"What a big crab!"

Pan Chengchen said in surprise. There were many large and small crabs crawling on the mud on the shore. Many large crabs were as big as bowls for eating.

Such a large crab is rarely seen on the market, but here there are actually many large crabs crawling around on the soil on the shore.

"I didn't expect that these crabs have grown so big."

Ye Rongyao said in surprise. Since putting the crab seedlings in the pond, Ye Rongyao has not cared about them, nor has he captured them. He did not expect that they all hid here and have grown so big.

"Uncle, let's catch crabs." Xiao Mengmeng said to Ye Rongyao.

"Okay, Xiao Sier, come to the boat and bring the bucket. Let's go back to catch the crabs today and have a full crab feast tonight." Ye Rongyao said to Xiao Sier.

Ye Rongyao's homes are basically river crabs. When Ye Rongyao was a child, he could often see them by the river. At that time, every time the river was released, Ye Rongyao would go down the river to catch crabs.

The method of touching crabs is actually very simple. It is to go down the river and flip the river with both hands and move forward. Although this method is not efficient and basically depends on luck, this carpet-style move forward can catch more than a dozen big crabs the size of a fist in one afternoon.

When Ye Rongyao was a child, crabs were very expensive things and they were reluctant to buy them at home, which means they could only see them during festivals.

So every time the river in the village releases water, Ye Rongyao and other children are happiest, and they are the best at catching fish and crabs in the river.

When I catch the crabs and go home, I ask my parents to give me a delicious crab. I can only serve one crab for a meal, and the rest must be left for the next meal.

It was hot at that time, and there were no refrigerators or appliances like freezers at home. How could I keep fresh and prevent the food from becoming bad or bad?

Ye Rongyao still remembers that the way to keep fresh at that time was to place it on the water tank well in the kitchen. The dishes were filled with stainless steel plates and placed in the water tank, which could float on the water surface and cover the water tank with a gong frame.

In this way, on hot days, the dishes will not break even if they are kept overnight, and they are no worse than the refrigerator.

However, as people's living conditions get better and better, this way of storing dishes is becoming less and less common in the village.

People nowadays basically eat the dishes of the day and eat them the same day, especially in summer. If you don’t have a refrigerator at home, you will generally not leave the dishes the next day.

After all, it was not the time when I lived in the mountains before, so it was very inconvenient to buy vegetables once. It was often only a week before I went shopping in the mountains.

Nowadays, people basically go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables once a day. After all, every household now has electric cars, and driving the electric car to the vegetable market in the town is only a dozen minutes away.

However, now there are basically no signs of crabs in the river in Taoyuan Village, and even fish are rarely seen.

The reason for the pursuit was actually caused by pollution. When Ye Rongyao was in junior high school, someone in the village built a pond for washing cement bags, and a large number of cement bags outside were transported to the village for cleaning.

In just one month, there were dead fish floating in the river in the village, and large tracts of dead fish. Although the pond where the cement bag was washed only half a month, the creatures in this river in Taoyuan Village were basically dead, and even the river snails with the most vigorous vitality were dead.

In those five or six years later, there was no fish in the river in Taoyuan Village. Although the village would release the water in the river once a week, it still had no effect.

More than ten years have passed, and fish have only appeared in the rivers in the village in the past few years. As for crabs, no one in the village has discovered them.

That pollution can be said to have a huge impact on Taoyuan Village. After that, the village committee no longer agreed to the factory outside and came to Taoyuan Village.

After all, in the eyes of the villagers, just a pond with cement bags pollutes the river in Taoyuan Village like that. If a large factory comes over, that would be fine.

Soon, Xiao Sier brought a big bucket of water from the boat.

"Take off your shoes, let's go and catch crabs."

Ye Rongyao found two branches on the shore, handed them to Xiao Sier, took one, took off his shoes, and walked towards the mud on the shore.

"Uncle, these crabs have all run into the hole." Xiao Mengmeng quickly said to Ye Rongyao.

It turned out that Ye Rongyao and others walked towards the shore, alarming the crabs resting on the soil on the shore, but the crabs ran away without a trace.

Some of them entered the dirt hole on the shore and some ran into the water. Anyway, there was no crab on the shore.

"It's all gone, why are you still catching?"

Pan Chengchen said depressedly. He stepped into the soil, half of his calves were stained with dirt, and as a result, all the crabs ran away. What's this called?

"Haha, Chenchen, this crab cannot escape."

Xiao Sier said to her future wife with a smile.

Xiao Sier knew that Pan Chengchen had grown up in the town since he was a child and had never seen crabs catching. He thought that these crabs would not be caught after they ran away. In fact, it was not the case.

"Chenchen, there is a saying that if you can run away, you can't run away from the temple, it is the most suitable for this crab. Look at how I catch crabs."

