After yellow eel fishing, crayfish fishing, a very simple but fun activity, has also become popular in Liujiachong. Many tourists, both adults and children, like it very much, and this is much more fun to go fishing. Tie the rope to the bait and put it, or it won't be long before you can catch crayfish, the children in the village have time and love to fish, because the village chief's family buys crayfish, although it is only two yuan per catty, but as long as you go fishing, you can always sell it for ten yuan or eight yuan of pocket money.

The villagers also go to get crayfish if they have nothing to do, but they are not fishing and put them in baskets to collect, if they are lucky, it is not impossible to collect twenty or thirty catties at a time, Liu Wen has already gone to the reservoir lotus and secretly put a large number of crayfish twice.

The farmhouse opened by Liu Wentang's brother took the opportunity to launch spicy crayfish, which not only helped tourists process but also sold it themselves, and the business was very hot. At night, tourists often eat crayfish so spicy that they inhale, and after a few sips of beer, their hands can't help but stretch out to the red crayfish. Liu Haiqing and his family also enjoyed their success because of crayfish, and the sales of beer increased greatly!

The weather was getting hotter, and seeing that Qing'er's appetite was not very good because of the heat, Liu Wen asked Qing'er what she wanted to eat? Qing'er replied that she wanted to drink the soup the most now. So after breakfast early that morning, Liu Wen and Qing'er invited Yang Yong and his wife to go to the mountains to pick some bitter vegetables and come back to make summer soup, and by the way, they went fishing for mountain crabs.

There are two kinds of crabs in Liujiachong, one is called water crab, which lives in the Bailu River and Changgan Reservoir, and is green and yellow in color. The largest crab is only half a catty, the shell is hard and there is no meat, and no one in the village wants to eat it.

Liu Jiachong also has another kind of crab called mountain crab. This kind of crab lives in the stone crevices of mountain streams or in the caves dug by the streams, the color is green and black, the largest can be more than a catty, the shell is thinner and the crab meat is delicate, and the people in the village want to eat this kind of crab.

The tools used to fish for mountain crabs are also very simple to make, a slender bamboo strip, and one end of the loach is tightly wrapped around the head of the loach with a thin wire.

When fishing for mountain crabs, the loach tail is stretched into the stone crevice or the cave and gently swings, the mountain crab will slowly drag the loach out of the hole as soon as the loach is clamped, the loach body surface is slippery, and the mountain crab is difficult to clamp. When the mountain crab was led out of the hole with the loach, he directly pressed the back of the crab with his hand, and the stupid and cute mountain crab had to be caught.

A group of four people walked briskly towards the mountain while eating the bubbles found on the side of the road, and stopped in front of a stream.

Liu Wen beckoned Qing'er to lead Xue Fang to pick bitter herbs, a common wild vegetable in the mountains, and they can be seen almost everywhere in the bushes under the canopy.

Bitter herb has the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying and dispel fire to dispel heat, because its taste is more bitter and astringent, so it is called bitter herb, when eating, it is necessary to first drain the water to go to the bitterness, and then it is generally used to mix cold or make soup, the soup made of bitter herbs is called summer soup in Liujiachong.

Liu Wen handed Yang Yong a crab rod that had been tied to a loach, and then walked into the stream to find the hiding place of the mountain crab.

Liu Wen saw that a stone crack was relatively bright, indicating that there were mountain crabs often entering and exiting, and there was still some fresh sand at the bottom of the stone crevice, which were all traces left by the excavation of mountain crabs.

"There is a good chance that there are mountain crabs in here, Brother Yong! You first look at the situation of this stone crevice, if you are looking for mountain crabs, you must find such a stone crevice, and then observe my action of fishing for mountain crabs. Liu Wen slowly stretched the crab rod into the right slit, while gently swinging from side to side, imitating the movement of a loach swimming in the water. After a while, I felt the crab rod tighten, and the loach was caught by the mountain crab. Liu Wen slipped away with a little force, and after dragging a little distance, he stopped and continued to lure the mountain crab, so the mountain crab was induced to slowly climb out of the stone crack, and his whole body was exposed.

When the mountain crab felt something was wrong and wanted to retract it, it was too late and that it was fast, Liu Wen's right hand quickly pressed and pressed, the mountain crab couldn't move, Liu Wen buckled the back shells on both sides of the mountain crab and said: "Catch the mountain crab can only scratch both sides of the back, don't scratch the stomach from behind, if you don't do it well, you will be pinched by the mountain crab." Liu Wen threw about six or seven taels of mountain crabs in his hand into the bucket.

"Hehe, I didn't expect this mountain crab to be so easy to fish, it's so fun!" Yang Yong also found a stone crevice that felt like a mountain crab and put the loach in, but after a while, a mountain crab caught the loach, Yang Yong learned Liu Wen's movements, and led the mountain crab out of the hole for a short distance. When he arrived outside the cave, perhaps because of the lack of food in the mountain stream, he was afraid that the prey in his hand would run away, and the mountain crab was holding on to the loach, and Yang Yong saw this, so he directly lifted the mountain crab of four or five taels and put it into the bucket.

"You really don't need any skills to catch this kind of mountain crab in the water, the only thing to pay attention to is not to get caught in the hand when catching the mountain crab. However, fishing for this kind of mountain crab that is not in the water requires a little bit of skill. After walking forward for a distance, Liu Wen pointed to a cave high above the water, and the bottom of the cave was covered with claw marks crawling from mountain crabs and said, "Brother Yong, do you want to challenge it?"

