The wealth of sand silkworms caught in the mud

The highlight of the program: a bug that lives on the seashore of Paozhou Island. It is a rare delicacy for the local people. However, he learned unexpectedly from the population outside the island that there was an unexpected business opportunity on this bug, but he did not expect that artificial breeding was not so easy. Look at Huang Zhihong on Paozhou Island in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, how to rely on sand silkworms to lead the villagers on the island to get rich together.

This is Paozhou Island, which is located in the east of Leizhou Bay. It is about 40 kilometers away from Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province. It faces the sea on all sides. Vehicles can only take ferries to and from Zhanjiang City.

As soon as the reporter arrived, Huang Zhihong couldn't wait to take us to the seaside to dig for a kind of bug. He said that if the tide came in a little later, we wouldn't be able to dig it.

Interviewer: hidden under this big rock, isn't it?

Huang Zhihong: this kind of rock.

Interviewer: what kind? This one?

Huang Zhihong: this one, yes.

Reporter: can this (inside the stone) be dug up?

Huang Zhihong: yes, just break it (stone) with that spade.

Huang Zhihong said that finding this kind of bug depends on luck. I don't know if we are lucky today.

Huang Zhihong: try digging.

Interviewer: here?

Huang Zhihong: see if you can find it.

After turning over a few times, Huang Zhihong found that there was nothing under the stone. Huang Zhihong proposed to take the reporter to a place closer to the sea.

Huang Zhihong: let's see if we can find it here.

Reporter: why are there so many holes in this stone?

Interviewer: yes.

Huang Zhihong: it is a rock after the eruption of a volcano.

Interviewer: there's nothing here. I don't even see it.

Huang Zhihong: it's not here. It's hard to say. It's here. Here's one.

Interviewer: there is no one. I don't see it.

Huang Zhihong: here, it ran in.

Interviewer: is it in the hole?

Huang Zhihong: yes, pick it out.

Interviewer: like this?

Huang Zhihong: the rip will be broken.

Interviewer: I dare not move.

Huang Zhihong: get your head out first. It's also to grab its head.

Reporter: grab the head, the other end is in, how to catch this?

Huang Zhihong: nothing.

Interviewer: you can't talk like that, can you?

Huang Zhihong: this will break.

Interviewer: it will be broken.

Huang Zhihong: open it a little bit like this, you see, so it will come out.

Reporter: this is its head, you get it out, I dare not move, will this bite?

Huang Zhihong: how can such a small one bite?

Although I saw the bug, I took it out and broke the mud and stone very carefully.

Interviewer: I'm in. If you run in, won't you hammer it to death?

Huang Zhihong: there is another part of it crawling in the hole.

Interviewer: this is hard to catch.

Huang Zhihong: yes, it grows in the rock and is not easy to grasp.

Interviewer: here we go, here we go.

Huang Zhihong: here it comes.

This is the kind of bug Huang Zhihong is looking for.

Interviewer: it's so thin and red. That's what you're talking about. What's your name?

Huang Zhihong: it is also a sand silkworm.

Reporter: Bombyx mori?

Huang Zhihong: it grows in the rock.

Interviewer: this is very fine.

Huang Zhihong: yes, it grows in the rock. I can't help it.

Interviewer: it shrinks when you touch it. It has a lot of feet. Can you see it? A lot of feet. Here, see? Can you see it? A lot of feet, very like a centipede.

Huang Zhihong: sea centipede, it also has a name sea centipede.

Huang Zhihong told reporters that despite the fact that the bug is covered with feet and makes people look a little scared, it is a good delicacy in the eyes of some villagers on the island.

The reporter saw an uncle in the village. he was about to cook sand silkworms to eat, but as soon as he put it into the pot, he startled the reporter.

Interviewer: why is this soup green?

Uncle: it's green.

Reporter: is the soup green?

Uncle: it's green. This soup is cool and good for the eyes.

Soon, the uncle came out with the cooked sand silkworms, because of this plate of sand silkworms, several people in the house were attracted out.

Interviewer: you are eating so well.

Villager: it smells good.

Villager: the food itself is delicious.

With that, the uncle began to persuade the reporter to eat a little, and the reporter decided to pull a small piece and taste it.

Interviewer: why does this go on and on?

Villager: yes, it is a little tough, a little tough and tasteless. Isn't it delicious? You feel good, don't you? You feel like you're scared.

Interviewer: it tastes like a snail.

Villager: yes. Much better than a snail.

Reporter: no, I still can't eat too much. I see you've been eating one by one.

Villager: it looks scared, but in my heart (scared), I don't seem to dare to eat it, but it tastes good.

Originally, this bug was only a rare delicacy for the villagers, but it made Huang Zhihong's wealth. Five years ago, he learned outside the island that the silkworm had an unexpected value that could be sold to Japan and even Europe. Huang Zhihong also had wealth that fishermen on the island could not believe.

This 14 mu breeding base is Huang Zhihong's sand silkworm farm, and the reporter finally saw the sand silkworm he raised here.

Huang Zhihong: look at this big bug. This is more than 100 (per jin) we raise now.

Interviewer: it's really big. How long is this?

Huang Zhihong: about 20 centimeters.

Interviewer: I dare not touch it.

Huang Zhihong: 20 centimeters, can you measure it, more than 20 centimeters?

Interviewer: it's longer than my hand.