At first, Ye Cheng used one hand, but later he simply used both hands to grab things. It was true, although the efficiency didn't double, the enjoyment doubled.
Soon, the net gained weight. Ye Cheng pushed off with his feet, and a large amount of mud and sand was stirred up from the seabed, instantly covering the garbage mountain.
With a splash, Ye Cheng emerged from the water and shouted, "Xiao Hu, get me a new net, I'm going to keep going."
Xiao Hu was already prepared. He tossed Ye Cheng an empty net and then snatched it from Ye Cheng's hand.
As soon as he took it, Xiao Hu exclaimed, "Wow, bro, how many crabs did you catch?"
"This is nothing. There are a whole mountain of crabs down there. Hurry up."
"A mountain? Crabs can form a mountain?"
"Yeah, there's a garbage dump down there, so it's probably easier to find food there. I'll go down first, you'll have to go back and find some large water tanks, otherwise we won't be able to fit them all."
"Okay, bro, I'll go back and get it." Xiao Hu put the net full of crabs down and went straight back to get his things, while Ye Cheng dived in.
Down on the mountain, it was still bustling with activity. The swimming crabs were climbing up and down. Ye Cheng had already caught a whole net full of them. He had become much more skilled and quickly filled a whole net with swimming crabs.
He pulled the net up, and Xiao Hu had already returned, bringing not only a water tank but also two diving masks.
"Brother, here's your diving mask."
Having diving goggles was good, but the water below was a bit murky, and Ye Cheng's eyes were stinging.
Ye Cheng hadn't even put it on yet, but Xiao Hu put it on first.
"No, why are you wearing it?" Ye Cheng asked.
"Bro, I can dive for 2 minutes, I'll go down too, hurry up."
"What's the use of a 2-minute quick shooter?"
Ye Cheng took the opportunity to drive, but Xiao Hu didn't notice.
"Bro, it's not that deep. We can catch a few in two minutes."
"Okay, then you stay on the shallow side and I'll stay on the deep side. The water is a bit murky down there, so get used to it first."
Ye Cheng left Xiao Hu on this side of the shore while he swam to the other side. The crabs on this side had obviously not been caught yet, and were piled up in layers, making them easy for Ye Cheng to catch.
Having just caught two, Ye Cheng saw a large black thing come down from 2 meters away. Then it kicked off with its legs, kicking up a large cloud of mud and sand from the seabed.
Damn, with Xiao Hu's movements, two minutes wouldn't even be enough for the mud and sand to sink.
Sure enough, Xiao Hu waited in the water for a while, and when the mud and sand were almost gone, he casually grabbed two crabs. Without even putting them in his pocket, he just grabbed the crabs and swam upwards. What did he take them for? Webbed feet?
However, after gaining experience once, Xiao Hu made less and less noise when he came down, and he was able to grab three times before going up again.
Ye Cheng went down nearly ten times before he managed to catch most of the swimming crabs crawling on the surface of the garbage mountain.
As soon as Ye Cheng went up, he saw Ye Guowei looking at their harvest.
"Brother, how is it? A lot, right?"
Ye Guowei opened his mouth wide and nodded, "So many! You guys caught them so fast! You caught so many in just two hours. Did you just pick them up?"
Ye Cheng swam back to shore with the net. He was tired after two hours and needed to rest for a while.
"Yeah, bro, there's a huge garbage dump down there, piled up like a mountain, and those crabs are crawling on top of it. I can pick them up one by one, it's almost like picking them up."
"And Xiao Hu is helping out down there too. With the two of them working together, you tell me, isn't it fast?"
Ye Guowei listened with surprise,
"I can't believe this happened. You guys should come up and rest for a bit. Diving for too long isn't good."
Ye Cheng did intend to come up to rest. When Xiao Hu surfaced, Ye Cheng called out to him and brought him up as well.
The three of them looked at their current harvest: two large tanks full of crabs, estimating that there were two or three hundred crabs.
Ye Guowei checked the time; it was already 11 o'clock. He said, "Acheng, go home and have lunch first, then come over."
"Okay, Tiger, help me carry the crabs back."
To avoid attracting attention, Ye Cheng deliberately closed the water tank lid. Since they had now contracted the mudflats and would occasionally bring back crabs, the villagers didn't suspect anything when they saw them.
Jiang Yunxiang was cooking at home when she saw three people carrying in two large boxes.
"Oh dear, what did I get? It feels so heavy!"
Ye Cheng opened the water tank and picked out a few large swimming crabs. "Sister-in-law, I got two boxes of swimming crabs. Let's stir-fry a few for lunch and go for lunch later."
Jiang Yunxiang looked at them and said, "So many! Where did you get them?"
Ye Guowei put the tools away and then continued,
"Didn't we find the net was torn today? It was caused by a crab, so Acheng and Xiaohu went down to touch it."
"Wow, you can catch so many crabs while catching them?" Jiang Yunxiang shook her head in surprise and went inside with the swimming crabs.
Stir-frying the swimming crabs is quick; Jiang Yunxiang brought the dish up in ten minutes. Ye Cheng didn't have the habit of drinking alcohol for lunch, and besides, he was going to sea in the afternoon, so he just ate two bowls of rice to fill his stomach.
Ye Guowei didn't go to the mudflats in the afternoon. He had almost finished the work from the morning, so he stayed home to help Jiang Yunxiang with some farm work and tidy up her small vegetable garden.
Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu carried two empty water tanks toward the mudflats. Suddenly, the gloomy sky in the distance opened up, and a golden ray of sunlight pierced through the clouds and shone down. Gradually, the dark clouds were dispersed, and thousands of golden rays shone down.
"Brother, the sun is out! We can go out to sea tomorrow!" Xiao Hu said, pointing to the sunlight. Seeing the sun always inexplicably improves one's mood.
"Hmm, we're going out to sea tomorrow. I wonder how Big Yellow is doing." Ye Cheng looked at Big Yellow's den. This guy has been away from home for a long time. He wondered how he was doing.
There's also the white dolphin that Yang Liu was looking for. She repaid her debt of gratitude last time, and she doesn't know if she'll ever see it again.
Who cares? He's given Yang Liu the approximate location. Maybe Yang Liu and her team have better equipment and have already found it.
As the sun came out, the sky became brighter. Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu dived down to the same spot they had been in that morning. This time, Ye Cheng brought pliers. Most of the crabs on Crab Mountain had been caught, so they would have to catch crabs in the mud and sand in the afternoon.
After diving down, although the sky had brightened considerably, the seawater was still quite murky, though some sunlight had shone through, making it a bit brighter.
There were more crabs on Crab Mountain, probably because they thought Ye Cheng and the others had left, so they climbed up the mountain again.
Ye Cheng certainly liked this feeling. He put away the pliers and started harvesting by hand, enjoying the sensation of picking up money.
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