Golden Fishing Village

Ao Muyang used a fork to stick the fish meat into his mouth. The fishy smell was almost unnoticeable, but the gravy was roasted. The delicious taste was blended with cumin powder and pepper salt, and the aroma combined made people's appetites open.

Zhu Zhu and Liu Mei also ate happily, but one tasted it in small bites, and the other swallowed it voraciously.

Liu Mei ate more arrogantly than the general, almost stuffing it into her throat!

Ao Muyang had to pour her drinks continuously: "Eat slowly, eat slowly, there are enough dishes here for us to eat."

The two grass carps were big fish, weighing 20 kilograms in total. The yellow croakers were big and small, and the big one was 20 centimeters long. Ao Muyang also stewed two, which was impossible for an adult and two girls to eat.

But this was just his guess. Liu Mei really could eat!

She ate all the charcoal-grilled grass carp, and she drank the fish soup of the yellow croaker clean, even eating the onions, ginger and garlic in it.

She didn't eat the yellow croaker, not because she couldn't eat it, but because she said, "If you don't eat it, can I take it away? My sister loves this fish."

Ao Muyang helped her pack it: "Okay, you can take it back."

Zhu Zhu also stuffed all the remaining snacks to her: "There are these and these, all for you, take them back to your sister."

Sixth sister quietly packed up her things and left with the fishing rod.

It was hot at noon, and Ao Muyang went back home to take a nap under the shade of the tree.

When he just woke up, a family engaged in marine farming in the village knocked on the door: "Village head, is Uncle Bing at home? Several of us have jointly started a sea cricket farming, and it feels a little wrong. I want Uncle Bing to take a look."

From the name, sea crickets seem to be crickets in the sea, but in fact, they are not. There is no connection between the two. Sea crickets are the common name for barnacles, which are a kind of shellfish.

Barnacles are good things. They are widely distributed. They can be found in almost any shallow water area from the intertidal zone to the subtidal zone. This kind of shellfish is numerous and often lives densely together. The formed barnacles are the only arthropods that can survive by fixation.

It is simple to cultivate barnacles. Just find a place with good water quality and release barnacle seedlings on the reef. They will eventually be fixed on the reef and grow slowly.

However, the barnacles to be cultivated are not the kind that can be found everywhere, but special barnacles introduced from Spain and other countries. Ordinary barnacles cannot be eaten. One is that there is little meat and the other is that they are seriously polluted.

As people's living standards in China improve, some high-end seafood has begun to appear on the table, and special barnacles are one of them.

Barnacles produced in Spain and Europe are very expensive. A dish can be sold for thousands of yuan in a big hotel. The price is amazing, and of course the taste is also amazingly delicious.

Old man Ao Zhibing, who was cleaning up the golden eels in the breeding pond, wiped his hands and stood up: "Xiao Tao, why do you suddenly want to raise sea crickets? I haven't seen this thing much, it's a foreigner's product."

Ao Mingtao smiled and said: "This is what it is. There are more tourists in our village now. I think there will be more tourists after the road is built. There will definitely be some rich people coming here. We can sell some sea crickets for a lot of money. This thing is delicious and novel, right?"

Ao Zhibing said: "It is indeed novel. Let's go. I'll go with you to see it. This thing is expensive, but it's not easy to raise. It requires very high water quality."

Ao Mingtao explained as he walked: "The water quality of the seawater outside our village is quite good. I want to try raising it. Anyway, the price of sea cricket seedlings is not expensive."

Hearing this, Ao Zhibing's pace slowed down suddenly. He asked "The seedlings are not expensive? Where did you buy them? How much?"

Ao Mingtao said: "One thousand yuan for 5,000 seedlings. My brothers Erdeng and Sandeng and I paid 20,000 yuan to buy 100,000 seedlings. Normally, we can produce 10,000 to 20,000 kilograms of sea crickets in two years. It's no problem to sell them for 400,000 or 500,000, right?"

Ao Zhibing's face was not good. He said: "If you can really produce 10,000 to 20,000 kilograms of sea crickets, let alone 400,000 or 500,000, even 1 or 2 million is no problem. But the seedlings of foreign sea crickets are all imported. The tax for 100,000 seedlings alone is more than 50,000 yuan, right?"

Ao Mingtao became nervous when he heard him say this, and said: "You always say that I met a liar? No way, we asked a friend to contact the business, and they said they would come back to collect the seedlings when they grow up."

"Let's go and take a look first." Ao Zhibing frowned a little.

Listening to the conversation between the two, Ao Muyang followed.

Zhu Zhu was his little tail. Seeing him and the general leave, she quickly put on her small schoolbag and followed them.

On the way, she asked: "Uncle Yang, what is a sea cricket? Is it a cricket in the sea?"

Ao Muyang shook his head: "No, it's a shellfish, scientifically known as barnacles."

Zhu Zhu nodded immediately: "Oh, barnacles, I know this, there are a lot of them in our shipyard, they are annoying, they always lie on the bottom of the ship, it's very troublesome to clean them up, my mother hates them the most, saying they are ship vampires."

This kind of barnacle is a worthless native barnacle. They can be found on reefs and the bottom of ships on many islands. They can stick to reefs and the bottom of ships. Once attached, it is difficult to get rid of them.

However, it is still quite rare in places like Longtou Village, because the local water quality has long been unsuitable for barnacles to survive. In addition, there are few reefs and many beaches on the seashore, and barnacles cannot survive on the beach.

Ao Muyang asked: "Little Pig, do you know what these barnacles look like?"

Zhu Zhu smiled and said: "Not only do I know them, I also know where they came from, Uncle Yang, do you know?"

Ao Muyang was stunned: "The origin of barnacles? How did they come from?"

Zhu Zhu said seriously: "A long time ago, the little princess of the Dragon King's family wanted to go ashore to enjoy the scenery on earth, but the Dragon King was worried that the rocks on the shore were too slippery and would break the little princess, so he ordered a rock to be placed in the aquarium. ""

"The Dragon King said that whoever can take on this important task can come and go as he pleases on the reefs in the sea and no longer have to be controlled. The aquarists always complain that life under the water is too boring. With such a good opportunity, they all rush to sign up. The competition is fierce …”

After hearing her words, Ao Muyang couldn't help but laugh. It turned out to be a legend.

Seeing Zhu Zhu's enthusiasm in speaking vividly, he listened patiently.

In this way, Zhu Zhu said more vigorously: "The dragon-headed fish was the first to take the test because it had the word 'dragon' on it. They lay side by side on the rocks, letting the Dragon King and Princess step on them. But the dragon-headed fishes They are usually spoiled and weak, but they couldn't bear it even after they stepped on them for two steps. They swayed one by one, causing Princess Dragon to fall and angering the Dragon King. "

"Other water tribes tried it one after another, but nothing worked. Finally, Barnacle stepped forward. Barnacle usually worked in the imperial kitchen of Dragon Palace, and kept all the used wine cups and bowls one by one. At this time, they took the broken wine cups and broken bowls to She covered her body and attached it layer by layer to the rocks. Princess Dragon King stepped on it firmly and landed easily..."

"From then on, the Dragon King no longer controlled the barnacles and allowed them to grow freely on the rocks. They did not have to pay tribute to the Dragon Palace or go to the Dragon Palace to pay tribute. In this way, the barnacles were lazy and they would just find a place to settle down. After settling, they would not move again. ”