Minghai used his hands to scoop up the fish trap. As soon as he pulled it out, it was full of pufferfish. The crabs and octopuses had been eaten down to just a few claws, which made him feel a little sorry for them.
A few more were caught, mostly stone crabs and conch. The most expensive were the prawns, weighing over ten kilograms. The most common were krill, worth several tens of yuan each.
Besides these, there are all kinds of crabs. A tiger crab weighing over 20 kilograms can easily cost over a thousand yuan.
Ming Dahai complained as he pulled out the net, "See? I told you to do it. If you were doing it, it wouldn't be like this. I have such damn bad luck."
Upon hearing this, Mingjing simply smiled and said, "Dad, I'm a human being, not an animal. This is fine."
After collecting the trap, Mingjing's progress bar was still a little short.
"Dad, the tide's out now, let's go check out the island over there," Mingjing said, pointing to the exposed mudflats ahead.
We won't be going out to sea for the next few days, so we can't waste this bit of luck.
Ming Dahai thought about it and agreed. Apart from the lobsters and eels, there weren't many big catches today, and it was still early, so he figured he could make as much money as he could.
When the boat docked, Xie Jun'an stopped the boat, took his tools, and followed the two men ashore.
"I'll go check on the puddle," Minghai said as he ran towards it after getting ashore.
Mingjing stood beside the puddle, picked up a pebble and threw it in, creating ripples. A flick of its tail in the water splashed up some water.
Judging from the splashes in the water, they guessed that the fish was quite large.
Without a water pump, Mingjing used a landing net to swish around underwater a couple of times. "Hmm, it's huge."
The net caught a large yellow croaker, golden and dazzling in the sunlight.
This large yellow croaker is as long as an arm, weighs over ten kilograms, and is worth at least several thousand yuan.
"Oh dear, quickly put it in the bucket!" Minghai exclaimed, his teeth practically bulging with joy.
Mingjing then scooped up a piece of blue rock, weighing about three or four pounds.
Seeing that Mingjing's actions were rare, Xie Junan was eager to try, so he took the net and splashed it around in the water a couple of times.
"A white pomfret!"
Ming Dahai looked at it carefully and nodded, confirming it was true.
White pomfret is not commonly seen here. It has a flat, short body covered with fine silver scales and sells for 80-90 kilograms on the market.
This white pomfret in front of me must weigh four or five pounds, and it would cost several hundred yuan.
"Dad, this isn't working. We need to drain the water; there's probably something down there."
Ming Dahai thought so too, and the three of them immediately started working.
This puddle was made of rocks and mudflats. To make fishing easier, Mingjing moved the rocks, and Xie Junan and Ming Dahai dug a ditch to drain the water.
While the drainage was running, the three of them went to the beach to collect seafood.
There was more stuff on this island than last time I came. I picked up a whole basket of clams, and more than ten pounds of geoduck. There weren't many small fish though.
Mingjing found a spring fish in a crevice in the rocks. It weighed seven or eight pounds, had small scales, and had a cute, innocent look. From a distance, it looked a lot like a large yellow croaker.
However, this fish had an injured belly, probably attacked by a crab. It lay belly up in a crevice in the rocks, and Mingjing pulled it out, but it stopped moving after only a few seconds.
She wanted to go back and make some fish soup; not a single fish was worth selling.
Xie Junan and Ming Dahai were beachcombing on the island and collected a large group of blue crabs, nearly seventy or eighty of them, almost one of them could be found by turning over a rock.
Seeing that the progress bar was almost empty, Mingjing went to observe the puddle. Before the water had completely drained away, she touched the bottom with the net.
Suddenly!
Something seemed to be biting her net and wouldn't let go. Mingjing pulled hard and pulled the net off. The net had been torn open, and several clear scratches were left on the steel ring.
Mingjing put on gloves, took the trident's beachcombing tools, and vaguely saw a figure. She quickly used the clamps to grab the thing's body.
Unexpectedly, the creature was as cunning as a snake. With a twist, it escaped Mingjing's trap and splashed her with water.
