Ah Qing joked, "Brother Ping, even if you came early, it might not have mattered. We might not have as much luck as you."
Wu Ping said irritably, "Aqing, you can't say that."
"You better spit twice."
"What if we're not so lucky later? It might just be what you said."
Ah Qing has a big head.
He dared not take the blame for such a mistake.
He quickly and obediently spat several times, and put his hands together in prayer: "Mazu, you're making a fuss over nothing."
Wu Ping echoed, "Don't listen to his nonsense; the bad things won't come true, but the good things will."
Wu An was amazed.
He hadn't expected his older brother to be so superstitious.
However, he could understand, since he also lived here.
They are quite superstitious and have many customs related to worshipping gods and spirits.
Rather than calling it superstition, it's more accurate to describe it as a spiritual belief or a source of solace.
Especially the goddess Mazu, everyone reveres her.
In the future, their parade of deities will go viral online, bringing great shock to netizens across the country.
At that time, he could only see it online, and his homesickness was hard to control.
Did a deity really hear his prayer and bring him back to the present?
He dared not think too much about it and could only feel awe.
The three walked side by side.
Even so, the area that can be explored is actually quite large in the mudflats.
Further west, part of the mudflats belong to a neighboring village, and one of the villagers has contracted it to raise seafood.
It's surrounded by a net.
Ah Qing said with some envy, "Brother, if we could also fence it off like they do, we could take our time to look for it."
Wu An smiled and said, "When we have money."
This area can also be contracted out.
The land that has been leased can't just be left to be used for beachcombing; it must be used for seafood farming. With a little effort involved, the investment amount is not small.
Let's just stick to our usual beachcombing for now.
The three of them walked forward slowly.
Aqing was lucky; she was the first to make a discovery, finding a family of three yellow oil crabs, the largest weighing over a pound and the smallest weighing three or four ounces.
This whole litter is worth at least two or three thousand yuan. If you're lucky, it could sell for even more, enough to cover a regular worker's monthly salary.
Wu Ping soon made a discovery as well, picking out the yellow crab to examine it, and grinning from ear to ear.
Following closely behind, Wu An also made some gains.
The three of them slowly moved forward, making discoveries every now and then.
Wu Ping said happily, "At this rate, we might be able to sell the yellow oil crabs we catch for more money than the blue crabs."
Aqing said, "That's for sure."
"One yellow butter crab is worth eight or nine blue crabs."
"I caught eight in the last half hour."
Wu Ping shouted, "Me too!"
The two looked at Wu An.
Wu An casually remarked, "Yellow oil crabs are hard to find; I only caught about twenty."
Wu Ping and A Qing rolled their eyes.
Is that all?
That's twenty or thirty thousand yuan!
He thought for a moment and said, "Brother, Aqing, why don't we invite your sister-in-law and Aunt Juan to come too?"
"Wild butter crabs are a mutation, and they are extremely rare. I reckon it's just a one-off deal."
"The three of us can't search it all by ourselves, so why don't we call our family members to come and search together?"
"Catch as many butter crabs as possible before high tide."
Wu Ping and A Qing nodded.
They naturally had no objections.
Aqing said, "I have another mud horse at home, and I let my mom take it with her too."
Wu An nodded and told A Qing to call Li Juan while he called his sister-in-law.
now.
Mei Yueqin had already returned home from her parents' home. Her parents did not delay her; they left the crabs behind and returned immediately.
She was busy preparing dinner in the kitchen, and Wu Yingwei, who had also returned home, was busy tending the fire in front of the stove.
Hearing her phone ring, Mei Yueqin wiped her hands with her apron, picked up the phone and saw that it was Wu An calling. She quickly answered, "Erzi, what's up?"
"Sister-in-law, are you busy preparing dinner?"
"Yes, Dad's back already. When are you coming back?"
"Then don't bother with anything for now. Hmm... let Dad cook dinner. You ride your bike to the mudflats."
