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What's going on? You guys just made the deal right in front of me? You exchanged 100 yuan for seven days of premium afternoon tea?
Before Bai Yu could react, Bai Tianhao took the money from Li Xue and then gave her the small ball containing the note.
"Thank you, Auntie."
One hundred yuan was more than enough for Bai Tianhao, who thanked Li Xue profusely and bowed deeply.
"Uncle, I told you we could turn these prizes into cash, and look, the money is here now."
"Okay, okay, you're right. Congratulations on earning another hundred dollars. Keep looking, you might find something good. Remember to keep an eye on your younger siblings."
"Understood, Uncle."
After Bai Tianhao agreed, he left with the three little devils.
Bai Yu and Li Xue followed behind the three of them. They only grabbed seafood and didn't pick up the white balls. Even if the others saw them, they would pretend not to see them.
After all, these little balls were thrown down by the two of them. Even if the tide carries them away after they are thrown down, they won't travel too far; they will only stay within a certain range.
In this situation, knowing the general area, they can collect many small balls.
That would be unfair to the other employees, so Bai Yu and Li Xue did not get involved.
Even when they were gathering seafood, and they saw a small ball at their feet, they pretended not to see it and walked right past it.
However, the prize he received from Bai Tianhao was different from the one he found himself; you could say he picked up a loophole.
Since Li Xue wants this exquisite afternoon tea, then let her have it. After all, given Li Xue's status, if she wants to have an exquisite afternoon tea at the company, can anyone say no?
However, in Bai Yu's eyes, these little balls are just as important as the spiny lobsters—one is useless, and the other can only be looked at but not caught.
Although their village has the authority to catch spiny lobsters, they can only do so for one day a year; the rest of the time, the villagers can only watch.
During his previous beachcombing trip, Bai Yu discovered several spiny lobsters in the mangroves. These guys were living very comfortably and had fattened themselves up quite a bit.
Of course, you can't catch the spiny lobster, but you can catch its cousin, the baby green lobster.
Bai Yu already has three little green dragons in his bucket. If he catches two more, he can have one little green dragon for each member of his family.
Despite having the word "small" in its name, the little green dragons that Bai Yu caught were not small at all; each one weighed at least six or seven ounces.
It's a pity that those spiny lobsters can't be caught, otherwise, the few spiny lobsters that Bai Yu saw were all large lobsters weighing three or four pounds or more, each one being equivalent to several small green lobsters.
Unfortunately, the time hasn't come yet.
Bai Yu then continued to stroll around the mangrove forest, focusing most of his attention on the crevices in the mangroves, which are the easiest places for crabs to hide.
Moreover, due to the presence of mangroves, although there are reefs in these areas, there is still a small amount of silt on the seabed.
Then, whether it's lobsters or crabs, they will use this small amount of mud and sand to make their nests. If you look carefully in these places, you can really find a lot of food.
Soon Bai Yu made a new discovery: a slightly different bulge.
"Wow, what a huge bulge! Is it hiding one or two crabs? Are they making baby crabs?"
Bai Yu looked at the mound hidden in the middle of the mangroves. This mound was really big. The part that protruded from the surrounding mud and sand alone was more than 20 centimeters in diameter.
If this were converted to the size of a crab, especially a mud crab, it would probably weigh two or three pounds.
And this is a conservative estimate; a mud crab with a shell diameter of 20 to 30 centimeters would likely be even heavier.
But are there really mud crabs this big in coastal waters?
There were quite a few mud crabs weighing over a pound each; Bai Yu and his group saw and caught quite a lot of them.
However, a single one weighing two pounds is quite rare; it's not entirely nonexistent, but it's still quite uncommon.
Those weighing more than two or three pounds are even rarer; in fact, Bai Yu hasn't heard of anyone catching a three-pound blue crab on the beach for many years.
Three-pound mud crabs do exist, but they are almost never seen in nearshore areas. Even if there are mud crabs that big on the market, they are all caught in the deep sea.
For this reason, mud crabs are divided into two types: near-shore mud crabs and deep-sea mud crabs.
Nearshore mud crabs, due to human fishing and other reasons, even if they have the genes to grow to three pounds, humans will not give them that opportunity.
