Ang Lee bent down to catch fish with his bare hands in the knee-deep river. He watched the fish swim past him, but he couldn't catch any. The reaction speed of the fish was too fast, much faster than Ang Lee's reaction speed. Therefore, Ang Lee was tired for a long time, but he couldn't catch a single fish.
The water was the world of the fish. They were very flexible. It was too difficult for humans to catch fish in the river with their bare hands. The most convenient way was to use a net to catch fish. If one insisted on catching fish with their bare hands, the water must be mixed up because the fish also needed to breathe in the water. If the water was mixed up, the fish would be disoriented. In the case of disorientation, the fish would easily get to the fisherman's hand and be easily caught by the fisherman.
In the case where the water was relatively clear, the fish would not be disoriented. Therefore, even if the fish was next to the fisherman, the fisherman would not be able to catch the fish. This principle had been tested countless times.
Without mixing up the water, there was no way to catch the fish with bare hands. Ang Lee also understood this. However, if he could catch the fish in this situation, it would show his ability.
"Where are you going?"
Ang Lee fiercely tried to catch the fish with his extremely fast speed. Unexpectedly, he still couldn't catch the fish. Because he used too much force, Ang Lee's hands poked into the stones at the bottom of the river. Both hands felt very painful.
"I still can't catch it. Hey, what is this?"
Ang Lee sighed. He couldn't catch the fish, but he found that his painful hands touched something slippery. He knew that it was not an ordinary cobblestone, but something else.
"Amber, such a big piece."
Ang Lee used both hands to dig out this slippery thing. It turned out to be amber, and it was a very big amber. This made Ang Lee very happy. Generally, the amber in nature was very small in size. Amber with a relatively large size was extremely rare. Of course, just the size was far from enough. Even if it was big, if there was nothing inside, then it was just a brick. There was not much collecting significance. Once there were animals and plants inside, the value would increase by a hundred or a thousand times.
The amber in Ang Lee's hand weighed five kilograms. It could be considered a very large amber. The most valuable thing was that there were two animals and a branch inside. There were even leaves. This value was too great. This made Ang Lee very happy.
This amber was oval and looked like a standard ostrich egg, but it was slightly longer and thinner than an ostrich egg. The size was about the same. Inside this amber, there was a pine branch and pine leaves. On this pine branch, there was a cicada and a mantis. The cicada was motionless and looked very quiet. The mantis behind the cicada was indeed baring its fangs and brandishing its claws. One of the mantis's pincers was already on the cicada's body, while the other was waving in the air. It was a real scene of a mantis hunting a cicada. This was a very realistic reflection of the scene of a mantis hunting a cicada. It had a very great collecting significance.
In other words, this amber had a very high collection value. It was a very valuable piece of amber. If it was sold in the capital, it could be sold for a shocking sky-high price.
"The mantis hunting the cicada, the mantis hunting the cicada. It really is a piece of amber! Hahaha! "
Ang Lee laughed very happily. To be able to obtain such a valuable piece of amber, Ang Lee was naturally very happy. The value of this piece of amber greatly exceeded the wealth that Ang Lee had been robbed by Da Xi 'er. In other words, to be able to obtain such a piece of amber here, even if Ang Lee gave all his treasures to Da Xi' er, it would not matter. After all, these gold pancakes were not very important to Ang Lee. If he could help this poor village, then he would help.
"The mantis hunting the cicada, what mantis hunting the cicada?"
Da Xi 'er stood on the shore and looked at Ang Lee holding a stone and smiling foolishly. She asked in confusion.
Ang Lee walked to the shore and said, "Wife Xi 'er, I didn't catch any fish, but I accidentally touched a very large piece of amber. A piece of amber that weighs five kilograms. There is a mantis hunting the cicada and a pine branch inside."
"Wow, let me see."
Da Xi 'er said excitedly. She picked up the amber and looked at it carefully.
