Golden Fishing Village

What made Ao Muyang happy was that the crab group he encountered was not very large in number, but they were large and plump.

Compared with the swimming crabs commonly seen in Chinese waters and the mud crabs he cultivated, these crabs were larger and fuller in size. Their bodies were round and very thick, like a steamed bun, a brown steamed bun.

The name of this crab is closely related to its appearance, steamed bun crab.

Steamed bun crab is a very precious sea crab, also called brown crab in foreign countries, but the steamed bun crab produced in China's sea is not exactly the same as the common brown crab in foreign countries. Strictly speaking, brown crab belongs to the genus Zodiac Crab, some belong to the genus Mantou Crab, and all mantou crabs belong to the genus Mantou Crab.

Ao Muyang jumped from the tiger's back and slowly landed on the seabed. This sea area is about 40 to 50 meters deep, and there is a lot of fine sand on the seabed, which is exactly the environment that mantou crabs like.

He picked up a big steamed crab from behind. Even though it was buoyant in the water, he still felt it was heavy. This crab must weigh three or four pounds!

The carapace of the big crab is fifteen or sixteen centimeters wide, and the thickness can reach half of the width. It looks very exaggerated.

Ao Muyang estimated that this crab can be sold for 500 yuan in the market!

The price of foreign king crabs is not expensive, but the price of domestic steamed crabs is not low. It is the domestic steamed crabs that have medicinal value.

According to the "Chinese Medicinal Marine Organisms", steamed crab meat can cure chest pain, and fresh steamed crab roe can cure tinea pedis by applying it to the affected area. If you use steamed crab shells to bake and grind them into powder and take them with rice wine, it will be amazing and can be used as a contraceptive...

Seeing this group of steamed crabs, Lao Ao happily surfaced to send a signal. Half an hour later, the Big Dragon Head and the Tutulong arrived one after another.

Ao Muyang climbed onto the boat, and someone came up to wipe his body and hair, someone took a coat and put it on him, and someone prepared hot brown sugar ginger juice for him.

Lu Wuyi approached him and said, "Brother-in-law, you are so domineering now, like an emperor, with a group of servants serving you."

Ao Wenchang, who handed ginger juice to Ao Muyang, sneered and said, "Do you know what you look like? You are like a dog eunuch who offers slander!"

Both sides began to prepare for a verbal battle, and Lu Wuyi immediately pulled Jiang Caoqi to his side.

Ao Muyang waved his hand and said, "Stop making trouble, hurry up and put down the crab cages, there are crabs below, it seems to be steamed crabs."

Hearing this, the fishermen were immediately excited: "Oh, there are steamed crabs underwater? It's a good time to catch steamed crabs at this time, you can make a lot of money."

"Hurry up and put down the cages, if it's too late, the bastards from Wangjia Village will take all the advantage."

"Dragon head, where should we put down the cages? Give me some instructions!"

Ao Muyang said in embarrassment: "Just now, the tiger dived to stir up the seabed, and I caught two steamed crabs while diving, but I don't know where the crabs are, but it must be here, let's put down the crab cages and try it first."

A row of exploratory crab cages went into the water first, and Wangjia Village also put down crab cages. The number of crab cages was not large, and the scattered area was relatively wide. This was mainly to locate the crabs, which was regarded as the water division and dragon-finding tactics in the fishery.

Two hours later, the crab cages were fished up, some were empty, some had one or two crabs, and some had more.

According to the number of crabs, Ao Qianwen and Ao Daguo, the two most experienced fishermen, took the lead, and everyone analyzed together, and then roughly guessed the location of the crab group and began to concentrate on putting crab cages.

The Tutulong also benefited from it, and Yang Shuyong also put down some crab cages.

Dozens of steamed crabs that were caught climbed at the stern of the boat. They were fat and fierce, like a small van, rushing around on the boat.

Ao Muyang said to Lu Wuyi: "There is a story behind the name of Mantou Crab. Do you want to hear it?"

Since he had nothing to do, Lu Wuyi nodded: "Okay, brother-in-law, tell me."

"It is said that this crab is a big family. Although they are all covered with iron armor and equipped with big claws, they look similar, but their temperaments are actually very different. Some are brave and good at fighting, while others are timid and afraid of things, and some are lazy and greedy. As the saying goes, people have thousands of personalities, and crabs have hundreds of shapes..."

"Mantou Crab was not like this at first, but looked as flat as swimming crabs. It is a relative of swimming crabs. Swimming crabs were promoted to generals in Dragon Palace and became crab generals. Flat crabs took advantage of it and also went to work in Dragon Palace..."

"Flat crabs are different from swimming crabs. They are the laziest and greediest. , when it was pouring tea and water for the Dragon King, it once stole the nectar buns that the Dragon King used to entertain guests. The Dragon King punished it by letting it roam the seabed with the leftover buns on its back as a warning to others. "

"The flat crab carried the buns for a long time, and the buns grew on its back. Eventually, it got the name of the bun crab and the habit of wandering around the seabed."

After listening to Ao Muyang's explanation, Lu Wuyi couldn't help laughing: "This is really a legendary story thought up by the working people. The Dragon Palace entertained VIPs with buns? Damn, why don't they use fried dough sticks?"

Ao Muyang said: "I told you it's a folk legend."

"Okay, okay, fortunately this crab stole the buns. If it stole the trousers, it would be really interesting." Lu Wuyi was still laughing.

Ao Qianwen said: "Don't underestimate the steamed crab. This crab can not only be used as a dish, but also as a Chinese medicine. The crab shell can be crushed into powder and mixed with rice wine to prevent pregnancy."

Ao Mudong next to him curled his lips and said: "Come on, Uncle Qianwen, my father used this folk method to prevent pregnancy, and I was born."

Ao Qianwen rolled his eyes and said: "I told your father that crab shell powder mixed with rice wine must be given to old women to prevent pregnancy. Who told him to drink it with wine?"

Everyone laughed together. A big catch was coming on board, and the fishermen were relieved.

It takes a long time to catch crabs with a crab cage. After casting the cage, the fishing boat left again and cruised around to find other catches.

This season is best for catching mackerel and hairtail. Ao Muyang went into the water again to find a school of hairtail, and the Big Dragon Head dropped the trawl net and began to catch hairtail.

In another sea area, Wangjia Village's fishing boats were also casting nets. Yang Shuyong contacted Ao Muyang by radio and said, "Captain Ao, how about a competition? Let's see who can catch more hairtails."

Ao Muyang was not interested and said, "You are courting death. I won't compete with you on this. This is bullying you. Let's compete in catching hairtails. Let the fishing boats do the work. Let's row the boats to catch hairtails, okay?"

Yang Shuyong said generously, "Let's go!"

Lu Wuyi asked curiously, "Brother-in-law, can this hairtail be caught? Isn't it said that hairtails are deep-sea fish and are caught with deep-water fishing nets? I have never seen a live hairtail. Is the hairtail caught alive?"

Ao Muyang nodded and said, "Of course hairtails can be caught. Didn't you grow up in Jinling? There is an allusion to fishing hairtails outside Caishiji in history."