Chapter 5
"Brother, which area are we going to?" Ah Gang asked as they walked.
In fact, the harvest from fishing is far less than before. When I was a kid, I could occasionally find some good things, but now the large-scale fishing and large-scale fishing have made the seafood resources in this ocean increasingly scarce.
If you go out to sea, you may be lucky enough to catch some good things.
But if you go to the sea, you can only dig some worthless seafood such as white sand, mussels, spicy snails and scallops.
If you want to make a living, it is possible, but it is absolutely impossible to make a fortune by fishing.
Jiang Chuan responded casually, "Go to the reef on the west coast. I have a hunch that there will be good things there..."
"Yeah!" Ah Gang nodded and said nothing more.
Jiang Chuan smiled. This kid really listens to him.
After walking for about an hour, the two finally saw the reef area.
Jiang Chuan kept scanning around.
"Brother, what are you looking for?" A Gang asked.
Jiang Chuan smiled and said, "Nothing, let's get to work!"
Then the two began to wander around.
Just then, Xiao Qing appeared at Jiang Chuan's feet and happily circled around.
After just one night, Jiang Chuan found that Xiao Qing seemed to have grown a lot.
Yesterday, it was about two kilograms, and today it has increased by at least seven or eight taels.
"Fuck... Can a drop of gold have such a magical effect?
If it is fed a few more times, it will become a crab monster?" While Jiang Chuan was surprised, he was also looking forward to it.
If Xiao Qing is raised into a giant beast in the future, then he can ride Xiao Liudaqing and walk sideways all day long!
"Wow! I'm rich, brother, what a big blue crab..."
The moment he saw Xiao Qing, A Gang was immediately excited.
A dark fat face bloomed with a bright smile like a chrysanthemum.
This big blue crab weighs two or three pounds. The chance of finding such a good thing when going to the sea is getting smaller and smaller.
I didn't expect to come across such a good thing today. I guess it's worth at least one or two hundred yuan! !
As he said that, A Gang was about to step on Xiao Qing.
Jiang Chuan hurriedly stopped him, "A Gang, leave a crab under your feet..."
A Gang looked at Jiang Chuan with a puzzled look, "What's the matter, brother?"
"This blue crab is very, very smart. It's not an ordinary blue crab." Jiang Chuan explained.
"Ah? Not an ordinary blue crab? It seems to be no different from an ordinary blue crab!" A Gang looked puzzled.
Whether you look left or right, up or down, or horizontally or vertically, you feel that this is just an ordinary big blue crab...
It's just a little bigger than the blue crabs you usually encounter.
"Just listen to me. I met this blue crab here yesterday. It seems to have a good relationship with me. It is not afraid of me, but also sticks to me.
It was it that led me to discover those butter crabs yesterday." Although Jiang Chuan did not want to deliberately hide it from A Gang, after all, he is his best brother.
But the matter of the water spirit pearl and the sea beast that can be contracted must not be told to anyone, even the closest people, absolutely cannot be told.
So it can only be said that this blue crab is very smart and the two of them have a good relationship.
A Gang was very surprised, "Is it so magical?"
"Yes, it is so magical!"
Jiang Chuan looked at Xiao Qing and said, "Xiao Qing, did you find any good stuff today?"
After Jiang Chuan's voice fell, Xiao Qing kept waving her crab claws, looking very excited.
After turning around Jiang Chuan for two or three times, it was "Eight Drive Start", and ran towards the farther distance arrogantly.
"A Gang, hurry up..." Jiang Chuan quickly caught up, and then called to A Gang.
Following Xiaoqing, we walked for almost half an hour.
A larger reef area appeared in front of us. When we were ten meters away from the reef area, Jiangchuan saw a large piece of black stuff.
This was obviously not the original color of the reef, but some kind of creature attached to the reef.
Ah Gang sped up, and soon turned around and shouted excitedly to Jiangchuan, "Come quickly, brother, there are a lot of blackheads here!"
