I'm a junior in college this year, and I've linked my fishing check-in system.

Old Li looked at his catch with tears streaming down his face.

"Three months, three months! Do you know how I spent those three months?!"

"Finally, I saw some seafood while fishing... Even though I didn't catch it, I can finally hold my head high!"

Old Li was overjoyed; this was a blue crab!

Xiao Jiang's harvest today is definitely not as good as mine!

He looked at Jiang Qian and said excitedly, "You're truly my lucky star!"

"I haven't had seafood in a long time!"

Jiang Qian looked at Lao Li with a mixture of amusement and exasperation; he could understand Lao Li's feelings.

It's not that Lao Li can't afford to buy it; to be honest, with Lao Li's net worth, there's really nothing he can't afford... But fishing is all about the fun of catching fish and getting aquatic products, and these aren't just any aquatic products!

"Brother Li, you already call me Lucky Star, so what else can I say?" Jiang Qian said with a smile. "Come on, let's catch some crabs together!"

"Catch it yourself," Old Li chuckled. "Don't be envious of me, I'm going fishing!"

Jiang Qian smiled, "Brother Li, are you really not going to try your luck again?"

Seeing that Lao Li refused, he didn't dare to persuade him any further.

With a thought, he summoned the control panel:

Blue crab

Harvest: 7 taels (7 catties and 3 taels short of the next stage)

【Habit 1: March and April are the peak season for young crabs. At this time, they have not yet mated and are often active in freshwater lakes】

[Habit 2: March is the tail end of the female crab's sexual maturity season, when their bodies are full of roe. At this time, the female crab's appetite is extremely strong, and their search radius for fishy-smelling bait is much larger than usual.]

【Habit 3: Raw meat, frog legs, or chicken/duck entrails can also be tied to bamboo poles or cotton thread as bait for fishing】

Habit 4: ...

"This is the first time I caught a turtle, and this is the first time I unlocked the encyclopedia entry."

Jiang Qian looked at the endless riverbank and thought, "I hope there will be a chance..."

This place is almost entirely made of rocks. Judging from the fact that the blue crabs can climb ashore, it's clear to the naked eye that there are many blue crabs here!

"As expected, anything that the system can label as a region rich in a certain type of aquatic product is extraordinary..."

Thinking of this, he felt a surge of excitement—

"If wine cannot remove the fishy smell, chrysanthemum is still needed; if ginger is needed to prevent the accumulation of coldness, it is essential."

Cao Xueqin also wrote "Ode to Crabs," but setting aside the literary appreciation aspect, the blue crab actually better fits the way he described eating it.

The blue crabs from Dianshan Lake are incredibly valuable if they're of good quality.

Jiang Qian knew this before he came; this kind of thing is usually hard to find, and it costs 40 or 50 yuan per kilogram, which is considered cheap!

Because the yield of farmed mud crabs is not high, they are mainly produced in waves.

"But there were system checkpoints, and I just happened to be there when they appeared in large numbers!"

Jiang Qian was naturally overjoyed.

"I just decided to save money and build connections, and here it is."

Thinking this, he put the cat owner on the riverbank and said, "I'm going to catch some blue crabs."

"If you have any fish, I'll bring them back for you!"

The cat owner watched blankly as Jiang Qian set up the fishing rod and then went off to look for something.

It was getting a little impatient, running around after Jiang Qian as if to say, "You're not taking me with you when you get good stuff, are you?! You're going to die, meow!"

……

The waters of Dianshan Lake rippled.

The early autumn sun shines on the water, the reeds sway in the wind, and everything is full of vitality.

Jiang Qian found it somewhat amusing to see Boss Cat running behind him.

No, why are you following me?

You can't beat the blue crab...

After spending several days with the cat owner, Jiang Qian's strongest conviction was...

The cat owner's intelligence is probably on par with a piece of sugar-free whole wheat bread.

As Jiang Qian looked at the contents in front of him, his eyes suddenly lit up!

"Blue crab!"

He walked straight over, and a blue crab appeared in front of him!

A ding sounded in my ear:

[Fishing/Catching Proficiency +1!]

[Crab harvest +4 ounces!]

"A four-ounce blue crab!"

Jiang Qian was actually quite satisfied, as blue crabs were not easy to catch anyway.

Even today, he didn't intend to arrest many.

But just then, another voice rang in my ears:

"Meow!! Ha—"

I really like a quote from Jiang Qian:

"ha?"

This was the first time he'd ever heard the cat owner hiss. He turned around and... oh...

The cat owner got pinched by a blue crab...

Jiang Qian grinned, tossed the blue crab into the bucket, and said, "Good boy..."

"These aren't for you to eat today."

"I'll go to the market later and buy you two small yellow croakers..."

The cat boss didn't respond to Jiang Qian's comforting words; he simply deactivated his spine dragon mode and transformed back into an adorable whole wheat bread.

Seeing the cat boss's expression, Jiang Qian couldn't help but chuckle.

"How amazing that we managed to catch two in such a short time!"

Jiang Qian decided that today's goal would be to unlock the fourth habit of the blue crab!

For the next half hour...

If blue crabs had a newspaper, the proper reports would mostly be:

The comical old and young approached the riverbank.

The ridiculous angler is trying to find our fellow countrymen.

Humans have captured two of our fellow human beings.

Run! A demon is approaching!

The edge of the reed marsh!

Deep within the crevice of the rock!

Jiang Qian made a series of moves, each one accurate!

[Fishing/Catching Proficiency +1!]

[The weight of the blue crab has increased by three ounces!]

[Fishing/Catching Proficiency +1!]

[The weight of the blue crab has increased by two ounces!]

[Fishing/Catching Proficiency +1!]

[The weight of the blue crab has increased by five taels!]

……

Two and a half hours later.

Jiang Qian let out a long breath and stood still, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

The cat owner slammed his tail on the floor, looking extremely fierce: "Meow! Meow!"

What he meant was roughly—"You're not going to feed me, huh?! You're just giving me the runaround, aren't you?! Wait until I get some weird illness and you'll regret it!"

Jiang Qian turned to look at him and smiled, comforting him, "Taiwanese fishing... really doesn't yield much."

"For some reason, there aren't many fish in this area."

"But it doesn't matter... I'll buy it for you, I'll definitely buy it for you."

The cat owner was a little dissatisfied and ran off, seemingly to find other kittens to fight.

Jiang Qian wasn't worried. Dianshan Lake was actually a very open area, and the riverbank wasn't very big. There were police stations and similar places on both sides of the river, so Boss Cat wouldn't be able to run far even if he wanted to.

With a thought, a transparent panel appeared before his eyes:

Blue crab

Harvest: 15.6 jin (32.4 liang short of next stage)

[Habits...]

【Habit 4: As water temperatures rise in March, mud crabs partially awaken from their hibernation burrows. On consecutive sunny days, from noon to afternoon, they crawl to sheltered, sunny, and muddy low-lying mudflats to bask in the sun and regain their body temperature.】

"A sheltered, sunny, and relatively hard mudflat?"

Jiang Qian looked ahead and then at the small shovel that had been prepared for the day.

A brilliant idea is forming...