"Stop talking nonsense, go check ahead and see if there's any big cargo."
Mingjing ran forward carrying the bucket. Mingliang blinked. He was an old fisherman who had lived by the sea for twenty years. How could he not know as much as a half-baked expert?
He shook his head and followed Mingjing up.
Walking to the shallows ahead, we saw a large group of sea eagles and petrels gathered together, seemingly eating something.
Mingjing stepped forward, and the sea eagles all scattered. From a distance, a pile of white seashells lay on the beach.
"My God, so many moon shells!" Mingliang stood at a distance and saw a dense, vast expanse of them.
Mingjing looked closer and saw that it was a bunch of squid.
"We're rich!" Mingliang ran fast and started catching fish.
How much does this cost now?
Mingliang shook his head. "I don't know, but these things are very hard to catch. Squid come out at night, and those that glow are only found in deep-sea areas."
“Squid is very expensive in the market, more expensive than ordinary octopus and giant octopus. It’s really not easy to see these things on land.”
"Mingjing, you're really lucky. No wonder those people are willing to follow you."
Mingliang continued picking up trash while rambling on, "I think we shouldn't stay in front of our house anymore. We should rent a boat and come here to go beachcombing every day, then no one will bother us."
Mingjing ignored him and buried herself in picking up squid; picking them up was like picking up money.
"Ouch!" Mingliang suddenly cried out, clutching his butt. "That damn sea eagle pecked my butt."
"Then you bend over and draw their fire, I'll pick it up faster."
Mingjing's hand speed increased as she regretted not bringing Mingyue along; otherwise, the three of them would have been even faster.
"Mingjing, how come there are so many squid?" Mingliang asked, sticking his butt out in confusion, without pausing his work.
Suddenly.
A huge golden tail appeared on the sea surface, slapping the water. Mingjing looked up and saw it.
"Hey, what's that?" Mingliang shouted, pointing at something swimming on the surface of the sea. "A mermaid?"
Mingjing saw the mermaid leap out of the sea; it was the same mermaid who had saved her.
Could it be that she delivered the sales figures?
If a mermaid could live like this every day, wouldn't she be able to become the Queen of the Sea and own the entire ocean?
Bright rubbed his eyes in disbelief and looked at the sea again, but there was nothing there.
"You, you see that? A mermaid!" Brightly pointed excitedly at the sea.
Mingjing chuckled, "No, you're mistaken. That's a shark. It must be a shark chasing a school of squid. These squid were caught up by it. Hurry up and pick them up."
She stood up and shouted in the direction of the mermaid, "Thank you! I'll bring you some manta rays next time!"
Stingrays are underwater currency; mermaids would probably like that.
Not far away, the mermaid seemed to have heard something and slapped her tail against the sea, creating waves.
"A shark?" Mingliang rubbed his eyes, wondering if he was seeing things, but when he looked at the sea again, he didn't see anything.
"Hurry up and pick up the things, don't let Haiying get away with it," Mingjing urged.
Mingliang looked down at Mingjing's wooden bucket, which was already half full, while he had only filled it a little bit.
"It's all the sea eagle's fault, it keeps pecking at my butt. I used to have one prick, but now I don't know how many," Mingliang muttered, complaining.
Mingjing Yizheng didn't feel embarrassed at all and retorted, "You should let the sea eagle peck a few more holes in your heart. What's the use of having holes in your butt? It's crooked."
"Mingjing, why do you always make fun of me?"
“He is, a simpleton, hurry up and finish,” Mingjing said with a smile as he continued picking up the trash.
After working for a while, the bucket was full, so they simply poured the contents into a snakeskin bag.
Squid die when exposed to light, and they don't live long once they're on land. You don't have to worry about them being crushed to death if you put them in a snakeskin bag.
Soon, all the squid on the shore were picked clean, filling an entire sack. Of course, the sea eagles also ate some.
It seemed that the sea eagles were angry that they had taken the squid. Several of them circled in the sky for a long time before a shower of bird droppings fell on the two of them.
