After resigning, I want to go back to the village to grow sweet potatoes

Chapter 375 Stone Crab
"Didn't you go to a meeting? Why are you here?" Grandpa Lin Xi saw Lin Xi coming to his side and motioned for her to step softly.

Grandpa Lin Xi was teaching Yu Shuigen and his wife to fish for stone crabs by the Qingshui River. He and Yu Shuigen each took a small bamboo pole and sat on a big rock by the river, quietly waiting for the stone crabs to take the bait.

"you……"

"Haha, another one!"

As soon as Lin Xi opened her mouth, her grandfather laughed and fished a stone crab into the basin.

"You've caught more than a dozen, why can't we catch even one?"

"That's right. You don't even come to bite the hook. It's really annoying. You won't bully us for being outsiders, right?"

Mr. and Mrs. Yu Shuigen were a little anxious.

"Grandpa Yu and Grandma Yu, fishing for stone crabs is my grandfather's unique skill. No one in the entire Clear Water Bay can catch my grandfather." Lin Xi then realized that his grandfather had said at the dinner table that he would teach Yu Shuigen and his wife this unique skill. The unique skill of fishing for stone crabs made me feel that my grandfather was a man of great wisdom.

Stone crabs are a common aquatic product in the mountains and streams at the foot of Daming Mountain. Their appearance is not much different from ordinary sea crabs and river crabs, but they are generally very small in size, smaller than the normal white jade crabs in the sea.

In the past, when living conditions were poor, folks from Clear Water Bay would go down to the river to catch stone crabs for food. Now, almost no one catches them because they are too small and don’t have much meat.

Lin Xi knew that his grandfather had his own reasons for teaching Yu Shuigen and his wife to fish for stone crabs.

Mr. and Mrs. Yu Shuigen love Clear Water Bay from the bottom of their hearts. It is their cherished wish to live in Clear Water Bay until their old age. However, they do not have the foundation for life, that is, the various foundations for living in Clear Water Bay.

Yu Shuigan has a retirement salary, but Grandma Yu Qing does not. In order to raise the twin sisters Yu Qing and Yu Shui, Grandma Yu Qing has been busy at home.By the time Yu Qing and Yu Shui grow up, she herself will be over fifty.

Of course, Yu Shuigen's retirement salary is enough for the old couple to spend their old age, and they are already frugal.But now they are in Clear Water Bay. If the old couple wants to live their whole lives in Clear Water Bay, they must integrate into the lives of the folks in Clear Water Bay.

Go to work in an embroidery factory like Meng Dayun’s mother?Grandma Yu Qing only knows how to do needlework, and Yu Shuigan only knows how to hold a gun.

Rent a piece of land to grow vegetables and sweet potatoes?Yu Shuigen and his wife are over eighty years old. They can go for a walk in the fields, but it is impossible to dig up soil and carry water for farming.

Follow Grandpa Lin Xi to set up a roasted sweet potato stall?It is still unrealistic, not to mention whether Yu Shuigen and his wife are physically able to bear it, and they do not have ready-made ingredients. If they buy sweet potatoes from the villagers to bake, the cost is too high, and there is probably not much money to be made.Sweet potatoes from Clear Water Bay are now in great demand, and even the sweet potatoes grown in the neighboring villages are sent to the sweet potato processing factory in Clear Water Bay.

Sitting by the river fishing for stone crabs is leisurely but can make money. Is there any other job that has the best of both worlds that is more suitable for Yu Shuigen and his wife?Of course, the premise is that you don’t want to make much money, just have something to do.

"Lin Xi, isn't it easier to catch stone crabs in the river with tools?" Yu Qing stood beside Lin Xi at some point, watching his grandparents fishing for stone crabs.

"Sister Qing, you don't understand this. My grandfather taught Grandpa Yu and Grandma Yu to fish for stone crabs not for eating, but to sell them to medicinal merchants to make money, so they must be fished instead of caught with tools." Lin Xi explained.

"Stone crabs can be used as medicinal materials? Really? Then tell me quickly." Yu Qing became interested.

"Sister Qing, this stone crab is a freshwater product that has the same source of medicine and food. It is called [Zonghengzi] in Chinese medicinal materials. It belongs to the liver and kidney meridian, is cold in nature, and has the functions of activating blood and relieving pain, eliminating blood stasis and dispersing phlegm. "Compendium of Materia Medica" It is clear that it can be used for damp-heat jaundice, postpartum stasis and abdominal pain, muscle and bone injuries, carbuncles, boils, paint sores, burns, etc. The medicinal value of our stone crabs in Clear Water Bay is more obvious, and the purchase price of medicinal materials dealers is very high." Lin Xi took out his mobile phone to search. Show it to Yu Qing.

