Chapter 483: He Taught Me

Wu An is farther away.

He already bent his head and started digging.

Although the typhoon has passed, the wind is still strong, and since he is upwind, he didn't hear Wu Ping's question.

Hearing Wu Ping ask that, the person beside him couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Someone who can't catch sea creatures actually ran to the mudflat to try, purely for laughs.

Catching sea creatures on the mudflat is very hard; even just walking there can wear a person out half to death.

Not to mention, each kind of sea goods requires a different capture method.

Some are hard, some are easy.

The mudflat is all silt; if you dig or scoop poorly, it's nowhere near as easy as pulling a rake on the beach.

Those without skill, who rarely catch sea creatures, mostly go to the beach to dig clams, just like the ones who can't drink at a drinking gathering and sit at the kids' table.

Someone advised, "A Ping, you should go to the beach over there to pick up seafood."

Wu Ping hesitated.

He just came from that side; there are many people, plenty of sea goods, but the seafood also has to be snatched.

He's afraid he can't outgrab those women.

Thinking that, he felt he was utterly useless.

Zhang Yu, about the same age as his older brother, came over and shouted, "A Ping, look at me, look at me."

"Found a hole, look at this... it should be an Earth Dragon cave."

"Take the sand shovel, dig like this."

"Do you understand?"

Zhang Yu dug a few times.

He didn't uncover anything, but with an unchanged expression explained, "I'm just demonstrating for you."

Wu Ping watched seriously for a while, nodded, "Got it, got it."

"I'll give it a try."

After speaking, he also found one and asked, "A Yu, this hole looks similar to the one you just dug."

"Is it an Earth Dragon cave?"

"Take a look."

Zhang Yu liked to show off; back when they were in school, Wu Ping had good grades and his were poor, yet his parents often used Wu Ping to educate him.

Now, he has become a teacher.

He walked over, nodded, "Yes, it's an Earth Dragon cave."

After saying that.

Watching Wu Ping bend over, wielding the sand shovel and thrusting forcefully at the Earth Dragon cave, he ended up digging nothing.

"Right, dig like this," Zhang Yu said with a suppressed laugh, "Don't be discouraged; Earth Dragons are the hardest to dig."

He wasn't lying about that.

The mudflat here still has abundant sea goods: jumping fish, green crab, skinny shrimp, Crab Tiger, and so on.

The hardest to catch are Earth Dragons, eels, and the like.

He taught Wu Ping how to dig for Earth Dragons; frankly, he had no good intentions, clearly wanting to see Wu Ping look foolish.

Wu Ping nodded, without suspicion; he hadn't often caught sea creatures, so failing to dig anything seemed normal.

In fact.

Earth Dragons can burrow back and forth in the mudflat; sensing danger, they simply tunnel away in the mud.

The digging method Zhang Yu showed Wu Ping, unless you have terrible luck, is basically impossible to succeed.

As expected.

Wu Ping dug several times, and besides mud, uncovered nothing.

Someone nearby couldn't stand it any longer and said, "A Ping, you'd be better off following me; let's go catch jumping fish."

"Look, it's so simple."

That person carried a net made for catching jumping fish; after walking a circle along the water's edge, they caught quite a few jumping fish and said, "Come help me; the two of us split 80/20."

Wu Ping shook his head.

Jumping fish are said to be fairly valuable, but they're so small that even after catching them for a long time they fetch little money.

He would only get about twenty percent, and after a busy half day still earn little; he'd be better off going to the beach to snatch seafood with kids.

Elder Li was just joking, saying, "Then just stare at it blankly."

Wu Ping didn't believe the superstition.

He found another hole, bent over and swung hard; because he overexerted, his hand slipped and the scooped mud flew out at an angle.

Smack! a sound, and the mud smeared Zhang Yu's face.

Zhang Yu brushed off the mud, fuming, shouted, "A Ping, what do you think you're doing? I kindly taught you, and you treat me like this..."

As he spoke, his voice suddenly halted because he saw Wu Ping squat down and grab a thrashing Earth Dragon from the mudflat.

Wu Ping shouted happily, "A Yu, look, Earth Dragon, I dug up an Earth Dragon!"

"Whoa, this works..." Zhang Yu thought internally, his face forcing a smile, "Your luck is really good."

Wu Ping happily tossed the Earth Dragon into a bucket, bent over and kept digging.

He could be described as full of vigor.

He hammered away at a hole with fierce digging.

Then.

Another Earth Dragon was thrashing in the mud, and he dug it out with a shovel.

Seeing this, Zhang Yu's eyes almost popped out, and he inwardly shouted, 'Wu Ping, your luck should also get better!'

But when the third Earth Dragon was also dug up by Wu Ping, Zhang Yu couldn't help but start digging too.

Wu Ping happily shouted: 'A Yu, your method really works well!'

Zhang Yu angrily flung the shovel away, 'Works well?'

Works well, my ass!

He also used the same method to dig for half a day, but besides digging up a pile of mud, he got nothing at all!

After digging up several more Earth Dragons, Wu Ping said: 'A Yu, why aren't these Earth Dragons burrowing into the mud? It feels like they're still running upward.'

"Just dig a little with the shovel, and you'll get them."

"What's going on?"

"" Zhang Yu stared blankly, thinking, 'Who are you asking? I also want to know what the hell is going on.'

"Are all these Earth Dragons crazy today?"

After a moment of silence, Zhang Yu still couldn't resist playing the teacher and forcibly explained: 'Maybe it's because the typhoon passed through.'

Wu Ping suddenly realized: 'Oh, I see.'

"That makes sense, and it's actually quite scientific."

Zhang Yu: '...'

As they walked and dug, everyone watched Wu Ping digging silently for half a day; the jumping-fish guy, Elder Li, deliberately asked: 'A Ping, what did you dig up?'

Others also looked over.

They all wanted to see a joke.

Wu Ping casually said: 'About ten or so Earth Dragons.'

Elder Li never expected Wu Ping to say anything; he just wanted to see Wu Ping's embarrassed look, and subconsciously said: 'Oh, about ten or so… wait, about ten or so Earth Dragons?'

"Really?"

"Let me have a look."

Elder Li walked over, lowered his head to look, and saw the Earth Dragons tangled together in the bucket; there were at least thirteen or fourteen.

He asked in disbelief: 'How did you dig them out?'

Wu An said: 'Just dig like this.'

He gestured with the shovel.

He shook his head, somewhat excitedly shouting: 'Impossible!'

"Absolutely impossible!"

Why is he so adamant?

Because he learned from the older generation how to catch Earth Dragons, using a long fork to directly spear them.

The older generation never missed a grab.

He studied for a long time, but still didn't learn; either he couldn't catch any, or he'd spear the Earth Dragon to death, leaving him no choice but to come catch jumping fish.

Wu Ping pointed at Zhang Yu not far away and said: 'What's impossible?'

"That's how I catch them."

"A Yu taught me; if you don't believe me, ask him."