Chapter 299

Catching with bare hands was too strenuous, and it would run away if he was not careful. He pondered that after going ashore to rest later, he would bring a hand-held net, which would be more convenient.

He didn't think that only one was stuck in a row of ground cages. When he continued to collect later, there would definitely be more stuck. What's more, there was so much cargo on the seabed, he definitely had to go into the water, but now he had to fill the net bag first.

The feeling of catching by himself was different, much more exciting than catching by putting down cages, and more fun. If it weren't underwater, he would definitely be more excited.

However, the small lobster was too active and could jump, which was a bit time-consuming and too physically demanding. His physical strength was limited, and constantly chasing the small lobster was a bit of a loss. He planned to find sea cucumbers first and dig some abalone by the way.

The seabed here was a mud and sand bottom, suitable for sea cucumber survival.

But there were quite a lot of rocks around, large and small, sharp, round, and all kinds of strange shapes. He felt it was because of the earthquake some time ago, so they were scattered everywhere, and even corals were broken and fell on the mud and sand.

And there were large hidden reefs. The fishing net couldn't catch cargo here. Perhaps because of this geographical environment, this place became a sanctuary for small lobsters.

He wandered around carefully, only to see two sea cucumbers crawling on the surface of the mud and sand in front, crawling forward, a bit like a large caterpillar, with extremely slow movement.

It was effortless.

He grabbed the two, but saw that there was actually half a one crawling there in the seaweed cluster in front?

He walked while stuffing the two into the net bag, walked up and took a look. The one crawling here really only had half a body, but it was alive.

Sea cucumber is a bit like an earthworm, with magical regenerative ability. If half is eaten or even cut into three sections, as long as it is not completely eaten, it will self-repair. Generally, it can repair wounds in 2-7 months, and each section will also heal into a complete sea cucumber individual.

This half can be kept for himself to eat. When the time comes, he will hide a few more, act first and report later, otherwise his father will be heartbroken again.

It just so happens that the old lady and Aqing both need to be well-nourished.

He pushed away the surrounding seaweed and found two more.

The number of sea cucumbers here was really quite large. Maybe because it moved slowly, sea cucumbers often stayed in one place and rarely moved, and catching was especially convenient. As long as he saw them, they were his pocket items.

He searched all the way forward, and unknowingly walked to the side of the sunken ship. He was not interested in this fishing boat that had just sunk. It was not an ancient shipwreck, so there were no treasures for him to find. He ignored it directly.

But just at this moment, a stonefish swam out from under the boat, which immediately gave him a big fright.

Just as he was preparing to stay away, the stonefish swam to his front left and then lay motionless on the edge of the reef.

Fortunately, fortunately!

He couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, fortunately he saw it...

There were quite a lot of abalone adsorbed around that reef...

The stonefish is not amazing in appearance, with a body length of only about 30 cm. It likes to hide under the seabed or reef, disguising itself as an inconspicuous stone.

But it is the most poisonous fish in the world, and its protective color blends perfectly with the seabed. It does not actively attack prey, but if someone accidentally steps on it, it will immediately counterattack without hesitation, firing fatal poison outward.

The 12 to 14 sharp needle-like dorsal thorns on its back will easily penetrate the sole of the shoe and pierce into the sole of the foot, causing people to be poisoned quickly and remain in severe pain until death.

Thinking of this, Ye Yaodong shuddered. Fortunately, he saw it in advance, otherwise this fish would easily be ignored, thinking it was a stone and stepping on it casually.

Things in the sea really cannot be touched or touched randomly, unless it is something you know, otherwise you don't know if you can go ashore alive.

After remembering the hidden position of the stonefish, he avoided it and planned to dig a few abalone on the side, fill the net bag and float up, so as not to delay too long, and his father would worry on the top.

Diving so deep for the first time, he still had to go up to report safety first.

He carefully looked at the landing points around, and there were no unknown creatures, so he felt relieved to stand in front of a small reef to land.

This place should be an abalone nest. There were no sea snails on a small reef, only abalone.

He took out a small knife from his pocket, which he prepared just in case his feet were entangled by seaweed.

Aiming the iron sheet at the gap between the abalone and the stone, he stabbed it fiercely...

Then pried it upward to flip the abalone over.

Just after prying for a while, he felt a bit tired and physically exhausted. Moving in the water was too energy-consuming, and he had been down for a long time.

When he felt a bit tired, he decisively gave up the abalone in front of him, put away the tools, swung his fins and swam upward.

He tried his best to avoid some fish swimming around. Not long after, he floated to the water surface. Before he could climb up, he heard his father's voice, which was both anxious and relieved.

"You bastard, just go down to get the ground cage net, and you went for so long. I thought you had an accident, scaring me to death. I was just about to jump down and take a look."

Ye Yaodong took off his goggles and looked at his father, who was only wearing autumn clothes, standing on the side of the ship with an ugly face, glaring at him fiercely, wishing he could pull him up and beat him hard.

