Chapter 39: Peel the shrimp

The beach was quiet, and Sun You seemed to not know Shen Shi, staring in amazement at Shen Shi, who looked indifferent and held a sharp blade in hand, while Hou Sheng and the other three teenagers were staring blankly at this time, even standing aside. The red clam girl starfish also looked at Shen Shi, who was splashed with shrimp blood, with a trace of surprise.
Perhaps it is because the body structure of the ghost face shrimp is different from domestic livestock such as pigs and sheep. Although the sinking of the stone shocked his companions, the effect was not as clean as the previous red clam man sea urchin. This ghost face shrimp Under this knife, he didn't even die. Although he was dying, his hands and feet were still fluttering.
Shen Shi frowned. After hesitating for a while, he swung his knife again and finally killed the blue sea prawn this time. Then, under the eyes of everyone, he silently inserted the thin and sharp blade into the gap in the hard shell of the ghost face shrimp's abdomen, as the sea urchin demonstrated before, and began to peel it.
When the sea urchin kills the ghost noodle shrimp, it then peels off the shell and takes the meat. All the actions are done at one go, fast and smooth, but when it reaches the sinking stone, it suddenly becomes stumbling. The knife is inserted into the shrimp shell and moved slightly, and the hard shrimp shell is caught Live, Shen Shi discovered that the seam of the shrimp was not a straight line, but was inconspicuous and had many twists and turns. You must master the knife to constantly change direction when peeling the shell, so that you can find the space to peel the shrimp shell.
The sharp blade began a long and difficult struggle with the hard shrimp shell. The blue blood continuously flowed from the wound and covered the ground around where he was standing. In addition, his body was covered. Stained with blood, it looked like a monster bathed in weird blue, exuding a thick and murderous aura.
The faces of the teenagers who were watching slowly changed. Two of them suddenly turned around and left. Only Sun You and the little fat man Hou Sheng remained in place. It's just that after the blade in Chen Shi's hand continued to make a toothy and even creepy clicking sound after it was rubbing against the hard shell, looking at the horrible sight in the pool of blood, even for the two of them, it was a little overwhelming for a while. .
The corners of Hou Sheng's mouth twitched twice, and he mumbled a few words in a low voice, as if he was saying something like "Count you cruel", and finally turned and left. It seemed that he still couldn't accept the weird mission in Red Clam Village. As for Sun You, who grew up in a wealthy family, he has naturally never seen such a scene before today. He has been able to persist until now. To be honest, even he himself admires himself somewhat.
However, looking at the ghost-faced shrimp with half of the shrimp shells on the ground and the large pool of blue blood, Sun You still asked himself if he really couldn't stand the scene. After a strong smile, he walked to Shen Shi. With a dry smile, he said, "Shen Shi, you, you are amazing... I still can't do this, so I will go back first." As he reached out, he seemed to want to pat Shen Shi's shoulder to encourage him, but looked at Shen Shi's body. Lan Youyou's blood exuded a thick air, the palm of his hand suddenly froze in the air, and he couldn't take a picture for a while.
Shen Shi raised his head, glanced at him, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, nodded to Sun You, and said, "You go back first."
Sun You took a deep breath, but what he inhaled was all strong blood, and he almost vomited out, his face was also pale, he hurriedly said hello to Chen Shi and turned around and ran away, seemingly wishing to leave this red The farther Bengcun is, the better.
The sea breeze is blowing, the water is clear, the sound of the rushing waves is not far away, the sky is high and the sea is wide, as if you are in a paradise, except for the sinking stone.
All the human youths finally left, except for him.
He looked at the blue blood on his body, and then at the ghost-faced shrimp on the ground that was difficult to peel off the ordinary shrimp shell, and then squatted down again in silence. The blade began to struggle again in the thin and hard shell. I opened the cyan shrimp shell little by little, and the blue blood also kept flowing with the blade.
I don’t know how much time has passed, Shen Shi’s forehead was already sweating, and finally he completely cut open the seemingly simple but actually winding, hard and twisty shrimp seam that was beyond imagination. The white tender shrimp meat.
He threw down the knife, reached out and grabbed the shrimp meat, pulling it hard like the sea urchin before, and finally completed the last step and took out the shrimp meat of the ghost face shrimp.
The sea breeze blew, and several clear calls of seabirds flying in the wind came from a distance.
Suddenly there was a sea bowl next to him. Shen Shi turned his head and saw that it was a big bowl that the beautiful red clam girl starfish had taken out from nowhere, holding it gently beside him. On the ground, he said: "Just put the shrimp here."
After Shen Shi took a close look, Haixing seemed a little uncomfortable, and subconsciously stepped back two steps, looking at her cheeks with a faint blush. But at the moment there is only Shen Shi as a young man, and Starfish still looks a lot more courageous than before. He secretly raised his eyes and looked at him again, and couldn't help but say, "Your method of peeling shrimp is a bit slow. You can kill less than a hundred in a day."
Shen Shi threw the tender white shrimp into the large sea bowl, smiled at the starfish, and said, "Well, I'm not proficient in this at first, so I can't get up soon, uh..." He suddenly stopped. Looking at the expression a little nervous, he frowned and asked Starfish: "I can't kill the count today, can I make it up tomorrow? Or does the village have to kill a hundred ghost noodle shrimps in one day?"
