Chapter 77: Going to the sea or spending money to have fun...
Chapter 77
Lin Mujin brought Lin Muli to go fishing. She originally planned to come alone, but her neighbor Li Xiuying was beaten, so Uncle Lin and the others were very nervous and didn't allow her to come alone, so she had a little tail.
The little tail is still useful. It can be used to carry a backpack, plastic buckets and tools, and take pictures. It is a multifunctional "tool man".
"Brother, the rocks are full of oysters, hahaha..." Lin Mujin pointed to Lin Muli.
I couldn't help but touch my arm and got goose bumps. I feel a bit like I have trypophobia.
"Brother, hurry up and pry it open!"
Lin Muli gestured left and right with the kitchen knife, as if trying to find the right angle. With a sudden move, he failed to pry the oyster off, but the sharp oyster shell almost hit his hand.
Lin Mujin was startled. "Be careful! Or I'll do it!"
They only brought a kitchen knife, which was a bit of a weak tool.
Lin Muli dodged to the side and said, "I'll do it, I'll do it."
Lin Mujin didn't try to grab it anymore. "Slow down, we're not in a hurry."
She tried to smash it with a stone, which did work, but it would easily hit the flesh and was totally useless.
"Sister, I pried it off. Look! Isn't it big?"
Lin Mujin was satisfied, "Big! Big!"
Once there is an opening, it will be easier to pry it open.
“It’s too hot.”
Lin Mujin took out a water bottle from her backpack and drank several sips, then handed it over, "Brother, take a break."
At this time, several women came over talking and laughing.
You can tell at first glance that he is a regular at the beach, as he has all the tools, including clamps and pry tools.
They went directly to the nearby reef and pried out an oyster at a time with a pry knife.
"Sister, they are so fast." Lin Muli was stunned.
It is true that there is no harm without comparison.
Lin Mujin patted him and said, "Forget it, let's not do it anymore. We'll buy it later. Go pick up some other seafood."
Lin Muli scratched his head, "Are you really not going to pry it out?"
Lin Mujin nodded heavily, "I won't pry it anymore."
Lin Muli was happy, "Then I'm going to pick up conchs."
Lin Mujin waved her hand and said, "Go ahead, go ahead."
She rubbed against the nearby reef and started chatting with the group of aunts.
"Aunt, you guys are really good at it. You can pry them off one at a time. My brother pried them off for a long time and almost hurt his hand."
"Aunt, you live by the sea, right? That's great, you can eat seafood every day."
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"Auntie, how do you eat oysters? You just boil them. They're delicious, and I like them too." Lin Mujin laid the groundwork for a few sentences before finally getting to the point. "Auntie, are you selling them? I only want the oyster meat. I'll give you thirty dollars for ten pounds."
One of the ladies asked, "Do you really want it?"
Lin Mujin was a little helpless. "I don't want to spend money on it, but my hands are too clumsy. There are only five people in my family, so I can't ask for too much. Ten kilograms is enough."
The aunts started prying the oysters without any hesitation. This time they only pried the upper shell, and the white and plump oyster meat was directly exposed.
Lin Mujin quickly called Lin Muli, the bucket was in his hand.
He ran over with a grin on his face, "Sister, look how many snails I picked up."
An auntie said with a smile, "This is a cat's eye snail. It's full of water when you squeeze it, and there's not much meat."
Lin Mujin took a look and thought, not bad, he has picked up half a bucket in such a short time.
But then there would be no room for the oyster meat.
"Auntie, where can I buy a bucket?"
Finally, I spent another twelve dollars to buy a red plastic bucket that was 70% new from an aunt.
With the cooperation of several aunts, they finished half a bucket in about ten minutes.
Lin Mujin quickly called for a stop, "That's enough, that's enough, I can't carry any more."
One auntie even said, "Is it about ten kilograms? I think it's still a little short."
Lin Mujin hurriedly said, "Aunt, do you have any good dried seafood at home?"
It's so hard to come to the beach, you can't just buy oysters, you can also buy something else.
Shop locally and don’t let middlemen make a profit!
Several aunties enthusiastically took Lin Mujin home to look at the goods.
Lin Muli naturally had to follow.
I guess the young man hasn’t picked up enough conches yet and is a little reluctant to leave.
But I still jogged to catch up, not daring to leave my sister alone.
Lin Mujin had the illusion of a little mouse falling into a rice jar. There were so many fine products.
Dried abalone, dried sea cucumber, dried shrimp...
After careful selection, I bought two kilograms of four-head abalone and three kilograms of ten-head abalone.
The so-called "number of abalone" is the core standard for measuring the quality and price of abalone.
Fewer heads means bigger abalone and more expensive price.
The number of heads here refers to Sima Jin, which is 0.6 kilograms.
An abalone refers to an abalone whose single body weighs 0.6 kg.
Four-headed abalone is four abalones weighing a total of 0.6 kilograms.
According to the auntie, the abalone must be top-grade and rarely found.
Abalone is also a rare delicacy, and there is a saying among the people that "it is hard to buy abalone even if you have money."
Three-headed abalone is also a top-grade product, and hotels and dried seafood shops buy it at high prices.
Therefore, the best product in these fishermen's homes is the four-headed abalone, which is a mid-range product and not expensive, costing only thirty-six yuan per pound.
As for the ten-head abalone, it is an affordable product, costing twelve dollars per pound.
I bought a pound of dried scallops for twenty-five dollars.
Three pounds of high-quality dried sea cucumbers, ninety yuan.
Three pounds of high-quality fish maw, forty-five dollars.
Two pounds of conch slices, forty-six mosquitoes.
Finally, I bought another pound of small dried shrimps for 18 yuan.
Because I bought a lot, I was given a roll of dried kelp and some dried wakame.
"Sister, there are so many of them, how can I carry them all?" Lin Muli wanted to give up.
Lin Mujin felt a little embarrassed. She felt happy when she bought the goods, but when she got home, she was burned to ashes because she weighed more than 30 kilograms.
"Let's take it together, let's take it together." I could only coax him first, looking at the plastic bucket and suggesting, "Why don't we just throw away those snails?"
It's just so heavy.
In fact, the dry goods are not heavy.
Lin Muli refused, "No, I picked them up one by one."
Lin Mujin didn't want to throw away the fruits of her brother's labor, "Then let's take a taxi."
Lin Muli became even more agitated. "No! No! It's too far. A taxi would cost over a hundred dollars. It's too expensive."
Lin Mujin also felt that it was a bit expensive, but neither this nor that was acceptable.
what to do?
Lin Muli held a plastic bucket in each hand. "I'll take these two buckets. Put the one-pound ones in your backpack. You take the rest. Just get in the car."
What can Lin Mujin say? Just move.
We can't let my stinky little brother come alone.
When the two finally got on the bus, Lin Mujin breathed a sigh of relief.
Because there were too many goods, she was asked to pay extra for the fare. She paid it without any hesitation.
Lin Muli grumbled a little, then piled the dry goods on the seats, as they had paid for them.
Lin Mujin just curled her lips at his childishness.
"Sister, let's buy some clamps and a pry tool next time." Lin Muli said in a low voice.
"Next time, let's just buy it directly. We can't get it." Lin Mujin is very self-aware.
If she were asked to pry out ten kilograms of oyster meat, her arms would be sore.
Lin Muli refused to admit defeat, "I can do it."
Lin Mujin glanced at him and said, "You have plenty of time."
This is just irony.
He asked his master for leave today.
Lin Muli frowned, "It was so hard to go to the beach, and you're back so soon."
Lin Mujin understood completely that this meant he hadn’t had enough fun.
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