Baoya opened her eyes wide and looked at the thing in his hand, but she couldn't figure out what Yuanbao was holding. It felt a bit like a crab, but also a bit different.
This one also has two claws, but they are not as big as the crab's, and its whole body is bright red.
"This is a lobster. I just caught it in the river over there." Yuanbao showed off and then handed the lobster to Baoya.
"Little Sister Xiaobao, this is for you. Take it and don't let it run away."
Baoya carefully reached out and pinched the lobster's shell. Looking at the lobster waving its claws, she felt a little scared and curious.
"I'll go find a jar and put it in it later." Song Yuanbao said and ran away.
Baoya stood there, holding the lobster, her little body a bit frozen, not daring to move. She'd gone with them yesterday to catch crabs, but she'd just watched from the riverside, not caught any. Holding a lobster with those giant claws for the first time, and remembering Yuanbao crying after being pinched by a crab yesterday, she was so frightened she couldn't move.
"Lobster, is lobster delicious?" Song Wenjie asked beside him.
“I haven’t eaten it, but it must be delicious if it’s made with milk.”
Song Tianen didn't say anything, but nodded in agreement.
After Song Bowen carefully put away the cicada shells he'd collected today, he went out to the yard. The lobsters had already been put into the jar. Baoya, Yuanbao, and Song Tianen put their heads together, looking at the crabs in the bucket and then at the lobsters in the jar.
Yuanbao asked: "Fifth brother, which is better, lobster or stinky crab?" Ever since he was pinched by a crab yesterday, crabs have become stinky crabs to him.
Baoya also looked at Song Tianen curiously with her little head tilted up. She had never eaten crabs or lobsters before. Looking at their hard shells, Baoya frowned, not knowing how to eat them.
Song Tianen thought about it and shook his head: "I...I don't know either..."
"Hmph, stinky crabs must not taste good. Tomorrow I'll go over there and catch some lobsters. I'll catch more and ask grandma to cook them for us. They'll definitely taste good."
"By the way, is our fish still alive?" Yuanbao suddenly remembered the remaining fish, and ran to the basin where the fish was placed to see that the fish was swimming slowly in it.
He looked at them longingly and sighed, "If only that fish hadn't died, we could have lots of fish to eat once they gave birth to little ones."
He remembered what he drank yesterday.
Fish soup, I couldn't help drooling, and then my eyes looked at the leisurely fish.
Song Bowen: "Yuanbao, if those two fish are both male, they can't give birth to baby fish."
Song Yuanbao was surprised: "Two male fish can't give birth to baby fish? Then... then is it a male?"
Yuanbao looked at the fish swimming in the basin, looked it up and down several times, not knowing how to look at it.
This really stumped Song Bowen: "...Anyway, that fish is dead. Let's catch another fish next time and see if it's a male."
"good!"
…
Two days passed quickly, and Song Jianshe was about to leave. He had already collected quite a few cicada shells, so he decided to go over and see how they were doing. If he could sell them, he could ask the younger ones to find some. If not, it would be a waste of time.
It was still pitch black outside, with only a faint light coming from one of Old Song's rooms. Song Jianshe had gotten up early today, fearing Baoya would come out and pull him back, leaving him feeling resentful and unable to leave.
He didn't ask Feng Guizhi to get up and prepare food for him. He just took a few eggs and pancakes cooked last night and prepared to leave with his big bag.
"Be careful outside." Li Qingyan couldn't help but remind him.
"Yeah." Song Jianshe looked at his wife and daughter again, touched Yuanbao's head, and left with his bag.
This time Baoya didn't come out to pull him, and was still in a sweet dream.
It took two hours to get to the county town by bus. Song Jianshe went to his rental house to clean up and rest, then changed into dusty clothes, pulled his hat down, and headed to the black market with some mats on his back.
This time he only brought two reed mats, intending to explore the way first. After all, doing this was too dangerous, so it was better to be cautious.
He carefully avoided people along the way and arrived at the place, but as soon as he entered, he immediately felt something was wrong.
