The miner's description piqued Li Du's interest, and he asked, "What little monsters are they? Don't you know their names? "
Seeing his curiosity, the miner smiled slyly and said, "Let me see the diary Bob gave you, and I'll tell you about these monsters."
Li Du was speechless.
Did he think he was stupid?
Too lazy to continue chatting with the miner, he picked up his fishing rod and waved to Sophie. "Honey, let's go to Lightning River and see what monsters there are. Is it a water monster?"
Another miner said, "It's not a water monster, it's a crayfish. Pete said crayfish."
He looked sarcastically at the miner who had tried to blackmail Li Du. He thought the miner was stupid. What was the value of such information? It was better to tell Li Du honestly in exchange for a small favor.
Sure enough, after listening to him, Li Du raised his fishing rod and said, "Thank you. I'll treat you to a beer at the bar later."
"Anytime," the miner said with a smile. "My name is Frye, Cole Frye."
Li Du nodded to him, and the boss asked, "Excuse me, but you have a fishing license, don't you? I heard that you used to harvest black gold abalone in Tasmania, so you must have a fishing license? "
The boss's question was necessary, and Li Du said awkwardly, "I don't have a fishing license. You have to help me get one."
In order to protect fishery resources, Australia required anglers to get a fishing license, which was easy to get at a fishing gear store.
The boss asked, "What kind do you want? There are four types: seven dollars for three days, 14 dollars for one month, 35 dollars for one year, and 85 dollars for three years. I don't need to tell you that the longer the processing time, the better, right? "
Li Du, who was not short of money, took out 70 dollars and got two one-year fishing licenses. He would not stay in Lightning Ridge for long, mainly because he might have to fish when harvesting black gold abalone in the future. Having a fishing license would make it convenient for him to fish.
The boss asked him when he was going to start fishing and filled in the fishing license for him so that Li Du could fish legally.
After saying goodbye to Frye, Li Du and the others drove north.
Lightning River was relatively large in this part of Lightning Ridge. The widest part of the river was more than 10 meters, and because it had rained heavily a few days ago, the river was turbulent and the water was quite strong.
There were many mines in the surroundings, and every day, a large amount of gravel and dust would flow into the river. Therefore, it was inevitable that the Lightning River would be somewhat muddy.
However, on the whole, its environmental protection work was still very good. Green water plants grew along the shore, and some pebbles were washed by the river. The stones were very clean.
Li Du found a small piece of high ground. He walked over to find a thin pebble and threw it.
Along with a series of swishing sounds, the pebbles bounced on the surface of the river and fell into the water after making four to five swings.
Seeing this, he turned around and clenched his fist at Sophie. "Yeah, what a beautiful home run!"
Sophie was amused by his mischievous look and laughed. "One more time."
Li Du looked for a suitable stone. The pebbles from earlier were not suitable. They were too thick and would fall into the water after a few floats.
He lifted a large rock, and two little guys in full armor raised their big pincers at him.
Crayfish!
When he arrived at the river just now, he looked to both sides, but he didn't see any crayfish. He thought that the miners were exaggerating. There might be crayfish in the Lightning River, but there weren't many.
Now that two crayfish appeared when he lifted a rock, he changed his mind. The miners were telling the truth.
He bought a net bag at the fishing gear store. When he found the crayfish, he ran back to the car excitedly, took out the net bag, and stuffed the two of them into it.
The two crayfish were very fat, heavy and hard in his hands, and it was obvious that the meat under the shell was very thick.
For Li Du, crayfish were more tempting than freshwater fish, so he waved to Sophie and asked her to come down to look for crayfish.
The river was flowing fast, and it was not easy to find crayfish. They could only search by digging up stones on the shore, and there were not many crayfish living under the stones.
Ah Meow, Ah Ow, and the others saw Li Du and Sophie lifting the stones to look for crayfish, so they joined in.
For the ocelot, this was easy work. It lifted the stones with its claws and scooped up the crayfish when it found it.
The large pincers of the crayfish were powerful, but they were too slow to attack Ah Meow.
Ali learned to look for crayfish. Kangaroos had thin and weak forelimbs, but they had flexible front claws, which were rare among animals. They had long, sharp nails, which could be used to pinch things.
Such claws were suitable for lifting stones. After lifting a few stones, Ali finally found a crayfish and happily pinched it.
When it pinched the crayfish with its claws, the crayfish did not hesitate and raised its large pincers to clamp on Ali's claws.
It was true that kangaroos had long nails, and their nails were very hard, but that was for adult kangaroos. For young kangaroos like Ali, the claws were as delicate as onions.
When the crayfish clamped on it, Ali let out a scream and quickly jumped toward Li Du as if it was stepping on a spring.
Ah Ow stood in front of it, deliberately blocking its way.
Ali, which had been modified by the little bug, was also extraordinarily smart. It jumped and raised its claws to slap the crayfish on Ah Ow's mouth.
Wolves were like dogs, and their mouths were one of the softest parts of their bodies.
When the crayfish was slapped on Ah Ow's face, the other large pincer clamped hard on her soft mouth.
"Awoo!" This time it was Ah Ow's turn to scream.
Ali had originally only wanted to push Ah Ow away, but it did not expect to have other gains. After the crayfish clamped on Ah Ow's mouth, it let go of its claws.
With that, Ali jumped sideways and suddenly found that its claws did not hurt so much. Realizing that the crayfish was gone, it happily jumped on the spot.
Ah Ow shook her mouth in pain. However, the crayfish's pincers were very strong, and her mouth was soft. She could not shake it off at all. Instead, it tore her mouth apart and became more and more painful.
Li Du, who was next to her, came over and hugged her head, trying to force her to remove the crayfish.
However, the crayfish was clamped tightly, and it was useless for him to forcibly pull it down. Instead, it made the crayfish even more nervous, and it clamped harder on Ah Ow's mouth.
Ah Ow had never suffered like this. She was in so much pain that tears were rolling in her eyes. She opened her mouth and kept screaming.
Sophie came up and decisively cut off the crayfish's large pincer, then carefully removed it. This made Ah Ow feel much better, but her mouth was still burning with pain.
After getting rid of the crayfish's attack, Ah Ow angrily went to find the culprit.
When Ali saw that the situation was not good, it quickly jumped and ran towards the shore.
Ah Ow's eyes were emitting a cold gaze. She chased after it unhurriedly, creating pressure.
After all, Ali was still young. No matter how fast it jumped, it could not shake off Ah Ow. Soon, Ah Ow caught up.
Ah Ow used her old tricks, jumped up, and threw Ali to the ground.
Ali rolled on the ground, turned around, and slapped Ah Ow's mouth.
Another crayfish hung on the skin of Ah Ow's mouth. She continued to scream in pain, "Owww!"
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