After Ye Rongyao finished speaking, Ye Rongyao found a cave on the bank of the river.

Ye Rongyao's home breeds river crabs. This river crab likes to live in caves. Under stones, caves near the river bank may be the habitat of crabs.

Of course, Ye Rongyao would not look for the stones. After all, the gap between the stones is very small, and those hiding inside are basically small crabs. Only the ones in the cave are older crabs.

"That's the hole."

Ye Rongyao looked at a flat cave near the river bank, with some traces of crab legs crawling over it. Ye Rongyao was sure that crabs had just run into this cave.

When Ye Rongyao was a child, he often caught crabs and lobsters by the river. He knew the difference between crab holes and lobster holes. Because of the shape of his body, the holes of the crabs are basically flat.

The caves of lobsters are relatively round, mostly covered by water plants, and are closer to the water surface, because lobsters are far less survivable than crabs when they are short of water.

Another point is that the caves of crabs are drier than those of lobsters, so the difference between the two is relatively easy to distinguish.

Ye Rongyao looked at the direction of the cave, pulled the branches twenty centimeters behind the mouth of the cave, and inserted the thick branches.

I started digging this cave with my hands.

Pan Chengchen and Xiao Mengmeng beside them both stared at Ye Rongyao, looking puzzled.

"Xiao Si, what is he doing with Brother Ye?"

"Brother Honor is catching crabs. The branches are inserted there to prevent the crab from running back to the pond along the cave. Generally, the crab hole leads to the water. Otherwise, the retreat path is blocked, and the crab will run away when digging the cave." Xiao Sier explained.

"Didn't the crab run along the hole into the pond just now?" Pan Chengchen asked in confusion.

"Crabs are more courageous. Generally speaking, they feel that it is safe to run into the cave and will not enter the water." Xiao Sier explained.

"Uncle, crab."

Xiao Mengmeng shouted hurriedly.

It turned out that Ye Rongyao was almost digging to the branch. A crab as big as a bowl waving its big claws, lying slanted, with its protruding eyes shrinking and looking at the front that could not walk, and behind that was blocked by the branches, he hurriedly crawled up to the side, thinking about running away.

"Uncle, catch it quickly, the crab is about to run away."

Xiao Mengmeng saw the crab running to the side and hurriedly shouted to Ye Rongyao, for fear that the big crab would run away and wished he could go up and catch it by himself, but looking at the crab's two big pliers, Xiao Mengmeng didn't dare to touch it.

"Don't worry, it can't run away."

Ye Rongyao made a quick move, pinched the crab's back accurately, and threw it into the bucket.

You must grab the back when catching a crab. Other positions are easily clamped by the two big clamps of the crab. You must know that once this crab clamps you, sometimes it will come to you until you die.

"Uncle is so great."

When Xiao Mengmeng saw the crabs enter the bucket, she shouted excitedly.

"This crab is so big."

Pan Chengchen said, looking at the crab spinning along the bucket in the bucket.

This crab is about twice as big as the river crab I saw on the market. It is really hard to see such a big crab.

"I'll go catch crabs too, you guys stand here."

Xiao Sier said to Pan Chengchen and Xiao Mengmeng and joined the ranks of catching crabs.

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"Ah... it hurts..."

The sudden scream scared Ye Rongya and Xiao Sier who were catching crabs enthusiastically.

When I looked back, I saw a big crab's pliers bit Pan Chengchen's hand tightly, and Pan Chengchen screamed in pain.

It turned out that Pan Chengchen dreamed of Ye Rongyao and Xiao Sier catching crabs, and they caught them accurately. They were also moved, so they also found a branch and caught crabs in a similar way.

Unfortunately, they forgot that this crab can bite people, and it hurts a lot.

Inexperienced Pan Chengchen saw a big crab blocked by himself, so he reached out to grab it, but his finger was clamped by the clamps of the big crab.

Ye Rongyao and Xiao Sier quickly came to Pan Chengchen's side. At this time, Pan Chengchen was crying in pain. After all, it hurts to pinch people with a crab claw, especially such a big crab, which can pull out a piece of meat from a person's fingers.

Pan Chengchen's scream made the crab even more scared. The clamps that bit Pan Chengchen's fingers tighter and they basically won't let go even if they die.

Ye Rongyao quickly broke the crab's pliers so as not to have the crab hung on Pan Chengchen's hand because the crab was still hung on Pan Chengchen's hand, and the other pliers were also clamped into Pan Chengchen's hand.

After breaking the crab claws, Ye Rongyao opened the claws with his hands and threw the crab claws to the side. He looked at Pan Chengchen's bitten fingers and was bleeding.

"It hurts so much!"

Although the crab claws had been removed, Pan Chengchen still felt his fingers hurt.

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