Lin Gong merchants used to dig mud crabs, and they were covered in mud and sweat. They only dug two or three crabs in two or three hours.

I got lucky today. I dug up five crabs in more than two hours. Three of them were big ones weighing more than a pound. According to the current price, a big wild male blue crab costs 60 yuan a pound and a big wild female blue crab costs 80 yuan a pound.

At the purchase price, he could sell it for more than 500 yuan this morning. Even after tax was deducted, it was still more than 300 yuan.

This income was so considerable that Lin Gongshang felt a little proud that he couldn't hide.

When he saw Lu Ao not talking to him on the other side of the river, he simply put his straw hat on his head and waded over with a bucket in hand to see what Lu Ao had harvested.

When he ran to Lu Ao, he poked his head into Lu Ao's bucket and said comfortingly: "It's normal if you don't dig much the first time you dig. Don't be upset."

Lu Ao had just dug a blue crab and was tying a rope when he heard this and looked at him.

Lu Ao didn't want to hit him at first, but he couldn't stand his strength, so he simply opened the lid of the bucket and put the blue crab in his hand.

Lin Gongshang saw a bucket full of grass. The green crab he had just put in was at the top. Half of the crab's lid was exposed on the surface of the bucket.

He was stunned, "Damn it, why are there so many grasses in your bucket? Are you here to catch blue crabs or pull weeds? Oh, no, there seems to be blue crabs down there, and your bucket is full of blue crabs?!"

Lu Ao: “Can’t you tell by pouring out the blue crabs and taking a look?”

Lin Gongshang already felt something bad from what he said, and he felt that he shouldn't want to see it.

However, people always have curiosity. He couldn't suppress the curiosity in his mind. He was silent for two seconds and said, "I'll pour it out and take a look."

Lu Ao stood beside him holding iron tongs and nodded to signal him to stand down.

Lin Gongshang wiped his hands on his muddy clothes and silently stepped forward to pour out Lu Ao's bucket of blue crabs.

"One, two, three, four...nine?" Lin Gongshang turned to look at Lu Ao, his eyebrows raised high, his voice trembling slightly, "You dug nine blue crabs in the morning?"

Lu Ao did not answer this obvious statement.

Lin Gongshang let out a cry of "ah" and said helplessly, "Fuck! How come you are so lucky in everything you do? You can even dig twice as many blue crabs as a human."

Lu Ao looked at him and said, "I am strong and can dig fast."

Lin Gongshang: "..."

He was so tired and didn't want to compete with this freak at all.

The two were talking when Lin Qiyan heard the sound and wiped his sweat with his dirty shirt while rushing over with a bucket and an equipment bag on his back.

When Lin Gongshang saw it was him, he decided to find a balance for himself and asked: "Lin Qiyan, how many blue crabs did you catch?"

Lin Qiyan was a little depressed, "There is only one. I was unlucky. Even after digging out several holes, I found holes. This one was finally taken out after a lot of effort."

Lin Gongshang grinned and said, "I took out five of them, all of them were big ones, and three of them weighed a pound."

"It's pretty good." Lin Qiyan was envious, "The one I picked out was just a small one. It lasted four taels. Rounding off, it's like I didn't catch anything all morning."

Lin Qiyan looked at Lu Ao who had caught the blue crabs back into the bucket, and asked curiously, "Where's Lu Ao? How many did you catch?"

"Nine."

"Ah, nine?" Lin Qiyan was in disbelief. He walked up to Lu Ao and knelt down to take a look, "You took out nine in such a short time?!"

Lu Ao nodded.

Lin Qiyan lowered his head and looked at it, "Let me see, one, two, three... wait! Lu Ao, there is something wrong with your blue crab."

"What's wrong?" Lin Gongshang also came closer and said, "I just took a quick look. There's no problem. They're all fresh blue crabs."

Lin Qiyan gently touched the back shell of the blue crab in front of him with iron tongs, and hesitated, "This...isn't this a butter crab?"

Lin Gongshang squatted down, lifted up the blue crab that was still covered in mud, and looked at it carefully, "Fuck! It's really true!"

Butter crab is transformed from a female blue crab. When a mature female blue crab lays eggs, it is stimulated by strong sunlight. The crab paste in the body is converted into golden oil, which penetrates into all parts of the body. The crab body is yellow, so it is called butter crab.

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The price of butter crab is more than ten times more expensive than ordinary blue crab.

Lu Ao had never seen this before, so he didn't recognize it for a moment.

As the two of them yelled, Lu Ao took the crab from Lin Qiyan's hand.

The crab was quite big and heavy in my hand, weighing a pound or two.

Lu Aoti went to the river to wash up, and soon realized something was wrong.

