In the dark night, Gu Chen finally found the so-called "Hanyin Temple" at a mountainside location.

What is surprising is that the scale of Hanyin Temple is ridiculously small.

Although the appearance was no different from other temples, it was the first time Gu Chen had encountered such a small-scale temple.

While passing by the Hanyin Temple, Gu Chen deliberately slowed down the car.

And Yuan Shasha sensibly lowered the window of the car and used her mobile phone to take pictures of the Hanyin Temple on the side of the road.

Everyone did not stay too much on the periphery of Hanyin Temple, and continued to drive in the direction of Hongshan Reservoir.

"It stands to reason that this site must have not had this building before, and it has only been built for more than a year, and it has developed so rapidly?" Officer Wang sat in the car thoughtfully, feeling that the speed of development in this place was really incomprehensible.

Especially aunts like Liu Qiuxiang and Wang Xiuqin, who live in the city, even come here every Saturday to participate in the release, which shows that this Nebula monk still has some ability.

Gu Chen said indifferently: "Senior Brother Wang, don't forget, we are here to fish in Hongshan Reservoir tonight." ”

"Huh?" Officer Wang was stunned for a moment, glanced at Nie Xiaoyu beside him, and then said, "Yes, yes, yes, I'm here to fish tonight, fishing." ”

Nie Xiaoyu: ???

I just feel that these people are weird, just catching a fish, is it necessary to be so nervous?

Everyone followed the navigation and soon came to the Hongshan Reservoir.

The reservoir is smaller than expected, and the total amount of water in the reservoir is not very high due to the recent hot and dry weather and the lack of rainfall.

Gu Chen parked the car on the reservoir dam, then got out of the car, ready to take out the fishing tools from the trunk.

At this time, Gu Chen found that there was a merit monument standing next to the reservoir, and the full name on it was "Hanyin Release Reservoir".

The merit monument was erected half a year ago, and it was engraved with the names of many people who released merit, Gu Chen shone it with a flashlight, and roughly checked it.

The names of more than 150 people are engraved on the merit monument, and the names of Liu Qiuxiang and Wang Xiuqin are also among them.

Not only that, but there are also many empty seats reserved on the merit monument, which are estimated to be left for those who come after them.

As far as the eye can see, a small reservoir that is unremarkable has become a release pond in the eyes of everyone.

It is conceivable that every Saturday is held to release more than 1,000 organisms into the reservoir each time, and for many years, the creatures in the Hongshan Reservoir will not enter a saturated state.

It feels like it's time for these people to pay the IQ tax.

Gu Chen sighed, and then took the fishing rod and walked towards the steps of the reservoir.

Everyone finds a suitable spot and begins to prepare the bait.

But at this moment, a middle-aged bearded man and another tall and thin old man suddenly found a car parked on the dam.

The two picked up sticks and flashlights and walked over menacingly.

"Hey, what do you guys do?"

"You can't fish here, don't you know?"

Gu Chen turned his head to look, and said in his heart that he was worried that he couldn't find anyone to understand the situation, but he didn't expect someone to take the initiative to send it to the door.

So Gu Chen handed the fishing rod to Nie Xiaoyu, and he stood up, smiled at the two people on the dam and said, "Who owns this reservoir?"

"Who's from it? This reservoir is a release pond, and you can't fish. The tall and thin old man walked down step by step, and the flashlight in his hand shone at Gu Chen.

Gu Chen blocked the light with one hand, and then said, "But I remember that you can fish here before, is the reservoir contracted?"

"Of course. The bearded man walked up to Gu Chen, only to find that except for Officer Wang, they were all a group of young people.

So he said politely: "This place has been contracted out by private individuals, and fishing business is not accepted." ”

"Who contracted it? I fished here the year before last. Officer Wang stepped forward directly and couldn't help but say.

Seeing that the two of them were more difficult, Nie Xiaoyu took the initiative to stand up and said, "Oh, don't you just catch a fish?" ”

Seeing the two of them looking at each other, Nie Xiaoyu said again: "How much is a pound of fish in your reservoir, I will give it to you according to the market price." ”

"And my dad runs a canteen, and the demand is very high, if you give a wholesale price here, then you can also consider long-term supply, but it's far away, and I don't know if you have a door-to-door delivery business?"