Haixing immediately shook his head and said, "No, no matter how long you spend, even if it is three days, five days, ten days and a half month, as long as the number handed to me is enough for one hundred, I will replace you with a spiritual crystal. ."
Shen Shi heaved a sigh of relief, nodded, and said, "That's good, I'll try again."
Talking to stand up straight, stretched his waist, after moving for a while, leaned over to the shrimp cage and caught a lively ghost-faced shrimp. Haixing had been watching this human youth for a long time, and then said a few words to each other, and gradually became more courageous and no longer as shy as before. It's just that she still seems to be very disgusted with the ghost face shrimp. When Shen Shi started preparing to kill the shrimp, she hurriedly backed up a few steps, but she didn't run as far away as before. Instead, she squatted. On the beach far away, random patterns were drawn on the beach with his hands.
"Puff!" With a muffled sound, the sharp blade once again pierced the vital neck of the ghost face shrimp, and the blue blood was sprayed out again.
Haixing turned his head and glanced at Shen Shi, only to see that the human youth was once again splashed with blue blood, and he looked even more dirty and bloody. It's just that she didn't seem to be afraid of this somewhat scene, at best she seemed to be very annoying to those blue blood, but the expression in her eyes looking at Shen Shi from time to time was a little more curious.
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Practice makes perfect, dripping through rocks.
After doing a lot of things, he will always find some tricks, and gradually start to be comfortable, just like when he was very young, he began to draw those difficult and complicated runes.
The blue shrimp blood splashed and fell on the beach, was rolled up and washed by the clear water, as if born in the sea and finally returned to the sea, completing a life cycle. In this, the knife rose and fell, and the bright light of the knife waved up and down on the beach.
Every ghost-faced shrimp, Shenshi has been killed very hard, and every time he peeled the shell, the small, hard and secretly twisted shrimp cracks made him suffer. But I don't know why, under the blue sky and white clouds, in the sea breeze, he never meant to give up.
When he killed the second ghost face shrimp, his clothes were completely drenched, but he didn't know if it was caused by sweat or splashed with blue shrimp blood. That is to say, when slaughtering this ghost-face shrimp, Shen Shi seemed to have finally pinpointed a certain key point on the ghost-face shrimp's neck. With one cut, the ghost-face shrimp was killed, no more struggle, and finally no need to spend a second knife.
When the third ghost face shrimp was killed, Shenshi seemed to move faster when peeling the shell with the blade inserted into the crack of the shrimp. At least in the first few places, he seemed to know the bends of the shrimp shell. The local wrist turned slightly, and the blade moved naturally and passed.
By the time the fourth ghost-faced shrimp was killed, Shen Shi seemed to know some of the slight turning points at the forefront of the shrimp seam, and the sliding speed of the blade gradually had a smooth taste.
By the time he grabbed the fifth ghost face shrimp, Shen Shi was already breathing heavily and looked tired. After gritting his teeth, he finally solved the ghost-faced shrimp, and finally pulled out the white and tender shrimp meat and threw it into the sea bowl, then stood up and said to the starfish:
"Kill here today, I will come back tomorrow."
The starfish, who had been squatting not far away, blinked, looked up at the sky, hesitated for a moment, and said, "It's not too late, you see the sun hasn't set yet."
Shen Shi smiled, turned his already aching neck, waved his aching arm, and said: "It's almost done, don't rush at this moment, otherwise it will cost too much today, maybe you won't be able to kill it. A few."
Starfish looked at him with a little more curiosity in his eyes, and said, "This is the first time I have heard of you."
Shen Shi smiled and said: "My father told me a truth before, saying that people have to do one thing well or learn the same skill, it is useless to be anxious for a while, the most important thing is to calm down. Persevering for a long time is fundamental."
Starfish made a "huh", frowned slightly, and the red clam shell next to her swayed twice, seeming to think of these words Shen Shi said in her heart, but she didn't seem to be very clear.
Shen Shi picked up the sea bowl on the ground, walked up to her, handed it to her, and said, "I will come again tomorrow with five shrimps today. I think it should be more than today."
Haixing took the big bowl of ghost face shrimp and shrimp meat, and immediately jumped back a few steps like a frightened little rabbit, covering his nose with his hand. Shen Shi glanced at himself, laughed, and said, "You Red Clam people seem to hate this kind of shrimp blood."
The starfish waved his hand and walked two steps away from Shen Shi. At this time, his complexion improved, and he said, "Yes. By the way, this kind of blue blood is best cleaned in sea water. It is easy to clean, if you go back. If you wash it with spring water or fresh water on the island, it will stain your clothes and you won’t be able to wash it off for a few months.
Shen Shi was startled for a moment, and said, "There is still such a thing." He lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then smiled and said:
"Then... Girl Starfish, would you please turn your head?"
Starfish tilted her head and said, "What are you doing?"
Shen Shi didn't know what to say for a while, and said, "I want to wash in the sea."
Starfish waved his hand and said, "Then you go and wash it."
Shen Shi glanced at her, after a while, nodded, then reached out and unbuttoned the placket and began to undress.