59 years after its opening, people are still in Nanluoguxiang.

Chen Feng was talking about the Beihai Library in Beijing, which was once the largest and most advanced library in Asia. It is located to the west of Beihai Park and a few kilometers away from Nanluoguxiang.

In 1926, the China Education and Culture Foundation used the Boxer Indemnity returned by the United States to establish the Qingxiao Tower and Yuexin Hall in Beihai Park, with a collection of over 140 million books.

In the past, my favorite thing to do was to spend the weekends in the library.

"It is better to read books, or to read books. After reading books, you will know more."

Zhou Jing carried the bucket and walked slowly, thinking of his son.

There is no school in Zhoujiagou, and children have to go to the commune several miles away to go to school.

However, the school only has two grades and two teachers, one teaches Chinese and music, and the other teaches math and physical education. Moreover, the math teacher is a substitute teacher (not on the regular staff).

The school tuition was less than one yuan (in 1959, the tuition for public primary schools in Wuxi County was fixed at one yuan, and the tuition for primary schools in some villages was as low as a few cents, and for junior high schools it was only a few yuan).

However, in his opinion, the two teachers in the school seemed to be less knowledgeable than his eldest nephew.

Soon they returned home.

Mr. Zhou, Mrs. Zhou, Zhou Qing and others did not sleep.

As soon as they enter the door, they are served salt water, midnight snacks, and prepared dry shoes and hot water. Going to the sea is a technical as well as physical job.

The three of them walked around the reef area and their shoes were already soaked.

"Brother, what is this?"

Zhou Qing looked at the abalone in the bucket but couldn't recognize it.

Zhou Jing looked at Chen Feng and motioned for him to explain.

Chen Feng smiled and said, "Mom, this is abalone."

“This thing is abalone?”

Zhou Qing opened his eyes wide, picked one up and placed it under the kerosene lamp, as if trying to remember what it looked like.

There is no way, abalone has a very high status in the food industry, especially in the seafood industry.

In the 90s, before the success of artificial breeding of abalone, this thing was a top-notch banquet delicacy.

(In the Hong Kong TVB drama “Heart of Greed”, “heart of greed” refers to abalone, and the protagonist’s family became rich by selling seafood abalone.)

"It's quite ugly, almost like a shell."

Chen Feng almost laughed.

Although abalone has a shell on its back, due to the influence of traditional food culture, its price is much higher than that of the shell.

The former was a tribute and the latter was food for the fishermen.

The old man couldn't help but take a look and reminisced, "In the past, in Tianjin, only the masters of martial arts halls, military leaders, and gang leaders ate this, and they only ate it once a year for birthday banquets, promotions, etc."

"Xiao Jing, Jianjun, go to the city tomorrow and find Chef Cao at the Yingbin Building to exchange the abalone for food, bills, and money."

Tianjin has the famous Twelve Muslim Restaurants. In 55, Hongbinlou was invited by Mr. Zhou to come to Beijing. It was praised by gourmets, Muslims and people from all walks of life as "the No. Muslim Restaurant in Beijing."

Only seven buildings remain that are jointly operated by the public and private sectors, and the Yingbin Building is one of them.

Chen Feng quickly said, "Grandpa, leave a few for us to eat. You can't grow up to this age without even having eaten abalone."

The old man immediately became confused.

Abalone is very expensive, but grandchildren are more important.

"Okay, then leave five."

Chen Feng was helpless. The six adults nodded together and he had no way to change the established facts.

Zhou Qing held the abalone and asked, "Dad, how much is one pound?"

Mr. Zhou shook his head.

"The price of this thing depends on the weight. The heavier it is, the more expensive it is. Different weights have different prices."

"You'll have to ask at the restaurant for the exact price."

"Then ours is a bit small. This one is probably only two or three taels."

Zhou Qing weighed it with his hand and estimated its weight.

"Two or three taels is a lot!"

Mr. Zhou spoke loudly at first, but because he might attract the attention of the neighbors, the old lady hit him and he immediately lowered his voice and said, "A double-headed abalone is worth a thousand gold coins. A five-ounce abalone is worth a thousand gold coins."

"This is a four-headed abalone, a rare product, worth a lot of money! When you find Lao Cao tomorrow, tell him that as long as it sells well, we will give him 10%!"

The saying "A double-headed abalone is worth a fortune" usually refers to a double-headed abalone, which is an abalone weighing only two taels.

“几头鲍”指的是鲍鱼的大小，如“3头鲍”就是3个鲍鱼为1斤，“16头鲍”就是16个鲍鱼为1斤。

The smaller the number of heads of the abalone, the larger the size and the more expensive it is.

(Dried abalone is somewhat controversial because the only two "indigenous" abalone species in Chinese waters are small in size, and the largest can only be raised to more than 100 grams. If it is dried abalone, it will only weigh one or two taels at most after drying. It is impossible for two-headed abalone to exist in ancient times.)

The largest abalone they had tonight weighed just over two taels.

But even if it is a four-headed abalone, as the old man said, it is also a top-notch delicacy.

The old man directly took out 10% and gave the difference to the middleman Lao Cao, which was quite generous.

This is the great spirit of practicing common prosperity!

"Thousands of gold?"

Several adults were a little shocked.

"Is it that exaggerated?"

Chen Jianjun felt that such a small thing was not worth so much money.

“Ancient people were really sick.”

"I'm going to bed."

Chen Feng looked at this group of "money-grubbers" and found it somewhat amusing.

The abalone, which is worth a thousand gold, was hyped up by the decadent meat-eaters in ancient times just to show off.

Later, domestic scientists succeeded in artificial breeding, and the price of this thing dropped directly from sky-high to a few dozen yuan per kilogram, with an annual output of more than 20 tons.

The wild two-headed abalone is only worth tens of thousands of yuan when it is hyped up.

I wiped my feet clean with a towel, poured water under the fruit tree outside the door, and returned to the room in my slippers. The three little ones were still sleeping soundly.

Before daybreak, he heard his parents' conversation outside, saying things like "be careful" and "change the oil when you come back".

Not long after he caught up on some sleep, the little girl with the artificial alarm clock ran to the bed and called him to wake up.

"Big Pot, did you catch any pot-lid fish?"

"No, but there are better ones."

Chen Feng pinched the little girl's face, turned over and got up from the bed.

After washing up, I saw Zhou Qing cleaning abalone, but his method was not quite right, so I had to go up and do it myself.

"Mom, this is how you cut abalone."

He took the knife and cut a cross in the abalone meat.

Although he has never cooked, he has eaten a lot.

Use a knife to gently separate the abalone meat from the shell, remove the internal organs, and have Zhou Fubo use a clean toothbrush to clean it to remove the mud and impurities on the surface.

The little girl, Chen Hao, Zhou Fubo, and Zhou Dinghai surrounded him.

"Big pot, this is the delicious fish you mentioned?"

“Yeah, that’s called black shell.

Chen Feng was worried that Zhou Fubo and Zhou Dinghai would not be able to keep their mouths shut, so he had to use shells to fool them.

Abalone has extremely rich and highly prized meat, and among the world's most expensive seafood, abalone snails are often sold in the shell, frozen or canned.

Although it can be eaten raw or added to other dishes, it is usually cut into thick cutlets and fried.

Zhou Qing chose steaming.

Although there are no seasonings such as chili peppers, the abalone tastes very good even with a little salt.

At least the little girls and their friends ate slowly.