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

Jiang Qian squatted on the edge of the mudflats. He noticed that this area was completely sheltered from the wind...

However, in areas with low mud density, this is the only angle available.

really!

He saw two blue crabs lying motionless in a shallow puddle, their shells covered with a thin layer of mud, lazily basking in the sun.

Jiang Qian held his breath, slowed his steps, and went around to the side.

For the first one, he simply pressed down on both sides of the crab shell from behind with his hands and lifted it up cleanly.

The crab swung its large pincers twice in the air, making a show of force, but didn't grab anything.

[Fishing/Catching Proficiency +1!]

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

"Eight taels!"

Jiang Qian tossed it into the bucket, his eyes already locked on the second one.

The second crab was clearly alert, shrinking its body further into the mud, but the sunlight was too comforting, and it couldn't bear to run away.

Jiang Qian didn't give it a chance to hesitate.

He pressed it down and refined it instantly!

……

Half an hour later.

[Host has successfully checked in!]

As the sound reached his ears, Jiang Qian patted the mud off his hands, pondering to himself:

"It's not appropriate to reward myself in public. I'll do it when I get home."

"Hiss...it feels like we've really reaped quite a harvest."

What he saw next were almost all small blue crabs. Jiang Qian knew that these were not tasty and wouldn't fetch a good price, so it was better to raise them and harvest another batch next year...

"But today's harvest was quite fruitful!"

As he was thinking, he looked down at the bucket.

Two eight-ounce blue crabs were rampaging around inside, their claws gripping the sides of the tub as they climbed up, then slid back down after a couple of climbs, then slid back down after a couple of climbs...

Quite interesting.

These two were quite large, with bluish-green shells and their pincers wide open, splashing water everywhere as they struggled in the bucket.

The cat owner had clearly just returned victorious, and was squatting by the bucket, staring at the blue crabs inside with an extremely suspicious look.

It raised its paw, then lowered it; it raised its paw, then lowered it again—

The lesson learned last time still left some impression.

Jiang Qian smiled; today's harvest was indeed quite good...

He picked up the bucket and weighed it in his hand; it was quite heavy!

Including the previous harvest, I ate sixteen jin today...

"I never expected to have such a fruitful experience!"

Even at the lowest price of forty yuan per kilogram.

It also costs 640 yuan!

This is a huge amount, six hundred and forty yuan. Yesterday, he ate and drank for free at Sun Dafu Hot Pot, and that was the price!

Moreover, the wild blue crabs from Dianshan Lake that weigh up to eight ounces are priced much higher than the average ones.

A good quality eight-ounce mud crab can easily sell for fifty or sixty yuan!

To be honest, whether it's fishing or crabbing, making money is one thing, but the process of finding prey one by one in the wild and catching it with your own hands is really addictive.

Just as Jiang Qian was about to turn back to find Old Li and prepare to leave, he heard a child shout, "Daddy! There are so many little crabs here!"

Jiang Qian turned around and saw a middle-aged man sitting on the riverbank, holding a fishing rod with the tip motionless over the water.

Judging from this tense posture, they've probably been waiting here for quite some time.

A little boy, about seven or eight years old, stood next to him. "Over there! That one has a green shell!"

The man followed his gaze but only noticed Jiang Qian's bucket.

It's not good not to see it, but once I do, I immediately feel unbalanced:

"So many blue crabs!"

This student seems to have arrived even later than him.

The middle-aged man's expression began to become complicated; he had been sitting there for more than four hours!

He did catch a blue crab, and he didn't know why the blue crabs here liked to bite people's feet. He planned to take it back for his children to eat.

The problem is, there are so many of those people!

And yet, after holding on until now, his record is a complete blank!

Not only that, the old man who came with him was in almost the same situation; he wasn't served fish, only crabs...

He was almost laughing in exasperation. It really was true that choice matters more than effort. He waited patiently for four hours and only got two white crabs, while that student managed to reap so many blue crabs!

