If you are not a professional fisherman, it is difficult for ordinary people to catch creatures like swimming crabs if they encounter them underwater.
Although Xiang Yang is not a professional fisherman, he grew up by the sea and is not an ordinary person, which is why he can easily catch swimming crabs.
Swimming crabs are carnivorous animals, and sea cucumbers are also on their menu. So Xiang Yang naturally couldn't put the swimming crab into the net bag. Looking at the net bag around his waist with regret, Xiang Yang chose to let the swimming crab go.
As soon as the swimming crab escaped from Xiang Yang's clutches, it immediately paddled away in the sea water, finally no longer caring about the delicious sea fish.
Xiang Yang smiled, swam to a place not far from the shore, turned on the searchlight above his head, surfaced, waved to the people on the sea to indicate that he was fine, and then continued to swim under the sea.
Many fishermen on the sea were amazed when they saw this scene. An old fisherman on one of the fishing boats said, "Old Xiang, this kid of yours just emerged from the sea for the first time, right? I thought he swam away somewhere else. He must have been submerged for more than five minutes, right?"
"It must have been five minutes. I didn't expect he was such a good diver." Xiang's father also came to tonight's fishing operation. He was a little surprised to see his son holding his breath for more than five minutes at the bottom of the sea.
"I heard that humans can only survive for three minutes without oxygen." Fatty Zuo was also on the fishing boat, and he said as he rowed.
Hearing this, Xiang's father and the other fisherman laughed, which made Fatty Zuo a little confused.
Indeed, some experts say that scientific research shows that humans can only survive without oxygen for three minutes at most, and can only dive to a depth of 28 meters with their bare hands. But among such a large group of humans, there must be some special individuals. The world's deepest record for bare hands diving is 113 meters, and the longest record for holding one's breath underwater is 13 minutes and 42 seconds.
Not to mention those world records, in Guangyanlong Village, a small fishing village, there are many people who can dive to a depth of 30 meters under the sea and hold their breath for more than three minutes.
When he reached the bottom of the sea, Xiang Yang swam slowly towards the deep sea. After he was sure that people on the surface could no longer see the underwater lights, he turned off the searchlight and continued to look around the seabed.
Estimating that the time was about up, Xiang Yang began to swim back.
"Where have you been? I haven't seen you for a long time." Xiang's father was dragging a fishing net from the bottom of the sea with two other fishermen. When he saw Xiang Yang climbing up from the other side of the boat, he spoke with a slightly reproachful tone.
"I swam far away, and there were fishing boats over there." Xiang Yang looked at the big net that had just been put on the boat. The catch was scarce, and they were all some worthless small sea fish. There was not a single valuable seafood product.
Xiang's father stopped blaming Xiang Yang only after hearing him say that there were also fishing boats over there, otherwise he would definitely have scolded him.
"Drink some water first. You don't even feel thirsty after being underwater for so long." Father Xiang picked up a large bottle of fresh water and handed it to Xiang Yang. His eyes suddenly caught sight of the bulging net bag around Xiang Yang's waist.
"Thank you, Dad." Xiang Yang took the fresh water and gulped down a few big gulps. People would be extremely dehydrated and thirsty after diving in the sea. Although Xiang Yang was not thirsty at all now, he still had to pretend to be thirsty.
Father Xiang grabbed the net bag from Xiang Yang's waist, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully for a while, then raised his head and said in shock: "Is this a sea cucumber?"
"Sea cucumber?"
“Sea cucumber!”
When Fatty Zuo and another fisherman heard this, they ignored the fishing net and stared at the net bag.
"Hiss! A sea cucumber as thick as an arm."
When the two men saw clearly, there was a sound of people gasping for air on the boat. Fatty Zuo swallowed his saliva and said enviously: "Brother Yang, these sea cucumbers are worth tens of thousands of dollars, right?"
"I'm lucky. I risked my life to catch these." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
After hearing this, everyone was speechless. They could earn tens of thousands of dollars in just a short while. This was faster than robbing money. Their luck was too good. They also wanted to fight, but there was no place to fight!
"Xiaoyang, are there still such sea cucumbers on the seabed?" The old fisherman's eyes turned red.
"Is it the same place as last time?" Fatty Zuo asked excitedly.
"Yes, there are still quite a few down there, but the ones as big as the ones I caught should be gone." Xiang Yang smiled and nodded, with no intention of hiding anything.
"Then what are you hesitating about? Take us there quickly!" After hearing Xiang Yang say there was more, even Xiang's father couldn't sit still anymore.
"I know where it is. I'll row the boat." Fatty Zuo felt that he had endless energy.
"Hey, hey, you have to send me back first, otherwise what I caught now will melt." Xiang Yang said with a wry smile.
Father Xiang paddled the boat without even raising his head, "Swim back by yourself."
Well, Xiang Yang had no choice but to jump into the sea again.
Knowing that the three people on the boat were in a hurry to make money, Xiang Yang did not have any resentment about this.
However, Xiang Yang was skeptical about whether the three people, including Laozi, could make money.
Once sea cucumbers leave the bottom of the coral reef, they will slowly melt as the temperature rises. They like to hide under coral reefs or sand and rocks. Ordinary people may not be able to find a sea cucumber even if they hold their breath and dive several times. They have to dive more than ten times at most and then rush back. Otherwise, the sea cucumbers will start to dissolve before they can be pickled at home. Once they dissolve, even if it only melts a little bit, the sea cucumber will be worthless.
This is also the reason why Fatty Zuo went home and pickled sea cucumbers immediately after catching only a few of them last time.
The temperature at sea is lower at night than during the day, so the autodissolution time will be delayed a little. However, the seabed is pitch black at night, and sea cucumbers are not as easy to catch as during the day. Xiang Yang estimates that it will be incredible if the three of them can catch a few kilograms of sea cucumbers in the end.
Xiang Yang returned home. His mother, who was waiting for him at home, saw Xiang Yang coming back with a net bag full of sea cucumbers. She was especially excited when she saw that the sea cucumbers in the bag were all as thick as arms, and she started pickling them overnight.
Xiang Yang made the excuse that he was tired of diving and quickly hid in his room.
Xiang's mother loved her son so naturally she had no objection to this.
In fact, Xiang Yang was not even sleepy at all. He first sent a text message to Li Chao, thanking him for finding a shipping channel for him, and then explained that he had found another batch of sea cucumbers as thick as arms, the quantity might be one or two kilograms more than last time, and attached a picture.
Li Chao called me almost as soon as the text message was sent.
"Hey, Brother Xiang, did I disturb your rest?"
"No, I don't go to bed that early at night. I was worried that you were asleep, Boss Li, so I didn't call you!"
"Haha, bro, it's not that early! And with this batch of high-quality goods, it's worth it even if bro is really asleep and gets woken up!"
"So Boss Li wants this batch of sea cucumbers?"
"Of course I want it. I'll send someone to pick up the goods tomorrow afternoon. The quality of the goods you provide is impeccable. I gave you a low price last time. This time I'll pay 7,000 yuan per kilogram. If I get good goods in the future, I'll keep them for you..."
Hearing Li Chao's words, Xiang Yang was shocked, but secretly excited at the same time. Five thousand yuan per catty was already a sky-high price in the eyes of the villagers, but he didn't expect that in the eyes of Boss Li, the bargained price was actually too low.