Teacher Xu, who knew nothing about it, visited a crayfish farm under Yang Jianli's explanation.
I have to say that Yang Jianli is really a good practitioner. She not only remembered some of the ecological breeding methods from later generations that she mentioned casually, but also implemented them comprehensively.
Some farmers feel that it is artificial breeding anyway, so why go to so much trouble. Planting aquatic plants and simulating the natural growth environment of crayfish takes up both energy and financial resources. Anyway, the purpose is to make money. Of course, the more convenient and simple the better, all together.
, sprinkle a handful of feed after a while, and it will grow faster than ecological breeding!
But crayfish cultured in this way lack freshness.
It's like one is a free-range chicken that is eating insects all over the hillside, and the other is a feed chicken that is forced to squat in the chicken coop until it eats and lays eggs.
You won’t notice much in a short time, but as living standards improve day by day, people’s requirements for food ingredients will become more and more stringent. One day, ecological farming will be promoted. Rather than waiting until then to change, it is better to stick to this from the beginning.
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Yang Jianli nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I think so too. Everything is difficult at the beginning! If you start well at the beginning, you will basically be stable later. I know many people are laughing at me behind my back, saying that I crawl through the shrimps that can be picked up everywhere."
I am the ancestor of my son. But I don’t want to think about it. It is related to our family’s financial future. My sister-in-law said that she will rely on this extra money to go to college. It is not an exaggeration to say that she is the ancestor! If they think it is funny, just laugh.
Go ahead! Anyway, I’m too busy with my heels to hit the back of my head, so I don’t have time to listen.”
Xu Suizhu praised Yang Jianli for her good attitude, and Yang Jianli was delighted: "One compliment from our boss Xu is worth ten thousand mouths from others!"
The adults visited, while the children fished around the pond. They thought they would catch crayfish, but they turned out to be mostly grass carp, silver carp and bighead carp.
Of course, the fry have not been released for a long time, especially the silver carp and bighead carp, which are not ready to be eaten at all.
Xu Suizhu asked the children to release the silver carp and bighead carp. The silver carp and bighead carp are also known as "fat-headed fish" and they mainly eat their heads. The bigger the fish grows, the more delicious their heads are.
The fish at this moment are just a little bigger than the fry, and are far from ready to eat.
Only a few stray grass carps were left behind, and they were brought back to make soup for them. At least they were the fruits of their whole morning's work.
With Mr. Liang here, even if we can't catch crayfish, we won't let everyone go home empty-handed.
No, while everyone was visiting along the pond, he asked the Chu family to gather the children in the village to catch lobsters and ask them to buy them for three yuan a pound.
The children in the village are very happy to have nothing to do at home during the summer vacation. They can make money by catching lobsters, so why not?
Not to mention children, all the adults in the village who have nothing to do at home are willing to do it.
No, there are people who can actually catch it with their children. It costs three yuan a pound. If you move quickly, you can earn ten yuan before dinner.
We had lunch at Yang Jianli’s house, a few dishes of farm-style stir-fry, with stewed fish soup and freshly eaten snails, river shrimps and other wild aquatic products. Farm-style dishes are not about cooking skills, but they are better because of the fresh ingredients.
It was well received by everyone.
Especially the little buns, I fell in love with snails after one meal and asked Xu Suizhu to buy some and take them home to eat.
"Grandpa and Grandma Lian didn't come, and my aunt and uncle didn't taste it either. Mom, let's take it back and cook it for them to eat at night!"
"You haven't eaten enough and you want to take the opportunity to have a meal, right?"
"Hey!" Little Baozi made a face at his mother, "Buy some! Buy some!"
"Buy, buy, buy! Let's go! Uncle Liang will take you to arrest them! Buy as many as you can catch!"
Young Master Liang agreed on behalf of Xu Suizhu.
After having lunch and taking a short rest, I took a few boys with my net bag and rocked the small fishing boat to catch snails in the pond.
Other male compatriots also went to see it. During lunch, the weather changed. Although it didn't rain, a large cloud came over and covered Dongtou Village. It was not as hot as under the bright sun.
The female compatriots stayed in the Chu family's main room, drinking tea and chatting.
While we were chatting about whether the pond was quite large, besides crayfish, could we raise some other fish? These types of fish would be enough, but could we breed some field snails? When we heard the excitement of Little Baozi from outside the yard,
Voice: "Mom, mom! Look what we caught!"
"What?" Lin Yujuan, who was closest to the door, saw the little bun coming back carrying a small bamboo basket, and asked jokingly, "If it's not a snail, how can it be a snail girl?"
"It's not the snail girl, it's this!" Little Baozi raised his arm to wipe his sweat and took out the treasure in the bamboo basket.
"Hey! Isn't this a river clam?" Mrs. Liang asked in surprise.
"It's a river mussel." Yang Jianli said with a smile, "I have found a few at the bottom of the pond before. There may be fish that slipped through the net and hid at the bottom of the mud, and not all of them were picked up."
"Why do you pick them all up? It's good to raise a few!" Mrs. Lu said in surprise, "If it doesn't affect the crayfish farming, it will be fine to raise a few more. Anyway, it is a waste to leave such a big pond idle. We will raise it until the end of the year.
Pick it up and sell it. If no one wants it, send it all to my house and I'll buy it! This is a good thing to replenish qi and blood! If you eat a little in winter, you won't be afraid of the cold all winter."
"Does it still have this effect? But it doesn't taste good when burned." Yang Jianli's mother-in-law added with a smile, "The ones I picked up when cleaning the bottom of the pond were thrown away later. The meat was hard.
You can't chew off more than you can chew."
"The mussel meat is relatively old," Mrs. Lu admitted, "so it has to be stewed in soup, not just stir-fried like snails. In the early years, our cook always simmered the mussels with ham when she bought them.
The soup is simmered over low heat for three or four hours. The soup is mellow and fragrant. If you can eat a little every winter, you will look younger."
How can a woman not love young people? When I heard that river mussels are so good, I quickly asked Little Baozi if he had caught this one? Is there any more?
"I'm going to ask." Xiao Baozi said this and ran away carrying the bamboo basket.
"Why is Xiaoyu running so fast? Are you worried that we will stew the mussels?" Xu looked at the little guy's back and couldn't help laughing.
Knowing her son better than her mother, could Xu Suizhu not be able to guess what this kid was thinking?
"When he heard that the food was edible and the stew was super delicious, he must have asked Mr. Liang of your family to hunt for river mussels. He has already forgotten about the snails."
"Hahaha!"
Having said that, river clams can be raised together with crayfish.
Xu Suizhu gave Yang Jianli advice: "River mussels live at the bottom of the water and feed on algae. Crayfish live in aquatic grass and like to eat earthworms, snail meat and the like. River mussel meat can be chopped into pieces. So you can
It's quite good to raise some river mussels in the pond. You don't need to take care of it at ordinary times. At the end of the year or when the pond needs to be cleaned and harvested, you can sell as much as you can and chop the rest into pieces to add to the crayfish. Wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?