Chapter 62: Greater amberjack

The sun was shining at noon, and the typhoon the night before seemed like a dream. Just walking from home to the beach, Ye Yaodong was already sweating profusely.

Think about it, typhoon weather is still cool, it would be better if the house didn't leak.

The dazzling sunlight forced him to squint his eyes. "Oh~ there are quite a lot of people on the beach."

"After the typhoon, the tide receded again, everyone knows to come out to try their luck, plus you ran out to pick up a grouper during the typhoon the day before yesterday, it spread all over the village, today isn't there a lot of people?" Ye Fu frowned and said.

"Then are we still going down?"

"Since we are here, let's go down and see."

Most of the beach are a group of women and children carrying buckets, and young people with nothing to do. When they meet acquaintances, everyone greets each other.

"Have you eaten?"

"You guys are here too?"

"What did you pick up?"

Mm...... these are all these words......

Ye Yaodong didn't even stop his footsteps, pulled Lin Xiuqing to break away from the troops, and went straight to the reef area, which was the area where big goods were found the day before yesterday. Let others pick up the small fish, shrimp, and clams on the beach.

"Father, Mother, don't run, wait for us......"

Ye Yaodong: This idiot!

He didn't even look back, what are they waiting for?

The tide is just receding, not yet receding below the reef. After they ran halfway, they could only walk slowly with the tide.

Ye Yaodong saw a big bass rolling with the waves ahead, quickly let go of Lin Xiuqing's hand, took off his rain boots, carried the bucket and rushed straight into the sea.

Lin Xiuqing didn't see it, didn't know why he suddenly rushed into the sea, and quickly shouted: "What are you doing? The waves will hit again in a while."

"You wait there, don't move."

Ye Yaodong walked until the seawater was at his waist before stopping, looking for where the bass was just now. The sea waves were rolling there, almost making him float.

Just as a wave rolled up, he saw the bass again, just one meter to his right front. He quickly moved forward and aimed with the bucket to scoop it, but the fish was too big, there was too much seawater, and it jumped out again as soon as he scooped it.

He chased after it with the bucket, and just as the seawater floated, it swam in by itself......

Ye Yaodong held the water bucket high over his shoulder, and then quickly walked to the shore. Waves hit one after another, and he was wet from head to toe, only feeling very refreshing.

Lin Xiuqing greeted him. "Why did you run into the sea to catch it? So dangerous......"

"It's fine, I can swim, not afraid, and it didn't go far, it won't drown me," he showed her the bucket again. "Big bass, four or five jin, worth a few yuan."

"Mm, be careful."

"Ah~ there's a big snail~"

The tide floated and pushed a snail to their feet. Lin Xiuqing picked it up happily. "Didn't expect that there would be a snail delivered to the door even if I stood still, there is meat inside, not empty. This is a conch, right?"

"Mm!"

"Do you want to smash it open and see?"

Ye Yaodong laughed loudly. "Thought there was a treasure again?"

Lin Xiuqing glared at him. "It's so big!"

"This conch doesn't have it, let's take it to sell for money!"

"No, then no." She was not disappointed either. It was already a miracle to have a Melo pearl, and it was not bad to pick up a big conch for nothing.

The couple followed the tide and walked forward. They didn't pick up much other seafood, but they picked up almost a bucket of clams.

Ye Yaodong took out the sack in his pocket and shook it. "Pour it in!"

Lin Xiuqing couldn't help laughing. "Why do you bring a sack every time?"

"I had expected this, don't bring a sack and see what you use to hold the goods later."

Actually, he was taught a lesson by the isolated island trip a few days ago. Anyway, as long as he comes out, regardless of whether it is useful or not, he brings a sack in his pocket.

"There are so many people on the beach, we should have enough with two buckets."

"Where is enough, the bucket in my hand is holding bass, the bucket in your hand is holding clams, if you encounter other goods, see what you use to hold it?"

"Okay, you

The two of them followed the tide as it went out, picking up whatever they found, turning nothing away. It wasn't until the tide had almost receded to the reef area that Ye Yaodong discovered his second brother and sister-in-law had also followed them over.

"What have you all picked up? Why are you even carrying a sack to hold it?" Ye Ersao curiously stretched her neck to peek at their bucket and sack. "Ah, what a big sea bass."

The clams in the sack were nothing rare; the whole beach was full of them. They had already picked up nearly a bucketful, and the others had also gathered quite a lot.

Lin Xiuqing said with a smile, "Just a moment ago, before the tide had receded this far, Dongzi saw a sea bass and rushed into the sea to scoop it up."

"Heh heh, Yaodong has really looked a lot more diligent lately. A prodigal son has returned, hasn't he?"

Ye Yaodong didn't bother to answer her and went his own way toward the nearby reef area. There were people coming from not far away, so he had to take a quick look around first.

Lin Xiuqing gave an awkward laugh and hurriedly followed.

Seeing Ye Yaodong bend down to grab two blue crabs, their eyes lit up. Not wanting to fall behind, they trotted over.

"You caught two more blue crabs just like that? Ahua, let's hurry and look too." Ye Ersao was incredibly envious. Between the big sea bass and the big blue crabs, they hadn't caught anything valuable yet.

Ye Yaohua chuckled foolishly and started looking around as well. Before long, he caught one too. Although it wasn't as big as the two Ye Yaodong had just caught, Ye Ersao's face blossomed with a smile; as long as there was a harvest, it was fine.

"Adong, Adong, hurry over..." Lin Xiuqing suddenly shouted excitedly at this moment. "What kind of fish is this? It's so big, and it's still moving!"

Hearing her excitement and mention of something "so big," Ye Yaodong hurried over, not even bothering to pick up the stone crab he had just spotted.

"This? Is this a yellowtail amberjack? Right?"

He looked at it, feeling a bit uncertain. After all, the ocean was vast, and he didn't recognize every single fish; besides, some fish looked very similar. He felt it looked somewhat like the yellowtail amberjack he had seen before.

"How would I know? You're asking me, so who should I ask?"

The back was blue-gray to olive, the underside was silvery-white to pale brown, and there was a yellow longitudinal stripe along the side of the body. It must be a yellowtail amberjack!

There are many of these fish in the straits around Wanwan, but this one is a bit large.

"This should be a yellowtail amberjack! Ahua, come over and take a look!"

Ye Yaohua and the others heard Lin Xiuqing's voice just now and were also very curious. He walked over, took a look, and said with some uncertainty, "This fish looks like a yellowtail amberjack. I think I saw one when I was moving cargo at the Yujing pier."

"This... this fish must be over a meter long, right? It looks like it weighs over a hundred jin?" Ye Ersao was filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred. How did all the good luck fall upon them?

"Can this fish sell for a lot of money?"

Ye Ersao asked what was on her mind.

"We'll have to catch it and ask to know how much it sells for. I've heard there are many in the waters around Wanwan, and the people in Japan also really like this fish; they use it to make sashimi!"

In Japan, this is a type of fish as famous as salmon.