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

The next morning, Wu Sui got out of bed with dark circles under her eyes and a sore back.

Just as he picked up his bowl and took a sip of porridge, his elder brother Wu Gang ran into the yard.

"Ah Sui, I've been thinking about that longline fishing thing you mentioned yesterday all night."

Wu Gang squatted in the yard, drawing pictures on the ground with a twig.

"Our boat is small right now, and it's easy for the line to get tangled if we let out too much. I'm thinking of getting a 500-hook one first, what do you think?"

Wu Sui absentmindedly picked at the rice in his bowl, his mind filled with thoughts of the welded steel plate.

Once you make a cut, you'll know what's inside.

If it really is a contraband item, we can just cut it up and weld it back on, and pretend we never saw it.

But if he doesn't take a look, he estimates he won't be able to sleep for a month.

Thinking of this, Wu Sui stood up and slammed his chopsticks on the table.

No sooner had his elder brother Wu Gang left than Wu Sui wandered around the yard twice, feeling an itch that seemed to seep into every bone of his body.

I can't stay idle.

These past few days I've been either at sea or preoccupied with money and ship-related matters.

Now that I have some free time, I feel uneasy.

He walked to the door of the side room and kicked the door frame.

"Yangzi, wake up! Get up, grab your fishing rod, let's go try our luck over at the bay."

Chen Yang was lying on the mat snoring when he heard the noise and jumped up.

"Brother-in-law, where are we going fishing?"

"Let's go to the shallow waters west. We're just killing time anyway, so we can fish for some rockfish and make soup with the fish."

Wu Sui turned around and went to the corner to search for a net and a bucket.

As the two were tidying up, the curtain to the main room was lifted.

Ya Ya came running out with her short legs and hugged Wu Sui's leg.

"Daddy, Ya Ya wants to go too! Ya Ya wants to catch big crabs!"

The little girl tilted her head back, pouted, and clung tightly to Wu Sui's trouser leg with both hands.

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Little Tiger followed and ran out, holding a broken plastic shovel in his hand.

"Second Uncle, I want to go too! I want to go too!"

Wu Sui's bones melted when Ya Ya called out to him in that cute little voice.

He picked up his daughter and kissed her on her tender little face.

"Alright, alright, I'll take you there, to catch big crabs!"

"Go away!" Wang Feng came out of the kitchen carrying a basin of water used for washing vegetables and splashed it at the base of the courtyard wall.

"The bay is full of rocky pits and reefs. The midday sun is so strong, who's responsible if you get sunburned and bald?"

Wu Sui had long since figured out her sister-in-law's temper.

"Sister-in-law, you've been shucking oysters at home every day these past few days, your hands are all white from being soaked in the water."

"Let's treat today as a holiday, go out and have some fun as a family, and enjoy the sea breeze. It's so relaxing."

At this moment, Chen Xue also came out of the house, holding several straw hats in her hand.

"Sister-in-law, let's go to the shallows and find some clams to make soup for lunch."

"Don't go into the deep water, just keep an eye on the children."

Wang Feng pursed her lips and wiped her hands on her apron.

"You spoil him so much. Fine, fine, I'll go get two big buckets. If we happen to find some clams or whelks, we can have an extra dish for lunch."

The family got ready and headed out the door in a grand procession.

The bay is not far from the village; it's only a ten-minute walk away.

At this moment, the tide had just receded to its lowest point, revealing large areas of reefs.

The bay has a complex topography, with puddles of all sizes everywhere.

Some of these puddles are formed when the seawater is blocked by reefs at low tide, and they often trap seafood that cannot swim away in time.

"Yaya, Little Tiger, play right here, don't run towards the water, you hear me!"

Wang Feng put down the bucket and gave a loud, stern warning.

"Okay, Auntie." The two little ones, shovels and buckets in hand, couldn't wait to dig in the sand.

Chen Xue and Wang Feng rolled up their trousers and used small iron rakes to search for clams in the shallows.

