Nongmen Xianggong is a koi

Chapter 26 Clams

Jiang Mixia stood up, "What's wrong?"

"I saw something strange." Song Jingyun rolled up his sleeves a little higher, then bent down and reached into the river.

There was a splash of water, and a fan-shaped object appeared in Song Jingyun's hand.

"This is..." Jiang Mixia approached to take a look, "Clam?"

"Fishing this thing...is it good?"

Song Jingyun scratched his head in embarrassment, "This is easy to fish, there are still some in it, look at it, lady."

While talking, Song Jingyun fished out another mussel and showed it to Jiang Mixia.

Jiang Mixia, "..."

"I mean, this thing is called a clam, a river clam."

Instead of praising you for being great.

"Oh." Song Jingyun looked at the two unattractive-looking things in his hands, and the color was a little bluish-black, "The name of this thing is really strange, and it doesn't look very good-looking."

"Can I eat it?"

"Yes, stir-fried vegetables and stewed soup are fine. They are fresher than fish and have no thorns." Jiang Mixia said, "But you have to clean up when you go back, pry open the clam shell, go to the viscera, and take the inside out. Clean clam meat to eat."

It can be eaten, and it is more delicious than fish.

No need to bother to fork.

Song Jingyun's eyes lit up, and he didn't care about anything else. He just stretched out his hand to pick up the mussels, and threw them to the river while picking them up. He picked up seven or eight mussels in one breath, and then stopped.

There were already half a basket of fish in the bamboo basket, but now with the addition of these large mussels, it is almost full.

"Go, go home." Jiang Mixia took the pole to hook the barrel.

Song Jingyun looked at the size of the wooden barrel, reached out to carry it, then looked at himself, put down the bamboo basket, took the pole from Jiang Mixia's hand, "I'll do it."

"you sure?"

Jiang Mixia remembered the last time when the little son-in-law was crushed when he was carrying bamboo, his face was full of distrust.

"I've eaten so much recently, and I've gained strength." Song Jingyun shook his arm.

The little son-in-law's arms are not much thicker than Jiang Mixia's.

But if the truth is told, the little son-in-law is still a little stronger now than before.

And grow taller.

There is also flesh on the face, which looks less fragile and more youthful at this age.

The little son-in-law has grown up a bit with the naked eye.

Jiang Mixia blinked her eyes.

In line with the educational principle that the little son-in-law can try as much as he can when there is no cost of trial and error, although Jiang Mixia didn't trust him much, he handed the shoulder pole to Song Jingyun's shoulders.

He picked up the bamboo basket next to him with one hand.

Song Jingyun tried putting the pole on his shoulder first, then took a deep breath, and stood up with a "hey".

His figure shook slightly, but he stabilized quickly, and then he tried to take two steps.

It's okay, although it's still not safe, but the water in the bucket hasn't spilled out, and Song Jingyun also feels that he can bear the weight of these two buckets of water.

Song Jingyun's confidence doubled immediately, and he walked home with his head held high.

Not bad.

Jiang Mixia also nodded slightly.

The little son-in-law has strength and can help with some physical work.

As a wife, I suddenly feel relieved that my husband has just grown up.

Jiang Mixia hung the bamboo basket on her left shoulder and followed with a smile.

Jiang Youcheng and Liu Shi are also used to the fact that Song Jingyun can catch a lot of fish.

However, I was a little surprised to see so many mussels this time.

They knew there were mussels in the river, and they had picked them up before, but it was the first time they had encountered so many mussels of this size at one time.

"This clam is really big, and I guess it has a lot of meat." Full of joy, Liu found a wooden basin, scooped up clear water, put the clam shells into it, and spit out river sand.

Fresh mussels should be soaked in water with a little salt for two full days, washed and soaked in boiling water.

Next, the shell is broken, the gills and intestines are removed, and the clean and tender river mussel meat is left, and then you can cook as much as you want.

River mussels are not often eaten, and Mrs. Liu is not skilled in breaking shells.

Seeing this, Jiang Mixia came to help, giving full play to her strength advantage.

Cut a hole with a hatchet, put a kitchen knife in through the gap, and pry it hard, the shell of the mussel can be opened smoothly, and Mrs. Liu will remove the internal organs of the mussel.

"Yeah." Liu yelled suddenly.

"What's the matter? Got it?" Jiang Youcheng, who was knitting a basket of needles and threads, hurriedly dropped his work and ran over, grabbing Liu's fingers to see.

"It's not hurt." Liu explained hastily, and then looked up to see that there was no one around, and then let go of her tightly clenched hands, "There is this in the clam..."

When he saw what Liu was holding, even Jiang Mixia was stunned.

"Is this... a pearl?"

Jiang Mixia picked up the small cylinder in Mrs. Liu's hand and looked at it carefully, then nodded, "It's a pearl."

It's not too big, it's smaller than soybeans, it's not particularly round, it's oval in shape, it's fairly clean, there are no bumps, and the overall appearance is pretty good.

Jiang Youcheng and Liu Shi have also heard of pearls opening in mussels.

But there is no one in Jiangjia Village. It happened once in Sunjia Village, and it happened several years ago. A young woman, whose family was too poor to eat, ran to the river all day long, catching fish, shrimp and mussels, thinking about the whole family. Can fill the stomach.

As a result, a pearl the size of a broad bean was found out of the river mussels picked up that day. I exchanged a lot of money for it, bought land and built a house, and never went hungry again.

So much so that in the past few years, the river was full of people fishing for mussels every day. There was not even a small mussel in the river, but no one from the mussels brought back pearls.

Everyone said that it was estimated that it was the person who picked up silver outside and dared not say it, but only said that it was exchanged for pearls. It is impossible for pearls to come out of the river mussels. Fewer, or even gone.

Unexpectedly, pearls came out of the mussels that Song Jingyun picked up today!
Jiang Youcheng and Liu Shi glanced at each other and nodded in unison.

"Go into the house first." Jiang Youcheng's voice trembled a little, and he walked into the house carrying Sheng He Mussel's wooden basin.

When entering the house, I tripped over the threshold and almost fell.

There were six or seven mussels in the basin, and the four of them struggled to open them all.

Even the first one got three pearls in total.

The largest one is the size of a small peanut oil bean, which is considered large, but not round. There is also the smallest one, which is about the size of a mung bean, small in size, but perfectly round.

Looking at the three pearls, the whole family was silent for a long time.

It always feels unreal.

In the end, it was Jiang Mixia who spoke, "Then let's take it to the county seat tomorrow to see the price?"

"Yes, yes, go and see how much you can sell for." Jiang Youcheng and Liu Shi nodded repeatedly.

Pearls are not suitable for eating or using. They are the most useful things only when they are exchanged for money.

Song Jingyun interrupted, "Then..."

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