Vol 3 Chapter 400: Why are mangroves called mangroves?

Vol 3 Chapter 400: Why are mangroves called mangroves?

There are many tree species in the mangrove, but Li Duoyu only knows some of them: Amaranthus sibirica, Kandelia candel, Acanthopanax spp., Scutellaria sibirica, and Scutellaria sibirica.

Li Duoyu remembers that in his previous life, Dandan Island built an aerial plank road in the mangrove area, and many tourists came here.

 The most frequently asked question is: Why is it called a mangrove forest when it is so green and green?

Li Duoyu once explained to others that the reason why it is called a mangrove forest has nothing to do with the leaves.

 As long as it has something to do with one of the trees called eucalyptus, fishermen discovered a long time ago that the bark and wood of eucalyptus are red, and if they are cut with a knife, even the blade will be dyed red.

It is precisely because of this that in the early days, people would peel off the bark of the olive tree and use it as a dyeing material.

 Later, everyone discovered that not only the bark of the mangrove trees but also the bark of many trees in the mangroves turned red after being peeled off.

 This is also the origin of the name of mangrove.

 But no one knows why it turns red, so some folklore emerged.

For example, the mangroves **** the blood of "good brothers", so they turn red. There are various rumors.

In addition, the mangroves are inherently dangerous, and children on the island are prohibited from coming to the mangroves.

It wasn't until ecologists came to the island to conduct research that everyone realized that the bark of most mangrove plants contains tannic acid. When the bark is exposed to the air, it will oxidize and appear Out of red.

However, what Li Duoyu remembers most in the mangroves is a poisonous tree called sea lacquer.

The latex of this tree is toxic and can cause redness, swelling and inflammation on the skin. If it gets into the eyes, it can lead to blindness in severe cases.

Li Duoyu found that any tree with a lacquered character in its name can easily cause dermatitis.

 In a previous life, there was a ruthless man in the village. In order to avoid the inspection of women four times a year, he would smear Haiqi's milk on the roots of his thighs during each inspection.

As a result, every time it was her turn to check, she looked red and swollen, so she thought it was some kind of disease, and no one dared to check her at all.

 She stayed like this for many years, and finally she gave birth to a child secretly.

When Li Duoyu was in the mangrove, what he hated the most was something that came to him. Something that was half-warm and a little sticky fell on his head.

Li Duoyu now wished he had a shotgun in his hand to shoot down all these seabirds that were chirping and wanting to poop.

Li Duoyu did not touch it with his hands, but went directly to the nearby sea water and washed his entire head.

It's annoying to have bird **** on your head, but what's even more annoying is a small insect in the mangroves - midges.

This kind of insect is very small. If you don't look carefully, you can't find it at all, and you won't feel it at all when it bites you.

It's more disgusting than a mosquito. At least you can feel a little pain when it bites you. This thing really doesn't feel anything at all, and the swollen bump after the bite is no smaller than that of a mosquito.

In the summer, there were fewer clothes. In less than twenty minutes of mangroves, Li Duoyu had been bitten by more than a dozen bags.

　　It itches to death.

Even as a fisherman, Li Duoyu hates this kind of place. Not only are there many mosquitoes, but it is also difficult to walk.

 It is no exaggeration to say that the tidal flats on the mangrove side are a little softer than those outside.

Your feet will sink deeply when you step into them, and you will have to spend a lot of effort every step you take.

There is also a tree called sea mulberry, which will grow a kind of respiratory root that looks like a bamboo shoot nearby. The locals usually call it a bamboo shoot.

If you encounter this kind of tree, if you don't want to get your feet pricked, you can only go around it.

It took more than half an hour, Li Duoyu arranged ten ground cages on the edge of the mangrove, and stuffed some chopped pork liver into each cage.

At this time, Shitou came over carrying more than 20 ground cages. After seeing Li Duoyu, he immediately waved and said: "Brother Yu, I'm here."

