The golden age began in 1977

Chapter 48 I am a shell pryer with strong shell prying skills

The coastline of the Hongxing Liujia Production Team is in very poor condition. There is no dock and it is a half-baked fishing village.

The production team only had small boats.

They can only wander around in the shallows like a bathtub, and the seafood they catch is not as much as those picked up by going to the sea!

So, although it is close to the sea, there is no decent dock; although it has fields, there is more salt and alkali than white flour.

It looks like he can grab with both hands, but both hands are weak!

But the scenery of the village by the sea is amazing.

Liu Wangcai packed some tools for fishing and took him to the beach.

The tide began to recede, and the waves gently lapped against the mossy embankment and slowly moved away.

The silhouette of a small fishing boat sways in the halo of the clear sea water.

The bright afternoon sun turned the water surface into a stage, and the pennants on the masts fluttered like music for the stage.

The tide receded, exposing the mudflats.

The sun shone brightly, and the infinitesimal puddles left behind reflected the sunlight, making it dazzling like gold foil.

As soon as the money enters the mudflat, you can see the goods.

Fiddler crabs walk sideways with their large claws raised, and mudskippers jump in the mud.

Fiddler crabs have little meat, are difficult to catch and are of little value.

The mudskippers were quite good, with plump and delicious meat.

"It can cure bedwetting in children," said Liu Wangcai.

When Qian Jin heard that he could arrest people, he said, "Comrade Xu Weidong is still wetting the bed. I'll arrest a few for him."

"Catch it, it can replenish yang energy." Liu Wangcai continued.

Qian Jin heard that he had to arrest them: "Comrade Xu Weidong is very weak, I will arrest a group of him!"

As a result, he underestimated the mudskipper.

This little thing is very difficult to catch.

They glide across the wetlands by paddling their pectoral fins, and can crawl, jump, and swim, making them very difficult to deal with.

Qian Jin is brave and diligent, as vigorous as a dragon and a tiger.

Not a single one was caught.

At this time, a migrating egret flew over gracefully, stretched out its long beak and caught a mudskipper.

A little egret, holding a mudfish in its mouth, tilted its head and looked at Qian Jin.

Qian Jin suddenly swung the scoop net towards it.

The little egret was startled, dropped the mudskipper in its mouth and flew away.

Qian Jin was overjoyed. He slid over in two steps and caught the mudskipper that had survived the disaster with a net bag.

The mudskipper bulged its eyes and looked confused.

It didn't expect that it would face a dilemma before its death...

This is also a method of catching mudskippers, called "black eating black".

The old captain was amused by his way of catching fish, and then directed him to turn over the rocks.

Qian Jin turned over a stone.

There are several conches gathered below.

These conch shells look like upside-down bamboo hats and are called general hats.

very popular.

Because it does not have a spiral structure like other conchs, it is easy to separate the shell and meat.

It tastes simple.

Ordinary people love to eat it.

After discovering the general's hat, Qian Jin began to turn over stones.

Liu Wangcai added, "Look for the shady side of the reef. They feed on the small seaweeds that cling to the rocks. As long as you have a good eye, they're easy to find."

In the distance came the shouts of children, and dozens of people carrying baskets flooded across the mudflat like a tide.

A child came up to ask for money and said, "Uncle Leader, why are you always turning over rocks here? Go to the front, there are gobies!"

Goby is the mantis shrimp.

Qian Jin really liked eating this stuff, and he was immediately overjoyed: "Pipi Shrimp, let's go!"

It turned out that he had no idea of ​​the mudflats' temperament.

This place is not a beach where you can walk freely. The more he walked in, the deeper he sank!
The old captain rolled up his trouser legs to his thighs and prepared to rescue him.

As a result, the children saw it and ran over and started shouting, "Pull out the radishes, pull out the radishes, come on, pull out the radishes..."

An old man shouted at him: "City kid, going to the beach is not like rowing a boat in the park, be careful!"

Qian Jin was embarrassed.

He was finally pulled out, but a piece of seaweed was still hanging from the tear in his crotch.

An old man smoking laughed so hard that sparks flew from his pipe: "He's a city kid after all, chasing the sea is like a monkey show."

Qian Jin remained silent.

He pulled his legs out, bent down, and reached out to stir the cool, soft mud.

Suddenly, I felt a hard object and pulled it out.

Liu Wangcai looked closely and found that it was a snail as big as a fist!

After washing it with sea water, there are still colorful mother-of-pearl in the spiral pattern!
"Good luck." People nearby exclaimed.

Qian Jin managed to win back a point, but he didn't dare go any deeper.

Liu Wangcai took him to the reef area: "Here you don't have to worry about your legs getting bitten by the mud."

This place is also nice. Qian Jin discovered a large area of ​​wild oysters!

Numerous oysters and mussels grow in an interlaced pattern.

Both can be eaten.

Both also grow tightly on the reef, with a shell growing together with the reef.

But Liu Wangcai had prepared a pry knife in advance.

Qian Jin put on work gloves and began to pry the oysters with all his might.

We had a great harvest today.

This made him very happy, and he sang songs to amuse himself while working hard:
"I'm a shell cracker with great skill. I'm going to crack the oysters until they scream for help..."

Wild oysters are difficult to pry off, and Qian Jin would sometimes accidentally break an oyster, making it impossible to take it away.

Based on the principle of not wasting good oysters and not wasting bad oysters.

All the broken oysters went into his mouth.

The meat of fresh oysters is soft and tender, and it releases water when touched lightly. It is soft and delicious when licked by the tongue, with only a slight fishy smell.

delicious.

Moreover, the sea water is completely unpolluted nowadays, and the oysters are particularly clean.

