Chapter 229 Wild Fruits on an Isolated Island
The belly of a fish is the part of the fish where the fat content is the highest and the tastiest.
Although people of this generation don't eat sashimi much, they are still quite accepting of it. And with Zhang Ze taking the lead, the others followed suit.
A mouthful of big belly meat made those who had never eaten tuna sashimi all gasp in amazement.
"I know that there is sashimi in Chaoshan, but I didn't know it tastes so good." Jin Sanbao couldn't help but sigh.
There is a reason why bluefin tuna, as a top-quality sashimi fish, is so expensive.
Even people who have never tried sashimi will fall in love with it after taking the first bite of the fish's belly because it is so delicious.
However, Zhang Ze didn't cut too much, and only gave two slices to each person to taste.
One is that the fish is a bit greasy, after all, there is no mustard. The other is that I ate too much tonight and there is no need to just focus on my big belly.
At this time, Xiao Hei saw that he didn't have anything to do, so he refused and stood up and pulled up his trouser legs.
"Oh, I forgot about you. Come here, let you have a try too." Zhang Ze looked down, then smiled and fed him two slices.
Xiao Hei has grown a lot now, and two slices of tuna are gone in just a few chops. It is still unsatisfied and wants to eat more, so Zhang Ze simply cuts a piece and throws it into its bowl.
His tuna head was steamed very quickly and it felt like it was cooked in no time. It was sprinkled with chopped green onions and poured with hot oil, and looked extremely appetizing when served.
Jin Sanbao and others outside were almost done with their barbecue, so they started eating right away.
Several people were very interested in tuna and picked up their chopsticks and put some into the tuna plates.
Zhang Ze also took the opportunity to pick up a piece of cheek meat. It is said that the meat here is also of top quality.
People seem to think that tuna is only delicious as sashimi, but the texture of the meat becomes rather tough when cooked.
In fact, as long as it is cooked well, the taste will not be bad at all and the fish will not be dry.
Moreover, after frying, the fish fillet tastes a bit like beef, but with a stronger fish flavor.
After dinner was over and everything was cleaned up, it was time for Zhang Ze to get busy.
The longline must be set towards the archipelago, so he sailed back.
Jin Sanbao, Tong Yuanhang and others followed out of curiosity.
Zhang Ze didn't care about it. The resource area was big enough and it wouldn't matter if there were two more boats. As long as they were separated by a distance, it wouldn't affect his fishing.
"I thought you disappeared after bringing us here, but it turns out you found such a treasure location!" Tong Yuanhang's voice came from the radio.
Jin Sanbao's boat didn't have a radio, so it was impossible to chat with him in real time.
"The resources here are really good, and they seem to have not been developed yet. If you are interested, you can also trawl nearby." Zhang Ze answered and prepared to get busy.
Unexpectedly, Tong Yuanhang's voice came again, and it aroused some interest in him: "I also found a good place when I was trawling before. Here are the coordinates for you. You can go there next time."
Zhang Ze checked the coordinates he gave and found that it was very close to here, probably only half an hour's journey away. He could go and take a look tomorrow.
Let out the longline, fish, then reel in the longline.
Unfortunately, I didn’t have any special catch tonight. I felt like my luck had run out when I was fishing for bluefin tuna.
Fortunately, the harvest at night was not bad, it was considered average.
A night passed, and Zhang Ze woke up when it was just light in the morning.
I went to bed early last night, so I woke up early this morning.
I got up and went to the deck to stretch my body and breathe in the fresh air.
In this era, air pollution on land is not serious, so I don’t think the air on the sea would be that good. After all, the smell of the sea cannot compare to that of a village at the foot of the mountain.
Zhang Ze stretched his body and was about to go back to make breakfast when he turned around and saw that Jin Sanbao's fishing boat was parked next to a large isolated island. There was also a small boat stranded on the beach.
It was low tide at this time, and the three of them were busy.
He is really hardworking. Even when he goes out to sea to fish, he doesn't miss out on the little harvest after the tide goes out.
Soon, he discovered that Tong Yuanhang and others were also busy on the beach of another isolated island nearby.
"Did this group of people discuss this in advance?" Zhang Ze raised his eyebrows, slightly surprised.
But think about it, the resources here are good and have not been much developed. Maybe we can catch a lot of good things after the tide goes out?
This immediately made him excited. The tide had just receded and if he went to the beach now, he would surely get a good harvest.
Zhang Ze didn't have time to make breakfast. He immediately hoisted the small tugboat to the water's surface at the stern of the ship, and then drove the small tugboat to a nearby isolated island to catch some seafood.
