Golden Fishing Village

The sea water washes the shoal from all sides, and the white waves roll up the scattered sand. At the end of the sea and sky in the west, the setting sun hangs high and its light is soft.

Lu Zhizi turned his head and looked to both sides curiously. The water that rolled up was not blue, but turquoise, like clear jade.

The general became happy when he saw Youfu being stuffed into the vase. He called to Youfu a few times, and then he found a small crab on the shoal, so he waggled his tail excitedly and chased the small crab.

The dining table had already been set with plates and knives and forks in advance. Ao Muyang opened a box, took out the appetizers and placed them in front of Lu Zhizi. He opened the red wine on the table and poured it into the cup. He smiled and said, "Ms. , please have a meal.”

Lu Zhizi raised his eyebrows, paused, and smiled politely: "Thank you."

The side dishes on the plate are very rich, including pickled cucumbers, pickled evergreens, mixed green peas, radish pickles, as well as small conches pickled in spicy sauce, sea melon seeds and sliced ​​jellyfish heads.

Next came the soup, which Ao Muyang packed in a thermos. Knowing Lu Zhizi's taste, he gave her a bowl of fish and vegetable soup.

The fish meat is skinned fish, which is not expensive but very delicious.

The two of them were sitting across from each other drinking. There was no need to say anything at this time, everything was in the waves.

The shoal was not safe, but Ao Muyang, a skilled artist, was brave and led Lu Zhizi to eat from dusk to sunset.

Being at sea is different from being on land. Before the sun sets, the moon has already risen. Today is only a quarter moon, and the moonlight is not very bright. Fortunately, there are stars all over the sky, and the night sky is beautiful.

The two of them ate slowly and leisurely. Lu Zhizi would occasionally feed Youfu a bite. Youfu wanted to crawl out of the vase, but his task today was to hold flowers. Whenever he wanted to crawl out, Lao Ao would pull him out. Press it down...

After sunset, the sea water rises, and the tide is about to begin.

Lu Zhizi wanted to pack up his things, but Ao Muyang waved his hand and said, "It's okay. Let's soak your feet in the water and chat for a while. Opportunities like this don't come often."

Hearing his calm tone, Lu Zhizi felt relieved. She looked at the surrounding sea with nostalgia and said: "Yes, this environment is so beautiful, as if it is floating on the sea. We are now at the heart of the ocean. Bar?"

The two chatted casually, and the sea water continued to rise. When it reached the calf, Ao Muyang stood up and started packing.

He moved the tables, chairs and boxes onto the raft. Now Lucky didn't want to get out of the vase. With its small size, it could only swim once it fell into the water.

Paddling a raft, the two of them, one dog and one fox, returned to the boat.

Originally, according to the rules of fishing at sea, the fishermen still had to work at night. They had to catch fish against the clock and were very tired.

But when Ao Muyang leads the team, their work intensity will be much lighter than usual, and they can rest at night, because Ao Muyang can also find enough fish during the day.

After a good night's sleep, they started harvesting shrimp and crab pots the next day.

The South China Sea is rich in marine resources, and the crab pots are full!

Wild crabs have a fierce temperament, and as soon as they come out of the cage, they erect their big claws and look at them eagerly.

Both Wolf Er and Youfu have had the experience of being pinched by crabs. The former had his mouth pinched, and the latter had his tail pinched. Therefore, when they saw the crab on the boat, one of them quickly put his mouth under his front paws. The other climbed onto the roof of the boat with his tail between his legs.

It is not easy to deal with these crabs. The fishermen have to tie their big claws with rubber bands as soon as possible. In this way, they cannot catch the crabs with a light hand, and easily break the big claws with a heavy hand.

Once a crab's big claw is broken, its appearance will not be good, and its price will naturally fall with the water.

It's better to eat such crabs. Ao Muyang picked up the disabled crabs with broken big claws and steamed them in a pot. He said, "Eat steamed crabs for lunch!"

"You can eat it at night, but you can't finish it at noon today." Ao Mudong said happily. It is September in the Gregorian calendar now, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is not far away. The crabs are fat and can be sold at a good price, so they saw a good harvest of crab pots. , everyone is happy.

Ao Muyang said: "It's okay if you can't finish it. I'll make salted crabs for the brothers to eat."

The amount of crabs they caught was large, and many had broken legs and broken shells. It was really too much to eat in one meal, so in the afternoon he started making salted crabs.

This dish is simple to make. Just steam the crabs and cut them in half, then put them in a jar and marinate them with salt water.

In the old days when conditions were difficult, people on the land made pickles to eat with their meals, while people on the seaside made salted crabs to eat with their meals.

Although crabs are a good thing nowadays, in the past, people on the beach had no food to eat and could only eat fish and crabs to satisfy their hunger. After eating them for several years, they would be scared when they saw these things.

Just like the common people did not like to eat pickles in the past, the fishermen in the past did not like to eat salted crabs. For them, crabs would become boring after eating them for a long time, but at least this thing has a bit of umami and is barely edible. If it is made into salted crabs , the only umami flavor was really gone, making it impossible to eat.

Ao Muyang has a secret recipe for making salted crabs. There is shrimp oil he made before on the boat, so instead of adding salt to the salted crab tank, he puts two tablespoons of shrimp oil.

In addition, ordinary people would add star anise and Sichuan peppercorns to it, but Ao Muyang was different. He refined the star anise and Sichuan peppercorns into oil and then poured it in.

Crabs are rich in protein and easy to absorb salt. This dish only needs to be marinated for more than ten hours before it can be eaten.

Another day, he took out salted crab for lunch.

But the fishermen were not interested. When they saw that chicken stewed with mushrooms and sauerkraut stewed pork were made today, they all carried rice bowls to grab the meat, and no one touched the salted crab.

That was just right. Ao Muyang picked up a piece for Lu Zhizi and said, "Let's eat it ourselves. Salted crabs go well with rice. Even gods wouldn't trade them for this."

Lu Zhizi was confident in his cooking skills. The two of them ate steamed buns with crabs. Others, including the general and the Lang brothers, were salivating over the two pots of meat.

The meat of the salted crabs was as tender as ever, and because of the shrimp oil, the freshness remained undiminished.

Ao Muyang ate very vigorously. The salted crab shells were covered with pepper oil. He took a sip of the juice and a bite of the meat. He felt that this thing was much more delicious than stewed meat.

In the afternoon, they passed a group of reefs. This sea area was full of reefs, and many reefs would emerge from the sea when the tide was low.

But this place was not suitable for setting up tables and chairs for a candlelight dinner, because the reefs were hideous and rugged, and it was scary to look at.

The reef area was specially marked on the map. It was far away from the route, and no ships passed by at ordinary times. Occasionally, fishing boats would avoid it.

Ao Muyang chose to drop anchor around and explore this sea area. He thought that this place was considered a forbidden area for ships. If no fishing boats passed by, it meant that there was no fishing, and there should be abundant fishing resources.

The two fishing boats dropped anchor some distance away from the edge of the reef area, and Ao Muyang drove the tiger to explore the way.

His guess was correct, there were abundant resources here.