Chapter 16 Xiao Zahai and Amazing Crab
Zhao Dahai strode to the edge of the mangrove forest. Seeing that the tide had not receded, he found a shady place to rest for a while, thinking of Liu Bin just now, Sneer.
The mother-in-law at home has no brain?
It’s just Liu Bin’s excuse!
He is not a three-year-old child. Whether he is married from another village or from this village, he cannot remember the land of any family incorrectly. When you plant a tree, you want to occupy some land.
If he hadn't fought with Sun Minghua a few days ago to get the vegetable plot behind the house, Liu Bin would not have told him this. If he couldn't get his vegetable plot back, he couldn't get the land on the mountain back either. Liu Bin would definitely say that it was his own land.
Liu Bin took the initiative to say that he was planting in the wrong land, which gave him some face and didn't care about it too much. If I don't talk about it today, it won't be so easy to talk about it when I go up the mountain and find out about it.
Zhao Dahai watched the sea water recede slowly. The water in the mangrove was less than half a meter deep, but the higher areas on the edge were exposed. He had nothing to do, so he just made a meal.
Zhao Dahai has just entered the water. The jumping fish are jumping forward in groups, all rushing towards the mangroves. When we came here last time, we found that there are a lot of jumping fish here. Today we are here I found more, thinking that one day I really have to come here to catch these jumping fish, and continued walking forward, and soon found a few nice-sized hairy clams, which are small black clams with thin black hairy shells on their shells. , not delicious, but the taste is not bad. It’s good to have a meal from time to time. In just ten minutes, I picked up more than 20 of them, about two pounds. I went back and washed them, boiled them in water, or picked out the meat and stir-fried. , a plate of dishes is ready.
“Huh?”
"Mantis shrimp?"
Zhao Dahai looked at a hole as big as two fingers in the mudflat not far from his feet. This is the hole dug by the mantis shrimp. The holes in such places range from half a meter deep to one meter deep. The sea mud on the beach is very sticky. Not only with your hands, but also with a hoe, it is very laborious. Once you put the hoe down and suck it tightly, it takes a long time to pull it out. However, there is another way, which can be caught without much effort.
Zhao Dahai searched around and found another hole of the same size about one meter away. This was the hole dug by the same mantis shrimp. The two holes were connected, one in front of the other. When there is a natural enemy, it is easier to escape. Lift your foot, put it on a hole, and step down hard. A stream of water will immediately come out of the other hole like a fountain. Lift your leg and step down hard again. Repeat. Another jet of water rushed out, and after seven or eight steps, a mantis shrimp crawled out of the hole with its head probed. The mantis shrimp is also called the mantis shrimp. It has sickle-like forelimbs and a tail that is as sharp and hard as a blade. When it encounters a threat and struggles, it will spring like a spring. When you are inexperienced in catching this thing, you may accidentally see blood. Press your index finger. The back of the mantis shrimp is directly pressed into the sea mud without any movement. The thumb and middle finger are in tandem and the whole mantis shrimp is folded head and tail. One finger is as long as two fingers. This can grow on the beach. It looks pretty good.
Zhao Dahai kept walking forward with one foot deep and one shallow. Hairy clam? No interest. The target now is mantis shrimp. The hairy clams are edible but the taste is really average, and the mantis shrimps are much better. On the tidal flat in front of the mangrove forest, there are not too many small seafood. In half an hour, I got seven or eight mantis shrimps of about the same size. I moved a few stones and four stone crabs fell into the net bag. Unexpectedly, they were dug up. A small octopus.
Zhao Dahai looked at the mesh bag in his hand and laughed. In such a short time, he had caught a lot of things. He tied it with a knot and went back to cook it. It would be enough for himself and his grandma Zhong Cuihua. Have a meal.
Zhao Dahai saw that the tide in the mangrove had receded and the ground was exposed. The time was just right, so he immediately got in. He came here today not for this small seafood but blue crabs.
Zhao Dahai quickened his pace. He had walked around in the mangroves a lot when he was a child. He was very familiar with it. In just twenty minutes, he found another trench that was about the same size as yesterday. He didn’t even bother to rest. , got into the ditch and walked forward quickly, searching left and right with two eyes. When he saw the hole, he stopped and looked carefully to see if there were blue crabs. If there were any, dig immediately. If not, give up and keep going. .
What's going on? Are there so few blue crabs?
Zhao Dahai frowned. In two hours, this was already the fourth ditch in front of him. He only dug out one blue crab and it was not big, about three or two. He was very disappointed. I plan to spend more time in the mangroves to catch more blue crabs in the past few days to sell them and make more money to repair the fishing boats. Now it seems that my thinking was too simple. There were not as many green crabs in the mangroves as I thought. The last harvest was an accident.
Zhao Dahai found a drier place, pulled some grass, and sat down on a cushion. There were no green crabs in several small ditches. There was no point in continuing to search. It was a waste of effort. He took a rest and saw if he could find it after dark. Blue crabs were found in the mangroves.
The sun sets in the west.
The light is getting weaker and weaker. The mangroves grew densely and darkened faster.
One bird after another flew in circles, chirping incessantly. It was extremely lively.
Zhao Dahai stood up, turned on the flashlight, and went into the mangrove forest. He walked for two to three hundred meters with no results. When he was thinking about whether to give up and go home, he saw a blue crab heading toward a dead crab. The little fish crawled over, shining the flashlight, and walked over quickly with his waist bent.
"Aha."
"Amazing crab."
Zhao Dahai caught the blue crab and took a closer look and was very happy.
Blue crabs have different growth and maturity levels in different seasons and different growth stages, including butter crabs, meat crabs, water crabs, paste crabs, etc. In the initial stage of growth, blue crabs have less meat and more water. This is a water crab. It has no meat but is fresh and sweet. It continues to grow and the meat is firm and becomes a meat crab. It continues to grow and has paste, which is paste. crab.
After the meat crab stage, blue crabs continue to grow and slowly mature. The female crabs that can reproduce but have not yet reproduced are the uncooked crabs, which are equivalent to the unmarried yellow flower maidens. The whole crab is It is fat, even like semi-quicksand, at the same time, the skin is soft and the meat is tender and sweet.
Zhao Dahai prepared the rope in advance this time, so there was no need to pull the vines. He tied it carefully and put it into the mesh bag. He turned on the flashlight and continued to move forward. When luck came, he couldn't stop it. After all the effort of the boss, he only found one. Only blue crabs. I caught five blue crabs in just one hour at night. Although they are not big, they all look like six or seven taels, but they are all young crabs, and the price is comparable to one and a half kilograms of old blue crabs.
Zhao Dahai continued to walk forward and had a good harvest. His fatigue disappeared. In another two hours, the tide began to rise. Now is the prime time. Blue crabs are coming out to look for food. You have to ask for it. Take your time and grab as much as you can.
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