This cave is relatively large, and the crabs inside are estimated to be not small. Yang Yong nodded, walked a few steps to the entrance of the cave and put down the loach, this mountain crab hole is obviously higher than the stream, there is not much water in the hole, although soon there are mountain crabs clamping the loaches, but no matter how Yang Yong induces, the mountain crabs are hiding in the hole and refuse to come out, the only part of the mountain crab's body that can be grasped is the pair of big pincers in front.

Yang Yong stood up and spread out his hands, indicating that he could not do anything, Liu Wen squatted down and put down the crab rod, and when he led the big mountain crab to the entrance of the cave, his left hand suddenly grabbed one of the pincers of the mountain crab and pulled it out, and at the same time, his right hand released the crab rod. At the moment when the mountain crab was pulled out of the hole, the right hand lightningly pressed the back shell of the crab and at the same time released the pincers of the mountain crab with the left hand, and successfully caught a big mountain crab of seven or eight taels.

"After the crab is caught in the pincers at the entrance of the hole, it will instinctively run away, and will want to retract into the hole at the first time, rather than thinking of using another pincer to pinch people. Only when the whole body is pulled out of the cave and feels that there is no escape, will the mountain crab think about fighting back, but it is a little too late. Hehe!" Liu Wen explained with a light smile.

Yang Yong watched it on the side and felt very interesting, but he was afraid of being pinched by the crab and injured his hand, so he wanted to try it but didn't dare to try it, so Liu Wen deliberately found a small mountain crab out of the water cave for Yang Yong to try.

Maybe it was because he knew that there was no danger, or maybe it wasn't a difficult thing in the first place, Yang Yong caught the little mountain crab very smoothly. Enthusiastically, he put the small trophy in his hand around for a while before reluctantly letting go of the little mountain crab.

Despite Liu Wen's encouragement, Yang Yong didn't dare to fish for that kind of big mountain crab after all, Yang Yong specialized in fishing for that kind of mountain crab in the stone crevices in the water, and when he encountered a big cave out of the water, he had to let Liu Wen take action.

"Brother Yong, do you believe that this kind of waterless cave can also fish out mountain crabs?" After fishing for a while, Liu Wen pointed to a large cave that was relatively high from the stream and could not see a little water at all, and asked Yang Yong.

"I can't think of it, how can you possibly fish this mountain crab? Yang Yong squatted down, looked carefully at the cave, and replied.

"Brother Yong, look at it. Liu Wen smiled confidently, and first poured the water into the cave with a handful of water in his hand, and the clear stream flowed into the cave wrapped in mud, and soon the cave was filled with muddy water. Liu Wen put the crab rod into the cave again, and after a while, a large mountain crab claw appeared at the entrance of the cave. Liu Wen grabbed the pliers and smoothly grabbed the crab and threw it into the bucket.

"Why is that?" Yang Yong asked in surprise.

"The mountain crab is a very stupid animal, the cave is full of water, the mountain crab thinks that the stream is rising, and sees that there are loaches swimming in the water, and can't wait to have a fish in the muddy water, so he takes himself in. Hehe!" Liu Wen couldn't help but laugh as he spoke.

The two of them continued to fish forward for a while, and seeing that there were already more than 20 big mountain crabs in the bucket, Liu Wen beckoned Yang Yong to stop and go to Xue Fang and Qing'er. See how the situation is on their side? Do you need help? Yang Yong nodded in agreement.

At this time, Xue Fang and Qing'er had already picked a basket of bitter vegetables, and also picked some very tender water celery by the stream, and the group went down the mountain to go home after meeting.

In the evening, at Xue Fang's house, the three families sat together at two tables and prepared to have dinner. Tonight, I mainly eat mountain crabs and wild vegetables, steamed mountain crabs, stir-fried water celery, and bitter vegetables are made in one vegetable and two dishes, one is cold dressing and the other is to make summer soup.

Both adults and children had two red mountain crabs in front of them, and it turned out that Liu Wen had secretly written down the number of mountain crabs when fishing in the morning.

In addition to these, Liu Wen also contributed a large grass carp of more than ten catties from the space, braised fish pieces and fish head to cook tofu. Because the mountain crab grows in the clear stream, the food is scarce and the growth is slow, and the crab meat is delicate and full of toughness, and everyone thinks it is delicious, especially Yaya and Xiao Haohao.

The old man and Xiao Haohao's grandfather wanted to leave their share of crab claws for the children to eat, but they were stopped by Liu Wen, the mountain crabs are cold, and children should not eat more, and the two are already the limit.

As soon as the bitter herbs are bitter in the mouth, there is a sweetness on the tip of the tongue, Professor Lin and his wife and Yang Yong's parents both think that the taste is good, and Qing'er has a great appetite.

Water celery is crisp and tender, and although it is slightly bitter, it has a unique fragrance that makes people want to continue after tasting it. The grass carp in the space, needless to say, the taste is not to mention, tonight's meal, everyone is extremely satisfied.

The next morning, Yang Yong carried a homemade crab rod and went to the Changgan Reservoir to fish for water crabs. Yang Yong is basically a fish and a quasi, and he never misses, so that the eyes of several tourists who are watching are straight. Yang Yong also showed off the technique of directly grabbing crab pincers and pulling them out of the hole before catching them. It attracted many tourists to praise Yang Yong's crab fishing skills.

Yang Yong proudly introduced the practice of crab rods and how to fish. A few tourists turned around and rushed back to make crab rods, so that they could come to the reservoir early to show their skills, and since then crab fishing has also become a hot activity in Liu Jiachong.