The stone is carrying a ground cage on its back, but it keeps clinging to Li Duoyu, asking questions here and there:

“Brother Yu, I just went back and thought about it, and I feel that the chance is not very good. Shanshan was bullied by Xiao Weidong like that. Do you think she will be disappointed in men?”

“And her family originally asked her to marry Xiao Weidong because there was an overseas Chinese in Xiao Weidong’s family. If Shanshan knew that my grandpa was also in an overseas province, would she think that Xiao Weidong and I were the same?”

Li Duoyu’s brows were knitted tightly together, his head was really a bit big, and he was really annoyed by this stone.

"Can you please stop asking me about your relationship issues? Teacher Zhou and I have slept on the same bed since we were young. We are childhood sweethearts and have never been in love. Do you think I can understand women and this kind of thing?" Love love stuff?”

 Stone had a grimace on his face.

“The main reason is that you and Teacher Zhou are very familiar with Sister Shanshan. She seems to listen to you very much. Can you help me?”

Li Duoyu rolled his eyes and said: "Impossible, who knows if you are the next Xiao Weidong."

Shitou widened his eyes and said:

“Brother Yu, what you said is a bit excessive. We have known each other for so many years. Don’t you still know who I am?”

 “Annoying.”

Shitou was stunned for a moment, then continued: "How about I get rid of Shanshan's son first and treat him as my own son, then Shanshan probably won't be able to run away."

Li Duoyu was so annoyed by him that he wanted to smoke: "I won't give you any advice. Hurry up and put the cages. If you carry so many cages and talk, you won't be afraid of mosquitoes and small black bugs biting you to death."

 “Don’t be afraid, mosquitoes and small black bugs never bite me.”

Li Duoyu's mouth twitched. He also discovered just now that midges and mosquitoes didn't seem to bite Zhao Erniu.

 No, he is the only one afraid of the three of them.

 At this time. Zhao Erniu also came to the mangrove forest carrying the ground cage.

Seeing Zhao Erniu, Shitou immediately dropped the topic: "Brother Yu, I'm going to put the cage on the ground first. I'll come back to you later."

Zhao Erniu was a little surprised when he saw Shitou. He thought Brother Yu was only looking for him, but Shitou also came.

 If this is the case, he won't be able to take advantage of Brother Yu's green crab business on his own.

He had previously calculated that if Brother Yu really wanted 100,000 green crabs, he would be able to catch at least 80,000. In less than two months, he would be able to earn 800 yuan from the blue crabs alone.

This money can just be used to build a new house. If Zhao Dahai builds it, he will also build a new house, so that he will not be compared.

Zhao Erniu hurriedly followed Shitou when he saw that the stone was being placed in a cage on the ground. He knew that there were a few good places with a lot of green crab seedlings that he could not occupy.

With these two people helping to catch green crab seedlings, Li Duoyu planned to leave here first.

 But just when he was about to leave, he heard a buzzing sound and found that there were many bees on the flowers and leaves of the olive tree in front of him.

Li Duoyu observed patiently for a while and saw that after the bees collected honey, they followed the direction in which they flew back.

Li Duoyu found a beehive on a big tree. In Li Duoyu's impression, in order to prevent natural enemies, bees usually build their nests on cliffs, rock crevices, or mounds. This kind of obvious appearance is rare. The condition of the nest.

A large section of the hive is exposed in front of you, and the lower part is densely packed with bees.

Before Li Duoyu even got close, the bees responsible for protecting him rushed towards him and circled around him, as if they were chasing him away.

Li Duoyu has been bitten by midges for more than 20 times, and he doesn’t want to be stung all over his head by bees again.

Li Duoyu is not too afraid if this thing stings her hands and feet, but if her eyelids and lips are stung, they will swell as big as a sausage.

Li Duoyu looked at the huge hive in front of him with a look of reluctance, but in this era, honey is definitely a good thing.

