Chapter 241 Rheumatism and gout, sour and refreshing
Looking at these lobsters, to be honest, Zhang Ze was a little greedy. He had basically sold all the fish he had caught recently.
Except for some fish that were difficult to sell, most of the fish in the space had been cleared out. He had been exposed to lobsters and swimming crabs for some time.
"Sanbao, invite them to have dinner together at noon tomorrow! I have prepared a lot of seasonings this time, and I have also brought a box of wine, and even a can of rice wine."
"If I get drunk at noon, I can take a nap in the afternoon, and it won't affect my work at night."
Jin Sanbao agreed immediately and he liked it very much.
Moreover, Jin Fan is a good cook, and Zhang Ze sometimes comes up with some new ideas.
"Okay, then I'll take them to the island tomorrow morning to catch some seafood and see if we can pick up anything."
"Then I'll go diving for some Jiangyao conch, and see if I can catch some lobsters, swimming crabs, and fan shrimps."
The lobsters in the trap are still a little small. People these days are big eaters, and the pace of drinking and eating is slow, so it won’t do if you don’t prepare enough.
After a brief discussion, both parties returned to the boat with their night's spoils, and Zhang Ze also took the opportunity to put the catch into the space.
Jin Sanbao and others will come over tomorrow at noon. He just needs to get up in the morning and take out the fish and put it on the boat.
The night passed peacefully. The next morning, Zhang Ze simply ate a bowl of sauerkraut and shredded pork noodles, then spent half an hour on the deck before taking out all his diving equipment.
This time he didn't wear an oxygen tank, but took out the leather tube that Lin Long had helped prepare.
Two small holes were poked at one end of the leather tube, which could be fixed to the boat with steel wire to prevent it from falling off when he pulled it.
Put on your diving suit, take your hose and a net bag and set off.
The reef is very large and he had only explored a small part of it the first two times, so this time he drove the trolling boat to other locations at random.
He stopped the boat and tied one end of the leather hose to the side of the boat. After pulling it with his hands to make sure it would not fall off, he found the other end, opened the bamboo tube he brought, scalded it with clean boiling water, and then put it in his mouth and bit it.
The leather hose has been scalded with hot water beforehand, so it is relatively clean overall.
After entering the water and breathing through his mouth twice, he found that the feeling was not much different from wearing an oxygen tank. On the contrary, without the restraint of the oxygen tank, he swam more freely.
But today our luck was a little bad. The depth at this location was about ten meters deeper than the previous two times, about thirty-five meters.
The leather tube is only fifty meters long, so his range of movement is greatly restricted.
Now that he is here, Zhang Ze will not move to another place just because the water here is deep.
For someone like him who dives frequently, waters thirty-five meters deep are not dangerous.
Ear pressure equalization was done before entering the water, so there was no pressure when diving slowly.
Diving to a depth of 30 meters, the light here has become a little dim, but overall you can still roughly see the shadows of fish ten meters away, but they are rather blurry.
But Zhang Ze was not attracted by the fish at this moment. Instead, a "snail" larger than a basketball on the sand bed at the bottom of the water caught his attention.
The shell of this giant snail is the same color as the reef, without any distinctive features.
But what attracted him most was the shape of the shell, which looked somewhat like a crown hat from the Tang Dynasty.
Seeing this, Zhang Ze already knew the origin of this giant snail. If he guessed correctly, this should be the Tang crown snail, one of the four famous snails.
The crown conch is famous for the high collection value of its shell, but there is nothing special about its snail meat.
When Zhang Ze knew about this conch in his previous life, it was already a national second-level protected animal, but now, take it! He smiled and grabbed the Tangguan Snail and put it into the space. This Tangguan Snail is bigger than a basketball, maybe it is the king of snails!
Unfortunately, it is not.
[Successfully captured a crown snail, weighing 8.83 catties, experience +20. ]
The length and width of the crown snail can grow to 30 centimeters, it seems that this one is still a little lacking.
Zhang Ze felt a little regretful that he lost 1,980 experience points!
If we use the growth function at that time, it may become the largest crown snail in the world, and its collection value will be absolutely great.
But he did not lose heart. He had the chance to encounter the four famous snails in the South China Sea. It was only the 1980s, and as long as he dived more, he would always make new discoveries.
After putting away the crowned conch, Zhang Ze looked around and did not find any other conchs.
However, he found a few sea urchins by the reef nearby. These were food for the crown snails, and he happily ate them.
You can eat sea urchin steamed egg or sashimi, it still tastes very delicious.
Then, Zhang Ze began to sweep underwater.
He didn't have any specific target this time. As long as it was delicious and could be sold for money, he would take everything.
