Food in Kasumigaura
In spring, when the colorful peach blossoms and pear blossoms wither, it is the harvest season of shallow sea ginseng. The prosperous Xi'nan Wharf is like a rice field for autumn harvest, busy with the harvest of the sea countryside amid the roar of motors, noisy footsteps, and boiling noises.
Fishing boats gradually docked from the turquoise water, and barrels of white or blue plastic fishing buckets were neatly arranged on the deck. Uncovered, one meter high, like a soldier doll taking off a military hat, majestically and bravely stationed in the port. Between the barrels, the dexterous body of the sea crucian carp jumped around on the deck, and the glittering scales swayed with dazzling light, which was the flower of the waves, the grace of spring. The helmsman lovingly caught the fish and put it back into the sparkling waves. It was a fish that accidentally broke into a fishing boat, and it was touching and warm to release it. In order to pray for the safety of the four seasons between the waves, the owners of the boats have a degree of choice, and they will not greedily accidentally fish and kill the creatures in the water indiscriminately. Living at sea forms a close relationship with the environment.
"Fishing Row Chaohui" photo by Zhou Ying
Crowded ginseng dormant in fishing buckets, its intoxicating gesture and chaotic colors, looking like a pile of natural mud. It is not clear whether it is the sediment of muddy water or the hidden mysterious breath of life. They are the souls of the sea, and the most authentic primary colors of life bloom in the water, secretly embracing and merging with the breath of the sea and earth. Fished up, the individual living individual is distinguished from the ordinary group. It was so full and plump, sucking in enough nutrients, the whole body swelled like a round and fat shuttle, and the serrations of youth vigorously combed the ripples of the sea. This body full of soft flesh thorns is its weapon of strength to survive in the sea. There is a cluster of vicissitudes of chrysanthemums under the head, hiding the secret door of life, and the jagged petals bloom with countless fine cracks, becoming its tentacles that squirm calmly in the water, ingest food, or sweep the way, quietly conveying the message of communication with the water world. The soft body carries the lonely thoughts and crawls slowly, each closure for the ultimate bloom; each contraction for the maximum stretch. Relaxed and unhurried.
The ginsengs were huddled together in the same space, inseparable, without a single gap. Flesh gently touch each other's bodies, needle-like pain looms from intimacy, and the pleasure of ear grinding breeds mud-like pain, and this contradictory love is indescribable. Therefore, the stocking of thorn ginseng should be pulled apart, a net cage Liao Liao stocked several sea cucumbers, open space, for their free cloud travel, free breathing. The individual value of ginseng is like the size of a dwelling, and the price has soared alarmingly.
The vast sea area of The Inner Bay of Xi'nan, with calm wind and waves on the water surface, is a quiet home for the dormant ginseng. White herons, like white clouds, stop on fishing rows to forage leisurely. The caged thorn ginseng hides under the deep water, gently singing in the waves, and dreaming. The dream of the thorn ginseng has nothing to do with the red dust on the water; it has nothing to do with the movement of the sun and the moon; and it has nothing to do with the starlight and cloud shadow. Its body clings closely to the water waves, and the gentle water waves sneak into the body and run secretly in the water pipes in its body. Its breath, its ideals, are closely related to the sea. Clean and constant temperature water is the cradle of its dream of growth. The appropriate water temperature effectively promotes the metabolism of its muscle cells, and the soft body is like a swollen splash, which can rapidly expand within two or three months. High temperatures make it shrink, and low temperatures inhibit its growth. The thorn ginseng in the water is like a flower in a greenhouse, without experiencing wind and rain, not seeing a rainbow, and naturally cannot bloom into a sonorous rose.
"Fisherman on the Sea" by Lin Wuwang
Soju's ginseng has a unique secluded, dietary preference for clean algae. If the sampan sways in a calm harbor, the water bridges open the green waves, and the turquoise water shadows ripple around, such waters often sleep in large areas with quiet ginseng. The thorn ginseng stretches and shrinks, slowly moving forward, stirring the light seaweed, the turquoise seaweed floats up, like a thin cicada's wing water sleeve dancing softly under the water, and the spring color under the water ripples from the sea. Ginseng is fond of algae, like goats that eat grass. This diet is simple but almost picky. Goats are not accustomed to eating grass with dewdrops, and although the crystal dew droplets are as clear as ganlin, they will eat bad goat intestines. The faint ginseng smells of humus. This ugly mollusk has a straight personality and a single heart.
The thorn ginseng living deep in the curved place is pure and straight,, without the flower cavity intestines that bend and turns, and there is no bad water in the stomach of sludge and dirt. The body is as clear as a canal, as fragrant as flowers and plants, which is its quiet cultivation.
The heavily cultivated ginseng is salvaged and exposed to the light of the day, and in a few moments, it will vomit out the food consumed in the body. The withering of the water makes its body quickly weightless, shrinking like a shadow of self-pity, compared with the vigorous body in the water, people look at it differently. In the light of day, even if you are humble, keep your heart clean.
The first processing procedure for harvesting ginseng is to pour it into boiling water and cook it. Die, let it change color, and maintain a stiff, firm posture. Breathing stopped, and the body remained the last hard.
The farmer's painstaking harvest is a thick skin bag on the body of the thorn ginseng.
"Sea Worker" by Lake
About the Author
Zheng Feixue is a member of the Fujian Writers Association and vice chairman of the Xiapu County Writers Association
Author: Zheng Feixue
Producer: Cultural Tourism Xiapu
Finishing: Vincent
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