"Brother Cheng, my brother is really good at catching mudskippers. He catches them every time he hooks them. Why don't we let him fish here and go ahead?" Afu said, leaning over.
"Yes, I've practiced, and I'm very accurate." Ah Long nodded confidently.
"Really? You're not just bragging, are you?"
"Brother Cheng, you're really accurate. Give me a fishing rod and I'll show you." Ah Long took Ye Cheng's fishing rod.
After standing still, cast the line, let it fall to the ground, and then pull it back. There will be a mudskipper on the hook.
It didn't even stop for a moment, and the landing point was extremely accurate.
Ye Chengdu couldn't help but give a thumbs up. "Awesome! This skill is better than anything I've seen in live streams of people going beachcombing in later generations."
“Okay, Ah Long, your skills are good. Here, you stay here and fish for mudskippers, the three of us will go dig for mudskippers and we'll come back to meet you in a bit.”
After Ye Cheng finished speaking, he left a bucket for A Long, and then led Xiao Hu and A Fu towards the shore so as not to disturb A Long's mudskipper fishing.
We walked for quite a while and only found two caves along the way. One was empty, and the other was inhabited by a crab-goby, so it was basically a fruitless endeavor.
"It feels like there's nothing left," Little Tiger muttered.
Ye Cheng looked at the tank; there were only a few arowanas and a few crab gobies inside. With his luck value at 90 today, it was impossible for them to be gone.
He looked around and pointed to a relatively narrow stretch of mudflat by the sea, "Let's go take a look there."
This mudflat is relatively narrow because of the steep cliffs on the shore, and the surface of the mudflat is also covered with some aquatic plants.
The three walked over, and Ye Cheng stepped on a patch of grass and immediately discovered several earthen caves.
"Little Tiger, Afu, search in the grass, there should be a soil dragon here."
Actually, even without Ye Cheng saying it, Xiao Hu and A Fu had already discovered it, and each of them found three or four.
Without further ado, the three of them obediently put the tobacco on the lid and waited for the earthen dragon to peek out.
Within minutes, an earth dragon poked its head out from where Little Tiger was, and Little Tiger hooked it out.
"Brother, it really exists. This one probably weighs more than a pound."
Catching one is good; it means there really are earth dragons in this area.
Soon, Afu also caught one, this one was a little smaller and very agile.
Ye Cheng's side had three of them rushing out of the ground, and if Ye Cheng hadn't been quick, they probably would have escaped again.
In just over half an hour, six more mud dragons appeared in the water tank.
Ah Fu stared in disbelief at the tangled earthworms in the water tank. "Brother Cheng, there are so many earthworms already, are we still going to catch them?"
"This is just the beginning, it's too little, let's continue," Ye Cheng said calmly.
The three walked around this narrow mudflat for more than ten minutes. Because there were cliffs behind them, this mudflat was not very wide, just a narrow strip.
The wind at sea gradually picked up, and Ye Cheng frowned. Judging from the look of it, the waves would soon rise, and they didn't have much time left.
He planned to take a look around casually, and if it didn't work out, he would retreat. If the waves came up here, there would be no way to retreat, and he would be directly slammed into the rocks behind him.
The three walked forward for a while without finding anything. Just as he was about to give up, Afu called out from ahead.
"Brother Cheng, come quick! Look, there are so many earth dragon caves!"
Upon hearing that there were many earthen dragon caves, Ye Cheng immediately perked up.
When I got there, it was true.
This area has so many holes, all round, they look like earthen dragon caves. I estimate there are more than 30 of them, all mixed up. It would be a disservice to God not to clean them up.
"Brother Cheng, shall we get it done?" Afu looked at Ye Cheng. Everyone had seen the weather; people by the sea knew it was about to change.
Ye Cheng pondered for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Get it done! Hurry up, get as much as you can."
A fool wouldn't make money if he could.
The three men took out tobacco from their pockets and stuffed it into the holes. Because there were so many holes, they ran out of tobacco in the end, so Ye Cheng simply disassembled Hua Zi.
"Damn! I've given you guys some Huazi cigarettes today, and this is high-end stuff. You'll be missing out if you don't come out and smell it. Hurry up and come out."
After unpacking three packs of cigarettes, they were finally able to seal up all the earthen caves.
Ah Fu felt heartbroken seeing this.
"Brother Cheng, this cigarette must cost over a hundred yuan."
"You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub. Just watch, I feel there's a lot of fish in here."
Ye Cheng habitually reached for his cigarettes, but they were all gone. He had to ask Xiao Hu to give him one, then lit it and started waiting.
Surprisingly, between Hua Zi and Li Qun, it was Li Qun's side that peeked out first, only to be hooked up by A Fu with a hook, who didn't forget to make a sarcastic remark.
"Brother Cheng, she still prefers Liqun."
Ye Cheng chuckled, "It's alright. As long as he's definitely coming, I've already arranged everything for him."
Ah Fu's dragon meat weighs over a pound and costs several hundred yuan, which is only enough for a few cigarettes.
If these earth dragons were drinking, he would definitely force them to drink.
There were more than thirty cave entrances in total, and the three of them couldn't possibly guard them all. Several times, a dragon would suddenly appear from one of the caves and then retreat back inside when Ye Cheng and the others weren't paying attention.
"Little Tiger, stick a stick into the hole that just retracted. We'll mess with it later. Damn it, it took a cigarette and still wants to leave."
Ye Cheng had Xiao Hu mark the spot. After the wave of earth dragons that had gotten hyped up from smoking was over, Ye Cheng had A Fu continue to hook earth dragons, while he and Xiao Hu started digging out the ones that had shrunk back.
There are three holes in total.
The first hole went relatively smoothly. The two of them worked together to dig half a meter deep and finally pulled out a big fish that was nearly a meter long. It was quite satisfying.
The second hole was much more difficult. They dug to a depth of nearly a meter, almost reaching the seawater, before finally pulling the creature out. And it wasn't even a meter long.
Just as they were about to tackle the third hole, Ah Fu came over and said, "Brother Cheng, I think I'm out of holes here. Let me help you."
"Okay, how much did you get over there?" Ye Cheng raised his mud-covered hand and carefully wiped it from his eyes.
"They made five more, so that's probably all they have left."
Ye Cheng nodded; the harvest was pretty good. He pointed to the last hole and said...
"Alright, this is the last one. Hurry up, the sea is coming up."
After saying that, Ye Cheng sat down to the side. He was indeed a little tired. The wind and waves on the sea began to grow, and waves surged up one after another.
If the seawater floods the entrance to the earth dragon's cave, it will be virtually impossible to catch it.
Xiao Hu and A Fu each took a shovel and started digging down into the hole.
After digging for a while, the two realized that something was wrong with the hole. It turned around when they were at the bottom and veered towards the sea.
"Brother, it's probably hopeless. Look, they're all heading that way, and the seawater is already rising." Xiao Hu pointed to the cave entrance, then glanced at the water level; it was about to flood this area.
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