This blue crab is obviously different from other blue crabs. Its back is slightly orange-yellow. Turn it over, and the belly and claws are very plump and round in yellow. Just looking at it makes you appetite.

Lingong Shang was eager to try it and said, "Come and see how this butter crab looks."

"What do you think?"

"I come!"

Lin Gongshang took the butter crab over again and gently held it down. He felt that his hand was soft and the crab paste had melted into oil.

Looking at the crab legs again, each crab leg is full of yellow, which makes people’s eyes dazzled.

He lifted the crab up, pointed its back toward the sun, and covered the crab's back with his hands. It was obvious that the sides of the butter crab's shell were translucent, indicating that the crab paste in the butter crab's body had basically melted away.

It's full of butter inside.

Lin Gongshang sighed, "On your head and hands, the crab oil has penetrated into the joints and your back is full. You are so lucky."

Lin Qiyan couldn't help but look envious at the side.

There are several grades of butter crab. The top-grade butter crab is also called Tou Shou. A Tou Shou butter crab of this size costs 1,810 kilograms when wholesaled here.

This is still the price last year.

Now that the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, it’s the first batch of butter crab, and the price will definitely be higher.

Lin Gongshang looked at the butter crab in his hand, and then at the blue crabs in his bucket, and instantly felt that they were boring.

He gently put the butter crab back into Lu Ao's bucket and reminded, "Place this butter crab carefully. Don't break the legs, otherwise the butter will flow out and the crab will be worthless."

Lin Qiyan hurriedly brought his bucket over, "Lu Ao, why don't you put the butter crab in my bucket alone. I can just carry this little green crab."

Lu Ao was not polite to him, "Thank you."

As he said that, he divided the blue crabs and was about to carry them back.

Lin Gongshang geared up, "Wait a minute, let's wash the other blue crabs first. Maybe there are other butter crabs in here?"

Lin Qiyan couldn't help but said, "Butter crabs are so rare, how can you have such a chance of finding the second and third one?"

Lin Gongshang refused to give up, "Who knows? Let's wash it first so it won't get in the way."

Lin Gongshang insisted, so Lu Ao and Lin Qiyan had no choice but to follow him to wash the crabs in the scorching sunshine.

The blue crabs they caught have all been tied up, making it almost impossible to escape.

The three of them worked together and took all the blue crabs they caught to the river and washed them.

Things were just as Lin Qiyan said, they were lucky to catch one butter crab, and they never saw another butter crab.

Lin Gongshang was a little disappointed, carrying the bucket and following them to Linwu Village, hesitating all the way.

When Lu Ao and the others arrived at Lin Manzhang's house, he drank tea with Lin Guixiao and Tan Junhao.

Ye Zhiying was cooking when he saw Lu Ao and three others coming in from the kitchen window. He hurriedly walked to the window and greeted, "Are you back?"

"Hmm. Sister-in-law, where is Brother Zhang?"

"They are all drinking tea in the house. You go find him, have a sip of tea first, and then eat soon."

Lu Ao said: "Thank you, sister-in-law. I'll go back to eat. You don't have to cook my food."

"No need for anything? I've already done it." Ye Zhiying said enthusiastically, "My brother gave me some big oysters. I steamed two large pots of garlic oysters at noon today. They are all steamed. You can eat them before going back."

Lin Manzhang heard their voices and walked out to see. When he saw that it was indeed them, he hurriedly said: "What are you going back to? Come in first to have a cup of tea and a piece of melon to cool off, and then come back in the afternoon!"

As he said that, he stepped forward and took one of the buckets from Lu Ao's hand without any explanation. As he picked it up, his face was full of surprise, "This bucket is really heavy. How many blue crabs have you caught?"

Lin Gongshang was listless, "Lin Qiyan has one, I have five, and Lu Ao has nine. One of them is a big butter crab."

Lin Manzhang subconsciously looked into the bucket, "Really? We haven't seen butter crabs in five or six years."

"Can it still be false?"

Lin Manzhang soon saw the butter crab in the bucket on the other side of Lu Ao.

He lifted up the butter crab and looked at it. The claws of this crab were round and yellow. "Wow, it's really good! You're lucky!"

Lin Guixiao and Tan Junhao also came out to see it and were amazed.

The group returned to the living room, blowing on the fan and drinking tea.

The blue crabs were properly placed in a relatively shady corner of the living room.

Lin Manzhang suggested: "We have about forty blue crabs in total. Why don't we go to Longxiang Pier later and sell them together? The price there is higher."

Lin Gongshang wiped his sweat and said, "Let's go after three o'clock. It's too hot today."

"Okay, let's go by car, don't drive a tricycle."

Several people settled the matter in a few words.

Ye Zhiying had prepared the meal, and everyone stood up, serving the dishes, serving the rice, and getting ready to eat.
To be continued...