Beachcombing: The beach is full of amazing seafood, but my wife won't let me get out of bed!

The flashlight beam shone haphazardly across the rocks.

Wu Sui wanted to retreat behind the rocks and tell his elder brother and sister-in-law to keep quiet.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

The headlamp of the man next to Chen Fugui shone just past the spot where Wu Sui was standing.

"Hey? There's someone over there," Lai Er shouted at the top of his lungs.

Chen Fugui immediately turned his head, and the beam of his flashlight shone on him.

"Who's lurking around over there?"

The two of them waded through the puddles, one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Wu Sui didn't dodge; instead, he walked down the slope and stood facing the flashlight beam.

"Uncle Chen, what are you yelling about in the middle of the night?" He raised his hand to shield his eyes from the glaring light.

As Chen Fugui approached, he recognized Wu Sui, and his expression became quite interesting.

"Hey kid, I was wondering why I didn't see you over on the mudflats. Turns out you've come to this pile of rocks to make your fortune!"

As he spoke, he craned his neck to look behind Wu Sui.

Lai Er was even more direct, shining his flashlight behind the rocks.

The beam of light passed over Wu Sui and struck the flat-topped reef.

Wu Gang was bending over, stuffing the last few sea cucumbers into a snakeskin bag, when he was suddenly blinded by a bright light and instinctively raised his hand to shield his eyes.

With this block, the object on the ground was completely exposed.

Four bulging snakeskin bags and two buckets.

A large, thick black sea cucumber was sliding off the edge of the bucket and fell onto the rocks with a "plop," its skin black and shiny.

The scene was silent for about two seconds.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Fugui gasped, his voice cracking.

"Holy crap! What's that?"

Lai Er's eyes widened like copper bells. He rushed forward and shone his flashlight on the sea cucumber on the rock.

"Sea cucumbers, wild black sea cucumbers, they're all fucking sea cucumbers!"

Lai Er's shout was even more effective than the village loudspeaker.

The villagers, who hadn't found anything on the western mudflats and were about to head home, all heard it.

"Huh? Sea cucumbers? Where are they?!"

"There's a rocky beach to the east, let's go check it out!"

The chaotic footsteps and beams of flashlight beams all rushed towards this side.

Wu Gang was terrified. He quickly picked up the sea cucumber that had fallen to the ground and threw it into the bucket, standing there helplessly.

Chen Fugui's eyes turned red. He took a few steps onto the reef and headed straight for the snakeskin bags.

"How many kilograms is this? Second brother, you've practically raided the Dragon King's entire fortune!"

As Chen Fugui spoke, he reached out and tried to grab the snakeskin bag at the front.

"Snapped!"

Before his hand even touched the edge of the bag, Wang Feng was slapped away solidly.

"What are you doing? Take your dirty hands off me."

Chen Fugui covered his reddened hand, feeling utterly humiliated.

"Wang Feng, why are you hitting people? Let me see what happened!"

At this moment, a dozen or so villagers who had arrived later also gathered around.

Looking at the snakeskin bags and buckets on the ground, and then at the dark mass of sea cucumbers inside, everyone's eyes gleamed with greedy green light.

This is a sea cucumber!

When they go beachcombing, they can be happy for days if they find three or five small sea cucumbers.

The two Wu brothers were something else; they just bought it by the sack!

How much would this cost?

Several thousand? Tens of thousands?

"That's right, Gangzi's wife. We're from the same village, so it's not like she'll lose a piece of meat." Lai Er chimed in sarcastically from the side.

"Whoever finds something in the sea keeps it; it's not like the Wu family has taken over the sea."

"You can't take all of this, so it's all up to the party."

Some people in the crowd started to make a fuss, and they stepped closer and closer.

When Wang Feng saw this, her anger flared up instantly.

She put her hands on her hips and spat at Lai Er's feet.

"Bullshit!"

Wang Feng's voice was deafening, ringing out loud in the sea breeze.

"Watch your mother's ass? Do you think this is a stage for you to watch a show for free?"

"Seeing is believing? Why don't you say that when your wife gives birth to a son, she gets half from your mother?"

"You want to go home and pull down your pants to see? You're nothing but a piece of meat, yet you want to see my sea cucumber? Dream on!"

Lai Er's face turned red and white as he was scolded, and he pointed at Wang Feng, stammering.

"You...you shrew, why do you speak so rudely?"

"Hateful? I can sing even worse!"

Wang Feng took a step forward, her finger almost poking Lai Er's forehead.

"You old bachelor, staying up all night staring at other people's bags! If you're so envious, why don't you go into the water and feel for yourself? This rocky beach is so big, are you blind and can't you see the sea?"

Lai Er, unconvinced, leaned forward: "Wang Feng, don't push your luck. This is a place we can all come to..."

"I didn't stop you from coming. You think you can take advantage of me? Who do you think you are!"

"Try taking one more step forward. I'm telling you this now: if anyone dares to touch my bag, I'll scratch their face and skin them alive!"

As Wang Feng spoke, she casually picked up a sand shovel from the ground and waved it twice in the air.

Her fierce demeanor intimidated the dozen or so men who had surrounded her, and for a moment no one dared to approach.

Wu Sui stood aside, watching his sister-in-law unleash her power, secretly pleased.

Reasoning with these villagers who are blinded by rage is useless; only a woman with the fearless and shrewish nature of an older sister-in-law can keep them in check.

However, this can't go on forever.

More and more people gathered around, and if someone were to start a robbery, the situation would get out of control.

Now that it has been discovered, it can no longer be hidden.

Wu Sui stepped forward and reached out to press down on the sand shovel in Wang Feng's hand.

"Sister-in-law, calm down."

Wang Feng glared at the group of people, panting heavily, her chest heaving.

Wu Sui turned his head and glanced at Chen Fugui, Lai Er, and the others.

"Dear uncles and brothers, these sea cucumbers are the result of our hard work in collecting them. You can look at them, but please don't touch them."

Wu Sui's tone wasn't harsh, but the meaning behind his words was clear.

Chen Fugui snorted coldly: "Wu Lao Er, you're really possessive of your food. Can the three of you carry all this back? Don't collapse from exhaustion halfway there."

"That's no trouble for Uncle Chen." Wu Sui turned to look at Wu Gang, who hadn't dared to say a word.

"Big brother."

Wu Gang quickly responded, "Hey, second brother, what do we do?"

"Run back now and bring the cart from your house."

Wu Gang paused for a moment, glanced at the villagers who were eyeing him menacingly, and hesitated.

"If I leave, can you two manage?"

"Go on, hurry up," Wu Sui urged. "My sister-in-law and I will guard this place; no one can touch these goods."

Wang Feng also came to her senses and slapped Wu Gang on the back.

"Just go when I tell you to. What are you dawdling for? Hurry up, or I'll skin you alive when we get back."

Wu Gang was yelled at by his wife, and he didn't dare to delay any longer. He scrambled up the flood control embankment and ran wildly towards the village.

As soon as Wu Gang left, the atmosphere at the scene became even more subtle.