Fortunately, they had returned early. No fishing boats had docked yet, and the pier was not busy. Hearing the commotion, the fish buyers at the nearby buying stations hurried over to watch, exclaiming in amazement.
"Tsk, tsk, these abalone are all pretty big. A-Dong, you've got great luck. Ever since your family netted that haul of large yellow croaker, you've been on a lucky streak. It's as if Mazu has blessed you all..."
"Exactly! People used to say it was the good feng shui of the new house. Someone even took a fancy to the plot they'd chosen and bought it, but switching plots didn't affect their luck either..."
"Who can say for sure about that?"
"These sea snails aren't small either. Most are as big as a fist. When do you ever see this many at the pier all at once? And that's not even counting these several sacks of abalone..."
"Abalone aren't easy to get. Who goes into the water in the dead of winter? Who would've thought a submerged reef would get pushed up..."
"With luck like this, your family deserves to get rich..."
"I wonder whether that little island will surface again..."
Mother Ye beamed. "Oh, who can say? We were lucky enough to come across it once. It was quite an ordeal too. Dongzi and his father soaked in the water until their feet swelled up, and his father even has rheumatism..."
"If I could come across something like that, I wouldn't mind soaking my whole body in the water..."
"Hahaha... Come on, help sort them..."
Many hands made light work. Amid everyone's envy and jealousy, the sea snails and abalone were sorted. The sea snails were mostly about the same size. Apart from picking out a few particularly large ones, they needed little further