Chapter 32: The Nine-segmented Shrimp Who Would Rather Die Than
Honor Crab nest?
Liang Ziqiang heard this and ran forward quickly.
Sure enough, in the crack of the rock where Liang Lizhi had just poked randomly, several crabs of different sizes were scrambling to crawl out!
It seems that the silly girl unexpectedly did something serious in the most unserious way.
Normally, who would take a pair of pliers and keep poking at the cracks in the rocks?
I saw at least three or four crabs escaping from the crevices and running in different directions.
Although the speed is not that fast, with so many of them, if you are a little slower, one or two will still escape.
In a flash, Liang Ziqiang quickly snatched the tongs from Lizhi's hand, aimed at the largest crab, and clamped it quickly and accurately.
As soon as he retracted his hand, the crab fell into the bucket.
The whole action was done in one go.
The next second, the bent pliers reached out to another target.
One, two, three, four, the four crabs soon met again in the bucket.
Liang Ziqiang continued to poke into the crack again and again.
You can’t tell from the outside, but the crevice is really deep.
The iron pliers went in very deep, and two crabs couldn't bear it anymore and ran out one after another.
Later on, no matter how hard I poked, there was no movement. I guess they were completely wiped out.
I looked in the bucket and saw that there were already seven crabs, including the one in front.
Although they were all stone crabs of not much value, Liang Ziqiang was already very satisfied.
Winning in quantity.
But Lizhi still didn't give up. He picked up the pliers and repeated the same trick, poking other cracks in the stone one by one.
However, that kind of surprising scene of jumping up and screaming never happened again.
A bunch of crabs having a party, how could this happen again and again?
However, Liang Ziqiang soon made a new discovery under the stone next to him.
In the puddle, several large shrimps came into his sight.
Unlike the white shrimps that I had picked up earlier, the shrimps in front of me were so conspicuous in appearance, even eye-catching.
Their bodies are not transparent white or blue, but have distinct patterns.
Those are horizontal lines of different depths, like painted patterns, and they look very beautiful.
If you count carefully, you will find that each shrimp has exactly nine segments, no more, no less.
Nine-segment shrimp!
The nine-segmented shrimp is a type of prawn, also known as the island prawn. As for why the name is related to Japan, Liang Ziqiang is not sure.
At least he knew that this kind of shrimp was not unique to Japan. In the waters around them, there were many traces of nine-segment shrimp.
But compared with white shrimp, green shrimp and mantis shrimp, nine-segment shrimp is rarer and more valuable.
This thing is quite big, the meat is fresh and elastic, and it is very popular.
Usually, any method of cooking shrimp can be used on nine-segment shrimp to make it delicious, such as blanching, or steaming with minced garlic after splitting the edges.
While these thoughts flashed through Liang Ziqiang's mind, his hand had already swiftly raised the scoop net.
After the nine-segment shrimps were caught in the net, they jumped around for a while and became new members of his bucket one by one.
Having tasted the sweetness, Liang Ziqiang continued to search in the surrounding puddles and picked up two more nine-segment shrimps after a while.
Unfortunately, I never saw the bright figure of the nine-segment shrimp again after that.
At this time, he was no longer in a hurry to look for other shrimps and crabs, but turned back to Liang Lizhi and picked up another empty bucket.
I filled half an empty bucket with sea water.
Then, he put all the nine-segment shrimps into the half bucket of sea water.
In theory, for most crabs and shrimps, just a little bit of water is enough to sustain their lives.
But the nine-segment shrimp is different.
This is a species with a very strange temper and is extremely stubborn! Once out of the water, the nine-segment shrimp will spit out secretions and kill itself, making it impossible for people who like to try new things to get what they want.
The routine of "dying with honor" is played out thoroughly.
Therefore, Liang Ziqiang had to use a large amount of sea water to dilute their secretions to prevent them from "committing suicide".
Not only that, you also need to change the water from time to time.
After dealing with the nine-segmented prawns, Liang Ziqiang didn’t find any more shrimps or crabs, but he did pick up some clams and conches.
At this time, a small patch of mussels and oysters came into view on a slightly larger black reef.
