Chapter 11 Fishing in the Nets

Because the fish is done at night, it is best to get some sleep during the day. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoAs for why the flowing fish must be at night, there is a reason for this. Most fish prefer to be nocturnal and migrate with currents, with relatively little activity during the day.

At about five o'clock, Ma Xiaodong and Yang Hailong got up from the kang, ate some food casually, and went to the back garden to pick some fruits. In Bailong Province, due to the low temperature, there are very few fruit trees suitable for planting, and most of them do not grow big, but just like Mr. Pan Changjiang said, "the concentrated ones are high-quality products", so the taste is particularly full, sweet and greasy, and sour sand spit.

After picking the fruit, save it for the evening as a snack. He took the shovel and sickle and set out. The place where the two of them were going to go to the fish was not far from home, on the side of the road where they would pass by every day to school.

Riding a bicycle, I arrived in less than five minutes, and I left my car on the side of the road, and I was not afraid of losing it in the countryside. Ma Xiaodong picked up the shovel, left the fishing net on the ground, and instructed his cousin Yang Hailong: "I'll go and put the net down, you go and find some firewood, and light it when it gets dark for a while." ā€

Yang Hailong was not happy when he heard that his cousin would not take him into the net, and he came to collect the fish in the net, so what was the point of not letting him go to the net, "I also want to go to the net, can't we pick up firewood together after the fishing net in a while?" ā€

Ma Xiaodong glared at his cousin, "You can do whatever you want, will you fart?" You'll let you go when you're harvesting the fish in a while, right? "The job of getting under the net is really not easy, first of all, you find the right terrain, if you find a place with a wide water surface, the dam will tire you to death.

The distance between the two nets should not be too close, too close will be a waste of nets. Also, when you go down the net, you must pay attention to the bottom of the net, because the iron ring is round, so there is a gap in the place where it touches the ground, and it must be blocked, otherwise the fish will run away. In the end, it must be sturdy, otherwise the net will be washed away by the water, and not only the fish will be lost, but the net will also be gone.

Yang Hailong was happy when he heard that he could collect fish, and the feeling of harvesting was better than that of going to the net, watching the fish crackling and jumping in it, not to mention a sense of accomplishment.

"Okay, I'll go find firewood." After saying that, I ran away, and it was easy to find firewood in the countryside, so I really couldn't go home and get some, and I had it at home.

Watching his cousin run away, Ma Xiaodong shook his head, not that he didn't let this kid get off the net, nor was he afraid that he wouldn't be able to get off the net, but mainly because he had to cut willow branches with a sickle to make pillars, and he had to shovel soil with a shovel, for fear that it would be bad if he accidentally hurt himself, after all, he was still a child, and he didn't do anything safely.

When he came to the river, Ma Xiaodong first used a sickle to cut a few willow branches the thickness of a big finger, and then cut them into one meter long, making a total of more than 20 sticks, and then sharpened one end so that it was easy to insert in the mud.

There are many small dams on the river, which are used by the people in the fields on the side of the river to hold water, and when the rice is irrigated, the dam is used to hold the water to make the water level rise, and then it is poured into the field.

It is simple to put a net on such a small dam, put two sharpened wooden sticks, put the net in the middle, skim a few shovels of soil to see if there is no leakage, only the place where the fishing net is intercepted can flow water, if there are fish, it will naturally go into the net.

It took more than an hour for Ma Xiaodong to finally put down the fishing nets, and Yang Hailong had already prepared the firewood and watched his cousin get the nets off the nets. In fact, Yang Hailong has admired his cousin since he was a child, he studied well in school, and he was good at fighting, and no one dared to bully. He knows everything at home, cooks, fishes, and is simply his idol.

After laying down the fishing net, the two came to the place where the car was parked, this is a crossroads, the south is the direction to the school, the north is the direction to the house and the reservoir, the west is the west village, the east is the direction to the east village, the three villages, if you want to go to the town, you must enter this intersection, so there is a checkpoint at this intersection.

The checkpoint is a small two-room tiled house that has been abandoned for a long time, and the checkpoint was set up by the Forestry Department because of its proximity to the mountains, where people used to secretly cut down trees and bring them down to the town to sell. Later, the Forestry Department set up this checkpoint to prevent the destruction of the forest.

Seeing that it was almost dark, I glanced at the electronic watch that my mother bought for 10 yuan last year, it was already eight o'clock, Ma Xiaodong and his cousin did not choose to enter the house at the checkpoint, and a fire was lit on the side of the road.

Children, born to play with fire and water, poke the fire with a wooden stick, Yang Hailong looked at his cousin and said, "Little brother, let's bring some potatoes and use this fire to bake potatoes to eat." ā€

"Let's grill fish in a moment." Ma Xiaodong lay on the fertilizer bag, looking up at the bright night sky, and in his memory, it seemed that he had not seen such a clean and clear night sky for a long time.

"Don't you use big fish for grilled fish? Can we have big fish? Yang Hailong was skeptical of his cousin's words, there are few big fish in the world, and most of them are loach fish.

Ma Xiaodong thought about it, in addition to selling fish, what else could he do to make a fortune, and when he heard his cousin's words, he didn't look back, "It should be no problem, this year's wind and rain will be smooth, the grain will be harvested, and the fish will also be harvested, this is the law, and no one has come to fish before, and there must be a lot of fish today." ā€

When Yang Hailong heard this, he looked at his cousin with admiration, and felt that his cousin knew a lot, "Little brother, it's almost time, right?" Let's see if there are any fish? Hearing that he could catch a big fish, Yang Hailong couldn't wait to take a look.

Ma Xiaodong actually wants to see, although the time is shorter, but this thing, like a person who has sold a lottery ticket, always can't wait to know that he didn't win the number he bought.

"Let's go, let's see." Getting up from the ground, Ma Xiaodong carried the bag and beckoned his cousin to leave.

"Great! Big fish, I'm coming! Looking at his cousin's innocent and lively appearance at this time, Ma Xiaodong shook his head with a smile, and decided in his heart that nothing would let the tragedy happen in a few years.

When he came to the river, Yang Hailong couldn't wait to rush down, Ma Xiaodong looked at his cousin's appearance, and smiled helplessly, this kid, in the middle of the night, he is not afraid of water pouring into his boots, as for the danger, the deepest part of the river is not up to the waist. Yang Hailong walked to the side of the fishing net and pulled out one. This net was the first to be launched, and it was also closest to the two of them.

"Wow! Cousin, what a lot of fish! Take a look! And toads. Before he arrived, Ma Xiaodong heard his cousin yelling.

Hearing his cousin's words, Ma Xiaodong also walked a few steps faster, and he hadn't fished for many years, which was his favorite activity as a child.