Chapter 36 Aquatic Mutant Creatures
After a short break, some people put away everything that could be put away on the river, and everyone set off again. Xing Lu didn't do anything, she had collected enough when she was in the river, so she should leave these to others.
"Sister Lulu, show me what good things you put away just now, can you eat that kind of aquatic plants?"
"I didn't know if I could eat them, but I had time to spare, so I put them away. As he spoke, he took out a bucket full of all kinds of aquatic plants.
"Wow, Sister Lulu, why are there so many different varieties? ”
"There's more to it than that. With that, he took out another bucket.
"I'll take a look. Uncle Cang picked up the contents of the bucket and observed it carefully. It was a long time before he spoke.
"The one I have in my hand is supposed to be bitter grass, but there are some variations, and the leaves are much thicker than before. There should be foxtail grass in the bucket, and there are mostly eye vegetables. The leaves are much wider than before, and the color has changed slightly. However, these should not be eaten before the cataclysm, because their plant fibers cannot be broken down by the human body. It's still good not to eat now, but you can keep it and wait until you get to the Tianyou base to see if anyone collects it. ”
"Well, some equipment stores may accept it, and they can use these as raw materials to extract fibers and weave protective clothing with special functions. Uncle Da nodded.
As soon as he heard that these could not be eaten, Xing Lu couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but Uncle Cang paused, and picked up an oval leaf larger than a palm, with sticky juice on it, "This should be a mutated lettuce, also called water chestnut, anemone." Because it has a mellow taste, delicious and tender, rich in collagen, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals, it was one of the precious vegetables in the past, and has the health care effect of both medicine and food. ”
"Let me see, Uncle Cang, isn't the lettuce rolled? How can it be flat and so big!"
"Hehe, girl, the lettuce you used to eat is a young leaf and sprout that has not yet stretched out, but it is not rolled. Besides, it's all mutated, how can it be exactly the same as before. Then again, what's not mutated now? Pretty much what's not mutated is gone. Except for people, it's still the same as before, one nose and two eyes. ”
After speaking, he turned his head to Xing Lu and said, "Girl, I received a lot of this just now, right? At noon, I'll get the old man a beef soup with lettuce and a taste." ”
"Well, Uncle Xingcang, there are really a lot of these things, enough to eat for a while, I'll see what else I can do." ”
Putting away the bucket, Xing Lu threw out another bucket of fish, "Uncle Da, Uncle Cang, can you help me see if these can be eaten?"
Seeing this bucket of fish, Chu Yu's eyes lit up, and Uncle Da who was next to him saw it in his eyes, "You really asked the right person, you Uncle Da and I haven't studied anything else, but if I can't distinguish this fish, no one will be able to recognize it." After speaking, he stopped the car and switched with Uncle Cang, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, and changed Uncle Cang to drive.
Chu Xiran, who was on the side, whispered to Xing Lu: "Uncle Da, his family was a fisherman when he was a child. After speaking, he winked mischievously at Uncle Da.
didn't care about Chu Xiran revealing his old secret, Uncle Da looked at the bucket carefully.
He first picked out a few well-identified "Oh, this should be a grass carp, the body is cylindrical, the head is slightly flattened, the tail is flattened, beardless, and the mouth is arc-shaped. The upper jaw is longer than the lower jaw, but the color has changed from the original light brown yellow, and only the back is blue-gray to the whole body blue-gray. Also, its upper and lower pharyngeal teeth are really sharp, and its attack power is very high, right?"
The last sentence was said in the direction of Chu Yu, I didn't expect him to answer, but I didn't expect the eldest young master to shake his head, "It's okay." ”
Although there are only two words, it still makes several people feel a little flattered.
Immediately afterwards, under Uncle Da's careful identification and patient explanation, Xing Lu got to know a lot of fish that had mutated. Mutated grass carp, mutated herring, mutated sturgeon,
Mutated tilapia, etc. Uncle Da even found a rare species among them: the anchovy, which was on the verge of extinction before the cataclysm, should now be a mutated anchovy.
