On their way home, although they passed through the market, they still had to take a detour. Now that they've bought the goods, they don't have to take the detour and can go straight home.

"Okay, stay home and wait patiently. Mom will definitely buy it for you when she gets back."

After Lin Jianguo and the others left, Er Ya sat up abruptly and hurriedly started getting dressed.

When she got to the kitchen and opened the pot lid, she found that there was still rice and a bowl of steaming egg custard left for her in the pot.

It was obvious at a glance that this was Jiang's mother's creation, but what she didn't know was that Wang Meili had insisted on steaming this egg custard.

Jiang's mother was initially embarrassed to let Er Ya eat eggs again, as the family wasn't well-off and eggs had to be sold to earn money. But look how the two Jiang brothers' eyes lit up when they saw the steamed egg custard, their mouths watering, showing how long it had been since they had eaten eggs.

But when they heard that the steamed egg custard was made for Er Ya, neither of them mentioned wanting to eat it. Even Jiang Damin, who was usually a troublemaker, suppressed his drool, took a cornbread, pretended not to see the steamed egg custard, and hurriedly finished eating before going to school.

Er Ya finished her steamed egg custard in big mouthfuls, then went to check on the snails in the bucket. It seemed that someone had changed the water, as the snails were leisurely strolling around, occasionally spitting out some dirty things.

The whole bucket of fish we had caught earlier was washed clean and eaten in no time. Although there seemed to be a lot of it, there wasn't much meat in it. It was the first time the Jiang family had ever eaten it, so they all ate to their hearts' content.

The bucket contained what Er Ya and Jiang Damin retrieved yesterday afternoon. Er Ya found an unused bucket, picked it up, and headed towards the riverbank.

From afar, you could see Wang Meili and the others bending over, diligently searching for snails.

Er Ya ran up to greet them: "Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt, why didn't you call me when you came out?"

Chen Xiuhua shook the mud off her hands and said with a smile, "I saw you were sleeping soundly when I left, so I didn't wake you. Have you eaten? Why didn't you stay home and play?"

"I've already eaten. I had steamed egg custard. I'm all alone at home now, and it's so boring, so I came out."

Wang Meili rubbed her lower back; bending over for so long was uncomfortable. Seeing that Er Ya was also about to go into the river, she quickly stopped her.

"Don't come down. Your grandma and I have already caught quite a lot. Just sit on the shore and wait for us for a while."

"It's alright, Auntie. I have sharp eyes. No snail can escape my notice. I'll help you catch them. Let's catch as many as possible to take home before the sun comes out."

"Okay then, but you have to be careful. There are things in here that can pinch people, so be careful not to get pinched."

Er Ya is right. Once the sun comes out at noon, it will be too hot to catch anything. We should catch as much as possible now.

When Er Ya heard Wang Meili say this, her eyes sparkled: "Auntie, I want that thing you mentioned that pinches people. If you come across it again, please put it in the bucket too, okay?"

Wang Meili asked in confusion, "What do you need this for? Can you eat it?"

If Er Ya can make snails taste so good, can these mantis shrimp that pinch people also taste good? Some people have tried to catch them before, but the result was terrible. Since then, no one has been willing to bother looking for them.

Er Ya smiled mysteriously and said, "I have a use for this. Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt, if you see this thing, just grab its head, and it won't be able to pinch you. If you clean this thing up, you can sell it for money."

Upon hearing that it could be sold for money, Wang Meili immediately began searching diligently.

I spotted a mantis shrimp leisurely burrowing into the soil. Following Er Ya's instructions, I grabbed its head. Sure enough, the creature was waving its two large pincers, but I couldn't get a grip on it no matter what I did.

Crayfish: Hey hey hey, what's going on? I usually pinch people so easily, what happened today? Are my claws not long enough? Hey hey hey, don't throw me into the bucket, I'm not tasty at all.

Seeing that Wang Meili found the crayfish so quickly, Er Ya also stared at the bottom of the water and slowly walked forward. Sure enough, she also found one and excitedly threw it into the bucket. Gradually, she also found a pattern: she would look for places with a lot of mud and catch one every time.

However, she found that several times she could clearly see the crayfish, but when she reached out to grab it, it would suddenly disappear.

Could this thing burrow like a loach? Back in modern times, she was so busy eating crayfish that she really didn't know whether this thing lived in water or mud.

To test her idea, Er Ya called out, "Grandpa, could you get me a shovel? I want to see if there are any crayfish in this mud."

Jiang Heping responded, but going home now would be a bit of a hassle, so he borrowed one from someone nearby.

Following Er Ya's directions, they dug down hard, and sure enough, they found the crayfish's nest. There were more than a dozen crayfish scurrying away in panic.

Er Ya was overjoyed and quickly caught all the escaped crayfish and put them into the bucket.

"Auntie, Grandma, come quick! Let's stop catching snails for now and catch some crayfish instead. There are so many!"

Wang Meili glanced reluctantly at the snails at her feet and asked Er Ya doubtfully, "Is this crayfish you're talking about really edible? What if it turns out we can't eat it and it delays our snail-catching?"

"Auntie, don't worry, trust me, this is absolutely delicious. Look, you've caught several buckets of snails, that's almost enough to sell. Now catch some more crayfish, and we'll sell them together with the snails tomorrow."

Chen Xiuhua trusted her granddaughter completely, so as soon as Er Ya called her over, she quickly grabbed the bucket and went over. Seeing Wang Meili still asking questions, she said a little impatiently:

"Don't you trust Er Ya? Otherwise, you can stay there catching snails while Er Ya and I catch these things."

That works too, we can do both at the same time. Wang Meili agreed and stayed where she was to continue catching snails.

Jiang Heping was digging the soil with all his might, while Chen Xiuhua and Er Ya were catching the crayfish that were scurrying around, laughing from ear to ear. It was so much fun catching them!

Busy times fly by. By the time Er Ya felt a little hungry, she looked up and saw that the sun was already high in the sky.

Jiang Heping stretched lazily and saw that he had already caught a bucket of crayfish. He also brought out a basket, which was also filled with crayfish, and another basket was filled with snails.

"Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt, let's go home. Look, we've caught so much, it's enough."

"Ah~ Are we leaving now? Isn't it still early?"

To be continued!