With the X-ray glasses, Chen Zhiyao quickly dug out all the cat's eye snails hiding under the sand.
These cat's eye snails are quite large, but unfortunately there are only a few of them; I only managed to dig up 12.
While digging for cat's eye snails, she also found several octopuses lying in the sand.
Octopus
Besides clams, razor clams, and cat's eye snails, there were also quite a few mudskippers on the beach, but they were all too small and difficult to catch.
Mudskippers, also known as mudskippers or mud monkeys, are small in size but have a delicious flavor. They can cost over 100 yuan per kilogram in restaurants.
These little creatures are very agile, and it's difficult for most people to catch them. In fact, Chen Zhiyao has been beachcombing for many years and has only managed to catch a few.
Mudskipper
Just 10 minutes before the glasses' X-ray vision function was about to activate, the tide began to rise.
So Chen Zhiyao went back to the place where she first found the clams and prepared to dig up all the clams in that area.
Through the sand, Chen Zhiyao could clearly see the location and size of the clams.
This is much more convenient; you can dig right out of the box every time and pull out a plump clam with just one shovel.
Moreover, she specifically chose to dig up the larger clams, ignoring the smaller ones.
Although clams are not as expensive as razor clams, they are more abundant and the sand is shallower in the clams.
One shovelful at a time, it's like an addiction, you just can't stop.
As she dug, Chen Zhiyao suddenly realized that her X-ray vision was gone.
One by one, the plump clams were transformed into a flat beach.
A small dream flashed in his mind: "Host, the time for X-ray vision has come."
Then, the X-ray vision glasses reappeared on the floating board.
A tiny spark of light flickered in my mind:
"In the future, if the host needs to activate the X-ray vision function, he can simply click on the glasses on the panel, and he can pause and resume at any time."
"In addition, these X-ray glasses are virtual; only the host can see them, and no one else can see them."
"This X-ray vision function is quite user-friendly, but the duration is too short. It would be better if the duration were longer."
Chen Zhiyao was having a great time beachcombing when her X-ray vision suddenly disappeared, which made her quite upset.
"The more you go beachcombing to earn money, the longer your X-ray vision will last after you level up," Xiaomeng comforted her.
"10,000 points, I can do it!" Chen Zhiyao cheered herself on.
Although the X-ray vision was gone, the patch of clams that had been discovered earlier was still there, so Chen Zhiyao continued digging with her shovel.
However, there weren't many clams left to begin with, and in no time at all, she had dug up all the clams in this area.
We were short on time, so we put all the seafood we found into a bucket.
The buckets she brought were already full, and Chen Zhiyao tried to lift one but could barely move it.
Taking out two net bags, Chen Zhiyao deftly separated the clams and snails, leaving a small bucket full of razor clams.
In addition, there were five small octopuses still slowly wriggling in the bucket, but they were not very big.
"There aren't enough octopuses, not even enough for one meal." Chen Zhiyao looked at the octopuses and felt a headache coming on.
Just as the items were sorted, Grandma Chen came looking for us.
"Wow, what a great haul today! These cat's eye snails and razor clams are huge, and the clams are pretty big too. You should take them to the collection point to sell; they're worth a good amount of money."
Chen Zhiyao nodded obediently, "That's what I think too. We'll keep some razor clams and clams for our own consumption, and sell the rest."
“I just dug up quite a few clams, but they’re small and won’t fetch a good price. I’ll keep these at home to eat. It’s more worthwhile to sell the bigger ones.”
Chen Zhiyao leaned over to look at the bucket in the old lady's hand; the harvest was so-so.
Besides a few pounds of small clams, there were also six or seven octopuses inside.
However, with the five octopuses she caught, it was just enough to stir-fry one dish.
After waiting for a while, Grandpa Chen returned from the rocky beach.
The old man had bad luck today; he only found a small fish that had just died and two orchid crabs weighing three or four ounces each.
Orchid Crab
Near the beach where people go beachcombing, there is a small pier where most of the village's fishing boats are moored.
There are two seafood purchasing stations near the pier, and the owners are all from the village. When people find something good while fishing, they usually take it to the pier to sell.
