Chapter 235: Finding a new island, thin shells and abalone
Next to my pond are two other small ponds belonging to my father and eldest brother.
They also hired people to renovate and repair the two ponds, and basically all the progress was synchronized with Liang Ziqiang's.
They hired the helpers at their own expense, but it was Liang Ziqiang who helped them inject seawater into the pond after the renovation was completed.
Anyway, Liang Ziqiang has already bought a water pump, so they can share it. There is no need for my father and eldest brother to buy one each and waste money.
Liang Ziqiang thought that he had to remind his father and brother to start looking for broodstock. This was the right time to look for broodstock.
When I got home, I gave all the shrimps, snails, mussels and clams to my mother and daughter-in-law. They had plenty of ideas on how to make delicious dishes.
Before putting the fifty-nine dollars back into the box, he thought for a moment and left some money out, planning to go to the town tomorrow morning to queue up and buy some fresh lean meat, pig heart, or pig liver.
"We have slippery shrimps here. Why buy meat? Shrimp are just as nutritious as mine!" Chen Xiangbei looked up and said.
"It's different. I haven't bought lean meat and pork liver for a while. Seafood can't completely replace it!"
After hearing what he said, she said nothing.
In the evening, salted shrimps, braised mussels and clam soup were all made. I hadn’t had these fresh foods for a whole winter, and they tasted so fresh, tender and smooth.
The next day, I got up early and took a boat to the town to buy fresh lean meat and pig hearts.
It was breakfast time when I got home. Zhu Tianpeng was also there. He said that he had fried last night's leftovers at home and ate them today.
Liang's father prepared a large basin as Liang Ziqiang said, and Liang Tiancheng arrived soon. The four men began to walk towards the beach.
On the way, Liang Ziqiang said to his father and elder brother:
"I tried it yesterday. Instead of looking for shrimps everywhere on the sea, it's better to go to those small islands farther away. You can run into some shrimps gathering near the islands to lay eggs!"
"There will be brood shrimps on the island this month," Liang's father agreed. "Have you been to Guanqi Island and Xiangluo Island?"
"There shouldn't be too many shrimps on Guanqi Island, but there are some on Xiangluo Island. I went there to catch some yesterday!" Liang Ziqiang had released the seafloor shrimp for such a long time last year that he was very familiar with the situation on Guanqi Island, so he didn't plan to try his luck on Guanqi Island again.
"No one usually goes to those islands farther away, so we can't be sure if there are shrimps there or not. We have to go and find them to know. So let's drive farther and search island by island!" After thinking for a while, Liang's father made a judgment based on his experience, "Drive south first. There may be more prawns on those small wild islands in the south!"
His father's suggestion was roughly the same as Liang Ziqiang's current thought.
"By the way, we are not only looking for broodstock today. If we find blue clams, thin shells, and sea centipedes near those islands, we will also bring some back. Put these things into the pond in advance and let them take root in the pond. When the shrimp fry grow up, these will be ready-made feed!"
Liang Ziqiang reminded again. Blue clams and thin shells are both very small clams, and sea centipedes are usually not very big either. These small things are what prawns love to eat, and they can be called live feed.
Although its nutritional value and efficacy are not on the same level as those of the incredible Artemia, it is still a good regular bait for shrimps.
With a clear goal, the two boats headed south.
When they passed by relatively nearby islands like Guanqi Island, they did not stop, but kept going south, looking for islands that were usually sparsely populated.
There are many islands in the south, some of which have names, while others are unnamed and are not visited all year round. With so many islands, you may always come across one or two that are the environment that prawns like best, and you may even encounter a large number of broodstock gathering and breeding.
"You can take a look here, this is called Yangchang Island!"
Near a very irregular, long and narrow island, Liang's father slowed down the boat and called out to Liang Ziqiang.
"Dad, have you been here before?" Liang Ziqiang asked.
"I've been here before, seven or eight years ago. I can't tell if there are any prawns, let's take a look!"
The fishing boats were moving around the edge of the narrow island, checking the nearby water as they went.
"There are quite a few shrimps, but why are they all hairy shrimps?!"
Soon they saw a lot of small shrimps floating on the water. Liang Tiancheng couldn't help but feel disappointed when he recognized them as hair shrimps.
They ignored the hairy shrimps and continued looking for prawns along the island.
However, the area near this island seems to be occupied by hair shrimps. Not only are there no prawns, but even slippery shrimps, red shrimps and green shrimps are rare.
However, you can always find some abalone on the reefs where fishing boats pass.
After a stroll around, I no longer expect to find prawns on this island.
"Abalone is also worth money. Do you want to stop the boat and pry some abalone down?"
As Liang Tiancheng was searching, his thoughts became distracted.
“If they are too small, I’m afraid they won’t be sold at a high price.” Liang Ziqiang still thought that raising broodstock was the most important thing.
And he was right. The abalone on the reefs in front of us were very small and relatively cheap.
Even though they are both abalone, their sizes can vary greatly in price.
The three-headed abalone he sold was a very high-quality large abalone, so it could be sold for ten yuan per catty.
There are only twenty or so of these small creatures per pound, and the price per pound is only a few cents. Under normal circumstances, it is certainly worth prying them open, but today he has a more important task and Liang Ziqiang doesn't want to delay.
"Wait, didn't you want some thin shells? I thought I saw quite a few on that muddy ground!"
Zhu Tianpeng had been standing near the bow, looking into the distance. At this time, he made a discovery and gave a reminder.
Liang Ziqiang also saw it when he turned around.
Although the thin shells are less valuable than the small abalone, they are very useful as feed! The two boats stopped at the edge of the island, dropped anchor and tied the cables, and the four people walked onto the beach.
There are quite a lot of thin shells on this mudflat. Otherwise, if the shells are so small and not connected together, Zhu Tianpeng would not be able to find them at all.
There were piles of thin shells, some on the rocks, some lying on the mud. It looked like a pile of cashew nuts.
The official name of the thin-shelled clam is short-toothed clam. Even with the shell, it is only as big as a cashew nut.
Many fishermen in other places do not eat this kind of clam because it is too small, and the meat after peeling is only the size of rice grains. However, in this area, they like to fry the thin shell and eat it together, frying it until it automatically cracks, revealing the small meat like rice grains.
Of course, it is precisely because of its small size that it becomes one of the appetizers for prawns.
There is no need to pick them up one by one, just put handfuls into the snakeskin bag.
He filled each of the four snakeskin bags to the brim until they were completely empty and there were no more thin shells left on the mudflats.
But since everyone has already gotten off the boat, how can they ignore the small abalone on the rocks nearby? Just pry them out, it's easy anyway.
Half an hour passed in this process.
I got half a bucket of small abalone, which is worth some diesel money. If I eat it myself, it will be enough for several meals.
After returning to the boat, we continued to look for other islands nearby.
After driving for a while, we were in a very remote location and an island that was still not very big came into view.
The shape of this island is quite regular, not long and narrow, but a round lump, coiled on the sea like a pile of...cow dung.
Liang Ziqiang's thought had just flashed through the cow dung when he saw a group of gray-black figures swimming out from the waters near the reefs next to the island, vying to swim towards the surface of the sea.
"There are so many sea breams. Sea breams are not cheap!" Zhu Tianpeng's voice sounded like a voice-over in his ear.
The price is quite good for black sea bream, but there are a lot of them this time...
Continuous fire.
(End of this chapter)
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