Xu Xiuyuan thought that she was either taking care of the children or busy with work in the town. She usually had little fun and rarely liked fishing, so she did not stop her and only told her to wear more clothes:
"It's windy at the beach, and the temperature has dropped again in the past two days. Dress warmly! If you didn't bring a coat, just wear mine."
"I've worn a lot." Xu Suizhu lowered his head and glanced.
Even though the sweater is just a thin denim jacket outside, it is actually a protective suit with automatic temperature control. Not to mention 18 or 19 degrees Celsius, you are still not afraid of the cold at 18 or 18-9 degrees Celsius.
In the fjord fishing village in early December, the highest temperature during the day was still 20 degrees, but when the wind picked up in the evening, it was still quite cold on the beach.
Xu Suizhu thought that at this point, not many people would come to the beach to play.
Last time I went fishing with my aunt and uncle, they were the only family. The weather was much warmer at that time.
Unexpectedly, this thought went sideways, and several groups of fishermen came to Deep Bay.
Some are employees of the fishery on rotation, and some are half-year-old children in the village who are on vacation.
Fortunately, he wasn't familiar with it, so Xu Suizhu didn't go to say hello. He picked a deserted area, found a few rocks, and sat down cross-legged with a bucket at his feet.
There were no outsiders present, so she had a great time fishing.
However, most of the sea fish that can be caught in this area are common sea bass, small grouper, black snapper, white pomfret or stone dog male.
The Western spotted spot, Eastern spotted spot and giant lobster were as big as last time, so they were probably really lucky.
Xu Suizhu was looking forward to catching another big lobster to satisfy his appetite, so he kept swinging the pole and fishing.
The bucket was getting fuller and fuller, the sea breeze was getting stronger and stronger, and she was the only one left on the shore.
I was worried that my aunt would not be relieved to come out to look for her, so I decided to throw the pole one last time and go back.
It turned out that I was really lucky, and I caught a big blue crab on the last rod... Oh, no! It was a bunch of big blue crabs!
What's going on?
Xu Suizhu raised the fishing pole to see what was going on. He guessed that a blue crab's large claws had become entangled in the fishing line. Other crabs came to help, but one after another they became entangled.
Twelve or thirteen blue crabs were wrapped on the slender fishing line, each one bigger than the other. The largest crab's shell measured by visual inspection was 20 centimeters, at least one and a half kilograms.
Xu Suizhu was overjoyed.
Blue crab is a good thing!
It is also called "grey crab" locally and is known as "sea ginseng".
Blue crab meat is rich in protein and trace elements, which has a very good nourishing effect on the body. In future generations, such fat blue crabs will rarely be sold for sky-high prices.
Seeing that the bucket was almost full and could no longer contain crabs, Xu Suizhu simply carried it away.
The crab is very alert. When it shakes, it will not let go of its big claws, but will clamp them tightly, so Xu Suizhu carried it home all the way.
Xu Xiuyuan had just made Doudou familiar and was preparing to cook dinner. She was pleasantly surprised when her niece came back with so many fish.
"You are still awesome! Your uncle occasionally goes fishing in his spare time. Except for the lobster that time, I have never seen him catch more than three taels of fish."
Xu Suizhu said with a smile: "I wanted to follow my uncle's example and catch a lobster for a try, but unfortunately I couldn't catch one even after squatting for a long time."
Xu Xiuyuan laughed and said: "You think big lobsters are so easy to catch! If it were easy, everyone would go fishing, and the market price would not rise so outrageously. Cream crabs are also good, and I caught so many in one fishing.
I’ve seen others make crab pots but they can’t catch so many.”
Xu Suizhu spread his hands: "These crabs were not caught by fishing, they got entangled in my fishing line."
"Really? Oh no one else is lucky except you."
Xu Xiuyuan became more and more happy, filled a basin of water, and put the green crabs with the fishing line in the water. When the crabs reached the water, they thought they were safe and no longer clenched their big claws tightly. One by one, they automatically detached themselves from the fishing line.
"What are you going to do with so much? Are you going to ask someone to take it to the provincial capital to sell it?"
"Not for sale! We will eat it ourselves." Xu Suizhu said immediately.
I didn’t eat the big lobster last time, but I wanted to taste the blue crab this time.
"Look at this crab shell, aunt. It's full of paste, and it reaches the tip of the shell." Xu Suizhu caught a blue crab and showed it to her aunt.
Almost everyone at the beach knows how to distinguish between fat and thin shrimps and crabs.
"You may not be able to buy such good wild crabs even if you have money. There are thirteen of them here. Let's keep a few for ourselves and I plan to give the rest away."
Professor Shao and Editor-in-Chief Wu’s family sent four of them, and eight of them left.
There are five left, so I divide them among several members of my family, which is just right.
Seeing that she had an arrangement, Xu Xiuyuan stopped worrying about it. She tied up the blue crabs one by one with straw ropes to prevent the big claws from pinching anyone.
Blue crabs can survive for a period of time without seawater, but they can't be kept for too long.
Xu Xiuyuan carried the bundled blue crabs and picked out a few good-looking groupers, sea bass, and dogfish, as well as the swimming crab paste, mud snails, and eels she had made at home before. She went to the cold storage of the fishery to get some crushed ice.
They spread it on top and asked a worker who delivered it early the next morning to take it to the provincial capital.
When Lao Zheng arrived in the provincial capital, he naturally delivered the goods from the fishery first, and then went to the Shao family and Editor Wu's office to deliver the two boxes of seafood gifts.
Lin Guodong bought him a pack of cigarettes in advance and was happy to do this.
When it was delivered to Professor Shao's house, Professor Shao was about to go out to buy groceries.
When I learned that someone had sent a box of seafood, I was very confused. They had no relatives or friends in Yupu County, so who could they be?
Lao Zheng said: "The person who entrusted it to me was Lao Lin, Lin Guodong, who is also from our fishery. It seems that his niece asked him to take it. I don't know anything else."
Lao Zheng helped move the boxes to Professor Shao's house and hurried back.
Professor Shao opened the box and took a look. There were four vivid blue crabs and several sea fish that looked very fresh. This freshness is definitely not something you can buy in the vegetable market.
Although the provincial capital is said to be a coastal city, it is actually quite far from the sea. No matter how fresh the fish is, it takes at least two days to catch it from the sea, sort it at the fishing ground, pack it into boxes, and then transport it to various workplace canteens and farmers' markets.
Not to mention a glass bottle of swimming crab paste and an eel over one meter long.
Who sent it?
"Jingle Bell……"
The home phone rang.
Professor Shao picked up the microphone and answered.
Editor Wu's hearty laughter came from the other end: "Lao Shao, isn't the seafood Xiao Xu sent good?"
"Xiao Xu? Which Xiao Xu?" Professor Shao was stunned for a moment.
"The last time I brought students to Provincial No. 1 High School to participate in an English speech contest, Xu Suizhu lives in a fishing village in Yupu County. Her aunt and uncle are both fishery workers, but 80% of the seafood they bring is caught by them themselves.
What the fishery can sell to them are all leftovers, and they definitely don’t look that good. She mentioned this to me in her letter... I said, ladies, you shouldn’t have accepted the gift, even if the person who gave it is
No one has figured out Lingqing yet, right?"
Professor Shao relaxed his brows and smiled: "It turns out to be that child! She is too polite."