"Okay, okay, I'll be right there. How much seafood did you catch this time?" Mei Yueqin said, her voice brimming with delight. She knew that if she rode over there on her bike, she would surely have a great haul.
"Pick up Aunt Juan at the intersection, and park the car a little further away when you get there."
"Wear a hat and a mask, and wear clothes you don't usually wear."
"Try to avoid people coming from here. You'll see us as you walk down the road."
Mei Yueqin readily agreed.
After hanging up the phone, she took off her apron and said, "Dad, could you please make dinner?"
Wu Yingwei subconsciously took the apron: "This... okay, so what are you going to do?"
Mei Yueqin: "Erzi asked me for help."
After saying that, she ran out of the kitchen.
Wu Yingwei, holding an apron, watched Mei Yueqin ride her bicycle out in a hurry and remained silent for a moment.
Tie on the apron.
Pick up the spatula.
Her status within the family is evident.
Old Meng came over for a visit, and he also came over for drinks that evening. He came early to see if there was anything he could help with, and was surprised to see Wu Yingwei cooking. He wondered why the old man was cooking.
"Is your cooking edible?"
"Let me do it."
He quickly stopped Wu Yingwei and strode over.
...
On the other side, Li Juan was also overjoyed when she received the call. Without delay, she grabbed her things and ran to the beach, where she ran into Mei Yueqin at the intersection.
Li Juan got into the car: "Did you find something good and call us over?"
Mei Yueqin, driving, replied, "How would I know?"
"Ah An and his friends are lucky; they might even find seafood that's more expensive than blue crabs."
Li Juan exclaimed, "Goodness, I can't believe it!"
The two couldn't help but laugh.
When the two arrived at the mudflats, some children were already walking back.
The weather remained gloomy. It was a little past five o'clock, and although the tide hadn't come in yet, it was already getting dark. Seafood was becoming hard to find, and some children had to be called home by their families.
After parking the car.
The two walked down the edge of the mudflats, where they could ride mud horses, and soon they met up with Wu An and the other two.
"Butter crab!"
"Good heavens, how did you find out?"
"Someone caught two last year and I heard they sold for several thousand yuan. You guys have 1, 2, 3... that's way too many!"
The two women chattered amongst themselves and quickly joined the search.
Wu An didn't hold back on his luck points, maxing them out completely, which also cleared out his luck points.
The higher the value of the butter crab, the more luck points it consumes.
At most, your luck points will run out in an hour.
With the help of luck, Mei Yueqin and Li Juan soon also made some gains.
The two of them were overjoyed.
People who live by the sea have lost all feeling about beachcombing; they're almost numb to it.
But the butter crabs spurred them to rediscover the joy of beachcombing from their childhood.
Who wouldn't be happy to find over a thousand yuan on the ground so easily?
As your luck stat decreases until it's depleted, butter crabs become increasingly difficult to find.
Aqing called out from a distance, "Brother, I haven't seen the butter crab for a while."
Wu Ping added, "Me too," looking anxious, because the tide was coming in.
Wu An nodded, walked to the bottom, turned around and walked back: "Let's go back."
There's none below either.
"The four buckets plus a snakeskin bag probably weigh about 100 kilograms."
"Not bad."
Everyone nodded. Although they were somewhat disappointed, they followed Wu Andu and walked back after hearing what he said.
Wu An said, "Sister-in-law, Aunt Juan, you two will have to work hard and pull the snakeskin bag around the edge to get back."
"We carried the empty buckets and went back the way we came."
Wu Ping asked curiously, "Why is that?"
Wu An said, "If we're going to put on a show, we should do it thoroughly."
"Besides, if someone sees the butter crab, it might cause trouble."
"It's not a good time to stand out."
Wu Ping suddenly realized and said with a look of relief, "Luckily you still remember this. My mind was full of butter crabs, and I had completely forgotten about this."
He thought to himself that Wu An had really changed a lot; he was now much more thoughtful than him.
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