Fisherman Fubao made his fortune by fishing

Old Li's family is very short of money now. Her mother is frail and the doctor said that she can be cured, but it depends on how she is taken care of.

To put it bluntly, it is a disease caused by poverty. People are suffering from severe malnutrition due to long-term hunger and cold.

My younger brother was born with insufficient fetuses and had a difficult birth. I heard my grandmother and aunt chat about it and they said that he was like a kitten when he was born, with his eyes closed and he didn't even have the strength to cry.

From what he said, it's probably not sustainable.

Her mother was malnourished and had no milk, so her younger brother could only drink rice porridge. Rice was a precious thing, and there was no rice at home, so they borrowed it from the village chief. There was only one bowl of black, old rice.

This rice was brought back from the mainland by the village elder’s daughter as a New Year’s gift last year. The old couple couldn’t bear to eat it themselves, so they saved it to make a bowl of porridge for their grandson every now and then to nourish his body.

As the saying goes, "Live by the mountain, eat from the mountain; live by the sea, eat from the sea."

She was desperate to make money, so now she could only look to the sea.

In the cold winter, the sea along the coast is basically frozen, and if you want to go to the sea, you have to break the ice.

The typhoon is passing through, and there will be death news in the next few days, and there will be no high tide.

But who is Li Yuer? She has rich experience in living by the sea and surviving in the wild. Her purpose is to pick up bargains and see what gifts this strong wind can bring.

Everything has two sides. The old saying "Misfortune may be a blessing in disguise" is exactly this truth.

When a typhoon passes through, many seafood that have frozen to death or died from lack of oxygen will be washed ashore.

The weather is cold, so the stranded seafood won't spoil at all. Even if the dead ones can't be sold, at least they can fill our stomachs.

Li Yuer continued to search westward along the coastline, but found that most of the beaches were frozen and there was no suitable place to run aground.

But she didn't want to give up and couldn't give up. The situation at home was there. The most urgent thing right now was to get money to save her life. Her mother and brother couldn't afford to delay.

There was a cape in front of us, with a huge reef blocking the way. It was the end of the beach, and there was nothing to be found except the endless ice extending from the shore to the sea.

Li Yuer decided to climb over the reef, cross the cape, and continue exploring eastward.

Tuwozi Village is on the south side of Tu Island. The northern shore of Tu Island faces the south across the sea from the inland. The beach right in front of Tuwozi Village, that is, on the south coast, is called Qiantan. Following Qiantan to the end of the east coast is Eagle's Beak Cape, which got its name because the reef at the junction of the cape resembles an eagle's beak.

You have to turn the cape to reach the north shore of Rabbit Island. Once you reach the north shore, turn west.

In her previous life, Li Yuer was an expert in rock climbing with agile and nimble body and solid skills. But at this moment, she was wearing a ragged cotton jacket made of reed fluff, which she had stolen from the bottom of a box. She had seven or eight layers of trousers underneath, which did not keep her warm at all. When the sea breeze blew, she felt like she was walking naked on the snow.

The tattered cloth shoes on her feet could not keep out the cold at all. At first, she could still feel the pain in her feet from being frozen, but after a long time, they became numb and she could not feel anything anymore.

She knew this was not a good thing. In the wild, extreme cold was one of the most terrible killers, and severe cases could result in amputation.

In addition to clothing, exercise is another way to resist the cold. When she noticed her feet were numb, she quickened her pace and walked with her feet shaking.

After a long while, she finally felt a tingling sensation in her feet, and her feet finally regained consciousness.

She lowered her body to climb along the rock, her fingers wrapped in rags of cotton that she had torn off a child's clothes that had been patched beyond repair. At first glance, she looked like a patient wrapped in medical bandages in her previous life.

It doesn’t look good, but it’s warm and non-slip.

After crossing Eagle's Beak Cape, the view in front of us suddenly opens up.

