Wu An took two steps, which was quite difficult. He not only had to pull his feet out of the mud to walk, but also had to wade through the water. If yesterday was easy mode, then today was hard mode.
But that is actually his advantage.
That's because he relies on luck to make a living.
Aqing quickly followed, saying, "Brother, wait for me."
"Let's go straight to the crab den."
Wu An said, "I'm afraid there might not be any blue crabs left."
"This thing doesn't stay in one place all the time."
"Moreover, with so much water today, that area, which is already low-lying, must have an even higher water level."
Aqing said, "Let's go take a look."
"We're so lucky."
"Maybe the blue crabs are still waiting for us over there."
Wu An nodded. Having a destination was better than wandering aimlessly in this vast mudflat.
As the two walked, lights occasionally shone on them.
"Ah An, Ah Qing, you're here."
"Just wading through the water like this, without even getting a mud horse."
"You two silly boys, the water is so high today, walking like this on the mudflats, you'll be exhausted."
The person speaking is standing on a "mud horse," a homemade "tidal flat transportation tool" that allows them to travel freely across the tidal flats.
If you know how to operate it, it's very fast.
In their area, it has a long history and is still widely used today, especially by farmers who raise clams and razor clams in tidal flats; almost every household has several "mud horses".
He and Aqing did not.
We can only rely on our legs.
It was indeed tiring to walk.
Some people asked, "Where did you get so much seafood yesterday? We've been here for half an hour and we've only caught two blue crabs."
"Damn, you even caught two blue crabs, while I only managed to rake some clams. Forget about selling them, I can't even make a single dish."
"Ah Dong, Ah Qing, you two are lucky, give us some pointers."
"Catching the sea here is too tiring, it's better to stay on Huangsha Beach."
"It's over here," Wu An said, pointing casually. "The water wasn't this high yesterday."
If you're going to go beachcombing, you need to be amazed. Some fishermen know which area has a lot of seafood, but today the tide is so high that even at low tide, most of the mudflats are still submerged, so you can only rely on luck.
Lower the rake, then reach into the water to feel around.
If you're lucky, you can find a lot of clams and snails; if you're unlucky, you can only grab a handful of mud and sand.
It's not high tide today, so it's normal not to find much seafood.
Occasionally, someone would laugh, indicating that they had found a good item.
After walking a little further away, Aqing said unhappily, "What are these people thinking? How dare they ask us to give them pointers?"
"She's not even as handsome as me, but she's got some pretty wild ideas."
"Pah!"
After Aqing finished speaking, Wu An remained silent and groped his way to the vicinity of the crab's nest. Aqing bent over and stared at the water. Wu An laughed and said, "Aqing, the water is too murky to see anything. Just use your hands."
He also added a bit of luck to the clip.
Luck value: 43 (5)
Wu An estimated that he could only work for a little over an hour today at most.
That's fine too.
Use up your luck points as soon as possible and go back to rest.
Aqing put the bucket aside, squatted down, and groped in the water with her hands. After a while, she found a hole and immediately put down the clamp.
He had caught countless blue crabs yesterday and was very experienced. Even if he couldn't see anything, he could tell whether he had caught anything by touch.
Pull hard.
Suddenly lifted out of the water, accompanied by splashing water, a blue crab was raised into the air.
Wu An shone his headlamp on the mirror and said, "Not bad."
The mud crab isn't very big, but it's not small either, weighing about a pound. One of these is worth around a hundred yuan.
Ah Qing grinned happily, threw the crab into the bucket, and immediately squatted down again to continue searching.
I searched for several minutes but couldn't find anything.
Wu An kept making discoveries, having already caught two blue crabs. This made A Qing extremely anxious. Finally, she found a hole and immediately put her claw down.
When they took it out, they found that only half of the crab remained.
Ah Qing was dumbfounded: "Brother, what's going on?"
Wu An took the crab and examined it, saying, "It looks like it was bitten by something."
He was also surprised.
However, big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat shrimp. Blue crabs are already on the menus of many seafoods, so who knows what they were eaten by?
He said, "Be careful from now on."
Aqing nodded.
Continue to explore.
Half an hour later, the two of them had caught a total of six blue crabs, two mantis shrimps, and several sea snails. Because they used tongs, they didn't catch many clams, and the ones they did catch were small, so they just threw them away.
Ah Qing said, "Brother, today is much worse than yesterday."
Wu An nodded.
He turned his head to look around and said, "I wonder if the others have made any gains."
"Who cares?" Wu An said casually. "Even if the harvest is huge, they won't give us even half a crab leg."
As they were talking.
He found a hole and put down the clamp.
The clip did catch something, but it felt strange. It didn't feel like a blue crab; it felt more like a fish.
He didn't dare to use too much force, lest he kill or even break the fish, which would make it worthless.
Upon pulling it out of the water, it was indeed a fish.
Shine a headlamp on it.
Wu An's eyes widened in disbelief, for it was actually a crab-goby!
Why is this fish called Crab Tiger? Because this thing eats crabs.
The half-crab that Aqing just picked up—the culprit behind this tragedy—is probably this fish.
Since there are blue crab nests here, it's normal to also have tiger crabs.
The crab goby, scientifically known as *Channa argus*, is as famous as mudskippers and mudfish on the mudflats, and is known as one of the "Three Treasures of the Mudflats." It is also known as "ginseng of the sea." The local saying is even more straightforward: "One fish is worth three chickens."
It is highly nutritious and very nourishing, and it tastes delicious no matter how it is cooked. Anyone who can eat seafood will definitely love this fish.
Therefore, both the retail and purchase prices are very high, at least more valuable than mud crabs.
Wu An grabbed the crab tiger, finding it very slippery.
The fact that the clip was able to catch the crab was thanks to the system's blessing of luck; otherwise, ordinary clips would never have been able to catch the crab.
"Brother, what did you catch?" Aqing curiously leaned over to take a look, and when she saw it was a crab tiger, she couldn't help but exclaim, "Holy crap, it's actually..."
Before he could finish speaking, he quickly covered his mouth with his hand, the words leaking out through his fingers: "Crab Tiger... it's Crab Tiger!"
"Where was it caught?"
"These fish are clustered together; there must be a nest of them."
Wu An pointed, and A Qing didn't even need to use tongs, he just reached out and actually caught two, but they weren't very big, the largest one weighing only about three ounces.
One of them was quite small, probably only about an ounce, and Aqing didn't want it, casually tossing it back into the water.
The two continued to explore.
"Brother, I found a hole! It's a tiger crab, and it tried to run away, but I caught it!" Aqing shouted excitedly, even happier than when he caught the blue crab.
That's normal, since it involves direct physical contact, catching fish and shrimp. From five or six years old to seventy or eighty, no one dislikes it.
Especially men.
Wu An also found it very fun, as if he had rediscovered the joy of his childhood.
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