Ye Cheng didn't used to like eating octopuses, mainly because he thought they looked a bit ugly, but he really liked eating them, especially their suckers.
After walking a few steps along the beach, a bamboo shrimp suddenly jumped out of the sand in fright and frantically fled into the water.
Ye Cheng's eyes lit up. This bamboo shrimp was huge! It looked to be at least 30 centimeters long. It darted half a meter out of the seawater in a flash.
But even if you can outrun someone with longer legs and arms, what then?
Ye Cheng suddenly accelerated, and a large net swung up and scooped it up.
"Damn, it's huge." Ye Cheng held the shrimp in his hand; it was more than half the length of his palm.
Before he could see clearly, he noticed a rustling sound in the sand beneath his feet, with movement coming from several different places.
Ye Cheng casually tossed the bamboo shrimp into the bucket and carefully lowered the net down the sand.
As soon as the net was lowered, a large splash of water appeared in the sand, and four bamboo shrimp jumped out.
However, these shrimp clearly hadn't studied Sun Tzu's Art of War; they didn't know to scatter and flee, but instead all ran in one direction, allowing Ye Cheng to catch them all in his net.
Flutter, flutter, four big shrimp bounced around in the net. These fresh shrimp were truly a joyous sight.
"Brother, I have another octopus here," Little Tiger shouted from the other end.
"Okay, so you're really going after octopuses, aren't you?"
In the distance, Da Liu sat at the village entrance, pointing at Ye Cheng and the others.
"These two kids aren't just here to play, are they? They keep using the net, like little kids."
"Brother, I heard from the people in Baiyun Village that Acheng has been very lucky lately, managing to get a lot of seafood wherever he goes," said the guy next to him.
"Bullshit! You've been watching our village's beach for decades, have you ever caught anything big?" Da Liu didn't believe it.
"Yeah, bro."
"Let me tell you, it was Acheng who offended their village chief over there. People are spreading rumors. Sigh, how come this kid is suddenly so fierce? I heard he even went up against the village chief. Awesome."
Liu sighed.
He wasn't afraid to fight the village chief because the village chief was like his father, and his father couldn't control him.
But the other villagers wouldn't dare.
Ye Cheng didn't see any big catches, but there were plenty of bamboo shrimp and mantis shrimp. The two walked along the beach for half an hour, and their two small buckets were full.
Ye Cheng's bucket was full of mantis shrimp and bamboo shrimp, while Xiao Hu's bucket had fewer, mostly octopuses.
"Xiao Hu, go put them in a bag and soak them in seawater. Don't kill them, or you won't get any money for them."
"Okay, bro, I understand."
Xiao Hu grabbed a snakeskin bag, carefully put the shrimp and octopus inside, tied it up, and put the bag in the seawater to soak.
The burlap sack wasn't a sealed bag; it had holes. So these lambs to the slaughter were left soaking in the seawater, continuing to frolic and hop around.
After setting up, the two continued catching shrimp along the beach. There were more rocks ahead, the water was very clear, and there was a lot of seaweed. It felt like there would be more things to catch in this kind of place.
With half an hour left before the outbreak, Ye Cheng quickened his pace, but stopped after taking only two steps.
Damn, an 80 luck stat is truly something else.
In a small pond in front, dozens of shrimp swam leisurely. They were not very big, no longer than the palm of a hand.
If this were broadcast live in later generations, Ye Cheng would definitely say it was shown in advance, otherwise how could there be so much of it?
Ye Cheng stopped, turned around and called softly to Xiao Hu, "Xiao Hu, come over here."
When Xiao Hu saw Ye Cheng like this, he immediately understood that there was something to sell.
He rushed over, and Ye Cheng quickly pressed his hand down, "Slow down, don't scare the shrimp away."
Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu stood together near the sea. Damn it, this time they won't have a chance to escape into the sea.
"Brother, there are so many."
"Okay, be careful later. I reckon there are still some in the sand. Don't let someone step on them and kill them."
"Don't worry, brother, this is all money, how could I bear to part with it?"
After saying that, the two carefully began to lower the nets from both sides and moved together toward the center.
As soon as the net entered the water, the shrimp sensed it and tried to scatter and escape.
"Just do it, don't worry about anything else!" Ye Cheng shouted.
We're not going to use any tactics anymore; we're just going to fight, and fight hard.
Ye Cheng used a net to scoop up seven or eight fish that were hopping and jumping around in one go from the area with the most fish.
These are prawns. Although the price of prawns has dropped somewhat in later generations due to farming, and they are no longer considered high-end seafood, they are still not cheap, especially since these are wild prawns.
Ye Cheng was quick, but Xiao Hu was even more ferocious, his net-dropping speed was incredibly fast, leaving Ye Cheng dumbfounded.
"Tiger, have you been practicing too much? Your hand speed is so fast."
Xiao Hu looked completely bewildered. "What do you mean, bro? Isn't 'faster' better?"
"It's alright, you'll get better soon. Just take care of yourself, your health is the most important thing."
Xiao Hu scratched his head, wondering what the speed of his hands had to do with his physical condition.
The two of them jumped around on the beach like monkeys, then cast their nets to catch shrimp. In less than ten minutes, they had caught everything in the net, filling both buckets to more than half full.
"Hey bro, want a cigarette? Running like this is really tiring." Xiao Hu was panting a bit; he was the one who jumped the most energetically earlier.
Ye Cheng nodded, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and didn't even bother to sit down. "Smoke faster, we'll continue later."
"Keep going, there are quite a few already, so many shrimp." Xiao Hu felt satisfied.
"It's still early, there will definitely be more," Ye Cheng said confidently.
With a luck value of 80 today, plus a burst of good fortune, he couldn't believe it was only this low.
After finishing their cigarettes, the two continued working. This place was truly a treasure trove; after wandering around, they had caught a whole bunch of mantis shrimp and bamboo shrimp.
The buckets were full, and Xiao Hu carried the two buckets back to put them into bags.
Ye Cheng continued walking forward, and there was a large, deep pit ahead, the contents of which were unknown.
Ye Cheng checked the water depth, which was about knee-deep. He didn't need to worry about the waves, so he went straight into the water.
The seawater was a bit cool, and it felt very refreshing to step into it.
The water in the puddle was a bit murky, and as soon as you went in, several bamboo shrimp rushed out of the sand in a panic, trying to escape.
But with such a deep pit, they had nowhere to escape, and Ye Cheng leisurely scooped them up one by one—more than a dozen of them, all quite large.
When Xiao Hu came over, Ye Cheng asked him to come down with him. The two of them took a net and thoroughly searched the bottom of the puddle, catching more than a dozen mantis shrimps.
"Bro, this pit is pretty good."
Ye Cheng nodded. That was indeed possible, but what about the bulk shipment? Why wasn't there a bulk shipment?
After the water cleared, he bent down and used a net to probe under the rocks.
As soon as the net was extended, I felt something touch me, and it was quite a force.
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