158: Go to the sea again

Looking at the pile of shrimp meat and conch meat in front of Uncle, Yang Qi showed a hint of envy, secretly thinking, “This old bachelor’s spring has come!”

Bai Xue looked at his expression, found it amusing, and quickly picked a piece of conch meat for him, placing it in his bowl.

Yang Qi also found it funny, but thought to himself, “What’s going on? Was my envy so obvious just now? Even Xiao Xue noticed it!”

Soon, lunch ended. Bai Dahai and Yang Dad, Yang Limin, went to buy equipment for the fishing boats. Yang Qi thought about it and drove his minivan to follow them, feeling that the setting sail also needed to replenish some tools.

He planned to take over the Endless Island recently.

They bought 100 new Crab traps, and a portion of small items like entrenching tools, abalone knives, and net bags. Most importantly, he bought two sets of professional diving suits, oxygen tanks, an oxygen pump, and other complete supporting facilities. It cost over 80,000 yuan in total.

The harvest also added a lot of Crab traps, gillnets, and longline fishing gear. Following Yang Qi’s advice, they also bought a survival boat, which they could use to enter the reef clusters to set Crab traps and gillnets.

By the time they bought everything and returned to the dock, the refueling truck that Bai Xue had contacted had already arrived and was almost finished refueling.

Everyone, wearing raincoats, quickly helped unload the equipment onto the two boats. They say Women can hold up half the sky, and it was true. With the addition of all the Women comrades, Zheng Tie, and Bai Lang, the items were quickly loaded onto the deck and tied down one by one.

Seeing that the setting sail alone spent over 30,000 yuan on fuel, and the harvest spent around 20,000, Zheng Tie and Chen Lanxin were both dumbfounded.

“The expenses are too high, and that’s not even counting labor costs yet?”

“It’s fine,” Bai Xue replied from the side, with a sense of pride. “Who told Yang Qi to be so good at finding fish? With his guidance, fishing will still be easy.”

Yang Qi also took Uncle to find Zhang Fei, and also had Uncle take the boat driver’s license test, arranging him into Yang Dad’s group to study gradually!

With the serious business done, next was the clam digging time they had discussed in the morning. In the afternoon, Chen Lanxin joined them; it seemed this girl and Uncle had hit it off.

Yang Qi was also happy for Uncle; he hoped Uncle could find a partner soon.

This time, with more time, the group made more preparations, driving both the tricycle and the minivan, and bringing many more snakeskin bags.

Due to the special circumstances of Uncle and Chen Lanxin, everyone hoped they would have more alone time. So, they were paired up and rode in Yang Qi and Bai Xue’s minivan.

Yang Limin and his wife, and Bai Dahai and his wife, formed a group with Bai Lang, driving the tricycle and several two-wheeled electric bikes.

The group set off in a grand procession towards a more distant coastline. Along the way, they encountered some clam diggers, estimating that the afternoon’s harvest would definitely be less than what they got at dawn.

However, this also depended on luck. What if the place they went to had fewer people? Besides, although the wind had lessened considerably, it was still raining, and some people might not have thought of going clam digging yet.

Bai Dahai’s group arrived at a predetermined location and descended the seawall. This place also looked like a sandy beach.

Yang Qi and his group drove the minivan another five kilometers. Yang Qi stood on the seawall and used his ability to survey the area, feeling it was quite good.

So, the four of them grabbed their equipment, split into two groups, and started clam digging, separating to the left and right.

This area was a combination of mudflats and rocky beaches. Yang Qi first spotted a five-liang (approx. 175g) swimming Crab.

He quickly stepped forward, used a clamp to pull it out of a rock crevice, gently stepped on the Crab’s back with his foot, and in a few swift motions, tied it up with a rope and tossed it into a snakeskin bag.

Just as he straightened up, he saw Bai Xue also tying up a Crab, a Green Crab, weighing about a pound. Yang Qi shook his head; Bai Xue’s luck was always better than his, there was nothing he could do.

“I should just use my ability. Time is tight and the task is heavy. The joy of opening blind boxes can’t compare to the happiness of a good harvest.”

Yang Qi had originally wanted to avoid using his Golden Finger to experience the fun of opening blind boxes, but seeing Bai Xue continuously find several Crabs while he was practically blind, he gave up.

Sure enough, once he activated his ability, the surrounding seafood had nowhere to hide. Crabs hiding in rock crevices, stranded or nearby Sea Fish, conchs, and other creatures all appeared in his vision.

Yang Qi immediately entered “stocking up” mode, ignoring anything too small or worthless. As before, he worked in the slightly deeper water, while Bai Xue stayed closer to the shore.

Like bulldozers, the two of them picked their way through the area.

“Oh my, this fish is quite big, about seven or eight jin (approx. 3.5-4 kg), but unfortunately, it’s been dead for too long and can’t be eaten.”

Yang Qi picked up a Grouper, flipped its gills to check, and saw they were somewhat pale. He shook his head regretfully.

“Hmm, there’s a big Sea Eel hiding under this rock! Come out, won’t you?”

Yang Qi discovered a five or six jin (approx. 2.5-3 kg) Sea Eel curled up in a rock crevice. Afraid of being bitten, he didn’t dare to use his hand, so he could only use a clamp to pull it out little by little.

The Sea Eel, just under a meter long, had a front half as thick as his arm, and its gaping maw was filled with rows of fine teeth, looking somewhat terrifying.

“Yang Qi, come quick, there’s good stuff here.”

Yang Qi had just put the Sea Eel into the bag when he heard Bai Xue calling him from not far away.

Yang Qi hurried over to see that it was a school of Blackfish, and several Porgy, hiding in the corner between two large rocks, very concealed.

It was only when Bai Xue passed by this area and these fish, startled, darted around, making sounds, that Bai Xue noticed them.

The terrain here was higher on the outside and lower in the inner corner. It was likely that the fish swam in, and when the tide receded, they hid in the deeper water of the corner to forage. By the time they realized the problem, there was no water outside, and they couldn’t get out.

Yang Qi put on gloves and, holding a short-handled scoop net, began to catch fish by hand. In fact, there was still a good amount of water, about thirty to forty centimeters deep at its deepest point.

Only the largest few fish had their dorsal fins slightly exposed; the other smaller fish were still completely in the water, making them difficult to catch.

Soon, Yang Qi scooped up the larger Blackfish. The smaller ones were harder to scoop, but he had a method: he stirred up the water, and when the fish moved, they would be revealed.

He quickly caught seven or eight more Blackfish and Porgy. As he bent down, he also found two large Green Crabs hiding under the rocks, with a Porgy clamped in their claws, eating it!

Hehehe, an unexpected bonus!

He put all the live fish into his first 38-liter fishing box, which he had bought for fishing before. It was smaller and easier to carry.

“Keep going, keep going!”

The two continued to search for seafood. “Oh, I see Sea Cucumbers! And they’re a good size.”

Yang Qi said happily, quickly taking a few steps forward, bending down, and picking up the two three-to-four-liang (approx. 105-140g) Sea Cucumbers.

There were also two Orchid Crabs nearby. Luckily, they were discovered early, otherwise, they might have been eaten by the Crabs later… PS: Please help with the data, fellow readers! Thank you all!

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