Fisherwoman: After my divorce, I became rich by fishing at sea

Chapter 481 Wild Duck Eggs

"With such a big herring, we can have a good meal at noon today."

Fu Ming sighed, and the others rested for two minutes before quickly getting up. The main reason was that the fish were jumping around on the lawn. If they died soon, the blood would seep into the fish meat, which would affect the taste of the fish later.

"Wait a minute, it's such a big fish, I need to make a straw rope to hold it up."

The bucket Ye Lin brought was of ordinary size. It was enough to hold the two bighead carp that Fu Ming caught, but it was absolutely impossible to put the big black carp in it.

What's more, there is a small black carp weighing five or six pounds.

Fu Wan looked at the big black carp and asked casually.

"Brother A-Lin, for a black carp this big, there should be black carp stones, right?"

Ye Lin was a little surprised, "Awan also knows about the Herring Stone?"

Fu Ming rolled his eyes at him when he heard this. "You underestimate us fishermen, don't you? What's so strange about knowing about the Black Fish Stone?"

Ye Lin was not angry even though he was criticized. He passed the braided straw rope through the fish's gills.

"This fish weighs at least ten pounds, so it must have herring stones.

Awan, you want this?"

Fu Wan nodded without hesitation. While the hype surrounding blackfish stone hadn't reached its peak yet, good quality blackfish stone would have a strong market in the future. A well-polished and well-maintained piece of blackfish stone in decent condition could easily fetch hundreds of thousands.

But in Qingshan Village in the 1980s, children were asked to wear green fish stones around their necks or hands to prevent unclean things in the mountains from scaring their souls.

The black carp stone is actually a fish bone located in the throat of a big black carp. Its shape vaguely resembles a heart. After it is taken out and dried, it becomes as hard as stone.

After polishing, the bluefish stone will have the texture of jade, and it will be crystal clear and look very pleasing to the eye.

In Qingshan Village, there's a legend that this stone can ward off evil and prevent children from being frightened. Other places also say it brings good fortune, so people often keep it, string it with a string, and give it to their children.

Ye Lin also thought that Fu Wan and the others didn't believe this, so he was a little surprised when Fu Wan asked this.

"Hey, I'm not a believer. I've never seen this blackfish stone before, so I thought I'd keep it."

To be honest, this kind of thing can only be sold at a good price in the future unless it is of extremely good quality. Fu Wan already has the yellow lip fish maw in hand, so she didn't think about leaving the black fish stone to appreciate in value.

My daughter is now in school and no longer needs to use green fish stones to calm her nerves.

However, if this stone really has this function, it would be a good idea to take it back and give it to Fu Ming or Fu Liang's child, or give it to Fu San's unborn child.

After hearing what Fu Wan said, Fu Ming also became interested.

"Alin, do you know how to get the herring stone? I want to learn from you later."

Ye Lin shook his head and said, "There are very few black fish in the village that can be used to get stones. I will ask my father later. He will definitely know how to do it."

Fu Wan couldn't help but feel a little strange. "Don't every fish have this bone?"

Could it be that it is like bezoar, which only appears occasionally?

Ye Lin laughed when he heard this, "This bone is definitely found in every black carp, but not every black carp bone is suitable for making fish-startling stones.

Usually, only large herrings can have this kind of thing."

You should know that the main food of black carp is snails, and black carp stones are formed when black carp eats snails for years and the snail shells are squeezed in its throat.

Therefore, for small-bodied black carp, because they have a short time and are young, they eat less snails, so the stone in their throat may be relatively thin or even not yet formed.

After listening to Ye Lin's story, Fu Wan and Fu Ming understood a lot.

But if you think about it, these things are just like pearls in conch shells, they are all caused by injuries sustained by animals during their growth.

After talking about these things, Ye Lin had already skewered the two black carps, leaving only the two fish from Fu Ming's side.

Seeing this, Fu Ming hurried over to take the fish off the fishing net.

These two bighead carps are not very big, probably only two or three pounds each, but there are quite a few small knife fish as thick as fingers hanging on the fishing net. These fish taste very good when picked up and fried in oil.

It is most suitable for a few men to drink with.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Fu Wan hurriedly shouted to the children gathered not far away:

"Lingling Pearl, Xiaofeng Zhenxing, it's time for us to go home!"

Hearing Fu Wan's shout, Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu stood up first and ran towards them. Unexpectedly, Fu Ling was small and could not see where she was stepping, so she tripped over some fallen water plants and fell.

Seeing this, Fu Wan's heart tightened and she unconsciously ran towards her daughter.

"How's it going? Are you hurt?"

Fu Ling stood up and shook her head, then pointed with her shining eyes at the grass on the side that was taller than her.

"Mom, there are eggs!"

Upon hearing this, Fu Wan moved closer to take a look, and hey, it really was an egg.

There were more than ten of them at a glance, and they looked like wild duck eggs.

Fu Wan leaned over and picked up one. Perhaps because of the noise just now, the wild ducks all ran away and disappeared.

However, when Ye Zhenxing saw the nest of duck eggs, his eyes lit up.

"Wow, it's a wild duck egg!"

Ye Xiaofeng also let out a scream, and then the little guy tried his best to burrow into the grass.

Fu Wan casually grabbed the collar behind her neck and pulled her out.

"Xiaofeng, you kids wait here, I'll go pick it up for you."

Except for Ye Zhenxing, all of these people are little rascals who are not even as tall as the grass. If they fall in, they will roll straight into the river.

When Ye Xiaofeng and the others heard that Fu Wan wanted to help them pick wild duck eggs, they immediately cheered and clapped their hands.

Ye Zhenxing was not willing to be outdone. He was a big boy and tall, so he immediately crawled into the grass.

When Fu Ming and Ye Lin came over with the fishing net and fish, they saw Fu Wan and Ye Zhenxing carrying a bag of wild duck eggs.

"Wow, these duck eggs are good. I'll take them back and cook them for you!"

Ye Zhenxing had no choice but to obey his father. When they heard that there were wild duck eggs to eat, and that they had found them themselves, the children cheered loudly again.

Looking at the children jumping and running in front, Fu Wan and the others were in a good mood.

The river was actually some distance away from the village, and they walked for a long time carrying the fish and fishing nets before they reached the mountain road leading to the village.

"Godmother, what is that?"

Qin Mingzhu skipped to Fu Wan's side and asked, pointing to a place not far away.

Fu Wan glanced at the tombstone not far away, thought about it and answered truthfully.

"That's someone else's longevity tomb."

After experiencing some changes, Qin Mingzhu has grown up to an age where she can understand things, so she naturally understands what a grave means.

However, this was the first time Qin Mingzhu had heard of the term "longevity tomb".

Before she could ask what the longevity tomb meant, Fu Ling, who was not far away, excitedly shouted to Fu Wan and the others:

"Mom and uncle, come here quickly, there's a big turtle here!"