1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 22 The barrel exploded

The pen holder is also called turtle foot and stone worm.

  It is a rare delicacy for the seaside laotie, and its delicious taste is not inferior to the gooseneck barnacles in the West.

 Since this thing cannot be cultivated artificially and grows in the most dangerous places, the price has never dropped.

By 2020, Li Duoyu remembered that the penholder had been sold for 150 yuan per kilogram, and if it was of good quality and had lots of meat, 200 yuan would not be a problem.

 Also because it is very expensive, there are many professional seamen who pry the pen holder, usually in a group of two people. The person responsible for prying the pen holder has a safety rope tied to his body, and the other person pulls the rope in a safe place.

 Even so, we still hear some bad news every year.

 Get out while the white waves recede.

Li Duoyu quickly picked up the shovel, jumped onto the rocks below, and shoveled hard at the roots of the entire cluster of pen holders.

 Most of the flesh of the pen holder is at the base. To pry the pen holder, you must pull it up.

Otherwise, the pen holder that was pried off didn't have much meat at all, it was just a soft shell wrapping the meat.

 Once the pen holder is attacked by the outside world, it will shrink completely into the gap, leaving some hard thorns.

At this time, it would be difficult to do it without a special pry. Fortunately, there are enough pen holders on the reef. Li Duoyu's shovel can pry up a lot of pen holders.

 There are more than ten.

 And all of them are very full.

 But when Zhou Xiaoying on the bank saw this scene, her heart was in her throat, but the more she did, the less she dared to call him.

Little Fatty Dun had a look of admiration on his face.

“Wow, when did my uncle become so powerful? When I grow up, I will also pry that thing.”

Li Duoyu is not greedy either.

 After digging, climb directly onto the rocks because the waves will come back soon.

Someone told Li Duoyu when he was a child that he must not take chances when facing the sea and abide by the rules of the older generation, because you can get lucky many times, but as long as you make one mistake, it will be gone.

 After repeating it several times.

Li Duoyu knocked the pen holder of half an iron barrel and came up from the rocks below. There were still many on the rocks, but he was not trying to pry them off to sell, so there was no need to continue to take this risk.

 Seven sea clams and half a barrel of pen holders.

 This is Li Duoyu's current shipment, which is all shellfish. It feels like something is missing.

Li Duoyu continued to move forward and turned over a few rocks.

Discovered a rotten wooden boat with a large number of barnacles, sea melon seeds, and wild kelp attached to it.

  The native species of wild kelp are thin and small. Those who raise pigs often collect wild kelp and sea vegetables to feed their pigs.

After turning over the rotten wooden boat, Li Duoyu found a large number of round black and thorny gadgets in the crevices of the reef not far away.

 Purple sea urchin.

 A kind of local sea urchin, with very long spines and little meat. It only has paste in certain seasons. This thing can be said to be the most annoying thing for fishermen. If it gets caught in the fishing net, you will have to curse it a few times.

 They are often broken into pieces and used for fertilization.

 At this time, the fishermen didn’t even look at it, but the islanders liked it so much that they often eat it raw.

Li Duoyu also tried to eat it several times during the days when he was working illegally in the island country. To be honest, even if he has eaten seafood from small to large, he still doesn't like the taste.

 After a long trip to the sea, Li Duoyu finally discovered it.

 The more things fishermen don’t eat now, the more expensive they will be in future generations, such as these sea anemones, sea urchins, pen holders and the like.

Li Duoyu took a few steps forward.

 After seeing those things next to the reef, his eyes lit up instantly. This was a sight he had only heard others talk about but had never seen before in his many years as a fisherman.

In the crevices of the reef, a moray eel, covered in spots all over its body and resembling a snake, was biting a red octopus that was much larger than it. It was doing a death roll and its entire head was covered by the tentacles of the red octopus.

 The most interesting thing is that there is a dying puppy shark lying nearby.

If Li Duoyu guessed correctly, not long ago, a drama of "the mantis stalking the cicada, with the oriole behind" should have been staged here. This kind of moray eel is called the naked-breasted eel. Because the patterns on its body resemble coins, local fishermen generally call them money eels. They are also called money eels because they are very ferocious.

 Adult money eels can bite off fishermen's fingers. In offshore areas, they can be said to be at the top of the food chain.

Even if this kind of big red seal can prey on small sharks, if it encounters a money eel, it will only end up with one thing, that is, it will be torn into pieces and eaten by it.

However, this kind of eel meat is not very delicious, and Li Duoyu really doesn't want it very much.

 But after seeing humans, this creature was still reluctant to give up its prey and run away, which made Li Duoyu feel that his majesty had been challenged.

 Since you also want to be eaten.

Then I will help you.

Li Duoyu took out the tongs, opened them, and pliers towards the gap in the reef. He lifted the money eel and the octopus bitten to the small sandy area next to the reef.

 For all sea fish, even if they are dragons in the sea, once they reach land, they are all insects.

 After arriving on land.

It was only then that Qian Eel realized that something was wrong. He gave up the octopus in his mouth and planned to escape.

  It’s a pity that it’s too late.

It also didn’t expect that this human being was so devoid of martial ethics.

The shovel in Li Duoyu's hand had already been slapped on its head.

 “Bong bang bang” a few times.

 The dying Qian Eel turned several times in pain, curled up into a ball, and stopped moving.

After seeing that it stopped moving, Li Duoyu threw it into the bucket. He did this for a reason. His iron bucket did not have a cover.

 And if this slippery money eel is not beaten to death, it might jump up and bite your bucket-carrying hand.

That’s called a loss outweighing the gain.

Li Duoyu turned over again and saw that the red octopus had half of its head bitten off by the money eel, but it still crawled desperately toward the cave.

 There are many types of octopus on Dandan Island.

This kind of red seal is the most unpalatable. It has many suckers and is hard. It is difficult to taste when cooking. Like sea urchins and sea anemones, it cannot be put on the table.

But the dying little shark was quite good, weighing seven or eight pounds. Li Duoyu held its tail and threw it into the iron bucket.

 Looking at the full iron bucket.

Li Duoyu was quite satisfied, and he didn’t know how long it had been since he had this satisfying feeling of exploding barrels.

 Wait until he returns to the shore.

 Zhou Xiaoying's nervous expression instantly relaxed.

Little Pangdun looked at the large iron bucket and his eyes immediately straightened: "There are small sharks and moray eels, so many pencil holders have been dug up."

 The third aunt just came from the beach.

 Seeing Li Duoyu catch so many seafood, he was also a little envious: "Duoyu, can you sell me those two dog sharks and moray eels? I'm going to get some fish **** to eat."

Li Duoyu was still having a headache.

How to make these two things delicious, but the third aunt’s reminder immediately enlightened him. Authentic fish **** are made from the meat of dog shark and conger eel.

“Auntie, I’m also going to make fish balls. Why don’t I give you some after I finish making them.”

 “Ah, that’s so embarrassing.”

 “As relatives, you don’t need to be so polite.”

"Then I'm not polite. When you're ready, tell me and I'll go get it."

 Among all the relatives, the third aunt's family is considered good. After something happened to him in his previous life, one of the third aunt's family also came into the family, but because of their strong foundation, they were not greatly affected.

Later I heard Zhou Xiaoying say that when he went to the island country, his third aunt and his family also helped a lot, which allowed her to survive that difficult period.

 (End of this chapter)