"You damn bird! If I didn't have a slingshot, I would have shot you down and roasted you!" Mingliang dodged and ran away.
The more it dodged, the fiercer the sea eagle attacked, chasing and pecking at Mingliang.
"Pah! It has diarrhea!" Mingliang opened his mouth to curse, but a clump of bird droppings landed in his mouth.
Mingjing burst into laughter, and a lump fell on his head.
The two quickly ran to the beach to wash their faces.
After washing, Mingliang tied the snakeskin bag shut and put it into the seawater. Squid will die if they are out of water and will smell bad very quickly, so he could only keep them in the water to keep them fresh.
"Going back now or what?"
Mingliang didn't know what was wrong with him. Even though he was the eldest brother, he acted like the younger brother in front of Mingjing, with no say at all. He couldn't be the boss.
"It's still early, let's look ahead."
Last time Mingjing came, she was too busy to take a good look around, so she'll have to make sure she sees everything properly today.
The island is surrounded by coconut groves and other evergreen trees, so there should be coconut crabs there, but it's difficult to find them now. The sides are rocky mudflats and shallow waters.
"Mingjing, do you think there are any wild boars or anything like that on this island? Wild boar meat sounds pretty delicious," Mingliang smacked his lips.
"I don't know. Even if it were there, you couldn't beat it. Go ahead and take a look."
Mingjing walked to the shallows ahead, but stepped into a mud pit and couldn't pull her foot out.
"There's a mudflat here?" Mingjing struggled to pull her foot out.
“There are a lot of mud snails here.” Mingliang immediately noticed many small mud snails nestled on the mudflats, some even covering the entire rock.
"Mud snails are worth a lot of money, hurry up and pick them up."
Mingjing bent down to pick up mud snails. Although these things don't make as much money as squid, picking up a few hundred kilograms can still be worth a few hundred yuan. Who doesn't like money?
Because she knew she would get stuck in the mud, Mingjing simply took off her shoes, tied the two shoelaces together and hung them around her neck, then put her feet in the mud.
Surprisingly, it was quite comfortable.
“There are too many. This place is full of mud snails and a lot of sand worms. They’re not worth much,” Mingliang muttered, mimicking Mingjing, with his shoes hanging around his neck.
"That's not necessarily true. There are still quite a few fish and shrimp in these mudflats. Take a closer look," Mingjing said, watching the mud snails intently on the mudflats.
After searching for a long time, she was somewhat disappointed.
Mingjing felt that the luck of the iron cage could only be used on the iron cage.
Unwilling to give up, she changed direction and headed towards the sea.
A moment later, Mingliang noticed something moving in the mud not far away; it wasn't very big.
What is that?
Mingjing rushed over upon hearing the sound, squinting her eyes, "It sounds like a fish."
"Let's go take a look." Mingjing took out the anti-slip gear she had bought last time and prepared to catch fish.
The soil beneath his feet became even softer, and Mingjing left a footprint with each step. He walked forward, quickly bent down, reached out, and used his five fingers to hold the slippery, long thing, rinsing it in the water.
Mudskipper?
She stared at the small fish in her hand with suspicion, but after seeing its appearance clearly, she couldn't help but exclaim, "A sea catfish!"
"There are sea catfish here!" Mingliang excitedly circled around, her voice trembling with excitement. "Check around to see if there are any more. Mingjing, be careful, these things are very poisonous. One prick can keep you up for days."
Mingjing pinched the hard spines of the sea catfish and examined it. It was not large, with black scales on its back, a long and thin tail, long dorsal and fins with long spines, and two thicker barbels.
They specialize in eating sandworms, mudworms, small fish and shrimp. The price of catfish in the market is not low, and the one she was holding was too small, so Mingjing threw it back into the sea.
How much does sea catfish cost per pound?
"It seems to be thirty yuan per jin, and it would be even better if they were big."
A large sea catfish weighs at least two pounds, and that one is over sixty pounds. Mingjing perked up when he heard this and started digging around in the mud.
Perhaps her luck today lies with the sea catfish.
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