Liu Wen asked Yang Yong to go to the section of the waterway connected to the Bailu River by the Changgan Reservoir this afternoon, stepping on river mussels and touching iron snails. In fact, the Changgan Reservoir is planted with lotus roots, the water flow is gentle, the silt is fertile, and there are many river mussels. According to the locals of Liujiachong, the underwater soft shelled ones are called snails, the oval mussels are called side snails, and the other long and narrow ones are called snails. When it grows up, it is called a snail that looks similar to a snail and has the size of a baby's fist, and another snail, which is about the same size as an adult's finger, is called an iron snail.

Among them, the snail likes to live in a place where the water flow is gentle and the silt is fertile, and the existence of the side snail is generally not seen in the place where the water flow is rapid, and the snail is generally in the mud and stone crevices of the river where the water flow is more rapid, and it is difficult to find the traces of the snail in the place where the same water flow is gentle. Snails can be found everywhere in ditches, rice fields, reservoirs and rivers, and iron snails have some requirements for water quality, and only live in clear water, once the water quality is too turbid, the iron snail can not survive.

In the rocky beach below Liu Wentaoyuan, the water quality is clear, the aquatic plants are abundant, there are many iron snails, some are attached to the moss on the stones to swallow the stones, some climb on the aquatic plants to nibble on the young leaves of the aquatic plants, there are many tourists who take tools to play in the water and pick up the snails every afternoon, some people are mostly women and children who only reach out to pick up the iron snails in the shallow water, and some swimmers go directly into the water to touch them with their hands on the stones or aquatic plants, in addition to the iron snails, they can occasionally catch small fish, small shrimps and crabs and other small animals.

This place has become an excellent place for tourists to cool off, and after picking it up today, they will come back tomorrow, and it seems that there are no fewer iron snails. Liu Wen didn't let go of the space, and it should be that the iron snails from other parts of the reservoir were also attracted. Iron snails grow quickly and multiply when there is enough food, and Liu Wen never worries that the iron snails will be caught by tourists.

Liu Wen and Yang Yong each had a bag tied around their waists and a large basin in their hands before they came to the lotus area.

One end of the lotus area is connected to the deep water area, the lotus is not tolerant of deep water, naturally can not grow smoothly, the other end of the lotus is against a 100-meter-long reef area, the Bailu River was forced to be rerouted, most likely because of this reef, the water here is very shallow, but the lack of soil needed for the survival of the lotus, naturally there is no trace.

Zhang Chi Chengyang's laughter came from time to time in the lotus area, Liu Wen saw that the two of them were sitting in a shuttle-shaped boat in the lotus area, Zhang Chi rowed the boat, Chengyang held a small rake with a slightly high middle depression on both sides and swept it over with the silt, the river mussels were distributed on the surface of the silt, as long as they were swept by the rake, most of them could not run away. If you don't believe it, Cheng Yang's cheers from time to time are the best example, and it is obvious that their harvest is not bad.

This kind of shuttle type was originally specially designed to facilitate picking lotus seeds, and today I don't know which genius came up with the idea of using it to catch river mussels, it is estimated that it is Cheng Yang herself, and only people she likes to play can figure out such a strange and fun way.

"Brother Yong, if you want to play, we can also row a boat tomorrow. Seeing Yang Yong's expression of great interest, Liu Wen opened his mouth to propose.

"Still not. It's so boring for us two big men to get on this kind of boat. Yang Yong looked at it and shook his head and said, this kind of boat is very small, and the two of them can only barely sit down, and it is really boring for two men to sit on it.

"Brother Yong! This stepping on the river mussel is mainly by stepping on it, the shallow place can be touched with both hands, and the water is deep must be explored with both feet. Mussels are on the surface of the silt, and when you feel a slippery thing in the water, it is probably a mussel, and of course sometimes it may be a smooth stone, but after you have tried it a few times, you will find that there is still a big difference between the feeling between the mussel and the stone. After finding the mussels, you can also dive into the water and pick them up with your hands, or you can directly hook the mussels with the instep of your feet. Finally came to the place, and after Liu Wen finished speaking, he began to take off his clothes and go into the water.

Further along, the reef area is next to the Bailu River, where the water is no more than two meters deep, and the current here is so slow that it is almost impossible to detect with the naked eye. The deep silt at the bottom of the water is the favorite habitat of the river mussels. Why don't you go to the lotus area? Because there are many tourists who go there to touch the river mussels, and the stems of the lotus have small spikes, which makes people uncomfortable if they accidentally touch them.

If you don't gain much, you may suffer hardships, and smart people won't go. This area is different, there are not many people who know about it, the road is far away, and there are few people who come to patronize, so there are naturally more river mussels left.

Liu Wen and the others first groped with their hands in the waist-deep shallow water, and after a while, Yang Yong first touched a large river mussel wider than his palm. "Haha!" Yang Yong picked up the big river mussel and showed it off to Liu Wen before happily putting it into the big basin floating on the water.

"Let's be happy for a while, and we'll see if you can laugh so much. Liu Wen pursed the corners of his lips disappreciatively.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Wen also touched a river mussel, but it was not as big as the one Yang Yong touched, and then Yang Yong touched another one, and then Liu Wen harvested one, you and I seemed to be in a fierce competition. It may be the reason for the luck of the novice, the number of mussels harvested by the two people is about the same, but the river mussels in Yang Yong's basin are obviously piled higher than Liu Wen's, the reason is that most of the time the river mussels that Yang Yong touches are bigger than Liu Wen's, and Yang Yong is happier the more he touches it, and the smile on his face has never stopped.

