Chapter 486: How to Catch Crabs

Anyone who catches crabs knows that it is easy to see crabs poking their heads out of the hole when walking by the river during the day. This thing is a clever ghost, and when the surroundings are calm, they mostly stay at the mouth of the cave to catch the small fish and shrimp that swim around. But as soon as you feel your footsteps vibrate, or see something approaching, you will immediately retreat into the depths of the cave. It wasn't until the danger was eliminated that it slowly crept out again.

"Wow, there are also here, uncle, you can catch some crabs for me to eat." Xiao Jianhui listened to the explanation, turned his head to look into the distance, and found two more crab holes.

Following the direction he pointed, Liu Junhao found that there were many crab holes in the reeds on the bank of the ditch. It was so close that I didn't even notice it, it was really dark under the lights.

It is understandable that in front of the ditch in front of his house, he rarely goes to the reeds, and at most he goes to and from the wooden bridge. I didn't expect that there were so many caves on the shore without paying attention.

As soon as Jianhui said it, he also moved his mind.

In fact, it is still too early to catch crabs, and autumn is the best time. At that time, the female crab was about to lay eggs, so they climbed to a place where there was water at the edge of the ditch, and then dug a very shallow hole and began to lay eggs, which was very convenient to catch. Be careful when looking for holes, though, as many of them are filled with rats and snakes.

"Catch crabs, okay, let me see how good I can catch crabs." Being idle is also idle, Liu Junhao doesn't mind showing them a hand.

There are many ways to catch crabs, such as fishing, touching, digging covers, etc.

When it comes to fishing, it's very simple, it's similar to fishing for yellow eel, make a hook with fine silk to string earthworms, and then find a crab hole in muddy water and stick the hook into the hole. As long as the crab's big pincers bite the prey, it can be slowly pulled out of the burrow, but it should be noted that at the moment when it is about to leave the water, the crab will hurriedly release the pincers and escape.

After a little hesitation, the crab burrowed deep into the bottom of the hole and could no longer catch it.

To tie a crab, you need to make a slic, then tie a U-shaped lead wire hook to one end and stir it directly into the hole. Crabs can't withstand the drumming of the hook and often flee from the burrow and are "pricked" out by the hook.

Digging crabs has no scientific and technological content, and they directly reach into the hole and dig all the way to the end. This approach requires courage. Because if you are a little slower, the crab's big pincers will grip your hand tightly, and it will be very painful, and sometimes it will even bleed.

Liu Junhao was caught by a crab once, and at that time he was more violent, and he didn't know how to be afraid, so he opened his mouth and went down with a "click" to directly bite the crab's pincers

At that time, it aroused the admiration of a group of partners, and I was proud of it for a long time.

The depth of the crab hole is different, the thickness is different, and it is easy to catch a small crab. Old crabs are not so easy, their holes are often very deep, and when they catch them, they have to go completely deep into the hole, with their shoulders diagonally on the side of the hole, and half of their face next to the mud...... At this time, the success rate is quite low, and I often get my head covered in mud, but I don't see crabs in the end.

This method is also risky, once Liu Junhao's hand just reached into the hole. Suddenly, a snake sprang out from his hand, and at that time he thought it was a yellow eel, and pressed his arm directly against the cave wall, but the water snake could not escape and wrapped around his wrist. Fortunately, he realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly took out his arm, otherwise he would have to take a bite.

After the water snake incident, he was much more careful in digging crabs in the future, and every time he saw it before starting.

The crab is to make a lump of aquatic plants tightly block the entrance of the hole, return to the same place after more than ten minutes, pull out the aquatic plants with your hand, and quickly reach into the hole with the other hand to scratch, ten crabs that can't hold their breath are staying at the entrance of the hole, of course, there are also those who hold back for too long and suffocate at the entrance of the hole.

Crab touching follows the feeling, and is usually done when bathing in the river. People walk in the river, step on quicksand, bend down and touch the bottom of the river with both hands, as long as they step on or touch a smooth and slippery piece, they must be caught by a big hairy crab, of course, it is very unlikely to step on the old turtle.

Often catching crabs, Liu Junhao also discovered an unknown secret, that is, there will be a pile of foamy mud outside each crab hole, which is equivalent to the crab's territorial boundary monument. As long as you get rid of the pile of mud after catching a crab, a crab will usually repopulate in a few days, and a pile of fresh mud will appear.

