He forced me to sever ties with my family and sleep on a dilapidated boat, then turned around and be

Niu Bayi chuckled.

"Don't forget, I'm the Dragon King's godson. How could he let anything happen to me?"

In fact, it was the coconut water in the space that gave Niu Bayi such special abilities.

Once he dives into the sea, it's as if he transforms into a fish.

Water pressure and the like pose absolutely no threat to him.

Then, he suddenly jumped out of the sea, grabbed the side of the boat, and quickly flipped himself aboard.

The fishing boats immediately began to rock.

Niu Bayi sat on the side of the boat, raised his hand, and vigorously wiped his face, shaking off a handful of water.

He excitedly said, "I found a giant clam on the seabed. It weighs between 150 and 200 pounds. I have to bring it up."

Then he started the steel winch.

Then, holding onto a section of steel cable, he jumped back into the sea.

"Please wait a moment, Zhenzhen. I'll be up soon and show you a live giant clam."

Niu Bayi, holding the steel cable, dived back to the seabed and quietly swam to the giant clam. Taking advantage of its inattention, he raised the steel cable and strangled it through the slightly open gap.

The giant clam was startled and quickly closed its shell.

But it was too late; the steel cable had already cut into the shell.

Niu Bayi quickly used his superhuman strength to tighten the giant clam shell, tied a knot in the steel cable, and pulled it hard. Once he felt it was secure enough, he swam out of the sea again and jumped onto the boat.

Next, start the engine.

The engine makes a sputtering sound, supplying power to the winch.

Under the action of the winch, the steel cable that Niu Bayi pulled into the sea continued to rise.

By using a boom hanging from the side of the boat, the giant clams in the sea are continuously pulled upwards.

He Zhenzhen lay on the side of the boat, watching with a sense of dread.

Before long, she exclaimed with delight, "The giant clam is out! The giant clam is out! Wow, it's so big!"

The giant clam shell stretched the steel cable perfectly straight.

Its shell is very rough, grayish-white, and covered with some dark green algae.

The algae were quite long; at first glance, they looked a bit scary.

How did Niu Bayi pull a monster's head out of the sea?

He continued operating the winch, retracted the boom, and carefully placed the giant clam shell onto the deck.

We must be careful.

If you're not careful, a giant clam shell can fall down so heavily and hard that it can create a huge dent in the deck.

He Zhenzhen rushed over excitedly and patted the rough shell hard.

She said excitedly, "On August 1st, the meat inside giant clams can be used to make dried scallops. If they're made well, they can sell for a lot of money. I wonder how much meat is inside."

Niu Bayi said, "This giant clam weighs about 170 jin (53 kg), and I estimate that it can yield about 40 jin (20 kg) of meat. If we sell it as fresh meat, we can make quite a bit of money."

He Zhenzhen immediately shook her head.

"No, no, no, it has to be made into dried scallops to be more valuable. Anyway, my mom knows how to make dried scallops. My dad and brother used to work in the shellfish business, and when it came to making dried scallops, she was the one who did it."

Niu Bayi said, "Okay, I'll find a tool to pry open the giant clam and see how much meat it actually contains."

He immediately found an iron tripod with three heavy and sturdy legs.

There is a recessed hole on the top, which can be used to hold an iron pry bar to pry open anything.

Niu Bayi found a slightly open crack on the edge of the giant clam shell.

He forcefully drove the iron spike in, about ten centimeters deep.

Then, with great effort, he moved the iron shovel onto the tripod.

Once it's stable, use the lever principle to pry it open forcefully.

Niu Bayi really has brute strength!

The giant clam, weighing 170 or 180 pounds, almost jumped upwards when he pried it open.

However, the two enormous shells remained closed and unmoved.

The giant clam is putting up a stubborn resistance!

Niu Bayi didn't care about anything else and kept prying!

If two tries don't work, try three, four, or five.

In the end, the giant clam was defeated.

The two huge shells were pried open.

Niu Bayi immediately grabbed a cleaver and cut the closed muscle inside.

Once the closing muscles open, the giant clam shell loses its ability to close.

Two large seashells, completely open.

Next, Niu Bayi carefully cut a large piece of white meat and took it out intact.

Judging by its weight, it is indeed close to forty pounds.

Niu Bayi said, "This is 40 jin of fresh meat, which can be made into about 4 jin of dried scallops. One jin can sell for about 12 yuan, so this can sell for about 50 yuan."

Upon hearing this, He Zhenzhen was dumbfounded.

"Oh my god, I thought such a big giant clam would sell for at least several hundred dollars, but it's only forty or fifty dollars. I feel like it's even worse than a crab tiger."

Niu Bayi said, "In the past, fishing boats didn't have winches or anything like that, so it was very difficult to dredge up such heavy giant clams. It was definitely not worth it, but for those who couldn't catch any fish—"

"Or for fishermen who catch very little fish, it can be considered a source of income."

"Even if you only manage to catch one giant clam on a single trip out to sea, you can still earn forty or fifty yuan, which is enough to make ends meet."

"But now that we have a steel winch, it's not so hard. Just think how many giant clams we can hoist up in one night, and earning a few hundred kilograms of fresh meat is probably not a problem."

"Of course, this giant clam shell is also very useful to me."

As he spoke, he patted the shell.

"We can't throw it away."

Fishermen usually take the meat from the giant clams and push the shells back into the sea to avoid burdening the fishing boats and consuming more diesel fuel.

But for Niu Bayi, it's a different story.

He wants to use this giant clam shell to build a house.

They smashed it up, mixed it with clay and other materials, and used it to build walls that were incredibly sturdy.

It's no exaggeration to say that it could stand for two or three hundred years without any problem.

He Zhenzhen nodded repeatedly, her face beaming with joy.

"That's great! I'll be able to live in a house made of giant clam shells from now on."

Niu Ba nodded slightly and smiled.

"This amount of giant clam shells isn't enough. We'll have to go out to sea a few more times to harvest them. Using giant clam shells to build houses will save us a lot of money. So, in the end, we've made another profit."

"Saving is earning!"

He Zhenzhen smiled sweetly.

"My goodness, my man is such a good strategist, I love it!"

Niu Bayi chuckled.

"Since you like it, is there anything you'd like to do?"

He Zhenzhen blushed, glanced around to make sure there was only the sea and no one else around, then mustered her courage, stood on tiptoe, and forcefully kissed Niu Bayi on the lips.

This made Niu Bayi very satisfied.

He raised his hand and slapped He Zhenzhen on the butt.

"My wife is becoming more and more obedient."

He Zhenzhen's face turned even redder, and she covered her bottom, her eyes wide open.

"My goodness, you're getting bolder and bolder, daring to pat my butt?"

Niu Bayi said, "Your butt isn't a tiger's butt, does that mean I can't touch it?"

He Zhenzhen snorted.

"I'm ignoring you now. I'm going to set sail. Let's head back and come out to harvest giant clams again next time! I'm tired now, let's go back and get some rest."

More than an hour later, when it was almost fully light, the boat returned to the dock.

Niu Bayi returned quite late this time.

The other fishing boats were all moored in their respective positions.

Even the fish were sold out, and everyone went home to rest.

Meanwhile, He Rong, He Laifu, and Boss Wu were all keeping an eye on things at the dock.

They breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Niu Bayi's fishing boat return.

He Laifu shouted, "Bayi! Zhenzhen! You're finally back! We thought something bad had happened. We've been waiting here!"