Chapter 7

After a while, Wei Hang learned that Zhang Xueru and her mother had also come to try their luck, and they just happened to meet Wei Hang's mother, so they started chatting. When it came to their children's important life matters, everything else seemed insignificant.

"Since we're here, let's go take a look too!" Wei Hang suggested.

Zhang Xueru hesitated slightly. She had wanted to spend more time alone with Wei Hang, but being a shy girl, she didn't have the courage to say it and could only nod obediently.

Wei Hang called his younger sister over, found a headlamp to wear, and tied a net bag around his waist. He was preparing to dive, which was his strong suit.

"Bro! Aren't you going on a date?" Wei Lan teased without restraint.

"You brat, forget it, I don't have the energy to explain. You two wait for me on the shore. I'll come up every so often, and you'll be responsible for handling things." Wei Hang arranged. The three of them acted secretly without letting their mothers know.

Zhang Xueru and Wei Lan knew that Wei Hang was very good at diving and could hold his breath for a long time underwater, so they weren't too worried. People living by the sea, even children, were skilled swimmers.

"Be careful, Bro, don't overdo it," Zhang Xueru said with concern.

Wei Hang nodded and moved toward the sea. When the water reached his waist, he submerged and immediately dived to the bottom, starting his search.

On the shore, the two girls didn't idle. They carried buckets and walked in the shallow water, looking for scallops. Although scallops weren't expensive, they were valuable in quantity.

Returning to the sea, Wei Hang felt a sense of coming home, which was quite strange. He couldn't help but wonder what the origin of this sea pearl was, to have such mysterious power.

Looking down, he saw a group of palm-sized crabs scurrying along the seabed. Wei Hang was delighted and quickly dived down. He calmly opened the net bag around his waist and caught the crabs one by one. In just two minutes, the net bag was full, with about twenty crabs.

He quickly tightened the rope at the mouth of the net bag, closing it. Dragging the somewhat heavy bag of crabs, Wei Hang didn't rush to the surface. After such a short time, it would be surprising, and he would have to waste time explaining.

He continued to move through the seabed, enjoying the underwater scenery of the coastal area. It was strange; even without the headlamp, he could see clearly in the dark water. After more than ten minutes, Wei Hang returned to the shore.

Zhang Xueru, who had been keeping an eye on Wei Hang, noticed him from a distance and called Wei Lan. The two girls hurried over. They hadn't seen Wei Hang surface before, thinking he had swum far out, which was why they couldn't see him. As they approached, they saw Wei Hang dragging a full bag of crabs, and both girls exclaimed in surprise.

"Bro, did you find the crabs' nest?" Wei Lan immediately took the net bag from her brother.

Wei Hang pretended to be exhausted and plopped down on the sand: "Lucky, I found a group of them right away. You two move to other spots, I need to go back down quickly."

"Okay!" Wei Lan poured the scallops from the two buckets into one and then helped Zhang Xueru take the crabs out of the net bag.

"Be careful, don't let them pinch you," Wei Hang reminded.

"Bro, I'll get you a bottle of water," Zhang Xueru said after catching the crabs. Being in the sea could cause dehydration, so drinking some water was good. Seeing Wei Hang nod, she ran to her mother. They had brought two bottles of water when they came.

Wei Hang's mother and Xu Jing were slightly surprised to see Zhang Xueru return alone and asked, "Xiao Ru, where's Xiao Hang?"

Zhang Xueru, not good at lying, told the truth: "Bro just went to catch crabs in the sea and has already caught over twenty. I came back to get him some water."

She was happy, as if she had caught them herself.

The two women were slightly annoyed by the first part but were shocked by the second. According to their knowledge, even the men who went out on boats had limited catches. An hour of hard work might yield three to five pounds at best.

"You caught over twenty in half an hour?" Wei Hang's mother asked in surprise. Xu Jing's eyes lit up; if that was true, they could earn four to five hundred yuan an hour?

"No!" Zhang Xueru shook her head and explained, "Bro only took about ten minutes to fill the bag."

Seeing the girl shake her head, the two women were puzzled, but they were all shocked when they heard the last part, speechless for a moment.

"Let's go see," Wei Hang's mother said.

"Okay, let's go together," Xu Jing nodded.

When they arrived, only Wei Lan was standing there, guarding the spot. Wei Hang had disappeared, surely diving again.

Wei Lan excitedly recounted her brother's achievements. Her brother had said she would get a share, and the three of them would split the earnings. This time, she could finally save some money for herself!

Opening the bucket, they saw the palm-sized crabs crawling around, all lively. Seeing was believing, and Wei Hang's mother and Zhang Xueru's mother finally believed it.

"Xiao Hang is really talented!" Xu Jing couldn't help but praise.

"This kid is really..." Wei Hang's mother didn't finish her sentence when she saw her husband and two other cousins returning with a boat: "Let's go over there!"

The three men dragged a large net from the boat, and the women from the three families helped to remove the fish, shrimp, and crabs from the net.

"Fishing is getting harder and harder," one of the men sighed. The catch was small, mostly cheap small fish, with few valuable shrimp or crabs, and they were small, making it hard to get a good price.

When Wei Hang's mother and the others arrived, everyone was surprised to learn that Wei Hang had caught nearly ten pounds of large crabs after just one dive. They all thought he must have had incredible luck. Did the crabs line up for him?

"Good job, a real fishing expert!" Wei Hang's Uncle Wu also praised.

"Uncle, my brother caught more crabs in one dive than you did," Wei Lan boasted proudly.

The three men were both amused and embarrassed. Being looked down upon by a little girl, but the fact was undeniable, and it was a bit embarrassing. They had worked hard for an hour and only matched the results of that guy's one dive.

Just as everyone finished sorting the fish, shrimp, and crabs, they saw Wei Hang stand up from the shallow water, dragging a bag, looking quite disheveled. But no one underestimated him; seeing the bag full again, everyone's jaws dropped.

"Girl, come help, Bro can't move anymore!" Wei Hang shouted.

Wei Lan and Zhang Xueru quickly ran over, took the full bag, and dragged it to the shore.

"Bro, you're amazing!" Wei Lan was overjoyed. She looked inside and saw more large crabs.

Zhang Xueru handed Wei Hang a bottle of water: "Bro, drink some water first!" She even helped him up, thinking he was exhausted.

"Be careful, you'll get wet," Wei Hang warned.

Zhang Xueru felt a sweet warmth in her heart and didn't mind the seawater on Wei Hang.

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