Chapter 36: Into the City

Wang Zhongqiu's house had no miner's lamp and no kerosene, so he ran to Zhang Tao's house to ask, and he was going to call Zhang Tao to catch yellow eel loaches at night. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Yellow eels and loaches are very slippery, and it is definitely not possible to catch them directly by hand, so at this time it is necessary to use a kind of fish tongs specially used to clamp them, this Zhang Tao's family also has it, and when his father Zheng Hu was at home, he would also go to the paddy field to catch loaches and yellow eels at this time, so there is this tool at home.

"Ah, you have everything at home, I don't have anything at home, I'll come to you for dinner in the evening, how about we go catch fish together?" Wang Zhongqiu saw Zhang Tao take out the fish basket, fish tongs, torches and cans filled with kerosene, and immediately said excitedly, feeling that he had really found the right place for Zhang Tao. Other people are children of their age, and the adults in the family rarely let them get these, so they can't find them at all, and the adults put them away.

"Would your parents want you to go out and catch fish at night?" Zhang Tao glanced at this guy and said with some uncertainty. This guy's family are all civil servants, and they don't need their help in the paddy fields at home, so how could his parents let him run to catch fish at night?

"Afraid of what? I've already figured out a way, I'll take my homework at night and I'll be fine at your house, and then tell my parents that I'll come to your house to do my homework. My parents also told me to learn more from you, isn't that right? After listening to Zhang Tao's words, Wang Zhongqiu said triumphantly, as if he was quite proud of his wit. Zhang Tao was speechless when he saw him like this, he was proud, and if he wanted to catch fish, he would just say it directly, so he could find a reason?

At dinner, Zhang Cuihua said that she was going to the city tomorrow, so that Zhang Tao's three brothers and sisters would stay at home tomorrow, and be optimistic about the chickens, ducks and pigs raised at home.

Zhang Tao used to be not in good health, anemia, weak physique, and he would get motion sickness and vomit in the car, so he didn't like to go anywhere in the car before. I didn't expect to want to go to the city with me this time, so Zhang Tao's mother also asked a special question. "You're not afraid of motion sickness?"

"I don't get motion sickness now." Zhang Tao understood what his mother meant, and was worried that he would vomit on the road. However, Zhang Tao feels that he is in good health now, and he should not get motion sickness, and the other soul is still a person who sways on the bus every day, and he has long been used to it. Seeing that Zhang Tao was so sure, Zhang Cuihua agreed to Zhang Tao's opinion and let him follow.

Daniel Zhang only has envy on the side, he is going to face a small promotion this semester, he is very nervous about studying, there is no Saturday and Sunday holidays, and he goes to class every day to make up classes, so he can't go. And Zhang Yan is still young, Zhang Cuihua is going to run errands, and she will definitely not take her there, so she has to stay at home to watch the family, but at this time, there is a TV in the house, and there are so many children in the village, so it will not make her too boring.

After chatting about this, Wang Zhongqiu wore a pair of slippers and came to Zhang Tao's house with a homework book in his hand. Seeing that Zhang Tao had finished eating, this guy glanced at Zhang Tao and excitedly signaled that he could start work. Zhang Tao didn't pay attention to him, he had already told his mother about catching yellow eels at night, and Zhang Cuihua didn't have any opinions. At this moment, he prepared everything in a hurry, and then walked to the paddy field with Wang Zhongqiu with a torch in one hand and a fish tong in the other.

It's pitch black outside, and occasionally you can see one or two bright spots in the distance, which should be someone catching fish at night. After they walked into the paddy field for a while, there were several more torches behind them, and the rest of the village had also come out to catch the eels. This night can generally catch one or two catties, and a pound of yellow eels in the market can be sold for several dollars a catty, which is about the same price as pork, and sometimes it is a little more expensive, so many men who have not gone out to work will go out to catch it at this time, which can be regarded as generating income for the family.

Zhang Tao took Wang Zhongqiu to walk in the paddy field for a while, and found that the guy behind him was completely unsuitable for this thing, and occasionally a mouse ran by the side or a resting night bird was alarmed by the firelight and flew up, he would make a fuss, causing some large yellow eel loaches to hide when they heard the sound. If it weren't for Zhang Tao's experience, knowing that there were more yellow eels there and easier to catch, it is estimated that their harvest tonight would be very small.

This also made Zhang Taoyue start the idea of going to the city tomorrow, he wanted to go to the city to buy some things, and then come back to make a simple fishing machine by himself. At this time, the electric fishing machine on their side had not yet appeared, and they didn't see it for sale there, so Zhang Tao moved his mind to make one. There is no problem with his technology in this regard, the simple fishing machine is actually very simple, an oscillating transformer, a relay, a capacitor, plus a larger battery and a switch.

