Intern Fisherman

Arriving at the dock, I packed a few seafood items into plastic buckets and hired a three-wheeled motorcycle taxi to take me directly to the courier point.

Since it was a courier service from the coastal dock, they offered fresh delivery. I sent out the packages according to their addresses, then posted the order numbers in the group chat, telling my classmates who bought seafood to keep an eye out for them. 520 Official Website

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After that, I headed to the county government building with my parents.

At the entrance of the county government building, my sister's family was already there. My brother-in-law was even driving a Wuling Sunshine, which he said was from his workplace. I suspected it was to make it easier for them to view houses.

Looking at houses was simple. There was a government staff member with the family of six. We briefly looked at a few places, and the most satisfactory one was an apartment not far from my sister's supermarket.

There was a primary school nearby, which would be convenient for Niuniu's schooling later. It would only take my sister a few minutes to get to the supermarket.

After signing the relevant documents, we quickly received the keys.

My brother-in-law insisted on treating the whole family to a meal at a hotel in the county. Seeing how happy he was, Ye Yuan didn't refuse.

At the dinner table, my brother-in-law repeatedly thanked my parents and declared, "The renovation costs for the house will be entirely covered by my sister and me. You two don't need to worry about it. We can move in after a month."

And so, the whole family had a happy meal.

During the meal, the little girl was the most lively, making my parents laugh non-stop.

In the blink of an eye, six days had passed.

During these six days, Ye Yuan went out to sea every day. Each time he returned with seafood, he astonished my parents.

Looking at the seafood in their private mini-aquarium, Father Ye couldn't stop smiling.

Today was the last day, and Ye Yuan planned to venture further out to explore.

Before dawn, Ye Yuan set out in his boat. After the events of the past few days, his parents had come to believe in Ye Yuan's abilities and praised him for being so capable.

The villagers also knew that Ye Yuan had learned remarkable skills at school, enabling him to catch large quantities of seafood from the sea.

Some villagers approached Ye Yuan, wanting to ask where he caught them. Ye Yuan thought about it and didn't hide anything, simply saying, "I learned diving at school, and I can dive deeper than them. Actually, there are still some fish in the sea."

Many were unconvinced and went diving to catch seafood themselves. A few of them managed to catch lobsters and swimming crabs.

This proved that Ye Yuan wasn't lying. However, everyone realized that Ye Yuan was truly exceptional. While others caught only two or three in several days, Ye Yuan brought back quite a lot each time.

After days of catching, Ye Yuan's points had also been increasing rapidly. He had exchanged some of the less economically valuable fish for points.

Host: Ye Yuan

Points: 920

Looking at his points, Ye Yuan hadn't asked the system any questions for many days, so the points had been accumulating. He didn't know what the points would be used for in the end, so he decided to leave them for now.

The sea area Ye Yuan was currently in was rarely visited by anyone.

Fishermen disliked coming to this area because the underwater terrain was complex.

There were many reefs underwater, making it difficult to catch fish and easy to run aground.

Ye Yuan anchored his boat in a spot far from the reef clusters and entered the water. He swam rapidly towards the reefs. He had always heard from the village elders that this reef cluster produced abalone, but very few people had ever managed to catch any.

Abalone is one of the precious "sea delicacies," known for its delicious taste and rich nutrition, earning it the title of "soft gold of the ocean." Abalone is a valuable edible marine mollusk, hailed as "gold on the table, the crown of sea delicacies."

He searched the bottom of the reef for a long time. Although he found abalone, they were all small ones. These abalone were still acceptable, but in Ye Yuan's eyes, they weren't good enough.

Since he had promised the boss he would get him some good stuff, he decided that if he couldn't get the best, he wouldn't bother.

Just as Ye Yuan was about to give up, he suddenly spotted a large abalone under a big rock.

Ye Yuan swam over and pried the abalone loose.

Abalone are actually quite difficult to catch. This is because most abalone live on rocks in deep water, often on sheer cliffs with strong currents. The currents that bring food past the abalone on the cliffs require the abalone to maintain a strong grip to avoid being swept away. This means they need a large suction cup area to adhere to the rocks. The suction cup is the abalone's soft foot, and it requires considerable force to dislodge it.

After obtaining the Water Control Art, Ye Yuan practiced it every night. He found that with the practice of the Water Control Art, his physical condition had improved in all aspects. Not only his underwater abilities but also his strength had increased significantly, making it relatively easy for him to catch abalone.

Looking at the abalone before him, Ye Yuan's eyes lit up.

He estimated that this abalone could meet the standard for a two-head abalone, which was a rare occurrence.

The value of abalone is reflected in its weight. Many people are unfamiliar with abalone because it has a unique unit of measurement.

Abalone is measured in "heads." The number of heads refers to how many abalone of uniform size are in one catty (approximately 0.6 kg) of dried abalone. For example, if two abalone weigh one catty, they are called two-head abalone, and if three abalone weigh one catty, they are called three-head abalone.

Ye Yuan's discovery of this two-head abalone was a pleasant surprise.

Currently, most of the abalone consumed in the market are not wild-caught.

Many abalone sold in hotels are artificially farmed.

A wild two-head abalone is practically priceless and even eligible for auction.

Ye Yuan placed the abalone into his fishing ground space. He could now use the fishing ground space flexibly and no longer needed to transport caught seafood to the boat immediately.

Since he had found a two-head abalone, Ye Yuan continued searching in this reef cluster.

This reef cluster was vast. Even with Ye Yuan's ability to see far underwater, the search was time-consuming.

After another half hour, Ye Yuan had caught a total of 8 three-head abalone, with only that one two-head abalone.

Finally, Ye Yuan caught a few smaller ones to take back for his parents and sister's family to eat, and then returned to the boat to rest.

After taking a few sips of water and eating some bread he brought, Ye Yuan checked the time. He decided that after one more dive, he'd head back.

His home already had plenty of lobsters and swimming crabs, and now he was adding a few abalones from this trip.

Ye Yuan steered the boat to another patch of sea, the deepest area in these waters recently.

He had wanted to come here for a long time but never had the chance. Today, he decided to go down and see what was here. As soon as Ye Yuan entered the water, he spotted over a dozen large yellow croakers about fifty meters away.

Large yellow croakers primarily inhabit coastal and nearshore waters with sandy or muddy bottoms. They mostly reside in the middle and lower layers of the water column and can enter Hong Kong waters. They dislike strong light and prefer turbid currents. They tend to float higher during dawn, dusk, or high tides, and sink to the bottom during the day or low tides. Their diet mainly consists of small fish and crustaceans like shrimp and crabs. Their swim bladders can produce sound; they make a "clucking" sound during the breeding season. When schools are dense, their sounds resemble boiling water or the sound of wind through pines. During the breeding season, they migrate in schools to estuary areas or nearshore shallow waters around islands and inner bays.

These fish are highly favored by foodies for their excellent taste.

In recent years, these fish have become quite rare. A large yellow croaker weighing over five jin can fetch fifty thousand yuan.

The ones before him were a little over a jin each, with the largest only weighing a little over two jin.

Still, these were good catches, and they would be snapped up at the market.

With these large yellow croakers caught, Ye Yuan's goal for the day was complete.

He just needed to catch some more economically valuable fish to exchange for points with the system, and then he could go home.

He wanted to reach a thousand points today. After fishing for another half hour, when his points reached one thousand, the mechanical voice that hadn't sounded in a long time chimed in again.

"Congratulations to the host for reaching 1000 points. Reward: the title of Intern Fisherman. Reward: 3 Spirit Opening Pills."