However, this time, he only picked up one net bag, and the area was almost cleaned up. After cleaning the net bag, Ye Cheng started searching in the mud and sand.
The mud and sand on this seabed are quite thick, and these crabs hide inside and blend into the mud and sand, making them difficult to spot. Ye Cheng can only search slowly along the perimeter of the garbage mountain.
For those that require careful observation, it was even more difficult for Xiao Hu to find them after he came down. His diving time was already short, and after coming down, he still had to observe carefully, making it hard to see clearly.
When searching for crabs in the mud and sand, it's difficult to see the crabs directly; you mainly have to look for traces in the mud and sand.
A small, elongated protrusion indicated that there was something underneath. Ye Cheng inserted a pair of tongs into the mud from behind, and a crab suddenly scurried out in fright. Ye Cheng caught it with the tongs and stuffed it into the net.
There are many crabs in this area, and the traces on the mud are abundant. You can easily see them at a glance. Using tongs to pick them up is just as fast as catching them by hand.
After working for two hours, Ye Cheng circled the area around the garbage mountain, cleaning up all the crabs he could find. The next step was...
The trash has been cleaned up.
Ye Cheng isn't some saint. There's a lot of marine debris, and he can't wholeheartedly dedicate himself to protecting the marine environment, but he'll still clean up the trash in front of his own doorstep.
Moreover, if they aren't cleared out, and a few more batches of crabs come, the older brother's clam farm will be finished.
The outermost layer of the garbage mountain was a cable, which was easy to clean. Ye Cheng found the end of the cable, and Xiao Hu pulled it up.
Although it took a bit of time, it went relatively smoothly.
It took the two of them another two hours to completely clean up the pile of trash before they climbed out of the sea.
Looking at the mountain of trash, Ye Cheng couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder Yang Liu and the others are working on marine conservation. If we don't protect it, it'll all turn into a garbage dump."
Xiao Hu, sitting to the side, immediately became interested when Ye Cheng mentioned Yang Liu.
"Brother, Yang Liu is your school beauty, right? You haven't told me about that class reunion yet. Did she not even bother to look at you?"
"Tch! That's you. The school beauty rushed over as soon as she saw me and even asked for my contact information, saying she wanted to take my boat out to sea next time."
Seeing Ye Cheng's smug look, Xiao Hu looked incredulous. "Come on, bro, they're going to have to hitch a ride on your boat. With your beat-up boat, you're going to make them sit on the deck with their butts all wet?"
"Damn! You're so vulgar, what are you thinking about?" Ye Cheng said disdainfully.
"Bro, you're something else, don't you even have feelings for the school beauty?"
"No, I'm a man dedicated to the ocean, I have no interest in women." Ye Cheng raised his head towards the sun, looking incredibly sacred.
"Tch, what's in the hidden folders on your computer?" Xiao Hu looked at Ye Cheng with a mocking expression.
"Holy crap! You dared to touch my hidden folder! Tell me, what did you see?"
...
The two of them couldn't clear the pile of garbage, so Ye Guowei rode over on his tricycle and managed to get it all out of the way.
Back in the village, I happened to run into a few people who were returning from the dock.
"Guowei, what did you do? You got a whole truckload of garbage?" a few joked.
"Yeah, the beach's been full of trash lately. There's no way around it; it'll just get too dirty if we don't clean it up," Ye Guowei replied.
"Sigh, the sea these days is just indescribable. You know how good it was when we were kids. There wasn't a single piece of trash on the seabed, and the seawater was so blue. It's nothing like it is now." A few people who were the same age as Ye Guowei sighed a few times.
Seeing that Ye Guowei was about to start a conversation with someone, Ye Cheng quickly greeted him.
"Hey guys, Xiao Hu and I are going to take out the trash first."
"Okay, let's chat with your brother for a bit."
Ye Guowei took out cigarettes and offered them to the group, then casually asked,
Why are you back so early?
"The weather has been bad these past two days, so no boats have gone out to sea. There was nothing to do at the dock, so I came back early."
Ye Guowei nodded; indeed, no one was going out to sea in this weather.
"Well, around noon today, a few people rented a boat and went out to sea. They were dressed quite nicely, but they weren't going fishing. They said they were there to protect marine animals. Isn't that strange?"
"There's a beautiful woman inside, young and pretty, but it's a bit of a loss for her to come out to sea with us. It's such a shame that such a beauty isn't being kept by the boss."
As the group chatted, Ye Cheng, who hadn't gone far, naturally overheard them.
Protect marine animals, and give back the beautiful women.
Could it be Yang Liu and the others?
Is this a plan to go find white dolphins after the storm?
Ye Cheng looked at the sky; it was starting to clear up, so he figured everything was fine now.
Ye Cheng didn't think much of it. He and Xiao Hu hauled the pile of garbage to the landfill and dumped it. Then they went back to Ye Guowei's house, picked up two more boxes of crabs, and rode towards the dock.
The pier was indeed relatively quiet today. Only a few boats sailed out around noon when the weather was nice. I'm planning to try my luck.
Ye Cheng rode over and ran into Boss He. This guy was indeed good at guarding; even though there was no boat, he still stayed here.
"Hey, second brother, I knew the magpie's call at the door today meant good news, and I've really been waiting for you." Boss He greeted Ye Cheng as soon as he saw him.
"My call is like a crow's call; magpies don't make that sound," Ye Cheng joked.
"Even if you're a crow, you're still a golden crow, the son of the sun." Boss He gave a thumbs up; his flattery was resounding.
Ye Chengdu was helpless. If he couldn't make a fortune doing business this way, then there was really nothing more to say.
"Alright, shall we collect the crabs?" Ye Cheng pointed to the water tank on the tricycle.
"Collect it! There's nothing here today. If you don't collect anything, I'll have paid the rent for nothing."
Opening a shop at the dock also requires rent, and it's not cheap. If the weather is like this every day and there's no fish at all, they'll starve.
Although Brother Qiang said in the TV series: "The bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish," you still need to have fish first.
Mr. He impatiently opened the water tank, only to be instantly startled.
"Damn, second brother, did you raid the house? There are so many crabs."
Xiao Hu chuckled, "They really did raid their house. The whole family, look at them."
As he spoke, Xiao Hu opened the other tanks, revealing four and a half tanks full of crabs, mostly swimming crabs, with less than ten mud crabs, all of which Ye Cheng had found in the mud.
Mr. He picked out a few crabs from the panicked pool. They were still fresh and of decent size, none of them particularly small.
Before he could speak, Ye Cheng interrupted, "Well, Mr. He, let's be frank. The weather's bad today, so seafood prices are bound to go up. Don't give me the usual prices."
Boss He smiled and pointed at Ye Cheng, "Who can fool you, Ye Lao Er? Don't worry, swimming crabs are usually 30 yuan a pound, but I'll give you 36 yuan a pound this batch, a 20% increase, is that okay?"
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