He forced me to sever ties with my family and sleep on a dilapidated boat, then turned around and be

Fifteen yellow crabs were weighed together, totaling exactly ten pounds.

If you were to use blue crabs, even the best ones, ten pounds would only cost 12 yuan.

But 10 catties of butter crab would cost 2000 yuan.

When Boss Cui took two stacks of brand-new ten-yuan notes from the car and slapped them into Niu Bayi's hand—

The eyes of all the villagers around, including Little Mustache, were bloodshot.

His face kept turning green.

What an amazing person this is!

I dug up fifteen sick and rotten crabs that looked like they were about to die. They were small in size, but I still made a profit of 2000 yuan!

How many people here can't even earn 2000 yuan in three years?

He made a fortune all at once.

I made it all in just one afternoon!

Niu Bayi took the money.

"Thank you, Boss Cui."

Then, with a delighted He Zhenzhen in tow, they hopped on their bicycles and prepared to go home.

It's almost completely dark now, I need to hurry back for dinner.

Watching them leave so gracefully, the fishermen were filled with regret and frustration!

Painful!

"My God, if I had known the yellow butter crab was valuable, I wouldn't have thrown it away. It weighs at least four ounces; it could sell for seventy or eighty yuan!"

"I'm so angry! I saw the yellow croaker before but didn't catch it. If God gave me another chance, I would definitely catch it, day and night. How come these yellow croakers are so valuable? Fifteen of them sold for 2000 yuan!"

"You damn little mustache, the other day I dug up a yellow crab and sold it to you, and you said it wasn't worth anything and told me to throw it away, which I actually did! You really screwed me over, otherwise I'd be a guy with hundreds of dollars in assets!"

……

Now, the group of fishermen who had caught a lot of big blue crabs and sold them for several yuan, or even more than ten yuan, all felt that blue crabs were no longer appealing.

Immediately afterwards, they turned around in twos and threes and rushed into the mangrove forest.

Even though it's already night, and finding blue crabs is dozens of times more difficult, we don't care anymore.

Digging for butter crab!

We must dig up a few butter crabs!

Make a fortune.

But they still didn't know that out of a thousand blue crabs, at most four or five yellow crabs would emerge.

Niu Bayi has already dug them all up; how could they possibly find any more?

Keep dreaming.

Back home, He Zhenzhen excitedly ran inside, clutching two stacks of ten-yuan bills in her hand.

Grab a stack with your left hand.

Grab a stack with your right hand.

She rushed into the house.

"Dad! Mom! Brother! Look at us! We made so much money this afternoon! So much money!"

Zhang Xiuli was preparing the meal when she heard this and said irritably, "You only dug for crabs all afternoon, how much money could you possibly make? At most, thirty or forty yuan!"

As she spoke, she subconsciously turned her head to look.

Immediately afterwards, he shouted.

"My God, how can they have so much money?"

In his excitement, he dropped the bowl in his hand and it shattered into seven or eight pieces.

But she couldn't care less and ran over immediately.

Then, I looked incredulously at the stack of ten-yuan bills in He Zhenzhen's left hand!

A stack of ten-yuan notes in my right hand!

"Good heavens! Zhenzhen, don't tell me you guys actually made 2000 yuan in one afternoon!"

He Laifu and He Rong also ran out, which was equally unbelievable.

He stared intently at the two brand-new stacks of ten-yuan bills in He Zhenzhen's hand.

He Zhenzhen exclaimed excitedly, "Of course! We went crab digging, and before we knew it, we'd earned a whole 2000 yuan in just one afternoon!"

He Rong started shouting.

"You're kidding! It must be a joke! How could I earn a whole 2000 yuan just from digging for crabs!"

He Zhenzhen pouted.

"Dad, don't you believe me! Anything can happen in Bayi's hands. Have you ever heard of the Butter Crab?"

He Rong, He Laifu, and Zhang Xiuli all shook their heads.

Zhang Xiuli also asked, "Butter crab? Crab soaked in butter? But what is butter?"

He Zhenzhen rolled her eyes at her mother and said smugly, "Dad! Mom! Brother! I'm going to emphasize this now, so you all have to listen carefully. This is something that will broaden your horizons—"

"So that in the future, when I see a yellow butter crab, I won't even know what it is and will throw it away thinking it's a sick or bad crab."

"These are crabs that can sell for several hundred yuan per kilogram."

He Laifu was greatly alarmed!

"Are you kidding me, He Zhenzhen? What kind of crab can sell for hundreds of yuan per catty? The best mud crabs are only 1.5 yuan at most."

"Don't you believe me?"

He Zhenzhen deliberately made it mysterious by describing the appearance, shape, and features of the yellow oil crab in detail.

Then, Zhang Xiuli slapped her thigh.

"I've seen this yellow oil crab before when I was digging for mud crabs. Everyone says it's a sick or bad crab, and touching it too much might give you a stomachache, so I threw it away quickly."

"You're not saying this is butter crab, worth hundreds of yuan per pound, are you?"

"Of course!"

He Zhenzhen raised her little head.

"Looking at the entire fishing village, or even the wider area, I guess no one knows about it except Bayi. Of course, I know about it now too."

She then recounted the entire incident in detail.

The whole family was quite startled by what they heard.

Even after hearing the end, I still couldn't believe it.

He Laifu slapped his thigh, making himself grimace.

"My goodness! Even the crab dealers who buy mud crabs wouldn't take these yellow oil crabs, and they even laughed at you. But then a boss from the county came and spent so much money to buy them, making a whole 2000 yuan?"

He Rong also shook his head.

"I can't believe it, I really can't believe it! This is like a fairy tale."

Niu Bayi spoke.

"Dad, Mom, brother-in-law, please don't disbelieve me. This yellow oil crab is indeed not well-known in mainland China and doesn't fetch much of a price, but in Hong Kong, it's extremely sought after by the upper class."

"It's also known as the 'crab treasure,' which is why it can sell for so much money."

He Laifu said enviously, "Bayi, how do you know about yellow oil crabs? Even my dad didn't know. You've not only become very smart, but you've also become incredibly knowledgeable."

Niu Bayi looked at him and couldn't help but correct him.

"Brother-in-law, he is extremely talented and learned, don't get it wrong."

He Laifu: "..."

"As for the butter crab, I only heard about it from an old fisherman who had been to Hong Kong Island. I was lucky to find someone who wanted to buy butter crabs. Otherwise, it would have been troublesome to sell them for such a large sum of money."

He was just being modest.

If you take it to the county town and sell it to Yang Qianjin, it will definitely sell in no time.

He Rong and Lai Fu exchanged a glance, then immediately grabbed their tools and excitedly scurried outside.

He Zhenzhen was startled and asked loudly, "Dad! Brother! Where are you going?"

Neither of them turned around.

He Rong: "Let's go dig for yellow crabs! We want to make money too!"

He Laifu: "That's right, I'll also dig up ten or eight yellow crabs and make a good profit. It's much more profitable than going out to sea to fish!"

Niu Bayi was both amused and exasperated upon hearing this.

"Dad, brother-in-law, don't go. These yellow oil crabs are rare; only four or five out of a thousand blue crabs can be found. We've already dug them all up. Even if you dig for three days and three nights, you probably won't find any."

"We'll just have to wait and see what the future holds!"

Zhang Xiuli rolled her eyes.

"You think you're so capable, able to find butter crabs like Bayi did? Stop dreaming, hurry up and eat!"