The two were also stunned for a moment, and the tall and thin old man stepped forward and asked, "Are you really here to fish?"

"Huh. Lu Weiwei smiled when she heard this, and directly took out the fishing net in her hand: "We don't fish, what are we bringing these things here for?" I just heard that there are many fish in this Hongshan Reservoir, and the meat is delicious, and it is good for fishing, so we came here." ”

When the bearded man heard this, his mouth was also broken: "I don't know which bastard leaked it? ”

"I don't think it's anything anyway, it's a big deal to collect some money and let them catch well, let's not take it as an example. The tall and thin old man seemed to value money, and walked up directly to negotiate with Gu Chen: "It's okay for you to fish here, so how much do you pay?"

"Fishing is just a fun, I'll pay for the money, it's a big deal to calculate the catties at twice the market price, what do you think?" Gu Chen said.

At a glance, Gu Chen looked like a fishing veteran, and the tall and thin old man wanted to make money, but he was a little hesitant.

Gu Chen saw that twice was not enough to whet the appetite of these people, so he said: "If twice is not good, it will be tripled, as long as the fish here is delicious, and it is not unbelievable that it is three times higher than the market price, we are not short of money." ”

"Yes, not bad money. Yuan Shasha also said.

"Well, on my side, there are some aquatic products that have been caught from the reservoir, such as fish, turtles, and loaches. ”

"If you want to buy it, I can sell it to you cheaply, what do you think?"

The tall and thin old man also gave his own thoughts, as if he wanted to make a small amount of money from these people, but he didn't want these people to stay here too much, so he gave a compromise plan.

When Gu Chen heard that there was a play, he pretended to agree: "Then we have to see what it looks like? If it's good, we can buy some back." ”

Glancing at Nie Xiaoyu, Gu Chen said again: "Xiaoyu." ”

"Huh?" Nie Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked Gu Chen, "Brother Gu Chen, what's the matter?"

"Buy some loaches and go back, Master Nie should want them, right?" Gu Chen asked.

Nie Xiaoyu smiled and said: "As long as it's food, there's nothing you don't want, you have it, he can do it." ”

"Alright, let's ...... Go and see?" Gu Chen looked at the tall and thin old man.

The tall and thin old man nodded, and then glanced at his chin with a smile on his face, and let the bearded man lead the way.

The two of them walked in the front row, while everyone followed in the back row, walking together along the reservoir dam.

After walking for about ten minutes, everyone found that under the slope of the reservoir, there was a small house made of red bricks.

The house is not big or small, about 40 square meters.

Gu Chen felt that it should be the room where these two people were on duty.

The tall and thin old man and the bearded man are mysterious, and the two have been thinking about each other all the time, and there seems to be some small differences, but the problem is not big.

When he came to the door, the tall and thin old man asked the bearded man to open the door first, and then the tall and thin old man came to Gu Chen, and then said: "We have some aquatic products here, we can sell them to you cheaply, but you don't want to stay here for too long." ”

"Why?" Gu Chen pretended not to know, and after looking around for a week, he suddenly asked him with a smile: "Could it be that there are still tigers here?"

"Not really. The tall and thin old man waved his hand, and then said: "Because around the early hours of the morning, people will come to pull goods to the market, and these are aquatic products that people have ordered." ”

"I also see that you like fishing, so I'll sell you some, don't let these people find out, otherwise we will be deducted." ”

"Huh. Hearing the tall and thin old man's words, Lu Weiwei smiled curiously: "Isn't this reservoir contracted by you? Sell us some aquatic products, and you are still afraid that the person who pulls the goods will blame? Aren't you the boss?"

Of course, Lu Weiwei knew that these two people were not the bosses, but she deliberately said this so that these two people would not admit themselves.

