59 years after its opening, people are still in Nanluoguxiang

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Chen Feng is talking about the Beihai Library in Sijiucheng, which was once the largest and most advanced library in Asia. It is located to the west of Beihai Park and a few kilometers away from Nanluoguxiang.

In 1926, the China Educational and Cultural Foundation used the money returned from the United States to establish the Qingxiao Tower and Yuexin Hall in Beihai Park, with a collection of more than 1.4 million books.

In the past, my favorite thing was to spend weekends in the library.

"It's better to study. If you read, you will know more."

Zhou Jing carried the bucket and walked slowly, thinking of his son.

There is no school in Zhoujiagou, so children have to go to a commune several miles away to go to school.

However, the school only has two grades and two teachers. One teaches Chinese and music, and the other teaches mathematics and physical education. Moreover, the mathematics teacher is still a substitute (there is no staff).

The school's tuition is less than one yuan (in 1959, the tuition fee for public primary schools in Wuxi County was one yuan, while the tuition for primary schools in some rural areas was as low as a few cents, and for junior high schools it was only a few yuan).

However, in his opinion, the two teachers in the school seemed not as knowledgeable as his nephew.

Soon they returned home.

Mr. Zhou, Mrs. Zhou, Zhou Qing and others were all awake.

As soon as they entered the door, they were given salt water, supper, and prepared dry shoes and hot water. Catching the sea is a technical job, but it is also physical work.

The three of them walked around the reef area, and their shoes were already soaked.

"Brother, what is this?"

Zhou Qing looked at the abalone in the bucket and didn't recognize it.

Zhou Jing looked at Chen Feng and motioned for him to explain.

Chen Feng smiled and said, "Mom, this is abalone."

"This thing is abalone?"

Zhou Qing opened his eyes wide, picked one up and put it under the kerosene lamp, as if he wanted to remember what it looked like.

There is no way, abalone has too high a status in the food world, especially in the seafood world.

Before the success of artificially cultured abalone in the 1990s, this item was considered a top banquet delicacy.

(In the Hong Kong TVB TV series "Run Heart", "Run Heart" refers to abalone, and the protagonist's family made their fortune by making seafood abalone.)

"It's quite ugly, almost like a shell."

Chen Feng almost laughed.

Although the abalone has a shell on its back, due to the influence of traditional food culture, the price of this thing is much higher than that of the shell.

The former is a tribute and the latter is food for fishermen.

The old man couldn't help but look at it and recalled: "In Tianjin in the past, only various martial arts gym owners, military leaders, and gang bosses ate this food, and there were only birthday banquets, promotions, etc. every year."

"Xiao Jing, Jian Jun, you go to the city tomorrow and find Chef Cao in the Ying Bin Building to exchange the abalone for grain, bills and money."

There is a famous 12th floor of halal restaurants in Tianjin. In 1955, Hongbin Tower came to Beijing at the invitation of Mr. Zhou, and was hailed as "the first halal restaurant in Beijing" by gourmets, Muslims and all walks of life.

There are only seven public-private buildings left, and Yingbin Building is one of them.

Chen Feng said quickly: "Grandpa, leave a few for us to eat ourselves. We can't grow so big without even eating abalone."

The old man immediately became confused.

Abalone is very expensive, but grandchildren are more important.

"Okay, let's keep five."

Chen Feng was helpless. The six adults nodded together. He could not change the established facts.

Zhou Qing took the abalone and asked, "Dad, how much does it cost per pound?"

Mr. Zhou shook his head.

"The price of this thing depends on its weight. The heavier it is, the more expensive it is. Different weights have different prices."

"You have to go to the restaurant to find out how much it will cost."

"Then we are a bit small, this one is only about two or three."

Zhou Qing weighed it with his hands and estimated the weight.

"Two, three, two is huge!"

Mr. Zhou's voice was loud at first because it might attract the attention of the neighbors. After being slapped by the old lady, he suddenly became quieter and said: "It's hard to buy a double-headed abalone for a thousand gold. A five-tael abalone is worth a thousand gold."

"This is a four-headed abalone. It is a high-quality product. It is worth a lot of money! When you go to see Lao Cao tomorrow, tell him that as long as the sale is good, we will give him 10%!"

The so-called "two-headed abalone is worth a lot of money" usually refers to the fact that there are only two abalones per pound, that is, abalones weighing five taels.

"Several abalones" refers to the size of the abalone. For example, "3 abalones" means 3 abalones weighing 1 catty, and "16 abalones" means 16 abalones weighing 1 catty.

The smaller the "head" number, the larger the abalone and the more expensive it is.

(Dried abalone is somewhat controversial because the only two "indigenous" abalone species in Chinese waters are small in size.

The largest abalone can only grow to more than 100 grams. If it is a dried abalone, it can only weigh one or two taels at most after drying. There was no way in ancient times to have a double-headed abalone. )

The largest abalone they had tonight was just over two taels.

But even if it was a four-headed abalone, as the old man said, it was also a top-notch delicacy.

The old man directly took out 10% and gave the middleman Lao Cao the difference. It was quite generous.

This is the great spirit of practicing common prosperity!

"Thousands of gold?"

Several adults were a little shocked.

"Is it so exaggerated?"

Chen Jianjun felt that such a small thing was not worth so much money.

"Ancient people were really sick."

"I'm going to sleep."

Chen Feng looked at this group of "money lovers" and laughed.

Thousands of gold abalone was hyped by those decadent carnivores in ancient times to show off.

In later generations, domestic scientists successfully cultivated it artificially, and this thing was directly reduced from a sky-high price to a few dozen yuan per catty, with an annual output of more than 200,000 tons.

Wild double-headed abalone is only worth tens of thousands of yuan.

He wiped his feet with a towel, poured water under the fruit tree outside the door, and returned to the room in slippers. The three children were still sleeping soundly.

Before dawn, he heard his parents talking outside, saying be careful, change the oil when you come back, etc.

Not long after he caught up on his sleep, the little girl with the artificial alarm ran to the bed and called him to get up.

"Big pot, did you catch the pot cover fish?"

"No, but there are better ones."

Chen Feng pinched the little girl's face, turned over, and got up from the bed.

After washing up, he saw Zhou Qing cleaning the abalone. The method was not quite right, so he had to go forward and do it himself.

"Mom, abalone should be cut like this."

He took a knife and cut a cross on the abalone meat.

Although he had never cooked, he had eaten a lot.

Use a knife to gently separate the abalone meat from the shell, remove the internal organs, and let Zhou Fubo take a clean toothbrush to clean it to remove the mud and impurities on the surface.

Little girl, Chen Hao, Zhou Fubo, Zhou Dinghai, surrounded him.

"Big pot, this is the delicious fish you said?"

"Yes, it's called black shell.

Chen Feng was worried that Zhou Fubo and Zhou Dinghai couldn't hold their mouths, so he had to use shells to fool them.

Abalone has extremely rich and highly precious meat. Among the most expensive seafood in the world, abalone snails are usually sold in shells, frozen or canned.

Although it can be eaten raw or added to other dishes, it is usually cut into thick steaks and fried.

Zhou Qing chose to steam it.

Although there are no seasonings such as peppers, the taste of abalone is very good even with a little salt.

At least the little girl and the others ate very slowly.