"Actually, in the countryside, there is another advantage after the late rice harvest: you can dig for loaches in the rice paddies, and if you're lucky, you can even find eels!"

Mo Sang swallowed hard. "How did you know?"

“My family is from the countryside. I used to do this all the time when I was a kid. I just don’t know how strong the pesticides are now here. If they’re not, I can come and try it sometime.”

Fang Yang walked to the edge of the already harvested rice paddy and carefully observed the condition of the field.

"Do you think you can tell just by standing here?"

Seeing that Fang Yang wasn't going down into the field but just standing by the edge to observe, Mo Sang felt that it was a bit unreliable. Sometimes when Mo Sang watched short videos of people fishing for eels, they would carefully observe in the field and confirm several times before taking a bite. Fang Yang's way of saying that he could tell if there were eels just by standing by the field was just fooling people!

Ignoring the incomprehension in Mo Sang's eyes, Fang Yang observed for a while and nodded in satisfaction. "The farmers here are alright. They don't use much pesticide in the rice paddies, and there are quite a few loaches. I'll ask Manager Qu later to see if we can dig for loaches here."

"If the farmers don't dig up this kind of farmland themselves, it shouldn't be a problem for us to do it, right?"

Mo Sang didn't quite understand this. These are all wild things. If you don't want them, is it wrong for others to dig some up? Besides, digging up loaches is good for the rice paddies!

"You don't understand rural life. In this kind of household contract system, everything on the land belongs to the farmers. Stealing without permission is theft. Let's avoid trouble if possible!"

"Hey, how did you know there were loaches in the field? You haven't even been in the field, do you have eyes like lightning?"