Sure enough, under Lu Weiwei's words, the tall and thin old man said: "We are not bosses, we are just working for people, responsible for salvaging the aquatic products of the reservoir, and then handing them over to the people who sell goods in the market to pull them away." ”

"Mainly, these people are not easy to mess with and have a short temper, and I am also afraid that you will suffer, so it is best for you to leave before the early hours of the morning. ”

glanced at Nie Xiaoyu's tall and thin old man and said: "You like to eat aquatic products, I can't sell some of them to you cheaply, in short, it's better for you to come to this place less." ”

Seeing that the tall and thin old man said it so clearly, Gu Chen naturally knew that there must be something greasy in it, so he pretended to be embarrassed and said:

"But we came all the way from the city to fish here, you can't let us just come and leave, do you? Why don't you let us wander around here, I feel that the scenery and the air here are good, and it's very cool." ”

Gu Chen glanced at Lu Weiwei beside him.

Lu Weiwei immediately understood, so she said: "Yes, such a good place, the air is fresh, do you have to have the fun of fishing when you come here?" ”

Looking at the helpless face of the tall and thin old man, Lu Weiwei continued: "Uncle, you just let us fish here for a while, we will definitely leave before the early morning, oh no, 11 o'clock, before 11 o'clock, right?"

"No, not really. The tall and thin old man seemed to be resolute.

But at this time, the bearded man also walked out and said to the tall and thin old man: "It's all inside, let them come in and pick out what they need." ”

"Good. The tall and thin old man nodded, he glanced at Gu Chen and said, "You guys go in and take a look, the aquatic products here are all very good, and they are all caught from the reservoir, compared to you fishing there, the time is saved for you." ”

Gu Chen didn't bother this time, so he readily agreed: "That's okay, just go in and have a look." ”

Everyone followed behind the bearded man and the tall and thin old man and walked into this hut together.

At this moment, everyone realized that the living room of the cottage was equipped with cooking tools, and on the other side was a double bed with bunk beds.

And in another room, which is the warehouse of the building.

Only then did you realize that there were a lot of buckets inside, and among the buckets were all kinds of fish, loaches and turtles.

Depending on the color of the bucket, there are different types of creatures, and there are many of them, and they are very large and dazzling.

Gu Chen secretly turned on the camera of his mobile phone and took it in his hand intentionally or unintentionally.

And Lu Weiwei also stepped forward to cover and asked weakly: "So many, are they all from the reservoir?"

The tall and thin old man hesitated for a few seconds, and then asked Lu Weiwei: "Where do you all live?"

"Seremban district. Lu Weiwei said.

"Oh, that's a long way off. After learning that these people were from the urban area and far away from Hongshan Town, the tall and thin old man relaxed his vigilance and replied:

"All the species in here are raised in the reservoir, exactly the same as the ones in the reservoir, you can actually buy them here. ”

Seeing that Nie Xiaoyu took the initiative to step forward and began to pick fish like an expert, the bearded man also said lightly:

"Usually our aquatic products here are not sold to the outside world, so it depends on you coming all the way to fish, and you don't know that this reservoir has been contracted, otherwise we won't sell it to you. ”

"Then it seems that we have picked up a big bargain?" Gu Chen said deliberately teasingly.

The bearded man smiled and said: "But isn't it? But only this time, next time you come will not sell it, you want to eat aquatic products, you can go to the market to buy, our aquatic products here are generally set by people, there is no way to wholesale to others on a large scale, one or two to you are all done." ”

"That's right. Officer Wang saw that these aquatic products were going to be taken away, so he also smiled teasingly: "We don't know the situation here very well, and we thought it was a trip for nothing, but fortunately, we met you two good people." ”

"Where, where. The tall and thin old man took out a pack of cigarettes, picked up two of them, handed one to Officer Wang, and one to Gu Chen.

Officer Wang accepted, while Gu Chen refused.

Then the tall and thin old man put the cigarette in his mouth and took out a lighter for Officer Wang and himself to light it.

Gu Chen saw that he was close to success with the tall and thin old man, and he couldn't help but ask him curiously: "Uncle, I was at the other end of the reservoir just now, and I seemed to see a merit card, what words are written on the merit card, 'Hanyin Release Reservoir', and there are many people's signatures, what kind of thing is this?"

