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

The small fishing boats circled the pointed tip of the island; this was the back of the island, where the sea was calmer.

It was pitch black below the cliff.

Around 1 a.m., the tide had receded to its lowest point, exposing large areas of reefs.

Chen Yang lay sprawled on the side of the boat, looking like a wilted eggplant.

"Xiao Yang, are you still going to throw up?" Wu Gang asked jokingly as he steered the ship.

Chen Yang waved his hand weakly.

"I'm not throwing up anymore, there's no more acid in my stomach, but I'm still a little dizzy, this ship is rocking so much it's giving me a headache."

Wu Sui nudged his foot from the side: "Relax, the more tense you are, the more uncomfortable you'll feel. You'll get used to it gradually."

Chen Yang forced himself to sit up and glanced down at the bottom of the cliff.

The beam of light shone on the dark rocks, and he actually found something.

"Brother-in-law, elder brother, there's something down there!"

Wu Gang quickly turned off the engine, and the small boat swayed and came to a stop at the edge of the cliff.

Wu Sui wanted to speak up and point out that there was nothing good in it, but then kept quiet.

It's a bit hard to believe that they can always accurately find good stuff. Let's just say this white light is to dispel the doubts of my elder brother and the others.

After all, even Chen Xue wouldn't tell him about the existence of a system.

This is his biggest trump card, a secret he can't tell anyone.

According to the system's assessment, white light is usually a common seafood that is not very valuable.

So he didn't take it seriously, assuming it was just some ordinary sea snails or the like.

These things prefer to grow in rocky areas, so there's nothing surprising about it.

But now that I've gotten closer and taken a closer look, it's not a small sea snail at all.

Below the cliff, the rocks exposed after the tide recedes are covered with oysters.

They were all stuck tightly to the stone, layer upon layer, leaving no place to step.

The most outrageous thing is the size of these oysters.

Wu Gang was already lying on the side of the boat, holding an iron pickaxe in his hand, leaning over and forcefully prying at a reef.

An oyster landed in his hand. He weighed it in his hand, then turned around and handed it to Wu Sui.

"Second brother, look at this thing." His voice was filled with barely concealed excitement.

When Wu Sui took it and looked at it, he couldn't help but gasp.

These oysters are huge!

It's a size larger than an adult's palm, with a thick, rough outer shell. It feels heavy in your hand, weighing at least a pound.

"My goodness!" Chen Yang leaned closer, his eyes wide. "How come these oysters are so big?"

Without saying a word, Wu Gang drew a short knife from his waist.

Insert the knife tip into the oyster shell through the crack, and twist it forcefully with your wrist.

The heavy shell was pried open, revealing a large, plump, white oyster meat with a black skirt around the edge, so full it was almost overflowing.

Wu Gang used the tip of his knife to cut off the oyster meat from the scallops around it, then tilted his head back and sucked the juice along with the oyster meat into his mouth.

He chewed twice, his Adam's apple bobbing.

"fresh!"

"The meat is thick and meaty, with no gristle, and tastes very sweet and fresh."

Looking at the giant oysters covering the cliff face, Wu Sui quickly began to make plans in his mind.

I wonder how much these wild oysters, which are so big, would sell for in the market.

"Brother, how come there are such big oysters here? Doesn't anyone usually come here to harvest them?" Wu Sui asked.

Wu Gang threw the empty shell into the sea and pointed to the surrounding terrain.

"Look at this place, it's full of reefs. Large ships can't get in at all, and they'll run aground and sink if they're not careful."

"Small boats can get in, but who among the villagers goes out to sea in the middle of the night to this cliff on the other side of the deserted island?"

"During the day, the tide doesn't recede this low, so these oysters are all hidden at the bottom and can't be seen at all."

"I reckon the oysters on this cliff have been untouched for many years."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang's eyes lit up, and his seasickness disappeared.

"Brother, how much can this thing sell for?"

"These wild oysters are so big, they'd easily cost between one and one and a half yuan, though I don't know the exact price," Wu Gang gave a conservative estimate.

"One yuan each?" Chen Yang swallowed hard, pointing to the cliff face.

"There must be at least several thousand of them, densely packed together on top of each other, right?"

"Then what are we waiting for?" He turned around and rummaged through the cabin for an iron bar. "Let's get out and shovel it while the tide is at its lowest."

Wu Sui sighed. Each one only costs one yuan. Even if you work yourself to death, you won't earn much. It's not as good as digging for earthworms.

But since his older brother and brother-in-law had already gone into the water, he had no choice but to resign himself to taking his tools and getting off the boat.

The seawater was waist-deep, cool and refreshing, quite comfortable in the summer.

The three people immediately dispersed and each found a specific area to start working.

Wu Sui held an iron shovel in his left hand and a small hammer in his right.

Spot a giant oyster, insert a metal stick, and give it a hard knock from behind.

"Snap!"

The oyster fell off with a snap, and he casually scooped it up and threw it into the net.

The oysters here are so plentiful that there's no need to look for them.

One blow from the hammer can even bring down two or three.

"Haha, this is so much fun!" Chen Yang shouted as he tapped the oysters. "This isn't tapping oysters, it's picking up money!"

"Watch your hands, these oyster shells are very sharp, they can cut you to the bone."

Wu Gang gave a reminder from a short distance away, but his hands didn't slow down at all.

Below the cliff, the sounds of hammers striking iron chisels rose and fell, forming a continuous chorus.

Wu Sui specifically targeted the largest ones.

He didn't even glance at the smaller ones.

The time for low tide is limited, and there are too many to handle; we can only take the most valuable ones.

Once the nets are full, they are thrown onto the boat, and then replaced with empty ones to continue filling.

This kind of work is extremely physically demanding.

Oysters are heavy to begin with, and you have to keep prying them open while maintaining your balance on slippery rocks.

After more than two hours, the three of them were panting heavily and covered in sweat.

"Brother-in-law, I can't go on." Chen Yang rubbed his aching arm, his face full of anxiety. "I can barely lift my arm anymore."

Wu Sui also stopped what he was doing and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Take a break, have a drink of water, and then keep going. The tide is coming in soon, so let's get as much as we can."

The three climbed back onto the ship and collapsed onto the deck.

Wu Gang unscrewed the kettle and took a big gulp, looking at the oysters piled up like a small mountain on the deck, his face full of uncontrollable smiles.

"Second brother, coming here tonight was definitely the right decision."

"We've gotten at least a thousand pounds of oysters alone."

These giant wild oysters, weighing over a thousand kilograms, would cost several thousand yuan if each one were priced at four or five yuan.

In addition to the earthen dragons dug earlier.

The catch in these few hours tonight is equivalent to the income of other trawlers for four or five days.

Chen Yang slumped on the deck, calculating how much money he would get today.

My brother-in-law said he would give me a 0.5% commission every time we went out to sea.

According to the price his older brother mentioned, he should be able to earn fifty or sixty yuan today.

This doesn't even include his base salary.

Good heavens, with his salary, he must earn three or four thousand a month like that?

"Brother-in-law, making money at sea is so easy! If I had known, I would have skipped school and gone to sea with you to make money."