The large reservoir in Taohua Village is the main source of irrigation for several villages downstream, and it is also a product of the five-year construction period. Because in the deep mountains and valleys, the water depth and steep slopes have basically not been dry since the day it was built. However, the huge reservoir cannot be empty, and it is all under the jurisdiction of the state-run fishing grounds.

There are also no elaborate fish in it. Every spring, a batch of fish fry is put in the spring, and a few nets are pulled in the next year. This situation was until Yang Xiaobei was a child, there was a major drought one year, and the reservoir reached the lowest water level in history, and several big fish caught by people at that time were more than 150 catties, just ordinary silver carp, grass carp and so on. Therefore, it is common to make a fuss about catching a fish of about 100 catties in the news, which is commonplace here.

This year, it's time to release the fry again. Before that, it is necessary to pull a few nets to pull up some of the big fish released last year, otherwise the density of fish in the reservoir is too high, which will affect the ecology. At this time, there are many onlookers at the scene, not to mention the excitement, but also to pick up some small fish and eat them.

"How big of fish do you think you will pull today? Last year's biggest fish was 80 catties!" a villager was talking to the person next to him, of course, these big fish were transported from the fishing farm, and they just wanted to watch the fun.

"It's only a few dozen catties! Those big fish are all fine, and it is impossible for such a big water to hit them. Another villager said. Everyone knows that there are big fish in the reservoir, and when the moon is good at night, they will float up to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon. The old people say that when the fish is big, they are spiritual, how can they be stupid to be caught in fishing nets?

Last year, someone in Han Jiachong also caught a big king eight, a good guy! When it was foraging, it crawled through the seedling field, and it crushed two long seedlings! When it was picked up, it looked like a big face plate, not to mention dozens of catties. At that time, the old people in the village strongly protested and sold it - the thousand-year-old Wang 80,000-year-old turtle, such a big Wang Ba must be at least a few hundred years old, and it has been achieved, and it will be retributed if it is injured.

In the end, the eight kings were released. He lived in the big lake next door, and was seen when he went out for a stroll at night. Nowadays, many people go out to catch fish and shrimp at night with flashlights, and they accidentally bump into it. Although the young man doesn't believe in evil, he can't stand the old man's desperate resistance, and the old Wang Ba is also evil, staring at people like mung beans with small eyes, and he can't stand it.

Naturally, this anecdote has been circulated in the township for a long time. This is not the reservoir to pull the fish and was talked about by the onlookers. "Not only the fish and turtles, but also many of the snakes in this mountain have become essences. There is a big snake on the second slope of the west mountain, my grandfather saw it when he was young, and I saw it again not long ago, it doesn't bite, it's very gentle!"

When Zhou Pin walked to the reservoir in an anxious mood, he saw Xiaobei listening to gossip in the crowd at a glance. The temperature in March was still a little low, and everyone was still wearing gray and black padded jackets, only he was Xiaobei, wearing a royal blue coarse woolen jacket with a white shirt inside, and her long hair was scattered down, just like the literary young woman he saw in the pictorial, no!

There is Xi Shi in the eyes of the lover, I haven't seen him for a long time, and his Xiaobei is beautiful again. Different from being sunburned in the summer when she was out and about, after a winter of "covering the winter", her skin is now back to its former whiteness, as if she heard something funny, she smiled like a flower, and the appearance of the spring breeze made Zhou Pinzheng stunned.

Sensing that someone was watching, Yang Xiaobei turned around, only to find Zhou Pinzheng standing behind him in a daze, and said in surprise, "Are you back?"

Zhou Pinzheng reacted at this time, although he really wanted to go over and hug this person in his heart, but there were many people on the reservoir embankment, in order not to shock the world, he still endured it. After calming down his excitement, he smiled and said, "I really want to see you, so I came over after getting off the train." ”

is a very simple and unpretentious sentence, but Yang Xiaobei heard the bitter thoughts from it. Her eyebrows softened, and she said with disgust. "Aren't you tired? I thought you'd come over for dinner and buy a fish!"

Nowadays, it is not so easy to buy some food. It is rare that the reservoir is fishing, and all of them are wild big fish with excellent water quality and pollution-free, so Yang Xiaobei thought about coming over and picking one. The fish pulled up by the big net is at least ten catties, the soup burned by the fish head, and the fish body is boiled in a pot, which is spicy and fragrant, not fishy at all, and it is also a rare delicacy.

They reunited after a long absence, so naturally they had endless words. As they were tired of being together, they heard someone on the water shouting, "Doctor Yang, how is this fish?" and then with a hula, a big fish "snapped" from the sky and fell in front of the two of them.

The fishermen are all from my grandmother's village, and I am very familiar with Yang Xiaobei. I heard that she wanted a big fish, and as soon as the first net was pulled up, someone helped her choose a good one, so she threw it over without saying anything, which startled Dr. Yang, who was talking to Zhou Pinzheng.

Zhou Pinzheng was not too dirty, and when he picked it up, he was so tall that the fish tail was about to drag to the ground. Good fellow, this is a tarpon with the scientific name bighead carp, and the locals like to call it "fathead fish". Its fish brain contains a kind of fish oil required by the human body, which is an essential nutrient for the human body, and the flesh under the gills is transparent gelatinous, with sufficient moisture, and is rich in collagen, which can fight against human aging and repair body cells and tissues. Fish head soup with this fish is the best.

In addition, the meat of fathead fish is delicate, although relatively speaking, there are a lot of fine spines, but this fish does not have this weakness when it reaches more than ten catties. Therefore, there is such a saying in the local area, grass carp, fathead fish, etc. should eat big, carp, mandarin fish, bream (the hometown here are all tuantou bream, also called Wuchang fish) to eat small, what fish is the best to eat, all pay attention to it.

Some fish are small and have too many spines, such as fathead fish, the head of the fish is too small and tasteless. And some fish are old when they are big, such as mandarin fish. Now the fishing is all masters, and when I saw the fathead fish of ten catties that day, I felt that it was just right, and I quickly picked it out.

Yang Xiaobei doesn't know how to pick fish, but she can eat it! Looking at this huge fish head, it is like seeing a plate of milky white fish head soup...... I don't want to think about it, and my saliva is pouring out. She sweetly thanked the master, and waited for the people to row the boat to the other end of the reservoir, and then she and Zhou Pingzheng carried the fish to settle the bill.

"Since Dr. Yang eats it himself, it's good to take it, and you don't need to pay for it!" The staff of the fishery are also people from the neighborhood, and there is only one such clinic within a radius of more than ten miles, and there is always a time when you have to find someone. This year, fish is the least valuable, such a big fish is only a few dollars, it is better to do personal favors.

To put it mildly, people just refused to accept money, and in the end, Yang Xiaobei had no choice but to ask Zhou Pinzheng to send a cigarette to someone next time - taking advantage of the public is unacceptable in the education she received. But what people said is also right, the reservoir is not a place to sell fish in the first place, and even if you give money, you don't know whose pocket it goes into in the end.