"Isn't Shishi scared?"
Song Chengjian asked, sounding somewhat worried.
Some children are so frightened that they don't scream on the spot, but they develop a fever at night.
My younger brothers all experienced similar situations when they were young.
Wen Shishi watched intently, leaning forward as if she wanted to get a closer look.
Sudden!
The snake in Lao Si's hand suddenly slipped and flew out, heading straight for Wen Shishi's face!
"ah!"
"not good!"
"quick!"
......
Several voices rang out at the same time, and everyone rushed over simultaneously!
The fourth brother frantically tried to grab it, but luckily the second brother was quick-witted and swiftly knocked it away.
The snake fell into the water and was pulled back by Lao Si. In the struggle, it bit Lao Si's tiger's mouth.
"ah!"
Even the fourth brother, who was in pain, couldn't help but cry out.
"How about it?"
The older brother quickly stepped forward and asked with concern.
"It's nothing, brother. It's just a minor injury, but it does hurt a little!"
This little thing, I didn't expect its bite to really hurt!
The eldest brother quickly asked the sixth brother to take a look.
The fourth brother switched hands to grab the "snake," and this time he dared not loosen his grip even for a moment. He would rather crush it to death than let it attack him.
The fourth brother looked at Wen Shishi with shame, apologizing repeatedly, "Shishi, I'm sorry! It's all my fault, I didn't hold on tight enough, did I scare you?"
Wen Shishi was indeed frightened; she was dazed, her eyes lost their light, and she looked incredibly pitiful.
The second brother looked at the fourth brother with a fierce gaze, but seeing that he was injured, he couldn't bear to say anything more.
He said to the fourth brother, who was checking the sixth brother's health, "Fourth brother, while you're at it, check if it's poisonous. If it's not poisonous, then stew it!"
The brothers also felt that this was the right thing to do, and even if they didn't eat, they still wanted to help Shishi vent her anger.
They all gathered around Wen Shishi, gently coaxing her.
"It's not poisonous."
Startled, Wen Shishi slowly uttered two words.
"What?"
The brothers asked.
With her unfocused gaze returning to its original state, Wen Shishi looked again at what the fourth brother was holding, her body trembling slightly. The second brother noticed this and felt even more heartache.
“I said, it’s not poisonous.”
Judging from Wen Shishi's tone, it seemed she knew it, so Song Chenghou asked, "Shishi, do you know it?"
Wen Shishi nodded, and the second brother told the fourth brother to hide the thing so that Shishi wouldn't be frightened again.
Wen Shishi was indeed a little better and slowly said, "It's not a snake, it's a small eel, its scientific name is Chinese eel."
Image from the internet.
None of the brothers bothered to investigate what "中华" (Zhonghua) meant or what "须鳗" (Xuman) meant...
It's just a name, and we'll wait for Wen Shishi to explain further.
The second brother gently patted her back, and Wen Shishi seemed to calm down.
She continued, "It's not a snake, it's a type of fish."
"Fish?"
The third brother asked in confusion, but was immediately covered in the mouth by the ninth brother behind him.
Lao Jiu coaxed Wen Shishi, "It's alright, Shishi, please continue."
Wen Shishi nodded, "Because its head is long and pointed, some people think it looks like a dragon, so many people also call it the earth dragon."
"Earth dragon?"
The third brother pulled the ninth brother's hand away and exclaimed in surprise.
The eighth brother also came over, and together with the ninth brother, they placed all four of their hands on the third brother's mouth.
"Shishi, it's okay, please continue!"
Wen Shishi continued, "According to the book, it is naturally strong and can penetrate dikes. Its flesh is very firm and tastes similar to that of ordinary eels."
You can crush it before cooking, or cut it into pieces and stew it with soybeans or astragalus root...
The book says that adding astragalus can invigorate virility and tonify the kidneys. When it's expensive, it can fetch a very high price...
"Kidney tonification?"
At this moment, Lao Ba's eyes suddenly lit up.
Her brothers looked at her questioningly.
Old Eight explained with a laugh, "I'm still young, I'm still young. I was just thinking, with such strong effects, could it be sold for a high price...?"
Looking at Wen Shishi, he asked, "Shishi, the high price you mentioned, is it this that's expensive, or is the sea cucumber more expensive?"
Wen Shishi thought for a moment, and the book said that when the price of earthworms was high, they could sell for more than two thousand yuan per kilogram...
Her grandfather told her about the price of sea cucumbers...
Wen Shishi replied, "About the same, but high-quality sea cucumbers are more expensive."
Now, not only the eighth brother, but also the other brothers' eyes suddenly lit up.
Another way to make money!
Looking again at the Chinese eel behind the fourth brother, his eyes softened considerably...
The expression on his face was as if he were looking at copper coins and silver coins.
This Chinese whiskered eel probably never imagined that its status would change so drastically in the blink of an eye...
An even bigger surprise awaits that evening.
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