"By the way, husband, do you know how female crabs reproduce, I mean how those little crabs live after hatching?" Zhang Qian was not very interested in catching crabs, but she was a little interested in the origin of crabs, and asked curiously. All she knows is that crabs lay their eggs in their own navels and then hatch the eggs into baby crabs. But how those little crabs live, the book does not say.

"This is the right person you asked, and most people really don't know." Liu Junhao replied ostentatiously. When he was a child, in order to find out this problem, he deliberately caught some female crabs and found that their way of feeding their offspring was quite unique.

The baby crab is born with soft armor and is still hiding in the shell of the female crab. Only on sunny and warm days does the mother crab climb up from her hole and open the lid to let the baby crabs come out to warm up and play. As soon as there is any wind and grass around, the baby crabs will swarm like ants and burrow into the lid of the mother crab.

Seeing that the child was almost drilled, the mother crab would close the lid, raise her two large pincers, and rustle sideways into the burrow.

Of course, if the female crab flees too quickly, it is inevitable that many small crabs will be left outside. This kind of little thing can't be raised without the mother's body, Liu Junhao has caught a lot, but unfortunately all of them died within two days.

Under the guidance of Liu Junhao, several people learned the method of covering crabs decently.

He Yifan just lifted the lids of the two aquatic plants, and suddenly shouted at the top of his throat: "Jianhui, Jianhui, come on, I was bitten by a snake"

The voice was miserable, which frightened Liu Junhao, but when he saw the things in the guy's hand clearly, he was relieved and gave his wife a reassuring look. As soon as he heard that he was bitten by a snake, Xiao Jianhui hurriedly rushed forward with a wooden stick. When the little guy first came to Liujiagou, he was afraid of everything, but now he has stayed for a long time, and he has become a calf early, and he is not afraid of a snake, and he always wants to kill it.

I saw He Yifan squatting and standing up, his hands were twisting a big snake with thick arms, the snake's body was curled in his hands, and bright red blood was dripping from between his fingers, which was very scary.

Xiao Jianhui was very brave just now, but he was scared when he saw blood, so he just hid in the distance and shouted: "Uncle cousin, Uncle cousin, throw it away, why are you still holding it...... How can I help you with the whole text? ”

"Hurry up...... The poisonous snake bit my hand," He Yifan shouted in a whimpering tone.

"Okay, okay, I'll help you," the little guy gritted his teeth and hit He Yifan on the arm with a wooden stick.

"Don't" This frightened He Yifan and hurriedly retreated, and then shouted, "Don't fight, quickly bring the bucket" At this time, Zhang Qian also rushed over, looked at the big snake in his hand and laughed, pointed to his nephew's brain and said: "Xiao Jianhui, why don't you widen your eyes and see clearly, you also believe He Yifan's words, where is this snake, take a look?" Xiao Jianhui noticed that Uncle Cousin was holding an eel in his hand, and as for the bloodstains, it was just that He Yifan used too much force when he caught it, and directly scratched the belly of the eel.

The little guy saw that his cousin was still laughing, and he was not annoyed, so he asked rhetorically, "Uncle, how can there be yellow eels in this hole, shouldn't it be a crab hole?" ”

"There are exceptions to everything," Liu Junhao explained. In fact, there are occasional cases of crabs, toads, and yellow eels in the same hole, but this is rare, I didn't expect He Yifan to encounter it. When he moved like this, he was afraid that he would scare the crab in the hole away.

"Oh, I see, Uncle Yifan's blind cat touches a dead mouse." Xiao Jianhui said with a bit of scoundrel naughtiness. The little guy remembered that he still had to catch crabs, so he didn't quarrel with his cousin, and hurried to the water's edge.

The fruit is fruitful, and after waiting for ten minutes, the crab caught has a small half pot. Among them, the one caught by Xiao Jianhui is the size of a bowl, which belongs to a rare old crab. And this guy has a very good grasp of skills, and he didn't let the crab get caught in it.

Cooking at noon, as soon as Liu Junhao steamed the crabs, Xiao Jianhui came to find them.

"Jianhui, what are you doing here, you still want to catch crabs?" He Yifan joked with a smile.

"Uncle Cousin, you don't know how hard I caught that crab just now, it almost got into the hole" In fact, when I caught the crab just now, it was very easy, and the little guy deliberately exaggerated the difficulty many times in order to show off his ability.

"Really?" He Yifan then quipped: "Jianhui, did you take a closer look at this crab when you caught it?" ”

"See what?" The little guy asked, puzzled.

