"Brother Yang, the diving equipment you asked for is here." Fang Youqun shouted while driving a small fishing boat.
Xiang Yang sat up from the rubber boat, turned his head and looked at the small fishing boat and said, "You are finally here, I would have died of thirst if you hadn't come earlier."
Fang Youqun immediately cried out, "It's unfair, Brother Yang. I took action as soon as you called me. I prepared food for you, moved diving equipment for you, and even ran to borrow a boat. It was already full speed to get here so quickly."
Xiang Yang stood up, put one foot on the edge of the rubber boat, and jumped forward onto the small boat driven by Fang Youqun.
The boat immediately shook, and Fang Youqun quickly half-crouched down, "Brother Yang, if you were coming over, at least warn me first. I almost fell into the sea just now."
Xiang Yang got a bottle of drinking water from the cabin. He took a big sip of water first, then wiped his lips and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if I fall down or not, I will definitely go down soon anyway."
Fang Youqun's eyes lit up immediately, "Brother Yang, is there a treasure down there?"
Xiang Yang glanced at Chen Qingsheng with a smile.
Chen Qingsheng immediately understood and took over Xiang Yang's words and said, "The captain found some small fish under this sea."
Fang Youqun's face immediately showed disappointment. "Brother Yang, Brother Qing, you made me run so far to bring a diving suit just for some small fish? I thought there were abalone, sea cucumbers, rock lobsters, etc. Small fish, let alone whether they are valuable or not, just look at the swimming speed of the fish, can we catch them?"
Fang Youqun muttered in his heart, maybe these two guys were tired of rowing and wanted to drive a boat over to tow them back but were too embarrassed to say so, so they deliberately made an excuse to let him drive the boat over to deliver the diving equipment.
Of course, Fang Youqun only dared to think about this in his head, but he felt it was very likely.
"I found a spotted silverfin down here. It's not good at swimming, but it's best at camouflage. Its swimming speed is about the same as yours and mine. With the diving equipment, as long as we find the spotted silverfin, there's a good chance we'll catch it." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
"Spotted finfish?" Fang Youqun was very puzzled. "What kind of fish is this? Is it valuable?"
"The ugliest ones are worth a few hundred yuan each, the ordinary ones are at least over a thousand yuan, and the ones with slightly brighter colors can be sold for tens of thousands of yuan each. Do you think they are valuable?" Xiang Yang asked with a smile.
"What?" Fang Youqun stood up immediately and asked anxiously, "Then why are we still chatting here? Go down and catch them!"
Chen Qingsheng also shuddered and his eyes widened. He had seen the spotted silver carp before, but he never thought that the tiny spotted silver carp could be so valuable.
"Wait." Xiang Yang stopped Fang Youqun and said, "It's not cost-effective to go down now. The efficiency is too low. Let's wait until dusk. The spotted silverfin fish will appear in groups on the seabed at dusk, dancing. It's most efficient to catch them at that time."
Fang Youqun looked at the sky and said impatiently, "Brother Yang, it's too far from dusk now. I can't bear it any longer. I'm going to go down and take a look first."
Xiang Yang thought about it and nodded, "Alright, since we are staying here anyway, we can go down and see if we can catch a few. When it is only about two hours before dusk, we can go back to the boat to rest and replenish our energy."
Chen Qingsheng and Fang Youqun quickly started to change into diving suits. Now that they knew the spotted fin was so valuable, they were determined to catch a few at all costs. Although it was difficult to catch, it was much more cost-effective than catching crabs or lobsters.
Although there are many crabs and lobsters, they can run in the sea, so it is not easy to catch them. Moreover, crabs and lobsters have a certain degree of attack power. The most important thing is that crabs are not valuable, only dozens of yuan per pound. It takes a whole day to catch them, but it is not as good as catching a good-looking spotted fin crab.
The three of them changed into diving suits and went down to the bottom of the sea together.
Xiang Yang was calm and composed, while Chen Qingsheng and Fang Youqun looked around with eager and thirsty looks.
Fang Youqun had never seen a spotted silverfin before. He only heard Xiang Yang say when he just came down that the spotted silverfin looked like a frog and was also called the crown frog. Its color was very bright, so he stared at brightly colored things. As soon as he saw a brightly colored fish, he would immediately swim over to see if the fish looked like a frog.
After several unsuccessful attempts, Fang Youqun finally made a discovery.
Fang Youqun saw a beautiful sea fish in a crevice of the coral reef. It had a charming body color and was covered with bright spots. It looked low-key yet luxurious. The most important thing was that this fish looked very much like a frog.
Fang Youqun immediately lay down on the crevice of the rock to block the fish, and then observed it carefully.
"It is indeed like Brother Yang said. It has a body with unique colorful camouflage spots, which can really make people fall in love with it at first sight. However... its color does not seem to be as bright as Brother Yang said." Fang Youqun said secretly.
"Never mind, let's catch it first." Fang Youqun reached his hand into the crevice of the rock, grabbed the colorful sea fish, and threw it into his net bag.
After catching one, Fang Youqun immediately swam to the surface of the sea. This was Xiang Yang's order. The vitality of the spotted silver carp is extremely fragile, and it cannot stay in the net bag for a long time. If caught, he must swim back to the surface of the sea as soon as possible and put it into the large wooden barrel on the boat.
On the boat, Xiang Yang had just climbed onto the boat. When he saw Fang Youqun, he immediately smiled and said, "Did you catch him?"
"Yeah." Fang Youqun nodded immediately. "I caught one. Brother Yang, I'm too lazy to get on the boat. Please pour it into the bucket for me, and then give me the empty net bag. I'll continue to catch fish."
"Okay." Xiang Yang nodded and took the net bag from Chen Qingsheng with a smile.
"Huh?" Xiang Yang lifted the net bag and felt that the weight was a little off. The net bag that Fang Youqun handed to him was too light. It didn't look like there was a spotted silver carp in it at all.
Xiang Yang quickly untied the mouth of the net bag and looked down into it.
"Huh? What is this?" Xiang Yang raised his eyebrows. He found that what Fang Youqun caught was not a spotted silverfin at all, but a color-changing silverfin.
The color-changing finfish is also a very charming ornamental fish. Its scientific name is green frog. It is a beautiful marine fish wearing a green "base shirt". Its color is not as bright as the spotted finfish, but it is as distinctive as camouflage uniforms, which can make many people remember it deeply and never forget it after seeing it for a single glance.
"Brother Yang, hurry up. You've been staring at it for so long. The spotted fish I caught will die soon with its fins." Fang Youqun shouted at Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang shook his head, looked up at Fang Youqun and said, "The one you caught is not a spotted silverfin."