"It seems that there are things in the underground rivers on Qingshuiwan Mountain that can be used as medicinal materials, so why do these stone crabs have to be caught by fishing instead of using tools?" Yu Qing was even more curious. "Since it is going to be used as medicine, it must be particular. The value of this stone crab for medicinal purposes lies in its internal organs. To be used as a medicinal stone crab, the internal organs must be intact. If you use tools to catch it, the stone crab will definitely run away and struggle during the process of being caught. It will definitely be damaged, and then it will lose its medicinal value." Lin Xi said clearly.

"Well, no wonder your grandfather caught the stone crab and put it gently into the wooden basin." Yu Qing said thoughtfully.

"In addition to how to make the stone crab easy to take the bait, there is also a lot of emphasis on how to enter the basin after catching the stone crab. You must have steady gestures, accurate entry into the basin, and fast speed." Lin Xi was happy to see his grandfather catch another stone crab. .

"No wonder your grandpa said it is a unique skill. Hey, since you can make money, why don't the folks go fishing?" Yu Qing asked Lin Xi a new question.

"Didn't you say that yourself? This is a unique skill, and it requires patience. Everyone is so impetuous now. Who is willing to spend a whole day waiting for an uncertain result?" Lin Xi smiled meaningfully at Yu Qing. laugh.

"That's right, everyone is too realistic and utilitarian nowadays. Lin Xi, I didn't expect you to do research on such a small stone crab." Yu Qing admired Lin Xi even more.

"Sister Qing, if you want to truly develop Clear Water Bay, you must know every plant, tree, soil, and water in Clear Water Bay. You must know which ones can be used by me and which ones need to be protected resolutely. What can be developed must be fully utilized to maximize its production. Benefits. What cannot be developed must be strictly protected and not touched at all." Lin Xi looked at the green mountains.

"Lin Xi, I really followed Zhuang Yan and regarded you as a 'little chicken'. It seems that you are the best candidate to truly lead the folks of Clear Water Bay to become rich together. However, Zhuang Yan's proposal to develop Clear Water Bay' The "Auspicious Eight Treasures" and the cooperative-based mutual aid model are worthy of your continued implementation." Yu Qing said whatever she thought of, and she had no reservations about Lin Xi.

"Sister Qing, if I come back to build Qingshui Bay, I will never simply develop the 'Auspicious Eight Treasures' and simply engage in mutual aid operations." Lin Xi sat down on the big stone by the river.

"Is there a problem with the 'Auspicious Eight Treasures'? Isn't it possible to operate in a mutual-aid manner?" Yu Qing sat down next to Lin Xi.

"Sister Qing, do you still remember which eight treasures are the 'eight auspicious treasures' proposed by Brother Yan?" Lin Xi asked Yu Qing.

"Of course I remember that the 'eight auspicious treasures' solemnly proposed are your unique Clear Water Bay [Sweet Potato] [Moso Bamboo] [Chinese Herbal Medicine] [Clear Spring Water] [Alpine Fruit] [Alpine Rice] as well as [Double Needle Embroidery] and [Burned Stone House" ]."

"Did he say that these 'eight auspicious treasures' are unique to our Clear Water Bay? Haha." Lin Xi laughed out loud.

"Isn't it?" Yu Qing didn't understand why Lin Xi was laughing?

"Sister Qing, none of these eight treasures is unique to our Clearwater Bay. Count your fingers and think about it. Which one is unique to our Clearwater Bay?" Lin Xi picked up a pebble on the ground. .

"Sweet potatoes are found in other places. Moso bamboo is found in other places. Chinese herbal medicine, aren't Chinese herbal medicines unique to Qingshui Bay?" Yu Qing was a little excited.

"Sister Qing, how is it possible that Chinese herbal medicines are only available in Clearwater Bay? It can only be said that the quality of some Chinese herbal medicines in Clearwater Bay is better than similar Chinese herbal medicines in other places." Lin Xi played with the pebbles in his hands.

"Oh, isn't clear spring water only available in Qingshui Bay?" Yu Qing looked excited after feeling disappointed.

"There are many clear springs with better water quality than our Clear Water Bay." Lin Xi still lowered his head and played with the pebbles.

"There are also mountains with the same type of alpine fruits and rice. Alas, in this case only double-needle embroidery and fire-burned stone houses are left." Yu Qing was very disappointed.

(End of this chapter)