Chapter 11: Fishing (3)
Luo Zhentang was served by his granddaughter and sat at the table after washing his face, and saw a large plate of sauerkraut fish on the table, golden corn tortillas, and a good wild vegetable soup, and felt very relieved, his granddaughter was so sensible, what else did he ask for. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info smiled and said to Luo Qingyan: "This fish is edible, and it is fishy, no matter which food is not enough now, as long as it can be eaten, no matter what, it will attract attention." Look at it, tomorrow there will be adults who let their children go fishing like you, and there will be no shortage of people. ”
Luo Qingyan said in disbelief: "No, isn't it?, fishing is so easy, can those children sit still?"
Luo Zhentang sighed, "It's all because I can't eat enough, now that the winter has passed, even if I save more food, more than half of the food of the family has gone, especially those who have more children and less labor, and the food is less every year, and there are many mouths for food at home, can the grain be eaten? Otherwise, there would not be so many people going up the mountain to dig wild vegetables every day, and there would be no food to eat wild vegetables. The villagers come here like this almost every year. Qing'er, tomorrow if other children ask you how to fish, you can teach them, it's not easy to find something to eat! The past two years have been better, although we didn't starve to death here in the first two years, but we were also afraid of starvation, and when we saw food, we would play with their lives. That is, the river is a bit deep, otherwise the fish will not be able to keep it at all. ”
Luo Qingyan didn't understand a little, "Grandpa, why don't you fence the river and raise fish, and then the fish will grow up and give it to everyone." ”
"Silly boy, this river is living water, and every year the spring water and snow water from the mountains are collected in this river, and then flow downstream into the big river, which cannot be blocked. Besides, the country's policy does not allow it, I don't see that chickens, ducks, and pigs are all raised in a specified quantity, and it is not okay to raise too much. You fishing is all child's behavior, and the village turns a blind eye. If you are an adult, if you catch too many fish, you have to hand them over to the state, and they are all the property of the state. If you swallow it alone, you will dig a corner of socialism, and that will be a political problem. So pay more attention to this in the future. ”
After Luo Qingyan heard it, he didn't expect that there were so many sayings in it.
Luo Qingyan then understood, "Grandpa, don't worry, I definitely won't hide it privately, but you also know that the most important thing in fishing is to calm down, can those children calm down? Don't blame me if you can't catch it when the time comes." ”
Luo Zhentang thought about it, but there was no way, so let's let it be. comforted her granddaughter, "Okay, don't worry, let's do our best, let's eat quickly, it's cold for a while." I have to taste my granddaughter's cooking, well, yes, grandpa will be blessed in the future, Qing'er will learn to cook, and grandpa will be liberated. Grandpa really didn't have any talent for cooking, he could only cook it, and he couldn't talk about delicious food. For the sake of the two of us, I will leave the cooking to you in the future. ”
"Grandpa, don't I also learn from watching you cook every day, some of them have also consulted the aunt of the Liu family, I have a talent in this area, of course cooking is more delicious. In the future, all the cooking work at home will belong to me, so you can wait to enjoy the blessings. Luo Qingyan patted his chest and said.
The two happily ate a dinner that was quite sumptuous compared to this era. I rested early in the evening, and this day, I was too tired.
At night, Luo Qingyan entered the space and looked at the fish in the river in a daze, the river with many fish in the space was full, and it would be great if so many fish could be taken out for everyone to eat. Suddenly, Luo Qingyan patted his head, yes, I secretly put the fish in the space into the river outside, isn't there a greater chance of catching fish if there are more fish? Besides, the fish in the space are relatively stupid, and they must be easy to catch. After thinking of a way, Luo Qingyan went to sleep easily.
After breakfast the next morning, Luo Qingyan and Liu Liying went to dig wild vegetables and look for bait. Then go home at noon and cook.
In the afternoon, after Luo Zhentang went to work and left, Liu Liying brought her brother Liu Changjun over, followed by three boys. Liu Changjun is the eldest grandson of Luo Zhentang's comrade-in-arms Liu Shunkui, 11 years old this year, in the fourth grade of primary school. And one of the three boys is Liu Liying's second brother Liu Changxi, who is 9 years old this year and is in the third grade of primary school. The other two are the children of Liu Liying's second uncle, the eldest is called Liu Changsong, who is 10 years old this year and is also in the fourth grade, and the younger is called Liu Changchun, who is 8 years old this year and is in the second grade. It's all fun-loving age.,Yesterday dinner was called by the uncle's mother's family to eat fish.,Knowing that the lobby brother was going to fish today.,So I followed.。
Luo Qingyan saw that these boys were holding a fishing rod and carrying a bench bucket, it was really like that. Then he said to everyone: "It seems that you are all ready, and when the time comes, listen to my command, make sure you catch a fish, go, let's go." ”
Liu Changjun took the lead in expressing his position, "Xiao Yan, don't worry, we will definitely listen to you, as long as we can catch a fish." Liu Changxi, Liu Changsong, and Liu Changchun all hurriedly nodded in agreement.
