Chapter 272: The Fish Hooks

"Mother, you can rest at home! By the way, take care of the two younger brothers, just leave the things in the field to me, and when the snow stops, I will go out to tidy up the fields, I heard that near Guanzhong, crops can already be planted in winter." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info don't know how. The snow kept falling, and there was no food to be found. Still, you'll have to give it a try. The young Lin Qiaolan, carrying an arrow bag on his back, carrying a long bamboo pole, and a braided hemp rope tied in front of him, was ready to go out.

"Son, if you find enough to eat, come back quickly. The snow is heavy, and my mother will be afraid when she is alone at home. A woman with a decent appearance said while coughing. It's unbearable to see how she struggles to speak.

"Mother, don't worry about the firewood, the fire is a little bigger. Don't get cold anymore. The firewood is gone, so I'll just go and fetch it again. Lin Qiaolan wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and didn't let her mother see them.

His mother was so sick that she couldn't even get out of bed, but he didn't have the money to go to the county town to find a doctor to get medicine. More things, at most, can be exchanged for some food, so that my mother can have some soup porridge to eat. If you only eat meat, you won't get better.

Lin Qiaolan stepped on the snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Because he was used to walking in the snow, he didn't slip, but when he looked at the white expanse, he was worried that he might not be able to get his prey today. Winter is very helpful for prey preservation, and often the prey is caught, and it can be eaten for a while. Unfortunately, it is too difficult to catch prey in winter.

It was also his first winter in charge.

The snow was falling quite heavily, and the food at home was taken away by the husband, saying that the county had to pay taxes, Lin Qiaolan didn't understand, how much tax they had to pay in a year. If he goes out to serve a shift, how will the family live?

The year before last, his father was beaten to death by a group of hooligans because of tax resistance. Because You was born in the largest family in the village, ordinary people did not dare to touch him. I can only swallow my anger.

The case was not reported to the county at all, so the village elders suppressed it.

From that time on, his mother took care of all the things in the family's fields, and soon fell ill.

When the moment his mother fell ill, Lin Qiaolan knew that he had to take on the responsibility of a man.

Although he was only twelve years old.

Fortunately, he has been working in the fields with his father and mother for many years, and he is quite familiar with farming. This year, because of unfamiliarity, although the production was reduced. But it's still a good harvest. Originally, Lin Qiaolan breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that she could live a relatively relaxed life for a year. After all, there is one less person in the family to eat, and the two younger brothers have less to eat. No matter how you calculate, you can have a little leftover.

Unexpectedly, the local Sifu took away all the remaining grain at home on the grounds of taxation. also said that Lin Qiaolan's family owed taxes.

collected it three times a year, and said that they owed taxes, Lin Qiaolan was really unconvinced. The result of disobedience is only mourning. Looking at the eyes they looked at their mother, Lin Qiaolan had a vague bad premonition.

Fortunately, my mother fell ill the next. Avoid the worst of what could happen.

Lin Qiaolan had no choice but to go out fishing and hunting, so that the family would not run out of cooking for a while. The family's land was divided to his grandfather decades ago, and under the painstaking management, the transformation is more fertile, and the things produced are barely enough to live.

Lin Qiaolan knew that they paid more taxes for their husband's family. He went to the county to inquire, and the county magistrate actually only collected taxes twice. More than once than the state regulations. As for the overcharged tax, how to deal with it, Lin Qiaolan doesn't know. The people don't fight with the officials, in fact, Lin Qiaolan knows this truth.

Sifu is also an official, but he is closer to the people. Lin Qiaolan is also more familiar with him because of this. Knowing that the overcharged taxes went to his pocket, he was very unconvinced.

Lin Qiaolan shrank back and walked towards the back mountain, where not only was there a place where he often hunted, but also a small stream, and there were a lot of fish in the stream. It's just that it's so cold, I don't know if the creek is frozen. Thinking that the water in the tank was almost gone, Lin Qiaolan frowned.

When I measure it, there are a lot of things to do in a day.

It snowed for the past two days, and the surface of the stream was frozen.

Lin Qiaolan picked up the stone from the side of the stream and threw it into the stream, and sure enough, the frozen block was smashed all of a sudden, and the hardness of the stream was not enough to step on the ice.

It seems that we can only fish next to the stream, catch some fish, come up, some small fish can just be chopped, make traps, catch some pheasants.

The river is frozen, and the fish in the river are relatively weak, because the stream is relatively shallow and there are no big fish. It is difficult to catch enough fish to eat and sell here.

Of course, the fishing rod can not be without bait, Lin Qiaolan frowned, it is not so easy to catch insects in this kind of weather.

Fortunately, I rummaged in the ground and finally found two earthworms.

Lin Qiaolan set up the fishing rod and started fishing.

On such a cold day, he couldn't have sat there waiting for the fish to hook, it was too cold.

Near the fishing rod, he set up a few simple traps in the grass on the spot. Even if such a trap is placed here, people will step on it, at most they will trip, they will not be injured, and there will be no accidents. But once the pheasant is hooked, it often can't escape.

However, Lin Qiaolan looked at the weather, the traces of the pheasant's activity, it seemed that it was a long time ago, and she didn't know where the pheasant went to escape the winter.

It took longer than the others, finishing all the work, and when he returned to the fishing rod, he suddenly found a girl guarding the fishing rod.

On the way back, the tip of the fishing rod suddenly bent, and when the girl saw this, she stretched out her hand, raised the rod, and threw the fish ashore with a flick, seeing Lin Qiaolan's face confused, this girl's speed is really good. Didn't let the fish slip away. Originally, this fishing rod could not catch such a big fish. Because fishing can't hold the strength of the fish.

When the girl put the fishing rod aside and was about to pick up the fish, she suddenly realized that something was wrong behind her and turned her head to Lin Qiaolan. Needless to say, she spotted the rod owner showing up.

Along the way, the girl's favorite food was fish. The fish of the Han Dynasty is fresher than the fish of later generations.

The fish of later generations always have an inexplicable stench. In addition, there are no fish in the spring pool in the space, so fish is also a rare delicacy for Qian Rujun. She even asked a few people to take special shifts to go fishing, and send the fish back to the restaurant to cook it fresh.

You must know that the fresh fish in the restaurant is caught for no more than an hour. Naturally, it has become a delicacy in Qianjia Restaurant.

Living near the central water tower, Qian Rujun did not have such a good life.

On the way to Jinmai, although the road was not far from the river, there was really no time to fish slowly.