Seeing him so caught up in his excitement that he was about to kill the fish, Ye Yaodong hurriedly reminded him, "This fish still looks alive. You should get a bucket of seawater to keep it in. It'll fetch a little more alive."
Only then did Ye Yaopeng realize and snap out of his excitement. "Right, right, you're right. I was so happy I nearly forgot."
Seeing that the fish had grown a little feeble after being held out of the water for so long, he hurriedly put it in a shallow tide pool among the rocks. Then he emptied everything out of the bucket at his feet and asked Ye Yaodong to hurry and fetch him a bucket of seawater.
"Hurry up. I'll wait here."
"Okay."
Leaving the sack with his wife to watch, he took the bucket, slipped off his shoes, and ran toward the water a short distance away. He had just filled a bucket with seawater when he spotted a Coconut Snail rolling along with the tide. Delighted, he tossed the bucket aside, rolled up his trouser legs, and waded in.
The seawater had only reached his calves when he scooped up the Coconut Snail. It seemed a little smaller than the one at home, but that was no measure of whether it held a Melo pearl.
He happily carried it ashore. He had never expected to find another Coconut Snail after missing out on the Western Star Grouper.
After handing the bucket to his eldest brother, he pulled his wife out of the crowd. In that short time, it felt as though everyone on the beach had come running over to see the Western Star Grouper.
"What are you doing? What's the rush? I haven't finished looking. Your eldest brother hasn't even put the fish