Ruan Yizheng held the mail snail, about half the size of his palm, and examined it from head to toe!
Chicken! Heart! Snail! (Image from the internet) "Second brother, throw them away quickly!"
Ruan Meng said seriously, and Ruan Yi quickly let go, startled himself.
Ruan Meng walked closer and pointed to the conch shell that had fallen into the sea, reminding her, "This is called a conch shell. It's triangular in shape, so it's easy to recognize!"
"It's poisonous. It's said that one poison can kill ten adult men."
Ruan Yi immediately turned pale and screamed in terror.
"Second brother, quickly wash your hands!"
Ruan Zheng reminded him to walk over, put on gloves, pick up the whelk that had just been thrown away, and bury it in a hole on the shore.
He said, "To prevent it from being picked up by a stranger, which would be a huge problem."
Ruan Meng nodded, and Ruan Zheng walked back to the mudflats and pulled his second brother out.
"Second brother, could you watch over the seafood we picked up at the beach for us?"
Nguyen Duc resisted, still wanting to return to the sea, saying, "I want to help you..."
Ruan Zheng used brute force and grabbed his second brother as easily as a chick. "You staying on the shore is helping us!"
Ruan Yi realized what was happening and pointed at his third brother with a smile, "What do you mean? You look down on your second brother, don't you?!"
Ruan Zheng smiled helplessly, "I don't mind, it's just that the fish and crabs in the sea would!"
"You're making so much noise they can't sleep!"
Ruan Yi wanted to retort, but his elder brother spoke up from the shore, "Second brother, is there still cotton cloth at home?"
"Their gloves are all wet. It's hot and humid at the beach, and they might not dry during the day. Should we make some spares for them?"
"We'll help process the seafood; it might come in handy."
Upon hearing this, Ruan Yi realized it was important and immediately ran back to the stone house.
The elder brother and sister-in-law looked at each other and smiled.
Ruan Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, and Ruan Meng felt completely relaxed.
The snails in their speech also began to emerge.
"Second brother, focus on picking up oysters!"
Ruan Meng pointed out that, based on yesterday's observations, the Song and Fan families were selling seafood, and the price of half a bucket of common seafood was less than the price of herbs.
Adding in the labor costs of transporting the seafood to the city, Ruan Meng felt that to sell it at a good price, she either needed to catch rare seafood or develop products that were not currently available in the South Island.
For example, oyster sauce.
As for seafood, even ordinary seafood, once processed into gourmet dishes, can be sold for several times the price of the raw materials.
However, everything depends on seasonings.
In this era, there was no soy sauce, but ginger and garlic could be used as medicine. Ruan Meng asked at a herbal medicine shop and found that they had dried ginger and garlic, but the dried ones tasted much worse than the fresh ones.
The key to the flavor of seafood is its freshness, and the same goes for the seasonings.
Ruan Meng plans to go to the mountains to find some plants suitable for making seasonings after the beachcombing is over.
The older brother asked from the shore, "Meng'er, how should we prepare these oysters? Should we dry them, steam them, or shuck them?"
Ruan Meng walked to the shore and gave her older brother a thumbs up.
She found a dagger she had bought in town yesterday and taught her older brother how to shuck oysters.
Ruan Meng took off her gloves and handed them to her older brother, saying, "Brother, wear gloves when you pry, otherwise you'll easily get hurt."
The eldest brother refused to accept them, but the second brother happened to hear this from inside the house and quickly came out. "Hey! Luckily, your second brother is skillful and has already made two. Here you go!"
The second brother handed the two newly made gloves to his eldest brother.
The elder sister-in-law took out a kitchen knife, but Ruan Meng immediately stopped her, saying, "Sister-in-law, you rest. When your brother gets tired, you can take over for him."
She added, "Squatting for too long will get tiring!"
With her straightforward personality, the eldest sister-in-law tightened her sleeves, refused Ruan Meng's gloves, and prepared to start using her hands directly.
"It's alright! Just be careful."
Ruan Meng chuckled; she really liked her sister-in-law's personality.
So he turned to his third brother and said, "Third brother, why don't you switch with your sister-in-law?"
Picking up oysters is relatively easy; the next task will require some strength.
Without saying a word, Ruan Zheng immediately took off his gloves.
Ruan Meng handed her sister-in-law the one she had worn, and then put on the pair that belonged to her third brother.
She instructed her third brother, "Third brother, when you get back later, find a clean basin to hold the oyster meat that your older brother shucked out."
"Oyster meat must be rinsed repeatedly with spring water, not seawater."
"Collect the oyster shells, don't throw them away. Crush them with the hammer you bought yesterday, and preferably grind them into powder, then collect them."
Ruan Zheng asked, "What's the use of oyster shell powder?"
Ruan Meng explained, "We can keep it and use it to build houses later. Mixing it with mud and sand will make the houses more sturdy!"
Ruan Zheng smiled and gave Ruan Meng a thumbs up.
The eldest sister-in-law laughed and said, "Our little sister is really amazing! She makes the most of the oyster meat and doesn't waste the shells at all!"
Ruan Meng feigned shyness, "Sister-in-law, I'll take that as a compliment!"
The elder brother looked up and smiled gently, "It was just a compliment!"
Ruan Meng was full of energy and continued picking oysters!
Around noon, the two sisters-in-law collected two whole basins of oysters, shucked and rinsed them, and the oyster meat filled an entire basin.
The second son, Ruan Yi, came out of the stone house and took out a pair of newly made gloves, which received Ruan Meng's heartfelt praise, making him extremely pleased.
Ruan Meng heated the wok and poured the oyster meat into it.
A delicious aroma soon wafted from the stone house.
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