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

"Xiao Feng, tomorrow you ride your bike and sell these cabbages to Yingbin Building."

Seeing him coming over with the rabbit, grandpa hurried over to him and said, "Take this rabbit to the market and sell it. You can keep the money, but remember not to eat it! We just ate two rabbits two days ago. As a person, you must learn to cherish your blessings and not be greedy!"

Chen Feng was stunned for a moment.

Is eating rabbit actually a blessing?

And I haven't even mentioned the BBQ rabbit which is absolutely delicious!

It would be even more perfect if paired with a glass of ice-cold beer or refreshing juice.

"Grandpa, where's the rabbit skin?"

The old man hesitated. There were several pieces of clothes at home, all sent by Chen Jianjun.

However, if the rabbit is big, it can be made into a hat and gloves for Zhou Jing, so that it will be convenient for him to go out to sea in winter.

The Bohai Sea will freeze over a large area in winter, but due to the shortage of food this year, it is definitely necessary to break the ice and catch fish near the coast.

It would be much more comfortable if you had a set of rabbit fur gloves, hat, etc.

"Okay, sell the rabbit and keep the skin."

Chen Feng: “…”

"Grandpa, have you and grandma ever tried making fish skin clothes? I heard that clothes made of fish skin are both warm and durable. If you wear a piece of such clothes, you will definitely feel very special."

"Fish skin clothing is also waterproof, so it can keep your body dry in rainy days or humid environments."

"How can you make clothes with fish skin? It will fall apart if you pull it." The old man smiled and shook his head.

Chen Feng sighed inwardly, a piece of fish skin clothing would cost thousands of dollars in later generations, but now no one knows about it.

The Hezhe people in Northeast China have been using fish skin to make clothes as early as more than 2,000 years ago. It is said that fish skin clothes are light, warm, wear-resistant and waterproof, making them a good companion for the Hezhe people's fishing and hunting life.

Relying on fish skin clothes, the Hezhe people have survived in the Northeast where the temperature is minus 30 degrees Celsius for 2,000 years.

"Grandma, I can do it."

Coincidentally, the first time Chen Feng knew about fish skin clothes was in his previous life.

At that time, Northeast China was developing its tourism industry, and a group of children from Guangxi became internet celebrities and started an adventure tour in Northeast China.

Inspired by Guangxi's "small sugar oranges", he and his girlfriend went on a trip to Northeast China.

Then, under the brainwashing of the tour guide, his girlfriend bought several fish-skin clothes, ready to take them back to school to show off. He learned the general production techniques of this kind of clothes.

The fish skin is peeled off, air-dried for ten days, the scales are removed, the oil is scraped off with flour, the fish is beaten with a wooden mallet, and the fish skin is sewn.

"I have seen the production method in Beihai Library. It uses fish skin to make leather clothes, which is suitable for keeping warm in winter."

This is real.

I had indeed seen a travelogue in the Beihai Library.

This is a diary written by a scholar who entered Northeast China during the late Qing Dynasty. Later, he could not stand the severe cold and re-entered the country. It talks about the detailed production process.

Seeing his serious look, grandpa asked doubtfully, "Really?"

Chen Feng was not sure either, and said, "The book says that there is a nation in the northeast that has been using fish skin clothing for thousands of years, but the Hezhe people mainly use salmon."

"Every year from July to November, salmon from Heilongjiang River go upstream into rivers to spawn, becoming the main food source for ethnic minorities in Northeast China."

"Adult salmon are relatively large, with a body length of 50-100 centimeters, so the skin that is peeled off is also relatively large and does not need to be sewn multiple times."

Grandpa's eyes lit up and he said happily: "If the fish from the Northeast can be cooked, then the fish from the Bohai Sea can definitely be cooked too. The salmon is long, and our knife fish is not bad either!"

Today's Bohai knife fish is not the 20-40 cm that will be farmed in the future. Wild adult knife fish is generally around 60 cm (nearshore, not young fish caught in shallow waters).

The only question is whether the knife fish skin is tough enough to be made into outerwear. If not, can it be used as underwear?

Thinking of this, he now wished he could catch hundreds of adult knife fish immediately.

