Chapter 123: Oyster Pearls
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe could tell, and immediately their faces lit up with joy.
“Quick, pull it up and let’s see what kind of fish it is.”
“It’s a mud carp, and it’s not small either. Be careful of the spines on its back.”
Yun Linhai put on work gloves: “Let me get it.”
Although mud carp aren’t valuable, only costing seventy to eighty cents per jin, this fish is a decent size, so it’s a good start.
Yun Linhe rubbed his hands: “Let me try too.”
This feeling of opening a blind box is quite exciting.
“Damn, it’s a toadfish, it’s really ugly.”
“This hook is empty.”
“Hahaha… This one is a squid.”
“Ahhh, a sea snake, a sea snake! Jiaojiao, be careful!”
Yun Linhai: “Catch it alive, I’ll do it!”
Live sea snakes are quite expensive.
Yun Linhai grabbed the sea snake at its seven-inch mark, found a bag, put it in, and tied it securely.
The fun of longline fishing lies in the unknown. Watching Yun Jiao and Yun Linhai pull up many sea creatures one after another, although there were some empty hooks, the harvest was even greater.
Yun Linhai rubbed his hands: “Let me try too.”
This fishing method’s harvest is quite good.
After he caught a few seafood items himself, although most were toadfish and squid, it was still good.
“Little Fu, want to try too?”
Fu Mingyu was a little tempted. Just watching from the side, he found it interesting, but remembering his previous unsuccessful fishing experience, he was a bit uncertain.
“Give it a try.”
Yun Jiao nudged him.
Fu Mingyu nodded: “Okay.”
Then, the next three hooks were empty.
“Hiss…”
The other three on the boat watched, scratching their heads. Fu Mingyu’s luck with the sea was outrageously bad.
He’s still a beginner and doesn’t even have a protection period yet.
By the fourth hook, everyone had lost hope, but this one actually had something.
However, before everyone’s eyes could light up, when it was pulled up, all four pairs of eyes stared at the tiny fish, glaring at each other.
“Damn, a blenny.”
Blenny is what they call it here; this fish has a more famous name, herring.
It was a slender fish, not even as long as a palm.
Yun Jiao directly pushed Fu Mingyu aside: “You shouldn’t go fishing anymore, it’s not for you.”
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe nodded in agreement.
Fu Mingyu’s expression didn’t change much, he just pursed his lips and frowned slightly, but the unhappiness around him was visibly apparent.
He felt like the sea was targeting him.
Yun Linhe coughed: “Didn’t we find a secluded island last time, but we couldn’t go because of the tide? Shall we go check it out this time?”
Coincidentally, the island was discovered on the same day Yun Jiao saved Fu Mingyu.
“Okay.”
If there’s anything on the island, Fu Mingyu wouldn’t come back empty-handed.
They reeled in the longline and quickly rowed the boat towards that secluded island, otherwise, they felt Fu Mingyu would fall apart.
Although Fu Mingyu was indeed upset, he wasn’t that fragile.
He stared at Yun Jiao’s smile, and soon his mood improved.
Yun Jiao’s smile was infectious, bright, and brilliant, making one’s mood unconsciously better.
This time when they reached the secluded island, the tide was not high.
This was an unfamiliar secluded island they hadn’t visited before, so they found a place to dock the boat.
“This secluded island doesn’t seem like anyone has been here before.”
After a simple inspection, Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe concluded that because the various snails on the reefs were plump and large.
It’s good that no one has been here; it means there will be more harvest on this secluded island.
“Bag, get a bag, the snails here are big and many.”
Sea snails, flower snails, bull’s-eye snails on the reefs…
Just looking at those crawling on the reefs made them smile so widely their teeth showed.
Yun Linhai handed Fu Mingyu a bag.
“This time you won’t come back empty-handed.”
Indeed, if those snails on the reef could run away just by looking at Fu Mingyu, then it would be truly unbelievable.
They had just arrived at the secluded island and encountered such a large patch of snails; everyone was incredibly happy picking them.
“Little Fu, be careful, these reefs are slippery. Don’t go to the high places.”
Yun Linhai was quite concerned about the two children, so after warning Fu Mingyu, he also warned Yun Jiao to be careful.
“Got it.”
They avoided the dangerous reef piles.
By avoiding them, Yun Jiao and Fu Mingyu discovered large patches of oysters on the reef beach behind.
Not only were there many, but they were also large!
“Dad, Uncle!”
Yun Jiao quickly shouted.
“Hey, what’s wrong?”
“Dad, so many oysters.”
Yun Jiao pointed at the oyster beach.
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe gasped when they saw it.
Good heavens, there were too many!
Yun Jiao quickly walked over, pried one oyster open, which was much larger than her palm.
She squatted on the ground and directly used brute force to open one.
The oyster shell was thick and large; without some strength, it was hard to pry open.
The meat inside was plump and juicy, and the live oyster meat was still slightly curled and wriggling.
“So plump.”
This was said by three voices at the same time.
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe also came closer.
“Good heavens, how long will it take to pry open this whole area of oysters?”
Apart from the shell, all the meat of the oyster is edible.
Steaming or boiling it simply makes it very delicious.
And this thing is also very nourishing.
With such plump meat, Yun Jiao couldn’t resist the temptation and took a bite directly.
Yun Linhai & Yun Linhe: …………
“At least cook it.”
Where the oyster was plumpest, upon biting, there was some green stuff inside.
Those who don’t know might mistake it for the oyster’s droppings, but it’s actually algae that the oyster eats, which is also edible.
Fu Mingyu: “Does it taste good?”
Yun Jiao said vaguely: “Shall I open one for you to try?”
His nose twitched slightly, and then he shook his head and refused.
Eating it raw like this, he found it hard to swallow.
Yun Jiao: “It’s delicious.”
After saying that, she took another bite.
However, with this bite, there was a crunching sound in her mouth, and she bit onto something.
Yun Jiao’s chewing motion stopped, and then she spit something out.
“What is this, a stone?”
Fu Mingyu leaned closer to look.
Yun Jiao: “It seems like a pearl.”
After spitting out the object, she didn’t delay finishing the food in her mouth.
Yun Jiao found some water to wash it, then observed it carefully.
“It really is a pearl.”
In her palm lay a pearl the size of a soybean, white in color, and quite well-shaped.
It’s just that the luster of this pearl wasn’t very good; it looked like white stone polished into a round pearl shape.
“There are pearls in oysters?”
Fu Mingyu felt like he had gained some knowledge.
“What? What pearl?”
Yun Linhe, who was prying open oysters, heard about the pearl and came over, then stared blankly at the pearl in Yun Jiao’s palm.
“What’s this?”
Yun Jiao honestly replied: “When I was eating the oyster meat, it got stuck between my teeth and I spit it out.”
Yun Linhe reacted for a few seconds: “A pearl?!!!”
His suddenly loud voice attracted Yun Linhai as well.
Then…
“What? This is a pearl? There are pearls in oysters too?!”
Yun Jiao blinked: She didn’t know either. In her previous life, she had never seen oysters, and in this life, the oysters she had eaten before didn’t have pearls.
The weather is unpredictable, I didn’t notice I caught a cold, I’m not feeling well now, so I’m taking a day off and will write tomorrow.
