Chapter 400 Why Are Mangroves Called Mangroves?

There are many tree species in the mangroves, but Li Duoyu only knows some of them: Amaranthus sibirica, Kandelia candel, Acanthus agaricus, Anaplasma spp.

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?

Li Duoyu once explained to others that the reason why it is called a mangrove forest has little 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 stained 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 mangrove, was red after being peeled off.

This is also the origin of the name of the mangrove forest.

But no one knew why it turned red, so some folklore emerged.

For example, the mangroves suck 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.

But in the mangroves, what Li Duoyu remembers most 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 the 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 she had some disease, but no one dared to check her at all.

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

When Li Duoyu was in the mangrove, what he hated the most was what he came to. Something that was half-warm and slightly 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 didn't touch it with his hands, but went directly to the nearby sea water and washed his entire head.

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

This insect is so small that you can't even spot it if you don't look carefully, 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 swelling after the bite is no smaller than that of a mosquito.

She wears very little clothes in summer, and within twenty minutes of arriving at the mangrove, Li Duoyu had already been bitten by more than a dozen.

It itches like hell.

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 softer than those outside.

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

And there is a tree called sea mulberry, which will grow a kind of respiratory root that looks like a bamboo shoot nearby. The local people usually call it bamboo shoot.

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

It took more than half an hour for Li Duoyu to arrange ten ground cages on the edge of the mangrove forest, 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."

Shitou was carrying the cage on his back, but he kept clinging to Li Duoyu, asking questions here and there:

"Brother Yu, I just went back and thought about it, and I always feel that the chance is not very good. Shanshan was bullied like that by Xiao Weidong. 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 emotional problems? Teacher Zhou and I have slept on the same bed since we were little. 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?”

Shitou made a grimace.

"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 floor 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 black bugs never bite me."

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

Could it be that he was the only one afraid of the three of them?

And at this time. Zhao Erniu also came to the mangrove forest with a ground trap.

Seeing Zhao Erniu, Shitou immediately put away the topic: "Brother Yu, I'm going to put the ground trap first, and I'll come back to find you later."

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

If this is the case, he will not be able to take over Brother Yu's blue crab seedling business alone.

He had calculated before that if Brother Yu really wanted 100,000 blue crab seedlings, he could catch at least 80,000. In less than two months, he could make 800 yuan just from blue crab seedlings.

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

Seeing Shitou going to place the trap, Zhao Erniu hurried to follow him. He knew that there were several good places with a lot of blue crab seedlings, and he couldn't let him take them.

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

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

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

Li Duoyu found a beehive on a big tree. In Li Duoyu's impression, in order to prevent natural enemies, bees usually build nests in cliffs, cracks in rocks, or piles of earth, and rarely have such open nests.

A large part of the beehive in front of him was exposed, and the lower part was densely packed with bees.

Before Li Duoyu approached, the bees responsible for protection rushed towards him and circled around him, as if they were driving him away.

Li Duoyu had been bitten by midges for more than 20 times, and he didn't want to be stung by bees again.

Li Duoyu is not afraid of being bitten by this thing on his hands and feet, but if his eyelids and lips are bitten, they will swell up like sausages.

Li Duoyu looked at the huge beehive in front of him, and he was reluctant to give it up, 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 swallowing his saliva.

Anyway, he had been bitten by gnats and it was 100% difficult to sleep at night, so he might as well try his best to collect this beehive.

He did it as soon as he said it.

Li Duoyu used the small fish knife he carried with him to cut a small section of the ground trap he had put down earlier. The mesh of this thing was very fine, just right for holding a beehive.

However, Li Duoyu would definitely not dare to use a ground trap. He was not afraid of being stung by a few bees.

But being stung by hundreds or thousands of bees, even a thick-skinned black bear would probably have to run away. Fortunately, Li Duoyu had 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 are not fully burned, a lot of white smoke will come out.

A simple smoker was made in this way. 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. They will enter a state of stress when they encounter smoke. Once they are smoked, they will not attack people much, but mistakenly think that there is a fire nearby. They will first suck honey from the hive and prepare to move and start a new stove.

Li Duoyu climbed up the tree trunk carefully and first used the smoker to smoke the hive directly.

Under the thick smoke.

Some bees were smoked and fell on the muddy beach. After their wings were stained with wet mud, they could no longer fly.

Some larger mudflat jumping fish seemed to be very experienced. When they saw a bee falling, they swallowed it directly.

But there were too many bees that fell, and these jumping fish simply couldn't eat them all.

After the smoke was almost done, Li Duoyu directly put the whole beehive into the ground trap, and then cut it off at the junction of the beehive and the tree trunk with a knife.

At the moment of the cut, amber honey flowed out, and some of it dripped directly on Li Duoyu's hand.

Li Duoyu licked it, and the honey was relatively sweet, with a light floral scent. It tasted much better than those industrial honeys, sweet but not greasy.

Just when Li Duoyu was collecting the beehive, Zhao Erniu, who was putting the ground trap, saw the white smoke not far away, and his face changed instantly.

He ran quickly in the direction of the white smoke.

Maybe because he often moved around in the mangroves, Zhao Erniu could actually run in the mangroves.

But when he rushed to the location of the white smoke, he was stunned because the beehive had been picked up by Li Duoyu.

He had been guarding this beehive 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 soon.

If someone else took his beehive, Zhao Erniu would definitely be anxious, but it was Li Duoyu who took the beehive, and he had no way to deal with it.

Zhao Erniu now regrets very much. He shouldn't have been greedy these days and should have collected the beehive earlier.

Li Duoyu saw Zhao Erniu's constipated expression and guessed that Zhao Erniu probably found this beehive a long time ago.

But if you don't collect things in nature, someone else will naturally collect them. Li Duoyu will not give it to you just because you found it earlier.

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

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

"Okay, then I'll give you the whole beehive, and you just take out the honey for me."

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

For him, honey only made money temporarily, but after settling the queen bee, bees and bee pupae, he could make more money from raising bees. (End of this chapter)