"There should be some here."
"Alright, I'll start digging."
Qi Yan repeated the grueling process of digging for Blood Eels. He was only moderately fast, and after digging for a long while, he had unearthed another huge patch of mud.
Fortunately, his efforts were not wasted this time. When he dug down to the water, he spotted traces of a Blood Eel.
Holding his hoe, he quickly shouted, "Here! Catch it!"
Lu Ao bent down and deftly grabbed the Blood Eel.
Seeing that Lu Ao was about to stuff it into the bamboo basket, Qi Yan hurriedly said, "Wait. This is my first catch. Point the camera at it and record this glorious moment."
Lu Ao calmly shifted the camera toward the little Blood Eel.
Qi Yan quickly held the Blood Eel loosely in his hands, put on an expression of tearful joy, and said to the camera, "Viewers, this deserves a like! It wasn't easy. I dug for so long before finally catching one."
Lu Ao patiently filmed him.
After recording for quite a while, Qi Yan was finally satisfied and picked up his hoe to keep digging.
His technique was average. He could probably catch one Blood Eel for every five holes he dug.
Digging for Blood Eels was far too exhausting. Fifteen minutes later, he truly could not take it anymore. He handed the hoe back to Lu Ao and showed the reddened part of his palm to the camera. "Blood Eels are delicious, but their holes are hard to dig. Now I finally understand why they cost four or five hundred yuan per jin. Digging these is really not easy!"
Lu Ao said nothing. He took the hoe and continued digging. More than ten minutes later, they had harvested another dozen or so Blood Eels into