"Girl, just tell me, is this edible? Does it taste good?"
A Yuan asked readily.
Ruan Meng replied briefly, "You can eat it, as long as your stomach can handle it."
After A Yuan nodded, he turned around. The second brother, eager to win, also waded into the water and began searching among the rocks.
Ruan Meng enjoyed the sea breeze, waiting for the "surprise" that A Yuan or her third brother would bring.
"Sister, sister!"
A moment later, the second brother exclaimed, pointing to a rocky outcrop, "These are all snails, right?"
The voice sounded somewhat proud.
Ruan Meng approached and saw a few dozen wild snails scattered around. Seeing her second brother's expectant expression, Ruan Meng couldn't bear to disappoint him. She exaggerated a few words, then peeled the snails off and put them into the bucket.
A Yuan called out to Ruan Meng from a short distance away. The second brother and Ruan Meng walked over together. Ruan Meng felt a chill run down her spine, while the second brother froze.
There was a reef about two zhang long, densely covered with snails. (Image of snails from the internet.) Ruan Mengrang's third brother, along with the Song and Fan family brothers, helped fill five whole buckets.
Just as he straightened up, A-Yuan picked up a blue seashell and asked Ruan Meng:
"Girl, is this edible? Is it tasty?"
Ruan Meng looked at the mussels and hesitated before saying, "Mussels are edible and good for your health, but they are just ordinary seafood and the taste is so-so." (Image from the internet)
A-Yuan turned around, pointed to a group of rocks behind him, and said with some regret, "What a pity, if they were delicious, I would have picked them all!"
Ruan Meng thought of Madam Xu and immediately told her second and third brothers to pour the snails back and empty the wooden buckets and basins. Not a single mussel could be left!
Only then did the Song and Fan brothers notice that the rocks A-Yuan was pointing to were completely covered with mussels. They looked A-Yuan up and down and couldn't help but ask:
"Ah Yuan, in the Sun family, is your contract permanent or permanent?"
Ah Yuan laughed and said, "I am a servant born into the family, and I cannot leave the Sun family unless my master bestows a favor upon me. However, it is quite nice to be by the young master's side, and Ah Yuan has never thought about leaving."
Although they couldn't afford to redeem it now, the Song and Fan families still felt it was a pity.
Ruan Meng smiled; she was very familiar with this feeling.
Xiao Kai went back and called several guards to come with him, which made them pick up the mussels much faster.
Halfway through the search, the second brother suddenly pointed to a rock and asked Ruan Meng:
"Sister, why are these oysters so much smaller than those on our Fengjia Village beach?"
Ruan Meng examined it carefully and explained:
"This is called a oyster, not a raw oyster. It's generally smaller than a raw oyster. Raw oysters are also a type of oyster, but they grow slower and have higher nutritional value." Oyster, image from the internet. "Oysters grow faster, so they are much cheaper. In terms of taste, raw oysters can be eaten raw, but oysters are generally cooked."
A Yuan was very curious. Although he had been to Nan Island many times with the young master, he had never eaten as much seafood as at Ruan's house, except for fish and shrimp.
He then asked Ruan Meng, "Miss, what delicious dishes can be made with oysters?"
Ruan Meng recalled a famous snack from her past life on the southern coast, and turned to ask Xiao Kai, "Is it convenient to buy eggs here?"
Xiao Kai nodded. Sea transport is convenient in Beixian County, and the living environment is much better than in Beixian County. Chicken farming is very common, and eggs are easy to buy.
Ruan Meng said to the two of them, "As long as you can buy eggs and catch more oysters, I'll make you something delicious, oyster-stuffed eggs!"
The two men's eyes lit up, and Xiao Kai immediately turned around and went back to arrange for the purchase of eggs.
"Don't forget Shanlan Wine!"
Ruan Meng reminded her.
Ah Yuan carefully searched the oysters; were they oysters carrying eggs?
He's determined to get his hands on her!
Seeing that more than ten buckets of mussels had already been collected, Ruan Meng asked her second and third brothers, along with several elder brothers from the Song and Fan families, to go back and help.
Ruan Meng asked several brothers from the Song and Fan families to help clean the mussels. After cooking them, the mussel meat was picked out and laid out to dry in the courtyard.
Ruan Meng and her two older brothers cleaned the snails.
"Little sister, how do you eat these spicy snails?"
The third brother asked.
The second child tentatively answered, "Should we pick out the meat to cook, or cook it with the shell on, and only pick out the meat when we eat it?"
Ruan Meng smiled faintly, "Although it's just food, the experience is also very important."
Ruan Meng explained that both methods are acceptable, but the meat at the tail of the snail can easily irritate the stomach and intestines, so it's important to be prepared for any potential problems.
In my past life, the people of my hometown were used to picking out the snail meat, cutting off the tail, and then stuffing the meat back in...
But once the meat is separated from the shell, it loses its elasticity, so Ruan Meng is used to processing it with the shell on and cutting off the tail.
After rinsing the snails clean, the second brother, following Ruan Meng's advice, found two pairs of embroidery scissors, one for him and one for the third brother, and began to cut off the snails' tails.
When things were almost settled, I saw the person returning from the far gate and was almost speechless with surprise.
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