Chapter 103

Qin Shiou doesn't understand the gooseneck barnacle, but when he checks the common name of this thing on the Internet, he knows what's going on, dog claw snail!

When Qin Shiou was working at CNOOC, he once went to dinner with his leaders. He saw this thing. It looked ugly. Several shells were together, like the claws of a monster.

But this thing is very expensive, and it is not produced in the island city. It is said that it is airlifted from Spain. After a few snails are cooked, it costs more than 2000 yuan, which shocked Qin Shiou. In addition, there were too many big people on the table at that time. It was not his turn to eat. He just heard that it was very fresh and delicious. He was greedy and didn't taste it.

"We still have dog claw snails here? It's the gooseneck barnacle. " Qin Shiou asked in amazement.

Shack shrugged and said with a smile, "of course, just to the west of the island, there are many on the reef. We all call it horse teeth, because it looks like horse teeth."

Qin Shiou looked up the information again and learned that barnacles are widely distributed. They can be found in almost any intertidal zone to subtidal shallow water area. They are numerous and often live together.

However, this kind of barnacle is generally inedible round vertebra barnacle, and gooseneck barnacle is relatively rare. There is no trace of its large-scale growth in other places except the coastline of Galicia, Spain.

It seems that the geomantic omen on the farewell island is good. There are goose neck barnacles, which are rare among barnacles.

The price of this kind of barnacle is very high. It is a delicious food comparable to caviar, tender goose liver and bluefin tuna in Europe. It costs two or three hundred euros per kilogram, which is equivalent to one thousand yuan per kilogram!

Remembering the praises of the so-called "distinguished guests" to the dog clawed snails at the beginning of the party, Qin Shiou patted his thigh and said, "go quickly. I said why didn't you tell me there was such delicious food on our island before?"

Shack explained: "horse teeth grow on the reef. They are usually in shallow water. They have to dive to catch. They have colloids on their bodies and stick to the reef, which is difficult to catch. No, now there are storms and waves, and those reefs are exposed. We can fish them up in this way. "

"In addition, the place where Ma Ya grows happens to be in the sea behind the two chemical plants. In the past, the chemical plant of Gou's mother didn't let us near. This time, the chemical plant went away, so we had the chance to catch." The sea monster said happily.

The departure of the two chemical plants made the people of the town very happy. Many days have passed until now. When it comes to the closed chemical plant, the villagers will raise their glasses and cheer.

When Chinese food was settled, Qin Shiou quickly got on the bus to catch gooseneck barnacles. The four children gathered alone at the door and looked at him. He waved and shouted, "come quickly, guys, there's seafood at noon!"

Shaq's big pickup truck led the way in front, followed by President No. 1, and soon reached the west of the island.

Steve chemical plant and spring chemical plant are no longer glorious. There is no one in the huge plant. The past scenes of cars and ships have disappeared. The gate is closed and the population is thin. Only a few old gatekeepers stay inside.

Shaq relieved his anger and parked the car at the gate of the factory. The doorman came out with the dog. Nelson held a bright whaling knife in his hand and stared at the man with a gloomy face. The man trembled and ran back without saying a word.

During the last protest, the extremely active and ferocious German black back was honest. These guys were bullies. They seemed to know that the owner had lost power. Although they were taken to the door, they didn't shout.

"This knife is really good." Qin Shiou whistled after getting off the bus.

The sabre in Nelson's hand is about 256 cm long. The handle and blade are similar in length. The blade flashes cold light and looks ferocious. It looks like a murder weapon.

Hearing Qin Shiou's praise, Nelson said with a smile: "this is an extreme force whaling fork sabre. It's a good sabre. The blade is made of 420J2 steel with a hardness of 57hrc. It's the standard Sabre I used to use in the emergency special forces. It's the best way to collect horse teeth."

Although gooseneck barnacles taste beautiful and can't move, they also have their own way of survival, that is, they grow on rocks with strong wind and waves. Because they can stick tightly to the reef, ordinary fish can't catch them.

