Catch the sea: start with a sand shovel and take over the entire beach

Zhao Ping still felt that using a net to catch fish was ridiculous.

Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth, so Zhao Qin stopped trying to persuade him and swam to the Unity ship, where Chen Xun threw in a few small landing nets.

He removed the long handle, holding only the net portion, and swam back.

Zhao Ping didn't leave. He wanted to see if his brother's method would work, and if it didn't, he'd take the opportunity to mock him.

Speaking of fishing, Zhao Qin would occasionally consult him, which made him feel that being a few years older was quite useful.

But ever since the Unity ship entered service, Zhao Qin suddenly seemed to know everything.

Even some seafood that he didn't recognize, the other party knew about, which occasionally made him feel depressed.

Upon reaching the previous sea area, Zhao Qin dived down, used the landing net to press one side into the coarse sand, and then pushed it forward.

Although the coarse sand contained very little soil, this push sent a large amount of sand flying up, instantly turning the area around them into a muddy mess.

"This is ridiculous," Zhao Ping muttered, frowning.

The next moment, Zhao Qin surfaced, and he pointed to the murky seawater beside him and said irritably, "See? What else can you see here? I told you it wouldn't work."

Zhao Qin ignored him, her hands trembling as she used the net to filter out the remaining coarse sand.

"I think we should collect the spider snails first. Once we've collected enough, if we have time, we can come back and collect some of the ladder..."

Zhao Ping's words were cut short as Zhao Qin held up the net, now clean of coarse sand, in front of him.

At the bottom of the net, three or four snails lay quietly.

"This... really works?"

Zhao Qin didn't reply. Instead, he removed the snail-shaped net from the bottom of the landing net, then submerged underwater to repeat the same operation.

The snails surfaced the next moment, and there were five snails in the net.

"This is really amazing!" Two identical sentences, one tinged with doubt, the other with extreme surprise.

"Big brother, why don't you go and collect the spider snails first, and I'll do it all by myself for a while?"

"What's the point of picking them up? That snail is worth twenty yuan, this one is over a hundred."

Zhao Ping wasn't expecting to catch three or four scorpions in one net scoop; just one would be more profitable than scorpions and snails.

It's true that this needs to be copied, but finding a scorpion snail would be quite a task.

"Come here, get the net, pick up the snails over here first." He called several times, but since someone was submerged in the water, they couldn't hear him at all.

Once everyone had gathered, Zhao Ping went back onto the boat and got a few more landing nets, so now everyone had one.

Because it was inevitable that the seawater would become muddy, and he feared there might be some danger, he had everyone line up in a row and move forward steadily.

This way, when the water comes out, everyone can see each other.

He demonstrated his operation again, and when they saw the snails in his net and heard about their price, they were all incredibly excited.

Holding their nets, everyone lined up in formation. At Zhao Qin's shout, they all dived underwater.

With everyone joining in, the seawater was instantly churned into a murky mess.

The progress was not fast; it wasn't until noon that they had only managed a cursory pass through the area of ​​coarse sand.

Unfortunately, this method of work is almost no different from working in the dark, so it's normal to make mistakes.

Everyone was exhausted as they boarded the ship with their catch, sprawled out on the deck.

Zhao Ping lit a cigarette, but didn't inhale deeply; he just held it in his mouth and let it burn naturally.

"Ah Qin, let's rest for a while and wait for the water to clear up before we look for spider snails again. There should be quite a few left in this area."

Zhu Zi struggled to get up and walked over to Zhao Qin, who was leaning against the railing smoking, and said something.

"Forget it, let's go haul in the nets after we eat. If we catch the target fish, we'll head back immediately."

Remember this location; I can come back to collect snails another day when I have time.

As Zhao Qin spoke, he stretched and said, "Brother Zhu, you take a break, I'll go cook."

Zhu Zi blushed slightly, but since his skin was dark, it wasn't noticeable at all. "How about you teach me to cook?"

"Haha, I've already prepared all the skills to teach you. If you really want to learn, let my sister-in-law teach you when we get home."

"Then let's forget about it."

Zhao Qin looked at Zhu Zi with confusion, only to see him say again, "Your sister-in-law's family used to practice traditional Chinese medicine. I strongly suspect that she wasn't cooking every time, but rather brewing medicine."

Anyway, it was worse than what I ate on the ship, and I couldn't even say anything about it.

"Haha, are you afraid that if you tell me, cooking will become your responsibility from now on?"

Zhu Zi chuckled sheepishly, "The main problem is that I don't know how either."

Zhao Qin left with a smile. In his opinion, asking whether someone could cook was simply a form of laziness.

Cooking isn't really that hard. If you don't have a talent for it, just make something ordinary. If you do have a talent, you might even be able to develop a few signature dishes.

Of course, this doesn't mean the person is inherently lazy. Some people are very hardworking at work, but just don't want to go into the kitchen.

Most of the ships on my ship are like this.

Zhao Ping, Zhu Zi, or rather Lao Mao, they are definitely not lazy, but they just don't want to cook.

I rinsed the two types of sea snails briefly with some fresh water.

Inland Chinese people scrub each snail thoroughly with a brush before eating them, but fishermen don't go to such lengths.

Once you've fished it out, just throw it directly into the pot.

I cut up a small plate of braised pork, heated it briefly in a pot, and for vegetables, I had stir-fried bok choy hearts.

This is very easy to make. Boil water, blanch the bok choy in it until it's about 70-80% cooked, then take it out and plate it.

Add some light soy sauce. If you have sesame oil, just add some directly. If not, heat peanut oil in a pan and pour it over the top.

Just use the little salt in the soy sauce; it will make the food crisp and refreshing.

A proper meal wouldn't be complete without soup, but there's no facility for making soup on board.

He had collected more than a dozen shellfish while collecting snails in the sand earlier, and now he was cooking them in a pot with some slices of white radish.

A delicious and sweet soup is ready to be served.

Having eaten breakfast early, and with a morning of intense work, everyone is starving.

They all surrounded Zhao Qin, while Ahe stirred the soup with a spoon, his Adam's apple bobbing incessantly.

"Ah He, if you drool into this, I'll throw you into the sea."

"Brother, how could that be?" With a sheepish laugh, A-He put down his spoon and obediently sat down to the side.

A few minutes later, they announced that dinner was served. Both types of snails looked good; one was pretty and the other was quite large.

But no one was in the mood to pick snails; everyone had a bowl of rice, with the broth from the steamed braised pork poured over it.

He grabbed another large bite of braised pork, skin and all, and started frantically shoveling it into his stomach.

Forget about chewing slowly; everyone at this moment wanted nothing more than to chop off their heads and shovel the food down their throats.

Once I felt slightly full, I slowed down, put the bowl aside, and started picking out the snail meat to eat.

"Brother, it's cooked just right, the snail meat is so crisp." Ah He said with delight, sticking a half-eaten snail into his chopsticks.

Zhao Qin tried both types of snails. Purely from a taste perspective, the scorpion snail was tastier.

The snail's head is crisp, its tail is soft, and it has a sweet and fresh taste. Because it's so fresh, there's not a trace of fishiness.

Most importantly, the snail meat is large enough that one bite is very satisfying.

The meat of the snail was not so amazing. The head was okay, but the tail had a slightly bitter taste, a bit like a spicy snail.

In 20 minutes, everyone finished the battle.

Ayou started washing the dishes, while Zhao Ping, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, looked at Zhao Qin and asked, "Go get the net?"

"Let's go, brother."