"Hiss-motherfucker, it bit me..."
Hearing the familiar curse, Ye Yaodong looked up at Lin Guangyuan, speechless. He only got away with that because he was with him; if A Qing were there, she would definitely have scolded him. Boys his age loved copying adults' foul language.
"Be careful. Don't get your fingers pinched."
"It just pinched me. Luckily, the crab wasn't big. It only hurt for a second."
Ye Chenghai gave him a scornful look. "You're useless. How could you get bitten catching crabs?"
"I'm not from the coast."
"Hurry up and catch them. They're all getting away..."
Ye Yaodong kept his back bent, picking up everything in front of him regardless of size and tossing it into a bucket or sack.
"Talking doesn't stop me working!"
The two boys carried their buckets over to empty into the sacks whenever they were half full. Back and forth they went without complaining of tiredness, though their mouths never stopped chattering.
"Damn, so many coming at once. Couldn't they come ashore in batches?"
"You think they're lining up for food? In your dreams. You want them to queue up to die?" Ye Yaodong replied to Lin Guangyuan as he caught crabs.
"Why do they come ashore at night?"
"Because it's quieter on shore at night, and there's less oxygen in the water, so lots of crabs crawl ashore to move around or look for food. You two keep jabbering away. That's why you scared them off."
"Huh? Really? Then shut up, shut up. Stop talking!"
"Idiot, aren't they already crawling back into the sea?"
The crabs only lingered on shore briefly before turning around and crawling back toward the sea. All three wished they had three heads and six arms. What a waste it would be if they escaped. This was all