When the two arrived at the grove, Wang Laobian had already started to lower the ground cage. Li Changle and Chen Yongwei put away the bait, lowered a few old ground cages, and then went to the rocks to look for ground cages and crab holes.

Wang Laobian got off the ground cage, stood on the bank and watched the two people for a while, then left with the bucket.

The reef piles on the side of the grove are all small piles of rocks. Some are washed over by the waves, and some are naturally grown. In summer, there are often snakes and insects hiding in the piles of rocks to enjoy the cool air.

Li Changle looked around the rocks but couldn't find any cages. The few crab holes he saw were only the size of eggs. Even if there were blue crabs living in them, they were at the level of grandsons. They could only dig them out and sell them as crab larvae.

He simply ignored it and walked forward. He saw a blue crab in front of him, struggling to swing its eight legs upside down and running quickly towards the crab hole under the stone.

He stepped forward with a big step, pressed it down with one foot, grabbed the crab shell and picked it up. Looking at the big green crab waving, he took out the hemp rope, tied it up and put it into the basket, and said proudly :

"Run, even if you grow eight short legs, you still can't outrun my two long legs.

Li Changle took out the hemp rope and tied the crippled crab into a basket on his back. He took out a cigarette and lit it. He continued walking towards the pile of rocks in front of him with the cigarette in his mouth.

"Brother, come here quickly, there are many blue crab holes here." Chen Yongwei's happy shout came from the other side, "I also caught two stranded anchovy fish."

"Here we come!" Li Changle hurriedly walked over there, his headlight passing over a puddle, and he saw the water marks left by the crabs as they escaped. He stepped forward and took a closer look, and clearly saw the green crabs leaving traces on the edge of the puddle. Crab claw prints.

"Look where you are running?"

He put down the bamboo pole, stepped forward and moved the stone away. The blue crab hidden underneath was revealed. It was quite big, but it was a crippled crab. Thinking of the two elderly people at home, he thought that the crippled crab was not bad, so he took it back to the old man. Dad’s tonic is just right.

There is no way, the older generation is like this, they are reluctant to eat even the catches that are worth a little bit, let alone blue crabs that weigh more than a pound a piece. They have been diligent and thrifty all their lives, even if they go back and live better. When I got up, the thought of being diligent and thrifty has been engraved in my bones.

If you feel that eating good food by yourself is a waste, you should sell it for money.

Li Changle and Chen Yongwei wandered around the shallow water area, but did not find a ground trap. They caught several stranded anchovy, bass, and a dozen green crabs and stone crabs.

The two came out of the woods, carrying backpacks and buckets and walking towards the mudflat. When they reached the beach beside the trench under the gate, they suddenly saw two guys walking sideways by the trench.

"Awei, hurry up." Li Changle ran over excitedly, raised his foot to step on one, and stretched out his hand to grab the other one. He saw that the whole foot was covered with fluff and the back shell was bulging high. This was only the paste. female crab.

I took out the hemp rope and quickly tied it up and put it in my backpack. When I lowered my head to grab the one under my feet, I saw another one in front of me. "Damn it, could it be possible that we encountered migrating blue crabs?"

"Brother, look ahead, good luck has come. We have encountered a group of blue crabs that are laying eggs and migrating." Chen Yongwei excitedly grabbed the crabs and put them in the bucket as he ran. There was no time to tie them with hemp rope.

Li Changle looked over and saw that there were indeed a lot of crabs crawling in front of him. They looked quite big. "What should I do? There are so many crabs that I can't even make it with two hands!" "Yes, there are too many. Let's get two more." I can't catch it all with both hands, so I grab it first and pack it up, and then slowly tie it up later.

Chen Yongwei said excitedly. He felt that the bucket was too small, so he simply took off the backpack. His hands were like tentacle monsters. He grabbed one and threw it in. He didn't care whether the crab legs and the crab would be broken. He grabbed what he could catch first.

Li Changle caught the crab and put it in his net bag. After a while, he saw him carrying the basket and said, "Awei, don't put it in the basket. If there are too many, the ones below will be crushed to death. "Oh!" Chen Yongwei hurriedly picked it up. Get out of the net bag, catch up with a crab, catch it and throw it in.

"This is the first time I've seen the legendary migrating green crabs in my life. Brother, I'm afraid you were Lord Hai Long's biological son in your previous life!" "I'm going, I'm not the only one who saw this!"

The two of them had heard the old man say before that before a severe drought or some disaster strikes, crabs sometimes migrate in groups. Sometimes the tidal flats are densely packed everywhere. Countless crabs are trampled to death for several miles. number.

"Brother, will there be a drought or some big disaster coming?"

In Li Changle's memory, except for a strong typhoon, there was no severe drought at all. "No, even if there was, the People's Liberation Army was still there to support it. What are you afraid of?" "Yes, the People's Liberation Army will help when there are floods, and there will definitely be severe droughts. .”

"Then hurry up, it's important to pick up the money." Li Changle held the net bag and kept grabbing it. No matter whether he was fat or thin, he would put it into the net bag whenever he caught it. "Brother, you are right, I am now I feel like picking up sea urchins last time was not considered picking up money, but today is really picking up money.”

