Chen Man looked at the escaping crab in fear and watched it crawl into the crevice of the rock.
Just as I was breathing a sigh of relief, I suddenly saw the crab's big claw still stuck on my finger.
Chen Man: ???!!!
I was so embarrassed that I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. You don't want your claws anymore?
"What's wrong? Did you get pinched by a crab?" Zhang Xiaona asked with a smile, and Xiao Tiantian next to her also looked at her with a smile.
"Look." Chen Man stretched out her fingers holding the crab claw to show the two of them.
"Pfft, awesome." Zhang Xiaona gave Chen Man a thumbs up.
Tiantian: “Hahahaha.”
Chen Man tried to take it, but it hurt whenever she moved.
"Your thing, go back and ask someone to get you a pair of scissors to cut it. We'll be waiting for you here."
Chen Man pouted and went back dejectedly.
"Didn't you go crabbing? Why did you come back by yourself?"
A man who was watching the card game on the roadside had dinner at the same table with Chen Man today. Seeing Chen Man coming back alone, he asked curiously.
Chen Man stretched out her hand helplessly, "Uncle, do you have any scissors?"
The uncle was amused when he saw it and asked, "How can you catch it with your hands?"
When everyone heard his voice, they all turned to look at Chen Man.
Seeing that she had the big crab claw between her fingers, he burst into laughter.
A rare happy smile appeared on Xu Junyang's face. "Come here, I'll help you take it off."
Chen Man blushed and ran quickly to him, extending her finger to him.
Xu Junyang's two index finger nails were short and clean. He carefully inserted his nails into the crevices of the crab, pulled his two fingers outward, and the crab legs separated.
Chen Man's fingers were covered in black blood.
"Don't grab it with your hands next time."
"I was worried it might run away."
"Just run away. There are so many of them in the river." Xu Junyang's voice was a little smiling, as if a father was comforting his daughter.
Everyone continued playing cards, and Chen Man wanted to go back to the river.
"Sister, catch more. Let's have barbecue together tonight."
Chen Man responded, "Okay."
As he walked along the river, Chen Man became more and more adept at catching fish, and his pliers were fast and accurate.
Turn over any stone and you will find a crab underneath.
"There are so many fish in the river, why don't we catch them?" Chen Man asked Zhang Xiaona.
"Catch one for me. It's too fast to catch. Usually, men catch fish with dustpans. We can only catch crabs. We're not good at catching fish."
Zhang Xiaona spoke half dialect and half Mandarin. Chen Man wondered if she could learn the dialect after a few months.
Chen Man tried to catch the small fish, but before she could reach out her hand, the fish disappeared in an instant.
She could only watch the little fish in the river drooling with regret.
After catching crabs for almost two hours, the sweet bucket was filled with half a bucket of crabs, and Chen Man felt a great sense of accomplishment.
Happily, covered in moonlight, he walked back along the ridges of the fields.
Those who were playing cards were still playing cards, there were only a few people singing, and the women were still fanning themselves under the trees and chatting endlessly.
"Hey, you're back, you caught so many?" There were many onlookers around the card table, who came over to look into the bucket.
"A big bucket!" Zhang Xiaona put the bucket in front of everyone.
"Oh, that's quite a few."
"Sure, you guys, hurry up and clean them up so we can fry them later."
The people playing cards over there also dispersed.
"Jun Yang won, he'll treat us tonight." Everyone cheered.
Xu Junyang threw the cards on the table and picked up the several hundred yuan that was under the cigarette box. With a flick of his hand, the money spread out, revealing eight cards.
He put the cigarette in his hand between his lips, took out his wallet, took out a small stack of money from the wallet, and put it together with the eight hundred yuan.
"You guys go buy it, I have something to do."
He handed the money to two young men who were playing cards at the same table. They took the money and drove away happily.
"How generous! You're treating Junyang to a good meal again tonight, hahaha." A woman standing next to him joked with a smile.
Here, the uncles started to peel the crabs. Chen Man didn't dare to reach out and grab them, for fear of being pinched again.
The few people who were catching loaches also came back.
The well was crowded with women during the day, but now it was filled with men.
Zhang Xiaona took advantage of the fact that no one was singing and went to order a song.
Chen Man took out her cell phone, replied to her friend's greeting, and asked her friend to send her luggage over.
Took a photo at the moon.
Chen Man walked under the street light, constantly adjusting her position, and using her phone to find the angle to take selfies.
I always felt like someone was looking at me. When I looked over, it was Xu Junyang. He was sitting on a stone bench, talking on his cell phone.
Chen Man: ...
What is she doing? Didn't I just jump up and down like a monkey?
Fortunately, I finished the shooting, otherwise I would have been embarrassed and not taken the photos I wanted.
Zhang Xiaona waved to her, "Chen Man, come over and sing."
Chen Man is editing her Moments.
Copywriter: Have a different Mid-Autumn Festival
Illustrations: [Selfie] and [Moon].
After clicking send, she waved her hands embarrassedly at Zhang Xiaona. Actually, she felt that her singing was pretty good, but she still felt embarrassed to sing here.
"Come on, let's sing a chorus. Come on, come on."
Chen Man couldn't stand her shouting anymore, so she went over and picked up a microphone, "What are you singing?"
"Just sing whatever you want."
After about an hour, the shoppers finally came back.
"It's time for a popsicle. Who wants one?"
As soon as the young man got out of the car, he started shouting while holding a cardboard box.
Everyone rushed towards that person, and Zhang Xiaona pulled Chen Man over and ran over there. "Let's go eat popsicles! Hurry up, or all the delicious ones will be gone."
When Chen Man arrived, she saw many hands reaching in. The scene was just like in a TV drama where steamed buns were distributed and a group of people rushed in to grab them.
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