Unlike the era of 27, the seawater was polluted by chemical and nuclear pollution, and oyster meat could not be eaten raw, as it would upset the stomach.

There is no need to worry about this problem with the current sea water.

Just look at Liu Wangcai.

Every now and then the old captain would come across a small soft-shell crab, which he would wash and pop into his mouth to eat: "As the old saying goes, if you eat crabs raw, you can eat shrimps alive, and you won't drown if you fall into the sea."

Qian Jin smiled: "I learned it."

He saw a broken pottery jar in a small puddle, so he quickly picked it up for fear that the sharp pieces of porcelain on the crack would hurt someone.

As a result, he picked up the pottery jar and looked down, and was so scared that he threw it away: "Oh my God! Sea snake!"

All sea snakes are venomous.

He knows this common sense.

The pottery jar did not break when it hit the soft mud, but the opening was facing downwards, and something thick, long and slippery came out.

Liu Wangcai threw away the fireworks and firecrackers and rushed over: "Hey my little comrade, this is the best stuff!"

"Big eel! This thing is the best way to nourish a man!"

There were two big eels in the inconspicuous pottery jar.

Maybe the couple was being affectionate and ended up being taken down together.

Liu Wangcai wanted to give it to Qian Jin to take back: "Isn't Comrade Xu Xu? Give him this to eat. After he eats it, he will no longer be Comrade Xu, but Comrade Xu!"

Qian Jin asked doubtfully, "Is the nourishing power of eel really that great?"

The old captain answered his question: "What's so powerful about eels? They dig holes! The tighter the hole, the better they can dig! They have mucus on their bodies, so the more they dig, the slipperier they become!"

Qian Jin suddenly realized that this was the principle.

He took the two eels home to eat and gave the rat to Xu Weidong.

As the old captain collected the eels, he sighed, "You picked up both a large conch and a large eel. You're so lucky! I wish I had your luck in the "Learn from Dazhai" sea-hunting competition back then..."

He shook his head, feeling very emotional.

Qian Jin was busy on the beach for a while when someone rushed back from the deeper part of the beach and shouted, "The tide is rising! Clear the area!"

The tide surged forward.

Silver mist rose from the mudflats.

Qian Jin trudged ashore and found the tin bucket full.

A great sense of achievement!
Bring it back and treat the second team members to a fresh meal.

When Liu Wangcai's wife learned that he was going to bring seafood back, she took out a plastic bag folded into small tofu blocks like a soldier's blanket.
"The bags from the State-Owned Second Hotel are great for anything. They're moisture-proof and odor-proof."

"I've never been willing to use it, but today it comes in handy!"

She also instructed Qian Jin: "After you use it, wash and dry it, and bring it back to my house next time, okay?"

"What are you complaining about? This thing was originally given to me by the team leader as a gift because he thinks I make a lot of money." Liu Wangcai despised his wife for being stingy.

Liu Wangcai's wife smiled awkwardly and stroked the plastic bag reluctantly: "I heard that this thing is specially for foreign guests."

"Except for the big hotels which have special supplies, if we ordinary people want to buy it, we have to ask foreign guests to go to the Friendship Store!"

Liu Wangcai said: "That's just a rumor. I think many families in the city have it."

Plastic bags are still in short supply now, especially in rural areas.

But to Qian Jin, this little thing is worthless.

He went back to the house and bought a hundred small plastic bags from the mall.

Only two dollars and fifty cents!

Then he put it in his shoulder bag and took it out, handing it directly to Liu Wangcai's wife: "If my aunt hadn't mentioned this, I would have forgotten about it!"

"Here, Auntie, feel free to use it. I asked someone to buy it for me inside the department store."

Liu Wangcai's wife touched the smooth and light plastic bags with a look of delight and surprise on her face: "Oh, so many bags?"

"Look at you, Xiao Qian, I'm so embarrassed..."

Liu Wangcai curled his lips and said, "Don't accept other people's things if it's embarrassing."

Qian Jin laughed and pushed Liu Wangcai's wife away: "Auntie, please help me pack these small seafood."

He sat down in the shade of a tree to rest.

It wasn't a big deal to take a break, but after that I actually felt sore in my back and waist.

Done!

His heart skipped a beat. How could he ride his bike back home?

Later facts proved that his worries were completely correct.

Not to mention the return trip back to the city, he even had to rest twice when riding his bike with the old team leader to Gaoping Production Brigade!
The old captain looked at it and murmured: "I think it's you, not Xiao Xu, who should be punished!"

Qian Jindang didn't hear this.

The two arrived at the production brigade. Su Xianghong's husband went out to sea, and she was busy working in the brigade's tofu shop when she was urgently called home.

Qian Jin gave the gift he brought and explained his relationship with Lin Hai:

"When Brother Lin learned that I was coming to the Red Star Commune, he sent someone to tell me to come visit and see if your family needs any help."

There is no trace of a city girl in Su Xianghong anymore.

She has dark skin, rough hands, and silver hair, and looks more like Lin Hai's sister.

She was very happy to receive the concern from her brother in the city.

She was even happier when she saw that Qian Jin brought in canned meat, fruit candies, and milk candies, which were in great demand, and also gave him food coupons and cloth coupons.

She was too embarrassed to complain to Qian Jin, a stranger, so she said that everything was fine at home. She also asked Qian Jin to help her bring some dried shrimps, dried fish, crab sticks and other dry goods that she had dried herself to her cousin.

These are exactly what Qian Jin wants!

This is the end.

He had completed the preparations for visiting Lin Hai at his home.

Everything is ready, just waiting to return to the city!

(End of this chapter)