Chapter 18: The Surprise Appearance of Sea Crab
Zhang Ze placed the bamboo basket in the shade next to the reef, and then began to look for any fish that had escaped the net in the cracks between the rocks.
After all, it was 1979 on the coast. He had just put down the bamboo basket and was washing his hands in the ditch nearby when he found two small groupers.
The grouper was not big, and looked like it should be only about half a pound. But grouper was expensive, so Zhang Ze immediately reached in to catch the fish.
The ditch was not big, and the two little groupers had no way to escape. The moment they were caught by his hands, they were taken into the fishing space.
[Successfully caught a grouper, weighing 0.56 catties, experience +5. ]
[Successfully caught a grouper, weighing 0.63 catties, experience +5. ]
It's a pity that both fish are blue spot and the price won't be too high, probably about the same as mandarin fish, but it's better than nothing.
It is possible that mandarin fish cannot be sold, but grouper can definitely be sold.
After catching the fish and washing his hands, Zhang Ze began to sweep the reefs.
However, compared with the giant blue crabs, there are more stone crabs in the cracks of the rocks, almost to the point of being an overabundance, followed by swimming crabs and blue crabs.
Those small crabs that were not edible were simply ignored by him.
Fortunately, it is July now, and swimming crabs and blue crabs are in season, so there are quite a lot of them.
In just one hour, Zhang Ze caught six swimming crabs and eleven blue crabs.
Compared to swimming crabs that prefer to stay on the beach seabed, blue crabs prefer to hide in rock crevices and mud holes on mudflats, and the chances of encountering them on the seashore are also greater.
The reason why Zhang Ze was able to encounter so many swimming crabs was because of the low tide.
In fact, there were still a lot of thinner swimming crabs and blue crabs, but he had to catch them to see if they were fat, so he put them all into the fishing space and released them after gaining some experience.
As for gaining experience? The mandarin fish that came in and out in the past two days did not give any experience points, so Zhang Ze knew that gaining experience was impossible.
After a rough search around, he also found a group of spicy snails and fragrant snails, and there were even more oysters on the reefs.
But after thinking about it, he let it go.
These things are easy to cook and taste great when steamed, but my mother probably can’t bear to spend that little bit of firewood.
Although the wood used in the countryside is all cut from the woods, it can be sold for money. In my mother's opinion, a big pot of fragrant snails or spicy snails is not as valuable as the wood for cooking.
With so much seafood to eat, Zhang Ze no longer had to deal with his old mother's nagging.
But just as he was about to leave, he stopped again, picked up one and put it into the fishing space.
[Successfully capture a conch (1/100), capture 100, experience +1]
"." He had to catch a hundred? He might as well catch something else.
Zhang Ze took out the conch and threw it away, then returned to the bamboo basket.
He took out a large blue crab weighing one pound and two ounces from the space and tied it up with a straw rope.
Blue crabs do not fight within the fishing space, but this may not be the case outside.
Get some blue crabs so he can have a taste of their sweetness at noon.
There are only three that weigh more than one kilogram in the space, and the rest are a little smaller.
He took out everything weighing more than one kilogram, tied them up with straw ropes and put them back into the space. Then he carried the bamboo basket and continued walking towards the big reef.
After tying these up, he can take them out at any time if Zhang Wu and the others come over later.
There are five people in his family, and he wants to catch two more kilogram-class blue crabs.
In the days when no one in the countryside was eating blue crabs, it was indeed not difficult to find a few kilograms of blue crabs.
Soon, he found another big blue crab, which was the largest one he had found so far.
The large pincers that protected his body alone were as big as a three-year-old child's fist.
It was just hiding deep in the crevice under the reef. Zhang Ze almost lay on the ground, reaching in with a broken branch, trying to pull it out.
The blue crab was very strong and it took him a long time to get it out.
The moment it was taken out, Zhang Ze quickly pressed the tail of the crab with his hand and put it into the space.
It is not easy to catch such a big blue crab, so it is better to put it into the space first and then take it out.
Zhang Ze is in charge of the posture of taking out the blue crab. When the time comes, he will just grab the vital point of the blue crab's hind legs and the blue crab will not be able to cause any trouble.
But as soon as he put the blue crab into the fishing space, the information it gave shocked him.
[Successfully captured a sea crab, weighing 2.07 catties, experience critical hit +20. ]
"Fuck, sea crabs!!!" Zhang Ze's eyes widened immediately, his expression incredible, "How could there be sea crabs here?"
Sea oil crab, also known as wild butter crab.
Compared with farmed butter crabs, the oil in wild butter crabs tastes a little saltier, but the oil aroma is just as strong.
The key point is that this thing is mainly produced in southern Guangzhou, and the appearance of butter crab is also closely related to geological water quality.
However, looking at the river that leads to this side from Qinghe Village, Zhang Ze blinked and felt that the appearance of butter crabs was not impossible.
But the problem is that this butter crab weighs a full two kilograms. In his decades of life, he has never heard of such a big butter crab.
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He once went to Lao Guang, and the largest butter crab he had ever eaten weighed only one pound and four ounces. That was only because the time, place and people were all right, and he happened to come across it.
Of course, it is difficult to find the first-hand butter crab of that size. The one we ate at that time was a roe crab.
"Oh, what a pity!" Thinking about the fact that the sea oil crab was discovered in this era, Zhang Ze could only feel regretful.
Butter crab only gradually became popular among the old Cantonese in the 1990s. Now, not only can it not be sold at a high price, but even if you give it to others, people may not think it is a good thing.
Therefore, Zhang Ze temporarily kept the sea crab in the space and waited for a chance to share it with his family.
Forget about it today. He needs to get his family to accept ordinary sea crabs first.
With a bit of regret, Zhang Ze found three more lobsters in the puddle. Two of them were relatively large, weighing more than 1.5 jin, and the other one was smaller, weighing just over 1 jin.
One crab can give eight experience points, and can be sold for two or three yuan each, which makes him very happy and makes up for the slight regret brought by the sea oil crab.
The sun is getting hotter and hotter now. Apart from some dead sea fish, Zhang Ze has not found any seafood that can be sold for the time being.
As for the fishing space, the experience value has reached more than 400, and it could have been upgraded long ago, so he decisively chose to upgrade.
【Fishing Space (Level 4)】
[Experience: 0/400]
【Function: None】
【Space size: 4 cubic meters】
[Fishing experience: 158]
The space increased by another cubic meter, and looking at the slightly empty space, he planned to go fishing while there was still time.
After catching so many things, only lobsters and grouper were valuable. He definitely wouldn't be willing to go back like this.
So the dead small fish and shrimps around came in handy.
Zhang Ze took out the dead hairtail from the bamboo basket and placed it in a cool place near a reef.
He didn't catch them carefully, so there must be some crabs he missed. He used this dead hairtail as bait to see if he could lure something out.
Then he began to collect some small fish and shrimps suitable for making nests.
In just a short while, he collected a large pile and threw them all onto the water in front of the big reef.
These small fish and shrimp will scatter along the waves, attracting nearby predatory fish.
Then he went to get some oysters as bait, hung the oysters on the hook, tied a small stone to it, climbed up the big reef and threw it into the water in front.
The water here is not deep, probably only about one meter under the reef, and it should be deeper at farther locations.
Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for fish to come to such shallow water, but with small fish and shrimps nesting, it will naturally attract fish.
(End of this chapter)
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