After the replacement of the military officer, the soft stepmother won

Chapter 387: Hermit crabs, pufferfish, and a full load

"Then let's catch more leeches." Shen Li said with a smile, "We'll make a big dinner tonight!"

"Yeah!" Lu Minghui nodded, then held his shovel and started shoveling where there were small holes.

He was very smart and learned things quickly. Soon, he scooped out the leeches and threw them into a small bucket. Worried that the leeches would crawl out, Lu Minghui put some sea water into the small bucket.

"Minghui, you can also sprinkle some salt at the entrance of the cave. This way you don't have to use a shovel. When the salt accumulates at the entrance of the cave, the leeches will pop out by themselves." Shen Li said, taking out a bag of salt from the small bucket she carried with her, tearing open the bag of salt, and pouring the salt into the small opening of the leech hole.

Lu Minghui held the small bucket and watched carefully.

When salt was sprinkled at the entrance of the cave, within a few seconds, the white leeches inside quickly popped out like bamboo shoots after the rain.

Shen Li had been waiting for a long time. Seeing this, she quickly reached out and pulled the leech out, picked it up and threw it into a small bucket.

Lu Minghui looked at this scene with curiosity.

Mom is so smart!

How can my mother come up with so many wonderful ideas?

"Mom, pour some salt into my palm and let me try it," said Lu Minghui.

"Yeah." Shen Li fell into the little guy's white and tender palm.

Lu Minghui held the salt and carefully poured it into the entrance of the leech cave.

In an instant, the leech inside poked its head out.

Then, as soon as the head shows up, it's killed.

Lu Minghui seemed to have discovered an interesting game. He squatted on the ground and kept sprinkling salt and catching leeches.

Soon, Lu Minghui's small bucket was filled with a dense pile of leeches.

This meat is enough to make a pot of delicious leech soup.

"Our Minghui is really amazing." Shen Li smiled and touched Lu Minghui's head, "What you caught can give our family a good meal."

At this time, Duoduo was carrying a small bucket with her two little hands, staggering towards this side. The expression on her little face looked like she was trying her best, and because she was trying too hard, her face turned red.

"Mom, look, there are so many beautiful shells." Duoduo walked over to Shen Li, wiped the sweat off her little face, and looked at Shen Li with sparkling eyes.

"Yeah, that's right." Shen Li chuckled, "Our Duoduo is also great."

"Put this small bucket aside. Mom will take you to get something else." Shen Li said with a smile.

"But if that's the case, will someone else steal my little shells?" Duoduo was a little conflicted.

After all, the small shells in the bucket were carefully selected by her, and she chose the most beautiful ones!

"No." Shen Li chuckled, "Look, everyone is busy catching fish, no one will pay attention to your little bucket."

For children, shells are very beautiful and they are loved by them, but for adults who have lived on the island for many years and are used to seeing them, these beautiful shells are no different from pebbles on the ground.

Adults come to the sea mainly to catch some seafood to improve their diet.

"Yeah!" Duoduo felt relieved after hearing Shen Li's words.

The mother and her two children continued to walk inside.

"Mom! Look what this is, it moves!" At this time, Duoduo pointed at a red snail not far away in surprise. At this time, there were several black crab legs inside the red snail crawling on the beach.

"How can a snail have legs?" Duoduo was a little curious, but she just dared to look at it and didn't dare to touch it herself.

Lu Minghui was braver and he quickly grabbed the red snail with his rubber-gloved hands.

"There's a crab in here!" said Lu Minghui.

"This is called a hermit crab." Shen Li walked over and said, "Because hermit crabs have soft abdomens and no hard shells to protect them, they choose some harder shells to survive and avoid the dangers brought by other animals in the ocean. These moist shells can also help hermit crabs lock in moisture inside, making the temperature and humidity in the space more suitable for their survival."

"So that's how it is..." Duoduo looked at the crab inside curiously, "But where's the meat inside the snail?"

"They will be eaten by hermit crabs." Shen Li said.

"Hermit crab is so bad! How can it rob other people's houses?" Duoduo's little face wrinkled.

Shen Li chuckled helplessly, "This is the law of survival in nature. Just like big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimp, shrimp eat seaweed, this is a complete ecological chain."

This is not only true in nature, but also in society.

"Oh." Duoduo nodded, not quite understanding.

"This hermit crab is relatively small," Shen Li said, "Let's release it."

Lu Minghui was very obedient and did as Shen Li said.

"Mom, look, there's a little fish here." Duoduo bent down, pointed her little finger at a "little fish" in the shallow water and whispered.

Shen Li walked over and took a look, "This is a pufferfish."

As she spoke, she picked up the small fish-sized pufferfish and rubbed its white belly with her fingers.

In an instant, the puffer fish's belly swelled up and gradually became foamy, as if a round ball had grown in its stomach.

"Mom! Why does it look like there's a ball in its belly?" Its big eyes like black grapes stared at the scene.

"Because the pufferfish is angry." Shen Li said with a smile, "The pufferfish's belly becomes bigger as a way to protect itself. This way, predators who want to eat it can't swallow it. The little spines standing up on its body mean that it has entered a defensive state."

"You can eat big pufferfish," Shen Li said. "It tastes very delicious, but it's poisonous."

"Poisonous?" Lu Minghui asked in surprise.

"Yes, in ancient times, some food lovers died from eating puffer fish. Of course, even now there are people who die from eating the poisonous parts of puffer fish. Eating something like puffer fish requires professionals to carefully clean out its toxic internal organs to ensure that it can be eaten normally." Shen Li said.

"It's better to release such a small pufferfish." Shen Li threw the pufferfish into the sea as well.

The pufferfish, now free, quickly swam away happily, wagging its tail.

The mother and her two children continued to go to the beach to catch seafood. Shen Li would tell the two children if they encountered anything new or interesting, and the two children were very excited.

At the end of the day, Shen Li's bucket was filled with sea urchins, large swimming crabs, large octopuses, large squids, as well as some oysters and scallops.

The family of three returned home with buckets full of water.

……

In the evening, Shen Li prepared a large table of seafood.

There were egg and leech seafood soup, spicy fried squid, steamed swimming crab, sea urchin sashimi, and a large pot of crab meat pot. The whole family enjoyed the meal happily.

Not far away, little An An, who was lying on the bed, stared with his short legs, gazing longingly at the table full of delicious food, and swallowing his saliva greedily.