"It's really a tortoise, good guy. It turns out that the ground cage can not only catch fish and shrimps, but also catch tortoises. Let me take a look." Wang Xiaojun squatted down and looked at the tortoise in the ground cage.
This king's head is not big, only one or two pounds.
He can't be considered an "old turtle" yet, as he is not very old.
Xu Qingfeng was also happy when he saw this bastard.
Because this tortoise is much more valuable than fish.
Just one or two kilograms of turtle can be sold for ten or eight yuan.
The price is several times that of fish.
"Brother Feng, is this thing valuable?" Wang Xiaojun asked Xu Qingfeng.
Xu Qingfeng nodded: "Bastard is not just a curse word, it can also be eaten. It is a good nourishing food and has been valuable since ancient times."
Tortoise and Lao Turtle are actually the dialects used in some places for soft-shelled turtles.
There are many other names for turtles, such as tuan fish, water fish, foot fish, etc.
"Brother, you have reminded me that I actually know that there are turtles in a place, and there are a lot of them. Since this thing is so valuable, let's catch a few and sell them. Isn't it better than fishing?" Xu Qiusheng clapped his hands next to him. , as if he remembered something.
"Brother Qiu Sheng, Brother Feng said, we need to pursue the long term. The number of pheasants and wild ducks is limited and will disappear after a few hunts. The same goes for soft-shell turtles, but fishing is different. Fishing can be found every year. It is a long-term business." Wang Xiaojun told Xu Qiu Sheng said.
This is what Xu Qingfeng told him yesterday. Unexpectedly, he told Xu Qiusheng like a cat and a tiger.
Xu Qingfeng was listening to the music nearby.
My little brother has a very high level of understanding.
That's the truth.
But the turtles still have to be caught.
"Brother, where is the place you mentioned? Let's not collect this cage yet and go catch the turtles." Xu Qingfeng said to Xu Qiusheng.
Xu Qingfeng poured the collected fish into the ground cage again, and then put it back into the river.
Once the soft-shell turtles are caught, they will be collected and sold together at the forestry farm.
Although there may be some loss of fish and shrimp, compared to the value of the two, even catching two soft-shell turtles is more expensive than all the fish and shrimp combined.
Comparing the two, this loss is nothing.
So a few people put down their cages and followed Xu Qiusheng to catch soft-shell turtles.
"Brother, where is the place you mentioned?" Xu Qingfeng asked curiously.
"It's in the pond in the mountain behind the village. I saw it when I was working in the fields. Although the pond is small, there are quite a lot of tortoises. Sometimes, you can even see tortoises crawling to the shore. Basking in the sun on the rocks."
Xu Qingfeng grabbed the turtle in his hand. The turtle has a ferocious temperament, unlike a turtle that shrinks and pretends to be dead when someone catches it.
The turtle will try its best to stretch its head and bite the hand of its catcher.
Of course, this was in vain. How could Xu Qingfeng be bitten by a tortoise?
However, after looking at it for a long time, Xu Qingfeng found that the turtle in his hand was somewhat different from the common turtles on the market.
This should be from the Northeast region, a hidden species separated from the Chinese soft-shelled turtle, called the Northeastern soft-shelled turtle.
In the Northeast, there is a curse word, "Tortoise", which is not referring to the Tortoise, but specifically the Northeastern soft-shelled turtle, which is smaller than the Chinese soft-shelled turtle.
"Bad calf" is also the most resounding common name for the Northeastern soft-shelled turtle.
"Brother, do you think this turtle looks like a bastard?"
Xu Qingfeng said to Xu Qiusheng.
"What's the difference between a bastard and a bastard?"
Wang Xiaojun was dumbfounded.
He really doesn't know.
Xu Qingfeng nodded and told Junzi and his brother that the Northeastern soft-shelled turtle and the Chinese soft-shelled turtle are indeed two subspecies. The difference in shape is that the last pair of ribs is narrower, the rear edge is truncated, and the distance from the rear edge of the dorsal disk is wider. big.
In short, the skirt at the back is larger.
"Then the Northeastern turtle is more valuable, or the tortoise?" Xu Qiusheng was concerned about this question.
"The price is not much different, right? It's the Northeastern soft-shelled turtle, but the quantity is smaller." Xu Qingfeng said.
Basically no wild ones can be found in later generations.
There may be more in the Mao Xiong and Koryo areas next door.
Of course, the disappearance of the Manchurian soft-shelled turtle is not necessarily caused by humans. It is most likely due to competition between the two types of soft-shelled turtles, and finally the Chinese soft-shelled turtle eliminated the Manchurian soft-shelled turtle.
After a while, Xu Qingfeng and the others arrived at the small pond in the back mountain.
Xu Qingfeng went home and took 98k.
Because the mountainous area of Back Mountain is close to the mountains, wild animals often rush into the fields and harm the crops.
Therefore, Xu Qingfeng felt that it would be safer to carry a gun with him.
"This is it. This is where I saw the tortoise. Brother, let's start looking for turtles." Xu Qiusheng said.
Xu Qingfeng nodded and told his brother there was no rush.
Before catching the turtle, he had a few words to say.
First of all, pay attention to safety. Turtles have a ferocious temperament. Among the people in the Northeast, there is a saying that if you are bitten by a turtle, you have to wait until there is thunder before it lets go.
Although this sentence is a bit exaggerated, it also shows that turtles are indeed ferocious and like to bite people. Generally, they will not let go after biting.
So you need to be careful not to get bitten on your hand when you reach out to grab it.
Secondly, how to find turtles also requires methods, not blind search.
In that case, you may not be able to find it even if you look for it for a long time.
When Xu Qingfeng was fishing in his previous life, he heard a senior turtle-catching expert reveal some methods and tips for finding wild turtles.
At this time, I told Junzi and eldest brother without reservation.
In the wild, if you want to find wild turtles, you have to find turtle nests.
Turtle nests are generally located where the ground is smooth and there are many stones.
The turtle is a cold-blooded animal, amphibious on both land and water. It likes to be clean and is afraid of surprises. It likes the sun and is afraid of wind. It likes cleanliness and is afraid of dirt. It is very sensitive to the surrounding environment. As long as there is the slightest movement around, the turtle will quickly dive into the mud at the bottom of the water.
At this moment, Xu Qingfeng saw a piece of smooth ground on the shore, and there were many stones around it.
"There is a high probability that there are turtle activities here, so let's use this as a radius and start searching." Xu Qingfeng said to his elder brother and Junzi.
Several people spread out, so that the search area is larger and the probability of finding the turtle is also higher.
Xu Qingfeng was lucky. He soon saw a small round hole on the edge of the pond, so he called his eldest brother and Junzi over.
"Did you find the turtle so quickly? Brother Feng really has yours."
"Brother, is there a turtle under this hole?"
Both of them were very curious.
Xu Qingfeng nodded.
If he guessed correctly, there was a turtle hidden underneath.
"This hole is where the soft-shelled turtles can breathe." Xu Qingfeng poked it with a stick.
Soon, a turtle hiding under the sand was turned over by Xu Qingfeng and struggled on the ground.
"Really, my God, this turtle is quite big, at least three pounds."
"A good start, great."
Everyone was a little surprised.