There were not many mussels, and they were small.
Compared with the big mussels I encountered on Fox Bay Island yesterday, it was not very interesting.
Because the mussels are small, there is not much meat at all.
However, as for the seafood on the shore, there are only a few things left after the tide goes out, which cannot be compared with places like Fox Bay Island.
Liang Ziqiang picked out the relatively larger ones and knocked some off with a chisel.
He also raised the hammer and used the chisel to tap the oysters under the stone.
After cracking open the oyster shell, the soft and tender oyster meat inside became his.
After knocking for a while, Liang Ziqiang had basically cleared out all the oysters on the reef.
It seems unlikely that there will be any big catches near the reef.
Liang Ziqiang returned to the beach carrying the bucket.
Liang Lizhi has been determined and has poked at countless cracks in the stones, but it was obviously all in vain.
At this moment, the silly girl was very unhappy and was cursing the stone vigorously! Liang Ziqiang called out to her, and she reluctantly got up and followed him back to the beach.
Those big stones finally ended the humiliating history of being cursed by people.
Liang Lizhi walked on the sand and played in the sand all the way.
Liang Ziqiang quickly called her:
"Wait, don't step on it. There must be something good under your feet!"
Liang Lizhi was startled by the call and jumped to the side.
Liang Ziqiang bent down and saw a hole in the sand where Liang Lizhi had almost stepped on it.
"It's an eight-shaped hole. There should be razor clams underneath!"
Liang Ziqiang made the judgment immediately.
The eight-shaped hole is a small channel left by bamboo clams to breathe air, and its shape is quite unique.
Liang Lizhi came forward again, instantly forgetting her previous depression, and stretched out her hand to dig under the sand.
"What are you doing?!" Liang Ziqiang quickly stopped her claws.
"You forgot again? The more you dig for bamboo clams, the deeper they hide underground. You may not be able to dig them out even after all your efforts!"
While Liang Ziqiang was scolding her, he took out the bamboo tube.
In the bamboo tube was the highly concentrated salt water that he had specially prepared at home before leaving.
After opening the lid of the bamboo tube, he poured a little salt water directly onto the air hole.
In theory, razor clams are marine creatures and are not afraid of salt water.
However, it also depends on how concentrated the salt water is.
Normally, the most suitable environment for bamboo clams has a salt content of 0.4% to 2.8%.
However, bamboo clams hate high-salt, high-osmotic environments and cannot accept them at all.
When high-concentration salt water is poured on the pores, the living environment of the clam is instantly deteriorated. For a moment, it just wants to get out of the cave and try its best to jump out at the risk of its life.
Just as he saw it, Liang Ziqiang had just poured the highly concentrated salt water on the ground for a while when the sand was stirred twice.
Then, a flesh-colored columnar object, like a chopstick made of flesh, emerged straight out of the sand with its head pointing straight to the sky.
This situation is just like bamboo shoots that spring up from the ground after the rain, and the scene of their growth is made into a fast-forward shot.
Liang Lizhi once again got ahead of her brother and reached out to pull up the bamboo clam that had popped up.
He held it in his hand and looked at it again and again, smiling happily.
It seems that the silly girl has forgotten that she was angry with Shi Tou just a moment ago.
Razor clams are not uncommon on the beach after the tide goes out.
Next, the two found more pores one after another, took out salt water, and did the same thing.
Soon, about a dozen razor clams were harvested.
The two were busy when they suddenly heard bursts of noise from far away.
Some people were yelling, some were swearing.
The two of them couldn't help but stand up and look into the distance, but unfortunately, due to turning a corner, the quarrel seemed to have taken place on the other side of the bay and could not be seen.
Judging from the sound, they were quarreling, and it was quite serious.
Immediately afterwards, someone cried out in pain, "Ouch!"
It seems that it is not just a quarrel, but someone is fighting fiercely on the other side of the bay! Thanks to the recommendation and monthly tickets from book friends such as "Yuying", "Prosperous Memories", "Don't Be a Eunuch", "Xiaodong Writer", and the last number 888 in the afternoon and evening. The author feels motivated again and is writing overnight.
(End of this chapter)
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