Chapter 457 Catching Flying Fish on the Beach
Sugar beans? Liang Ziqiang and the others were all puzzled. Where did sugar beans come from on the beach?
They hurried forward to take a look. Lizhi was very angry and felt cheated:
"It's just a pile of sand, where's the sugar?!"
Liang Ziqiang squatted down and took a look, only to see small, round grains of fine sand sticking out from the sand.
And there's not just one place, the whole area is arranged in an orderly manner, it really looks like sugar beans are scattered on the ground.
"What's going on?" Chen Xiangbei asked curiously.
"This is a sand ball. There are many crabs underneath. There is a kind of crab that likes to dig sand and hide in holes. It is called a sand crab!" Liang Ziqiang understood it at a glance.
Sand crabs have a characteristic: they pursue an artistic sense in the process of digging out sand. They like to "roll glutinous rice balls", and roll them into extremely standard round ones.
Of course, some of the sand balls are not rubbed out by them, but they are round sand balls that they swallow the sand, filter out the plankton and nutrients in it, and then excrete.
He didn't know whether to call this crab smart or stupid. If he called it stupid, he could hardly see any crabs moving on the beach, as they all dug holes and hid under the sand. If he called it smart, the traces it left behind were too obvious.
This kind of sand ball is a unique feature of sand crabs.
"It's true, there's a hole next to it!" Chen Xiangbei also squatted down to look.
Next to each pile of sand balls, there was at least one hole slightly smaller than a coin. When Lizhi heard there was a crab underneath, he took out a small shovel and started digging into the hole without saying a word.
The strange thing is that the shovel dug deeper and deeper, but in the end it was found to be empty and nothing was found.
"Don't dig for lychees. Sand crabs are hard to dig up, and they're small. Even if you dig them up, there won't be much meat!"
Liang Ziqiang persuaded Litchi.
The silly girl was stubborn: "It's fun, I want to dig it out!"
Xiao Hai next to him did the same, squatting there, picking and digging, reluctant to leave.
Seeing this, Liang Ziqiang had no choice but to give them some advice:
"That's not how you dig, you need a rope!"
The holes dug by sand crabs seem to be interconnected. If you use a shovel to dig at one end, the crab will run to the other end of the hole, so it is not easy to dig out.
He untied a piece of thin rope tied to the bucket and squatted down to a small hole.
The rope was extended vertically into the hole from above. After a short wait, the rope began to swing in my hand.
Liang Ziqiang pulled the rope upwards suddenly, and a crab smaller than a coin came out and was hanging on the rope.
The sand crab is curious. The shovel cannot dig it out, but if the rope is extended into the hole, it will definitely jump over and hold the rope. Then, when the time is right, it can be pulled up with a single lift.
In fact, this crab is very delicious when made into crab sauce, but you need a lot of it, otherwise it won't be very tasty. Litchi and Litchi played with it for a while, then stopped playing and continued looking for treasures.
Because the tide had receded very low, the reef bottom areas that were usually flooded were exposed. Liang Ziqiang walked down barefoot, carrying a bucket.
Chen Xiangbei also walked over barefoot and saw that there were indeed quite a few oysters at the bottom of the reef.
They all brought their tools. Liang Ziqiang pried open the oyster shells with a clanging sound, and directly knocked out the white oyster meat. His wife quickly used a bucket to catch it.
Suddenly, I heard Lizhi's voice in the front again, sounding very excited.
After Liang Ziqiang pried open the oysters and walked over to take a look, he saw the lychees jumping around like a big frog, chasing something on the mudflat.
She gathered her strength, pounced forward and covered it with her hands. Unexpectedly, a slender figure jumped up from her hand, jumping high up, and it was obvious that she had not caught it.
Another figure actually flapped its wings and flew up! Although it wasn't flying very high, it was really flying.
"Jumping fish? Why are you catching them like you're fighting? Did you catch any?"
