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Chapter 208: Today's Harvest Was Good
Chapter 208: Today’s Harvest Was Good
Everyone ran over to look at the motorcycle, and Tea Caihua, Zhou Mu, and Zhou Chengxin couldn’t resist running over as well.
Jiang Xia saw that Zhou Mu had brought buckets and other tools for the seashore, so she quickly asked for a bucket and a pair of tongs, and then headed to the seashore.
After the last time Jiang Xia brought a basket and other items to the seashore, Zhou Mu and Tea Caihua now came fully equipped, even preparing fishing nets.
Zhou Mu directly handed over both of her buckets to Jiang Xia.
Zhou Chenglei answered a few questions from the villagers but soon grew impatient with it. He handed over the motorcycle keys and his backpack to his father, asking him to handle it.
His father seemed to enjoy such tasks.
Zhou Chenglei reminded him, "Dad, watch the bag carefully, don’t get the things inside wet."
"Sure!" Zhou Father happily took over, thinking that with the money from the book he translated with Jiang Xia, he could carry the bag on his back, holding it in front of him with his hands.
Zhou Father thought about taking Zhou Bingqiang for a ride on the motorcycle, showing off as they drove around the countryside, to help him relax.
But he realized he had never ridden a motorcycle before and didn’t know how to!
Seeing Zhou Bingqiang’s increasingly complex expression, Zhou Father couldn’t help but think: Would it be too silly to push Zhou Bingqiang around the village on the motorcycle to show off?
He decided to ask Zhou Chenglei to teach him how to ride, thinking it should be similar to riding a bicycle. However, he found that the ungrateful son had already run off to find Prosperity!
Forget it, love and happiness are more important than showing off!
Wealth is more important than showing off!
Once you are wealthy, you can show off.
Always getting wealthier, always showing off!
Tea Caihua looked at the brand new motorcycle, feeling envious!
But then she thought about earning two or three hundred yuan every day and smiled: her family could afford it too!
A villager asked Zhou Father to take him for a ride, and Zhou Father said, "Another day! Another day! That kid A Lei doesn’t know how to take care of things! Look at how muddy the new motorcycle is. I’ll clean it up first and then take you for a ride when the weather is clear and the road is hard!"
Zhou Father ran to the buying station to borrow a rag and carefully wiped the mud off the motorcycle.
He didn’t miss any crevices, wanting everyone to see the shiny new motorcycle!
Jiang Xia walked down the beach and, seeing the crowd, headed towards the rock pile.
The beach was dotted with numerous small holes, likely left by various shellfish that had been washed ashore. Everyone was using small rakes to dig them up.
Shellfish could be found on the beach of the isolated island, so Jiang Xia didn’t want to compete with everyone. She decided to check the rock pile for better finds.
A few people were already at the rock pile.
Zhou Chenglei caught up to her, grabbed her wrist, and pinched it as a punishment. "Not obedient!"
He had told her not to go to the rock pile, but she had rushed there anyway!
He took the bucket from Jiang Xia, switched hands, and then pulled her along.
Jiang Xia looked at him and joked, "I feel something calling me from the rock pile!"
Zhou Chenglei couldn’t do anything about it and led her towards the rock pile.
As soon as they reached the rock pile, Jiang Xia saw a large yellow oil crab crawling out from a crevice.
"There’s a crab!" Jiang Xia shook Zhou Chenglei’s hand.
Zhou Chenglei saw it—a large yellow oil crab, and this season’s yellow oil crabs were the best.
He gestured for Jiang Xia to stand still, then squatted down. Before the crab could retreat into the crevice, he quickly grabbed its shell and lifted it up.
This yellow oil crab was huge, larger than his hand, with golden joints and plump legs.
He pressed it, feeling some softness, indicating the crab fat had turned to oil.
Zhou Chenglei carefully placed the crab in the bucket. These oil-filled yellow oil crabs mustn’t have their legs broken, or the oil would leak out during steaming.
Jiang Xia loved eating crabs, so he would steam this one for her tonight.
He reached out and took Jiang Xia’s hand, and the two continued to search the rock pile carefully.
Zhou Chenglei’s sharp eyes spotted another crab leg retracting into a crevice. "There’s another one, stand still."
"Where?" Jiang Xia stood still and looked around.
