Golden Fishing Village

Perhaps several years ago, this reef was once a coral. When Ao Muyang dived into the water to check the resources, he found that the reefs were in various shapes, some like deer horns, some like flowers, and some like multi-tentacled sea monsters.

There are many shrimps and crabs living in the reef area, and there are many conchs and seashells on the seabed. They are not very big, but they are abundant in number.

What made Ao Muyang even more happy was that he found a lot of agar on the reef.

Agar is a reef grass, which is actually the clothing of sea stones.

This thing is a marine vegetable with real medicinal value. Both Chinese and Western medicine have studied it. It is believed that agar can absorb water in the intestines after entering the human body, causing the intestinal contents to swell, increase stool volume, and treat constipation and other problems.

In addition, it also contains alginate substances, which are ingredients in many antihypertensive drugs in Western medicine, so it has a blood pressure lowering effect.

The agars on the reef are brown-red in color. They grow densely, with complex main and side branches, spreading on the reef like a red-brown carpet.

The tide slaps the reef, and the agars float in the water. Occasionally, when they are lifted up by the waves, the barnacles underneath will be exposed.

The barnacles here are edible. Ao Muyang swam to the reef along the current and then walked up.

Because of the thick agars protection, the soles of the feet will not be injured even if they step directly on the reef. Lao Ao walks on it with big strides, as if walking on a grass carpet.

He contacted the two ships by walkie-talkie and asked Ao Daguo and Ao Wenchang to send people down to collect agars.

Agars are not expensive, but wild ones are not very common. Ao Muyang does not plan to sell them after collecting them, but plans to keep them for himself.

Now that the autumn heat is strong, people like to eat something cold, such as jelly, pig skin jelly, sea jelly, etc., and agar can be used as its raw material.

It is troublesome to collect agar, because it is not natural and pure, and there are many small snails, small shellfish and dead and rotten small fish in it.

The vegetation growing on the reef is not only agar, but also Schefflera, Ulva, kelp, etc. Among them, Schefflera has large leaves with sawtooth edges. It is not edible and must be picked out and thrown away when collected.

Two small boats arrived with a dozen people. Ao Muyang saw that it was Ao Mudong and Ao Mupeng, all of whom were strong and reckless guys, so he warned: "Digging agar is a delicate job, you have to be careful."

Ao Mudong waved his hand and said: "Hey, Longtou, are you still worried? Brothers are all veterans."

Ao Muyang dragged a fishing net to collect agar in person. He didn't bring a shovel, so he couldn't cut off the thick and tough roots of agar, which made him a little embarrassed.

Originally, he saw that there were reefs under his feet, and wanted to find a sharp and thin stone to make a tool. As a result, the reef area had been polished by the waves, and the fallen stones were all ground into pebbles.

He grabbed the agar and hugged it twice. After using all his strength, he pulled out the agar together with the stones underneath, dragging mud and sand, which greatly affected the quality of the agar.

This made him a little angry, so he snatched the shovel from Ao Mudong and cut off the roots of the agar.

Ao Mudong shouted: "I only brought a shovel, what do you want me to do, Longtou?"

Ao Muyang said without turning his head: "Whatever you want."

"Brother Dong, let's go underwater to catch crabs. I see there are a lot of crabs here." Ao Mupeng said with a smile.

The water around the reef is shallow, and you can easily dive to the bottom of the sea.

In this situation, it is easy to pick up shrimps, crabs or seashells. The two fluttered in the water for a while, and suddenly Ao Mudong emerged from the water and shouted: "Damn, what is this seabed? Super big mantis shrimp, dragon head, are there fierce mantis shrimps in the South China Sea?"

Hearing that there are big mantis shrimps on the seabed, Ao Muyang hurriedly gave up the agar-agar in his hand. He nodded and said: "Yes, there are fierce mantis shrimps. Did you find fierce mantis shrimps? Why didn't I find them just now?"

Fierce mantis shrimps are of high value. He sprayed a series of questions like a rapid-fire cannon, which shows how high his emotions were.

Ao Mudong said, "It should be a fierce mantis shrimp. I didn't look closely. I was just about to pick up a few conchs, and then a big mantis shrimp jumped out of a hole next to it. I was afraid that it would gouge me, so I quickly retreated."

Ao Muming, who was squatting on the reef, laughed and said, "Brother Dong, when did you become so timid?"

Ao Mudong glared at him and said, "The fierce mantis shrimp belongs to the mantis shrimp. If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. It is not the same as our Hongyang's mouth mantis shrimp. Its forelimbs are like hammers. It can smash the shell with a strong force. It will at least bruise a person's hand!"

The two were bickering, and Ao Muyang dived into the seabed as soon as possible.

The seabed is shallow here, and he almost got his face stopped when he dived in.

The seawater is clear, there are reefs and sand layers on the seabed. He carefully searched and indeed found several holes. These holes are not small, and they are about the size of his fist.

However, these caves are either located in the cracks of the reefs or next to the seaweed, which is quite hidden, so he didn't find any traces of them after a quick scan of the seabed.

At this time, the area around the cave was quiet, with only some broken snail shells and crab shells.

Ao Muyang looked at the broken snail shells and felt that the mantis shrimp might not be hidden in the cave.

He has been raising mantis shrimp for a while. Although this thing is strong and fierce, it is not fierce enough to break the weaving snail.

After studying the broken snail shells, he became much more cautious. At this time, he had no tools to lure the mantis shrimp out, so he could only float to the surface first.

He came out of the water and saw Ao Mudong and Ao Muming still bickering, so he said: "Stop talking, Brother Dong is right to be careful, the mantis shrimp underwater is very fierce - by the way, Brother Dong Do you see what it looks like? Is it really a mantis shrimp?"

Ao Mudong said angrily: "I have been fishing for decades, can I admit my mistake? Although it is very big, I am definitely not mistaken, it is a mantis shrimp."

After receiving the exact reply, Ao Muyang picked up the shovel and went back to the bottom of the sea to dig.

He opened up space along the cave. The sand on the seabed was soft, and he soon dug the cave.

While he was digging patiently, suddenly, a mantis shrimp head popped out!

The mantis shrimp jumped out and struck the shovel with one of its forelimbs.

Just after its forelimb hit the shovel, Ao Muyang felt his wrist vibrate, and he felt a strong force pass from the shovel to his hand, as if he was hit by a hammer!

Seeing half of the mantis shrimp's body, he roughly judged its specific length. He retracted the shovel and inserted it directly downwards. He lifted the shovel up and pulled out the giant mantis shrimp together with the seabed sand.

The giant mantis shrimp became angry after being dug out of the hole. Instead of running away, it stood up its head and neck like a praying mantis, stretched out its two forelimbs, and even assumed a fighting posture.

At this point, Ao Muyang could see its appearance clearly. This mantis shrimp was very big, more than twenty centimeters. Its head was small and its neck was slender. But from then on, its body began to become wider, and it was very long at the tail. Leniency.