Chapter 308: The Tough Abalone

And before Wei Hang went out to get the dog's head gold, everyone came to a rare shallow sea.

After observation, we found a sea area full of reefs and clear water. Such an environment makes everyone subconsciously feel that it should be a treasure land.

"The sea is relatively shallow here, who wants to go down to get a ticket?" Wei Hang, who was observing the situation at the bottom of the sea, suddenly said.

"I'm going down. Everyone responded, they already had experience, Wei Hang said that the place where you can get a vote will rarely be disappointed, so no one is willing to be left behind.

"Go down, young people, and I'll stop the boat and cook until you come up and eat." Master Huo said.

He was old, and the physically consuming work of diving was no longer suitable for him, so he had to lose access to the treasures under the sea.

Now even Qian Wenji, who was too lazy to move, and they went into the sea one after another, wouldn't they stay on the boat to help cook? Can you watch an old man busy himself with his own work and doing nothing on the side?

Wei Hang knew that the following was a place where abalone grow, which may be the reason why there were few people, the number of abalone was not a lot, and the size was quite large.

Abalone as a traditional Chinese precious ingredient, has a long reputation, ranking first among the four major sea delicacies, and has its own unique culture in the food industry, whether it is the method or the way of eating, it is unique, and in this field, there are many related "masters".

It is often found at various high-end tables and banquets, and can even be seen at state banquets, and has become one of the classic state banquet dishes, which also leads to its high demand.

However, the vast majority of abalone on the market is aquaculture products, and the aquaculture volume of abalone in China alone is as high as more than 300,000 tons, and it is still growing rapidly.

This shape has not led to a decline in demand for wild abalone, but has become increasingly rare and hard to find, especially in recent years, when marine pollution has become more and more severe, the production of abalone has become less and less, and the price has been rising.

"It's abalone. It's not small, and this time it's the right one. ”

Originally, there were some ancient sayings that were good and good, but when they saw the abalone scattered on the bottom of the sea, the size was basically more than ten centimeters, and they were immediately overjoyed.

He and Zhao Wenchang are both in the development of the catering industry, and they are very eager for these high-end ingredients. Seeing this batch of abalone, I was naturally extremely happy.

Fortunately, as a habit, I also brought a mesh bag this time. Otherwise, he would not have been able to forgive himself.

He knew that the abalone's flesh and feet were very adherent, so that it could be attached to the rocks, and the wind and waves could not help it, even if the shell was broken, he did not want to separate it, and when he caught it, he could only take advantage of its unpreparedness to catch it away from the attachment or turn it over.

Seeing an abalone with a head of fifteen centimeters, Gu Yan tiptoed close to it. But when he was down-to-earth, he just turned over a stone on a sloping wall and rolled down.

The frightened abalone moved slowly, and the shell tightened.

As the old saying goes, Ji steps on the stone wall and straightens his hands. I adjusted the best way to exert force, but I couldn't lift it off the stone wall.

He didn't give up yet, he looked left and right, intending to knock down the stone and bring it back with him.

To know. This abalone is about the size of a double-headed abalone, as the saying goes, "it's hard to buy a double-headed abalone", how can it be so easy to encounter? Not to mention that you caught it yourself. When the time comes, bring it back and raise it, and it will have a lot of face, which is enough to envy a large group of people.

After going around, he couldn't find a place to start, so he had to reluctantly aim at a relatively small abalone in the distance.

Maybe come back after a while, and when it relaxes, you'll be able to catch it. If he can't remember this sea area, the next time he comes with tools, he really can't accept it if he wants to miss this abalone.

The same happened to other people, especially those who couldn't catch abalone, and thought they could pick it up like a normal shell and put it in their net pockets, but they repeatedly hit a wall.

Muzi was one of them, and after half a day of no results, he had to return to the boat, and when he saw Master Huo, he asked, "Master Huo, I saw a lot of abalone below, but I couldn't take them down, how can I catch them?"

Master Huo said with a smile: "The abalone adhesion is very strong, if you don't alarm it, be quick, otherwise, you can only use tools." ”

He knew that the adhesion of the abalone foot was quite amazing. An abalone with a shell length of 15 cm has a suction force of up to 200 kg on its feet. No matter how strong the wind and waves hit, they can't lift it. When catching an abalone, you can only take advantage of its unpreparedness and shovel it down or overturn it with a lightning speed, otherwise you will never want to take it off even if you smash its shell.

"What kind of tools do you want to use?" Mu Zi said hurriedly, he had eaten a lot of abalone, and it was the first time he caught it by himself, but he didn't get it, can he not be in a hurry?