Therefore, we caught some lobsters, fan shrimps, and swimming crabs, and even used the tongs we brought with us to catch a few mantis shrimps that were on their way home after catching food. They were all quite big, more than 20 centimeters long.
The harvest was quite rich, and the ingredients for lunch were definitely varied.
But Jiang Yao was not here, so Zhang Ze returned to the boat after sweeping a limited area.
He wanted to move to another location to continue, but first he had to take out some of the seafood he had eaten at lunch and send it back to the Duoyu.
Chef Jin Fan had already set up the table on the deck of the Duoyu, preparing to process some of the ingredients that Jin Sanbao and his crew had just caught at the sea, with Tong Guoqi helping him.
When the two saw Zhang Ze coming back, they hurried to the stern of the ship.
"Oh my god, what kind of snail is this? It's so big?" Jin Fan's eyes widened when he saw the big snail in the bamboo basket. This snail can fill a person, right? "This is called Tangguan Snail. You can take care of the snail meat inside, but don't damage the shell. This shell is very valuable." Zhang Ze handed the things to them and instructed.
Jin Fan and Tong Guoqi looked at the snail shell that looked like a reef with a puzzled look in their eyes. How could such a thing be valuable?
But thinking that Zhang Ze's knowledge was beyond their reach, they nodded and agreed.
"By the way, Afan, please fry some garlic sauce later. I'll go get some Jiangyao and grill some for lunch."
"Okay, no problem!"
Taking the new bamboo basket handed over by Tong Guoqi, Zhang Ze went back to continue diving.
He did not go to Jiang Yao's waters immediately. It was only eight o'clock in the morning. Since he had gone diving, he would definitely walk around for a while.
This time, Zhang Ze deliberately found a shallow location where he could see the underwater conditions from the surface. After diving into the water, he estimated that the water depth was only a little over fifteen meters.
Some reefs are as high as mountains, and a large ship would definitely run aground.
Zhang Ze swam towards the bottom of the water, ignoring the various fish swimming back and forth between the reefs, including several groupers that came out to feed in the morning.
There's no way, you can't catch it with your bare hands.
But the next moment, Zhang Ze's eyes lit up, and he saw an ammonite crawling slowly in front of him.
He immediately rushed over and grabbed the ammonite in his hand.
[Successfully captured a Nautilus, weighing 3.23 catties, experience +30. ]
Just as he thought, this snail that looks like an ammonite is indeed the nautilus among the four famous snails, and is also one of the true living fossils.
This nautilus is smaller than the crown conch, and the diameter of its shell is estimated to be around 20 centimeters.
But unlike the crown conch, the nautilus not only has a shell with certain collection value, but its meat is also very delicious.
Zhang Ze was a little surprised. He didn't expect to meet two of the four famous snails today, and the environments they encountered were quite special.
The crown snail generally lives in shallow waters within 20 meters, but he encountered it in more than 30 meters. However, it is understandable that such a large creature lives in deeper places.
It is indeed rare to encounter this Nautilus in such a shallow place. The Nautilus is a nocturnal snail and is generally only active at night.
Secondly, their main activity range is between 50 and 300 meters in water depth.
Zhang Ze's encounter with this Nautilus was a special case. It's not that it doesn't happen, but it's extremely rare.
He had collected two of the four famous snails, and for a moment he was very curious whether he would encounter the other two famous snails.
The chance of encountering the Phoenix snail is much smaller because it is mainly found near the Xisha, Nansha and Wanwan Island. If Zhang Ze goes to Dongsha and further north, he will have a great chance of finding it.
But the chances here are much smaller, unless you are lucky.
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There is a great chance of finding conchs. If you have time, you can go to some reef and coral areas near the coast and you should be able to find them. He estimates that there will be quite a few of them.
After sweeping the bottom of the water, Zhang Ze did not find the other two types of conchs, but he found a grouper in a small cave formed by coral.
It is not known yet what kind of grouper it is, and he is trying to reach in at the entrance of the cave to catch the fish.
Just now I took a quick glance and estimated that this grouper should be more than half a meter long, quite big.
As soon as he put his hand in, the grouper got scared and hid away. Although the grouper was very ferocious and was considered to be in the upper middle level of the food chain, it did not dare to bite him at this time.
If it was Zheng Qingyi, Zhang Ze really wouldn't dare to reach out rashly, because getting bitten would be no joke.
The space inside the cave was very small, and the grouper was almost crowded inside. With the addition of a pair of hands, it really didn't have much room to hide, and was quickly pinned down by Zhang Ze.
Under normal circumstances, it would be very difficult for him to catch the fish. The fish could escape from his clutches by just shaking its tail. Unfortunately, this fish encountered a fish with a cheat.