Blackheads are what people here call them. Their scientific name is mussels, which are worthless seafood.
The price is about two or three yuan per catty, which can be said to be quite cheap...
Fortunately, there are a lot of them here, black and dense, all over the reef gullies, and it is estimated that there are about a hundred catties.
If you take them all back, you can sell them for a few hundred yuan, which is a big harvest for ordinary sea hunters.
Jiangchuan shook his head, "This is not our goal today."
Perhaps it was because of the harvest yesterday.The reward was too big, so Jiangchuan had no interest in the blackhead in front of him.
And Xiaoqing did not stop, but kept running forward.
Obviously, there must be better things ahead.
A Gang did not ask why, but nodded decisively, "Okay!"
Under Xiaoqing's guidance, the two quickly came to the other side of the reef.
The next second, densely packed barnacles appeared in sight.
"Brother, barnacles, all barnacles, we really made a fortune this time!
No, there are dog claw snails on it, my God, why are there so many dog claw snails." A Gang's face instantly showed incoherent joy.
His bulging belly was shaking with excitement.
Even these ordinary barnacles in the lower area of the reef are priced at about thirty-five per catty.
As for dog claw snails, a catty of better quality can be as high as hundreds or even thousands of top-quality goods.
Look at the densely packed dog claw snails on it, there must be dozens of catties.
"Hiss... It's really a dog-claw snail. Xiaoqing really didn't disappoint me." Jiangchuan was also full of joy.
People on the beach are very familiar with dog-claw snails.
It is also called Buddha's hand snail and gooseneck barnacle. Because of its delicious taste, it is called a delicacy from hell.
The price of the best dog-claw snails starts at at least 1,000 yuan. Even the dog-claw snails of average quality cost 300 to 500 yuan per pound.
The most common barnacles are probably 30 yuan or more!
So this thing is much more expensive than the mussels just now...
In addition to being excited, Agang was puzzled again, "Brother, I came here when I went to the sea some time ago, but I didn't see so many barnacles at that time!
Did this thing grow suddenly?"
Jiangchuan smiled and said, "Who cares, hurry up and pick it! With such a large piece of barnacles, we can make a lot of money..."
After that, the two took out the sand shovel and picked up the barnacles.
Two hours passed unknowingly.
The barnacles on the reef wall are now visibly scarce, and only some of the highest ones cannot be picked off.
The plastic buckets carried by the two people are now full.
"Brother, we have a lot of harvest! We can't get the ones above, so let's forget it?" Ah Gang was already satisfied at this time.
Today's harvest from the sea is definitely the best in recent years.
Two buckets of barnacles, at least 60 to 70 kilograms...
Even if they sell one kilogram for 100 yuan, it is several thousand yuan.
For a family like them who lives in poverty, this money is several months of living expenses.
"Okay, let's stop here today!" Jiang Chuan looked up at the barnacles on the high ground and nodded.
Although the barnacles on the top are of better quality, they are too high. In addition, these reefs wet by sea water are slippery. If they get hurt, it will not be worth it.
"Agang, please sort these barnacles by size and quality first!
I'll go to the bathroom..."
"Okay, brother..."
After Jiang Chuan finished speaking, he took Xiao Qing to a place not far away.
Then he thought about it and extracted a drop of golden liquid to feed Xiao Qing.
Then he gently touched Xiao Qing's head and said gently, "You go first! I think Agang seems to be very interested in you, don't let that kid eat you..."
After hearing Agang, Xiao Qing disappeared in a flash.
After Jiang Chuan passed by, Agang didn't see Xiao Qing, and thought to himself, "Brother, where is the big blue crab? It's so big, we can have a good meal tonight."
After saying that, he didn't forget to swallow his saliva...
Jiang Chuan said unhappily, "Okay, don't think about Xiao Qing, that little thing is so smart, but it's our cash cow!"