Chapter 60 Seafood that can be used as medicine

Now he saw it clearly and shouted excitedly, "Fuck, it's a cat shark!"

Li Changle chased after it excitedly and fished it out twice, but it escaped and disappeared into the water.

He simply put down the scoop net and went into the water, following the direction in which the cat shark escaped.

Cat sharks are a smaller type of shark, the largest of which are two or three meters long. The one that Li Changle saw was about one meter long.

Its name comes from the fact that it has a pair of eyes similar to those of a cat. Not only do its eyes resemble those of a cat, but it is also as aggressive as a cat. It not only preys on fish, but it even traps birds flying in the sky.

When his hands touched the edge of a reef, he felt something rough, like grabbing coarse sandpaper, and not at all as slippery as other fish.

He immediately realized that he had found the cat shark's hiding place.

"Do you think I can't find you if you hide?" Li Changle clasped his hands together and grabbed it. The cat shark struggled, swinging its tail.

The cat shark was quite powerful, and the splashing water splashed all over his body and face.

Li Changle grabbed the fish's body with both hands and pulled it out of the water.

He returned to the rock and put it in the backpack. The cat shark jumped violently when it left his control.

Fortunately, he was quick enough to step on the strap, otherwise the backpack would have been knocked over.

He took out a net bag and put the cat shark into it. After putting it into the water, he tied the rope on the net bag to a reef and continued searching with a scoop net.

I caught a few white shrimps in the small puddle nearby, thinking that if I caught a few more, I would have some sweet and fresh boiled shrimps for lunch. Then I turned my head and saw a big flower crab spitting bubbles leisurely by the rocks in the puddle on the right.

Maybe he just had a delicious meal and is savoring the taste!
Li Changle happily put down the scoop net and quickly and accurately aimed at the big flower crab, covered it with his head, walked over, pressed down the crab shell and picked it up, took out a rope from his trouser pocket, tied it up and put it into the net bag.

The meat of flower crabs is not as fresh as that of white crabs, and it is cold in nature. People with weak spleen and stomach can easily get diarrhea after eating it. In years when seafood resources are plentiful, not many people like it.

But the whole crab can be used as medicine, it can clear away heat and reduce swelling, and can also treat headaches, summer boils, and carbuncles.

"Brother, you are here!"

Li Changle turned around and saw him standing under a large rock. He waved at him proudly, "Come and see what I caught."

"What is that?" Chen Yongwei walked over and untied the net and saw the cat shark inside. "What's so special about this thing? It tastes terrible. No one would want it even if I gave it away for free."

Li Changle was stunned for a moment and rolled his eyes at him. "I didn't say I was going to eat it. The skin of this fish is dried and becomes a medicinal herb called plum-flowered shark. Let's take it back, peel it, dry it, and send it to a Chinese medicine shop to see if we can sell it for money.

Also, I heard that the restaurant raises some beautiful sea fish. Let's send them to the Phoenix Restaurant and ask them if they want them. If they don't want them, we can take them home, skin them, dry them, and sell them."

In his previous life, the Chinese medicine shop in the town asked his elder brother for help in catching it. Only then did he know that the Chinese medicine made from the skin of this thing can nourish the stomach and benefit the lungs.

There are also people who like to raise fish and keep them as pets. No one probably wants them now, but there are always people who buy them as medicinal materials. These creatures often hunt in groups of three or five. Once there are fishing boats, they can be caught and taken home to peel, dry and sell for money.

Chen Yongwei nodded his head in admiration after hearing this, and looked at him with admiration, "Brother, you know more. I didn't know it could be used as medicine."

"I also heard about it when I was playing in town." Li Changle said as he picked up the scoop net and put the white shrimps and flower crabs in it into a bucket. "How come you came so soon?" "Oh!" Chen Yongwei also picked up the net bag. "I delivered the fish home. Auntie said she picked out the big ones to keep and sent the small ones to the dock to sell. So I hurried here."

"Also, Wang Laobian, that bastard, told Adong at the dock that the traps we put down were washed away by the water. He also laughed at us for being careless and putting down so many traps at once. Now we can't even find the traps back."

"Why bother with that kind of person!" Li Changle said nonchalantly, "Go collect the plastic cans first."

"Oh oh!" Chen Yongwei felt that he reacted quickly and prevented him from discovering their catch, otherwise the news that they had caught a lot of fish might have spread all over the dock by now.

The two men carried their catch and walked towards the big rock. They found that the sea water had receded a lot and most of the bamboo pole was exposed. The two men took off their outer pants and walked towards the location of the lower tank.

"Brother, I'll go collect the bunch of jars a little lower, and you collect the bunch at the top. Let's lift up the jars and collect the octopuses. Then put the jars back in the water and come back to collect them tomorrow."

Li Changle nodded, thought about it and shook his head again: "Forget it! If a typhoon hits, we won't know where the jar will be blown to."

Chen Yongwei stopped and looked at him. "When I came, I heard people in the village saying that the typhoon would not come. Those who have fishing boats in the village went to Haimen Port to sail out to sea."

Li Changle asked in surprise: "Did the brigade's loudspeaker broadcast it?"

"That's not the case." Chen Yongwei looked at the calm sea. "Hasn't there been several times before when the radio said a typhoon was coming, but it didn't come?"

"That's true, but they are too impatient. Can't they wait two more days?"

Li Changle was vaguely worried, but he had no recollection of a very destructive typhoon this year. He racked his brains for a long time but still couldn't remember it, so he had to let it go.

"We are all busy making money, how can we wait!" Chen Yongwei turned his head and said, "Brother, do you want to keep the jar or not?"

"Keep it. Insert the bamboo pole deeper. It will be safer in case a typhoon comes."

"Oh!" Chen Yongwei walked forward.

Li Changle walked to the bamboo pole, picked up the fishing rope, followed the vine and caught the first jar. Seeing the octopus tightly attached to the jar, he nodded with satisfaction.

The opening of the plastic jar that holds bubble gum is big, so you can reach in and grab the octopus that is tightly stuck in the jar. You can get an octopus right away when you open the jar.

Li Changle happily put it into the sack, pulled the fishing rope to lift the second jar, an empty jar, and continued to move forward pulling the fishing rope.

The jar that was lifted this time was heavier than the previous one. A big octopus filled the jar to the brim. Seeing that their homes were in danger, everyone fled in a hurry.

"Octopus, where are you escaping to!"

Li Changle grabbed it and dragged it out. It was very heavy, weighing at least one kilogram, with several long tentacles extending outwards. No one knew how it had squeezed itself in.

He was very happy that two out of three jars had stock. He was now even more motivated and worked even harder.

Walking forward following the vine, I harvested another fat octopus. Thinking about the octopus that was sold for 20 cents a piece that day, such a small one could be sold for 20 cents, which was more valuable than the big octopus weighing more than one or two kilograms.

(End of this chapter)

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