Chapter 735 - 509: Catching Little Seafood

Chapter 735: Chapter 509: Catching Little Seafood

With grandma as a witness, the three little ones immediately became excited and started calling their friends to go to the sea gathering.

Mi also got interested, borrowed a bucket from grandma, each took a long bamboo tongs, and dragged Wei Ziang to the seaside.

It was their first time gathering seafood, with no experience at all, just following behind a group of kids, exclaiming at everything they found, it was quite lively.

Of course, these big brothers and sisters didn’t know how to gather seafood, which made the little ones laugh at them for a while.

Mi didn’t mind the children’s words, played for a while, then started humbly asking for advice, and indeed discovered a lot of hidden seafood in various secluded spots.

These were all brought up by the rising tide; as the tide receded, they didn’t have time to retreat with it, so they stayed on the beach.

The fishing village is about two miles from the beach, and the distance to the highest tide mark is about a mile.

As for the beach, it was vast; Mi followed behind a dozen kids, running around, quickly reaching the beach several miles away.

A little further away, there was another fishing village, it seemed there were indeed many people living by the sea.

When Mi’s excitement finally subsided, she quickly pulled Wei Ziang to the fishing village to shop, various dried fishes, scallops, kelp, and seaweed were all available.

And those kids quickly came over with buckets full of small seafood, all filled to the brim.

"Sister Mi, we filled them up, where do you want us to put them?"

Two little girls, working together to carry a bucket of small seafood, obviously sorted it out on purpose, the top layer was all kinds of sea snails and clams, with a crab claw occasionally poking out of the gaps.

Not just them, a few other kids also came over with wooden buckets, it seemed like a big harvest for all.

After the cheerful sea gathering just now, Mi had already blended in with everyone, and when they came over to hand in the task, they realized that Sister Mi had nothing but two horses.

Mi had already thought about where to put them, hurriedly got up and took the buckets from their hands: "Pour them into the stone beach over there, you all stay here, I’ll go there."

She signaled Wei Ziang to pay them.

The two little girls originally wanted to follow, but seeing Wei Ziang’s action, they cared more about the money.

Mi carried the bucket to the area behind the rocks, where there was a large water pit, after the tide receded, many sea fish were also left inside.

Of course, those small fish and shrimp were already put into Mi’s space.

Using a big rock for cover, Mi put all the shrimp, crabs, and shellfish from the bucket into her space, she and Wei Ziang had been secretly putting what they found into the space while gathering seafood.

So in the eyes of the group of kids, it seemed like the two adults were quite useless, having gathered only half a bucket after all that time.

"Mi." Wei Ziang’s voice came from behind: "Quite a harvest, a few more buckets have been delivered."

This was also to remind Mi, the kids are coming over.

Mi quickly turned from behind the rocks, and saw Wei Ziang holding a big bucket in one hand, and behind him, a group of little kids were holding several buckets as well.

Mi’s eyes lit up, it was indeed a big harvest.

"Quick, quick, bring them over, just pour it in there."

Mi was pointing to the large water pit.

Wei Ziang already knew, and was not surprised at all, he tilted the bucket, pouring two buckets of shrimp and crabs into the pit.

"Why are you pouring them in here? With those big rock crevices, and when the tide rises, this place will be flooded, they’ll be gone in an instant, this pit isn’t suitable for keeping them."

A kid got anxious and quickly explained to them.

Mi waved her hands nonchalantly: "I’m not keeping them, I’m just having fun, I enjoy watching all these cute little things crawl around, they’re so delightful to watch."

She said with a fond expression, anyone who didn’t know better would think she really wanted to keep them as pets.

"Huh? Spending all that money just to play with these?"

Even kids know money, a bucket like this cost forty copper coins, you could buy a lot of food with that.

Wei Ziang poured another bucket of small seafood in, there were still many small fish inside, some dead, some amazingly still alive, as they hit the water, they quickly sank to the bottom.

Wei Ziang already took out the money bags: "This is our first time at the seaside, everything seems fresh, alright, come and collect the money, there’s still time, if you’re willing, you can catch some more and come back."

Wei Ziang quickly sent the kids away, while Mi hastily put everything in the pit into her space.

If they waited any longer, some might run away.

With so much small seafood going into the space, one might think there would be some commotion inside, but unfortunately, nothing happened.

Mi wasn’t disheartened, Ling’er had mentioned before that the space was very close to its next upgrade, as long as she finds the right method, it’s bound to happen!

The two strolled around the seaside for a while longer, when Wei Ziang suddenly grabbed Mi and pointed at the sea: "Mi, look, isn’t that a fishing boat?"

At this moment, the sun was just at the horizon, coating the entire sea in a golden hue, and amidst it, one by one, fishing boats slowly sailed from the golden background.

The seaside suddenly became lively, a large group of children excitedly shouting that their dads and grandpas were back.

Apparently, these were the fishing boats from the village.

When family members returned from fishing, it was the happiest moment for the kids because the boats might bring some surprises.

Like rarely seen giant crabs, or fish larger than a person.

However, they still remembered they could earn money today, one by one carrying their wooden buckets to find Sister Mi to exchange for copper coins.

The two of them usually didn’t carry so many copper coins on them.

But Mi’s space had quite a few, all saved from previous hunting trips, a little here and there, and her parents let her keep them for herself, which accumulated into quite a big box now.

Usually, she wouldn’t even think of it, but today, it came in handy.

A little girl received just over ten copper coins because her second bucket had fewer items, not even half full.

The little girl was the granddaughter of the grandma from this afternoon, just about to wrap up the copper coins, when suddenly she pointed to the sea, happily shouting: "Sister Mi, look, that’s my dad, my dad’s boat!"

Previously, rows of fishing boats split up before reaching the shore, heading to other nearby fishing villages.

And the ones coming this way were only about a dozen fishing boats, which were at least bigger than they expected.

Of course, Aunt Qian’s newly built large boat was still considerably smaller.

But these fishing boats on the sea were naturally different in form and size from the passenger boats on the river.

Most importantly, there weren’t as many decks, and most noticeably, there was a large pile of fishing nets.