"Hehehe, Qi Gong is very familiar with the Moyu Cave! I'm not from you in central Yunnan, and I can't tell the difference between big-headed fish, carp, grass carp, and herring. Since Qi Gong is familiar with this place, can you have some fish today?" Niu Weiqiang looked at Qi Jingtao with a smile and said.

"Oh, Niu is not from central Yunnan? I see that you are very familiar with central Yunnan! You often come here to eat boiled fish in the lake, how can you not tell the difference between big-headed fish and carp, grass carp and herring?" Qi Jingtao should be with Mr. Niu in his mouth, and he didn't look back, still looking at the sparkling lake. Today he really had something, saying that he came out for a light meal, but he was pulled to such a far place to eat, and his heart was not very comfortable after all, and he had the feeling of being kidnapped!

"I am a native of Wenshan, graduated from West China Normal University and was assigned to teach at Central Yunnan Normal College, and resigned two years ago to go to sea and start a small company to do some computer equipment business. Over the years, I have eaten so many fish on the riverside and seaside, and I really can't distinguish between big-headed fish and carp, as well as grass carp and herring. Hehe, in my opinion, big-headed fish and carp are the same, and grass carp and herring are the same. Niu Weiqiang seemed to casually avoid Liu Jianmin and Zhang Hong, who were also admiring the lake and mountains, and chatted with Qi Jingtao.

"Mr. Niu has stayed in the teacher's college, is it the computer department?" Qi Jingtao asked casually.

"In the Department of Mathematics. When I resigned, there was no computer science major, let alone a computer science department that was established just last year. Hehehe, Qi Gong will talk about the difference between big-headed fish and carp, herring and grass carp. I often come here to eat fish, and I can't tell the difference, but I'm going to suffer a lot. Niu Weiqiang avoided talking about his affairs at the teacher's college, but asked with great interest about the identification of fish species.

"Hehe, that's true. Since the whitebait, a species that loves to eat fish roe, was introduced to the plateau lakes in the south of our Caiyun, in recent years, the unique big-headed fish and wave-resistant fish in central Yunnan have become more and more rare.

Now, a pound of bighead fish is worth more than 300 and is getting more and more expensive. Even if the carp is freshly fished out of the lake and boiled, the real lake fish is only 50 yuan a kilogram, and the carp raised in the pond is 20 yuan a kilogram. There is also the herring, the store starts at 60 yuan a kilogram, and the grass carp is only 16 yuan a kilogram, which is too much difference.

The boiled lake fish in this place is a must, and many outsiders come to the lake to eat their copper pot boiled lake fish. However, if you are not careful, you will be deceived by the fact that you will not be able to distinguish between the fish species. Hehehe, big-headed fish are very rare, and you can't usually see them, and there are very few cases of pretending to be big-headed fish. Herring and grass carp should be paid attention to, it is common to eat grass carp at the price of herring. Speaking of fish, Qi Jingtao became interested.

Qi Jingtao's father has a good friend and a good brother, and his hometown is from the old Hezui fishing village of Haizi, Xingyun Lake, Jiangchuan. My hometown is fishing for a living, and I know the fish species in the rivers and seas well.

The two families often come and go, and Qi Zhengming also raises fish in the lotus pond contracted by his family, and has a deep understanding of fish. On December 25 last year, when the river opened to the sea, Qi Jingtao also accompanied his father to his house to participate in their unique fish festival. At the banquet, I heard those fishermen talk about the methods of distinguishing various lake fish, and also said how those businessmen who opened fish farms deceived foreign guests who did not understand fish, and the owners of fish farms were quite dissatisfied with their unsightly methods of making money.

"Who's to say no, the fishermen who have been doing business over the years have also been smoked by the economic tide to be cunning and cunning, and they are no longer synonymous with simplicity. Fortunately, they did not dare to pass off the fish raised in the pond as the fish in the lake. We came here on purpose, and we couldn't eat the famous river bighead fish, but at least we could taste the boiled lake fish. Niu Weiqiang said with deep feelings.

