There are four houses in my aunt's house, all of which are made of mud, and the pigsty and the cowsty are covered with thick straw roofs. On the far right, there is the kitchen, and the remaining two rooms are the hall and bedroom.

"Auntie, Brother Yuqing. When he walked to the corner on the left side of the house, Lu Tao saw two people standing in the courtyard and shouted.

"Auntie. Lu Lan also shouted with her brother.

"Ah, here you are. He threw the big broom made of bamboo branches in his hand against the wall, and his aunt immediately greeted him with a smile on her face.

"What are you doing with so many things, Yuqing, Yujiang, hurry up and move the stools for your uncle and them. Stretched out his hand to take the gift that Lu Dayou was holding in his hand, and said to his two sons.

"Uncle, aunt, brother, sister, come and sit here. Yu Jiang, who was holding a long tall bench in his left and right hands, greeted Lu Tao and the others.

"No, no, just rest for a while. Polite words always have to be said, Lu Dayou waved his hand and refused, but he still sat down.

"Are there any guests at home these days?" After taking a seat, there were some greetings and a short chatter among the parents.

"What about his uncle? You didn't see them when they came here today?" the aunt didn't sit down, but picked up the broom again.

"In the back. ”

"Lu Tao, you're about to graduate from college, right? What time is Lu Lan in Xiangshui Middle School now?"

Some usual questions were asked to the two juniors, and Lu Tao and his sister also answered them one by one, and the rest of the time was to sit still.

"Today my old man is fishing at home, if you are bored, you can go and see. The aunt looked a little embarrassed and said to the brother and sister. There is no TV at home, and it is indeed a bit boring for young people to sit still.

"That's right, Lu Tao, Lu Lan, you can go and have a look, it's over there in Tiankan. The personalities of Yuqing and Yujiang are very different, Yuqing talks little, and basically won't take the initiative to speak unless people ask. Yu Jiang is much better, even if the conditions at home are not good, but his mouth still does not fall, and he seems to be more active.

"Okay. Lu Tao nodded, stood up with his sister, and was about to go to watch other people fishing.

"Yujiang, you go too, if there is a suitable one, buy two and come back, let's eat fish at night." ”

Before it developed to the stage where you could eat meat every day, eating fish was also a rarity. You must know that at that time, fish farming in the southwest countryside was not fed with feed, at most, in the summer, some corn stalks that pigs could not eat, or some grass cut back to feed cattle, and then it was left to fend for itself.

"I see. Yu Jiang touched his pocket with a smile, and took Lu Tao and Lu Lan to a distance of about five or six hundred meters, and came to a pond.

On the embankment of the pond, there were many onlookers standing on the embankment, all of them were beaming, staring intently at the people who were fishing in the pond.

"Dad. Yue also stood on top of the embankment and shouted to the middle-aged man wearing long rain boots and standing on a simple raft with his whole body as steady as Mount Tai.

It is said that it is a raft, but it is actually a door panel at home, which is very thick, and it looks a little black and greasy from a distance, and below it is a car tire, which can withstand the weight of a person after being tied with a rope.

"Brother, let's buy one too. It can be said that it is rare to see it once a year, Lu Lan watched it with relish, and saw that in the fishing nets that were pulled up, grass carp, silver carp and carp were jumping around, and pulled Lu Tao's sleeve.

"Okay, you'll pick it yourself in a moment. Lu Tao glanced at his sister with some doting and said with a smile.

"The net is closed, the net is closed. As the raft moved closer to the side, the people on the shore began to shout along, and the crowd gathered towards the net.

"There's a lot of netting. ”

"Look at that one, it's huge. ”

"I said Huang Dajun, how much money are you going to buy, let's talk about the price first, and we can pick it. ”

There were a lot of people, Lu Tao was pulled by his sister and squeezed in, only to see that the entire fishing net was slowly dragged to the shore, and Huang Dajun was cleaning up many dead branches and rotten leaves mixed in the fishing net.

