Chapter 260: Tiger Falls to the Bottom of the Sea and is Played with by Fish
Chapter 260: Tiger Falls to the Bottom of the Sea and is Played with by Fish
The water near the islands and reefs is not very deep. After swimming for a while, I saw various unknown seaweeds on the seabed swaying back and forth with the water flow.
Fish and shrimps swim among the water plants, and seahorses jump among the water plants.
The seabed is really clean these days, without any mess, plastic bags, or glass bottles...
Li Changle raised the scoop net and aimed it at a few prawns. A few seahorses were also caught in the net. He caught the seahorses and prawns and put them into the net bag.
Before he could put away the scoop net, a stunningly beautiful red grouper swam over from the opposite side. Li Changle unceremoniously scooped the scoop net over its head.
But the bird nimbly moved to the side and escaped from the net cage in an instant, even wagging its big red tail at him a few times.
"Two-legged monster, come chase me if you can!"
"Fuck! A tiger is at the bottom of the sea and is teased by a fish. I am about to grow fish lungs. Humph! You are the material for the pot!"
Li Changle continued to swim forward, flapping his flippers. A few naughty little turtles swam towards him, stopped and looked at him intently for a few seconds. As they swam past, they swam to his feet and touched his flippers with their heads.
It was a small one. If it was the big one, he would have thought it was the big turtle he released last time, coming to repay him!
Li Changle waved at it, and when he dived more than ten meters along the fishing rope, a large reef appeared in front of him. The vision became a little blurry where the sunlight could not reach.
He stretched out his hand and pulled the fishing rope forward, and saw the coral reefs growing below. Some of them looked a bit like mushrooms in the mountains, and some looked like deer antlers.
Beautiful butterfly fish swam leisurely among the corals, and a large sea eel lay comfortably on the reef, letting cleaning shrimps go in and out of its mouth.
Looking further down, I saw that half of the trap was on the reef and the other half was on the coral reef next to it. It seemed that it had landed there when it was thrown down.
Li Changle swam quickly towards the ground trap. The butterfly fish and sea eels fled in panic. The small green dragons didn't even give him a chance to attack. They swam away in a few whooshes. The pufferfish was frightened and instantly swelled up like a big balloon.
He looked at the pufferfish's eyes, which were wide open, and was somewhat speechless. "You look so good that no one would want you even if you gave it away for free. I have no interest in you at all, so why are you afraid of anything?"
When we got near the reef, we saw abalone densely clinging to the reef. Compared with them, the general caps on the island were just chicken legs and mosquito legs.
He spotted a single abalone and was about to take action, but then he remembered that he had forgotten to bring a tool to pry open the abalone.
The adsorption power of abalone is the same as that of oysters. Without tools, you can't pick one out even if you dig it out with your fingernails.
Abalone with one head, two heads, or three heads refers to the number of abalones in one kilogram. A single-headed abalone means one abalone weighs one kilogram, two abalones weighing one kilogram are called two-headed abalone, and three abalones weighing one kilogram are called three-headed abalone. The fewer the heads, the higher the price.
There is a folk saying that goes, "A double-headed abalone is worth a fortune." Wow, how much does a single-headed abalone cost?
He had eaten a lot of general hats, and he had also eaten abalone with seven and eight heads, but he had never tasted the double-headed abalone. When he brought the guys here and took them back, he would definitely keep a few to try. What does this priceless thing taste like?
He glanced around and found many top-quality sea cucumbers lying on the rocks and on the seabed.
The big one feels as big as the Yellow-browed Monster's mace, and the small one is also a mini version of the mace, with the ginseng thorns on it thick and tall, just like a real mace.
Pick up money, pick up money!
No wonder he picked up a few large sea cucumbers on the island last time. After a long time, he found out that their base was underwater, which made his wife worried, so he returned home early.
I should have put the trap here a long time ago. What a mistake!
The sea cucumbers I got last time tasted much better than the farmed ones in later generations. The meat was firm and chewy, and there was no astringency in the taste.
Li Changle was so excited that he wanted to howl, but unfortunately he had a breathing tube in his mouth, and his cheeks trembled a few times, and bubbles came out.
Forget it, I'd better untie the trap net and send it up first to avoid worrying Awei and my brother.
When I swam to the reef, I took a closer look and found that there were actually a few stone eels curled up in the fish bag.
I looked down at the seabed below and saw a patch of fine sand. Then I retracted my legs and sank down. I stretched out my legs and stood on the soft sand. I lifted up the ground net and found several holes on the bottom.
Several stone eels couldn't even find the hole in the net to escape. They were so stupid.
After lifting the trap net, we found that the iron ring tied to it was hooked on the coral reef nearby. Fortunately, we didn't pull it with great force, otherwise the trap would have to be completely overhauled.
He swam to the coral reef, took down the iron ring hanging on the coral reef, pulled the fishing rope hard, and signaled Chen Yongwei to pull the net up. After a while, the ground trap net really moved slowly upwards.
After pulling up the trap net, he found a huge turban in the crevice of the rock. Two stone crabs were lying on the shell, holding up their big claws and flirting with each other.
