Giving Gifts

"Twenty-eight!"

Tian Caihua said excitedly, "Twenty-eight in total!"

They had never caught twenty-eight lobsters at once before!

Jiang Xia pointed at the three lobsters carrying eggs and several of the smaller ones. "Let's put these back into the sea!"

Father Zhou smiled. "Right, put them back under that rock. We can't be too greedy."

Tian Caihua felt a little pained. Following Jiang Xia's instructions meant releasing eight lobsters, but she had no objections. Maybe there would be another brood of lobsters next year.

The group put on their diving equipment again, returned to the spot on the seafloor, and released those lobsters.

The lobsters regained their freedom and quickly scurried away, looking for cracks between the rocks to hide in.

The group continued gathering scallops.

While swiftly collecting scallops, Jiang Xia swam beneath the rocks to see whether there were any lobsters left.

No one had probably ever dived to this part of the seafloor. Besides scallops, there were quite a lot of other things too, and Jiang Xia was having a grand time picking them up.

Besides the scallops she passed along the way, she also found a tower shell and caught several Bread Crabs and sea cucumbers.

Jiang Xia saw a very large Hermit Crab and caught it too, planning to take it home for the children to see.

Another big conch!

She took it!

It weighed nearly two jin.

Once the big conch went in, the net pocket was full. Zhou Chenglei gestured for her to hand it to him, then swam upward.

The group swam out of the sea together, passed the net pocket onto the boat, then took an empty one back underwater.

After making three trips, Jiang Xia could not take it anymore, and they all returned to the boat.

It was getting late.