"Xiao Feng, do you know how to make it?"

Chen Feng nodded and gave the rabbit to Zhou Dinghai.

"I'll go to my room tonight and write it down."

"No, write it now. Once you're done, I'll go find the clan leader." Grandpa said impatiently. "This is very important!"

Chen Feng had no choice but to go into the room and write down every detail according to his memory, and also drew a few pictures.

Zhou Dinghai put the rabbit into the duck cage.

"Grandpa, do we want to kill the rabbit?"

"Of course not. Take some leaves and keep them, and sell them tomorrow." Grandpa dug a big cabbage and said distressedly: "Cut the leaves and feed them to the rabbits."

"Well, first get some small yellow croakers and clams to feed the ducks."

Feeding ducks with small yellow croakers and clams is something we can only do now.

Low grain prices hurt farmers; low fish prices hurt fishermen.

For fishermen, it would be better to eat these small fish that cannot be sold and feed them to ducks.

Chen Feng came out with straw paper and handed it to the old man.

"You stay at home, I'll go find the clan leader."

"Cousin, can clothes really be made from fish skin?" Zhou Dinghai was holding a small winnowing basket filled with dried small yellow croaker and clams.

"I don't know, I hope it works."

Chen Feng chuckled.

If the fish skin jacket is successfully produced, it will be easy to promote it along the coastal areas given the current strong official power.

However, he remembered that the tour guide had said that carp skin and striped fish could be used to make clothes and pants.

If carp can be cooked, there is no reason why knife fish can’t be cooked too!

Not to mention making it into a tough outer garment, it can always be made into underwear to keep warm.

It was dark when grandpa came back. He looked happy and seemed very confident about the matter.

"Where's your dad?"

Zhou Dinghai was lying in front of the kerosene lamp, flipping through the picture book that Chen Feng had brought over for the Nth time.

“Still riding my bike outside.”

"Let him come back. It's so dark. What if he breaks his bike?"

The old man cursed angrily: "You are so old, but you are not as good as a child."

After a while, Zhou Jing came back on a bicycle with Zhou Fubo.

"Why are you sweating?"

"Don't mention it, your eldest son is too heavy!"

"My son is not your son, right?"

My aunt retorted, looked at the happy Zhou Fubo, and said, "Stop playing, get some water, wash your feet, and go to sleep."

After dark in the evening, someone from the village came, knocked on the door, whispered a few words in a low voice, and then my uncle went out.

Chen Feng opened the door and saw his grandfather and aunt standing at the door.

"Grandpa, what is this for?"

“To go knife fish fishing, one person from the whole village has to go.”

Grandpa said: "If your method works, our village can make hundreds of fish skin clothes before December, and no one will get sick or frostbite this winter."

What an amazing execution.

Chen Feng said in surprise.

Of course, this is also thanks to the large number of wild knife fish in the Bohai Sea.

However, because knife fish has many bones, it cannot be sold at a high price on shore.

At midnight, everything was quiet, with only the occasional barking of a dog or two breaking the silence.

At this moment, there was a slight noise outside the door, and then the door was slowly pushed open, and a figure appeared at the door - it turned out that Zhou Jing was back!

I saw him carrying a sack on his back and holding a heavy fish bucket in his hand, which was filled with more than ten pounds of prawns.

These prawns are large, plump and crystal clear, swimming around in the fish bucket.

"Where do so many shrimps come from?" asked my aunt.

Zhou Jing's face was filled with a smile of pride and satisfaction, and he said with a hint of excitement: "Thank you Xiaofeng for this great idea! Someone asked me what he liked to eat the most, and I just casually said 'shrimp'. As a result, they didn't say anything and directly asked me to bring these shrimps back for him to taste!"

As he spoke, he gently shook the wooden barrel full of fresh shrimps in his hand, as if it contained not only food but also a heavy feeling of gratitude.

Perhaps it was just a small gesture, but it made Chen Feng, who was not yet asleep, feel the gratitude and kindness of the villagers.

"Hehe, if the fish skin jacket works, our family can walk sideways in the commune in the future."

"All the fishermen in Tianjin Port should thank Xiaofeng!"