"You can see that this crab is blind, haven't you noticed?" He Yifan straightened his face and asked a serious rhetorical question. The little guy thought it was really the case, and looked at Liu Junhao very suspiciously and said, "No, uncle, take a look, I didn't pay attention, how did my cousin know?" ”

He Yifan laughed and said, "Of course I know, even you can catch it, it's not strange if you're not blind."

Everyone laughed, and Zhang Qian bent over with a smile. "Yes, this crab is blind, and you won't be able to eat it later." Xiao Jianhui said and pressed the lid of the pot, looking at He Yifan angrily, obviously unconvinced that he had killed his own merits.

"Okay, okay, don't tease the child, how old are you" Liu Junhao hugged Xiao Jianhui and said, "Wait, let's not catch the turtle tonight, I'll take you to catch the turtle" "Where is it, I'll go over to help you make a portable lantern." "I heard that I wanted to catch the old turtle, Jianhui asked anxiously." Hehe, I can't say it now, but when I say it, the old turtle heard it, and ran away in the middle of the night, we can't catch it. Liu Junhao said with a smile. He is just diverting the child's attention, how can he really catch the old turtle. "Uncle, how can you catch the turtle every time?" The little guy began to break the casserole again and asked the end. "This is all when I was dreaming, the Dragon King of the East China Sea told me. If you want me to go there at night, there is an old turtle for me. "Yes, I just had a dream about a Guanyin Bodhisattva, and she said to me; Zhang Jianhui, you and your uncle go to catch turtles at night, and you will have fun'. After He Yifan finished speaking, he looked up at Liu Junhao very seriously. These words immediately made everyone laugh again...... Zhang Qian didn't let her husband continue to tease him, turned her head and said, "You, just talk nonsense with him, our family will worship the Bodhisattva this year." Anyway, since she had a child, although she didn't believe in this kind of immortal flow, she also wanted psychological comfort, so she didn't let her husband continue to talk nonsense.

"Okay, okay, I'm not going to talk about eating," Liu Junhao said, and began to add some hard wood to the stove.

In July, morning glory is fragrant, there are loofahs planted in the fence wall in the east of the courtyard, although there are only a few, but the loofahs have climbed all over the shelves, and there are many pale yellow small flowers, which are blooming one after another, attracting a lot of native bees to fly on it.

The loofah is a good thing, but these days the two of them and the two guests are getting tired of it.

The main thing is that there are too many of them, and I can pick four or five loofahs from the shelves every day. In previous years, it could be given to Professor Zhao, but this year, people's loofahs are still being sent out.

Liu Junhao learned the lesson of the big locust tree, and did not dare to water the spring water under the loofah seedlings, but the thing still grew very tall, and two of them had already climbed over the fence wall and directly to the branches of the neem tree.

The yellow flowers on the loofah seedlings are also significantly more than those grown by other families in the village...... I originally wanted to be low-key, but I didn't expect it to be low-key. Liu Junhao speculated that it might be due to the quality of the soil, and he had watered the spring water several times in the flower pond in the past two years, fearing that the soil here had been improved.

However, Liu Junhao's loofah is nothing, and what is really conspicuous is the few plants planted on the top of the square in Professor Zhao's hospital.

Professor Zhao's family has three large tiled houses, which would have been enough for the two of them. But now the son and daughter's families often go to Liujiagou on weekends, so the house is not enough. It is not common to spend the night at Liu Junhao's place, so in the spring, he found someone to build two bungalows on the side, planning to let the children have a place to live when they come back.

He didn't expect that this square was different from the tiled house, it was very steaming when the sun was shining, and there were no people in it at all.

A few small trees have just been planted around the bungalow, and it will take a few years for the shade to come. So Professor Zhao got a few loofah seeds and planted them on the roof as a shade cloth. Go upstairs every morning and evening to water them and sometimes get some fertilizer.

I originally thought that I could just shade the sun on it, but I didn't expect the loofah to grow like crazy, and in just over a month, the shelves have been crawled all over, and they are crawling everywhere along the roof.

Many loofah vines hang down along the bungalow, forming a spectacular natural "green waterfall". One plant was even more outrageous, crossing the roof of the bungalow, extending its tentacles to the top of the tiled house, spreading along the tiled house, and crawling three rooms.

This kind of wonder naturally provokes a lot of people to watch, and now it is almost a small scenic spot in Liujiagou, many tourists pass by in front of his house when they have to come in to see twice, stand in front of the door to take a few photos. Not to mention tourists, many villagers also came to learn from the experience, saying that they would leave some loofah seeds in the autumn, and they would also plant a few plants at that time.