The six people came to the river with their things, and sure enough, as Grandpa said, there were already several 10-year-old and half-year-olds fishing in the river, but these few were in a hurry, and raised the fishing rod from time to time to see if there were any fish. Luo Qingyan smiled when he saw it, just such a fishing method, don't think about catching fish until it's dark.
When these boys saw Liu Changjun and they were also coming to fish, they all threw down their fishing rods and ran over, and one of them, a boy with a tiger's head and a tiger's brain, said to Liu Changjun: "Changjun, you are also coming to fish? We have been here for a long time, and we have not caught any of them." ”
Luo Qingyan sneered when she heard this, everyone looked at her, Luo Qingyan smiled and said, "Are you fishing? After a while, when you lifted the fishing rod, some fish were also scared away by you." ”
Huzi scratched his head embarrassedly, "We don't know how to fish, I heard my mother say that you caught a lot of fish yesterday, can you teach us?"
Huzi is also surnamed Liu, and his name Liu Changhai is Liu Liying's family, there are several younger brothers and sisters in the family, and the typical labor is less, and there are many mouths to eat, and there is not enough food to eat. His mother saw that Luo Qingyan caught a fish yesterday, so she wanted her eldest son to try it too, there was really not much to eat at home, and she could catch one by one. Several other children also came because their parents thought the same thing. They don't want to know if the fish are so easy to catch. So these few came for a long time, and they didn't catch a single fish.
Luo Qingyan listened to his grandfather's words yesterday and decided to secretly put the fish in the space into the river outside to help the villagers here. And if only you catch a few fish, but others can't, it will be too conspicuous and it will be very troublesome. Thinking of this, he agreed, "Okay." I'll teach you how to fish. First of all, fishing must have good bait, such as earthworms, and then you must be quiet when fishing, the hook can not move, only in this way can the fish bite the hook after a long time, and then lift the rod when you see the fish drifting up and down. Also, don't sit too close, keep a distance. Don't shout when you catch a fish, be careful to scare the fish away. I'll give you some bait first, and I'll prepare it myself next time. Alright, you guys try as I say. ”
Everyone listened to Luo Qingyan's instructions, and then stared at the fish drift quietly.
Luo Qingyan deliberately sat on the very edge of the upstream, a certain distance from the others. Seeing that everyone was watching the fish float, he secretly released some fish out under the cover of the reeds by the river. She didn't dare to put it more, she had to see the effect first.
As soon as I finished releasing the fish for a while, I heard someone cheering quietly and suddenly fell silent, probably catching a fish. Everyone whispered to each other, and several people had caught fish, all of them grinning and smirking quietly. In this way, everyone harvested a lot in the afternoon, most of them were crucian carp, some big and some small. Luo Qingyan deliberately put a little bit of the size, otherwise what if the fish caught by everyone were the same big and aroused the suspicion of those who cared.
When it was time to make dinner, everyone reluctantly carried the fish bucket home, chattering non-stop halfway, and they were very grateful to Luo Qingyan for teaching them how to fish. These half-grown sons are almost headed by Liu Changjun, after all, Liu Changjun is the eldest grandson of the captain, and there are three younger brothers, and the brothers are more grouped, so Liu Changjun is the eldest among the children of the same age in the village, and the children listen to him. Everyone thanked Luo Qingyan when they saw Liu Changjun, and they were even more grateful, and they all said that Luo Qingyan would have something useful to speak in the future.
The news that Luo Qingyan took everyone to catch a lot of fish spread like a gust of wind, and now the adults in the village were thoughtful, and told their children to make friends with Luo Qingyan so that they could learn to fish with Luo Qingyan. In everyone's opinion, it is not that no one has fished before, it is not easy to fish at all, how to catch a lot of fish with the children of Luo Qingyan, there must be a secret.
In this way, a wind was formed in the village, and more and more children joined Luo Qingyan's fishing team and learned how to fish from Luo Qingyan. Luo Qingyan doesn't hide his selfishness, everyone comes to teach, this team is also faintly headed by Luo Qingyan, even Liu Changjun admires Luo Qingyan's fishing level, because everyone sees the same method of fishing, but no one has Luo Qingyan fishing much.
But this is very bitter Luo Qingyan, she has to find a way to release the fish into the river, and she doesn't dare to release it too early, this river is living water, what if the fish are released too early and run away to other places? Later, Luo Qingyan came up with a way, stipulating that everyone go directly to the river at 2 o'clock in the afternoon to gather, Luo Qingyan designated a fishing place for them, and if they did not listen to the command, they would be eliminated from the team. In this way, Luo Qingyan came a little early every day and released the fish in advance. In fact, there were others who fished in the morning, and the effect was very bad, so everyone listened to Luo Qingyan's command.
During the whole farming period, the adults of Qingyan Village were busy farming, and the children were busy fishing. At the end of the farming season, Luo Qingyan gradually reduced the number of fish released, after all, this fish could not be infinitely available, otherwise it would be suspicious. As a result, the children gradually catch fewer fish per day. By the end of the farming season, there were almost no fish, and the children ended their daily fishing activities. Liu Changjun: They also started school. Luo Qingyan also began to study with Liu Liying every day.