Pick up yellow snails

Last weekend, I rested and went to Lvsigang Town in Qidong with my colleagues. I heard from my colleagues that the seafood there is fresh and cheap.

Lvsigang Town is a key town in Jiangsu Province and the largest town in Qidong City. It belongs to Qidong City, Jiangsu Province, and is located in the Yellow Sea, one of the four major fishing grounds in China. Lvsi Port is one of the six central fishing ports in China.

Shanghai is more than 30 kilometers away from Lusi Port/Kloc-0, which can be reached by car for more than an hour. We arrived in Lvsi at about nine o'clock that day, and we drove to Lvsi's amorous feelings area to see the sea.

Not many people go to the seaside because it is a fishing moratorium. When we got off the bus, we saw the endless sea. By the time we went, the tide had basically receded and there was not much water in the sea.

In the distance, the direction of the white tent is Lvsi Fishing Ground, which is an excellent fishing ground for breeding and feeding a variety of precious aquatic products.

The sea breeze blew, and I walked on for more than ten minutes and saw the endless beach. The terrain here is much higher than what we just saw, and the tide has completely receded. Far away, I saw someone carrying a big bucket and picking things up in the mud beach. Some of us are curious. What did they find?

Everyone has been guessing, and my colleague suddenly said, "I know what they are picking up." If I guess correctly, these people are picking up yellow mud snails. "

I heard about yellow mud snail for the first time. I quickly asked, what is it like? My colleague told me that it is a mollusk with a thin shell the size of a lentil. You need to soak it in salt for a few days to spit out the sand inside, and then fry it with leeks. It tastes delicious and has high nutritional value. She ate it many years ago.

Seeing the scene in front of me, I saw the scene of picking up snails as a child. I remember that a group of ducks were raised at home at that time. In order to make ducks grow stronger and faster, every day after school, I go to the paddy field to pick up snails with a few good friends barefoot and carrying bamboo baskets.

In order to confirm my colleagues' guess, we walked down the beach and wanted to have a look below. We didn't see any yellow snails under the wet mud.

Just when everyone was wondering, an old man in his sixties came down from the beach and saw him coming towards us wearing a pair of deep anti-slip rubber shoes.

Everyone quickly asked the old people what they were picking up. The old man said with an authentic northeast accent, "They are picking up yellow snails."

Indeed, my colleague guessed right.

It turns out that the old man is from Dalian, Liaoning Province, and is one of the contractors of this beach. As early as ten years ago, he contracted this beach with several partners. Those who pick up snails below have to pay 100 yuan to the contractor every day, which is equivalent to the maintenance fee, before they can go down to pick up snails.

We are curious to ask, they have to pay 100 yuan a day, so how much do these people have to pay to make money? Who are these yellow snails sold to?

The old man told us that Bullacta exarata is not only rich in protein and vitamins, but also has certain effects of nourishing liver and kidney, moistening lung and improving eyesight, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Its nutritional value is extremely high, and many people eat it, which can be said to be in short supply. Every day, people come to buy it specially, and there is no shortage of sales. According to the size, the purchase price generally ranges from 25-30 yuan per catty.

They usually start work at 7: 00 a.m. when the tide ebbs, and don't call it a day until 12 when the tide rises. They worked continuously for about five hours. Most people can lift more than ten kilograms, and some young people with good physical strength can lift more than ten kilograms.

The old man is a northerner, generous and talkative. He took pains to answer our questions and told us how he did it. Baohaitan is this line.

While listening to the old man's story with relish, everyone said with a smile, we are not prepared this time, so we must experience it next time.

Uncle is a sincere person, immediately say, you can't. First of all, I can't keep up physically. This is a very tiring job. The mud snail on the side has been picked up. If you want to pick up more and bigger mud snails, you must go to the depths of the sea to look for them. Look at this beach, it's almost all men, usually semi-old men in their fifties. It's a coolie's job to pick this up when you really can't find anything at home.

The beaches here are not all sand like other beaches, but there is a special kind of yellow mud in the sand. If you step on it, your feet will sink to the depth of your calves. If you want to walk on this yellow mud beach and look for this soft living thing, it is difficult for us inexperienced people to pick up the yellow mud snail.

At eleven o'clock noon, when we were about to leave, people in the distance began to pick it up and walk back. They had to call it a day when the tide came in at one o'clock.

It is often said that one side of the soil and water will support one side. Picking up yellow snails is tiring and dirty, but it brings benefits to people. It is a gift from nature, which has nurtured this simple person.