"Young Master, such a large piece of amber must be the best quality amber you mentioned! This is very valuable, right? "
Da Xi 'er asked with a smile.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "Of course. This amber is very valuable. Not only is it the best quality amber, but it is also the best of the best. It can be said to be priceless!"
"It's so valuable. Congratulations, Young Master."
Da Xi 'er was also happy for Ang Lee.
Li An said with a smile, "This was found in your place, so I can't let you suffer a loss. I'll keep this amber, but I'll leave you some gold pancakes. I'm sure you'll be satisfied, haha!"
Not only would he leave the gold pancakes, but Ang Lee would also leave some rations to solve the village's urgent needs.
Da Xi 'er nodded and said, "Thank you, Young Master. Our village still has a lot of amber. How about I go back and talk to everyone and sell all of this amber to Young Master?"
Ang Lee said with a smile, "Good! Of course, this is good. I will take as much as you have. I plan to give you all the gold pancakes you got from the inn last time, as long as you give me all the amber. "
"Good! Then it's settled, it's settled! "
Da Xi 'er said happily. She immediately cleaned up the black fish that Ang Lee had just forked and prepared to have a picnic by the river.
Ang Lee asked the guards to find more dry firewood nearby. How could they have a picnic without fuel? They needed fuel to have a picnic.
"Wife Xi 'er, let me help you."
Ang Lee said. He was ready to help Xi 'er with the fish. Removing the scales and internal organs was more complicated. It would take a while to remove six fish.
Da Xi 'er said with a smile, "No need. Young Master, you should enjoy your mantis catching the cicada! I can do it alone. "
Ang Lee didn't continue to insist. It would take some time for the guards under his command to prepare the firewood. By the time these guys got the firewood, Xi 'er would have cleaned up the six fish.
Since Xi 'er was dealing with the fish alone, Ang Lee sat on a stone and carefully observed the high-quality amber in his hand. The more he looked, the happier he was.
He didn't look very carefully just now and only got a general idea. At this moment, he looked carefully and found some details. For example, in addition to the mantis and the cicada, there were two tiny ants. These ants were on the pine branches, but they were in the cracks of the bark of the pine branches. If one didn't look carefully, it would be easy to miss them. After all, although the amber was transparent, it was far less transparent than the glass of later generations. There would also be some bubbles and impurities inside. Therefore, if one didn't look carefully, it would be easy to miss the two ants inside.
"Two worker ants. They are two small worker ants. They belong to the common black ant species."
Ang Lee said to himself.
"Hey, there is an aphid in this bubble. It's normal to not see such a small aphid."
Ang Lee said to himself again.
After continuing to observe for a while, Ang Lee continued to make new discoveries. Of course, these discoveries were all in the details and were not major discoveries. For example, Ang Lee found that there was a dark color on the mantis's wing, and the cicada's wing was damaged. It should have been left by the mantis when it was attacked. Looking carefully, the mantis's pincer still had fragments of the cicada's wing. This was good evidence for Ang Lee's opinion.
After a moment of careful observation, Ang Lee began to think about how this amber was formed tens of thousands of years ago. Why was it so coincidental that it included the scene of the mantis stalking the cicada?
Ang Lee felt that the situation at that time should be like this. A cicada was resting on a pine branch. At this time, a large amount of pine resin suddenly fell from above the pine branch. The amount of pine resin was so large that it quickly covered the cicada. The cicada also wanted to escape, but its whole body was covered in pine resin in an instant. Its body could not move at all. At this time, a passing mantis saw this scene. Perhaps the mantis was too hungry. It ignored the danger and attacked the cicada directly. When it attacked the cicada for the first time, it scratched the cicada's wing and got stuck. The mantis struggled to break free and attacked the cicada with its other pincer. As a result, at this time, more pine resin began to drip and directly covered the mantis, making the mantis unable to move. It was fixed in place with the cicada. As for the ants and aphids, they were also fixed in place because they passed by and became part of the specimen.