There are also several large pearl oysters, and some unknown conchs and shellfish under the coral reef.
Mother-of-pearl oysters! Li Changle seemed to see the pearls inside and regretted that he had only brought a net bag. He had just carelessly caught some shrimps and seahorses and put them in the net bag.
The two stone crabs also discovered the two-legged monster that was spying on them, and hurriedly hid in the cracks of the rocks, leaving the entire salamander completely exposed.
The mouth of the snail is bigger than the mouth of a bowl. It is the famous prison snail and the luminous salamander in later generations!
The shell of this snail is very thick and hard, and is said to be composed of 6.5 layers. The surface is dark green with brown, white or red rings, the top is often stained with emerald green stripes, and the inside is covered with a layer of silvery white pearl.
Under natural light, some luminous turbans will appear in rainbow colors and have radial patterns.
The raw material for making "Mother of Pearl", a unique traditional art treasure in my country, is the luminous snail.
In the old days, people ground the shells of luminous turbans into thin slices of various shapes, and then used these slices to decorate some boxes, such as jewelry boxes and storage boxes.
The box is very beautifully made and shines from every angle under natural light.
When I was a kid, I was very naughty and sneaked into the backstage of the opera troupe with Chen Yongwei and Afa to take a look. My only feeling at that time was that it was gorgeous.
Now it seems that the things made by people in the old days can be called top luxury goods.
Li Changle thought that the salamanders were hiding in the cracks of the reefs and would not move for the time being, so he decided to put the pearl oysters in his pocket first. In case they ran away when he came down later, he would probably think of them from time to time like his first love.
I don't think about the shells, but whether there are pearls inside them and how big the pearls are.
Li Changle was about to pick up pearl oysters when he felt the sand under his feet was too soft. He looked down and found that there were several sea cucumbers under his feet.
The seabed is still the best place, there are so many good things, you can pick them up easily without worrying about someone snatching them away.
Li Changle blew out a string of bubbles happily, picked up a few sea cucumbers at his feet and put them into the net bag, then swam quickly to the reef. When he reached out to pick up the pearl oyster, he suddenly found a few cone snails next to it.
I quickly retracted my hand and looked at the colorful thing. My heart started pounding, not because I was excited, but because I was scared by it.
The cone snail is also called the cone snail. The front end of the shell of this snail is pointed and thin, while the back end is thick and large. The snail body is an inverted cone, and it looks a bit like a chicken's heart and taro, so it is called this way.
Cone snails can sting people and are highly poisonous. The toxin from one cone snail can kill ten people.
Its fangs are located at the pointed and thin front part, hidden inside a very small opening.
Once the prey is stung, venom is ejected from the fangs, causing severe pain and ulceration of the injured part in the mildest cases; in severe cases, the victim may suffer cardiac arrest and die.
Li Changle took out the bloodletting knife and pushed the largest pearl oyster to the side a few times, away from the cone snail. Then he picked it up and put it in the net bag. He grabbed a large "mace" in one hand and put it into the net bag.
There was a pearl oyster in the net bag. After catching three sea cucumbers, the net bag was full. I tightened the opening and picked up a few more to put into the scoop net.
When he lowered his head, he suddenly found a big flower dragon lying in the crevice of the rock in front of him. It looked bigger than the one he caught the first time.
"Oh my goodness!" Li Changle swung his flippers quickly and rushed over. The big flower dragon discovered that the enemy was attacking and quickly swam towards the crevice of the rock to escape.
Li Changle reached out and grabbed its long tentacles. The big flower dragon frantically swung its shrimp tail and struggled.
If you are hit by the shrimp tail of a large shrimp weighing several kilograms, the feeling will definitely be unforgettable.
Li Changle didn't bother to scoop up the sea cucumbers in the net, but picked up the net and covered his head with it.
If the sea cucumber falls, it falls. It doesn't swim much faster than a snail. Let's get rid of the fast one first.
After fighting with the big flower dragon, he overdrew a lot of physical strength. The consumption of physical strength underwater is still relatively large. He was so happy that he got so many big goods in such a short time.
After taking a look at the struggling big flower dragon in the scoop net, Li Changle quickly picked up the sea cucumber that had fallen below and stuffed it into the net. He decided to float up to replace his second brother, and he also had to improve his equipment.
I’m rich, I’m rich, let’s go back and find a big sack to fill it with money!
Li Changle held on to the scoop net tightly and swung his legs quickly to float upwards.
When he emerged from the water and looked around, he realized that he was not far from the fishing boat. He saw his eldest brother, second brother and Awei all looking at the water with anxious expressions.
Seeing him show up, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Big Brother Li pointed at him angrily and said, "The trap has been pulled up for a while, but you haven't come up yet. You scared us to death. Do you want to drive us crazy?"
I thought he would only be back in a few minutes, but it took him more than ten or twenty minutes.
Brother Li borrowed it and said, "Really? You are already in your twenties, but you are still so unreliable. If you do this again next time, do you want me to beat you up?"
Chen Yongwei: "Brother, you really made us anxious. If you don't come up, I will go down to look for you."
(End of this chapter)