It's alright, she has plenty of strength and resources.
Mingjing turned around, went to the boat, took out her harpoon, and fired at the swimming figure in the puddle, hitting it on the first shot.
After retrieving the harpoon, Mingjing finally saw what it looked like.
It was a small blue shark.
Blue sharks have sharp teeth, long and thin noses, eyes only the size of mung beans, and semi-circular mouths. They are mostly viviparous, and adult blue sharks can reach between three and seven meters in length.
The one in her hand is not yet an adult, only as long as her calf, and must weigh over 20 kilograms. Baby blue sharks are edible sharks and are quite expensive.
"There are blue sharks here. They cost 100 yuan a pound in the market, so this one is worth at least 2,000 yuan."
Upon hearing that there were blue sharks, Ming Dahai ran over to take a look and his face lit up with joy as he repeatedly exclaimed, "Great!"
"I'll come here often in the future."
"Dad, we don't plan to go out to sea for the next few days."
Upon hearing Mingjing's words, Ming Dahai's face darkened. "What's going on?"
“We’ve been in the spotlight too much lately, let’s lay low for a while,” Mingjing said, putting the blue shark into the wooden frame and closing the lid. “The weather’s not good either.”
Ming Dahai looked up at the horizon, which was densely covered with gloomy clouds. He sighed.
Fishermen rely on the weather for their livelihood. The weather at the seaside is unpredictable, with typhoons making up half the year and strong winds and heavy rains making up the other half. In total, there are only a few days when they can go out to sea.
"Dad, let's get the house sorted out in the next few days. We can't delay any longer."
"Okay, I'll find a few bricklayers to come and see how to build the house."
After discussing it, the group started going beachcombing again.
The progress bar in front of Mingjing was almost at the bottom. She then opened the fishing tackle shop, and her luck value was thirty.
It seems that turbot not only draws on the luck of the next few days, but also deducts luck points from tools and seafood.
It's really not a good thing.
Ming Dahai searched for stones on the beach, and even with thirty strokes of luck, he found a nest of razor clams.
"Uncle, these razor clams are huge! They're 20 yuan a pound now, I've made quite a bit of money this time," Xie Jun'an thought to himself as he did the math.
All the seafood today must be worth tens of thousands of yuan. His father works from dawn till dusk and only makes a few hundred yuan at most. Following Mingjing is definitely better than doing business.
"Yes, even though these razor clams may seem cheap, they can add up to a lot of money. It would be great if it didn't rain tomorrow."
"Dad, there's no end to making money. We've made our money this time. You should be content."
Ming Dahai nodded. Fishermen rely on luck to make a living. His harvest is much better than others, and now they are millionaires.
It is about being content.
Seeing that his luck was zero, Mingjing said, "Forget it, Dad, let's go back. I still need to go to the bank. Don't close it down."
Ming Dahai was also puzzled; there were quite a few razor clams just now, how come they were all gone in the blink of an eye?
After packing their things and boarding the boat, Mingjing and Xie Jun had nothing to do, so they tied crabs up on the boat.
Because there were too many crabs to fit in the bucket, and they were running around everywhere, Mingjing decided to tie them all up to save space.
They hadn't brought enough rope, and Mingjing was a little troubled about what to use to tie them up.
"Sizzle!"
Xie Junan took off his shirt and tore it into thin strips. "Use mine."
"good."
Mingjing blushed, took the strip of cloth and absentmindedly tied the crab, glancing at Xie Junan's abs out of the corner of her eye.
Those weren't muscular abs, but a thin layer of skin, snow-white, and with that innocent-looking face, it was her favorite type.
Mingjing was engrossed in watching when Xie Junan's expression suddenly furrowed, and he was in so much pain that he could hardly sit still.
"The crab pinched me."
"Where?" Mingjing snapped out of her daze and looked at Xie Junan. "Break the pliers."
Xie Jun'an, feeling both ashamed and annoyed, pointed to a blue crab on his inner thigh, unsure whether to move or not.
The more he moved, the tighter the crab gripped him, threatening to kill him off at any moment.
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