However, gooseneck barnacles still have natural enemies, that is, seagulls, sea elves that can cross in the wind and waves.

Behind the chemical plant is the steep coastline. The ground is six or seven meters away from the sea. Under it, the jagged rocks stretch into a line, which looks extremely dangerous.

When the wind blows, the waves hit the coast and make a loud noise. Sometimes when you look down, you can feel the ice cold of the sea water on your face.

Gooseneck barnacles live on the rocks below. In addition, some live on the coast. Today, shack and sea monsters are targeting these gooseneck barnacles growing on the rocks.

Shaq found a maple tree, tied a rope and said, "can you see those things like horse teeth? It's gray white. It looks ugly. Delicious things are generally not very beautiful. Don't underestimate it. "

More than a dozen seagulls took advantage of the gap between the surging waves to find opportunities to peck the barnacles attached to the reef. Although the barnacles are protected by hard plate shells, they have a very deadly living habit, that is, when the water flows through them, the shell cover will open and extend feathered tentacles from the inside to filter the plankton in the water.

In this way, the rolling waves created an illusion to them. When the waves beat up, they thought the tide was high, so they quickly opened their back shells to prey. But the waves fell quickly, so that they had no time to close their backs, and the seagulls seized the opportunity to peck.

Although the success rate of seagulls is not high, the delicious barnacles make them willing to work hard. As long as they prey on two barnacles, they can have a full meal.

The snow-white seagulls chirp. They bravely cross the waves and sea water, dive and peck again and again, and don't leave until they are full. Of course, if they can't peck for several times in a row, they will also leave.

Seagulls are very smart. They know that they have poor endurance and will not waste their energy on catching a kind of food. If this road is impassable, change the way. This is their predation strategy.

Like Shaq, Nelson also found a tree and tied the rope. At the same time, he explained: "in the past, those damn chemical plant owners regarded the waters here as their private property. These dogs, raised by Niang, didn't allow us to catch horse teeth. I haven't tasted such delicious food for several years."

They were busy. Another car came. It was Hughes's Buick Grand Hyatt. When they got off the car, Hughes smiled and said, "you're really in time. You came just after the rain stopped?"

Qin Shiou said hello to Hughes and looked down from the coast. There were layers of gooseneck barnacles on the reef below. They looked like the claws of monsters. I don't know how people in farewell town would feel that they were like horse teeth.

Gooseneck barnacles have a strong reproductive ability. There are hundreds or thousands of them on the reef. If people with dense phobia see them, they will definitely vomit.

After tying the rope, Shaq and Nelson began to move slowly down the reef. The sea monster grabbed Shaq's rope and told Qin Shiou, "boss, grab Nelson's rope and pay attention to his position. If there are waves coming, pull the rope vigorously and try not to let them be hit by the waves!"

Boris's four children are divided into two teams. Boris and Shirley follow Qin Shiou, while Gordon and Michelle help the sea monster.

The tiger and leopard also followed. The little guy ran to the shore, grabbed the rope, put his tail in his ass, and pulled back gnashing his teeth.

The spiral rise of heating has driven the ocean wind and waves. In the past, the calm sea surface has become particularly turbulent. The sea water is constantly blown up by the wind and waves and withdrawn into the sea. The sea level is at least two meters lower than before, exposing the gooseneck barnacles usually hidden in the sea water.

Qin Shiou made an 'OK' gesture to Shaq, put on gloves and arm guards, and grabbed the rope.

Nelson jumped down to the shore like a frog man, and the whaling knife bit between his teeth. He saw the opportunity. When a big wave fell, he immediately jumped to the place where the gooseneck barnacle was nearest to him, took out the whaling knife and inserted it between the barnacle and the reef.

"Open it for me!" Nelson snapped, pulled down a gooseneck barnacle with a length of 14.5 cm, quickly stuffed it into his satchel, then aimed at the next one and pulled the knife in again.