A flash of disgust crossed Qian Xiaohua's eyes, but her face wore a pitiful expression.
“I dug all these crabs out myself, one by one. It was only because the kids were naughty and didn’t know any better that they took one.”
"I've lost my man, and life isn't easy for my daughter and me. Awan, you're a woman too, can't you have some pity on me?"
Among the crowd were several men from their own village and neighboring villages, who felt some sympathy for Qian Xiaohua upon seeing her pitiful state.
There was even a short, middle-aged man with a slightly sleazy look in his eyes who stepped in to smooth things over.
"Young lady, they're just kids and don't know any better. You should be forgiving and not go too far."
Fu Wan had no problem with the onlookers, but the man staring intently at Qian Xiaohua on the ground was truly disgusting to her.
This person's eyes, in particular, seemed to be able to see through things, scrutinizing Qian Xiaohua who was sitting on the ground.
Fu Wan walked up to Qian Xiaohua and blocked the man's view.
“Aunt Qian, I’ll call you aunt too. You always think you’re right just because you cry and make a fuss. You say you caught these crabs, but tell me where you caught them and how you caught them all by yourself?”
Qian Xiaohua was surprised by the question and her eyes darted around quickly.
"I dug it in the sandpit next to it!"
Fu Wan picked up a blue crab and held it up in front of everyone.
"Even though it's nighttime, everyone brought flashlights. Look, are there any sands on these crabs?"
Standing in front was Liu Sanniang, the village chief's wife, who picked up the crab and touched both sides of it.
"Hey, this crab is cleaner than my hands!"
That's right. Fu Wan has a habit of washing the crabs in the trench after catching them, so the crabs are very clean.
"That's what I found under the rocks, I must have remembered it wrong!"
Fu Wan chuckled, "How can you carry such heavy rocks by yourself with a teenager? Let's assume you can move the rocks, how are you going to catch crabs?"
Seeing that Fu Wan refuted all her arguments, Qian Xiaohua couldn't think of a way to deal with it for the time being.
She started throwing a tantrum, saying, "These crabs are mine, and everything in my bucket is mine. My son only took one of yours and got his hand pinched, so you have to pay for my medical expenses!"
The lewd man, who was unhappy that Fu Wan had blocked his view, chimed in to support her.
"Yes, they have to pay for the medical expenses! Look what they did to that person's toy!"
Qian Xiaohua looked at the man in the crowd, her eyes filled with gratitude and unspoken words.
I'm just getting rid of this loneliness, while others are eager to get involved!
I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone this shameless.
Fu Wan was so angry she laughed, and she didn't bother to argue anymore.
"Aunt Qian, you said you caught all these crabs, can you swear it?"
"Swear to the Goddess Mazu, if you didn't catch these crabs but stole them, may you be impoverished for the rest of your life, never earning any money, and may your son never be able to get married and will have to become a male prostitute!"
These words were so harsh that everyone in the crowd gasped in shock.
"I won't tell! Are you cursing me?"
"If you're the one who caught them, what are you afraid of?"
Seeing that she couldn't fool her anymore, Qian Xiaohua's mind raced as she tried to find a new way to deal with the situation.
Just then, Ye Xiaocui's suspicious voice came from not far away.
"Ah Wan?"
Fu Wan responded, and with a series of footsteps, Ye Xiaocui, Boss Fu, Fu Liang, and Jiang Chunlan all came over. Seeing the crowd gathered, they all asked what was going on.
Seeing that there were so many of them, Qian Xiaohua knew she wouldn't get the better of them, so she could only stand up, grab her son, and carry the empty bucket home in a dejected manner.
Before leaving, he glared at Fu Wan and gritted his teeth, saying, "You just wait!"
Let her wait, she's not afraid!
Fu Wan curled her lip, while Ye Xiaocui spat at Qian Xiaohua's retreating figure.
"Qian Xiaohua, if you dare to come to my house and cause trouble again, I'll skin you alive!"
"Exactly, do they think we're just for show?"
Jiang Chunlan chimed in, saying that Qian Xiaohua wasn't like this before. She didn't know why, but ever since Boss Fu came back alive, she's become a completely different person.
Regardless of all that, seeing Fu Wan's three buckets full of crabs, everyone was filled with envy and scattered to pick up the seafood with their tools.
It's a lively scene, but it doesn't make money!
Ye Xiaocui was delighted to see the three buckets of crabs and immediately picked them up.
"I'll take these crabs home first, so I don't cause any more trouble later."
Fu Wan nodded in agreement, "Mom, let Dad take it over. You stay and go pick some spicy snails with me!"
Ye Xiaocui immediately became interested, "Where can I find spicy snails?"
Fu Wan, along with Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan, continued to harvest snails, while Fu Laoda and Fu Liang took their catch home first.
So much stuff! Ugh, I should have brought a cart!
Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan, true to their old ways of beachcombing, were incredibly fast at picking up snails. In no time at all, they had cleaned up the entire patch of snails, leaving only the smaller ones to ensure their continued existence.
"So many spicy snails, Mom, let's stir-fry a bowl of them tomorrow!"
Looking at all these spicy snails, Fu Wan also felt a bit hungry.
Ye Xiaocui readily agreed, "Cook it up, Chunlan, come to my house for dinner with A-Liang later."
Jiang Chunlan smiled and agreed, but in her heart she was planning to go back to the vegetable garden and pick more vegetables to take over, since she couldn't go there to freeload every day.
After picking all the snails, and seeing that it was getting late, Fu Wan was about to go back from the rocky area with Ye Xiaocui and the others when she slipped and fell into the ditch.
"Ah Wan, are you alright?"
Fu Ming and Ye Lin, who were walking behind, were startled and reached out to help Fu Wan up.
Fu Wan quickly replied, "It's nothing, it's nothing... Hey, what's this?"
She touched something soft and squishy, which was clearly not the feel of a rock.
When she took it out and looked at it, hey, good heavens, it was actually a sea cucumber the size of her palm!
Well, now we don't have to go back.
Ye Lin knew about sea cucumbers; they were very nutritious, and dried sea cucumbers sold at the supply and marketing cooperatives were not cheap, let alone fresh, live sea cucumbers squirting water.
The group placed the bag containing the spicy snails aside and waited for Boss Fu and the others to come back and get it. This time, having learned from their previous experience, they didn't throw it far away; they just placed it right under their noses.
The group then began a thorough search of the trench and surprisingly discovered a number of sea cucumbers.
"Amin and Awan, look what this is!"
Novice Ye Lin, his face beaming with excitement, grabbed something from the trench with both hands.
Fu Wan and Fu Ming looked over upon hearing the sound, and wow, Ye Lin was quite impressive; he actually caught a sea eel as thick as two fingers with his bare hands.
No wonder he's someone who's caught snakes in the mountains; with one hand on the neck and the other on the tail, the ferocious eel was completely immobilized, let alone able to bite!
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