"Harm, it's nothing. The tall and thin old man took a breath of the eye, and then swallowed the clouds and said in the mist: "It is the Hanyin Temple below, they regard this as a release pool, and they will organize people to come here every week to release the animals." ”

"Release?" Gu Chen pretended to be stunned, and then said, "I feel that this place still needs to be released? A large number of aquatic products are thrown into the reservoir, isn't it too crowded?"

"Isn't it? There are too many fish, loaches and whatever. The tall and thin old man took a cigarette and said, "This year is popular to release animals." ”

"If you go to the flowers, birds, fish and insect markets around the world, you will find that animals such as wild sparrows, starlings, thrushes, etc., are collectively called 'released birds', and have become new varieties with unique functions. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Lu Weiwei pretended to be shocked and flattered: "That...... That's weird, it's the first time I've heard it. ”

"Haha, when I look at your little girl, I just don't know much. Seeing Lu Weiwei's appearance of a primary school student humbly asking for advice, the tall and thin old man couldn't help but explain:

"This is actually nothing, like every year in August and September, on the surface of the sea in front of Shichahai in the capital, there will be a large number of dead catfish turned white, as little as hundreds of catties, as many as thousands of catties. ”

"Eh, I know, my hometown is in the capital. Lu Weiwei finally found the entry point, and quickly echoed: "When I was a child, I really found that there were always some dead catfish turned white in these places, and I didn't know what was going on, it was a pity to look strange." ”

"So you're from the capital?" The tall and thin old man couldn't help but be stunned, and then said politely: "Isn't that right?" like these catfish, they were actually released at the release and blessing ceremony of the Shichahai Fire Temple. ”

"These catfish, which are originally artificially farmed, are not the 'aborigines' of Shichahai, and they are not adapted to the water environment there at all. ”

"So after being released, they will die very quickly, and I worked there for a long time back then, and I carried catfish for these released people. ”

"So that's the case?" Lu Weiwei looked surprised, and couldn't help but say: "It seems that the mystery of the catfish's death has finally been solved, I said how did I always see this situation back then." ”

"Huh. The tall and thin old man saw that Lu Weiwei was a girl from the capital, and he had also let the catfish over there at the beginning, so he said familiarly:

"Little girl, let me tell you, in fact, this kind of tragedy of 'release' turning into 'release' really happens very often. ”

"For example, a few days after the 7th and 18th days of the lunar calendar every year, hundreds of sparrows will appear in some parks and suburbs in many cities, and you may not see many such cases. ”

"Uh-huh. Lu Weiwei nodded silently, and said with a smile: "This is quite rare." ”

"It's pretty rare, that's right, if there's a release group, then it's not weird. The tall and thin old man smoked a cigarette, and he was also leisurely.

Gu Chen asked him curiously, "What do you say?"

"What do you say?" the old man smiled and shook his head: "Actually, these sparrows are all bought and released, because the sparrows have the characteristics of not eating 'food that comes from the mouth', and the release environment is not suitable for other factors, it is easy to have a large number of released sparrows die." ”

Gu Chen frowned, and continued to ask, "Then isn't such a release detached from the original meaning of release?

"That's the truth. The tall and thin old man threw the cigarette on the ground and crushed it a few times with his toes, and then said: "In fact, this kind of release does not care about the life or death of the animal, and often 'releases' become 'releases'." ”

"Therefore, release is actually a technical work, pay attention to the 'right time and place', and professionals need to study whether the environment is suitable for the survival of the released organisms, and also need to consider the season and climate of the release. ”

Looking at the reservoir in front of him, the tall and thin old man said again: "It's like some artificially bred animals can't survive when they go to the wild." ”

"Wild animals also need to be trained in the wild to re-adapt to the wild, and now many animals are only bought to be released, without paying attention to the life or death of the life they release. ”

"Then this Hongshan Reservoir should be quite suitable for release, right?" Gu Chen interjected and asked.

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