Those standing on the shore joked, "Su, aren't you going down?"

"Are you afraid of getting your flowery dress dirty? Hahaha."

"You can't do it like that. Did you see the little holes in the mud?"

"Yes, yes, that's it."

"If you see one of those small holes, just pry it open; there's always something inside."

"Okay, Aunt Tian, ​​thank you."

Aren't you coming down?

"I'm not coming down. My two boys are down there. I don't want the whole family to get covered in mud."

Su Qingci used two fingers to reach into the small hole that was protruding from the water, and sure enough, she touched something after a short while.

When I took it out, I saw a huge snail, and my excitement about the harvest was instantly rekindled.

At first, they only dug when they saw a hole, but later they just started stirring the mud with both hands.

What are you doing?

Song Jingzhou hung on a tree branch by the pond, watching with curiosity as Su Qingci dug a hole with all her might.

Why is the word "摸" (mō, meaning to touch or grope) used when groping for snails and clams? Why not use "挖" (wā, meaning to dig) or "刨" (páo, meaning to scrape) for snails?

"You're digging deeper into a hole, that's not touching, that's scooping, that's digging!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, so he's a cultured person from the city?"

Su Qingci was furious, so she threw a mud ball at the person in the tree who was mocking her.

"Are you kidding me? Do you think I don't know the word 'touching' is used when 'touching snails'?"

With mud-covered fingers pointing downwards to his feet, he exclaimed, "I'm digging! Digging for my rubber boots!!!"

She was wearing a rubber shoe on one clean foot, with her trouser leg tucked inside.

The other foot was covered in mud all the way up to the knee, with cute toes peeking out from the mud. The rubber shoe was nowhere to be seen.