Wu An just wanted to dig around casually, but he still ended up finding something good.
I held it in my hand and looked at it.
Some surprises.
He actually dug up a sandworm.
"Wow, sandworms." Gu Anran looked surprised: "You can still dig these up now?"
Wu An casually poked the sand shovel down, then pried it off and pulled it out, catching another sand worm in his hand, still wriggling slightly.
It's slightly longer than my middle finger, about eight or nine centimeters long. It's not very yellow, nor very black; the color is quite light.
At first glance, it looks rather ugly.
This stuff is delicious. Coat it in flour and fry it, and even the neighbor's kid will be drooling.
Besides frying, you can also use it in soups; it tastes delicious no matter how you cook it.
Of course, the premise is that you can eat it. The locals can certainly eat it, but if friends from other places come, even if they know that this stuff is delicious and nutritious, they may not be able to bring themselves to eat it just by looking at it.
This thing looks like a giant earthworm.
Also known as "sea worm".
Gu Anran quickly told him to throw it into the bucket, looked around, and breathed a sigh of relief when she found that no one was paying attention to them: "Don't be so conspicuous."
Wu An nodded.
Just now, he and Gu Anran were exchanging flirtatious glances, spreading their love everywhere, which created a "vacuum zone," which is actually a good thing.
He asked, "What price can I get for this now?"
Gu Anran thought for a moment and said, "It should be one or two hundred per catty."
"I don't know the specifics, it's been a long time since we've dug anything up."
"This is becoming increasingly rare these days."
Wu An nodded.
Sandworms are very sensitive to their environment; they can easily escape if they are not careful. It is impossible to find sandworms in polluted waters.
The fact that they can still dig up sandworms here indicates that the environment is quite good.
Gu Anran also dug around with two shovels and found sandworms. She held them in her hand and showed them to Wu An. The ones she dug out were very long, about fifteen or sixteen centimeters long.
Gu Anran was delighted: "It's so long, it's really rare to see one like this."
Wu An nodded, suppressing the words that almost escaped his lips, "Not even as long as mine." The words were already on the tip of his tongue, but he managed to hold them back.
You can't say that.
Although he and Gu Anran had already reached a tacit understanding, they hadn't completely broken the ice yet. It wasn't the time for them to say things like, "You know my strengths and weaknesses, and I know yours." Saying such things would do more harm than good.
Men, huh?
This damn competitive spirit.
What are you comparing yourself to a sandworm?
Wu An mentally berated himself and waved to A Qing as she walked away.
When Aqing saw this, she waved to him and then bent down to dig again.
You think I'm playing games with you?
Wu An remained silent.
After a while, when Aqing looked up and saw Wu An waving again, she knew something was wrong. She quickly came over with her bucket. When she saw the sandworm in Wu An's hand, her mouth dropped open wide enough to fit an egg.
Wu An was quick-witted and nimble-fingered.
He knew all too well what Aqing would do next.
He quickly reached out and covered Aqing's mouth, silencing her scream.
Aqing sobbed for a while, then pried Wu An's hand off and squatted down, gagging violently. Seeing Aqing's intense reaction, Wu An also took a sniff; the hand that had caught the sandworm did indeed have a strong odor.
"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and dig. Someone might come over at any time, and then the three of us might not be able to compete with others," Wu An said in a low voice.
Ah Qing nodded repeatedly and said, "We need to hurry, the tide will be coming in soon."
The mud and sand are not so easy to dig.
There are also small reefs here from time to time.
But even the most arduous digging can't resist the allure of sandworms.
Sandworms cost one or two hundred yuan per kilogram. If you could dig up a bucketful, wouldn't that be more profitable than sailing out to sea?
They dug and dug.
Exhausted and covered in sweat, Wu An dug for more than half an hour and found that his luck with the sand shovel had run out.
There's nothing we can do about it.
Sandworms are valuable, but they also consume a lot of luck points.
It's estimated that once the luck stat decreases, sandworms will be harder to find. Even with the luck stat boost, it will take several shovelfuls to find one.
At this time.
When Aunt Gu came over and saw that they had dug up sandworms, she was startled. Then she quietly came over to dig as well, smiled at Wu An, and everything was understood without words.
As she dug, Aunt Gu asked, "How much have you dug up?"
Wu An casually replied, "Not much, about half a bucket."
Aqing chimed in, "Yeah, it's so hard to dig. I reckon I can only manage to dig up about 20 or 30 pounds at most."
"Brother, you must have dug more than me."
Wu An casually replied, "Not much more than you."
Aunt Gu's eyes widened. She thought to herself, "These young people nowadays are so arrogant. They're complaining about 20 or 30 jin (10-15 kg). Even if they sold it to a street vendor, they could easily make four or five thousand yuan."
This is no better than screwing in screws in a factory.
Aunt Gu was just grumbling to herself, but she had already started digging with a sand shovel.
Gu Anran said, "Stop chatting and hurry up and dig. Can't you see that people have already come over? In a little while, there will definitely be more people."
Aunt Gu felt a little sad.
Should I leave?
It's said that once a daughter is married, she's like water spilled from a cup. She doesn't have a daughter, but the two families are close. Plus, Gu Anran's parents passed away early, and she liked this well-behaved and sensible girl, so she treated Gu Anran like her own child. But now, Gu Anran is clearly siding with outsiders.
Female students are not allowed to stay in college!
Not ten minutes after Aunt Gu came over, someone else came over and saw them digging for sand worms. They immediately called their friends and a group of people squeezed over.
At this time.
Wu An was already sweating profusely from digging, and his luck points had long been exhausted. This time, simply digging made it much less efficient at finding sandworms.
"I'm not digging anymore."
"There are so many people, let's stop."
Aqing stopped too and complained, "These old women are too quick; we can't compete with them at all."
Gu Anran gently wiped the sweat from her face with a towel, took out a large water glass that was placed to the side. It was full of water. She took a big gulp herself without touching the bottle opening. After drinking, she handed it to Wu An: "You didn't bring a water glass."
Wu An chuckled: "Next time for sure."
Gu Anran rolled her eyes at her.
The two grew closer, and Gu Anran smiled and frowned more often.
After Wu An drank the water, he handed it to A Qing. A Qing tried to do the same, but she wasn't very skilled and ended up getting her clothes soaked as well.
The three rested for a while, then carried their buckets toward the main road.
The sun is now setting in the west.
Evening has arrived.
Ah Qing rubbed her rumbling stomach and said, "Brother, I'm hungry. Let's have something flavorful to eat tonight."
Home-cooked meals are delicious, but you get tired of eating them every day.
Wu An thought to himself that it had been many days since he had a late-night snack, barbecue, and beer, and nodded, saying, "Okay, let me think about what to do tonight."
"Go to Lao Jiang's place and get a case of chilled beer later."
Gu Anran interjected, "Would you like to try my cooking?"
Wu An's eyes lit up: "You can come out tonight?"
Gu Anran hesitated for a moment before saying, "Yes, but not too late."
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