In the blink of an eye, Yang Yong's harvest slowed down suddenly, and he had to rely on his feet to explore. Every time Yang Yong finds a river mussel, he has to dive down and fish it by hand, but Liu Wen directly hooks it with the instep of his foot, no matter whether the river mussel is big or small, it is too obvious who is fast and who is slow.

Soon the river mussels in Liu Wen's basin had a tendency to catch up with Yang Yong and surpass, Yang Yong tried to hook with the instep of his foot, but found that it was difficult to successfully deliver the river mussels to his hands at one time, and it often took several times to do it, which was more time-wasting than diving. Yang Yong also asked Liu Wen if he had any tricks, and the answer was no, and he would naturally succeed once he practiced more.

A veteran is a veteran, Yang Yong also extinguished his small desire to catch up, and practiced the technique of hooking the mussel with the instep, and Yang Yong, who calmed down, felt more and more interesting the more he practiced.

After Liu Wen's own basin was full, he saw that Yang Yong was still almost, so he touched several more and put them into Yang Yong's basin. The two basins can't fit anymore, and if they are installed again, even the basins with the river mussels will sink to the bottom.

Liu Wen and Yang Yong planned to go ashore, and Liu Wen showed Yang Yong a small technique of diving and catching river mussels with his bare hands. When he was a child, he went into the water to play, and Liu Wen often played such games with his friends, and Liu Wen's highest record was five. Liu Haihe is the holder of Liu Jiachong's highest record, there are full of eight, of course, his record has a lot of chance, when he dived into the water, there happened to be a lot of small river mussels in that area.

Liu Wen took a deep breath and dived to the bottom of the water, groped left and right in the mud in front of his head with both hands, and found a river mussel, Liu Wen picked up the river mussel with his left hand and continued to grope forward, and another river mussel handed over to his right hand, and then met the third, holding two river mussels in his left hand and pressing them in his abdomen, holding one in his right hand to continue searching, and then when he met the fourth, he had to put the river mussel on his stomach with both hands and hugged it to the surface.

This time it's not like playing games and competitions when I was a child, Liu Wen's selection is relatively large river mussels, and the ones that are too small are ignored directly. Liu Wen found that his physical fitness has improved greatly after drinking the space spiritual liquid, it was good to be able to dive for three minutes before, but today he tried Liu Wen felt that he could dive for at least five minutes or even longer, in order not to worry Yang Yong, he felt that Liu Wen surfaced in three minutes.

Seeing Liu Wen holding the four big river mussels, Yang Yong's interest increased greatly, and he also wanted to try diving to touch the river mussels. Liu Wen agreed, but asked Yang Yong to keep in mind that at least one hand should be in front of his head to prevent his head from being hit by stones or other obstacles in the water.

Yang Yong nodded and said that he had memorized it, took a deep breath and dived underwater, and Liu Wen was not at ease and dived down to watch from the side. "How do you feel?" Seeing Yang Yong grab two river mussels and float to the surface, Liu Wen asked.

"It feels a little amazing!" Yang Yong thought for a while and said: "In the water, you can't see anything with your eyes closed, just groping around with your hands, you don't know if there is any gain this time, looking forward to something but worrying about returning empty-handed." ”

"Okay, okay, how to pull it and pull it to philosophy. Liu Wen opened his mouth and said: "The river mussels are almost caught, now let's touch some iron snails, raise them for a few days and then make drinking snails to eat." ”

Liu Wen and Yang Yong walked ashore and poured the river mussels from the basin into the bags they had brought with them. Walking forward to the reef area, Liu Wen and Yang Yong took the basin and went into the water again, the water here is relatively clear, there are many iron snails on the reef, and you can touch several with a sweep of your hand.

The small ones were released, the big ones were left, and it didn't take much time for the two of them to touch most of the pot. Liu Wen and Yang Yong carried the basin on their shoulders with their left hand, lifted the bag containing the river mussels with their right hand, and walked home with the satisfaction and joy of harvest.

After Liu Wen and Yang Yong went back, they each gave a part of the river mussels and iron snails to Professor Lin's family, and Mrs. Lin accepted them directly without politeness. Now, each of the three neighbors has a new affair to share with the other two.

Liu Wentang's spicy snail and manna mussel soup has been sought after by tourists.

After raising the snail for a few days, spit out the sediment impurities, and then brush it again and again, cut off a small section on the tail of the snail with pliers, pour it into the hot oil pan and stir-fry to remove the snail cover, then pour some water to stew and cook to taste, and then the juice can be served. When eating, the mouth exhales vigorously to the mouth of the snail, and the delicious snail meat is sucked into the mouth, so the way to eat is called drinking snails.

The nectar mussel soup cuts the fresh river mussel in half, the mussel meat is cleaned and cut into small pieces, poured into the hot oil pan and stir-fried several times, the mussel meat is quickly put out as soon as it is cooked, and then the manna well water is boiled and poured into the mussel meat, and the water can be served when the water is boiled again.

Spicy snails are spicy and fragrant, the more you eat, the spicier and more fragrant, the more you want to stop. Ganlu river mussel soup, the mussel meat is fresh and tender, the soup is sweet, it is a rare delicacy.