Chapter 157 Coconut Snail

The thing stuck under the big rock is a kind of snail. In Jiang Wan's home, it is called the coconut snail. Some people also call it the papaya snail because it looks like a papaya.

It doesn't cling to rocks as tightly as abalone, and it falls off after two pokes.

The yellow-brown shell with black spots suddenly turned over, revealing the snail meat with zebra patterns and still wriggling.

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Jiang Wan took it out and weighed it; it was so heavy!

At least five pounds.

Coconut snails are considered very large among sea snails. It is said that they can grow to weigh more than 20 kilograms, which is scary to think about.

A weight of more than 20 kilograms would be bigger than my head. In comparison, the one in her hand is just a little brother.

Jiang Wan hadn't seen coconut snails for a long time, so she put them in the basket after eating them for a while.

In fact, she doesn't really like coconut snails, because the meat of the snail is very chewy and a bit hard. Whether it is fried or cooked in soup, it must be cut into thin slices or shreds, otherwise it will be difficult to chew when cooked.

Of course, it is nutritious and tastes pretty good, but it takes a lot of effort to make, so Jiang Wan, a lazy person, doesn't like it.

She prefers oyster snails, cat's eye snails, and spicy snails, because you can eat the whole meat once it's cooked.

It's chewy but you can chew it easily.

But since they were out to catch the sea, it was fate that they met each other, and she couldn't bear to throw away such heavy meat.

Besides, my cousin and her friends have never seen what coconut snails look like. If I take them back and show them to her, she can also learn more about seafood.

Jiang Wan put away the coconut snails and went back to get the crabs, but suddenly found that the crabs inside were gone.

A closer look revealed it was moving swiftly among the rocks.

Is this crab a spirit? It knows how to escape when I'm not paying attention.

Jiang Wan took a few steps to chase after it, stepped on the crab's back, and immediately crushed it to death.

Crab plus one more.

Only those who go fishing can understand the joy of picking seafood in silence.

Jiang Wan carried the food all the way home only after the basket and bucket were full.

Just leave the crabs and conches aside for now and ignore them. These creatures can survive for a long time out of water and are much stronger than fish.

She took out all the sea urchins in the bucket, cleaned five of them first, and then gave them to her cousin and mother.

Sea urchins are not like fish and shrimps, you can catch them every day when you go out to sea. Here, you have to be lucky to catch some at the seaside.

It’s not easy to eat it once.

Yin Ning had been thinking about this dish all the time, and as soon as she saw the sea urchin her cousin brought, she immediately put down her needle and thread.

"There's sea urchin to eat again!"

"There are several more in the kitchen. I'll open them for you after you finish eating."

Jiang Wan handed the sea urchin and spoon to her cousin, and mentioned that she had caught a huge coconut snail today.

"Extra large? How big can a conch be? Is it as big as my palm?"

"Just go and take a look, I guarantee you'll be shocked."

Jiang Wan took her cousin outside to see the coconut snails, and the three people in the pharmacy also gathered over.

Baozhu still had sea urchin roe stuffed in her mouth, and her originally happy face turned into a frown when she saw the coconut snails.

"Xiao Wan, this melon snail is not tasty."

Jiang Wan immediately understood that coconut snails were also called melon snails in ancient times.

It does look like a melon.

"How do you eat Baozhu?"

"Just boil it or steam it. The meat is too tough to chew."

Most of the seafood eaten in the village is boiled or steamed. Many fish, shrimps and crabs taste even better with this simple method. Almost no one stir-fries them because it consumes too much oil and people are reluctant to do so.

Jiang Wan thought that the coconut snail meat, whether boiled or steamed, was extremely difficult to chew. No wonder Baozhu said it tasted bad.

"I'll teach you another way to cook it later. I guarantee it will taste better than the sea urchin you have."

Baozhu looked doubtful. This was her first time eating sea urchin roe and she was amazed by its taste. If the water snails were so unpalatable, how could they be made more fragrant than sea urchin roe by changing the cooking method?

Believe it or not~

Jiang Wan smiled and said nothing. You’ll know once you’ve become this girl.

"Xiaohua, have you ever eaten this melon snail before?"

When her name was suddenly called, Xiaohua almost dropped the sea urchin in her hand. She quickly shook her head and said no.

Jiang Wan just didn't want Xiaohua to feel that she was excluded from the conversation, so when she saw that Xiaohua didn't want to talk more, she stopped calling her.

After eating the sea urchin and putting away the spoon, Jiang Wan had just finished brushing her shoes when villagers came one after another to deliver oyster meat.

Daya and Erya also came home to prepare a fire.

Jiang Wan thought to herself, eh? It seems that the contract with Fengweilou will expire in two days.

It’s strange, why didn’t the shopkeeper Sun come?

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Shopkeeper Sun wanted to come at this time, but he was injured and lying at home and couldn't move, otherwise he would have gone to Lian's house in person.

Speaking of this injury, we have to mention the young master.

The young master was burned that day, and when he was supporting him, he walked too fast but was not careful and fell. As a result, the young master got angry and kicked himself.

The kick landed on my waist and it hurt so much that I couldn't even get up after returning home.

After seeing the doctor, he just said that he needed to rest for half a month. His daughter-in-law cried all day long, which made him anxious.

"My husband, someone outside wants to see you."

"Who?"

"He said his last name was Yu."

Last name Yu...

A person immediately popped up in Shopkeeper Sun's mind.

The shopkeeper Yu who was in front of me.

"Please let him in."

Shopkeeper Sun was feeling a little uneasy. He was recovering from his injuries so what did this guy want to do by coming to his house? Was he here to laugh at him?

While I was in a daze, the door curtain moved and the shopkeeper Yu walked in.

Um??

The last time I saw him, he looked haggard and ten years older. How come he looks so radiant again in just a short while?

"Brother Yu..."

"Brother Sun, I suddenly heard that you were injured? How is it? Is it serious?"

"Thank you for your concern. It's nothing serious. I'll be fine after a few days of rest. Brother Yu looks in good spirits. Where are you working now?"

Shopkeeper Yu smiled and told Shopkeeper Sun something that was both surprising and not so surprising.

"I am now the second in command at Dongfuju, all thanks to you, Brother Sun."

The shopkeeper Sun was embarrassed and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Shopkeeper Yu burst into laughter.

"Brother Sun, please don't get me wrong. I'm not blaming you. I'm really grateful to you. You must know the character of the young master better than I do. I have to endure a lot of humiliation under his nose every day. I have to be servile and be ordered around like a slave every day, but I still can't get any good results. I don't want to stay here anymore."

Shopkeeper Sun: “…”

There was an inexplicable pain in my heart, as if I had been stabbed by an arrow.

Indeed, he was treated like a slave every day.

"Alas... I am now free from the sea of ​​suffering. The monthly salary given to me by the boss of Dongfuju is no less than that of Fengweilou. We can discuss things with each other on a regular basis. This is how people should live."

The inhuman shopkeeper Sun: "..."

No, my waist starts to hurt again.

"Brother Yu, what exactly are you doing here today? Just tell me."

"Ah? Isn't my purpose clear enough? I'm here to recruit you to Dongfuju."

Shocked!!

Shopkeeper Sun was so shocked by these words that he was stunned.

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(The second and third updates will be posted as soon as they are finished. The third update may be very late, so it is recommended to read it tomorrow morning.)