They only have enough time to grow if they live in remote, untouched places.
Bai Yu wouldn't let go of this bulge, no matter whether it contained a large crab or two.
However, before catching it, Bai Yu needs to clear out the surrounding mangrove forest to create enough space for him to operate.
This is actually quite simple. Just bend the mangroves blocking the bulge to both sides, and you'll have enough space for him to work.
Then Bai Yu reached in with a sand shovel in his right hand and scraped the mud and sand off the mound.
To be honest, this thing was hidden quite well. There was a lot of mud and sand covering its surface. Bai Yu had to scrape the bump flat before he could feel its hardness.
He scraped there for a long time but couldn't catch anything hard, and he thought he had misjudged the situation.
Fortunately, he didn't give up halfway and continued scraping, which revealed a patch of bluish-green carapace.
Once a bit of the shell was exposed, things became much simpler. Bai Yu swept away the surrounding mud and sand, and a huge crab back emerged.
Just looking at this guy's back, it's about 20 centimeters wide, roughly the same size as the bulge from before.
At the same time, by looking at the crab's back, Bai Yu could roughly judge the weight of this guy, which was definitely over two pounds, though he was not sure if it had reached three pounds.
Perhaps because its aesthetic sense had been disturbed, the crab immediately stood up and extended its large pincers to warn Bai Yu.
But would an old fisherman be afraid of crab claws?
Probably not. On the contrary, people would think the bigger the crab claws, the better, since bigger claws mean bigger crabs.
Would any fisherman complain about a crab being too big?
It's impossible for that to happen, and in the minds of all fishermen, it's impossible for them to get pinched by crabs.
Bai Yu was the same; he remained unmoved by the guy's large pincers. They were just two large crab claws; it wasn't like he hadn't tried them before.
Then Bai Yu placed the sand shovel in front of the crab, and sure enough, the crab was very cooperative and immediately clamped its claws at the shovel.
"Wow, you're pretty strong. You're holding on tight once you've got your grip on the sand shovel. Not bad, not bad. You'd better not let go."
Bai Yu checked the sand shovel; the crab was really putting in a lot of effort, gripping the shovel tightly and refusing to let go.
This was exactly what Bai Yu wanted; he wanted this guy to keep holding on.
He then used a sand shovel to lift the crab up, but even with the shovel upright, the crab still wouldn't let go.
Then he managed to pull out this huge crab and bring it to his face.
This crab is really big. If it were placed upright in front of him, Bai Yu felt that it would be bigger than his head. He hadn't seen such a big crab in a long time.
"Wow, Brother Xiaobai, did you catch this crab? It's huge! It must weigh two or three pounds!"
"About two pounds, but three pounds is uncertain."
As Bai Yu spoke, he took two cable ties out of his bucket, preparing to tie the crab's large claws.
Just as he made a move, he casually glanced into the sandpit where he had caught the crab, and then he saw that the sandpit had come to life, and a pair of large pincers had emerged.
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What's going on here? There really are two crabs inside this bulge?
"Xue'er, could you help me get this blue crab? There's another one in this sandpit. I'll catch the other one for you too. Be careful not to get pinched by the crab."
As Bai Yu spoke, he showed the back of the blue crab in his hand to Li Xue.
Li Xue only needs to grab the crab's shell to control it and ensure it won't hurt her.
Then Bai Yu took the crab-catching claws out of the bucket. This time, instead of using the claws to catch the crabs in the sandpit, he took the initiative to catch the crabs in the sandpit.
Because the remaining crab in the sandpit wasn't very big; judging from the width of its shell alone, it was about a third smaller than the previous one, clearly an older man and a younger woman.
Moreover, since this guy was trapped in the sandpit, Bai Yu took advantage of the guy's lack of reaction time, grabbed him, and pulled him out of the sandpit.
Not long after, a blue crab with its claws tied appeared in the bucket.
Bai Yu was a pretty good person. He could guess that the two crabs were probably a couple. Even after he caught them, he still put them together so that they could be together until the end.
How wonderful! How romantic! How enviable it would be for all the other crabs!
Of course, if any crabs are truly envious, Bai Yu would very much like them to come to him, and he would treat them the same as other crabs.
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