After listening to him ramble on, Lu Ao nudged the big rock with his foot. "Didn't you notice the important part?"
"The important part is... holy shit! How did you know there were Coconut Snails here?"
Lin Qiyan hurriedly aimed the camera in his hand at the now-clear water. Beneath the lens were two golden-yellow Coconut Snails, one nearly ten centimeters long by eye, the other six or seven centimeters.
"These Coconut Snails are way too big, aren't they? The two of them together definitely weigh more than five jin."
"Good that you know." Lu Ao picked the Coconut Snails up and put them back in the bucket, lifting his chin slightly. "Remember to come to my place tomorrow morning?"
"Huh?"
"A bet was a bet. Go cut sweet potato leaves for two hours tomorrow morning to feed the geese."
Lin Qiyan said, "...Fuck! I picked up a rock just to drop it on my own foot."
Amusement showed in Lu Ao's eyes as he carried the bucket. "Let's go."
Lin Qiyan hurriedly filmed his retreating back, then deliberately filmed his own bucket. Only after gathering enough footage did he turn off the camera and catch up, asking, "Lu Ao, you still haven't told me. How did you know there were Coconut Snails under that rock?"
"How else? I saw them."
"Your eyesight is really good." Lin Qiyan genuinely envied him. "Coconut Snails sell for ninety yuan a jin. If you sold those, even after taxes, you'd still get at least two hundred yuan."
"Not selling them." Lu Ao said decisively, "I'm keeping them to eat."
"Hey, you're a single guy. Aren't you wasting something this good?"
"I'm treating a friend."
"Song Zhou?" Lin Qiyan looked at him meaningfully. "You two really are close."
Growing Up
By the time Lu