Wu Sui, carrying a fishing rod and a bucket, led Chen Yang toward the rocky area.

"Brother-in-law, where should we cast our line?" Chen Yang looked around.

Wu Sui remained silent, silently activating the system radar.

The familiar virtual light screen unfolded in my mind, providing a clear view of the underwater conditions within a 50-meter radius.

The radar scanned the shallows and only detected a few faint white lights, probably just small crabs or small fish, not worth the effort.

Wu Sui turned his head, his gaze passing over several huge black rocks and landing on a water pit near the bottom of the cliff.

The puddle wasn't very big, but it looked quite deep.

The radar screen suddenly started flashing at the location of the puddle!

Several clusters of green light shone with a bluish tint, swimming back and forth on the bottom of the water, full of vitality.

Wu Sui was secretly delighted.

This puddle is definitely trapping a bunch of valuables.

"Yangzi, stop fishing." Wu Sui threw the fishing rod in his hand onto the reef.

Chen Yang was stunned.

"What's wrong, brother-in-law? Don't you want the fishing rod anymore?"

"Fishing is too slow." Wu Sui pointed to the big puddle in front of them. "See that puddle? There's something in there."

Chen Yang craned his neck to take a look, then shook his head.

"Brother-in-law, this pit is too deep. We only have a broken fishing net; we can't reach the bottom at all."

Wu Sui slapped Chen Yang on the shoulder.

"Stubborn fool. If we can't reach the bottom, we'll just drain the water."

"Drained?"

"Yes, we have the water pump that my older brother and I bought last time. Go back and get it now, hurry up."

Chen Yang was also a decisive person. Upon hearing this, he threw down the bucket and ran towards the village without saying a word.

Wu Sui walked to the edge of the puddle and carefully observed the terrain.

This place is a natural treasure trove. When the tide comes in, seawater overflows the reefs and pours in. When the tide goes out, the water level drops, and the fish and shrimp inside can't jump out at all.

Not long after, Chen Yang came running back, panting, pushing a cart.

The commotion was so loud that it attracted Wang Feng and Chen Xue as well.

"Ah Sui, what are you doing?"

Wang Feng looked at the water pump on the cart with a puzzled expression.

"You bring a water pump when you're fishing?"

Wu Sui laughed as she took over the tube.

"Sister-in-law, I saw some movement in this puddle just now, there must be something in there."

Wang Feng peered into the puddle, but the water was so green and murky that she couldn't see anything clearly.

"Come on, this is such a deep pit, how long would it take to pump it out? Don't waste your time and money and end up with nothing."

"Sister-in-law, you and Xiaoxue can just play with the child on the side."

Wu Sui deftly threw the inlet pipe into the deepest part of the water pit, and pulled the outlet pipe along the rocks to the trench outside.

"Yoko, turn on the fire!"

Chen Yang gripped the pull rope of the water pump and pulled hard.

"Rat-a-tat-tat..."

The roar of the water pumps echoed through the bay.

Hearing the commotion, Xiao Hu and Ya Ya stopped digging in the sand and ran over to see what was going on.

"Wow, Daddy's amazing! He sprayed water!" Ya Ya clapped her hands and jumped up and down.

Xiao Hu looked at the smoking machine with admiration, wishing he could touch it himself.

"Stay away, don't trip over the water pipes." Chen Xue pulled the two children to stand safely on the rocks.

As the pumps continued to operate, the water level in the puddle began to drop at a visible rate.

Half an hour passed.

The water level has dropped by more than half, and the originally dark green water has become murky, with a layer of fine foam beginning to appear on the surface.

The underwater reefs and mud were gradually exposed.

"Wow, there really seems to be something there!"

Wang Feng kept staring at the water's surface, then suddenly pointed to a shallow area at the edge of the puddle and shouted.

There was a fish the size of a palm, struggling desperately because the water level had dropped, its tail slapping against the mud and sand, splashing up a cloud of mud.