He laughed, "Isn't it because I saw too much cargo on the seabed and couldn't bear to leave..."

"Still not rolling up quickly, haven't soaked enough water, right?"

"Coming up."

He climbed up with his hands and feet. After going up, he immediately sat on the deck and gasped.

He thought that after half a year of hard work, his physical strength should not be bad. He took out the watch in the pocket of his jacket next to him. It turned out that only 20 minutes had passed. Plus the time he adapted on the sea surface before, it was not long in the sea.

So weak...

"You say you are such a big person, why are you still so unreliable? Going into the water to find the ground cage, you should come up when you are done. You stayed at the bottom for so long. I pulled up the ground cages, and you didn't appear. Fortunately, I am your father. If it were any random boat worker, they might think you died below and drove the boat back directly..."

Ye's father was so angry that he pointed at him and scolded him, and while talking, he went to the corner to get a stick.

The more he thought about it, the more worried he became, almost shedding tears. This was his own son, thinking that he couldn't give up and had to go into the water to take a look.

"Ah? Dad, why did you take the stick? Is it necessary? Ah... don't hit... let's talk if you have something to say, talk well..." Ye Yaodong hadn't breathed enough, and hadn't taken off his fins, so he used his hands and feet, rolling and crawling to avoid it.

"Talk your mother! The more I think about it, the more angry I get!"

Ye's father held the arm-thick stick and hit it without mercy, directly hitting his firm buttocks.

"Ouch~ really hitting, I still have to go into the water later, the net bag hasn't been collected yet..."

A solid stick made him grin in pain. It was a pity that he was wearing fins, and the rope of the net bag was tied to his waist, and the net bag was still in the sea and hadn't been collected, so he couldn't run.

"Still going down? You still want to go down? I'll beat you to death... such a big person, still making people worry..."

"Hiss~ alright, alright, hit later, hit later..."

After being hit several times in a row, Ye's father stopped.

Ye Yaodong covered his buttocks and took off his fins first. This troublesome thing made him unable to run.

"I didn't mean it. I saw a lot of cargo at the bottom and thought about filling the net bag first within the limited time before coming up."

"Can't you come up after getting the ground cage ready?"

"Isn't this thinking about saving time?"

Ye's father gestured with the stick again, and Ye Yaodong immediately shut his mouth, "Alright, alright, you are my father, whatever you say is what it is, you want to hit, then hit, now let me collect the net bag first..."

He made a surrender gesture with his hands, then grabbed the rope tied to his waist and walked to the side of the ship, pulling the rope hard.

Not long after, with a bang, a net bag full of seafood was pulled onto the boat by Ye Yaodong.

A full net bag, stuffed with lobsters and large abalone, as well as sea cucumbers.

When he came up just now, he felt a bit physically exhausted. Thinking about saving effort, he lengthened the rope tied to his waist, let himself come up first, and then pulled up the seafood placed on the seabed.

Ye's father looked at the full net bag and was pleasantly surprised. Inside were 4 small lobsters, more than ten sea cucumbers, and half a bag of large abalone. Ye Yaodong didn't count how many, anyway, the weight was not light.

"There are so many sea cucumbers below?"

"Now you have nothing to say, right? Know why I couldn't bear to come up?"

Ye's father glared, "You still have reason, coming up first and going down later would also be in time. I'll beat you to death, your skin is itchy after not being beaten for a while."

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes. He was already in his 20s, and his father still wanted to hit him whenever he wanted. It was infuriating, fortunately, no one saw it.

"When did you pull up the ground cages? I was busy looking for sea cucumbers below just now and didn't notice."

"About ten minutes after you went into the water, I watched you for a long time and you didn't come up, so I tried to pull the ground cages and found that they could already be pulled up. Who knew that I waited for a long time but couldn't wait for you, and thought you couldn't come up..."

"Ah, alright, alright... my fault... my fault..." Hearing his father nagging again, he hurriedly changed the subject, "Then how many ground cages were pulled?"

"Just pulled up two, and it got stuck again."

"Wait a moment, I'll rest for a while, and then go down after resting enough. There are quite a lot of small lobsters below. I didn't bring a net bag just now, so it was not easy to catch, and it wasted time and physical strength, so I had to find sea cucumbers and dig abalone."

"Is it safe? Can you see it on the seabed? How deep is it?" Ye's father was a bit worried, almost scared to death just now.

"Be careful, don't touch things you don't know randomly, the basic problem is not big. There may be hidden reefs at the bottom, and it only reached the bottom after ten meters or so. The visibility is okay, and the weather is good today."

"You just came up, why don't you rest for a while more? The ground cages won't be gone if they are placed here. Go collect the longlines first, I'll collect them, you rest, and come over after collecting. Otherwise, you don't know how long you will be delayed later."

"That works too."

It just so happens that during the time of collecting the longlines, rest for a while, and come again later.