A stunning mermaid dressed in the 1980s, the whole family lined up to pamper her endlessly.

Chapter 149 Tridacna
Although there aren't many fish in this area, there are still quite a few.

Yun Xiaowu soon caught a fish weighing about five pounds.

Although it's not a rare fish species, it has a lot of meat.

It's fine if we don't sell them but eat them ourselves.

"I want to go fishing too."

"It's my turn, it's my turn."

Everyone was eager to go fishing, and even Grandpa Yun was envious.

Just watching these fish being caught makes me feel good.

Therefore, going out to sea yields much more than beachcombing.

"Look, little sister, I caught such a beautiful fish."

Yun Xiaojiu pointed to the ribbonfish that his second brother had scooped up with a net. "This fish is quite strong; it almost dragged me into the sea!"

This ribbonfish was much bigger than the ones that had washed ashore before. Its whole body was shimmering silver, as if it were glowing. It was really beautiful, but it also died very quickly.

It died shortly after being caught, and the silver light on its body dimmed.

Yun Xiaojiu: "Ah... I've become ugly."

Yun Chenxi comforted him, "That's how ribbonfish are."

"Hey, I've taken the bait too."

The old man didn't try to snatch the fishing rod from his grandsons; instead, he used the bamboo fishing rod he had made before to fish on the boat.

He played the fish that had taken the bait for a while, and finally skillfully pulled it up.

"Sea bass."

Not bad, this fish tastes pretty good.

"The tide is out."

As the tide receded over the island, most of it was exposed.

"Quick, let's get ashore."

After mooring the boat, everyone, wearing rubber boots, went ashore.

"There are so many snails on these rocks, and they're huge!"

For Shen Yunlian and Wang Mei, who often go beachcombing, the various snails on those reefs were already quite plentiful.

They grabbed their tools and couldn't wait to start catching snails.

Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding...

These are the sounds of snails falling into the bucket.

"The oysters here are huge."

Yun Linhai: "Forget about the oysters for now, let's go to the oysters. We haven't gotten the oysters we promised to feed the killer whale and the whale shark yet."

Yunlinhe added, "Yes, we packed a lot of oysters yesterday, but we didn't bring them back."

Yesterday I was only focused on that bluefin tuna.

"So you're going to have to shuck oysters on the island?"

"Yes, drive more."

Oysters are cheap, and people don't mind feeding them to orcas and whale sharks.

I don't mind keeping Jiaojiao's fish veins alive!
They couldn't eat that many oysters themselves. The shredded oysters wouldn't fetch a good price, and they were reluctant to sell the unshredded ones because they wanted to collect the oyster pearls. So, they could only eat them themselves.

Especially when they arrived at the oyster-growing area and saw the densely packed, enormous oysters, they felt even less distressed.

Let's open it then; we can even touch the oyster pearls.

The whole family rushed over, grabbed their tools, and started opening oysters, touching the oyster shells, and finally throwing all the oyster meat into the bucket.

A few minutes later, Grandma Yun's voice rang with surprise.

“I have an oyster bead here.”

"It's not very round, but it's quite big."

"It's alright, the boss should accept this too."

Now everyone is even more motivated to shuck oysters.

However, repeatedly opening oysters and wiping off the oyster shells is tedious, and you can't open those shells without some strength.

Yun Xiaojiu raised her slightly swollen hands, her eyes brimming with tears.

"Waaaah... I'm not going to shuck oysters anymore, my hands hurt so much."

He even went to Yun Jiao's side and cried, a master of playing the victim.

Yun Jiao touched his hand and blew on it a few times.

"Ninth Brother isn't opening oysters anymore, is he?"

Yun Xiaowu and his friends also lost their oysters: "Dad, Mom, let's go explore other places and see if we can find a big one!"

What's the point of coming all this way just to sit here and shuck oysters?

Yun Linhai and the others knew exactly what those brats were thinking.

"Go ahead, but be careful."

Wang Mei: "Third brother and fourth brother, you two stay with them and don't let them go into the sea."

The younger ones were the kind of fearless, daring kids. If I didn't keep an eye on them, I was afraid they'd follow Yun Jiao into the sea.

Yun Chennan and Yun Chenbei responded and followed, carrying the empty buckets.

Yun Jiao: "Third brother, fourth brother, get the bag."

What if we find something so good that the bucket isn't big enough to hold it all?

These two were clearly less experienced than Yun Jiao, and upon hearing this, they packed two bags and hung them on their waists.

A group of people left in a lively atmosphere, leaving behind the patient adults who continued to shuck oysters.

Perhaps because the tide had just receded, there were still quite a few marine creatures on the island that hadn't had time to leave with the receding tide.

"Sea cucumber, I found a sea cucumber."

It's black and only the size of a palm.

"There's a nest of scallops here."

Yun Xiaoliu: "Third Brother, Fourth Brother, come quick! I found an eel but I'm too scared to catch it. This guy is too fierce."

Beachcombing on this island is so much fun!

Because not many people came before, the island had a good variety of things.

Yun Jiao also found a nest of shrimp in a puddle.

It's a prawn.

She squatted down and threw the prawns one by one into her small bucket.

There are also two small white seals.

"what?"

Yun Jiao discovered a great treasure.

It's still stuck in the crevice of the reef below.

She jumped down, stuck her butt out, and chattered for a while before finally managing to pull the thing out.

Wow... what a huge clam!

This is the largest clam she has seen since she came into this world.

However, I wasn't too surprised. I've seen even bigger ones in my past life, after all, she has a giant clam shell that can hold her adult merman form.

Suddenly, I miss the round and shiny pearls inside my big clam shell.

"Jiaojiao, what are you doing?"

Yun Jiao's brothers came over and their eyes widened when they saw the big guy she was holding.

"What...what is this thing? Is it a clam this big?!"

Yun Jiao excitedly held up the large clam in her hand to show it to her brothers.

"Brother, look what I've discovered."

She was so excited that she hugged it and happily ran over to her brothers.

A group of people surrounded the giant clam in amazement.

Yun Xiaowu and the others had never seen such a big clam before, and they each touched it for a while.

Yun Chennan: "This thing can't be taken back."

He said with a serious expression, "This thing is called a giant clam. I heard my teacher say that because of overfishing, there are very few of them now, and they seem to be listed as a protected animal."

"What? Animals can be protected?"

They genuinely had never heard of it.

Yun Jiao also looked at her third brother with curiosity.

Yun Chennan patted her hair: "Let's just look at the giant clam shell. Let's not take it back. I'm afraid something might really happen."

Yun Jiao responded with an "oh".

"Then you can't eat it."

It's a bit of a shame, there looks like there's a lot of meat in there.

Yun Chennan: "Let it go."

Everyone else was very disappointed.

I wonder how much such a big clam would sell for.

but……

I'm really afraid something bad will happen.

Although Yun Xiaowu and his friends are young, some of the things they saw when they were young are deeply ingrained in their memories, and may even leave a shadow on their minds.

For the safety of my family, I'd better let it go.

Yun Jiao hugged the giant clam and threw it directly into the sea.

"Bye-bye, I'll come see you next time."

Yun Xiaowu: "Will it still be here next time I come?"

Yun Jiao squatted on the reef and watched the giant clam sink to the bottom of the sea.

"I don't know, I'll come back and look for it next time."

(End of this chapter)