Ah Qing shouted, "Brother, the tide is going out!"
Wu An nodded.
They glanced at the time; it was already 1:30 a.m., and the tide should start rising around 6:00 a.m., giving them plenty of time.
The prerequisite is that the weather cooperates.
Wu An opened the MoWeather app, clicked on the [Typhoon] option, and could see the current typhoon information on the typhoon interface.
It's still quite far away.
Aqing asked, "Do you want to dig for razor clams here?"
Wu An shook his head: "No."
"Razor clams don't sell for much money."
"Let's go down."
Ah Qing's eyes lit up: "Brother, you came here for the blue crabs?"
Wu An said, "I'm just taking a look."
"If we don't have any, we can always dig for razor clams later."
He didn't speak too definitively, lest his words seem like they carried weight and frighten Ah Qing.
The two of them trudged down the steep slope.
"Ring ring ring".
Wu An's phone rang.
When I took it out, I saw it was a call from my older brother.
Wu An's face fell. After hesitating for a moment, he finally answered the phone: "Brother, do you believe me if I say I'm going to the bathroom?"
"..." Wu Ping paused for a second, then shouted, "Ah An, are you trying to die...?"
"Pah, pah, pah, what nonsense are you talking about?" Mei Yueqin interrupted her elder brother before he could finish speaking.
Wu Ping paused for a moment before continuing to shout, "I don't care where you are, you better come back right now!"
Wu An said, "Aqing and I were beachcombing on the mudflats and couldn't get back."
"What kind of weather is this? You're still going to the beach with Aqing!" Wu Ping's voice was even louder. In the past, Wu An was always so anxious and stressed, but now he's so diligent that it's quite frightening.
He realized that his younger brother was no pushover, no matter what.
They were born to cause trouble for others.
Just as Wu An was about to reply, A Qing, who had taken two steps to the side, suddenly shouted excitedly, "Brother, I caught a blue crab!"
"Brother, I don't have time to chat with you," Wu An said, and quickly went over to look.
Wu Ping was furious: "Fine, fine, you just wait."
Wu An hurriedly said, "Brother, if you're coming, bring your motorcycle tricycle over."
"What are you doing riding a bike?" Wu Ping asked rudely. "You think I'm going to invite you?"
Wu An felt something sticking out of his foot and instinctively bent down to grab it. The moment he grabbed it, his face lit up with joy, and he quickly pulled his hand out of the puddle.
Upon closer inspection, he saw a large blue crab covered in mud, its claws outstretched in his hand.
He said happily, "Brother, I let you ride the bike because it's for the seafood."
"You're getting more and more absurd," Wu Ping said, taking it as a joke, and asked impatiently, "I'll ask you one more time, are you sure you're not coming back?"
Wu An said, "I'm here to catch big blue crabs, so there's no way I can go back."
"Fine, fine, sneaking out to go beachcombing in the middle of the night, you...you little brat..."
"Brother, stop scolding me. I'm doing this to make money. If you want to come, you have to ride your bike."
"..." Wu Ping hung up the phone in anger.
Mei Yueqin wanted to say something more, but seeing him hang up the phone, she immediately became anxious: "Why did you hang up the phone? Is Erzi really not coming back?"
Wu Ping stood up and said, "I'll go find him."
"Don't get up."
Mei Yueqin got up and watched him ride his bike to the bike shed. She asked, "Why are you riding your bike to find someone?"
Wu Ping said, "A'an let me ride it."
He said it several times.
“I also heard Ah Qing shouting that he caught a blue crab. Ah An may be a bit of a rascal, but he’s been having really good luck lately.”
Hearing him say that, Mei Yueqin nodded and said, "That's fine too."
"Whether you make money or not, safety is the most important thing."
"Driving there is fine, and we can come back sooner."
She ran to open the door, and Wu Ping rode off on his motorcycle. The engine was quite loud, and as he drove off, it caused dogs to bark incessantly. When their neighbor, Sister Duan, heard this, she muttered, "What's all the commotion next door is making?"
"Riding a bike in the middle of the night, wouldn't that be enough to show off during the day?"
"So it's obvious that your family bought a car, right?"
Wu Ping drove west along the main road by the sea, but there wasn't a soul in sight. Even though it was low tide, the boldest fishermen didn't go out.
Some people woke up groggily and wondered what was going on.
"Who drove out like that?"
"Could someone have gone beachcombing?"
"Want to go?"
"Where are you going? The wind is making the windows rattle. It's the middle of the night, not daytime. If you slip, we won't be able to find you."
"Yes, go to sleep, go to sleep."
Many villagers were saying that no one had gotten up.
This also gave the village committee cadres a chance to catch their breath. No one went home at the moment; they were all resting at the village committee, even the old village chief was there, acting as a logistical support.
Everyone was exhausted after a long day.
"The typhoon is expected to arrive tomorrow."
"Luckily, no one goes to the beach to collect clams at this time."
"That goes without saying, who would risk their life for money?"
Listening to everyone talking, Wu Yingwei took a sip of hot water.
He never imagined that someone would actually come out to beachcomb in this kind of weather, and that it was his eldest son.
...
Wu Ping abandoned the car on the side of the road and continued walking towards the mudflats. When he reached the uppermost beach, he saw two points of light on the mudflats below.
He couldn't help but feel anxious: "How did it get so far down?"
Shout loudly a few times.
Upon hearing the voice, Wu An quickly waved to greet them. However, the two were quite far apart, and they couldn't hear each other at all. It took several shouts before Wu An remembered to make a phone call.
The call was connected.
Wu An was the first to call out, "Brother, come down quickly."
Wu Ping asked irritably, "Guess why I came here!"
Wu An said, "Brother, I don't have time to waste with you right now."
"There are too many blue crabs here, and Ah Qing and I can't catch them all. You need to come and help us."
"Hurry up."
Wu Ping was stunned: "Really?"
Wu An said "hurry up" and hung up the phone. If he talked for a while, he would miss catching one crab, and each crab was worth a hundred or two hundred yuan.
Time is money!
Wu Ping walked down with a look of surprise and doubt, took the tongs and gloves that Wu An threw to him, and was about to say that there was no blue crab when he saw A Qing reach into the puddle and grab a big blue crab before she could even touch it twice.
It looks to weigh two or three pounds.
For a moment I was stunned, and then I saw Wu An catch one too. He quickly wrapped it with a rubber band and threw it into the bucket. When I looked at the bucket, it was almost full.
"Good heavens, there are so many blue crabs!"
Wu Ping was shocked, then couldn't help but grin: "No wonder you refused to leave no matter what."
Wu An didn't even look up: "Brother, stop talking nonsense and hurry up and arrest them."
"Okay, okay."
Wu Ping quickly squatted down. He wasn't just doing it randomly. He saw a hole and bubbles in the mud pit next to him, so he put his tongs over and sure enough, he found a blue crab.
With a quick grab, he pulled it out steadily and exclaimed happily, "I caught one too!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com