Thinking of the principle behind miners digging for gold, he became more determined:

"I must persevere! Perseverance means having a positive mindset and being able to hold on. I will definitely catch the big fish!"

"Dad, I'm going to catch crabs!"

"Go on, go on, don't delay Dad from loading the truck!"

As he watched the float in front of him begin to move, he had a strong premonition—

We're about to load a large shipment!

He immediately became completely focused!

"Oh dear, Dad!"

"What happened?" The middle-aged man turned around and saw that Jiang Qian had already gone to help. His child had only gotten his finger pinched by a crab claw. He turned back to dealing with the catch. "Daddy's about to catch a big one. Hang in there, Daddy's coming to rescue you right away!"

"Dad's going to load the big truck!"

But when he pulled the float, it turned out to be just another white line...

Jiang Qian couldn't hold back for a moment.

Upon hearing Jiang Qian's laughter, the middle-aged man felt an overwhelming sense of shame and indignation.

How did society become like this!

The flaws of human nature are fully revealed after catching a whitebait!

He felt awkward not thanking Jiang Qian, so he said, "Thanks, young man! Can we add each other on WeChat?"

He held up his phone from a distance.

Jiang Qian nodded and smiled, "It's nothing, just a small favor. After all, I'm the one who lured your child here to catch crabs..."

The middle-aged man looked at his son and asked in confusion:

"Why that expression? You look so sad."

"Dad, I think you're going to get a beating from Mom when we get back..."

"You little brat, if you dare to tattle... dare to tattle... dare to tattle, Daddy will dare to hit himself!"

"..."

Jiang Qian had already gone to find Old Li when he heard the commotion and couldn't help but laugh again...

Avoid trivializing male suffering!

This is probably what it means for men to take care of kids.

He turned his head and saw Old Li panting heavily, holding a net bag in his hand, looking at the bucket of water in front of him with great satisfaction.

There wasn't a single fish...

But there are three blue crabs!

He was already very satisfied with this harvest after sitting for three hours!

After all, he's an old man, and fighting a blue crab would be quite difficult for him...

He turned his head to look at Jiang Qian, who was walking towards him, and found—

Jiang Qian's bucket was now teeming with more than a dozen blue crabs of all sizes!

The healthy claws collide with each other, producing a dense "rustling" sound that is both tingling and extremely pleasant.

Old Li stared at Jiang Qian's bucket, utterly stunned.

"Holy crap?! Little Jiang, these blue crabs are practically being delivered to our door!"

He suddenly felt a little unbalanced.

He realized that Jiang Qian would reap a large harvest of blue crabs.

But he never expected that Jiang Qian would gain so much!

Jiang Qian chuckled, and Old Li knew exactly what Jiang Qian was going to say: "Just lucky, huh?"

Jiang Qian chuckled again.

Time flies.

But at that moment, he noticed something.

A terrified "Meow!"

A hearty "Meow!"

The former wasn't the cat owner's voice. Jiang Qian's heart skipped a beat. Holy crap—

really!

byd, you're such a genius, you should fight stray cats instead of cats with owners.

The white cat that had been hit jumped onto its owner, and a fish fell to the ground. Only then did Jiang Qian understand...

"These two stole their owner's fish, one at the head and one at the tail, and then the cat owner, being a scoundrel, tried to eat more..."

Jiang Qian was speechless.

The owner was right there, and you still dared to launch a sneak attack?

He quickly went over, saying, "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry..."

Looking up, the short-haired girl in front of him came into view. Jiang Qian was just about to beat up the cat owner to apologize, but he froze on the spot.

I've seen this girl before... oh wait, that's Jia Baoyu. A proper college student wouldn't react like this when they bump into each other; it should be—

I grass!

"She probably doesn't know me, since I haven't attended a single one of her classes this semester. She probably only knows the name Jiang Qian..."