Chapter 73: Tired but motivated!
Zhao Shi had dinner and had nothing to do. He walked out to the sunbathing area in the village. Many people gathered to talk and looked around, but neither Zhao Dahai nor Zhong Cuihua was seen.
Zhao Shi was a little worried that Zhao Dahai would be playing poorly while he was away. After thinking about it, he walked towards Zhao Dahai's house, stood at the door of the yard, called Zhao Dahai, and the door opened after a while.
“Where is the sea?”
“Are you sleeping?”
Zhao Shi was a little surprised to see Zhong Cuihua opening the door.
"I was anxious to repair the fishing boat. After dinner, I took the gas lantern and went to the woods again."
"Tell this kid not to work so hard, he won't listen at all."
Zhong Cuihua shook her head.
Zhao Shi didn’t expect that Zhao Dahai was still working after working all day, so he decided to go and have a look.
Zhao Shi walked to the edge of the forest and vaguely heard the sound of hammers coming from inside. He walked a few steps quickly and saw a bright gas lamp. Zhao Dahai was busy nearby. He walked over and took a look. There were beads of sweat dripping down his bare arms.
“Ah?!”
“Second Grandpa.”
“Why are you here?”
Zhao Dahai concentrated on playing mahjong, and there was a person in front of him The black shadow was startled and looked up to see it was Zhao Shi.
Zhao Shi carefully looked at the hemped boat seams for a while. They were smooth and strong, and the work was done very beautifully. He turned around and went home without saying anything.
Zhao Dahai smiled and continued to massage. He did a good job. Zhao Shicai said nothing or slapped him directly on the back of the head.
It’s late at night.
Zhao Dahai saw that it was getting late and decided to go back to sleep and rest, and come back early tomorrow morning.
Zhao Dahai untied the rope and covered the entire fishing boat with waterproof plastic sheeting. The sides were packed with sand to prevent it from being blown away by sudden strong winds at night.
Zhao Dahai packed up the tools, put them in a bag, and carried them through the forest. As soon as he stepped on the soft beach, he heard a rustling sound. He raised the gas lantern in his hand and immediately saw a dozen things flying fast. He ran forward and almost disappeared in the blink of an eye into the dark place where the light could not reach.
Zhao Dahai was very happy. These are crabs. I don’t know their real names. They are called Shama in the village. They are different from ordinary crabs that mainly live in the sea. The holes dug by these crabs cannot be submerged in the sea water. On the beach, which is half a meter shallow and one or two meters deep, they hide in holes during the day to avoid predators and sunlight, and crawl out at night to eat the dead small fish and shrimps on the beach.
Another difference between Shama and ordinary crabs is that it runs very fast. It can run three to five meters on the beach in the blink of an eye, just like a thousand-mile horse. This is another origin of its name. .
Zhao Dahai knew that there were sand horses on the beach in front of the village. He came here to dig and play when he was a child. He didn’t expect there to be so many and they were so big. The ones that just ran away were half the size of a fist. .
Can Shama be eaten? Not only edible but very delicious.
Zhao Dahai touched his stomach. He had been working all night and it was physical work. It was already getting late. He was so hungry that his stomach growled and his mouth watered.
“Ah!”
“There is a way to heaven. If you don’t go to hell, there is no way, so you come here instead!”
“Don’t blame me for being rude, I can only let you guys do it. I have made some contribution!" Zhao Dahai put down the bag he was carrying, went to the edge of the woods, broke off a two-meter-long branch with finger thickness, licked off all the leaves, and waved it a few times to make a swishing sound. , if this thing hits someone, it will definitely draw a bloody mark.
Zhao Dahai walked softly back to the beach, lowered the brightness of the gas lamp, leaving only a ball of yellow light as big as his fist, and stood motionless. At first, the surroundings were very quiet, but after a few minutes, there was a rustling sound. Ringing and getting louder and louder.
Zhao Dahai was not in a hurry, and waited for another seven or eight minutes, just waiting for the surroundings to be filled with noise.
“The oil pan is waiting for you!”
Zhao Dahai took a deep breath, kicked his feet hard on the beach, and rushed forward, running for two seconds. In three steps, he bent down and swept the branch he held in his hand against the beach. He swept while running and stopped after fifty or sixty meters.
Zhao Dahai gasped for air. He was a little tired from the high-speed running just now. After resting for a while, he walked back to the place where the gas lamp was placed, inflated a few times, turned it on, and carried it to the place where he had just swept it. Walking past the place, there was no surprise, one sand horse after another "lying" on the beach.
The sand horses run very fast on the beach. It is difficult for human legs to catch up. Even if they do catch up, it will take a lot of effort. If you can't catch a few, you will have to lie down tiredly.
There are two simplest and most effective ways. One is to hold a branch and wait for these sand horses to drop their guard and rush forward in the dark. The long branch will be swept against the beach, directly cutting off the sand horses' paws and lying down on the beach unable to run. Another way is to dig a pit and put a bucket in the pit, fill it up around it, and put some smelly fish and rotten shrimps as bait. The Shama will fall in and be unable to climb out, thus catching turtles in the jar.
Zhao Dahai took a bag and picked it up as he walked. The Shama was really big and there were so many of them. He picked up all the big and small ones, which weighed almost four or five kilograms.
When Zhao Dahai thought of the smell of Shama, his mouth watered. He picked up the bag with the tools and walked quickly towards his home.
Zhao Dahai returned home and put away the bag containing the tools. He carried Shama into the kitchen and saw Zhong Cuihua washing rice. He must have thought that he would be hungry when he came back from work and cooked something to eat. He immediately said that he Come.
"Yo!"
"This Shama is so big!"
Zhong Cuihua stretched out a stool and sat beside the stove, stuffed a handful of hay, lit it, set up branches, and started the fire. It started to burn.
“Hey!”
“No one eats this.”
"Isn't it strange that he is not big?"
Zhao Dahai said while cleaning Shama quickly. All the claws were chopped off with a knife, the cover was opened, and the gills and stomach were removed. The meat was very plump and red.
Shama is indeed edible and tastes really good, but very few people eat it.
In a place like the fishing village, not many people have food to eat. Normally, it’s just children who catch them and play with them.
It will definitely grow very big over time.
Zhao Dahai washed the Shama, put it in a bamboo basket and drained the water. Oil has been put in the big iron pot to heat it up. Shama fell down and made a "sizzling" sound. A stream of green smoke and water vapor rushed up, and he immediately smelled the unique umami smell of seafood.
Zhao Dahai quickly stir-fried a few times with a spatula. He put the washed rice down and mixed it for another two minutes. Then he put in water and simmered over high heat for about ten minutes. Then he opened the lid and cut it. I put down the ginger slices, added some salt and oil, took a big basin and carried it to the main room, turned around and went back to the kitchen to get bowls, chopsticks and spoons, put a bowl for grandma Zhong Cuihua, and took a bowl for myself without caring about scalding it. Start eating. The hard rice porridge is chewy, the rice soup is thick and mixed with yellow crab paste, and the fried Shama fresh meat has a burnt aroma, making me sweat profusely after eating it. There is nothing in this world that is more satisfying than having a busy life and having a good meal after being exhausted.
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