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1466. Heart of the Ocean (2)

The sea water washed the shallows from all sides, and the white waves rolled up with scattered sand. At the end of the sea and sky in the west, the sunset hangs high and the light is soft.

Lu Zhizi turned her head curiously and looked at both sides. The rolled sea water was not blue, but green, like clear jade.

The general was amused when he saw that Youfu was stuffed into the vase. It called Youfu a few times, and then found that there were small crabs on the shallows, so he excitedly wagged his tail to chase the small crabs.

The dining table had already arranged the plates and knife and fork in advance. Ao Muyang opened a box, took out the side dishes before the meal and put them in front of Lu Zhizi. He opened the red wine on the table and poured it into a cup, and smiled and said, "Madam, please have a meal."

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

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

Next was the soup dish. Ao Muyang put it in a thermos bottle. He understood Lu Zhizi's taste and gave her a bowl of fish, meat and vegetable soup.

The fish is made of peeled fish, which is not expensive, but it is very delicious.

The two of them sat opposite each other and drank, and at this time they didn't have to say anything, everything was in the waves.

The shallow land is not safe, but Ao Muyang is very skilled and brave, and he takes Lu Zhizi from the evening to the sunset.

It is different from the land on the sea. Before the sun sets, the moon has risen. Today is just a crescent moon, and the moonlight is not bright. Fortunately, it is decorated with stars in the sky and the night sky is beautiful.

The two of them were eating slowly, and Lu Zhizi would occasionally feed Youfu a bite. Youfu really wanted to climb out of the vase, but its task today was to put flowers on. Whenever it wanted to climb out, Lao Ao would press it down...

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

Lu Zhizi wanted to pack up the things, Ao Muyang waved his hand and said, "It's okay, soak your feet in water and chat, this kind of opportunity will not be common."

Hearing his tone calm, Lu Zhizi felt relieved. She looked at the surrounding sea with nostalgia and said, "Yes, such an environment is so beautiful, it seems to be floating on the sea. We are now in the heart of the ocean, right?"

The two chatted casually, and the sea water continued to rise. Before the calves reached, Ao Muyang stood up and started to pack up.

He brought the tables, chairs and boxes to a raft, and now he was blessed not to come out of the vase. With its small size, once it fell into the water, he could only swim.

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

According to the rules of going out to sea, fishermen still had to work at night, and they had to catch fishing every minute, which was very tired.

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

After a night of sleep, they began to harvest shrimp and crab cages the next day.

The South China Sea has abundant sea resources and full of crab cages!

The wild crabs are fierce in nature, and as soon as they are out of the cage, they stand up to stare at them.

Lang Er and Youfu both had experiences being caught by crabs. The former had a mouth clamped, while the latter had a tail clamped. Therefore, after they saw the crabs boarding the boat, one quickly stuffed his mouth under his front paws, while the other climbed onto the top of the boat with his tail clamped.

It is not easy to clean up these crabs. The fishermen must tie their big claws up with rubber bands as soon as possible. In this way, they cannot catch the crabs if they start lightly, and when they start heavy, they can easily break the big claws if they start heavy.

Once the crab has its big claws, its quality will not work, and the price will naturally fall as the water falls.

It is better to eat such a crab. Ao Muyang cleaned up the disabled crab with the broken claws and put it in a pot and steamed it, saying, "Eat steamed crabs for lunch!"

"You can eat it at night, and you can't finish it today at noon." Ao Mudong said happily. It's September in the Gregorian calendar, not far from the Mid-Autumn Festival. The crabs are fat and can be sold at a good price. So when you see the harvest of crab cages, everyone is happy.

Ao Muyang said, "It's okay to eat it all. I'll make salted crabs for my brothers."

The crabs they caught were large in quantity, and there were many broken legs and shells. They really couldn't eat them in a meal, so in the afternoon he started making salted crabs.

This dish is simple to make. Steam the crabs in half and then put them in a jar and marinate them in salt water.

In the past, when conditions were harsh, people on land pickled pickles to make rice, while people on the beach made salted crabs to make rice.

Although crabs are good things nowadays, people at the seaside had no food to eat, so they could only eat fish and crabs to fill their stomachs. After eating them for a few years, they would be scared to see this thing.

Just like the people did not like to eat pickles in the past, fishermen did not like to eat salted crabs. For them, crabs will get frittered after eating them for a long time, but at least this thing has a bit of umami flavor and can barely be eaten. If it is made into salted crabs, it will be gone and it will not be eaten at all.

Ao Muyang has a secret recipe for making salted crabs. There is the shrimp oil he made before on the boat. In this way, he does not put salt into the salted crab tank, but adds two spoonfuls of shrimp oil.

In addition, ordinary people will add star anise and pepper to it. Ao Muyang is different. He refines the star anise and pepper to oil, and then pours it in.

Crabs are rich in protein and are easy to absorb salt. This dish can be eaten after marinating for more than ten hours.

After a day, he took out the salted crabs for lunch.

But the fishermen were not interested. They saw that they made chickens, mushrooms and sauerkraut, and they all took rice bowls to grab the meat, and no one touched the salted crabs.

This happened to happen. Ao Muyang picked up a piece for Lu Zhizi and said, "Let's eat it ourselves, let's eat it with salted crabs, and the gods don't change it."

Lu Zhizi was full of confidence in his craftsmanship, and the two of them were gnawing steamed buns with crabs. The others, including the general and the wolf brothers, were coveting the two pots of meat.

The meat of the salted crab is as tender as ever, and the umami flavor remains unabated because of the shrimp oil.

Ao Muyang ate very enthusiastic. The salted crab shells contained pepper oil. He picked up a bite of juice and took a bite of meat. He thought this thing was much better than stewed meat.

In the afternoon, they passed by a group of reefs, which were full of reefs in the sea. When the tide was low, many reefs would emerge from the sea.

But it is not suitable to set up tables and chairs to make candlelight dinners here, because the reefs are ferocious and rugged, which makes people tremble and scary.

The reef area is specially marked on the map. It is far away from the route. There are no boats passing by, and occasionally fishing boats will avoid them when they come around.

Ao Muyang chose to break down around and then explore the sea area. He felt that this place was regarded as a forbidden place for ships. If no fishing boats passed by, it means that it had not been caught and there should be abundant fishing resources.

The two fishing boats broke down apart from the edge of the reef area, and Ao Muyang drove the tiger to explore the way.

His guess is fine, there are abundant resources here.
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