There are many isolated islands here, and there are as many as six large islands with beaches.
Zhang Ze found an isolated island which was closest to him but not the largest.
The small beach here is only about thirty or forty meters wide, but it is definitely enough for him to go surfing alone.
The tugboat that was directly pushed to the beach was heavier, instead of just running aground like Jin Sanbao and the others. If it was a rubber boat, that would be fine, but he did not drive the Duoyu over.
As soon as he arrived at the beach, he saw a silver ribbon and some squids that didn't have time to go back.
If an ordinary fisherman saw this, his eyes would definitely light up, and he would probably use his eyes as a flashlight.
Where can you see such a scenery in the coastal areas? The beach is not crowded, but there are quite a lot of stranded seafood. No wonder Jin Sanbao and others get up early in the morning to catch seafood.
Zhang Ze picked up the bucket and fire tongs he had brought with him, and then started picking up things everywhere.
The dead ones are placed in buckets, and the living ones are stored in space.
Only Jin Sanbao and others were nearby, but they were so busy that they were not afraid of being discovered at all.
He walked all the way to the other side and then back from the other side. Zhang Ze had picked up almost all the valuable items on the beach.
The bucket was half full, and there was just that much room in the space.
However, the bucket mainly contained crabs, conches and clams. Zhang Ze basically ignored the dead sea fish because he thought they were not fresh.
Besides, there were too many seabirds at that time, and he was too lazy to compete with them for food.
After putting the bucket back on the boat and covering it with something, Zhang Ze looked at the hillside where seabirds were flying and planned to go up for a stroll.
He walked along the beach towards the uphill grassland. The trees on the island were not tall and were scattered so that they could not form a forest.
But there were a lot of weeds and shrubs, some as high as his waist.
Fortunately, it is not densely populated and most places are green grassland.
However, as soon as he entered the bushes, he startled a pheasant.
Zhang Ze was stunned. There are pheasants on such a faraway island?
They can survive all this time, amazing!
Unfortunately, he didn't expect there to be pheasants, so he didn't bring his slingshot.
However, Zhang Ze is not interested in these pheasants now, because the villagers in the village will go into the mountains occasionally when they have nothing to do, and the most common things they get are rabbits and pheasants.
Continuing forward, he found some pheasant eggs. He took off his coat, made a pocket out of it, and took half of them.
Perhaps his arrival disturbed the indigenous people on the island, and the isolated island gradually became lively.
There are not only the calls of seabirds flying in the sky, but also the chirping of various insects.
During his visit, Zhang Ze discovered many seabird nests, and he took away half of the ones with eggs.
The main reason why he didn't catch them all at once was that he didn't value the money he could get from selling bird eggs.
I just take these back and eat them myself for the sake of novelty.
But soon, Zhang Ze was attracted by a large patch of red fruits on the grass.
"Wild strawberries? Are they still in season?"
He picked one and looked at it carefully, confirming that it was a wild strawberry, not a snakeberry.
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A month ago, he went to Lotus Mountain with Jin Sanbao and others to pick them.
Jin Sanbao and his friends always thought that he was from the city, a rich man, and didn't know wild strawberries.
I also specifically emphasized snakeberry and wild strawberry, telling him that snakeberry cannot be eaten as it is a fruit that only snakes eat.
If Zhang Ze didn’t know that snakes are not vegetarians, he would have really believed his lies.
In fact, he knew all these things. They were all in the woods next to his hometown village. When he was young, he would pick a lot every year and sell them in the town.
He was somewhat surprised to find wild strawberries. Although he had grown tired of eating them a month ago, there was no reason for him to return empty-handed after discovering them in the wild.
Zhang Ze simply went back and came to the tugboat to collect all the conchs and other things in the bucket into the space, and then washed the bucket with sea water.
The reason why the seafood was left in the bucket was because Jin Sanbao and the others also discovered that he came to the island to catch seafood. In case they came to join in the fun, some food had to be left outside.
But there is no need for that now. If they come, they can just say that they did not go to the beach to catch seafood, but went to the mountains to pick wild strawberries.
You can just put seabird eggs and pheasant eggs on the boat and wrap them with clothes. You don't have to worry about them being eaten by passing seabirds, unless they lift up the clothes.
Back on the mountain, Zhang Ze started picking wild strawberries.
The various wild fruits on these distant islands are thanks to the seabirds flying over the sea and some migratory birds.
It is they who bring seeds from the shore to the islands, making these isolated islands colorful.
Zhang Ze stopped after picking about one pound of wild strawberries. There were not many wild strawberries, and he only picked the big ones, so about one pound was considered very good.