After figuring out the process of the amber formation, Ang Lee was very satisfied. Although this process may not be true, Ang Lee felt that his understanding was very correct. The possibility of it being true was very high. In this way, he could feel a little pride in his heart.
Ang Lee's two hands kept fiddling with the best quality amber that weighed five kilograms. This could make the surface of the amber smoother. At the same time, he took out a tool and gently processed the amber to make the rough parts smooth and transparent. This way, it was more convenient to observe the inlay inside.
Although Ang Lee had long had the ability to make all kinds of amber by himself, even a few hundred kilograms of large amber was not a problem, it was artificial after all. It had a different meaning from natural amber. No matter how good the artificial amber was, it was only artificial amber. Its value was far less than natural amber. Natural best quality amber was priceless, and the value of artificial amber was closely related to the production cost because artificial amber could achieve infinite output. Moreover, whatever was inside the amber could be put inside, so the value was naturally greatly reduced.
When Ang Lee was in Beijing, he made a lot of large ambers that weighed dozens of kilograms. It was easy to put a dog or a cat inside. Of course, the premise was that the cat and dog had to be anesthetized first before it could be operated. Otherwise, with a struggle, the rosin would be scattered. He also made some mice, snakes, birds, and so on. For Ang Lee, it was easier to use rosin to make super-large best quality amber than to make it with glass. After all, the melting point of glass was too high. It was easy to cook animals, which would affect the quality.
This time, he was very lucky to get such a large natural best quality amber. This made Ang Lee excited for a long time. Ang Lee decided to give such a best quality amber to Zhao Yefu. After all, no matter how rare and precious this best quality amber was, it was just a worldly possession. Ang Lee was completely willing to give it away. Only in this way could the value of this treasure be reflected.
Many years had passed in a flash. Ang Lee felt that he owed Zhao Yefu a lot. In order to make up for this debt, it was very appropriate for Ang Lee to give a priceless treasure to Zhao Yefu.
Now that he was getting closer and closer to Dongnu Province, Ang Lee's mood became more and more excited. It would not be long before he could see Zhao Yefu. After not seeing her for so many years, he did not know if she was still so young and beautiful. Maybe she was a little older! Or maybe she was still young. As for the truth, he could only know when he met her.
More than a dozen guards quickly found enough dry branches, and Da Xi 'er had already cleaned the six black carps that weighed half a catty.
Ang Lee carried the fire starter with him. He could light a bonfire in a moment. However, he did not carry the cooking utensils with him, so he could only make a simple barbecue fish.
Ang Lee got two clean branches and skewered three black carps. Then, he and Da Xi 'er each had one. They sat by the bonfire to roast the fish. They chatted while roasting the fish.
"I forgot to bring the cooking utensils, so I have to roast them directly. Fortunately, I brought some salt to get rid of the fishy smell."
As Ang Lee spoke, he took out the salt from his arms and sprinkled it on the six fish.
The taste of the fish was very delicious, but the biggest flaw of the fish was that it had a fishy smell. Salt was a seasoning to get rid of the fishy smell. When roasting the fish, sprinkling some salt on the fish could effectively improve the taste of the fish and make the fish more delicious. As long as there was salt, the fishy smell of the fish could basically be eliminated. If some ingredients such as chili and coriander were added, the taste would be even better. It was a pity that he did not bring so many ingredients with him when he came out, so he could only make do with some salt.
"Try it! The taste is quite good. "
After roasting for a while, the surface of the black carps had turned brown. The unique fragrance of the fish spread out, which proved that the fish had been roasted and could be eaten.
"Of course the taste is good. The black carps in our mountain drink the mountain spring water every day. The quality is naturally not comparable to the black carps in the ordinary ditches. The black carps here are the best."
Da Xi 'er said proudly.
"Yes, yes, yes. The black carps here are the best. Eat more."
Ang Lee said with a smile.
Black carp was a very common fish. It didn't taste very good, but no matter what kind of fish it was, the taste would be slightly different in different environments. The better the environment it grew in, the better the variety of fish meat would naturally be.
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