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The average farmer buys hemp cockles, and it is already a lot to buy ten catties at a time, and most of them buy three or four catties and try them out for a meal. It was already past noon, and half of the cockles had not been sold in the cart of the man who sold the cockles, but the thirty-mile camp was a hundred and ten miles away from the fishing village where he was.

"You go in through this village." Lian Man'er pointed to the front, corresponding to the entrance of the village of the Lian family's old house, from there, you can also reach Wang Ju's house, "Say hello loudly, there must be a lot of people who buy." ”

After all, people in Thirty Mile Camp eat cockles, and this year and one season, many families will buy them, although they will not buy more.

The man who drove the car Chapter 309 Ma Cockle listened, thanked him, and went in the direction pointed by Lian Man'er.

The family carried three baskets of cockles into the house.

Lian Man'er picked up a handful of cockles and smelled them, the fresh, sea-like taste.

Xiao Qi squatted in front of the basket, watching with his eyes blank, refusing to move the nest, so that he could eat it in his mouth immediately.

It's just that, no matter how anxious you are, you can't eat the cockles you just bought right away.

"Daddy," Zhang beckoned to Lian Shouxin, "there is not enough water in the tank, you go and bring back two buckets of water." ”

"Hey." Lian Shouxin agreed, so he carried the bucket and walked out, and Gorou followed very sensibly and helped Lian Shouxin.

"It's in a hurry, we have to let it spit out the mud first." Zhang smiled at Lian Man'er and Xiao Qi again, "These old cockles." You two go and find two more big pots. ”

The cockles are fished up from the sea, and the sediment in them will not be less, so the cockles should be placed in clean water, so that it can spit out the sediment in the shell before eating.

"Mother, when can we eat cockles?" Lian Shouxin and Wulang came back with two buckets of water, and Lian Man'er and Xiaoqi found two or three large wooden basins. Place the cockles into the enter, then fill with water. Xiao Qi asked Zhang while working.

"Let it vomit more mud. Tomorrow, tomorrow we will eat Chapter 309 hemp cockles. Zhang said.

One night is enough for these cockles to spit out the mud and sand from their shells.

In order to eat delicious food. Waiting is a must.

There was nothing to do at home, so Xiao Qi moved a small bench and sat next to the big wooden basin. He held his chin and talked to Lian Man'er while looking at the cockles inside.

"Sister, how are we going to eat this cockle tomorrow?" Xiao Qi asked Lian Man'er expectantly.

The cockles are delicious and delicious no matter how you eat them. The easiest way to do this is to put the cockles in a large pot and cook them, then peel out the cockle meat and eat it with garlic and soy sauce. You can also peel out the cockle meat directly, stir-fry leeks or stew tofu, which is quite delicious.

"Tomorrow, let's cook a big pot to eat, and eat the rest of the fried leeks at noon. Eat stewed tofu in the evening. Lian Man'er said.

"Good!" Xiao Qi smiled and narrowed his eyes.

"These old cockles, our family of six, I'm afraid we won't be able to eat them all in one day. Cockles are delicious, and you can't eat them all at once. Zhang said beside her, she was a little worried, "This thing can't be put in it." One put. It's not fresh. This thing is not fresh and cannot be eaten, and it will spoil people. ”

The so-called eating people badly means eating stale cockles, and people will get sick.

"Mother, then let's dig out the cockle meat, dry it, and eat it slowly." Lian Man'er said.

The people of the thirty-mile camp also eat the fresh food of this season. They are not fishermen, and they do not have the consciousness to dry the cockles and keep them for later eating.

"Dry it and eat it slowly......" Zhang hesitated, she hadn't seen anyone do this. They are farmers, not fishermen.

"Mother, look at the dry goods shops in the town, there are still dried fish for sale." Lian Man'er said, "I think, people who live by the sea, this kind of thing must not be eaten in season, let's dry vegetables in autumn, people can dry fish, why can't this cockle be dried and eaten?" ”

"That's what you say." Zhang nodded, "That's okay, if you can't eat it tomorrow, we'll dry it and eat it." ”

In fact, many things, after others have done it, others will think it is very simple when they look at it. For example, if the first person eats a crab appears, the others start to eat it. Although, crabs are meant to be edible.

In the evening, Lian Man'er's family packed up and planned to go back to the old house to make dinner, and as soon as they walked out of the shop, they saw the man selling cockles just now driving out of the village.

"Do you still buy cockles?" The man drove the cart to them, jumped out of it, and asked.

"Huh?" Lian Man'er was a little surprised, and when she saw the pile of cockles in the cart, she understood what the man meant.

"I still have dozens of pounds of cockles left, I'm in a hurry to go home, if you want these cockles, I'll make you cheaper." The man said directly.

"We've all bought the old ones, and we can't eat them." Zhang said.

"Don't you have a shop, and you're afraid you won't be able to eat?" The man said, "That's all left, I guess I can have more than fifty pounds, if you want it, just give me eighty yuan." ”

"We can't eat how much money we have, and it's a waste to buy it. We don't sell cockles in our shop. "Even keep the word.

