Chen Zhiyao and her group arrived at the shallow beach area with great interest.
As the tide slowly recedes, a vast expanse of golden, soft sand unfolds before your eyes like a giant painting.
Looking at this stunning beach, she couldn't wait to take out her phone and start snapping away at the beautiful scenery around her.
The azure sky and the clear sea complement each other, almost merging into one. The fine sand grains shimmer with golden light under the sun.
Such beautiful scenery would be a complete waste not to capture it as your phone wallpaper.
At this moment, Chen Weiqiang and Grandpa Chen each carried a water pump and hurriedly walked towards the rocky beach in front of them.
The father and son realized they hadn't been to the water pumping pit in a long time, so they brought out the water pump that had been idle for a long time and prepared to go to the rocky beach to pump water from the pit.
The remaining three members of the family, a grandfather, grandmother, and grandson, chose to stay on the beach and go clamming.
After putting away her phone, Chen Zhiyao turned on her beachcombing glasses, picked up her small bucket and shovel, and looked down with sparkling eyes, searching for all kinds of seafood.
She had only taken two steps when she found several finger-sized breathing holes on the beach, all filled with plump razor clams.
Chen Zhiyao shoveled off the top layer of sand and then frantically poured salt into the hole.
Before long, the razor clams under the sand obediently popped their heads out and were easily pulled out by her.
They were mostly bamboo clams, and they looked quite plump, each one as thick as a finger.
She put all the razor clams into the bucket, and soon found a large area of razor clam holes not far ahead.
In just a few minutes, she used up half a bottle of salt and finally harvested four or five pounds of plump razor clams.
Carrying the bucket, Chen Zhiyao walked happily towards the sea.
Although it wasn't high tide today, the tide receded quickly and far, and the ground was covered with all sorts of small seashells, densely packed together.
Wanyu Island is too far away, so not many people usually come here to go beachcombing. The island has a lot of various kinds of seafood.
Chen Zhiyao had just picked up a few cat's-eye snails and some giant carnalls the size of a fist when she heard Yan Shuting's excited voice from ahead.
"Mom, Tangtang, come quick! There's a huge patch of snails here, and most of them have meat on them."
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhiyao ran over quickly.
The beach was covered with countless snails, and they were quite large, some almost as thick as a finger.
The surface was covered with snails, and beneath the sand lay many more tuna and a few clams.
Without saying a word, Chen Zhiyao immediately took out the small sand rake from the bucket and, like plowing a field, gathered all the little treasures together.
The sand here is quite loose, and you can easily turn out the snails and clams hidden in it without much effort.
Within minutes, Chen Zhiyao's bucket was nearly half full of snails and trevally. With many hands making light work, the three of them used a sand rake to gather all the snails together in just 10 minutes.
Grandma Chen smiled broadly and took out a soft, breathable burlap sack from her handbag.
"Let's put all these snails together. They're really heavy. Let's leave them on the beach for now and carry them onto the boat when we go back."
Chen Zhiyao and her daughter nodded and quickly stuffed all the snails piled up like a small mountain into sacks.
Unexpectedly, one sack wasn't enough, so Yan Shuting chuckled and took out another, smaller sack.
These snails and trevally filled one and a half bags, weighing nearly 200 pounds in total.
In a good mood, Chen Zhiyao put the few pounds of razor clams she had just dug up into the container.
Then the three of them found a small puddle and soaked the two bags of snails in it.
The sun is still quite strong today. If we leave them outside like this, these little guys will probably all be dead by the time they come back.
Carrying a light bucket, Chen Zhiyao continued her treasure hunt on the beach with brisk steps.
A short while later, she spotted a large, pale purple crab at the point where the sea met the sand.
This was the first time she had ever encountered such a purple crab while beachcombing. With a touch of curiosity, she picked up the rare crab.
"It's pale purple, could it be a Dungeness crab?" The Dungeness crab, also known as the Prince crab, is a large marine crab with a reddish-purple body.
Dungeness crabs are delicious and rare, so they're quite expensive. According to her, they can sell for 100 yuan per jin (500g) at purchasing stations.
The best time to catch this crab is in autumn and winter, when Dungeness crabs are at their fattest and most delicious.
The one in Chen Zhiyao's hand looks quite big, but it's actually very skinny.
"These Dungeness crabs are not common. If we could find a couple more, we could stir-fry a plate of them for lunch."
Chen Zhiyao usually keeps this rare seafood for her own family to try.
After tying the guy up tightly, she took out a net and locked him up alone.
As soon as she stood up, she saw several silvery-white ribbonfish being pushed by the waves.
These big fish were quite large. When Chen Zhiyao saw this, she quickly went forward and picked up the ribbonfish. In a short while, she had picked up seven or eight pounds of them.
Unfortunately, these fish have been dead for some time. Although they haven't started to smell, their bodies are stiff and their gills have turned black.
"It would be a shame to throw them away, let's collect them and use them for baiting."
Chen Zhiyao took out a net bag and put all the dead ribbonfish together. After looking around, she picked up a few rotten sea fish as well.
These fish were quite heavy, so she simply took them to the puddle where she had put the snails earlier, and would take them back when she left.
After putting her things away, Chen Zhiyao walked towards the beach further away. Along the way, there were all kinds of small seafood everywhere.
Octopus, clams, moon clams, cat's eye snails, white clams, snails, flower clams, and whelks—Chen Zhiyao picked them up until her hands were sore, and the bucket that had been empty was getting heavier and heavier.
As she walked, she discovered a strange sea fish with green wings. This sea fish with green wings was entirely pink, with a large head and a small body, and several pink whiskers on its cheeks.
The most distinctive feature is its pair of long green fins that look like wings.
This was the first time Chen Zhiyao had ever seen such a unique fish, and she curiously examined it:
"Could this also be a flying fish? Its size and color don't seem like it."
She grabbed the fish by the tail and lifted it up. Then, its pair of wings unfolded.
Chen Zhiyao then noticed that there were many blue spots on the wings; the little wings were quite delicate. The unidentified fish remarked, "I must say, this fish is quite beautiful!"
Seeing that the creature was thin and had little meat on its body, Chen Zhiyao simply put it back into the sea.
As soon as the fish touched the water, it swam quickly towards the sea as if fleeing for its life, leaving only a small pink silhouette behind.
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