"Of course, you need to use a knife, but also a sturdy thin iron sheet and a ruler. Fang Zhen walked out of the boat at this time, and said as if showing off the fruit knife in his hand.

Tian Zhongchi, who was following behind, rolled his eyes, what is there to be proud of, you didn't know it just now, otherwise you wouldn't have to run up from the sea.

After going to the sea, the two of them acted together, but neither of them knew the trick, and they didn't meet anyone else in the sea, so they had to come up and ask Master Huo.

Muzi didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, so he hurriedly drilled into the boat, but only found a kitchen knife in the kitchen, so he unceremoniously used it for himself.

Wei Hai knew how to catch abalone, and he came down for a walk, and the harvest was already very expensive, the only thing that made him dissatisfied was that he was very average, and he didn't encounter that kind of superlative.

As he swam along, he suddenly noticed a large abalone clinging to a stone on the low seabed in the distance, which looked so similar to the stone that he would have almost missed it if he hadn't had his good eyesight.

When he swam over, he was so angry, did crabs eat abalone? Why hadn't he heard of it?

On the other side of the stone, a huge sea crab was waving its big pincers at the big abalone, trying to lift the big abalone off the stone.

It was a Chinese tiger crab with a peculiar shape and a rounded cephalothorax, indicating a granular bulge that was particularly pronounced in the anterior and middle parts. Each gill has a dark purple round spot, like a tiger's eye.

He didn't know that this kind of crab grows very slowly, and a half-catty tiger head crab needs to grow for three or four years. In recent years, as the environmental pollution of marine beaches has become more and more severe, there are fewer and fewer tiger crabs, and even fishermen rarely see them.

"You can compensate for my loss. Wei Hai unceremoniously pressed the back of the big crab and quickly put it into the net pocket.

He tried a few times but couldn't pull the abalone off, so he simply picked up the stone and tried it, it didn't seem to be too heavy, but why didn't he seem to be able to swim up?

Zhao Wenchang was very excited, he picked a big one, and he had already caught half of the net, and even the three-headed abalone had several, and this time it was a great harvest.

When the time comes, take it back and show the two little ones, so that they can know what Daddy is capable of. In front of children, as a father, sometimes it can become a little sassy. Let your children know that their dad is great and establish a prestige.

Suddenly, an octopus sprang out in front of his eyes, its size was not large, its tentacles were not as long as his arm, and at this moment, its two tentacles were rolling a large abalone, stirring in the sea, as if to feast on it.

Zhao Wenchang's eyes lit up, that was definitely the appearance of the double-headed abalone, but he couldn't let this octopus monster eat it, then he would have heartache for a long time.

The most important thing is that he recognized this octopus as a real worm without poison, and made a comparison of body sizes, which gave him enough courage to attack the octopus.

By the way, catch that guy on the boat, and you can have a big meal again, it's good to think about it.

He quickly approached the octopus and reached out to grab the abalone on its tentacles, this is the most important thing, the octopus can run if it wants to, and it is not particularly rare.

The abalone went down to his hand, but he pulled it hard, but he didn't pull it off, and he even pulled the octopus over.

Frightened, the octopus spewed out a thick stream of ink and slammed its head at him, darkening his vision. I was thinking about eating an octopus just now, but now I was shot in the face by it, which is also retribution, right?

Before he had time to think too much, the octopus spewed out a strong stream of water, its body quickly retreated, and even Zhao Wenchang, who grabbed its tentacles, was also taken away, if the octopus was a little bigger, he would be dragged away.

Zhao Wenchang still didn't let go, and started a fierce fight with this octopus, completely ignoring the danger, and losing his usual image of Sven.

He also underestimated this animal, a mollusk is easy to bully.

Not only can an octopus spray ink six times in a row, but it can also change its color and structure like the most nimble chameleon, becoming like a stone covered in algae, and then suddenly pounce on its prey, which has no time to realize what is happening.

In addition, many people may not know that octopuses can crawl between reefs, rock crevices and seabeds with their nimble wrists and feet, sometimes camouflaging themselves as a bunch of coral, sometimes as a pile of glittering gravel.

In 1998, Mark Norman of the University of Melbourne in Australia discovered an octopus that could quickly mimic poisonous creatures such as sea snakes, lionfish and jellyfish in estuarine waters near the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia to avoid attack.

Of course, whether it is so powerful or not, Wei Hang has not seen it with his own eyes, I don't know.

At this moment, he had already left this sea area and continued to rush in the same direction as before, hoping to gain something. I don't know what happened to those sharks, whether they went crazy without him in command. (To be continued......)