Let me talk about the prawn problem that Qingdao people have been complaining about recently.

As a native of Qingdao, I can tell you that there are two main types of shrimp in Qingdao. One is called oyster shrimp, which is the raw material for making sea rice and the most delicious seafood on people’s tables; the other is called prawn, which is the Yellow Sea shrimp.

Prawns, this is not what country bumpkins want to spend 38 yuan on.

The prawn joke that criticizes Qingdao people is: I can responsibly tell you my experience of being rented out to a shady shop run by migrant workers and eating 38 bamboo shrimps from other places.

In Qingdao, you can just find a hotel in an open and honest manner, and you can spend a small amount of money to eat oysters and shrimps, and spend a lot of money to eat prawns. Don't make Qingdao people disgusted by asking for 38!

As for what some people always say about Qingdao prawns, let me also say that Qingdao has a population of nearly 10 million. After the reform and opening up, and life improved, prawns have been a common meal for 30 or 40 years, and are eaten by people of all ages.

However, especially the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s, when they were growing up, every time they had shrimp in their meals, they would be constantly fed shrimps by their grandparents.

There is no particular desire to eat, and some children even resist the elders giving them shrimps.

It is a very common dish, but no one has ever said how expensive shrimps are. In other words, even locals in Qingdao can afford it, but some people who cannot afford it are poor families or people who are reluctant to spend money.

Ever since a foreigner came and said that shrimps are expensive, more than a billion people across the country believed it.