But this time he was attracted by another kind of fruit.
He didn't expect there would be raspberries on this isolated island. This thing looked like a bunch of extra-small grapes.
It can be found on most mountains. It can be said to be a medicinal fruit. Its efficacy is especially suitable for middle-aged men and is much more useful than oysters.
Of course, it is not an aphrodisiac, it is just good for the liver and kidneys after eating it.
Secondly, raspberries are also a natural weight loss drug and can improve brain function and intelligence.
Zhang Ze started picking them immediately, this stuff is good, after picking them, take them back to dry, and then soak them with wolfberries. It is definitely a must-have medicine for men to prolong their endurance.
Only after he had picked all the raspberries he saw nearby did he go back satisfied.
Unfortunately, the quantity is still a little small. Even though there is more than half a bucket, there is actually not much left after drying it.
Fortunately, he himself doesn't really need to drink this, so he can give it to his mother and his wife after they give birth. However, Tong Shuyao can only drink it after she has finished the breastfeeding period.
The morning's harvest was very good. Back on the Duoyu, Zhang Ze first took out the raspberries to dry.
The sky turned from cloudy to overcast last afternoon, but the sun finally came out in the morning, so it was just right to take out these raspberries and dry them in the sun. After all, the best place to dry them in the sun is the sea.
After that, he took wild strawberries and seabird eggs and pheasant eggs into the house to prepare breakfast.
Seabird eggs and pheasant eggs are not big, so Zhang Ze cooked five of each and shared them with Xiao Hei.
Wild strawberries are also washed and usually placed outside so they can be eaten at any time, and are usually stored in the refrigerator first.
It's not a rare thing, so there's no need to keep it and take it home.
After breakfast, Zhang Ze found that seabird eggs tasted quite good, and had a unique flavor when dipped in soy sauce. The texture of this thing was more delicate than eggs. I don’t know what kind of seabird eggs these were.
He saw more than three kinds of seabirds on the isolated island, and he couldn't really tell them apart.
"Aze, how was your harvest this morning? Hey, where did you get the wild strawberries?"
As Zhang Ze walked out of the cabin with wild strawberries, he saw Jin Sanbao and Tong Yuanhang arriving together.
"I didn't go to the beach this morning. I went for a walk in the mountains, picked some seabird eggs, and picked some wild strawberries and raspberries." Zhang Ze handed the plate of wild strawberries to his brother-in-law, then pointed to the raspberries that were drying in the sun and said.
"Raspberries?" Tong Yuanhang came up to the raspberries while eating wild strawberries, his eyes shining, "Hey, isn't this aphrodisiac? Aze, Shuyao is still pregnant, you don't need it, just give it to me!"
When Jin Sanbao heard about the aphrodisiac effect, he immediately became interested. He really didn't know the specific effects of raspberries, he just knew that this thing could be sold for money.
Now he finally understood why some of the ferocious old ladies in the village specifically targeted the raspberries from Lianhua Mountain. It turned out that they had this effect.
He immediately shouted, "Everyone who sees it gets a share. There are so many raspberries, can you leave some for me?"
Zhang Ze glanced at their waists and grinned: "It seems that the sisters-in-law are more powerful, you guys can't do this!"
We are all men, so who wants to hear the word "no"? Tong Yuanhang immediately raised his head and chest and said, "We asked for this for Dad!"
Zhang Ze made a look of realization: "So it's Dad who needs it! It's okay, this thing still needs to be dried. I'll deliver it to Dad in person after it's dried."
Tong Yuanhang's face froze immediately. If Zhang Ze took these things to find his old father, he estimated that he would be chased around the village by his old father with a stick.
He knew exactly what kind of person this brother-in-law was. Wouldn't he exaggerate and say something nonsense? Tong Yuanhang was about to admit defeat, but Jin Sanbao was more sincere than him: "Aze, give me some after you're done! Your sister-in-law is very good now. Sometimes I'm afraid to lie on the bed. If this thing really works, I can relax a little bit!"
Zhang Ze burst out laughing. He didn't expect Jin Sanbao to be so honest.
But his wife seems to be only 25, is she so amazing? "Sanbao, these conditioning products have a slow effect and need to be persisted for a long time. The most important thing is to pay attention to the frequency, you have to discuss this with your sister-in-law!"
Zhang Ze couldn't help laughing as he spoke. With the cheat turned on, he wasn't worried about these things at all.
Others took it easy because they were afraid that the cows would get too tired, but he took it easy because he was afraid that the fields would be damaged.
(End of this chapter)
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