Golden Fishing Village

According to Ao Muyang's plan, Chinese clams can be made into small ornaments for tourists. Although this kind of river mussel is small, it is an expert at cultivating pearls.

In nature, Chinese clams are not able to produce pearls due to their size. However, after being artificially planted with pearl cores, it is different and they can also produce smaller pearls.

The advantage of such pearls is that they have good color and roundness. Some expensive jewelry are inlaid with hundreds of ultra-small pearls, which are the masterpieces of Chinese clams.

There is also the ray-cracked clam. The shell of this river mussel is colorful and thick. It can be made into simple sculptures, such as engraving on it, inlaying pearls, etc., and it can also be used as a souvenir for tourists.

Ao Muyang didn't think about making much money from the pearl clam business. It was mainly a gimmick to attract tourists.

Now it seems that he has succeeded. This is one of the most successful projects in the village. It started making profits less than a month after it appeared, and the profits are very good, adding a lot of money to the village's account.

In addition to sending him various kinds of river mussel fry, Lu Mengzi will also send him a batch of fish fry this time. The fish is catfish, a very beautiful small fish.

This was not for sightseeing. He told Ao Muyang that although the river mussel itself has poor mobility and can only be buried in the sand and filter out various plankton by extending the water pipe, it seems that it has a lifelong love for a piece of land and a lifetime of closure. The meaning of door-made pearls.

However, their juvenile years are well-informed.

The juvenile stage of river mussels is called gamma larvae, and they can spread everywhere by parasitizing the gills of various fishes, among which the gills of the giant catfish are their favorite travel tools.

Coincidentally, the river clams will lay fish eggs in the shells of river clams and use the clams to incubate and protect their offspring. In short, the river clams and the turtles have formed a symbiotic relationship in which they hand over their offspring to each other. They live together more happily. good.

Ao Muyang didn't know this, because there were no catfish in Ambergris Lake, so he gained some knowledge.

When he learned that there was no giant catfish in Ambergris Lake, Lu Mengzi hesitated for a while: "This fish can widely inhabit rivers, lakes, and swamps. It can survive with algae, but it also has certain selectivity in its habitat. Do you want to Let’s raise a batch of fish first, so as not to have to sterilize boars for breeding, which would be a waste of effort.”

Ao Muyang was confident and said: "Send it to me. Our Ambergris Lake is the best at raising fish. There is no freshwater fish that cannot be raised. I know this."

Even if Ambergris Lake cannot support them, he still has golden drops. He can feed the gold drops to the goldfish to improve their physique and they can always adapt to the environment of Ambergris Lake.

A few days later, clam fry and fish fry were delivered.

Ao Muyang fed the fish fry and clam fry with small golden dots that melted into gold drops, and then put them into the lake. After finishing the work, he went to Wangjiacun again.

Yang Shuyong was very enthusiastic about the salt-drying project. Whenever there was any new progress, he would call Ao Muyang over. Ao Mudong jokingly called him a filial child, but he got a good punch from Yang Shuyong.

Sun-exposed and air-dried, the Putang now is very different from the previous days.

This year's weather helped Yang Shuyong. The sea breeze was strong, the weather was dry and there was no rain. The sunshine in late June was like a fire in a crematorium, baking the oil out of a person's body!

Today's salt field has changed a lot. A layer of white salt flowers has appeared on its surface. When the strong sea breeze blows, the salt flowers float up and down. From a distance, it looks like flying snow on a sunny day.

Finally, some tourists were attracted, and many tourists came running, of course the purpose was to take pictures.

Yang Shuyong stood at the highest point of the pond, his hands on his waist and his face solemn. Ao Muyang asked: "What are you doing? Are you planning a military parade?"

I don’t know whether it was to create a gimmick for tourists or a habit left over from his time as a soldier. Yang Shuyong organized all the salt drying workers into teams and lined up before working...

Ao Muyang thinks this is silly!

Yang Shuyong smiled at him, just like a chief facing a red kid. Ao Muyang always felt that his next words were: Kid, work hard, the revolution will succeed.

Fortunately, he didn't say that, but waved and shouted: "Man, rake the thorns and rake the mud!"

"Yes, leader." The men and women shouted loudly.

Ao Muyang shrank his neck and stepped back, really embarrassed.

Raking is a tool for drying salt, and raking mud is an important job in drying salt. When it is done, it is pulled by oxen, and the yoke of the oxen is covered with a rope connected to the rake.

Yang Shuyong is not only good at doing face-saving projects, he is also a good hand at work. This guy found a super strong old scalper from somewhere. He stepped on the rakes with his feet spread forward and back, and pulled the cow rope with one hand. Pulling the rake rope with one hand, he yelled and quickly went back and forth five or six times.

The salty mud that had been hardened by the wind and the sun was raked into powder, and then someone picked up the kind of door panel made of fir that Ao Muyang had seen before. This is called an enamelled panel.

One person pulls forward and the other supports and pushes behind. The mud is piled together with the lining board, and then it is carried into the distillery one load at a time using a bamboo earthen basket.

Yang Shuyong took the lead and shouted: "One, two, three, push forward, bend down and hang it up, hey!"

"Hey!" everyone shouted.

"Hey~ho~hey!"

"Hey!" Everyone shouted again.

"Stand up that bear's back"

"Bear waist"

"Take that dog leg."

"dog legs"

"Hey~ho~hey!"

"Hey!!!"

This is not the fisherman's chant, but the salt gang's chant. When Ao Muyang was a child, he heard people from Wangjia Village shout it during fights. So now that he hears this chant, he feels a little uncomfortable and always wants to find a stone to throw at Yang Shuyong. forehead...

Yang Shuyong worked quickly. He led the way in raking mud while shouting slogans. He did five or six trips in a row, sweating profusely.

Someone replaced him, and he came down to rest. Ao Muyang said, "Brother Yong has two arms of strength."

Yang Shuyong smiled proudly and said, "Of course, the cow in my father-in-law's village is not good. If you can get the devil muscle cow in your village, I can drive ten trips now."

Ao Muyang said, "That is a Belgian Blue cow. The reason why it has muscles is a genetic problem, not that it is really strong. It won't work even if I bring it to you. That cow is not made for work."

Belgian Blue cattle have become stars now. This breed is very rare in China, and they are particularly docile, after all, they are castrated. Children in the village and children of tourists like to ride on its back, without any danger.

After hearing what he said, Yang Shuyong suddenly realized: "Oh, it's the dead muscles from eating protein powder in the gym? Such muscles are weak."

Ao Muyang said: "Okay, okay, you are the only one who is strong. Well, I have a piece of land in the village that I am going to clean up in a few days. You are such a material. Where are you going in a few days?"

Yang Shuyong didn't even bother to put on his shoes. He jumped into the pond and took the lead to work again.

The process of drying salt is very complicated. After the mud in the distillation bin is full, the men have to go up and step on it barefoot. They have to use their heels to step firmly, and then use wooden hammers to compact and level it. A mud wall about ten centimeters high has to be built next to it.