Li Changle was too busy to respond to him. He quickly filled up his net pocket and took out the second one to continue. He missed his mobile phone very much at this moment. He could call everyone who could work at home with just one phone call.

"Brother, if I had known earlier, I would have brought Xiaoyang with me. If he was here, he could help us go home and report the news to my sister-in-law." Chen Yongwei couldn't restrain his excitement and kept mumbling, "I knew it was hard to buy with money! I really want it." Then we would have called my sister-in-law, my mother-in-law, and Ah Fa before we came.

After filling two mesh bags, Li Changle stretched his body, his joints cracking.

I felt sore in my back and my fingers were cramped. I looked at the blue crabs that came out of nowhere with red eyes. I picked up my backpack and rushed forward again.

I can't finish it, I can't finish it at all.

It wasn't until the backpacks and net bags that I brought were filled that the number of crabs on the beach disappeared.

Li Changle's hands were trembling as he caught the crabs, and his legs were as heavy as lead. He found a stone and sat down, feeling sore in his back and back. "Awei, tie up the crabs first. The ones in the basket will be crushed to death." "

"There are more ahead! You sit down and tie them up for a while, I will catch up and grab some more." Chen Yongwei threw the hemp rope in his pocket in front of him, and like a tireless King Kong, chased towards the saltwater area ahead.

"How can you tie up such a small amount of hemp rope?" Li Changle found a stone and sat down. He first tied up the blue crabs in the bucket, put the broken crab legs and stings into a basket on his back, and sold the complete crab legs and stings. The money is left to the disabled to eat by himself, cooking sweet and fresh crab porridge, or making crab chorizo ​​and crab sauce.

The headlight attracted swarms of mosquitoes and flies, buzzing and flying in front of his eyes. After a while, the exposed insteps were bitten by long-legged mosquitoes. It didn't take much effort for him to remove the two handfuls he had brought. All the hemp ropes were used up, and not even half of the crabs in the bucket were tied up.

"Awei, the hemp rope is gone. I'll take some home first and get the hemp rope to tie it up again." Li Changle shouted into the trench in front of him. "Go back, I still have a lot here." Chen Yongwei said. He replied in a low voice and got down to work.

Li Changle picked up the basket on his back, picked up the bucket and walked back. Thinking of today's harvest, his heavy steps became brisk.

It was almost twelve o'clock, and the village was completely dark. There was not even a house with a light on. Walking in the alley, I could only hear my own heavy footsteps and my breathing.

When they got home, the lights in the outhouse were still on. As soon as Li Changle walked to the door of the house, the door opened, "Why aren't you asleep yet?"

"I took a nap and just woke up." Zhou Ruonan reached out and took the bucket. When he saw the crabs inside, his heart skipped a beat, "Ale, you're not going to Shaji Village."

She didn't dare to say the rest of the words, she just looked at him in horror.

"Where are you thinking?" Li Changle reached out and patted her shoulder, "Don't you know what your man is like?" "Then where did these come from?"

"We picked it up..." Li Changle told her the situation, "Awei is still catching blue crabs in the woods. Go and wake up my mother-in-law and my sister-in-law. Let's go over there and take a look. look.

Bring them with you. If you can catch some, it would be best. If not, we will pay them wages to help us tie blue crabs." "My mother!" Zhou Ruonan looked at him in surprise, "Such a good thing has happened to you. It’s over!」

"Yes! Hurry up and get the hemp rope from my mother-in-law. Let her get up and help tie up the crabs in the basket and the bucket. Let's go over there quickly."

"Oh!" Zhou Ruonan hurriedly walked outside. Two steps later, he found the door of the second room. He raised his hand and knocked, "Second sister-in-law, get up quickly. I need to see you if I need anything." After knocking, he went to the big room, and then Li On the other side of the father and mother's side, there were the voices of Second Sister-in-law Li and Sister-in-law Li.

Li Changle put down his backpack, picked up the cold drink on the table and drank a few sips. Thinking of the tidal flat just now, Ah Wei said that his thirsty throat was smoking, and went to get a kettle to fill it with water. Zhou Ruonan came in with a bamboo basket, and Li's mother , Sister-in-law Li and Sister-in-law Li also came. The three of them looked at the blue crabs in the bucket and the basket. They were so surprised that they couldn't even speak. They had only seen so many blue crabs in the breeding farm.

Even Sister-in-law Li, who was always the calmest, stared wide-eyed. If Nan hadn't said that Awei was still catching crabs in the woods, she would have thought that Li Changle had gone to the crab farm in Shaji Village to steal blue crabs.

Mother Li and Sister-in-law Li also thought the same way. How could there be so many blue crabs except in breeding farms?

After a while, Mother Li found her voice again, with a smile on her face, "Mom, you go quickly, your father is also up, and he will come over later to help tie him up."

Sister-in-law Li picked up one and said distressedly: "Ouch, what a pity, such a fat green crab, the big turtle is broken by the pressure, it is worthless." Ah Le's luck is so good! She even thought that the couple went to the Lord's Palace to burn incense!

Li Changle looked at the group of people with pride, "There are four net bags over the tidal flat, all of them are full. You hurry up and catch a few more." "Okay, okay, let's go now." Sister-in-law Li had the most reaction. Quick, grab the bucket and head outside.
Chapter completed!