The moment the fish was caught, in accordance with the spatial judgment, the grouper was immediately taken into the space.
[Successfully caught a side-toothed perch, weighing 11.83 catties, experience +12. ]
Zhang Ze suddenly realized that it was a swallowtail spotted spot!
This is also considered a top-quality grouper, and its price is only slightly lower than that of the eastern grouper.
Moreover, after the side-toothed bass was put into the space, it gave Zhang Ze a big surprise. There was a conversion option on it. This was a side-toothed bass infected with ciguatera.
Without hesitation, Zhang Ze decisively chose to switch.
He didn't sell the fish, but kept it to take home for his family to replenish their food. He hadn't brought any seafood home for some time.
In one morning, Zhang Ze swept two areas of water and had a very good harvest.
He was one of the first people to try something new. In that era, there were basically no people who went diving in the open sea, so the resources in these undeveloped places were really rich.
If the prices of many shells and conchs had not gone up, Zhang Ze's income from diving for seafood might not be worse than that from fishing. It could even be comparable to the income from two or three longlines. At least Jiang Yao made a lot of money from them last time.
It’s a pity that abalone is very valuable, but unfortunately Zhang Ze didn’t find much.
He returned to the Duoyu again and threw the food to Jin Fan. He was asked to pick out the food for lunch, and the food he didn't want to eat was kept in the live water tank.
Take a shower, wash and dry the diving suit, and rinse the surface of the water pipe with clean water.
Then they came to the deck, where Jin Sanbao, Tong Yuanhang and others had all arrived, and the table was already filled with delicious food.
Now there are only a few Jiangyao being roasted on the charcoal fire, and the aroma of garlic makes people drool.
As soon as Zhang Ze walked over, he noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with the way Tong Yuanhang walked. Why was he limping?
"Ahang, what's wrong with your foot?"
"It's an old problem. I went to the hospital and they told me it's rheumatism. It gets flared up every time I come into contact with water, but it's not a big problem." Tong Yuanhang waved his hands, not really caring.
Almost every fisherman has this problem. The climate in the south is humid, and they go out to sea all year round. They are prone to this problem because they are exposed to a lot of moisture.
Zhang Ze nodded and didn't pay too much attention to it. Rheumatism is difficult to cure. The most he could do is to take some medicine in the hospital. He couldn't help.
"Come on, come on, the Jiang Yao is ready. Aze specially dived to catch it this morning. Everyone come and try it to whet your appetite. It's so plump!"
After a while, when Jiang Yao finished roasting, Jin Fan gave one to everyone.
The huge scallop meat looked extremely appetizing. Zhang Ze didn't care about the heat and immediately picked up the chopsticks to pick up the scallop and gently bit off a piece.
The aroma of minced garlic and the sweetness of scallops are a perfect match.
After eating Jiangyao, Zhang Ze began to pour rice wine for everyone. Rice wine is not too strong and is easy to drink. You can take a nap in the afternoon to recover. This is much better than white wine.
It was just a simple dinner, and no one in the group had any intention of drinking liquor.
After drinking a bowl of rice wine, Zhang Ze started to eat the lobster.
There were a lot of lobsters today, so Jin Fan made almost all the flavors except the cheese flavor as he ran out of raw materials.
We even had some spicy fried lobster meat, which was really unique in taste.
It was just that they were a group of distant sea fishermen who were arrogant enough. Who in an ordinary family would dare to eat like this? "Hiss~" Tong Yuanhang, who had drunk two bowls of rice wine and eaten some lobsters and a swimming crab, had just stood up to pick up the fish meat when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his knees and arm joints.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Ze paused while drinking the rice wine and asked in confusion. The others also looked at him curiously.
"I don't know what's going on, but my knee joints suddenly hurt a lot." Tong Yuanhang sat down with a frown.
Zhang Ze blinked and suddenly realized something. He stood up and walked to his brother-in-law, rolled up his sleeves to check his arm joints, and found that they were red and swollen as he thought.
Then I rolled up my trouser legs and took a look, and saw the same symptoms.
"Fuck, you have gout, don't you know it?"
At this time, Tong Yuanhang was sitting uncomfortably in the chair, feeling something was wrong with his whole body. The feeling was so sour.
"I know about gout. I sometimes had mild pain before, but I always thought it was rheumatism."
"Guoqi, go to the cold storage and get some ice."
As Zhang Ze spoke, he went to the warehouse and got two spare towels. He wrapped the ice cubes that Tong Guoqi had taken out and used them to apply cold compress to Tong Yuanhang.
"You can't touch seafood and alcohol. You have to go to the hospital to get some medicine. Gout is like rheumatism. It can only be relieved but not completely cured. You have to be careful about what you eat in the future."
(End of this chapter)
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