"The previous anchovy was oblong and about 24 to 50 centimeters long. The cephalic side is flattened, the anterior end is blunt, the mouth is large, the terminal position, the mouth is slanted, the lower jaw is slightly elongated, there is a notch in the middle of the upper jaw, and the posterior end reaches below the posterior margin of the eye. Gill rakers are fine. The scales are large, thin, with fine lines, without lateral lines, and the abdomen is narrow, with large, sharp scales on the ventral surface arranged with serrated edges. The pelvic fin is very small, and the pectoral fin and pelvic fin have large, long-shaped axillary scales at the base. The dorsal fin begins opposite the pelvic fin. The caudal fin is deeply forked and has small scales on its back. The back of the body and the head are gray and black......"
"Okay, Uncle Da, every time you talk about anchovies, you look like you are talking endlessly, and I am tired of hearing if you don't say that you are tired. Chu Xiran saw that Uncle Da was about to start teaching, and hurriedly stopped.
"Little girl, how can you understand the distress of an anchovy follower that the anchovy is about to become extinct! Now that I finally found its traces, I'm excited! Besides, Xing Lu may not know very well, can I tell her about it?"
Ignoring the argument between the two, Xing Lu picked up the mutated anchovy weighing thirteen or fourteen catties and observed it carefully. Compared with Uncle Da's introduction, it has almost no major mutations, except for its larger size and increased scales, only its ventral surface is lined with jagged scales, as well as pectoral fins, and the axillary scales at the base of the pelvic fin have become extremely sharp, and they will be scratched if you don't pay attention to it.
After the appraisal, Xing Lu gained a lot of gains, and he was originally put away by the way during the battle, but he didn't expect that there were so many good things, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud. Chu Xiran was also very excited: there were so many tricks in the future meals. She repeatedly told Xing Lu to call her when she received things in the future, so that she could collect a little more. provoked Xing Lu to slander on the side: I didn't guard against you when I received things, eldest miss, you didn't expect this to happen at all, right?!
At noon, Xing Lu made steamed mutated anchovies, braised mutated tilapia, squirrel mutated osmanthus fish, spicy mutated black fish, tomato sauce mutated sea bass, and of course, the mutated Ulva beef soup named by Uncle Cang.
She made two servings of steamed mutant anchovies and mutated beef soup with Ulva and brought them to Qiu Lin before the meal. Qiu Lin kept her in every possible way and invited her to eat together, but she refused.
"Wow, the whole fish feast! Brother Chu Yu, you want to eat more today!" Luo Qi yelled at Chu Yu as soon as he saw the things on the table.
"Sister Lulu, ignore him. But I'll let you have a secret, my brother likes to eat fish the most, no matter what kind of fish it is. ”
And Chu Yu, who heard this, remained silent, only the careful Uncle Cang found that the tips of his young master's ears turned red.
"Alas, today's meal, if it was before the cataclysm, we wouldn't have eaten it easily, we have to enjoy it. ”
"Uncle Da, what do you mean by that? A few fish. After eating, can we catch it again when we encounter it?" Zhang Qiang asked puzzled.
"How many fish, young man, it seems that you still have less knowledge, not to mention how rare this beef soup with lettuce used to be. Some people can't eat this steamed anchovy for the rest of their lives, and I'm afraid they've never seen anything like it. Even if I have been traveling from south to north for more than 20 years, I have only met twice. As for eating, I've only ever eaten a piece the size of a teacup in my life. ”
"Wow! It's so rare, then I want to eat more, I don't know when the next time I eat!" Xiao Hua, who was stunned by Uncle Da, couldn't help but say.
"Haha, silly Xiaohua, Uncle Da also said it just now, that was before. This time I crossed the river, and Sister Lulu collected a lot, enough for us to eat a hundred times. ”
"Sister Lulu, is what Sister Xiaoxi said true?"
Xing Lu silently calculated in her heart: about five catties were used at a time, the smallest one was thirteen or fourteen catties, the largest one was thirty or forty catties, and there were almost thirty catties. Chao Xiaohua nodded, "Well, it's enough, just a little more." ”
The child had no other thoughts, and when he saw Xing Lu nodding and cheering excitedly.