"Four yuan a pound for grass carp, three yuan for silver carp, and five yuan for carp. "My family definitely can't eat so much fish, and the reason why I only fish after the year is because I hope to sell it for some money during the first few years.

"Grass carp costs four yuan? It's too expensive, the town sells bigger than yours, it's only three yuan and five pounds, I bought two years ago." A middle-aged man shouted.

"Four yuan is too expensive, and the price will definitely increase in the past few days of the New Year, but it is better than those who specialize in breeding outside. ”

Some people are bargaining, some people don't care about the few dollars at all, and they don't care if their shoes will get wet in a hurry, and they have already crowded to the front, reaching out to catch fish in the net.

"Dad, I'll buy two, and there's a guest at home. Yu Jiang was also choosing, grabbing a straw that he would skillfully pass through his cheeks, and throw it on the shore to weigh it later.

"Yujiang, I've made a lot of money outside, and I'm willing to buy fish this year. Someone teased.

There are a lot of onlookers, and there are many people who buy fish, but the pond is not big, and there is only such a net, so it is very demanding.

"Keep the small ones, and put them back later, they're all fry. Huang Dajun stomped his feet and rubbed the mud from his shoes on the grass on the shore a few times.

"Mom, weigh me. Yu Jiang carried a well-dressed fish in each hand, and handed it over a little impatiently.

Lu Lan saw that the fish in her cousin's hand looked a little small, and couldn't help but whisper to Lu Tao: "Auntie's family is really picky, and I buy such a small fish when I buy fish, it's still a silver carp." ”

"Big fish is not tasty. "Lu Tao understands the situation in his aunt's house better, and it is very generous to be able to buy two fish to entertain, after all, the two cousins have not yet found a daughter-in-law, and the house at home has not been repaired, and even people who are reluctant to use electricity, buy two at once, how can they say that people are slamming the door.

In the space between the two siblings' talk, the fish had already been weighed.

"Two, a total of five catties and three taels. ”

The cousin paid very happily and said to Lu Tao that he would bring the fish home first, so that they could watch the excitement for a while.

"Brother, there are snails and shells in it, it's so big. Lu Lan looked at the bottom of the fishing net after it was pulled up.

"That's a river mussel, you shouldn't need money, you can get the biggest one if you like, but be careful, don't cut your hands. ”

When fishing for fish, you can catch river mussels, which is very common, but basically no one will eat that thing, most of them are directly used to feed chickens and ducks, Lu Lan is just a fresh, after all, in remote mountainous areas, there is no chance to see the blue sea and shells on the beach in TV.

"There, there's a big one, fast. Near the edge of the net, the water surged, and suddenly the sharp-eyed man shouted.

Huang Dajun was also quick-eyed, took the small net next to him, and scattered it according to the place.

After pulling it up, everyone looked at the big carp with a dark red tail, and the whole fish seemed to be plated with a layer of gold, and they were amazed.

"I'm afraid I've been with this fish for years. ”

"Yes, the carp can grow so big, it is estimated that it is seven or eight catties. ”

There are also carp in the small pond of Lu Tao's house, but they generally grow very slowly, and the fry are put in for a year or two, and the carp can grow to more than a pound at most, but looking at this golden and red carp now, the year will definitely not be small, and I don't know how it escaped every year's fishing.

"Weigh it, and see how many catties there are. ”

Looking at the big carp, Lu Tao remembered an incident on Weibo in his previous life: good luck if you forward the following picture with koi.

Some things, to put it more formally and scientifically, are called superstition, but in fact, they are a kind of sustenance psychology of people, such as seeing a carp that grows so big and is still golden.

"If I buy this carp back, I guess I will have a lot of luck this year. ”

"Dajun, I want this last big carp, five yuan a catty, you settle the account. “

"I guess this fish isn't the price. "The man who wasn't going to buy it started talking.