Beachcombing: The beach is full of amazing seafood, but my wife won't let me get out of bed!

"I've got a fish! Holy crap, it's strong!"

Su Yu gripped the fishing rod with both hands, leaned back, and braced his feet against the side of the boat.

The rod tip was almost touching the sea surface, and the line in the fishing reel spool was being pulled so hard it was hissing and bubbling out.

Hearing the commotion, several tourists on the foredeck rushed over.

"This bow is definitely a high-quality piece!"

"Hey buddy, hold on, don't let the line break."

Su Yu's face flushed red, and he gritted his teeth as he desperately shook the rocker arm.

"Brother Sui, please help. This fish weighs at least twenty or thirty pounds; we can't move it."

Wu Sui walked over and stared at the sea for a few seconds.

The fishing line was taut, but there were no signs of fish struggling or thrashing about underwater. Instead, it looked more like the fish had snagged on the bottom or dragged on some heavy, inanimate object.

However, he didn't rush to point it out, and casually picked up the long-handled hook next to him.

"Don't pull it forcefully. Gently pull it back with the current, and don't break the pole."

Su Yu cranked the reel with great effort, the veins on the back of his hands bulging.

After pulling for a good five or six minutes, a large, dark shadow finally emerged from the water.

People around craned their necks.

Once the mass of something completely surfaced, the area around the ship fell silent.

Where is there any giant creature?

It was a huge clump of abandoned trawl nets, covered with seaweed and plastic bags, soaked in water, and incredibly heavy.

The excitement on Su Yu's face vanished instantly.

"Damn, after all that, all I caught was a pile of garbage?"

Several tourists couldn't help but laugh good-naturedly.

"It's alright, it's just the newbie aura. It's normal to catch someone on Earth." The tourist wearing a sun hat patted Su Yu on the shoulder and joked.

Su Yu waved his hand dismissively, preparing to find a pair of scissors and cut the thread directly.

Wu Sui quickly took two steps, extended the hook outside the boat, grabbed the edge of the tattered net, and pulled it up forcefully.

"Brother Sui, what are you doing? This piece of junk is smelly and dirty, just throw it away." Su Yu took two steps back in disgust.

"Don't rush, your newbie aura hasn't worn off yet."

Wu Sui used both hands to drag the tattered net, weighing several dozen kilograms, onto the deck.

As soon as the broken net landed, a series of muffled "thump-thump" sounds suddenly came from inside.

Wu Sui untangled the network cables.

A plump fish covered in dark brown spots is struggling through the mesh of a net.

"Wow, a grouper!" The tourist wearing a sun hat exclaimed, his eyes lighting up. "This fish isn't cheap; it must weigh two or three pounds."

Su Yu was stunned for a moment, then immediately straightened up again.

"See? I told you I caught a big one!"

Su Ruoxue stood to the side, watching Wu Sui skillfully untie the sesame grouper and throw it into the live water tank, then turned around to clean up the stinking, tattered fishing net.

Wu Sui picked out the plastic bottles and debris from the net, rolled the tattered net into a ball, and stuffed it into the trash can at the stern of the boat.

Su Ruoxue was somewhat puzzled.

"Why don't you just cut the line and let it sink? Why go through all this trouble to pull it up and make the deck all muddy?"

Wu Sui rinsed the deck with a hose, explaining with a smile.

"Sister Ruoxue, we fishermen make our living from the sea."

"If this sea is ruined, no one may notice in the short term, but in three to five years, the seabed will become a garbage dump, and even fish fry will not be able to survive."

He turned off the water pump and turned to look at Su Ruoxue.

"We were just talking about building a seafood processing plant and developing island tourism."

"What do you think tourists come to the beach for? What's the point of eating seafood?"

Wu Sui pointed to the clear seawater in the distance.

"That's what I'm after—cleanliness."

"If the sea were covered with plastic bags and tattered fishing nets, who would spend money here?"

"Clean waters will be our most valuable asset in the future."

Su Ruoxue didn't respond, but carefully considered what she had said.

She has met many business owners who run physical projects, and most of them only care about short-term revenue and profits, and they want to squeeze every last drop of resources out of the business.

This young man in his early twenties not only knows how to create hype, but also has a long-term vision.

She kept Wu Sui's words in mind and her opinion of him rose even higher.

The ship continued forward, and after more than half an hour, a small island appeared ahead.

It's the freshwater island where Wu Sui used to catch crab goby.

Wu Jianguo slowed the boat down and pointed to several red buoys floating on the sea near the island.

"Ah Sui, we're here. The fish trap is over there."

Su Yu perked up upon hearing this.

"Uncle Wu, are there big crabs in this cage? Let me catch them!"

Wu Sui stopped him, took a life jacket from the storage box, and threw it over.

"Put them on, gloves on."

Su Yu put on a life jacket: "Brother Sui, it's just putting away a cage, is it really necessary to be all armed?"

"Nothing is trivial at sea." Wu Sui's attitude was firm. "You're operating under my and my dad's noses. Don't try to be brave. If you can't pull it, call for help."

Su Ruoxue originally wanted to scold her younger brother for being naughty, but seeing how meticulously Wu Sui had arranged things, she went along with him and walked to the side of the boat to watch the excitement.

The ship slowly approached the buoy.

Su Yu leaned out and grabbed the rope under the buoy.

"Watch me!"

He suddenly pulled upwards.

The weight of the fish trap far exceeded his expectations.

Not only did they fail to pull them up, they almost fell into the sea.

The tourists on the boat burst into laughter.

Some people joked with him and came over to help.

Wu Sui ignored the group and let them have fun on their own, which could also be considered an experience activity on the fishing boat.

Wu Jianguo walked over with a smile.

"Ah Yu, you need to use skill to put away the trap, not brute force."

As he spoke, he stepped forward, grabbed the rope, and together with a few others who had come to join in the fun, they pulled the fish trap up section by section.

They dragged it onto the deck, untied one end of the rope, and poured all the catch into the plastic basket.

Three-eyed crabs, bread crabs, stone crabs, mantis shrimps, and also a lot of sea snails and small miscellaneous fish.

Su Yu was as excited as a child, picking up a crab while wearing gloves.

Wu Sui collected the remaining fish traps.

The harvest was quite good, with more than a dozen crabs of various kinds and about ten pounds of mantis shrimp.

He carefully inspected the contents and confirmed that there were no dangerous items such as stonefish or blue-ringed octopus inside.

"Dad, put the pot on the stove and start a fire," Wu Sui called out.

They set off at 7 a.m., but due to the tides, they drove slowly. It's almost 11 a.m. now, just in time to finish lunch and go fishing.

Fresh ingredients, no need for too many cooking techniques...

Okay, it's just that Old Man Wu can't cook at all.

I sliced ​​some ginger, threw in a bunch of scallions, turned on the heat, and steamed it—that was it.

Within minutes, the aroma of seafood filled the entire boat.

Several tourists had initially approached the experience with just a casual attitude, but after the seafood was cooked and they took a bite, they all fell silent and focused on eating.

"These mantis shrimps are so fresh!" A tourist wearing a sun hat gave a thumbs up.

"The meat is sweet; the seafood I bought at the city market doesn't taste like this at all!"

Su Ruoxue is usually very restrained when eating and pays attention to her manners.

But I ate quite a lot today.

Freshly caught seafood is all about enjoying its original flavor.

This meal led several anglers to book a fishing trip with Wu Jianguo.