Shell with West Tongue

In midsummer, there will be a rain inadvertently, and the heat will go straight to the house, and the rain will hit the hot stone road, raising a fog.

It didn't take much effort, the rain subsided, the house became more stuffy, and the children ran out of the house to the beach, which was the coolest and most fun place.

At this time, most of them are at low tide, on the beach, small crabs are scattered in all directions, the sand is clean and heavy, and in the stone nest of the sea reef, there is always a receding tide, no deeper than the knee, the size of several desks, white and bright, clear as mountain streams. The beach is full of shellfish escaping to make caves, and in the sea water of the stone nest, small fish quickly dive underground to dodge. More colorful shells, snails, shells, cockles, clams... They can't be picked, and after the waves wash away, they show the beauty they once were.

There is a kind of shell, the name is extremely indecent, the Liuhe people call it the old concubine's finger cover, a long olive round shell, thin to transparent, some lilac, some yellow-brown. Adults call live bodies beauty clams. Years later, Fang knew that this was the famous Xi Shi Tongue.

The western tongue is smaller than the bamboo clams, longer than the southern imported double-headed clams, and is not a mussel. The shell is more than ten centimeters long, the water pipe part is long to two thirds of the body, the color is white, the activity often extends out of the body, its shape is like a tongue, there are literati complaining about the idea of eating its deliciousness, sighing its soft and smooth, so it takes its name.

Flavor is seafood, the beauty of the shell can remain in the vision, and the beauty of the taste can only disappear into memory.

Nowadays, most of the seafood markets are peddled with foreign goods. Compared with xi shi tongue, the double-headed clam is the little green in the "Legend of the White Snake", which is still much worse than the main family.