Chapter 21: Harvest
The weather is clear and sunny, and the sea is gradually ebbing.
As soon as the beach on the edge was revealed, Wen Xian couldn't help but roll up her trouser legs and sleeves and rush to the beach.
If she hadn't been reluctant to destroy the only underwear and underwear, Wen Xian would have dismantled this dress and made it into suspenders and shorts.
And with the experience of the previous two days, others also followed her and learned from her, wearing only underwear and trousers, and pulling up the trouser legs and sleeves high.
Wen Xian was very pleased with this.
She carried the straw basket on her shoulder, stepped barefoot on the shallows, and looked at the surroundings without any movement, before turning to call the others.
"Come down, and follow me today. Take me as a boundary, and do not go beyond me. It's better to be right on the beach and not have to go into the water. Wait for the sea to recede completely, and then act on your own. ”
The sea has a lot to offer, even if it's only a five-metre wide beach. The seafood on it is enough for a few people to pick it up for a while.
The others nodded in agreement, and when they began to pick up shells and conchs, Wen Xian walked a short distance into the sea alone.
Her eyes inadvertently swept over the island in the distance where she saw the smoke yesterday, but she didn't think that the island was white and there was nothing to see.
It was as if the scene she saw yesterday was just a mirage, but the real island did not exist here.
It's not that she's guessing, it's that she hasn't seen the smoke yesterday afternoon or today, and she has to suspect that it may be a mirage.
Before she could think about it again, there was a slight itch on her legs. She came to her senses and shook her head, throwing these thoughts behind her.
No matter what he is, he can't get over for a while, so she still takes care of the current situation for the time being.
Wen Xian looked down at the itchy place, and was instantly happy. It turned out to be a timid little pufferfish, and I don't know where it got the courage to dare to approach her.
Wen Xian bent down and grabbed the little puffer fish on her legs. pinched its puffy body, and then, mercilessly, grabbed it and gently brushed it on his legs.
The puffer fish is a warm-water marine benthic fish of the pufferfish family of the order Pufferfishes.
It is covered with burrs all over its body, its upper and lower jaw teeth are joined together, its skin is tough and thick, and its mouth is small and its head is round.
It has a black-brown back and a white belly. The eyes, on the other hand, are usually blue-green, but they change color with the change of light.
When a puffer fish feels threatened, it swallows water or air, causing its body to expand into a spiny ball that makes it difficult for predators to get their mouths out.
It is precisely because of this that it adds a lot of bad taste to the people who catch the sea.
For example, they will brush their shoes with angry puffer fish, sharpen their legs and so on.
The skin of the puffer fish with spines is plump and delicious, and it melts in the mouth.
Not only that, it can also nourish the liver and kidneys, dispel dampness and relieve pain, and can also treat itchy skin and scabies.
However, most people do not choose to eat it easily. After all, its liver, caviar, blood, etc. are highly poisonous, and it is easy to be poisoned to death after ingestion.
Therefore, Wen Xian is just playing. When you have had enough, you throw it out into the sea and watch it run away like a whirlwind.
The puffer fish feed on clams, oysters, sea urchins, etc., and Wen Xian really picked up a few sea urchins under the reef at her feet.
Thinking of sea urchin steamed eggs, Wen Xian's saliva has secreted a lot.
Placing the sea urchin in a straw basket covered with grass leaves, Wen Xian continued to look around, looking for something that met her needs.
At the moment, although she was standing on the shallows, the water was only up to her stomach. But who knows if the next wave will sweep her away.
While venturing to catch the sea, she also had to keep an eye on the waves, and when the waves came, she had to hurry ashore.
Therefore, her attention now is on the seafood that is easily swept back into the sea.
As for the shells and conch buried in the sand, it is not too late to pick them up when the tide completely recedes.
This blink of an eye really made her find a good product, a half-dead jellyfish.
Jellyfish are a type of jellyfish, a large warm-water jellyfish.
The surface of the entire jellyfish umbrella is smooth, and the gelatinous layer on top is thick.
In the inner umbrella, the concentric rings arranged around the stomach cavity are called ring muscles, and the kidney-shaped depression is the lower genital acupoint. The inner side of the acupuncture point is separated by a membrane and is not connected to the outside world.
Its larger fins, called the main wings, and the smaller outer fins, called ailerons.
On the folds of each wing, there are many appendages, on which there are many small suction openings and tentacles.
Jellyfish are classified according to the edible part, which can be divided into two types: jellyfish head and jellyfish skin.
The jellyfish head refers to the tentacle part of the jellyfish, which is thicker and crispier to eat.
Jellyfish skin, on the other hand, refers to the umbrella part of a jellyfish, which is shaped like a jelly and has a crisp taste with a little toughness.
Wen Xian's favorite food is actually jellyfish-like jellyfish skin. It was eaten cold and very satisfying.
Jellyfish can not only satisfy the appetite, but also use medicine.
Wen Xian skillfully extracted the effect of jellyfish from her own memory.
Jellyfish is sweet, salty and flat in taste, and has the effects of clearing heat and nourishing yin, soft and hard to eliminate phlegm, eliminating accumulation and stagnation, dispelling wind and relieving pain, detoxifying and dispersing knots, curing collapse and stopping the belt, nourishing and strengthening, moistening the intestines and stabilizing the fetus.
It also contains substances similar to acetylcholine, which can dilate blood vessels, lower blood pressure, and is also very suitable for people with high blood pressure.
However, the filamentous sac of fresh jellyfish contains venom, and people who come into contact with the tentacles of jellyfish will be touched, and in severe cases, symptoms such as dyspnea, shock and even life-threatening will occur.
Therefore, Wen Xian decisively took out the jellyfish skin alone, and let the others go for the time being. Later, when you have enough time and tools, you can get something else.
Jellyfish skins are large and take up half of the space as soon as they are placed in the straw basket.
However, Wen Xian didn't go back to put things in first. And take advantage of this moment to continue to pick up seafood.
She picked up a few more sea urchins and two sea eggplants.
Just as he was about to turn around and send the contents of the straw basket back first, he found a big blue crab with a sharp eye.
Blue crab, the scientific name is saw-edge blue crab. Its distinctive feature is that it has a vigorous personality and is big and strong.
Looking at this big blue crab weighing at least three catties, Wen Xian's eyes turned green. It's a pity that a small wave came over and directly rolled the big blue crab delivered to the door back to the deep sea.
She didn't dare to chase the waves, so she could only stand in place, looking at the direction where the big blue crab was leaving.
Xu felt guilty that this wave actually sent her a clump of dragon's mustard and a piece of sea to bring over.
She took a deep breath and scooped the dragon's mustard into the straw basket, and then dragged the kelp aggrievedly to the shore.
In the face of nature, human beings seem incomparably small. Seeing that the next wave was about to be photographed, she didn't dare to rub in, so she could only go ashore first.
As for the fat blue crab that lingered in her brain, she swore that she would catch it next time.
Before she stepped ashore, Jiang Lingling and Fang Jiaren hurriedly took the things in her hand, and one of them supported her and walked cautiously to the shore.
The corners of Wen Xian's mouth twitched slightly: "What's wrong with you?" ”