Xiao Hu followed him down, sighing as he walked, "Brother, what's the point? I feel like this trip was a waste of time."
"Xiao Hu, remember this: strong people never complain about their environment. No matter what the external environment is like, we must never lose confidence in ourselves," Ye Cheng solemnly told Xiao Hu.
Xiao Hu scratched his head. Now Brother Cheng's words are getting more and more profound. Is this guy really just a high school graduate?
Ye Cheng found a larger rock. Due to the tide last night, there was still water on the rock, forming a small puddle that was slightly murky.
The area beneath the reef is where seafood often hides, and Ye Cheng casually probed down with his shovel.
As soon as he put his hand in, he felt something clamping the shovel.
Ye Cheng gently pulled it, and lo and behold, it was putting up a fight; it must be a crab.
I just don't know what kind of crab it is. If it's a stone crab, then it's not interesting.
However, with a luck value of 50, at least there's a living creature inside, which is not bad.
Logically, he should have reached out and touched it, but the thought of the crab's two huge pincers made him tremble a little. Damn it, what if he got bitten...
Hmm, let's stick with stones.
Fortunately, the reef wasn't too big, and Ye Cheng was able to move it with a bit of effort.
Xiao Hu saw Ye Cheng moving stones and immediately came over, "Brother, do you have any?"
"Hmm, there's a crab. I'll move the rock aside and catch it."
"Brother, just grab the crabs with your hands, why move the stones?" As he spoke, Xiao Hu reached into the water, felt around for a while, and then exclaimed with delight, "Brother, there's a big one!"
"Stop worrying about the size, hurry up and bring it up."
"oh."
Xiao Hu bent over, adjusted his posture, and pulled a crab covered in mud and sand from under the rock with one hand.
This crab is huge, several inches bigger than Ye Cheng's palm.
Xiao Hu changed his posture, grabbed the crab, and vigorously washed it in the water. When he took it out and looked at it, he exclaimed in surprise.
"Brother, a blue crab! Such a big blue crab!"
Blue crabs are a common seafood found by the sea. They are meaty and taste good. Last time, Uncle Xiaohu caught a few with his fish trap, but his were a bit small. This one is really big.
Actually, there are other varieties of mud crabs abroad that can grow to 3 pounds, but that variety is not available in China.
For domestic varieties, one pound is about the maximum.
Ye Cheng estimated that this one weighed about 1 jin (500 grams).
"Brother, today's is great! This one blue crab is much better than yesterday's." Little Tiger said excitedly.
"Okay, okay, let's deal with it quickly. Should we tie it up with a rope?" Ye Cheng remembered that the blue crabs at the seafood market used to be tied up with rope to prevent them from biting people and from wandering around.
"Yes, it needs to be tied up, but I didn't bring any rope, so I have to go back and get some."
"Put this one in the bucket, and hurry back to get the rope."
"Okay." Xiao Hu casually tossed the big blue crab into the bucket. The big blue crab opened its two big pincers and circled around several times in the bucket, then changed its posture, but still couldn't climb out.
"Don't be too excited on the way, and don't run. Don't rush," Ye Cheng suddenly instructed.
They came to the beach, and the village chief will definitely send someone to keep an eye on them. If he finds out they've caught such a big blue crab, who knows what kind of trouble they might cause.
Xiao Hu responded and was about to leave when he said, "Wait, go to the dock and call my brother too."
Ye Cheng was still worried. The first one today was already this big, and with his own burst skill coming up later, there should be a big harvest. The two of them might not have enough manpower.
"Oh, do I have to call him Brother Guowei?"
"Go when I tell you to, hurry up."
Xiao Hu nodded, walked back to the beach, and then headed into the village.
Ye Cheng was alone on the rocky beach. Since he had nothing better to do, he decided to practice his skills with the crabs in the bucket.
Actually, catching crabs is quite simple once you overcome your fear, since the shape of a crab means that its back is a place you can't reach.
So as long as you hold down the back, everything will be fine.
As for its two large pincers, if you hand it a shovel, it will bite them tightly.
After practicing for a while, Ye Cheng continued his search.
Sure enough, they found movement in the third puddle. It was another crab, most likely a blue crab, lying motionless at the bottom of the puddle, but its two lively eyes gave it away.
Ye Cheng wouldn't miss such a good opportunity to practice; he nudged his buddy with the shovel.
My buddy was furious. "I was sleeping! If you dare poke me, I'll crush you to death!"
Ye Cheng smiled as he watched the large blue crab clamp down on the shovel.
I gently pressed my hands onto the large shell of the blue crab, spreading them out to make a steady movement.
Another large blue crab was in hand. Its huge pincers snapped a few times, as if it wanted to kill Ye Cheng.
The rocky beach was full of stones, and Ye Cheng managed to get two crabs without much effort. They were both quite big. The only problem was that the bucket seemed a bit small; if several crabs were stacked inside, their claws could stick out.
Fortunately, Xiao Hu returned at this moment, and Ye Guowei followed, the two of them panting heavily.
"Acheng, what's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry to have Xiaohu come and call me?" Ye Guowei still didn't understand what had happened.
"Brother, come help us tie up the crabs," Ye Cheng exclaimed happily, pointing into the bucket.
Ye Guowei took a look and almost shouted, "So big?"
"Hmm, Xiao Hu has some rope. Brother, can you help us tie up the crabs? Xiao Hu and I will go catch them."
“Okay, this is easy, I’ll tie it up.” Ye Guowei took the rope from Xiao Hu, skillfully bit one end of the rope, then held the large blue crab, grabbed its abdomen with his left hand, and tied the rope with his right hand. In no time, the blue crab was tied up tightly.
"Brother, your technique is truly amazing." Ye Cheng gave a thumbs up in admiration.
Ye Guowei chuckled, "This is something that's often done at the docks, it's normal."
With Ye Guowei's help, Ye Cheng felt relieved, and he and Xiao Hu split up to search under the rocks.
Less than a minute later, Xiao Hu also had a catch – another blue crab, though a little smaller.
Having confirmed that today's harvest was normal, Ye Cheng opened the system and immediately activated the "Double Harvest" feature.
As soon as he clicked, Ye Cheng saw lines suddenly appear on his beachcombing shovel, forming a strange pattern. A flash of golden light, and it disappeared from the shovel.
"Brother, what's that thing of yours? Why is it glowing golden?" Xiao Hu was blinded by the light.
"What golden light? It's just sunlight reflecting off the ground," Ye Cheng replied dismissively.
This is definitely different, it even has special effects! Luckily there are no sound effects, otherwise it would be hard to explain.
At this time, a countdown of 59 minutes and 59 seconds also appeared on the system interface.
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