Liang Ziqiang remembered that Lizhi especially loved to catch jumping fish. When going to the beach to catch jumping fish, it was almost one of her favorite hobbies. However, she could not always catch this fish.
"I just caught one!" Lizhi turned around, his face not only looking a little frustrated, but also covered in mud.
The jumping fish is also called mudskipper or flower jumping fish. This thing is quite clever, its eyes are bulging and held high in the front half of the head, supported by special eye stalks, and when the eyes are bulging, it can see 360 degrees in all directions.
Mudskippers live like amphibians. In addition to breathing with gills, they can also breathe through their skin and oral mucosa, so they can stay in waterless places for a relatively long time.
Because its pectoral fins are particularly developed and can move back and forth, it does not rely on swimming in submerged areas but only on crawling.
The dorsal fin of this fish is even more strange, becoming fan-shaped and light brown. It is with these wing-like things that it can not only jump very high, but also fly a few times occasionally, so fishermen sometimes call it "flying fish".
With all these special skills, it is certainly not easy to catch him.
"Lizhi, you are so stupid, watch me!"
Liang Xiaohai watched for a while, and the more he watched, the more worried he became for Lizhi. In his opinion, it was just a small fish, and no matter how fast it jumped, it couldn't be as fast as a human's legs, right? He pounced on it, aimed at a jumping fish and grabbed it.
It made quite a noise. I don't know how he did it, but he successfully... fell down on the muddy and sandy ground, and when he turned over, not only were his clothes and pants dirty, but his face was also covered with mud.
Liang Ziqiang wanted to pull it, but Liang Xiaohai was so decisive and decisive in his move. He quickly went forward to pick him up, and heard Lizhi laughing beside him, happier than if he had caught ten jumping fish.
Not only that, Liang Jingcheng, who was held in Liang's mother's arms, actually joined in the fun. Perhaps he also thought the whole scene was too funny, clapping his hands, hehehe, laughing in an extremely unkind way.
Liang Xiaohai wanted to be angry, but the timing was not right. Before he could get his emotions together, his mother heard the news and came over, giving him a slap on the head. The anger that had just risen up turned into sadness.
"I knew I couldn't bring you with me to the beach. You always cause trouble for me. Do you think I'm too idle or something? Go wash your clothes yourself!"
It seemed that the sister-in-law could not continue to go fishing, so she pushed Liang Xiaohai all the way home to pack up.
"Lychee, use this!"
Liang Ziqiang saw that it was too difficult to catch the lychees, so he handed her a hand-held net.
When you see a fish jumping, just use this to cover it, just like catching a butterfly. The efficiency is not very high, but at least it is much better than doing it with your bare hands.
In fact, there are better and more clever ways, but you have to prepare a lot of bamboo tubes in advance.
Insert hollow bamboo tubes into the mud and sand, with the mouth facing upwards and covered with mud to disguise it. When the jumping fish see the hole, they think it is their home and will actively jump in. However, once they jump into the narrow and deep bamboo tubes, they cannot get out.
There is no more effective way than this to deal with the jumping fish that have "unique skills".
Using the hand-scoop net, the efficiency was indeed improved, and in a short while, dozens of fish were caught.
"Let's have fried jumping fish for lunch and sprinkle some salt on it. It will be delicious!" said Liang's mother as she watched from the side.
Jumping fish is quite nutritious and the meat is tender. Nowadays, there is no shortage of oil at home. It must be delicious when fried crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. In addition, it is also very good to stew it with mushrooms, which has another smooth and tender taste.
"Aqiang, come and see. There are things like large chestnuts here. There are a bunch of them, and they are all thorny!"
Chen Xiangbei suddenly shouted and waved towards him.
Liang Ziqiang ran over to take a look. It was a long chain of reefs. At the bottom of one of the large reefs and in the cracks between the rocks, there were a dozen black "hedgehogs" piled together...
(End of this chapter)
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