Although they were at least ten meters apart, Li Duoyu seemed to have smelled the fragrance of honey and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Since I have been bitten by midges, it is 100% difficult to sleep at night, so I might as well try my best to collect this hive.

 Just do it.

Li Duoyu used the small fish knife he carried with him to cut off a small section of the ground cage he had placed earlier. The mesh of this thing is very fine, which is just right for holding the honeycomb.

But just take a ground cage, Li Duoyu will definitely not dare to get into it, and he is really not afraid of being stung by a few bees.

 Hands can be stung by hundreds or thousands of them. Even a black bear with rough skin and thick flesh will probably have to run away. Fortunately, Li Duoyu has a way to deal with it.

Li Duoyu collected some dry branches and leaves nearby and wrapped them with fresh leaves. As long as the dead branches and leaves were not fully burned, a large amount of white smoke would emit.

A simple smoker was used like this. As the white smoke came out, the bees that were originally driving Li Duoyu away all lost their direction and rushed towards the hive one by one.

Bees are very afraid of smoke and will enter a state of stress when exposed to smoke. Once exposed to smoke, they will not attack people very much. Instead, they will mistakenly think that there is a fire nearby. They will give priority to sucking honey from the hive in preparation for moving and starting a new one.

Li Duoyu carefully climbed onto the tree trunk and smoked the honeycomb directly with a smoker.

 Under the thick smoke.

Some bees were so smoked that they fell on the tidal flats. After their wings were stained with the wet mud, they could no longer fly.

 Some of the larger tidal flat jumping fish seem to be very experienced. When they see a bee falling down, they directly swallow it in one bite.

There are too many bees that can be dropped, and these jumping fish simply cannot eat them.

After it was almost smoked, Li Duoyu directly put the entire hive in a ground cage, and then used a knife to cut off the joint between the hive and the tree trunk.

The moment the partition was opened, amber honey flowed out, and some of it dripped directly onto Li Duoyu's hand.

Li Duoyu took a sip. The honey was relatively sweet, with a light floral fragrance. It tasted much better than those industrial honeys, sweet but not greasy.

While Li Duoyu was collecting beehives, Zhao Erniu, who was placing cages on the ground, saw white smoke not far away, and his expression changed instantly.

 Hurry towards the direction of the white smoke.

Perhaps because he often moves in the mangroves, Zhao Erniu can still run in the mangroves.

 But when he arrived at the location of the white smoke, he was stunned because the beehive had already been picked off by Li Duoyu.

He had been guarding this hive for a long time. He originally wanted to wait until the flowering period was over and let the bees collect more honey before collecting it, but he didn't expect it to be taken away by Brother Yu so quickly.

If it were someone else who collected his hive, Zhao Erniu would definitely be worried about him, but it was Li Duoyu who collected the hive, and he had no way to do it.

Zhao Erniu regrets very much now. He should not have been greedy for these days and should have collected the hive earlier.

Li Duoyu had already guessed it when he saw the constipated expression on Zhao Erniu's face. Zhao Erniu had probably discovered this hive a long time ago.

But if you don’t collect things from nature, others will naturally collect them. Li Duoyu will not let them go to you just because you discovered them earlier.

Zhao Erniu gritted his teeth and asked: "Brother Yu, I have been looking at this hive for a long time. I don't want honey. Can you give me the queen bee, bees and bee pupae?"

Li Duoyu thought for a while and found that it was not impossible. It was quite troublesome to get the honey. He had to shake it out. As for the bee pupae, they were too small and not as delicious as the wasp pupae. If you eat too much, You might even have allergies.

“Okay, then I’ll give you the whole hive, and you can just take out the honey and give it to me.”

 Zhao Erniu said gratefully: "Thank you, Brother Yu."

 For him, selling honey is just a temporary sum of money, but once the queen bee, bees and pupae are settled, he will be able to make more money by raising bees. (End of chapter)