Xiao Hu was stronger than Ye Cheng, and this time he deliberately increased his strength, pulling the entire earth dragon out in one go.
Holy crap! It's so long!
"It's about a meter long."
The two Chen brothers exclaimed in surprise. This earthen dragon was clearly not in the same league as theirs, its one-meter-long body darting around everywhere.
Ye Cheng rushed over and grabbed it, but the force was too great, and he couldn't control it at all.
Chen Zhanglong arrived just in time, and the two of them, one in front and one behind, grabbed the earth dragon from both ends.
"Brother Cheng, it probably weighs about 3 jin (1.5 catties)." Chen Zhanglong weighed it in his hand.
"There should be, this thing is really quite big."
Ye Cheng was very happy to have acquired such a large shipment.
Now things are much better. The four of them each got one, and together they have about five or six kilograms of earthen dragons, which cost over a thousand yuan.
Ye Cheng placed the earthen dragon and was walking towards his cave entrance when he saw a slightly flattened hole on the mudflat bubbling out.
Glug glug.
This means there's stock; it might even still be at the cave entrance.
Without thinking, he stretched out his hand, and with a squelch, his entire forearm disappeared into the mudflats.
The hole wasn't deep, and Ye Cheng quickly reached the bottom, touching something slippery and round, which didn't look like an earth dragon.
Ye Cheng grabbed its body and pulled it out, and a black fish was pulled out.
It's a goby. We met just a couple of days ago, and I didn't expect to see it again.
The crab goby came, thrashed around on the ground a few times, and was caught by Ye Cheng, who then threw it into the water tank.
Ye Cheng straightened up and shouted to the group, "Pay attention, there are also tigerfish. Scoop out any places with holes, use a shovel if necessary, don't miss any."
Although they are both caves, the entrances of the earth dragon's caves are more rounded, while the entrances of the crab goby's caves are flatter. If you look closely, you can still tell the difference.
The crab-goby was no match for the earth dragon, so the four of them continued to guard the earth dragon's cave.
Of the last four holes, two more were drilled out, but the remaining two remained completely silent, presumably because they were out of stock.
Six out of eight holes produced dragons, each one a tiny earthen dragon that delighted the Chen brothers.
"Brother Cheng, I've never seen so many earth dragons before."
"This is nothing! Keep going! There are still crab gobies, and we've only caught a few earth dragons. There are definitely more. Everyone, spread out and search."
After guarding this wave, the caves in this area were almost completely cleared, and the group split up to search the surrounding area.
The Chen brothers were too lazy to pick up any of those shellfish or mussels today; they couldn't bear the embarrassment.
Being with Ye Cheng suddenly boosted my morale.
"Brother Cheng, there's a patch of tigerfish holes over here," Chen Zhangfu called out from the left. Ye Cheng walked over across the mudflats. There were about seven or eight holes, clustered together, but he didn't know how many could be found.
"Xiao Hu, bring the shovel over here, let's all work together and see how many we can get."
Last time, he and Xiao Hu had a really painful time digging through the mud, but this time there were more people.
Moreover, although the Chen brothers are not as fierce as Xiao Hu, they are more than capable of surpassing him.
The four of them started digging directly at the hole, without bothering with any techniques, since they had enough strength.
The first hole was dug to a depth of about 30 centimeters when bubbles started to emerge from the opening.
Chen Zhangfu couldn't wait to reach in, rummage around, and then a look of delight appeared on his face.
Just as Ye Cheng thought that this meant there was some good stuff, he saw his expression change instantly, transforming into a mask of pain.
He cried out in pain and quickly pulled his hand out.
"What's wrong?" Ye Cheng asked.
“There are crabs.” Chen Zhangfu shook his fingers; the skin was already broken, with a slight red mark.
"Where are the crabs? I'll do it." Chen Zhanglong didn't care whether there were crabs inside or not. He simply poked his hand in and quickly pulled out a large blue crab, completely unharmed.
In the Three Kingdoms period, this would be considered the work of someone like Xu Chu, who remained completely calm.
This blue crab is quite big, almost two pounds. I don't know how it grew so big.
"Brother Cheng, this crab is so big, let me try to dig it out again."
Chen Zhanglong's face covered in mud couldn't hide his excitement. Ignoring how dirty he was, he lay down again and reached inside, which Ye Cheng found incredibly admirable.
Ye Cheng's hole was almost at the bottom. Having learned from Afu's experience, Ye Cheng didn't dare to start digging directly and preferred to dig a few more times.
With the last shovel stroke, what he dug open wasn't a hole, but a burrow, inside which a swarm of crab-goby fish huddled together, looking at Ye Cheng in a panic.
Ye Cheng made them out one by one, a total of five, of various sizes.
While Ah Fu was examining his finger to see if it was cut, he heard Ah Long burst into laughter and then pull out a smaller blue crab from the hole.
"I knew it! How could such a big male crab not be accompanied by a female crab?" Ah Long showed everyone the blue crab, and sure enough, it was a male and a female.
Little Tiger's holes were full of tigerfish. He caught four in total, including a big one that weighed over five ounces.
In this cave, there were more than a dozen goby fish and two blue crabs, one large and one small, one male and one female.
"Brother, the wind is picking up," Xiao Hu said, pointing to the sea.
Ye Cheng looked around and saw that the once calm sea was beginning to feel a breeze, with small waves slowly rolling towards the shore.
"This is Xiao Feng, let's ignore him for now."
"Let's walk a little further over there and see if there are any earth dragons."
Ye Cheng pointed to the other side.
Although the wind is calm now, it will soon be submerged once it picks up, given the condition of this mudflat.
The group walked forward for a while and came to a relatively flat mudflat with few potholes.
Every now and then a small black dot would hop across the mudflats, land in the mud, and then take flight again.
"Brother, see, I told you there would be mudskippers," Little Tiger said proudly.
"What's the use of having it? I can't catch it anyway."
Ye Cheng shook his head. He didn't realize it when he saw it on TV, but once he got to the scene, he immediately understood.
It's true, it's like people talking about shooting a pistol at 50 meters.
People who have never fired a gun always think that 50 is a very close number and that you can hit the target every time. But people who have actually fired a gun know the truth.
50 meters, one target, and a few circles drawn on it. Even if you have poor eyesight, you can still see some of it. What's the point of shooting at a target?
These mudskippers are like this now; when you see them on TV, they're definitely a few centimeters long, and they're probably not that hard to catch.
But now, compared to the mudflats, the difference is immediately apparent. In Ye Cheng's eyes, this thing is no different from a tiny dot.
Moreover, he also needs to control the fishing rod to cast it over and hook it back, a skill he could never possess.
So after taking a look, Ye Cheng said, "Let's deal with the Earth Dragon first. We can deal with this thing when we can't find the Earth Dragon anymore; it's too scattered."
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