Chapter 35: Tears of the Moon
Li Xushang's farm is bigger than everyone expected. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
After everyone walked in from the main entrance, they immediately found that there was a group of fish ponds composed of more than a dozen large cement ponds.
These fish ponds, the big one has 100 square meters, the small one has 60 or 70 square meters, one by one is unconventional, inlaid like jasper, crystal-like patchwork, distributed on both sides of the road that I am seven or eight meters wide, can accommodate a large truck to easily enter and exit, next to the thermometer, anti-jump net, monitor, water temperature lamp, warning signs, all available.
In addition, I found that the water quality of these ponds is also different, and they seem to be differentiated according to the type of fish they raise.
These huge pond areas, illuminated by the translucent glass at the top of the breeding pond, reflect the luster of dreams, making us feel as if we are in a different water world, and because of those instruments, it seems to be a huge dreamy science fiction world.
The faint smell of water and fishy blowing in the face can make people feel its difference and ingenuity, although it is ...... It's just a factory.
Looking at such a magnificent farm, Zhao Shuihe couldn't help but sigh: "Such a big place, it's almost time to catch up with an aquarium." It must be difficult to manage, right?"
Listening to Zhao Shuihe's praise, Director Li, who brought us in, laughed very proudly, and then said: "This is not a fish pond, it is a sorting pond for guests to pick fish. ā
After listening to the old man's proud introduction, Shui He couldn't help but sigh again: "Oh! This is a fish pond, then you must have more nursery ponds and free-range ponds!"
Zhao Shuihe's words made Director Li very happy, and he nodded in response: "Xiao Nizi is very knowledgeable! That's right, my factory area is 600 acres, scattered with more than 100 nursery ponds, and can breed more than 120 kinds of fish at the same time...... 700,000 tails!"
700,000 ...... I couldn't help but sigh in my heart after hearing this.
This old man can be called the king of fish, if Ge Lingyao is the chicken essence of chicken, then he is the fish essence of fish farming!
After showing off his achievements, Director Li turned around again, looked at Zhang and Zhao Haikun, who were frowning, and said: "Two, now in this sorting pool, there are a total of 100,000 freshwater fish of various colors, you can find them casually, if you want something, you can't find it here...... Then I estimate that the Yellow River will be completely extinct. ā
After listening to Zhang's words, Zhao Haikun nodded solemnly and said, "Also...... That's all there is to it!
After Zhao Haikun finished giving the order, the factory director Li turned around, then raised his head and shouted above his head: "Brothers, close the window!"
With the shouts of Director Li, several heads suddenly appeared on the top of the huge sorting pool where we were.
Those people were on the roof of a three-story building, and the probe was outside the skylight of the sorting pool, and after nodding at Li Xushang, they quickly put down a kind of cotton curtain-like thing and covered the skylight one by one.
With the coverage of the skylight, the sunlight projected in this spacious sorting tank suddenly decreased a lot, and the air that was originally warm became a little cooler.
Looking at Director Li's strange actions, I asked Zhao Haikun a little puzzled: "Brother Zhao, didn't you say that you were looking for moon tears?
When asked, Zhao Haikun looked up at the people who were living in the sunshine above his head, blocking the sun, and told me: "Moon tears are not the tears of the moon, but a parasite, this kind of worm, at night, will shine on its own!"
"Bugs that glow on their own?" I was stunned, "Is there any such bug in the world?"
Faced with my question, Zhao Haikun sneered slightly: "Of course there is, aren't fireflies just insects that can shine by themselves? In this world, there are many things that can shine by themselves." ā
At this moment, while the workers of Director Li lowered the curtains covering the skylight one by one, Zhao Haikun took advantage of his free time to tell me a little what the moon tears were.
Zhao Haikun first told me that in this world, in fact, 80% of the animals live in water bodies, and 80% of these creatures that live in water bodies we don't know anything about them.
In Zhao Haikun's mind, this kind of moon tears that can be exchanged for Birch is probably one of them.
Moon tears are an aquatic insect shaped like mosquito larvae, the biggest feature of this insect is that it emits light, and the second characteristic is that it grows on the forehead of fish, and will "cocoon" on the forehead of fish.
After this insect is born, it eats miscellaneous grains such as aquatic weeds and mayflies at first, and when it grows to a certain age, it will shed its skin and raise its tail barb, and float with the current for a period of time, and then it will come across a scale armor, and when it is lodged near the river bank, it will take the opportunity to hook the owner's scale armor with a barb, and then run to the head part.
After finding the ideal homeowner, the tail of the insect will secrete a special mucus, with which the small worm can be firmly fixed on the head of the fish, and at the same time, the hook of the tailbone will insert into the flesh of the fish to absorb nutrients.
This kind of moon tear worm grows bigger and bigger by this way of ectoparasitism, and the skin and scales of fish pierced by the insect body will gradually proliferate to form a dark red and white "meat crown".
This meat crown, like a small dumpling, the largest is no more than the size of a thumb, it should be sandwiched between two fish scales or thin flesh, and the despicable moon tear worm is sandwiched in the middle of the scale armor.
The fish body parasitizes for about a year, and the moon tear worm declares maturity, and after maturity, it may be for reproduction, or it may be for excretion, and a light blue cavity will grow in their lower abdomen, which is about the size of a soybean, and it is filled with blue liquid.
...... Speaking of which, Zhao Haiju explained: "This liquid, which is said to be able to pass through dreams, is Birch's favorite bait, if we find it, then we can really find a way to summon Birch to eat dreams and save people." ā
"Oh!" I nodded, and asked incomprehensibly, "But since the moon tears are something that glows at night, why don't we come at night?"
Zhao Haiju told me: "You don't know the habits of this kind of moon tear worm, in fact, their cavity does not emit light, but only absorbs light and reflects, so every time they see the fluorescence, it is actually the light they absorb during the day or on the moonlit night, and they will only see it when they encounter a sudden cloud covering the moon or a solar eclipse." ā
When Zhao Haiju said this, the last skylight above the fishery sorting pond was also covered, and then the room was completely darkened.