Five-year-old little girl: Mom has thousands of acres of material space

Chapter 278 Sea Spirit

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at the scenes full of the atmosphere of fireworks and swallowed unconsciously.

Unexpectedly, near the Xuzhou wharf where prices are extremely high, the prices of these seafood products are lower than she imagined.

But think about it, the fish catching technology of this era is already very mature, including fishing with bare hands, fishing with nets, fishing with spears and fishing with cages and many other methods.

Xuzhou is located on the coast, and the dock is large, so there are naturally many fishermen who make a living by fishing.

With more items, the price is naturally cheaper.

Jiang Wei led her over and pointed to the basket of small fish that were about an inch long and asked, "How much are these fish?"

The woman smiled and said, "Young lady, these fish were just caught this morning. They are almost sold out. I am in a hurry to go home and cook for my grandson. If you want the remaining basket, you can pay a hundred coins."

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at the clams and scallops left beside her and couldn't help asking, "How do you sell these?"

"You're talking about those sand clams. There's little meat on them, and they're full of sand. They smell fishy and are not worth much. I originally wanted to take these shells back to dry for my grandchildren to play with. If you want them, take them for three cents," the woman said enthusiastically.

Jiang Xiaoxiao's eyes widened.

People in this era can make shrimps and crabs into delicious food, so why do they look down on clams and scallops?
Although there is little meat, the meat in clams is the most delicious in late autumn and early winter. If it is made into spicy clams, with onions, ginger, garlic, chili peppers, vermicelli and various seasonings, it is so delicious that you can swallow your tongue along with it.

Jiang Wei took out half a tael of silver and said, "I want all of it. Sell me the basket you put the fish in as well."

"Okay!" When the woman saw the silver, she immediately agreed with a smile on her face and gave the basket of fish and other utensils to Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei did not refuse and accepted them all.

Jiang Xiaoxiao saw a few black thorn balls at the stall next to her and couldn't help but pull Jiang Wei's clothes in surprise: "Mom, let's buy some of that too!"

It's a sea urchin!
I didn't expect that sea urchins were also sold at the Xuzhou Wharf.

This sea urchin is a delicious and nutritious seafood product!
However, as soon as she finished speaking, the woman opposite hurriedly stuffed a few sea urchins into the container for fish, as if she was afraid that they would be snatched away by others.

"Little girl, I'm sorry, we don't sell these sea spirits." She smiled apologetically at Jiang Xiaoxiao.

what?
Why not sell?

Jiang Xiaoxiao was confused.

As if she could see her confusion, the woman who sold them the fish smiled and explained, "Don't be surprised. These sea spirits took a lot of effort to find. We can't afford such rare things."

Why?

Jiang Xiaoxiao was confused again. Isn't this just an ordinary sea urchin? Why can't people like them afford it?

"I'm really sorry." Seeing Jiang Xiaoxiao still staring at the container containing the sea urchins, the woman explained helplessly, "These have been reserved by someone on the Sea Spirit. I really can't sell them to you."

The people above?

Jiang Xiaoxiao's pupils trembled. Could it be that this sea urchin was so precious that it had become a tribute? !
But it seems that it is quite difficult to obtain sea urchins in this era.

Sea urchins generally like to live in waters with high salinity, so they are less common or not distributed at all near the mouth of rivers and in shallow waters with low salinity.

In this era, there were no modern diving equipment or anything like that. If fishermen wanted to go into the water to collect sea urchins, they had to hold their breath. However, sea urchins often live in reefs, gravel or sand layers, making them extremely difficult to find.

For those old sailors who hold their breath, it is extremely difficult to collect more than ten in a day. Seeing Jiang Xiaoxiao's stunned look, the woman couldn't help but explain a few more words: "Little girl, let me tell you, once the sea essence arrives on the shore, we ordinary people are not eligible to enjoy it. All of it must be offered to the court... I heard that there is an alchemist around the current emperor, and the only medicinal ingredient needed to refine the elixir is the sea essence."

"The Essence of the Sea is a treasure bestowed by the River God. Eating it can prolong one's life. How dare ordinary people like us eat it..." The woman shook her head and sighed, packing up and leaving.

Jiang Xiaoxiao was left with a look of surprise.

Are emperors of this era so superstitious? How could they believe the nonsense that sea urchins can be used to make elixirs?
Although eating sea urchins does help to nourish the kidneys, strengthen the yang, and strengthen the tendons and bones, that's all it is. It is impossible to refine an elixir that can grant immortality by eating it.

Alas, it seems that no matter which dynasty or world, when the power and wealth of a ruler reaches a critical point, he will begin to pursue immortality.

I hope the emperor of this era will not do something that is against the will of heaven and earth in pursuit of immortality...

After the sea urchin episode, the mother and daughter continued shopping.

It is dinner time now and many people are in a hurry to go home to cook, so the prices are relatively low.

After a while, Jiang Wei had a few more big fat fish and a basket of small fish and shrimps in his hands, and even Jiang Xiaoxiao had a basket of big white crabs in his hands.

The mother and daughter left the dock stall area satisfied.

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked down at the large white crabs in the basket, crawling around with their claws raised, and countless ways of cooking the crabs emerged in her mind.

Steamed white crab, crab with scallion oil, spicy dry pot white crab, white crab fried rice cake, white crab porridge...

Just thinking about it makes my mouth water...

"Mom, when we leave, please buy some more fish fry and shrimp to raise at home."

She wants to dig a pond at home and raise some fish, shrimps and crabs in it so that she can eat as much as she wants in the future.

"Okay, I'll do as you say." Jiang Wei replied with a smile.

The two gradually walked to an alley with few people. Jiang Wei's eyes suddenly turned cold: "He is still following secretly. How much money did Yu Ying'er give him?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao came to her senses at this point, and quietly looked back, only to see the sneaky figure hurriedly hiding in the alley next to her.

Her expression darkened.

Since this guy has been following her mother, she can’t put the newly bought fish and shrimp into the space. After a long time, they will no longer be fresh.

"Follow me." Jiang Wei winked at her.

The two of them hid in an alley nearby.

The waiter stuck his head out from the entrance of the alley and saw that the person was gone.
He hurriedly chased after him.

However, when he was halfway through the chase, he was tripped by a small foot that suddenly stepped out, and fell forward uncontrollably to the ground.

"Tell me, why are you following us?"

The waiter fell to the ground, and before he could even utter a cry, he heard Jiang Xiaoxiao's cold questioning voice. He was so frightened that he quickly turned around and knelt down to kowtow to her.

"I was wrong. I won't do it again."