As soon as Mao Wang left, even more people gathered around.
The main reason was that Wu An and A Qing were pulling a cart, which made them too conspicuous.
Everyone else is carrying buckets, so this bucket isn't difficult to carry.
The difference is enormous.
"You two actually dug up so many razor clams."
"Could it be stolen?"
"I suspect it was stolen from me."
"And mine too."
Some shameless people started shouting and even reached into the bucket to grab the razor clams.
Aqing was furious. She waved her sand shovel and shouted, "Ganlinmu, have some shame! Compared to you, my brother and I are good people!"
"Let's see who dares to reach out."
"My shovel doesn't have eyes."
He grabbed a sand shovel and started smashing, holding nothing back.
The guys quickly pulled their hands back; if they had been any slower, they would have been hit. They were terrified and muttered under their breath that Ah Qing was a jerk.
"Look at these two, they're covered in mud. They must have dug in the mudflats."
"Yes, there are a lot of razor clams over there, but they're hard to get. You can't even walk around properly, let alone dig them up."
"What good luck those two bastards had."
The people started whispering among themselves.
Some people have raised questions.
"Even if they were lucky, would they be willing to put in the effort to dig for razor clams in the mudflats?"
"That's right, these two are the laziest people in the whole village."
"That's not entirely true. When they were caught stealing chickens and dogs, those two ran faster than anyone else."
"Haha, that's true."
"I suspect these razor clams came from dug up from someone's aquaculture mudflats."
"The victim might come looking for us soon."
Upon hearing this, Aqing, her face flushed and her neck thick with anger, shouted, "These were all dug out by my brother and me, shovel by shovel!"
“My brother and I went to the beach early yesterday morning.”
"Quite a few people saw it."
Those who gossip scoffed, but Aqing kept shouting. Wu An stopped him, but you can never wake someone who is pretending to be asleep. Similarly, those who are prejudiced against you will not listen to what you say.
Amidst the pointing and whispering of the crowd, the two pulled the cart to Old Xie's door.
"I saw these two bastards yesterday...two people."
"I was yelling at everyone to be careful, thinking they were there to steal seafood, but it turns out they really were there to harvest seafood."
“I even tried to avoid them yesterday. If I had known it would turn out like this, I would have gone to the mudflats with them.”
"Absolutely, I regret it so much."
"I heard that these two are going to turn over a new leaf, and it seems to be true."
"Could it be that they turned over a new leaf and were blessed by the goddess Mazu? Otherwise, how could they be so lucky, catching a whole box of fish yesterday and digging up so many razor clams today?"
"Come on, do they even deserve the blessing of Mazu?"
"It's only temporary; they'll soon reveal their true colors again."
...
Aqing put down the cart, still indignant.
"Brother, I really want to stuff their mouths with shit."
"Why are they talking about us?"
“We didn’t steal from them or rob them. On the contrary, they tried to take advantage of the situation to steal our razor clams.”
"I think..."
Wu An listened quietly to him, nodding occasionally.
Several vendors nearby were harvesting their goods at the entrance, casting curious glances their way. Old Chen, who was closest, almost wanted to stick his eyes out onto the cart to get a better look.
Most vendors had goods to buy, but two others came over to watch the spectacle since they hadn't made anything.
Old Xie was having breakfast in the store when he saw the two of them. He quickly put down his chopsticks and came out to say, "You two are here."
"Why do you look like this? Did you go beachcombing last night?"
"Let me see what's inside."
He was quite excited when he saw the cart. Most of the villagers who came to sell their goods from the beach carried buckets, and only those who went out to sea in fishing boats would occasionally come with a cart.
He stared wide-eyed at the sight of the two large buckets of razor clams: "So many king razor clams?"
"They're all wild."
“Not bad, not bad. These wild razor clams are hard to find now. We haven’t seen them in the dock market for a while.”
He picked up the razor clams and looked at them, then his face lit up with a smile. As a vendor who buys and sells razor clams, he could naturally tell the difference between wild and farmed ones.
He only dared to buy them after seeing that they were wild.
"Two huge buckets of king razor clams?"
"Handsome, can I take a look?"
"Old Xie, you haven't made a bid yet. The highest bidder wins."
The two vendors who came over couldn't take their eyes off the king of razor clams. At this moment, they didn't care about the restraint of being fellow vendors and started calling out.
Old Xie glared at the two men, thinking to himself, "What trouble are you two causing? If you do this, how am I supposed to quote a lower price later?" He immediately shouted, "They've already delivered the goods to my shop door, what are you still talking about?"
"Wu An, I'll give you 20 yuan a pound for these king razor clams."
"Let these two people tell you whether the price is fair or not."
Wu An looked at the two vendors.
The two vendors remained silent, cursing Old Xie for raising the price so high. How could they possibly quote a price? If the purchase price was too high, the profit margin would be too thin, and they might even lose money if there were any problems with transportation.
Seeing this, Wu An knew that Lao Xie's price was reasonable, and said, "Okay."
"But this bucket isn't all razor clams."
"Aqing, pour it out."
Old Xie found two large basins, and A Qing poured the seafood from the bucket into them. Old Chen had just finished his work and tiptoed over. When he saw the clams, blood clams, and sea snails in the bucket, he immediately laughed: "So all that stuff at the bottom is worthless stuff."
"Isn't this just a case of someone pretending to be someone else?"
"Look at Lao Xie, he can't even laugh anymore."
"Hahaha."
He couldn't help but laugh out loud, and the two vendors next to him also smiled. Sure enough, it conformed to the law of conservation of energy; the smiles didn't disappear, but they did shift.
Old Xie coughed twice, squatted down and said, "Then I'll sort them first."
Wu An glanced at Lao Chen and the others and said, "Don't rush."
"The cargo hasn't been completely unloaded yet."
As he spoke, he took the snakeskin bag off the cart.
Old Xie stood up: "Is this also seafood?"
He was initially drawn to the king of razor clams and didn't pay much attention to the snakeskin bag, assuming it contained beachcombing tools. Little did he know, the snakeskin bag was full of seafood.
Wu An opened his mouth.
"I...I...Holy crap!"
"Blue crab, orchid crab, mantis shrimp..."
His voice rose several octaves: "Is this whole sack full of them?"
Wu An nodded.
Old Xie exclaimed excitedly, "Amazing! Amazing!"
"You guys did all this? Did you spend the whole night fishing?"
Wu An smiled and said, "Pour it out and sort it."
Old Xie found two more large iron basins, emptied the crabs from the snakeskin bag, and saw that they weren't tied up. He was immediately heartbroken: "Why weren't they tied up?"
"Look, these pliers have fallen off."
"What a waste!"
Crabs are judged by their appearance; those missing limbs will definitely be discounted in price. Wu An knew this but had no choice, as he hadn't prepared rubber bands to tie them up beforehand.
He's never really been to the sea in either of his lives, so he doesn't know much about it and needs to learn and gradually accumulate experience.
Aside from being suspended in his limbo, he's no different from an ordinary person now.
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