and quickly took out her own fishing rod.
I don't know if I've used up all my good luck, but two of them in a row were both about half a pound each of yellow wax.
Yellow-footed wax
Chen Zhiyao hung the last shrimp in the bucket, and just as the hook hit the water, her uncle's alarm clock went off.
Chen Daqiang stood atop a tall rock, holding a large megaphone, hands on his hips, and shouted loudly:
"We'll be heading back in 10 minutes, everyone hurry up and pack your things."
After calling out the number three times, they started counting the number of people again.
At this moment, Chen Zhiyao looked anxiously at the fishing rod in her hand, thinking about catching another three-knife fish.
But the fishing rod in her hand remained motionless, and Chen Zhiyao grew more and more anxious as she waited, her smile fading away.
With only two minutes left, her fishing rod finally moved.
The pulling force transmitted through the fishing rod was not great; she estimated it to be a small fish weighing one or two pounds.
"This movement, this force, it must be a three-knife fish."
Thinking about the prospect of making several hundred more, Chen Zhiyao immediately became overjoyed, her lips curving upwards in a wide smile.
However, once she pulled the little creature out of the sea, the smile on her face immediately faded.
It turned out to be another yellow-legged wax catfish, but this one was quite large, weighing a full two pounds.
The price difference between yellowfin tuna and three-knife fish is several times, so Chen Zhiyao is not happy at all.
Seeing his little cousin's disappointed face, Chen Feng reached out and ruffled her hair, teasing her with a grin:
"Alright, you've caught quite a few good fish today. Stop being so sentimental and hurry up and pack your things; we're heading back soon."
"snort!"
Chen Zhiyao worked quickly and finished packing the things in no time.
At this moment, her uncle also sent the first group of people to a fishing boat not far away. She then followed the second group, standing obediently on the shore waiting.
Before her was a magnificent sunset, and in a good mood, Chen Zhiyao picked up her phone and started snapping away.
Sunset 1
"This is so beautiful, I'm going to set this as my computer screensaver."
The scenery on Chen Zhiyao's left and right sides was different. On the left was a colorful rocky beach, while on the right was a beach as beautiful as an oil painting.
Although the scenery is different, it is equally beautiful.
Sunset 2
When we got back on the ship, everyone was grinning from ear to ear; I bet many of them had already made back their ticket price for the day.
Those who catch three-knife fish, after deducting the 500 yuan boat ticket, might even make a small profit.
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