"Over there," Zhou Chenglei said, pointing to a rock. He squatted down as soon as she was in position, and moved the rock aside with ease.
The rock was quite large, but he lifted it effortlessly.
As the rock was moved, four palm-sized butter crabs seemed to pause for a moment before scurrying in different directions.
Jiang Xia's eyes lit up. Had they stumbled upon a butter crab nest? She quickly crouched down and reached out to grab them.
Zhou Chenglei also caught two with his hands and placed them in a bucket.
Jiang Xia smiled as she looked at the five large butter crabs in the bucket, "Today's harvest is great!"
Jiang Xia loved eating crabs, and she could tell that these butter crabs were of the highest quality, known as 'head-hand' crabs.
The crab oil had already permeated the joints, and wild premium butter crabs like these could sell for over two thousand yuan each in modern times. Moreover, they weren't readily available to anyone who wanted to eat them.
They had just stumbled upon a fortune of ten thousand yuan.
The two continued walking forward, with Jiang Xia paying close attention to the crevices between the rocks.
Zhou Chenglei spotted a can and picked it up. He peered inside and indeed found a large octopus hiding within.
Jiang Xia exclaimed in surprise, "How did you know there was something in that can?"
Zhou Chenglei explained, "People from the coast know that octopuses like to hide in cans. Some even set up cans in the sea to catch octopuses."
Zhou Chenglei took out the octopus and said, "I'll put this can in the water. Maybe there will be another octopus in it tomorrow."
He headed towards the sea with the can in hand.
Jiang Xia quickly followed.
Zhou Chenglei said, "Don't come over, the waves are big."
"I'm not afraid!"
Seeing that she wasn't listening, Zhou Chenglei turned back and reached out to support her.
But when they reached the point where the waves could almost reach them, he stopped her from going any further, "Wait here."
Jiang Xia stood there, with the two buckets at her feet, looking down at the crevices and small pools of water around her for anything worth picking up.
Zhou Chenglei continued forward with the can and then jumped into the seawater. He found a gap and wedged the can into a crevice, securing it firmly. Just as he was about to climb out, he felt something bump against his calf.
He glanced down and quickly bent over to grab it! At that moment, a huge wave crashed over him!
"Be careful!" He turned to Jiang Xia and held onto the reef with one hand.
Jiang Xia watched as the wave engulfed Zhou Chenglei, and then another wave, as tall as half a person, rushed towards her.
In the foam, there was an unknown object! Instinctively, she reached out to grab it! It was slippery!
She managed to catch it, but the wave knocked her down to the ground.
Fortunately, she was standing on a flat reef, so her buttocks hurt a bit, but she wasn't injured.
Jiang Xia quickly looked towards Zhou Chenglei's direction, and he had already climbed out. In his hand, he held a large, dark brown sea snail.
"Are you okay?"
"Are you okay?" Jiang Xia asked, seeing that he was fine. She then glanced at the object in her hand, which was a black ink stone even larger than her face.
Haha, today's harvest was indeed impressive.
Zhou Chenglei picked up Jiang Xia and carefully placed the sea snail in the bucket to prevent it from breaking the crab's legs.
Jiang Xia also put the ink stone she was holding into the bucket.
"What kind of sea snail is this?" Jiang Xia asked, looking at the mango-shaped, dark brown snail with black spots in the bucket.
"It's a mangosteen snail, known as a coconut snail in many places."
Jiang Xia: "..."
She recalled a news story she had seen in her previous life, and her heart was filled with excitement. Could it be that tonight she would also eat a snail worth millions?
"Zhou Chenglei, I want to eat snails tonight."
"Okay." Zhou Chenglei noticed that Jiang Xia's clothes were soaked and was about to pick up the bucket to take her home.
But Zhou Mu and Tea Caihua ran over to them.
"Alei, what did you find?" Tea Caihua and Zhou Mu had been digging for flower snails on the beach after checking out the motorcycle, and only then did they notice Jiang Xia and the others.
Tea Caihua immediately called out to Zhou Mu to join them.
Tea Caihua felt that being closer to Jiang Xia might bring better luck.
Zhou Chenglei was about to reply when Jiang Xia tugged at his hand, "Zhou Chenglei, look, what's in the sea?"
The three of them turned to look at the sea.
(End of Chapter)
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