Although the price wasn't as high as the purchasing station in town, it was run by villagers, so the price was fair.
Chen Zhiyao moved the contents of the bucket onto the tricycle and drove it to the entrance of one of the recycling stations at the dock in just a few minutes.
The village dock
As soon as she parked the car, Chen Zhiyao excitedly ran inside with her things.
"Second Uncle, I'm here to sell seafood."
Seeing Chen Zhiyao's reckless behavior, Grandma Chen behind her couldn't help but give her some advice:
"Slow down, slow down, don't fall."
"Okay!"
Despite saying she knew, Chen Zhiyao's pace didn't slow down at all; in fact, it quickened a bit, which prompted the old lady to give her another lecture.
This purchasing station was opened by a distant cousin of Chen Zhiyao; according to seniority, she should call him her second uncle.
Upon hearing her voice, a middle-aged man of similar age to Chen Weiqiang came out from the break room of the purchasing station.
"It's Uncle, Aunt, and Tangtang! These cat's eye snails and razor clams are huge. Oh, and these clams are quite plump too."
Chen Zhiyao said cheerfully, "I'm lucky today. The things I found are all quite big. Second Uncle, you have to give me a good price for them."
"We're all family, your second uncle will definitely not treat you badly." Grandma Chen smiled and praised him.
"Since we're all relatives, I'll definitely give you a high price: razor clams 25 yuan per jin, cat's eye snails 36 yuan per jin, and flower clams 5 yuan per jin."
"Second Uncle, these razor clams may not be as big as the King Razor Clam, but each one is as thick as a thumb, they're quite large. And these cat's eye snails and clams are really good, could you raise the price a bit more?"
Although my second uncle's price was indeed good, who would complain about having too much money?
She needs to make more money so she can level up faster.
My second uncle carefully examined the razor clams and cat's-eye snails; they were indeed quite large.
"Tangtang, what you found on your beachcombing trip was really good. Razor clams were 26 yuan a pound, and cat's eye snails were 38 yuan a pound. But the price of clams was low, so we could only get them for 5 yuan a pound."
Although the price wasn't very high, Chen Zhiyao knew it was the highest price the purchasing station could offer.
Especially cat's eye snails, which usually cost 26-28 yuan per kilogram, but for some reason, the purchase price today is actually 38 yuan.
"Let's do as you say, Second Uncle."
Chen Zhiyao happily carried the seafood onto the electronic scale to help weigh it, while her second uncle used a calculator to calculate the cost.
"The razor clams weighed 8.5 jin (4.75 kg), and were priced at 26 yuan per jin (0.5 kg), totaling 221 yuan."
"Cat's eye snails weigh 3.2 jin, 38 yuan per jin, totaling 121 yuan."
"26 jin of clams, 5 yuan per jin, totaling 130 yuan."
"That's 472 yuan in total. Tangtang, do you want cash or WeChat transfer?"
"Second Uncle, you can just transfer the money to my WeChat account." She hadn't touched cash in a long time.
"Okay, the money has been transferred."
"Thank you, Second Uncle!"
Chen Zhiyao was quite happy to receive the 472 yuan, after all, she had only worked for an hour that day, which was equivalent to an hourly wage of 472 yuan.
If she went beachcombing every day, wouldn't she earn that much in a month? That's equivalent to two months' salary before she was fired.
Chen Zhiyao became more and more excited as she thought about it, thinking that being a fisherman who went out to sea at home might not be so bad.
However, this was also thanks to the X-ray vision function of the beachcombing system; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to find so many things in an hour.
She also grew up by the sea. In the past, when she went beachcombing, she could earn at most a hundred or so yuan a day. Earning several hundred yuan a day like she does today is extremely rare.
On the way back, Chen Zhiyao was very happy, humming a tuneless little tune all the way.
This beachcombing system is really good. If the perspective function could be extended and the range expanded, it would be perfect.
Now all she can do is try her best to catch the sea and accumulate points to level up, Chen Zhiyao silently cheered herself on.
Seafood prices are greatly affected by region, weather, and season. My description may not be entirely accurate, so please feel free to leave a comment if I'm wrong.
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