And the method for catching them is quite simple, just follow the ditches and look for those crab holes everywhere, and you can start digging.

These crabs aren't purely wild, they belong to someone, but Li Sanjiang has already given a head's up beforehand.

Among the relatives and friends in the village, exchanging a bucket of crabs during the season isn't anything surprising. Even if you wanted to sell them, it's not that convenient.

Li Sanjiang demonstrated first, and then it was the young men's turn to start.

Li Zhiyuan just stood next to Li Sanjiang, watching and occasionally applauding.

Run Sheng was the most efficient at catching crabs, seems like he got plenty of practice with Mr. Shan during the food shortages, targeting whatever was flying or swimming.

Yin Meng and Tan Wenbin did quite well too, their buckets were also quite full.

The least efficient was Lin Shuyou, his agile skills didn't seem to help here, instead, he got pinched by crabs several times, his eyes widened with pain, almost as if he was possessed.

Li Sanjiang felt bad for him: "How about you stop for now, wait until they're steamed then focus on eating, you're squinting in pain right now."

After catching crabs, Li Sanjiang took everyone to a villager's fish pond to catch fish.

The host family watched cheerfully from the side, and when Li Sanjiang mentioned money, they quickly waved it off, saying Uncle Sanjiang, you're just being too polite!

Li Sanjiang was just being courteous, he didn't actually pay.

Living in the same village, everyone has a mental balance, social interactions don't necessarily have to involve cash transactions.

Since it wasn't the season to drain the water and harvest fish, the host originally intended to help drive the fish by getting into the water with rubber pants after setting the net, but Li Sanjiang refused.

He gave Run Sheng a pat: "Marquis Runsheng, go!"

Run Sheng took off his clothes and shoes, dived into the pond, and quickly surfaced holding a big, fat fish in each hand.

"Mr. Li, is this enough?"

"Enough, enough, it's for fish soup, you're too quick anyway."

The kids were all back, and he wanted to organize some fun activities for them, who knew Run Sheng was quick at catching crabs and even quicker with fish, are we wrapping up and heading home this early?

However, as Run Sheng got dressed, Li Sanjiang curiously approached to closely inspect the circular marks on Run Sheng's body.

"Run Sheng, have you been cupping?"

"Yeah, to get rid of dampness."

"You should have said something, it's not good to go into cold water just a few days after cupping, you'll easily catch a chill."

"It's fine, Mr. Li."

Run Sheng had sixteen coffin nails removed from his body initially, and while the wounds had healed, the circular marks remained for now.

With these vents, not only could Run Sheng dive into the pond to catch fish, but he could also build a house in Jiangli without breaking a sweat.

Next, Li Sanjiang led the group to another household to catch chickens.

Li Sanjiang's house didn't keep any poultry, he found them smelly, plus there wasn't enough manpower to care for them. Anyway, with money-making ventures around, he could just buy whenever he wanted to eat, since those aren't costly in the village.

Run Sheng offered to step up again, but Li Sanjiang pushed him back, forbidding the strong mule from continuing.

Li Sanjiang: "Cross-eyed one, you go catch the chickens."

Lin Shuyou was still looking around, wondering who "cross-eyed" referred to.

Only when he noticed everyone looking at him did he realize that he was the "cross-eyed" one.

The chickens were semi-free-range in a large pen, they ran fast and could peck, not easy for the average person to catch.

But this time, Lin Shuyou did live up to his skills; before the owner could open the gate to give him a net, he leaped inside, and with a swift chase, he grabbed a chicken by its neck with each hand.

Soon, he came back holding two chickens.

Li Sanjiang looked at the sun, then at the two chickens, and could only nod in resignation.

There's no more activity planned; his house had just so many mouths to feed, they couldn't possibly pre-order a pig somewhere and butcher it for the New Year, right?

Besides, he vaguely noticed that since these kids went to Jinling and came back, they seemed to have matured and changed a lot.

If they were tasked with slaughtering a pig, it seems it wouldn't take much effort.

After returning with their haul, everyone participated in the preparation of ingredients, helping with cooking, except for Yin Meng.

Even Li Zhiyuan picked up a brush and sat by the well to scrub the crabs clean of mud.

The grand dishes were brought to the table in succession, and everyone began feasting.

One after another, they ate until they were stuffed, even Run Sheng patted his belly, indicating he couldn't eat anymore.

In the afternoon, everyone gathered around in the yard, digesting and chatting.

Since Li Sanjiang was already familiar with the others, he specifically approached Lin Shuyou for a chat, and Lin Shuyou began narrating stories of his hometown.

The warm sun, gentle breeze, coupled with lazy people and a young man chattering noisily, the scene was indeed leisurely.

Some passing villagers brought news that a screen was being set up in the empty lot in town, and there would be a movie showing at night.

Everyone had eaten so much at noon that they didn't have much appetite for dinner, so they didn't eat, and went early to take seats with their stools.

Li Sanjiang chatted with the surrounding villagers, constantly mentioning: "Isn't it that Little Yuanhou of ours who's back?"

Quite a few small vendors had arrived, Yin Meng picked out some hair ties, while Lin Shuyou bought a bubble gun, blowing bubbles persistently at Tan Wenbin's head, making it all wet.

Li Zhiyuan, under the pretense of going to the toilet, went to the small vendors and bought two bubble guns, carefully selecting a few small trinkets.

Alii didn't lack anything, given Grandma Liu's habit of smashing a top-grade imperial kiln vase in a fit of anger, gifting her anything valuable was pointless.

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