Sea-hunting system: I became rich by fishing at sea

When Chen Zhiyao returned home, she saw her grandmother squatting in the yard, diligently cleaning the scallops she had picked out before going out.

Hearing the familiar footsteps, the old lady turned around with a smile and said, "You're back. Are these scallops used to dry scallops?"

Grandma Chen always has a kind and warm smile between her eyes and eyebrows, which makes people feel like a fresh breeze.

"I don't have many dried scallops at home, but I happen to have some scallops, so I'll dry some."

Chen Zhiyao nodded obediently, put the things in her hands aside with light steps, and came over to help.

As for the duck and pork offal used as bait, they do not need to be put in the refrigerator. The stronger the smell, the better the effect.

Chen Zhiyao rolled up her sleeves, squatted down like Grandma Chen, and diligently cleaned the sand off the scallops.

Dried scallops are delicious, but they are difficult to prepare.

The first step is to open the scallops with a knife, which is also the most difficult step.

Use a thin blade to pry open the opening a little, then cut a circle around the edges to split the entire scallop in half.

Open the scallops

It looks simple, but it is quite difficult to operate and it is easy to scratch your hand.

Now the scallop meat looks quite big, but not all of it can be used.

Remove the dark-colored shellfish meat around the shell, leaving only the small white cylinder in the middle.

The prototype of scallop

In fact, the part that was removed can also be eaten. Chen Zhiyao took a clean small bowl and put the excess part aside.

Add green and red peppers, minced garlic and a little minced meat and stir-fry, and it will be a great dish to go with rice.

A scallop looks big, but there is not much meat inside. After removing the outer circle, there is even less meat left.

It took the grandparents and grandchildren about an hour to take out all the meat from the more than ten pounds of scallops.

The scallop meat that was taken out was just enough to cover the bottom of the basin, and it weighed only a little over one pound.

Scallop meat

In the market, the cheapest and second-rate abalone costs 100 yuan per pound, and the expensive ones even cost several hundred yuan.

Although scallops are cheap, it is quite troublesome to cook scallops, and they shrink particularly severely.

There is a reason why abalone is so expensive.

The prepared scallop meat must be cleaned first to remove the sand inside.

After washing the scallop meat, you can actually dry it raw.

However, they usually add an extra step, using hot water to shape the scallops, so that the dried scallops will look better.

fixed form

Chen Zhiyao spread the blanched scallop meat on a flat bamboo basket.

There wasn't much scallop meat, just enough to fill up a bamboo basket.

If the weather is good, the scallops can be dried in a few days.

The dried scallops can be used to make porridge or soup, and the taste is particularly delicious.

Grandma Chen especially likes to use scallops to make winter melon soup and chicken soup.

Sun-dried scallops

(The photos are not from the same batch, so there will be some differences in quantity and color. Just make sure you understand it. Don't be too picky (●'?'●).)

Although the scallops outside have just started to be dried, there are still some that have been dried previously at home. Chen Zhiyao wants to drink scallop chicken soup now.

The little girl turned her head suddenly, and stared at the old lady with her big, sparkling eyes:

"Grandma, let's make scallop chicken soup this afternoon. The remaining scallops are just enough."

Grandma Chen was calm and composed, with a gentle smile on her face, as soft and gentle as the spring breeze:

"Okay, call your grandfather and ask him to bring back an old hen."

"Two of the hens we raised at the beginning haven't laid many eggs recently, so it's a good time to kill one and make chicken soup."

"Okay, okay, old hens are the most delicious for making soup." Chen Zhiyao nodded her head vigorously, her tone very cheerful.

Although the meat of a two-year-old hen is not hard to chew, it is still a great choice for making chicken soup.

Chen Zhiyao had a nice nap in the afternoon. When she woke up, Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen had already cleaned up the old hen.

Grandma Chen then handed the task of cooking the soup over to the little greedy Chen Zhiyao.

Chop the chicken into large pieces, add red dates, longan and wolfberry, and put them all into a big-bellied clay pot.

Then, Chen Zhiyao cleaned the iron pot next to her.

Put a little oil in the pot, then stir-fry the scallops until golden brown, then put them into the clay pot to make soup together.

Stir-fried scallops

After boiling the soup in the clay pot, Chen Zhiyao took out her cell phone and saw that it was only 3 o'clock and the tide had not yet receded.

At this time, her eldest cousin sent a message saying that he was going fishing this Saturday and had reserved a spot for her.

Chen Zhiyao immediately perked up after seeing the message, and quickly sent another voice message asking:

"Brother, what time do we leave? At the village pier or the town pier?"

In less than two seconds, a message came:

"We'll leave at the pier in town at 6 o'clock, and I'll pick you up around 5:."

"Okay, okay. Then what should I bring?" It was Chen Zhiyao's first time to go fishing at sea, and she was very excited.

"There are fishing gear and bait on the boat, as well as food for lunch. Just bring yourself over."

"I'll bring my own fishing gear. I'll also bring a few pounds of shrimp." After all, his family runs a fishing tackle store, so they have no shortage of all kinds of fishing gear.

Soon, Chen Feng's cheerful voice came from the phone again, "Okay, you can do it yourself."

"Let me tell you, I've been really lucky lately. I caught a nearly 20-pound croaker on the breakwater." Chen Zhiyao started to show off again.

"I saw your previous circle of friends. You are quite amazing, little girl. Keep up the good work tomorrow. I am rooting for you."

The brother and sister joked with each other for a long time before Chen Zhiyao put away her phone and got up to tidy up the trap.

The trap that broke in the morning had been repaired by the clever Yan Shuting.

Twelve traps were lined up in a row, and then Chen Zhiyao brought over the things she had bought in the morning.

After being left out for most of the day, these things, which were not very fresh to begin with, tasted even more refreshing.

Chen Zhiyao smelled it and almost vomited.

But Ah Huang really liked the smell. The little guy wagged his big tail and jumped and danced at her feet, almost tripping her.

Chen Zhiyao felt that Ah Huang was in the way, so she took out two pieces of duck liver with a helpless look on her face and threw them to the greedy guy.

Duck liver, pork liver, pork intestines, pork lungs and small fish, put two traps for each item.

The last two traps were filled with a mixture of various baits.

This time, Chen Zhiyao spent a lot of money. Just buying these baits cost her dozens of dollars.

When I went out, the chicken soup in the pot was almost ready, and the house was filled with rich aroma.

Ah Huang was drooling and standing at the kitchen door with his eyes wide open.

Chen Zhiyao divided the 12 traps into two groups, each with 6 traps.

Moreover, the baits in every two groups of traps are exactly the same.

Pig large intestine, pig lungs, pig liver, duck liver, small fish and mixed bait.

For the first group of traps, Chen Zhiyao placed them in six large puddles.

The remaining group was all placed on the coral reef.

She earned more than 2,000 yuan today, and she was in a hurry to go back and drink chicken soup, so she had even less energy to go fishing.

After putting up the trap, Chen Zhiyao walked home happily to drink soup in the sunset.