Chapter 61: A Bunch of Big Blue Crabs
Xu Xiuyuan thought that she was either taking care of the children or busy with work in the town, she usually had no fun, and she rarely liked fishing, so she didn't stop her, but only told her to wear more clothes:
"It's windy on the beach, and it's cooled down again in the past two days, so wear it warmer! ”
"I'm wearing a lot. Xu Suizhu looked down.
Don't look at the sweater on the outside of a thin denim jacket, in fact, it is a protective clothing with automatic temperature control, not to mention eighteen or nineteen degrees, minus eighteen or nine are still not afraid of cold.
In the fjord fishing village at the beginning of December, the maximum temperature during the day is still 20 degrees, but it is still quite cold on the seaside after the wind picks up in the evening.
Xu Suizhu thought that at this point, few people would come to the beach to play.
Last time I fished with my aunt and uncle, wasn't it just their family. It was a lot warmer.
Unexpectedly, this time I thought about it, and there were several groups of fishers in Deep Bay.
Some are employees of the fishing farm, and some are half-grown children on vacation in the village.
Fortunately, Xu Suizhu didn't go to say hello, picked a lot where no one was, found a few reefs, sat down cross-legged, and put a bucket at his feet.
There were no outsiders present, and she fished happily.
However, most of the fish that can be caught in this area are common sea bass, small grouper, black sea bream, white pomfret or stone dog.
The western star grouper, the east star grouper and the big lobster that are as big as last time are probably really shit luck.
Xu Suizhu was looking forward to catching a big lobster again to satisfy her appetite, so she kept throwing the rod and kept fishing.
The buckets were getting fuller, the breeze was getting stronger, and she was the only one left on the shore.
Worried that my aunt would not be able to come out to find it, I decided to go back after throwing a pole at the end.
It turned out to be really lucky, and a big blue crab was caught on the last pole...... Oh no!
What's going on?
Xu Suizhu picked up the rod to see what was going on, and guessed that it was the big claw of a blue crab that was entangled in the fishing line, and other crabs rushed to help, but they were all entangled one after another.
On the slender fishing line, there are twelve or thirteen blue crabs, one of which is big, and the shell of the largest one is twenty centimeters, not to mention one and a half catties.
Xu Suizhu was overjoyed.
Blue crab is a good thing!
It is also called "anointed crab" in the local area, and is known as "sea ginseng".
Blue crab meat is rich in protein and trace elements, which has a good tonic effect on the body. In future generations, such fat blue crabs will rarely be sold for sky-high prices.
Seeing that the bucket was almost full, and there was no way to fill it with crabs, Xu Suizhu simply carried it away.
The crab is very alert, and when it shakes, not only will it not let go of the big claw, but it will be firmly clamped, so it was carried home by Xu Suizhu all the way.
Xu Xiuyuan had just coaxed her pockets and was ready to cook dinner, and she was pleasantly surprised to see her niece come back from fishing so many fish.
Your uncle occasionally goes fishing in his spare time, except for the lobster on that occasion, I haven't seen him catch more than three taels of fish later. ”
Xu Suizhu said with a smile: "I want to learn from my uncle to catch a lobster and try it, but unfortunately I haven't caught one after squatting for a long time." ”
Xu Xiuyuan laughed and said: "Do you think that the big lobster is so easy to catch! If it were easy, everyone would go fishing, and the market price would not rise so outrageously." Cream crabs are also good, and I catch so many in one fishing, I don't think others can catch so many crab pots. ”
Xu Suizhu spread his hands: "These crabs were not caught, they were entangled in my fishing line by themselves." ”
"Oh, there's no one but you. ”
Xu Xiuyuan became more and more happy, played a basin of water, and put the blue crab with the fishing line into the water, and the crab thought it was safe in the water, and no longer held the big chela tightly. One by one, it automatically detached from the fishing line.
"How are you going to get so much? Do you want someone to take it to the provincial capital to sell?"
"We don't sell it! We eat it ourselves. Xu Suizhu immediately said.
I didn't eat the big lobster last time, but this time the blue crab said that I wanted to taste it.
"Look at this crab shell, it's full of paste, and it's all up to the tip of the shell. Xu Suizhu caught a blue crab and showed it to her aunt.
Almost everyone knows how to distinguish the fat and thin of shrimp and crabs.
"Such a good wild crab may not be bought with money. There are thirteen of them here, and we'll keep a few for ourselves to eat, and I'm going to give the rest away. ”
Professor Shao and Editor-in-Chief Wu sent four of them, and eight of them went.
There are five left, and a few people in their own family divide it, just right.
Xu Xiuyuan saw that she had an arrangement, so she didn't worry about it. Tie up the blue crabs one by one with a straw rope so that they don't catch people.
Blue crabs can survive for a while when they are out of the sea, but they can't be let go for long.
Xu Xiuyuan carried the bundled blue crabs, picked a few groupers, sea bass, and stone dogs that sold well, and made pike crab paste, mud snails, and eels, went to the cold storage of the fishing ground to ask for some crushed ice, spread it on it, and then asked the workers who delivered the goods in the early morning of the next day to take it to the provincial capital.
When Lao Zheng arrived in the provincial capital, he naturally delivered the goods from the fishing ground first, and only after sending them did he go to the Shao family and the unit of the editor-in-chief Wu to bring the two boxes of seafood gifts.
Lin Guodong invited him for a pack of cigarettes in advance, and he was happy to run this errand.
When it was delivered to Professor Shao's house, Professor Shao happened to go out to buy groceries.
When I learned that someone sent a box of seafood, I wondered, they have no relatives and friends in Yupu County, who could it be?
Lao Zheng said: "It is Lao Lin who entrusts me, Lin Guodong, and also our fishing ground." It seems that his niece asked him to carry it, and I don't know anything else. ”
Lao Zheng helped move the box into Professor Shao's house, and hurried back.
Professor Shao opened the box and saw that there were four large blue crabs and a few sea fish that looked very fresh, which was definitely not available in the vegetable market.
Although the provincial city is said to be a coastal city, it is really a bit far from the sea, and it takes at least two days to catch fresh fish from the sea, sort and pack them at the fishing grounds, and then transport them to the canteens and farmers' markets of various units.
Not to mention a glass bottle of pike crab paste and an eel more than a meter long.
Who sent it?
"Jingle Bell ......"
The phone rang at home.
Professor Shao picked up the microphone and answered.
Editor-in-Chief Wu's hearty laughter came from the other end: "Lao Shao, the seafood sent by Xiao Xu is good, right?"
"Xiao Xu, which Xiao Xu?" Professor Shao was stunned for a moment.
"Xu Suizhu, who brought students to the provincial high school to participate in the English speech contest last time, her home is a fishing village in Yupu County, and her aunt and uncle are all fishery workers, but eighty percent of the seafood sent is caught by themselves, and all that the fishery can sell them is some leftovers, and the appearance is definitely not so good. She mentioned it to me in her letter...... I said, ladies, you shouldn't have accepted the gift, you haven't even figured out who the giver is, right?"
Professor Shao loosened his brows and laughed: "It turned out to be that child! ”