"Grandma, how come this crab has crab roe even though it's so small?"

Li Xiangdong caught another crab, and when he held it up to the light, he was surprised to find it was full of crab roe.

Liu Jiangsu laughed and said, "These are mountain crabs, they won't grow very big. The biggest crab is only about the size of a bottle cap."

These mountain crabs are extremely sensitive to the cleanliness of the water source; they cannot survive if there is even the slightest impurity.

However, although mountain crabs are also called crabs, people in the mountains never eat them.

It's not because they're poisonous, it's just that such small crabs, once steamed, what meat could possibly be inside? It's a complete waste of firewood and effort!

Li Xiangdong moved a large pebble aside, revealing several mountain crabs. He picked them up, one in each hand, and quickly put them into a basin.

Before long, they had caught more than a hundred mountain crabs, filling the entire enamel basin. To prevent the crabs from crawling out, Li Xiangdong placed the wild celery that Zhao Sufang had picked on top of them.

Mountain crab: I'm under so much pressure...

Lunch was dumplings with wild celery and cured pork filling made by Liu Jiangsu and Zhao Sufang, using chicken oil to mix the filling.

When Luo Hongkai and Luo Yonggang arrived home, the dumplings were already wrapped and ready to be cooked.

Li Xiangdong was busy in the kitchen, doing something unknown. Luo Yonggang put his hoe down on the porch outside the door, rubbed the mud off his feet, and went into the kitchen to check on Li Xiangdong.

Li Xiangdong dipped the cleaned mountain crabs into the dough, then threw them into the oil. The plate next to him was already full of fried mountain crabs.

Luo Yonggang picked one up and threw it into his mouth, crunching it down before swallowing. "So fragrant, so crispy, it's awesome!"

Li Xiangdong laughed and said, "Mountain crabs and Bohai-style fried dough sticks taste almost the same, except they're not as salty!"