The battery is good to say, when the time comes, just buy two directly from the monkey's house and use them together, by the way, even the mining lamp can also come, he works in the mine, and there are often these things sent there. The rest of the transformers and relay capacitor switches were going to the city to buy, so Zhang Tao decided to go to the city. There is a place in the city where these things are sold, and Zhang Tao has a memory.

"Look! There's a big yellow eel there, grab it! Zhang Tao was thinking about these while staring at the paddy field under his feet, when Wang Zhongqiu, who was beside him, pointed and shouted to Zhang Tao. Zhang Tao looked in the direction he pointed, and the corners of his mouth immediately pulled up after seeing it clearly. "Clip a yarn! It's a water snake, do you want me to catch it for you to play with? ”

"I'm X! What are these water snakes running out of at this time? After listening to Zhang Tao's words, Wang Zhongqiu took a closer look, and found that it was indeed a flowery water snake, and immediately said stupidly, and grabbed a handful of mud from the ground and threw it at the water snake. Boys in the countryside are more courageous, and generally are not very afraid of water snakes, but also because this kind of snake does not grow much, and it is not poisonous, and it is easy to be scared away, so they are not afraid, and some bold bear children often catch water snakes to scare girls in school.

The two of them took a turn in the paddy field, it took about two hours, Zhang Tao looked at the weight of the yellow eel in the fish basket, and then estimated the time, and prepared to go back with Wang Zhongqiu. But Wang Zhongqiu doesn't seem to have had enough fun, and he doesn't want to go back so early, so he can finally find an excuse to come out and play on Saturday night, so it's so easy to go back. Zhang Tao had no choice but to accompany him to the river again. At this time, the paddy fields are basically patronized, there are not many yellow eels to catch, and there are also fish that can be caught by the river at this time, and those fish also like to move to the shore at night.

I went to the river and went around, but I didn't catch any fish, and I didn't catch a single loach eel, although I watched a lot of big fish swimming around on the side, but these fish were much more sensitive than loach and yellow eel, and they ran away when they heard the sound, so that Zhang Tao and Wang Zhongqiu looked at the shadows of those fish and were depressed. In fact, loaches are also very responsive, but they generally drill into the mud instead of swimming, so this also provides an opportunity to catch them and clip them directly into the mud, and many times they can catch those loaches.

Yellow eels are the best to catch, probably these guys are considered to be the high-level of the biological chain in the paddy field, they not only eat earthworms, loaches and small yellow eels they can also get their mouths, there don't seem to be many creatures in this paddy field that can threaten them, so they are more bold, and they directly spread their whole bodies in the water at night, and it is most convenient to use fish tongs to clamp it.

This time Zhang Tao said that he had no opinion on Wang Zhongqiu, although the fish by the river looked a lot and big, but it was in vain if he couldn't catch it, and there was nothing to go on the paddy field, so he honestly walked home with Zhang Tao, and when he walked on the road, he met some people who caught fish like them and came back, and they would say hello to each other to see their harvest.

However, when they saw Zhang Tao and Wang Zhongqiu, they were still quite surprised, the two of them dared to run out at night to catch fish when they were so old, it was really difficult for the two of them. However, when they saw each other's harvest, they found that the two children did not catch less than them, which really surprised them a little.

After returning home, Wang Zhongqiu and Daniel Zhang showed off that the big yellow eel was what he saw, and the yellow eel took a lot of thought or something to catch, and after talking for half an hour, this guy was satisfied with his homework book and went home with a flashlight, and not a word was written on it. This guy doesn't have any feelings for fish, he just has feelings for catching fish, and his family is actually not bad at fish. Zhang Tao was very skeptical that if this guy went back to his mother to see the inspection homework, he would teach him a lesson.

The next morning, Zhang Tao got up early, exercised as usual for a while, took a shower, and then ate breakfast and followed his mother to catch the bus into the city early. They were lucky, they chose to take the car in front of the town center, and the two of them could sit in a position as soon as they got in the car, and when they walked to the front of the town center, a large number of people came in, and the car was so full that even the doors could hardly be closed.

The car was stuffed with people, all kinds of miscellaneous items brought into the city, and all kinds of vegetables collected by some traffickers from the countryside, and even the roof rack on the car was piled up a lot of things. This made the whole car drive a lot slower on the road, and then with the mud road all the way, the car staggered all the way, and before it had gone far, someone in the car began to vomit directly out of the window.