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

Jiang Qian said with a smile, "Thirteen jin."

The stall owner was taken aback again. "Do you even know how much thirteen jin is...?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Qian opened the bucket lid. The stall owner looked through the lid and saw that the bucket was packed tightly with crabs, one on top of another. The crabs were greenish-blue and uniform in size, with the smallest weighing more than two ounces and the bottom few weighing nearly half a pound.

Young crabs are rare in spring, and catching even a few is considered lucky. This bucket should weigh at least ten pounds.

Moreover, the vendors could tell at a glance that the baby crabs here were of very high quality!

She put down the knife, wiped her hands on her apron, and bent down to examine the bucket closely.

Just then, an uncle buying vegetables at a nearby stall passed by, glanced at it, and exclaimed, "Holy crap!"

"How did you get this, young man?"

His eyes widened like saucers. "So many!"

"And they're all so fat... this quality could easily cost forty or fifty yuan per pound!"

"Dianshan Lake," Jiang Qian replied.

The middle-aged man looked down again. "Dianshan Lake? Hmm, it really seems like it's the season for it, but is it this early this year?"

Jiang Qian smiled, "This is the advantage of the system."

The environment of an ecosystem can change at any time and in any place. A change in just one variable can cause changes in the timing of the large-scale appearance of species such as the juvenile crab.

However, as long as you have the system, you can be the first to seize this wave of gains!

The stall owner then spoke, his tone significantly more polite than before, "Young man, how much are you selling these per pound?"

Jiang Qian thought for a moment, "Fifty?"

He had already considered the possibility of negotiating when he quoted that price, but he didn't expect that he would still misjudge the market price of young crabs:

"Okay, I'll take them all."

The middle-aged man next to him chimed in, "Hey, I want a few too..."

Before he could finish speaking, the stall owner had already pulled the bucket closer. "You want it? Sure, sure, you can buy it right here!"

Jiang Qian watched the two people from the side, and silently scooped the cat boss off his shoulder and hugged him in his arms.

The latter meowed in dissatisfaction.

Finally, they agreed on a price of 51 jin (approximately 25 kg). The stall owner weighed the goods on the spot, and the total weight was 13 jin and 2 liang (approximately 6.6 kg).

Even after deducting the portion that Jiang Qian planned to take home for himself, the total was already 650 yuan!

Jiang Qian put the money away, then pointed to the six fish left in the bucket, "I'll keep these for myself. Can I have two more small yellow croakers with you?"

The stall owner glanced at the cat vendor and said with a grin, "For the cat?"

"right."

"Sure, I'll pick out two fat ones for you... Come to think of it, you cat are living a pretty good life..."

Jiang Qian glanced at the cat owner, who had gained at least three pounds in fifteen days, and had to admit that this thing was really developing into a plump, tender loaf of bread...

Jiang Qian was quite satisfied with his haul, having packed the small yellow croakers into a bag and resealed the six blue crabs. Just as he was about to leave, he heard the argument between the middle-aged man and the stall owner behind him.

"What the hell? You bought it right in front of me, I know it's 51 yuan a pound, and now you're selling it to me for 55? Are you serious?"

"How can one thief to one's face?"

……

They quickly left the seafood market and delivered the six blue crabs to Dai Zhenli's home.

Dai Zhenli seemed to have gone out to discuss renting a house, but Jiang Qian didn't take it seriously.

After preparing the crabs, I took two with me, put the cat owner back in his cat bed, and then prepared to return to my dormitory.

It was still noon, and Jiang Qian planned to go back to his dorm to reward himself before thinking about looking for an apartment.

"I'll get everything ready for renting a place tomorrow..."

As Jiang Qian was riding his bicycle home, he reached a red light when his phone beeped with a message. He glanced at it and saw it was from Ms. Chen.

[The Great Mother]: "I heard you and Liu Feiyan participated in a small fishing competition together? Your father saw the video, and he's so envious!"

"He's also signed up for the lure fishing open tournament that Liu Fei-yan is going to next week!"

Jiang Qian was taken aback. His elderly father had also participated?

His lips twitched. It wasn't that he disliked his elderly father, but the problem was—

Among his acquaintances now are two brilliant and outstanding individuals.

Among them, Wolong was Lao Li, who finally won his first victory this year, breaking the air force's stalemate.

Fengchu is the father, and although he's not exactly a go-getter, he always manages to pull off some kind of mischief every time he goes fishing...

"I feel like if these two went to the lure fishing open together..."

Jiang Qian was really looking forward to seeing what kind of amazing things the two of them could do.

Fish: Jiang Zhiguo, the soles of my shoes are a little itchy.

Back in his dorm room soon, Jiang Qian looked at the empty space, tidied up his tissues, grabbed some, pulled the curtains closed, and began to reward himself…

[Please select your reward for this successful check-in.]

[Reward 1: System Function [Inquiry]]

[Search: This feature allows you to actively search for the nearest time-sensitive check-in points. There is a one-week cooldown period after each use. The host can choose not to go, and the cooldown period will not be recorded.]

[Reward 2: Unlocks a characteristic of one type of aquatic product in the encyclopedia]

[Reward 3: 1000 yuan...3...]

Jiang Qian: "..."

He stared at the options panel in front of him, feeling like his mind was filled with the image of Reward 3 pointing at him:

"Should I defeat Tang Sanzang and his disciples?"

He knew that if the system could be upgraded to a higher level, the reward of 3 might be quite substantial for the fisherman, possibly amounting to five thousand, ten thousand, or even a hundred thousand.

But for now, this reward of 3 is purely for laughs...

"In comparison, reward 2 is very tempting."

However, the check-in points that the system actively activates are almost always accurate.

They either sell big fish and shrimp, or protected animals; there are even things like gold bracelets.

And the first reward is that you can actively seek out these check-in spots!

"Even if it's only once a week, it's worth it!"

Jiang Qian made a decision and chose reward 1.

His heart stirred, and he activated the message-finding function, which displayed the message again:

[Thinking...]

However, contrary to Jiang Qian's expectations, the system quickly provided the answer:

[Check-in location: Youxi City]

[Enriched organism: Snakehead fish]

Optimal arrival time: within 1 hour

[Remaining active time of enriched organisms: 3 hours and 47 minutes]

"3 hours and 47 minutes?"

Jiang Qian suddenly realized, "So that's how this thing is used!"

"but……"

Xicheng is a bit too far away.

After thinking it over, Jiang Qian decided to cancel the photo spot, since buying a high-speed rail ticket and taking a taxi there now would be a waste of money...

"This feature is now available."

From now on, I can take the initiative and reap huge rewards!

"Furthermore, check-in points with this feature enabled have a longer active period!"

It's no longer the fixed three hours of the system.

Jiang Qian can see a brighter tomorrow with higher income!

Just then, he received another message on WeChat from Dai Zhen, who was getting her hair cut.

He frowned as he read the message.