Lian Man'er approached the cart and grabbed a handful of cockles in his hand to look at.

After this half a day, the cockles are still alive.

"This cockle is fresh." The man saw Lian Man'er's movements, and hurriedly said, "This was caught in the middle of the night, so I pulled it over and sold it directly." ”

Lian Man'er put down the cockle in her hand and thought about it.

"Buy them all, the big landlord surnamed Wang in your village, people bought more than 100 catties." The man continued to persuade him that if he brought these cockles home, they would not be fresh and could not be eaten. Sell it to Lian Man'er's family, so he can make some money. "The housekeeper of his house also told me that I would deliver cockles to their family in a few days."

"We can't compare ourselves to others." Lian Man'er said, "That's it, you must sell these, how about fifty yuan?" ”

"Ah," the man ached, "this pile, at least fifty pounds." ”

"For fifty cents, we didn't want to buy it in the first place." Lian Man'er said.

"Okay, then fifty wen is fifty wen." The man thought about it and agreed bitterly. Fifty dollars is also money, which is better than throwing cockles in vain.

"Man'er, we've all bought the old ones." Zhang pulled Lian Man'er over and whispered.

"Mother," Lian Man'er winked at Zhang, "let's dry it and eat it." …… How cheap, let's buy it. ”

"Well, well, mother, let's buy it, it's half cheaper." Xiao Qi echoed beside him. He loves to eat these fresh goods, and he can't buy too much.

"Then buy it." Zhang said helplessly.

Put all the cockles on the cart into his own basket, weigh them again, and weigh them, there are fifty-six catties, Lian Man'er squinted his eyes, counted out fifty yuan from the money bag and handed it to the man.

"Uncle, when did you say you were going to send cockles to Wang Ju's family?"

"The day after tomorrow." The man took the money and replied, "It's his wife's birthday." ”

"Uncle, when you came that day, you stopped by my shop, maybe we have to buy some more cockles." Lian Man'er said.

"That'll do." The man readily agreed, and then drove away.

Because they bought these dozens of catties of cockles, Lian Man'er's family had to go back to the shop, bring clean water, find a few wooden basins and wooden barrels, and put all the cockles into the water.

"Child, let's buy these cockles, I want to ......," Lian Shouxin looked at Zhang and said.

"I'm thinking about that, let's go back with half a basket and give her grandma a try." Zhang said.

Lian Shouxin smirked twice, there are some things that Zhang can think of without him opening his mouth, which makes him love and respect Zhang.

The family carried half a basket of cockles back to the old house, and when they entered the yard, they saw a large wooden basin placed under the windowsill of the upper room, and in it was more than half a pot of cockles soaked in clean water.

Even the old man was sitting not far away, repairing the hoe in his hand.

"Master, did you buy cockles too?" Xiao Qi said.

"Ahh Old Man Lian raised his head and said with a smile, "Bought it, did you buy it?" ”

"Dad, we bought it too." Lian Shouxin replied.

Xiao Qi took the basket and handed it to Old Man Lian, "Master, this is what we gave you." ”

"Your grandmother has bought enough food for young and old. Don't want it, keep it for yourself. Even the old man laughed.

The grandfather and grandson retreated, and Zhou came out of the house with a scoop of chaff. Xiao Qi handed the basket to Zhou.

"We bought it ourselves, not yours. Take it back! Zhou's face was calm, and he didn't look at Xiao Qi, so he went to feed the chickens.

Such an attitude may be unbearable for others, but in Zhou's, this is already a good attitude. Zhuanghu families are willing to talk to their children lightly, and most of them treat their children with snorting and drinking, but they generally treat their grandchildren much gently.

In the Zhou family, treating Xiao Qi like this can be regarded as gentle.

Xiao Qi carried the basket and returned to the West Wing.

Lian Man'er brought a wooden basin, put the cockles in the basket in, and filled it with water.

Before going to bed, the originally clear water in the wooden basin was already turbid, so we had to change another basin of clear water before everyone went to sleep.

Half-asleep and half-awake, I could still hear the sound of cockles spitting water, and with the good wish that I would be able to eat delicious food tomorrow, Lian Man'er fell asleep.

At breakfast the next day, on the dining table of Lian Man'er's house, there was a large pot of hemp cockles that had just come out of the pot and were still steaming. The cockles are very easy to boil, as soon as the water boils, the originally closed cockle shell opens, and the cockle meat is cooked.

Zhang's pounded the garlic paste, added soy sauce, and mixed a bowl of thick dipping sauce, and even Man'er poured a little bit of fried chili oil a few days ago into it, and the fatty cockle meat was dipped in a little sauce, and it was full of flavor in his mouth.

All-you-can-eat cockle meat, but looking at the pots and barrels in the shop, Zhang is still a little worried.

"Mother, these cockles are dried and dried, but they are of great use." Lian Man'er smiled and said to Zhang.

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The second watch, ask for pink.

I miss when I was a child, cockle fish and shrimp were very cheap. !!