Rebirth of Fishing Village: Starting from Hua Axiang in Jiehu Village

Chapter 18

"Hey!"

"Second grandpa!"

"What are you doing so fast?"

"It's dark. Be careful not to drop a buttock."

Zhao Dahai closely followed Zhao Shi, who was walking forward with a dull head.

"Humph!"

"Aren't you short-sighted, kid?!"

"Can't you remember what happened to the crab goby last time?!"

"There are blue crabs in the woods that secretly catch them by themselves. You don't have to pass by the small pier to go back to the village."

Zhao Shi stopped, blowing his beard and staring.

"Hey Hey."

"Second grandpa."

"Am I really that stupid?!"

Zhao Dahai smiled, because he was angry that he was carrying blue crabs as he passed the pier just now, when Zhong Shizhu and Liu Bin saw that they would definitely have to enter the mangrove forest.

"Second grandpa."

"The ebb and flow of the tide, a mangrove forest that can be walked at the time of the tide, I walked all over."

"The blue crab has a place."

"Where there is a blue crab, it is unlikely that there will be another blue crab at the same time."

"Where a blue crab is caught, it is impossible for another blue crab to appear in a short time."

"Zhong Shizhu or Liu Bin or other people in the village entered the mangrove forest?!"

"How can there be any good harvest?"

Zhao Dahai told Zhao Shi that this was the second time he entered the mangrove forest tonight. He searched all the nearby trenches, and picked them up again at night. There must be some that slipped through the net, but not many.So what if Zhong Shizhu and Liu Bin knew they had caught a lot of blue crabs?Into the mangroves?It is possible to find one or two to kill three or four.For half a day or even a whole day, the harvest like this is not as good as going out to sea to fish.

"Humph!"

"It's almost there."

"It's getting late."

"Go home quickly."

Zhao Shi's face improved a little, he waved his hand, turned around, and walked onto a path.

Zhao Dahai knew that it was for his own good, and most people would not tell him such a thing, so after waiting for a while, Zhao Shi turned around and walked quickly towards his home when he could not see him.

Zhao Dahai walked to the gate of the courtyard, Zhong Cuihua pushed the door and came out.

"grandmother."

"I am back."

Zhao Dahai yelled, walked into the yard with a load on his shoulders, and put it down.

Zhong Cuihua looked at the blue crabs in the two net bags and smiled from ear to ear.

Zhao Dahai carefully opened a separate net bag and took out the butter crab.

"Ouch."

"That's good stuff."

Zhong Cuihua held it in her hand and weighed it. She couldn't run away with a catty, and could sell it for four to five hundred yuan. It would take ten days and a half months to make this money by weaving fishing nets by herself.

Zhao Dahai saw Zhong Cuihua looking at the butter crab over and over again. He was very rare, so he smiled, picked up the net bag containing mantis shrimp and hairy clams, and walked into the kitchen. That's it, wash the mantis shrimp hair clams and stone crabs, heat the iron pan and put the oil in, put it all down, cover it with high heat and cook for 5 minutes, lift the lid, a stream of water vapor rushes up, and the whole kitchen It is the freshness and sweetness of seafood.

Zhao Dahai brought the food to the main room, put it on the table, and called Zhong Cuihua to eat.

"Big fish."

"When are you going to sell these blue crabs?!"

Zhong Cuihua asked Zhao Dahai while eating.

Zhao Dahai took a mantis prawn and peeled it off, and put it in Zhong Cuihua's bowl. Just as he was about to explain that he was going to sell blue crabs early in the morning, a gust of wind blew in outside and he shivered.

"Hee hee hee."

"grandmother."

"No hurry. No hurry."

"I'll sell it in two days."

Zhao Dahai smiled and shook his head.

Zhong Cuihua was a little strange. She looked at it just now, and even brought a full bucket from the previous catch.Blue crabs can be kept for a long time, but the longer the time, the thinner they will be and they will not be able to sell at a good price. It is better to sell them as soon as possible.

"grandmother."

"When I came back just now, there were already white-headed waves at the pier."

"The wind is blowing harder and harder."

"It is unlikely that fishing boats will go out to sea for fishing these days."

"Sell it two days later to get a better price."

Zhao Dahai pointed to the sky outside the door while talking, it was gloomy and dark, the wind blowing was a bit cold and scratched his bones, the weather was bad and no fishing boats went out to sea to fish, the number of fish, shrimp and crabs in the market was not much, and the price went up. The same fish, shrimp and crab can be sold for a quarter or even a third of the money. Other fish, shrimp and crab can't be kept. Green vegetables are different. They can feed for ten and a half months, and it's no problem to wait for a day or two.

Zhong Cuihua thought for a while, then nodded, it really has changed.

Zhao Dahai watched Zhong Cuihua finish his meal and wanted to continue weaving fishing nets. Only then went back to the hall to continue eating.

The small seaside fishing village is not prosperous, and there are few opportunities to make money, but there is really no shortage of small seafood on the table.

Mantis shrimp, stone crabs, and hairy clams have hands and feet. You can get one or two catties by walking around the tidal flats by the sea, which is enough for a good meal.

Zhao Dahai drilled the mangrove forest for most of the day, exhausting his physical strength, he gorged on food, ate mantis shrimp, stone crabs and hairy clams.

Zhao Dahai finished his meal, cleaned up, walked out of the yard, and when he was cooking by himself, Zhong Cuihua had already put all the blue crabs in the net bag into the big bucket. After checking it, there was no problem. After a little sea water, the blue crabs could not be fed. But it must be kept moist, dehydration will lose the flesh and fat, or even die.

Zhao Dahai looked up at the sky, it was as dark as the bottom of a pot, the wind was getting stronger and colder.

"come on."

"Let the storm come more violently!"

Zhao Dahai muttered, carrying the bucket of blue crabs into the main room, if it rains and gets wet, it will all be ruined, this is not something that can live in fresh water.

Six o'clock the next morning.

Zhao Dahai got up, looked in the back room, found that Zhong Cuihua was still awake, turned around and walked lightly to the main room, saw the big bucket containing blue crabs, thought for a while, took two of them, walked into the kitchen, cut them in two, and tore them apart. Cover, remove the gills, rinse with water and cut into pieces, burn the fire, put oil in a large iron pan and fry for a while, wash the rice, fry together for a while, add water, boil for 2 minutes on high heat, and cut the ginger slices Put it in, put some salt, turn it over, put out the fire, put the lid on and cover it before going to wake Zhong Cuihua to get up.

"what?"

"You kid. Did you cook it and eat it?"

Zhong Cuihua stared at the cooked blue crab porridge for a moment.

"Whee!"

"grandmother!"

"I woke up in the morning and saw two half-dead. Just cook them."

Zhao Dahai knew that grandma Zhong Cuihua had lived a hard life in the past two years, plus she was getting older, so she had to eat something good from time to time.The blue crab porridge is delicious and nutritious, just right for people who want to make money but have to eat it.Seven or eight taels of blue crabs can only be sold for a few tens of dollars each. Zhong Cuihua will definitely stop it when she sees it, and let's talk about it after cooking it. It is impossible not to eat it.

Zhao Dahai filled a bowl full of cut blue crab and porridge and placed it in front of Zhong Cuihua.

Zhong Cuihua shook her head. The blue crabs had just been caught from the mangrove forest for two days. She had seen each one herself, and it was impossible for her to be half dead.

(End of this chapter)