"You're fishing so late. It might rain heavily today, so be careful."
"Understood, Uncle Wang."
Old Wang turned around, took down two oversized fishhooks hanging behind him, placed them on the table, and said seriously, "Ten yuan for two big fishhooks!"
"I'll take it and use it first. I'll sell it to you for money tomorrow if I catch a big catch. If not, you can come to my house to get it."
Mingjing accepted the fishhook with a forced smile. She had no money and could only buy on credit. She had to ship a large quantity today, or she would lose all face.
Old Wang's eyebrows were uneven, indicating he didn't want to agree.
Old Wang is sixty years old this year. He has lived on the island his whole life. After his wife passed away, he was unwilling to leave the fishing village, so his son funded him to open a small shop.
Life was uneventful, and he didn't make any money, but at least he had something to do, so Old Wang wasn't lonely.
"It's settled then. I'm leaving. I'll pay you tomorrow!" Mingjing said, turning and walking away with the fishhook in hand.
Old Wang was about to speak when he thought again that Ming Dahai was an honest man, and if all else failed, he would go to Ming's house to ask for money. It was windy outside, and his old leg was too cold to move.
When Mingjing arrived at the beach from earlier that day, the seawater had already submerged the rocks and was very high. The lighthouse in the distance was shining with a dim yellow light.
The sea breeze was much stronger than during the day, creating a dark, oppressive atmosphere that blurred the distinction between sky and earth.
A flashlight won't work if you don't put it in the sea with water. These days there are no waterproof lights, and I don't know if my eyes can even see.
Mingjing bit the flashlight, untied the hemp rope on her body, threaded the two ends onto two oversized fishhooks and tied a knot, tied the green fishing net around her waist, and took out the harpoon from her spatial storage.
He threw the flashlight on the shore and plunged into the sea.
The reef that was there during the day is now more than a meter deep. Mingjing, holding a harpoon, transforms into the Sea King and swims into the depths.
Fortunately, she could see very clearly, just like during the day, and the colors were even more beautiful than during the day.
Mingjing was swimming in the sea when she occasionally encountered a squid the size of her palm, and she reached out and touched it.
puff!
The squid sprayed out a stream of black ink and burrowed into the nearby coral reef.
Various corals sway left and right under the force of the seawater, and all kinds of fish swim among the coral reefs.
Mingjing had no interest in appreciating the beautiful scenery. He looked down at the white sand on the seabed and soon became overjoyed.
A crab lying on the sand had half its body exposed. It was entirely red, and Mingjing recognized it as a flower crab at a glance. He reached out, picked it up, and examined it.
Skinny, no meat on his bones, smaller than the palm of my hand, he looks like a minor.
Mingjing released the flower crab.
This coral reef is very large, and she circled around it.
Huh?
She could clearly see fish hiding in the coral reef. She picked up the harpoon, reached out and poked the fish in the abdomen.
It was a fairly large sea bream, brightly colored, and probably weighed about a pound. After taking the sea bream off the surface, Mingjing was delighted.
My luck has improved since I got new gear.
Mingjing looked up and spotted another sea bream, even bigger than the last one, with blue spots all over its body. It was stuck in a crevice in the rocks and didn't even need a harpoon.
She reached out and grabbed one, quickly stuffing it into the fishing net; it felt amazing.
Just as she was getting excited, a turbot slowly walked past her.
She picked up the harpoon, stabbed it hard, and then pulled it into the fishing net.
A line of large red text appeared on the screen in front of him: [Congratulations, host, for catching a turbot! Your lucky streak has begun!]
Mingjing was excited again.
After catching several sea bream on the coral reef, she gradually became unsatisfied and wanted to take a look at the other side of the reef.
She was stunned when she arrived.
Under the rock was a large yellow croaker, about the length of an arm.
If they weren't underwater, Mingjing would have burst out laughing.
We've struck it rich!
It's important to know that wild large yellow croaker holds a similar place in the hearts of fishermen as king crab.
Mingjing extended the fishhook, bent down, and inserted the hook under the rock. With a gentle stab, he caught a large yellow croaker, its skin yellow and about the length of his forearm.
