Chapter 359 - 333: Where to Open the Restaurant?

Chapter 359: Chapter 333: Where to Open the Restaurant?

The three of them continued to eat and drink.

Chu Yiwei would definitely be staying here tonight.

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「The next day.」

At seven in the morning, Li You got up and started preparations in the kitchen for the day’s business.

At eight, Ling Xiaoru and Chu Yiwei got up as well.

They were going to catch mountain crabs this morning, so they had purposely woken up early.

"What do you two want to eat?"

"A small bowl of beef noodles," they both said.

Li You nodded and cooked two small bowls of beef noodles.

As for himself, he had already eaten.

By the time Ling Xiaoru and Chu Yiwei finished eating, Li You had also finished his preparations.

It was time to head out and catch mountain crabs.

They would catch them right in the canyon.

Li You picked up a bucket, and the three of them set off.

Ling Xiaoru and Chu Yiwei were laughing and talking the whole way, in extremely high spirits.

Once they reached the canyon, Ling Xiaoru said, "Let’s go check the cage trap first. The big crab last time was caught right next to it."

Li You and Chu Yiwei both agreed.

They arrived at the spot where the cage trap was placed.

Ling Xiaoru pointed out to Chu Yiwei the exact spot where they had caught the big crab last time.

Unfortunately, there were no big crabs to be seen this time.

Not only were there no big crabs, but there wasn’t even a single small one.

But that was alright. There would definitely be some in the cage trap.

Ling Xiaoru bent over and lifted the cage trap. Sure enough, there were a lot of crabs inside. Although they were generally small, there were three that looked big enough to take back and eat.

The shells of these three crabs were nearly 3 centimeters at their widest point. For mountain crabs, that wasn’t small.

Ling Xiaoru was delighted. "Li You, there are three big ones! We can take these back to eat, right?"

Li You nodded. "We can. Those three aren’t small."

Ling Xiaoru put the three crabs into the bucket. She released the remaining small ones.

Besides the crabs, there were of course fish in the cage trap too.

There were stream stone perch, carp, and crucian carp.

Similarly, she put the large ones into the bucket and released the small ones.

Although they had come to catch mountain crabs today, since they had already lifted the cage trap, they might as well collect the fish inside too.

She placed the cage trap back where it was.

From this point on, the real crab-catching began.

How were they going to catch them?

Right here in the shallows, they would search by flipping over the rocks in the water one by one.

Because crabs love to hide under rocks.

After flipping a rock, you could see the crab underneath. Then all you had to do was reach out and grab it.

It was very simple.

You just needed to be quick and careful not to get pinched by the crabs.

Of course, it also required a certain amount of courage.

Because often, after flipping a rock, the surrounding water would immediately turn murky.

At that point, even if there was a crab underneath, you wouldn’t be able to see it because of the murky water.

Your only option was to plunge your hand into the cloudy water and feel around blindly.

This was called groping for crabs in murky water.

You had to stick your hand in to feel around the very instant the rock was flipped.

Because once the rock was flipped, the startled crab would try to escape immediately.

If you were too slow, you’d come up with nothing but an empty hand.

If you waited for the water to clear up before looking for a crab, you’d be looking at nothing at all.

Even if there really was a crab, it would have long since vanished by the time the water cleared.

When Li You was little, he often caught crabs in the streams around his village. It had been many years since he’d last done it.

Catching one here and there didn’t count.

Now, catching crabs again, Li You was in high spirits. He took off his shoes and socks, ready to get into the water.

"Do you two want to try?" Li You asked Ling Xiaoru and Chu Yiwei.

"We do!"

They both said that since they were already here, they definitely had to give it a try.

They had also caught crabs when they were kids.

Li You nodded. "Alright, be careful then."

"Okay."

The two of them also took off their shoes and socks and waded into the water.

This stretch of shallows was quite large. They should be able to catch more than enough crabs right here.

The three of them spread out and began searching for target rocks.

Soon, Li You locked onto a rock about 30 centimeters long. He had a feeling there was something underneath.

’Let’s flip it and see.’

With a little effort, Li You lifted the rock. There was sand and mud underneath, and the water immediately became murky, completely obscuring the view.

No matter. Li You held the upturned rock with one hand and quickly plunged the other into the water, feeling around the bottom.

Unfortunately, he didn’t feel any crabs.

If there had been a crab, it wouldn’t have had time to escape.

So, his feeling must have been wrong. There were no crabs under this rock.

But that was perfectly normal. He just had to flip the next one.

He glanced over to check on Ling Xiaoru and Chu Yiwei.

Both of them had also flipped a rock each, but neither had immediately stuck their hand in to feel around.

Instead, they were waiting for the murky water to clear.

’Looks like neither of them dares to stick their hand in right away,’ he thought.

But that was normal, too.

After all, who knew what could be lurking in the murky water? What if they touched something scary?

It just meant that even if there were crabs underneath, they would have long since skedaddled.

’Looks like if they want to catch anything, the two of them will have to find rocks that don’t cloud the water when they’re flipped.’

Such rocks did exist. If the surface where the rock met the stream bed was free of sand and mud, the water wouldn’t get murky when it was flipped.

Li You looked away and continued his search for another target rock.

Soon, he flipped another rock and immediately plunged his hand in to feel around.