"Oh my god, Uncle Er, I'm not well educated, so don't lie to me!"
Ah Hua exclaimed
Zhao Baotai glanced at the guy and said, "I was shocked at the time, too. In the end, Xiaoyang's grandfather had a friend in the province who came over to help us identify it. It really was an eel."
"A big... thigh-thick eel, it must be a spirit!"
Xiaobao was also dumbfounded.
He even believed in water monkeys, but such a big eel was beyond his imagination.
"What's wrong? Everyone thinks I'm just bragging. This is a true story!"
Zhao Baotai was immediately excited when he was looked at like this by a group of young people.
"Back then, a director of a science and education program came over and recorded a special program. What was it called, 'Science'? Hey, I can't remember it right now."
"The group photo from that time is still at home! People finally did some research and came up with a scientific explanation. They said that the soil in our Laonan Mountain is rich in minerals and abundant in resources, which also led to the nutrient-rich sediments in the lake behind the mountain."
"Eels love to eat humus. The hydrology behind the mountain is complex, so the eels burrow into the mud and no one catches them. Over time, they grow to this size!"
Zhao Baotai spoke excitedly, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then continued to speak to the confused crowd.
"Besides, eels themselves are quite bizarre. You young people probably don't know this, but eels are hermaphrodites, with males being much smaller than females. At a certain point, males mutate and become females, increasing in size before they begin to reproduce individually."
"So the final conclusion is that the humus-rich silt in our back mountain pond, which is rich in hormones, stimulated the eels to mutate."
Zhao Xiaoyang frowned and said, "Second Uncle, is the Moon-gazing Eel you're talking about... the strange eel that my grandfather once told me about, the one that can grow to an extremely large size?"
"A monster that surfaces every full-moon night to absorb the essence of the sun and moon?"
"Haha, that's right, that's it!"
Hearing Zhao Xiaoyang's words, Zhao Baotai was happy: "Look, your grandfather also said it, I'm not just exaggerating, right?"
"But the idea of absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon is nonsense. Eels have the habit of surfacing in the middle of the night to breathe. It's just that they look a little scary when they grow so big."
Seeing Zhao Baotai looking relaxed, Zhao Xiaoyang and others frowned.
Even if it was really just a mutated eel, it could even chew through a fishing net. If it bit a human, it would be no joke.
"Well, that's the thing. It's no big deal. That eel won't grow back for more than ten or twenty years. Let's go catch it today. It's just the right thing for me, an old man, to replenish my body."
ah!
Hearing this, Ah Hua exclaimed: "Old man, you have a big appetite!"
"Humph, you little bastard, are you kidding me, an old man?"
Zhao Baotai glanced at him and said, "Let me tell you, when female eels mutate, their blood carries toxins."
"Although ordinary eels cooked at high temperatures are not a big deal, once they grow into moon eels, the toxins accumulate and the meat is poisonous enough to kill people. If caught by someone unawares, it is still dangerous, so now that we know about it, we must deal with it quickly!"
"So that's how it is. Well then, I'll go get the fishing net and set up the formation!"
Ah Hua said as he went to the car and took out a fishing net and a fish cage.
"These aren't safe! Xiaoyang, can you see if there's a harpoon in the woodshed?"
“Yes, yes!”
Zhao Xiaoyang immediately nodded in agreement, then quickly walked over and took two harpoons.
This thing is a must-have for mountain people.
In addition to spearing fish, it is also a self-defense tool in the mountains.
If you encounter a poisonous snake or something, just kill it with a fork.
"Yeah, that'll do!"
As he spoke, Zhao Baotai suddenly stood up.
"Ah? Uncle Er, be careful and don't move!"
"Hey, it's okay. I was able to walk in the hospital. Just don't get too violent!"
Zhao Baotai turned around and glanced at Zhao Yuanzheng: "A Zheng, go get some fish!"
"good!"
Zhao Yuanzheng didn't say anything for a long time, in fact he was also dumbfounded.
Moon-gazing eel, not to mention that Zhao Xiaoyang and his group of young people don’t know about it, he has never seen it either!
"Uncle, come with me. Let's go to my fish pond and catch a few fish."
As Ah Hua said this, he stopped Zhao Yuanzheng and called Xiao Bao to drive away.
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