"Hehehe, who says you don't dare? I have an uncle who is from the old river mouth here, and he said: The difference between the meat and taste of the fish raised in the pond and the fish raised in the lake is like a stinky man who does not bathe all year round, and a girl who bathes every day. In fact, the so-called lake fish sold by these fish farms by the lake are basically raised in ponds. Most of them take the big fish in the pond and put them in the lake, and make some cages to sink into the lake. Raise in the lake water in a cage for ten days and half a month, and you can basically sell it as a lake fish. Qi Jingtao said incomprehensibly, and stretched out his finger to the barges placed in a remote small harbor on the shore of the lake.

Niu Weiqiang looked at Qi Jingtao's fingers, and there was indeed a fish pond composed of large cages. Needless to say, it is used to bathe the pond fish, he shook his head with relief and smiled: "Hehehe, the original lake fish is really not easy to eat." However, it is not bad to be able to eat pond fish that have been soaked in the lake for a few days, and the taste is much better than that of fish that has just been fished out of the pond, at least there is no muddy smell of pond fish. ”

"The fish raised in the pond are also good in terms of meat and taste. As long as the water in that pond is alive in and out, not from the kind of dead pond. Qi Jingtao's family breeds crucian carp in the lotus pond, and he knows more about the internal relationship between water quality and fish quality, and will not beat the pond fish to death with a stick. Of course, the fish raised in the pond are also artificially farmed fish, and the wild fish in the natural lake are not the same grade after all, or the difference between a stinky man and a big girl, but often bathing.

"Hahaha...... , There are a few outsiders who come here to eat fish and they know which doorways, and it is good to have to eat. Qi Gong, Mr. Niu, let's go over and order fish. Let Qi Gongjiao teach us how to distinguish, whether it is a fish in the lake or not, as long as the fish species is not mistaken. Liu Jianmin didn't know when he had come to their vicinity, and greeted with a smile and beckoned to the fish selection pond in the fish village to select fish and kill them.

The fish village here is where customers choose their favorite live fish, and after the store slaughters and weighs them on the spot, they are boiled in cold water with a copper pot and a limited number of ingredients such as lake water, onion and ginger, and then sent to the table for guests to taste.

There are not many fish species that can be provided in the fish farm, basically there are fish species produced in the lake, under normal circumstances, carp, herring, grass carp. Silver carp, catfish, crucian carp. Occasionally, there will be big-headed fish unique to rivers and seas, and special wave-resistant fish from Fuxian Lake, which is only across a small river.

Bighead fish and wave-resistant fish have now become rare species, and the price is already terrifying. Occasionally, five or six hundred and one catties may not necessarily be fought for to eat, it is not a good thing that ordinary tourists can eat, and there is no good thing to see if you have money.

When they went to the fish pond in the fish farm, where guests could order fish, there were a few guests with Spring City accents who were picking fish. Some people arrived first, they didn't make a mess, they very consciously stood by the fish pond and watched the fish in the pond, waiting for those people to order the fish first.

"Boss, what kind of fish are the best you have here?" The one who came forward to select live fish from the Spring City guests was a tall and strong young man. Looking at the fish pond, the fish that were densely mixed together and swimming vividly asked the owner of the fish village with a big grin.

The owner of the fish village is a lean Jiangchuan man, and said in an obvious Jiangchuan Langguang accent: "Of course it is herring, and the meat of herring is more delicate and tender than carp and grass carp." The catfish is also very good, with few meat spines, which is suitable for little dolls. ”

"Didn't you say that the Jiangchuan bighead fish is the best? You don't even have the Jiangchuan bighead fish here?" the young man asked very much.

"Of course, big-headed fish is the best, but it's usually hard to come across, and we don't have any fish farms here that often buy big-headed fish, it depends on luck. If you really want to eat big-headed fish, you'd better wait until December 25th, when the sea opens. When the time comes, you will have time to come back and be lucky enough to taste the whole big-headed fish. The owner said proudly.

"What about the price?"

"Oh, it is written that the herring is sixty pieces a kilogram, the catfish is forty pieces a kilogram, and the big-headed fish is not, so go with the market. Where the price of fish is marked, we clearly mark the price here, and we will never deceive customers. The boss pointed to the eye-catching price sign on the wall next to the fish pond, and the fresh fish they could provide today were clearly marked with a clear price.

That thing people have seen clearly, there is also a signboard outside the door of the fish village, this fish village is a price, the guests have no choice from the price, come to the fish village to eat fish all by feeling.