This is a vast sandy beach that is seldom visited by people. The bay is wide, there are no reefs near the coast, and the endless beach is perfect.

In the previous life, it was definitely not inferior to the world's top tourist destinations.

At this moment, although it is not as "thousands of miles of ice and snow" as the South Beach just now, it is also covered with snow, like a thick white shawl.

The passage of the typhoon brought strong air convection, and heavy snow fell in the second half of yesterday night. The snow is lighter now, but the sky is still gloomy, with rustling snow particles falling.

Being swept by the cold wind, it hit my face, and it felt cold and painful.

As far as I remember, this is the Golden Sand Beach. The fishermen all live in Qiantan and basically don't come here.

Li Yuer stood on the reef, looking out at the golden sand beach, her sharp eyes searching for prey like a hawk hunting.

Suddenly, a conspicuous large snowdrift caught her attention.

The snow pile stood out on the flat and open beach, looking very abrupt.

It was as big as a rural tile-roofed house, most of it buried under thick snow, with only the lower part slightly revealing some bluish-black color. From a distance, it was impossible to tell what it was.

Judging from the overall appearance, the streamlined outline looks like a fish?

A fish? Li Yuer's heart beat faster. Such a big fish, could it be a shark or a whale?

A huge surprise occupied her mind in an instant. Whether the Li family could succeed depended on whether her guess came true.

She squatted down and slid down the reef quickly like a nimble monkey.

Finally they arrived in front of it. It was bigger than they had imagined. Standing in front of it, even if they looked up, they could just barely see the top. At a glance, they estimated that this giant must be more than three meters high and more than ten meters long. If this was true, their family would be saved.

At this moment, her mind was quickly scrolling through all kinds of economic values ​​about whales: whale skin, whale meat, whale oil, whale bones, these are all natural treasures, if there is still...

Thinking did not affect her actions. She couldn't wait to pick up a stranded piece of driftwood and knock hard on the ice attached to it, wanting to see clearly who was hiding under the snow.

As expected, the blue-black color was the whale's skin, and there were spots of barnacles on the blue-black skin.

She sat down on the ground and cried for joy.

"God bless you! I'm so lucky! Hahahahahaha!"

Next it is time to verify the quality of the whale.

A single cut of the fish knife left only a shallow mark on the frozen, solid fish skin.

If one knife doesn't work, use two, three...

Finally, when Li Yuer's hands were numb from chopping, the dark fish skin was cut open, revealing the pink fish meat that was as shiny as beeswax.

"Fresh! So good!"

Simply clear away the snow and ice near the fish's belly, revealing the fish's belly with a big hole in it.

The internal organs had disappeared from the door-sized hole. Li Yuer speculated that the whale might have been attacked by other large marine predators and its internal organs had been hollowed out and eaten.

Usually, the body of a dead whale will sink to the bottom of the sea and become a delicious meal for other levels of marine carnivores. Isn’t there a saying that goes "When a whale dies, all things come to life"?

Unfortunately, before this delicacy could sink to the bottom of the sea, a typhoon and huge waves washed it ashore and stranded it on the golden sand beach.

Judging from its appearance, this should be an immature sperm whale.

The whole body of a whale is a treasure. Whale meat is different from pork, fish, etc. It is almost entirely fat and does not have much muscle.

Sperm whale meat is very tender and suitable for sashimi.

In the past, whales were protected marine animals, and even the rich and powerful rarely had the opportunity to taste whale meat.

It is expensive, and because things are rare, they are valuable. In the world of top gourmet food, it is much more expensive than the four top Western ingredients: foie gras, truffles, caviar, and wagyu beef.

The common ways to eat whale are sashimi and fish fillet. Among them, the meat of whale tail is special, white like jelly, and tastes a bit like crispy white fungus. It is very delicious when dipped in special seasoning.

The seaside in December is a natural freezer. The whale meat can be preserved for a long time, and she has enough time to maximize the value of the entire whale.