Three o'clock in the morning.

Zhao Dahai got up, saw that the light in the hall was on, and immediately walked over, this is not good, without saying a word, he directly helped Zhong Cuihua to sleep in the inner room.

Zhao Dahai walked into the kitchen, he had cooked the meal before going to bed last night, after breakfast, he found a lunch box with rice and a large piece of pork belly salted fish, and covered it, today will be very busy, I don't know where to eat at noon, just bring it directly, when I am hungry and when to eat, I don't need to go home on purpose.

Zhao Dahai walked to the side of the motorcycle, put the lunch box into the basket on the back seat, packed up all the things, opened the door of the yard, and pushed the motorcycle out to lock the door.

Zhao Dahai looked left and right, the whole village was quiet, he was the first to go out, the early bird had worms, riding a motorcycle, ten minutes or so, to the village wharf, the big low tide is not a joke, the flashlight shone forward, the distance that can be seen, the sea water has already receded, and the entire seabed leaks out.

The seabed that has been exposed by the receding waters is mudflats in some places, reefs in other places, and sand in other places.

The mudflats are soft and sticky, and there is even standing water, so the motorcycle will definitely not be able to drive. The reef is uneven, and in a relatively low place, the motorcycle can barely walk, but it is not high enough. However, the sand on the seabed is very compact under the immersion of the seawater, especially where the sand is mixed with some small reef bottoms, motorcycles can not only drive but also drive very slippery.

Langtou Village is a reef area to the east, mangroves and tidal flats to the west, and a large area of sand-and-gravel land in front of it extends forward.

Zhao Dahai kicked the accelerator, and the motorcycle drove directly into the sea, at first he was a little cautious, afraid of getting stuck in the car, but soon found that it was very safe, very proper, the sand was more solid than he imagined, slowly refueling, the speed was getting faster and faster, until the speed of fifty kilometers per hour.

The sea is quiet.

It was pitch black.

The roar of the motorcycle's engine was heard far away. The light of the headlamp pierces the night like a sword.

Zhao Dahai heard the sound of the waves, slowed down, the headlights of the motorcycle shone on the sea water, immediately stopped, found a small reef, cushioned the motorcycle, took a flashlight, and went around, he came a little early, the sea water did not completely recede, at least he had to wait for an hour, until it was almost five or six o'clock when the sky was just five or six o'clock before he could dig mussels or oysters, and now they were all soaked in water.

Zhao Dahai walked to the side of the motorcycle, took out a net bag in the basket, put on gloves, walked to the edge of the sea, and walked forward along the waterline, the flashlight kept shining on the seawater.

Zhao Dahai walked five or six meters, the flashlight illuminated a place, at first glance it was a piece of sand, but if you look closely, the sand here is different from the surrounding sand, there is a little depression, the depression is almost the size of a palm, there are two small eyes on the sand, and the flashlight shines a faint blue light.

Zhao Dahai bent down and pressed the thumb of his right hand against the depression in the sand. The other four fingers are inserted into the sand, and they are firmly pinched up and down at the same time.

"Aha!"

"It's coming!"

"Load!"

"This head is really good!"

Zhao Dahai laughed suddenly, and what he held in his hand was a pretty good orchid crab, which was a kind of crab, with dark blue or blue-green, light blue or white spots on the male crab, and dark green or yellow-brown spots on the female crab. The meat is very fresh and sweet, the taste is excellent, it is very popular, the price is quite good, the bigger the size, the more valuable it is, and this is just a big male crab of almost a pound in his hand.

The seaside is at low tide, the fish, shrimp and crabs will retreat to the depths of the sea along the water, the crabs often do not immediately turn around and swim to the sea but the "queen of the palace", the favorite thing to do is to hover in the position of the waterline, many times, once the tide recedes too fast, can not run away, can only stay in place, the beach turns over the stone to find the crab is how it comes.

Zhao Dahai deliberately got up early in the morning, rushing at these crabs on the waterline, the first male orchid crab to be harvested, to prove that his guess was correct.

"Not greedy. Not greedy. ”

"Ten or eight of this kind of size can be obtained!"

Zhao Dahai took out the rope that had been prepared a long time ago, tied the orchid crab and put it into the net bag, and continued to walk forward. The market price of about one pound of male orchid crabs is almost 100 yuan, and if there are eight out of ten, 1,000 yuan will be in hand, and it is delicious to think about it.

Zhao Dahai stepped on the waterline that kept retreating, and continued to walk forward, staring at the place where the flashlight swept, and found thirty or forty meters later, it was another crab, the same orchid crab, but this is a small female crab, about only four taels, not as good as a male crab but in fact it is not small, at least thirty yuan in hand.

Zhao Dahai picked it up while walking, sometimes he could find an orchid crab or other crabs by walking two or three steps, but sometimes he had to walk hundreds of meters to find one.

There was a faint hint of fish belly white on the horizon.

Zhao Dahai stopped, walked unconsciously for more than an hour, and weighed the net bag he was carrying in his hand, there were twenty catties, most of them were valuable orchid crabs, three or four three-point crabs and a few big stone crabs.

Zhao Dahai turned around and walked back, the time was almost dawn, he quickened his pace, and in less than an hour, he rushed back to the place where the motorcycle was parked, and there were six more big male orchid crabs in the net bag.

"Hehehe!"

"The early bird gets the worm, and that's a good saying."

Zhao Dahai is very happy, almost thirty catties of crabs, big and valuable orchid crabs are more, on average, there are almost fifty or sixty yuan a catty, if the market is better, it can be sold for almost two thousand yuan, and if the market is poor, there must be one thousand five hundred yuan, two or three hours earlier than others, a little hard, more money, very cost-effective.

Zhao Dahai dug a pit on the sand, waited for a while and accumulated a lot of seawater, took out a bucket of water from the basket, and soaked the net bag with the crab in the bucket, the crab is more durable, even if there is no oxygen machine, it is no problem to raise it for a few hours.

Are the people in the village stupid?

Or is it really too rich to want to pick up crabs and sell them to make money?!

The people in the village are really not stupid. My ancestors have lived in fishing villages and went out to sea to fish to make money, how could they not know about this?!

It is even more impossible to look down on two or three thousand dollars if you are very rich.

The real reason is that there is a possibility of crabs coming out of the big low tide, and more often than not, there is a possibility that there is nothing at all.

I want to make as much money as possible, save enough to repair fishing boats, and I am even more willing to spend effort to get up early in the morning. If you don't have the pressure and don't need to worry about the money to repair the fishing boat, maybe you can also lie down and sleep at home now!

Zhao Dahai picked up the kettle, drank a few sips of water, looked in the direction of the village, it was too far, the sky was not particularly bright, I couldn't see where it was, I rested for about ten minutes, got on the motorcycle, and continued to drive forward, the time was almost to start drying mussels and oysters!