192: Wild plum ginseng, black golden abalone

This coral reef island was not large. Many seabirds inhabited it, such as the not-so-common Red-footed Booby, Frigatebird, and Rufous Treepia.

There were even globally endangered birds like the Scarlet Ibis and Chinese Egret. They didn't seem to be afraid of Humans.

Seeing Chen Xiangbei walk ashore, they opened their mouths and made all sorts of sounds, as if they were guarding their territory.

Chen Xiangbei didn't deliberately get close to them. After all, they were rare birds that could lead to legal trouble, and he didn't want to provoke them.

He walked along the periphery of the coral reef island. The sunlight shone on the sea surface, reflecting a colorful radiance.

Suddenly, when he reached the shaded side of the island, Chen Xiangbei spotted a huge sea cucumber through the water!

He quickly rushed underwater and caught it. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a Flower Sea Cucumber, which has extremely high nutritional value! This was a great tonic!

Flower Sea Cucumbers are extremely popular in the market because they can hardly be mass-produced through farming, so their price has always remained high.

The general market price is 800-1500 yuan per jin, and the price can double when the market supply is scarce.

Chen Xiangbei looked at the Flower Sea Cucumber in his hand and had a plan in mind. Because sea cucumbers generally live in clusters, finding one meant there might be an entire colony nearby!

He took out a small mesh net bag from his space, put the Flower Sea Cucumber in it, tied the net bag to his waist, and then returned to the sea.

As he gradually dove down along the coral reef, he indeed found a large group of sea cucumbers, and they were all precious Flower Sea Cucumbers!

He quickly moved around near the coral reef, picking up sea cucumbers one by one.

Since the sea cucumbers were quite large, he had to put them on the fishing boat when the bag was full, and then return to continue picking.

The number of this group of Flower Sea Cucumbers was really too large; one person couldn't quite pick them all. In an hour, he had already made three round trips.

Each bag could hold thirty to forty jin; any more wouldn't fit. Three trips meant three bags, totaling over a hundred jin.

Chen Xiangbei happily picked up the sea cucumbers. Although the speed was a bit slow, it didn't affect his mood about the harvest; this was all money!

Each one he picked was money earned. These Flower Sea Cucumbers were about two jin each, or slightly more. After removing water and innards, they still weighed over one jin, equivalent to several hundred or even a thousand yuan each.

After two more round trips of picking, this group of valuable sea cucumbers was finally cleared by him.

Chen Xiangbei put them all in the live water tank to keep them alive. Except for a few that had strong stress reactions and had already returned to their 'homeland' (died), the others were still fine.

Chen Xiangbei, in a good mood, waved goodbye to the seabirds on the coral reef island and sailed away. He planned to check the nearby islands to see if there were any more sea cucumbers to pick.

However, his luck seemed to have run out. He didn't find any seafood on two consecutive islands, but he did pick up a few Little Green Dragons.

He started the boat again and headed towards the next relatively large coral reef island, hoping to find something good there.

Ten minutes later, Chen Xiangbei arrived near the largest coral reef island in this group of coral reef islands.

He parked the fishing boat in a safe area and jumped into the sea alone, swimming towards the island.

When he arrived on the island, he found that it wasn't entirely formed by coral reefs; there were also some large stones. This should be a large coral reef island formed by the combination of both.

This island also had a rich variety of birds, as well as some creatures he had never seen before. However, these creatures posed no threat to him.

Chen Xiangbei walked along the shore, stepping on large stones as he went.

Suddenly, with his sharp eyes, he spotted something black and round attached to the bottom of a large stone by the sea. This thing looked very unique, and its color was almost the same as the stone.

If one didn't look carefully, they wouldn't notice anything unusual. It was only because Chen Xiangbei's eyesight and ability to capture both dynamic and static objects were very strong that he could discover its existence immediately.

He took out a small knife and scraped the thing off the stone. However, just as the knife touched this black and round thing, it actually moved, giving Chen Xiangbei a fright!

After calming himself down, he took a closer look and found that it was a black gold abalone!

black gold abalone contains rich nutritional value. It is rich in a large amount of protein, providing the body with the necessary amino acids, which are an important foundation for maintaining life activities.

Its fat content is relatively low, which is more in line with the needs of a healthy diet.

At the same time, black gold abalone is also rich in minerals such as calcium, iron, and zinc, which play a key role in bone health, blood circulation, and the normal functioning of the immune System.

In addition, it also contains a variety of vitamins, such as vitamins A, B group, etc., which help protect vision, promote metabolism, and enhance immunity.

Eating black gold abalone not only allows you to enjoy its delicious taste but also brings many benefits to the body, making it a high-quality source of nutrition.

black gold abalone is very expensive. A single black gold abalone can often sell for seven or eight hundred yuan. The main reason is that mature black gold abalone are usually 'one-head' abalone.

The 'head count' of abalone indicates the size and grade of the abalone.

'Head' is a unit of measurement for abalone, referring to the number of abalone in one sima jin (about 600 grams).

For example, '3-head abalone' means there are 3 abalone in one sima jin, while '5-head abalone' means there are 5 abalone in one sima jin.

Generally speaking, the fewer the heads, the larger the abalone, and the relatively higher the price.

Chen Xiangbei looked at the several black gold abalone attached to this large stone, and then looked at the nearby stones that were also "grown" full of abalone. The unconcealable joy on his face was fully displayed.

He quickly took out two net bags, hung them on both sides of his waist respectively, and then used a small knife to remove the abalone attached to the stones one by one and put them into the net bags.

There were many stones on this tidal flat, and almost every stone had black gold abalone attached to it.

For maximizing profit and sustainable development, Chen Xiangbei only collected the mature one-head abalone. He let those with two, three, or more heads grow a little longer.

When he had time, he would come back and collect them again, maximizing the 'wool-shearing'!

Before long, both net bags were full, weighing about seventy to eighty jin. This was just the haul from a few stones.

There was still a large area of stones nearby waiting for him to collect from. So, he quickly returned to the boat and properly stored the abalone.

Since abalone have very strong vitality, he wasn't worried about them dying halfway. They could survive for a while just by being put into a live water tank.

Then he quickly returned to the island and continued to pry off abalone.

"Eighty... eighty... eighty!"

"Oh no, it should be eight hundred... eight hundred... eight hundred!"

Each one he pried off brought in several hundred yuan. Even heaven couldn't be this happy!