She estimated it weighed about two pounds and put it into the fishing net.
Mingjing grinned, showing his big teeth, and looked up to see another large yellow croaker.
This one is a little smaller than the previous one, but it still weighs two pounds.
While catching the large yellow croaker, she was thinking about how to cook it. A large yellow croaker feast—how many points, how much equipment, how much luck would that require?
On second thought, paying back the money was more important. Thirty thousand yuan was no small sum, and paying it back was the priority now.
She hummed a song in her heart: "I am the king of fish catching, I am good at catching fish, I will catch all the big yellow croakers here."
After catching one, Mingjing turned around to go elsewhere, but when she looked up, she froze.
The entire coral reef in front of us was teeming with large yellow croakers, each about the length of a forearm, numbering in the dozens.
Good heavens!
She's stirred up a hornet's nest.
"Catch big yellow croakers, catch a few, catch fourteen, catch, catch, catch..."
I keep it all in my heart, and I'll keep stabbing fish in the mirror until my hands are sore.
The large yellow croaker hid in the cracks of the rocks, its eyes closed, motionless, letting Mingjing catch it in the net.
After an unknown amount of time, all the large yellow croakers were finally hauled into the net.
There were a few palm-sized creatures left, but she didn't want them and turned to leave.
The large yellow croaker floated in the net, and Mingjing didn't feel its weight, so she continued walking forward.
The fishing net was half full, still far from 30,000 yuan. Mingjing's feet were on the soft sand on the seabed, like stepping on a ball of cotton.
Turning around, Mingjing went to another coral reef. The coral here was not as bright as the previous one, and was mostly white. There was a lot of seaweed growing next to it, dancing with the direction of the seawater.
Mingjing parted the seaweed and spotted two wild giant eels hidden in a crevice in the rocks, each thicker than an arm.
Oh my god!
At this moment, even Mingjing couldn't help but clap his hands and cheer, "Good riddance! Good riddance!"
If she could live like this every day, how far would she be from becoming a millionaire?
Mingjing speared a pearl fish, broke the spear, conjured scissors, cut the pearl fish in half, hung it on two huge fishhooks, and let the rope dangle in front of two moray eels.
After fishing for a few minutes, a moray eel slowly poked its head out and bit the hook. The moray eel was very strong; it held on tightly and pulled the hook into the hole with all its might.
Mingjing almost lost her grip; the rope wrapped around her hands several times, and she braced herself against a large rock beside her, gritting her teeth to hold on.
After a stalemate of seven or eight minutes, Mingjing pulled hard and pulled the eel out. Its body, as thick as an arm, writhed in the seawater, its entire body covered in blue spots.
It was extremely ugly, about a meter long, all fleshy, and looked to weigh more than ten kilograms.
Mingjing breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed the eel and threw it into the fishing net, spun the harpoon, which turned into scissors to cut the rope, and then went to fish for another one.
Unfortunately, after waiting for more than ten minutes, the eel still didn't take the bait. Mingjing could clearly feel the strong ripples in the seabed, and large raindrops were pelting down from above.
Mingjing looked up and glanced upwards, then looked down again as the giant eel swam away quickly.
The system has started a countdown: [Countdown: 3, 2, 1, your lucky moment is over!]
Mingjing felt a pang of regret but continued her search on the seabed.
Strangely, after her lucky moment ended, her luck deflated like a punctured balloon, and not a single scallop could be seen.
Looking up, he saw the system's comforting message: "The lucky moment is when the host's luck is concentrated. After it ends, the host's luck will be slightly worse, but it will recover in 48 hours. The host doesn't need to worry."
Damn, it turns out it's a prepayment for luck! She thought it was free.
Mingjing sighed inwardly. It seemed that she still had to rely on cooking delicious food and unlocking new equipment to earn points. Paying in advance for luck was okay occasionally, but using it too often would definitely lead to bad luck.
She won't be able to catch anything in this area of the sea anymore.
Mingjing put away his tools and struggled upstream.
Perhaps her luck had run out, but swimming in the mirror was particularly difficult, and she didn't know how long it took before she saw the shore.
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