This place is called a black market, but it is actually just a small alley with many connections. It is a relatively hidden place with many forks in the road, so it is convenient to escape if something really happens.
If it were any other day, there would definitely be quite a few vendors here at this time, and some people coming to buy things, but today there is no one here, it is particularly deserted.
Such an abnormal situation means that the police may have been there.
Fearing that there were still policemen waiting, Song Jianshe did not stay for a second and immediately turned around and retreated. He walked all the way to the street corner, looked around carefully, and turned around.
When he reached an inconspicuous corner, his brows furrowed.
He is still not sure what happened here, and he doesn't know whether any traffickers have been arrested, or whether anyone he knows has been arrested.
After assessing the current situation, Song Jianshe didn't dare to take any more risks and went straight back to his residence. He could sell the things later anyway, so there was no need to rush.
Not long after Song Jianshe left, several more people who were unaware of the situation were arrested by the police who were waiting in ambush in the black market.
After Song Jianshe returned, he stayed there for five days. During these five days, he didn't go to any black markets, nor did he go near any dangerous places. He just wandered around a few times every day, gathering some information.
After roughly understanding the situation, Song Jianshe went out on the sixth day. Still dressed in the same dusty clothes, he went in the opposite direction from last time.
The place he was going to this time was also a black market. He knew of four black markets in this county alone. The one he had been to a few days ago was the one he often went to, and it was also the largest and most crowded. The one he was going to this time was smaller, less crowded, but also relatively safe.
After carefully turning many corners along the way, Song Jianshe arrived at a black market in the west of the city. He first observed the alley entrance and saw a few familiar faces of traders inside before slowly walking in.
"Hey, is that Brother Huzi?" One of the traders recognized Song Jianshe and called out.
In this black market, no one uses their real names. Song Jianshe's pseudonym is Huzi. The real name of the person who is speaking is unknown, but his pseudonym is Tiecheng. Because he has been a trader for a long time, everyone calls him Tiege.
"Hey, Brother Tie, you are here too?" Song Jianshe also came forward to greet him.
The two chatted for a while before Song Jianshe got to the point: "Brother Tie, do you know what happened in the east part of the city?"
"You don't know yet?"
"I don't know. I went home a few days ago and wasn't here. I only found out something happened when I got here."
"Then you're really lucky." Tiecheng was still frightened when he talked about what happened a few days ago. "The police discovered that place in the east of the city. They were lurking there for several days. When there were many people around and no one was prepared, they suddenly came out. They arrested a lot of people that day, and even a lot of profiteers who didn't escape were also arrested."
"I was there too. Luckily, I went to the bathroom when the police came out, so I escaped. Otherwise..."
He said shaking
He shook his head: "It's really too mysterious."
“How many people were arrested that day?”
Tiecheng thought for a moment and said, "I heard there are more than twenty."
Song Jianshe was also surprised when he heard that more than 20 people were arrested.
As he spoke, Tiecheng remembered again: "Hey, don't be sad, I have some news to tell you, your brother Heiye, he's also in jail."
"What?" Song Jianshe was shocked. He never expected that he would be arrested as well.
He'd known the dealer named Heizi for quite a while, and they'd often traded together at the black market. They weren't exactly brothers, but they were close. He couldn't help but wonder if he'd been here a few days ago, would he still be with Heizi? Then...
"Brother Huzi, it's a good thing you didn't come here, otherwise, we really can't say for sure." Tiecheng patted his shoulder and reminded him, "Things have been quite tense lately. If you don't have anything urgent to get out, I think you'd better not take the risk. The other places are not very safe either. If you really want to go out, this place is safer for now."
Song Jianshe came back to his senses and quickly thanked him: "Thank you, Brother Tie, for reminding me."
Tiecheng waved his hand.
After asking clearly, Song Jianshe asked one more question: "By the way, Tie Ge, what day was the police there?"
"I really don't remember the date, it was just seven days ago."
Song Jianshe pushed the time in his mind and suddenly realized that that day was the time when he was about to leave but was stopped by Baoya.
Thinking of this, Song Jianshe was stunned, and suddenly a somewhat unrealistic idea popped up in his mind -
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