I wonder whether loach is related to the "immortal fish" in Africa, or the so-called "bitch relationship". Misgurnus anguillicaudatus can also withstand drought. When people plow the ground, strips of loach are exposed in finger-sized holes, thus realizing its drought-resistant characteristics, but at this time, the clods are glowing in the sun, which is a sign of wetness. In this way, the drought tolerance of loach is not comparable to that of "lungfish".
When it comes to loach, you will think of the slang term "one eel in a jar", which is intended as a derogatory term to describe a person who is restless and likes to stir things up. As far as the matter is concerned, it is good to really put a few loaches in a jar of eel or during transportation. Using its active characteristics, eel will not die of suffocation.
What I want to talk about here is not African lungfish or eel, but loach because of lotus flowers.
There is a small garden at home, and there are many kinds of plants. When you see a pool of water dug in the courtyard of your neighbors, and set it as a rockery, it seems that there are mountains and water, but there are naturally a few fish in the water. Some people say, "There is water and fish" and "there is water" is homonym for "oil and water"; "Fish" and "Yu" have the same meaning. Although the garden is not large, it is only a hope for the "half-acre square pond". Unfortunately, it was not considered at the beginning. The "layout" of the garden has already been set, and it is in danger of "scraping meat to patch up sores" if it breaks ground again. However, I was always fascinated by the graceful fairy Lingbo in the green waves, and after much consideration, I thought that I could take a big jar instead of a "half-acre square pond" to amuse myself. So I began to worry about finding a "suitable" jar! Until a trip from go on road trip to Jingdezhen, I visited the porcelain market and came across this jar. From a distance, this jar looks ordinary, but from a closer look, it is very elegant, without any fancy. It is known for its dignified appearance and bronze color. The merchant said that this was the only one, and it was really the only one on the market, so he did not hesitate to put the cylinder in the trunk. The vat in the trunk can be described as "indomitable spirit". When I thought of coming, the mountain road was curved and bobbed up and down, for fear of an accident on my way back. Because of this vat, I ended my trip ahead of schedule. Although I was not happy, I thought of adding a new scene to the garden all the way, and I felt glad you came.
Because it is not in the planting season, the jar placed in the courtyard seems a little abrupt, and the empty jar mouth looks like an open mouth and looks forward to it. Finally, I waited for the cultivation season, so I ordered lotus seeds online, borrowed soil, and released water. From now on, I hoped to see buds coming out through the turbid water.
It's the spring and summer season, and I didn't expect Xiao He to show her sharp horns for a while, but the tank full of water has become the home of mosquitoes. Those larvae are bouncing in the water, and they think about the origin of the word "jagged". Is it because of their swimming posture?
The water tank has become a breeding ground for mosquitoes, so it should have no effect on the lotus in the tank, right? It's just that we haven't seen any buds coming out for a long time, and this jar has gradually become a "stagnant pool". Although the swallowtail is a mosquito larva, "it has an innate self-defense ability. Don't say that it touches the water, even if it is a human reflection, it will feel it and immediately hide into the water. Watching adults sometimes fly and sometimes stop on the surface of the water, and the larvae in the water are also swimming up and down, I began to suspect that these mosquitoes affected the growth of lotus flowers, and I felt disgusted. I had the idea that I couldn't let them breed. The tank that I retrieved all the way was not prepared for them.
When I was a child, I had goldfish, and most of their deaths were related to water quality and overfeeding. Overfeeding, which is the same as the illness of people in Jiafu, a dream of red mansions, is mostly caused by eating too much and being too good, as long as you are hungry for two meals. Goldfish is not picky about food, but if it grows fast and is fed with filariasis, its metabolic rate can be doubled! Red silk worm, also known as Daphnia, is similar in shape to a flea. It is a problem whether goldfish will eat mosquitoes in the water if they eat red silk worms. Second, the lotus flower is noble and pure when it comes out of sludge, which makes it difficult for goldfish to survive. This reminds us of loach, whose surname is "mud" and its name is "loach", which can survive even in the stinky ditch pond, not to mention the "square pond" that someone always takes care of.
The thought of putting loach in the tank, eating mosquito larvae in the water up and down, and even probing into adult mosquitoes that stopped flying at that time, made me feel energetic. The fish seller heard that it was for the sake of eating mosquitoes in the lotus jar, and echoed that it was "useful". The loach, who was not a dish at ordinary times, actually asked for a high price, which was caused by his interest, and he was allowed to ask for it.
When I say that loach is not a proper dish, I mean it happened in my childhood. At that time, although I didn't have enough to eat, I rarely heard that anyone would catch loach, and even small fish and shrimp were not praised. The reason is that loach has a strong earthy smell and it costs oil sauce, so I would rather be hungry than bother to catch them.
Since then, in addition to expecting the lotus leaves to show their tips, there is an expectation that the two loaches can eat mosquitoes as soon as possible, and at the same time, it is imagined that when they eat these, excrement is also nourishing the roots of plants.
However, after a period of time, the number of mosquitoes in the tank has not decreased, and the figure of loach is rarely seen. At most, they occasionally come up to spit and turn over and get into the water. From their flexible turn-over action, their survival in the tank should not be a problem. It may be that there are too few loaches and too many mosquitoes to eat. When thinking of buying them in the market, I forgot to ask if they are both male or female.
At present, four loaches are only the size of the middle finger, and the adult loaches can grow to the length of a tiger's mouth. If there is more breeding, especially in autumn and winter, the lotus will become a broken branch and leaves, and this jar will not become a world for the loaches. I don't like food. If I meet a gourmet, "Misgurnus anguillicaudatus stewed with tofu" is a very greedy dish.
But I'd rather this "Misgurnus anguillicaudatus stewed tofu" was invented by gourmets, but I've never seen it on any menu or heard people say that I've tasted it. On the contrary, the cooking method is like the plot of the story, which is as true as it is. It is said that the loach is washed first, and the internal organs are not removed. It is stocked in clear water for three days, that is, it is hungry for three days, and then it is fed with egg white twice. Take pieces of old tofu, mix cold water, tofu and loach and put them into the pot at the same time. When the water temperature rises, loach begins to drill into the tofu until the whole body is filled with tofu.
I'm just talking about it here. I won't touch loach with chopsticks, such as eel, tortoise and turtle. Here, loach is born because of lotus flowers, and its living habits are consistent with their names. Will it be like that "bean curd simmered loach" that crawls into the soil when something happens? Why doesn't the lotus leaf I look forward to every day stand out? Shouldn't those four missing loaches be at work, bored with drilling soil, and get into the hole of the lotus root when they have nothing to do? The loaches are interesting, but when will the lotus I am looking forward to sprout? You know, my pen is waiting for this "half-acre square pond" to bloom!