Noticing the gazes around him, the second brother shrank back and lowered his voice.
"It's a poisonous fish! Little sister, please check it for me. I didn't mean to!"
Ruan Meng sighed. How many people were there? Her second brother's luck remained as "unusual" as ever...
He quickly went over and checked his second brother's knee. He found no wounds, but he still didn't dare to let his guard down.
Many sea fish secrete mucus that makes the surrounding seawater toxic, and if there are any breaks in the skin, they can easily be poisoned.
Fortunately, after the examination, Ruan Meng found that her second brother had no cuts or lacerations on his legs and ankles.
"Where are the poisonous fish?"
Ruan Meng asked her second brother.
The second brother casually pointed, keeping a close eye on the "poisonous fish," worried that it might hurt others.
Ruan Meng stared intently, then sighed again.
Seeing this, the second son felt a little guilty and cautiously asked:
"Sister, isn't it the highly poisonous pufferfish you mentioned last time, the one with a tiny bit of toxin that can kill many people?"
Seeing that Ruan Meng didn't speak, she pointed to its round body and said, "It's round like this, little sister. You said that when it's in danger, it sucks in air and water, and inflates itself very big..."
Ruan Meng: "Second brother, have you noticed that it's a little different from what we've seen before?"
Ruan Meng approached and caught the "poisonous fish" that had already gone into the water, causing the second brother to scream in fright!
"Sister, put it down quickly! It's poisonous!"
He walked up to Ruan Meng and tried to knock the "poisonous fish" out of her hand.
The third brother walked over, unhurriedly.
"Second brother, if it were poisonous, would your sister still touch it?"
The second son was puzzled.
Ruan Meng held the "poisonous fish" and placed it on the beach, explaining to her two older brothers:
"This is called a porcupine pufferfish, and the poisonous one I mentioned last time is called a pufferfish." (Porcupine pufferfish image from the internet; pufferfish image from the internet.) "Although both are round and inflate when threatened, the porcupine pufferfish's surface is covered with densely packed tiny spines..."
"Pufferfish have a smooth surface, but they are highly poisonous, while pufferfish are not poisonous. Pufferfish are edible; their skin can be used in soups or porridge, making them excellent ingredients."
The second child was shocked and pointed to the densely packed tiny spines of the porcupine, asking Ruan Meng:
"Little sister, with so many thorns, how can we eat the skin?"
Ruan Meng blinked and smiled without saying a word.
The second son was even more shocked: "What? You even ate the thorns?"
The third brother was speechless. "Second brother, is it possible to remove the thorn?"
Ruan Meng looked at her third brother with relief.
Upon learning that the pufferfish was non-venomous, the second brother squatted down, preparing to pat it. Unexpectedly, the pufferfish whirled around and lunged to bite his finger. The second brother, quick as a flash, pulled his finger back swiftly...
At the same time, Ruan Meng had already pulled him back, more than ten feet away from the porcupine.
The second child was somewhat surprised, "Little sister, didn't you say it wasn't poisonous?"
Ruan Meng opened her mouth, but was speechless.
She walked to the side, picked up a seashell, and put it into the pufferfish's mouth...
Instantly, a "snap" sound startled the second son awake.
Ruan Meng looked at her second brother, "If you hadn't pulled your finger back quickly, it would be broken now..."
The second son quickly hid his fingers behind his back, and the guards, seeing this, covered their mouths and chuckled.
The third brother avoided the pufferfish's mouth and threw it into the wooden bucket.
A Yuan looked at the sand cave at his feet, which was gradually disappearing, and sighed deeply.
Ruan Meng smiled and approached, offering words of comfort:
"Don't be discouraged! Maybe you attracted this pufferfish too..."
A-Yuan: Girl, if you're going to make up a lie, at least make it more convincing...
Ruan Meng reminded, "Actually, pufferfish are very valuable, more expensive than many other sea fish."
"Does A-Yuan like to eat stone frogs?"
A Yuan nodded.
Ruan Mengdao said, "After removing the skin, the meat tastes similar to that of stone frogs and frogfish."
A Yuan's eyes lit up. "If A Yuan catches one or two more pufferfish, could you make them taste like stone frogs?"
Yesterday, each person only ate one piece of frogfish!
Xiao Kai leaned closer, "Catch! Catch it quickly! Once you've caught it, I'll go prepare the Mountain Orchid Wine!"
Ruan Meng nodded, and A Yuan turned around, facing the sea that was above their ankles, carefully searching for the presence of pufferfish.
"Be careful, it bites!"
Ruan Meng reminded her.
A-Yuan nodded. Hearing that the skin and flesh of the pufferfish were edible and tasted similar to the frogfish they had eaten yesterday, the guards were also full of energy.
Unfortunately, not a single one was found.
Suddenly, A Yuan felt a cool sensation on the side of his ankle. He looked down...
A large porcupine, as long as his arm, squatted at his feet, an inch away, spitting at his ankle...
A Yuan: ?
It's quite sensible of it; it won't bite him.
When Ruan Meng and Xiao Kai saw that A Yuan was not moving, they followed his gaze and discovered a huge porcupinefish, which stunned them!
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