Chapter Seventy-Six: Floating Head

Early in the morning, Zhang Niu held a straw knife. Prepare to mow the long grass on the side of the duck shed. The long grass that had been planted by the pond for only two weeks was now growing taller, about half a man's height. A slice of green. It's gratifying.

The grass is really growing strongly. It seems that I will come to lie down in the next week, or the old grass knife will not be easy to cut. Although it is grinded on the grinding stone every time, it is still easy to collapse. Zhang Niu grabbed the long grass and muttered to himself.

The first time I cut the long grass, I realized that on the long grass leaves, there are also whole grass stems, all with some white fine hairs. As soon as the hand touched, it would fall on his body, making Zhang Niu uncomfortable, and there were red spots on his hands. This grass is so hard to cut. It seems that next time you will have to be fully armed. It's just so uncomfortable. Zhang Niu, who couldn't help it, scratched the itchy place a few times again before he got a little better.

Fortunately, this long grass grows one stubble after another, as long as the fertilizer is enough. Zhang Niu: This is a lot of duck dung.

Look at the long grass piled up behind you, let's cut this little today! wiped the sweat on his head, and in just an hour, Zhang Niu was already sweating profusely.

Place the grass with its head facing inward. Throw the pointed end outwards into the pond. After a while, Zhang Niu, who was standing by the pond, saw the grass carp dragging the long grass and sinking. Apparently they are gnawing on the long grass underwater, and by the evening they are usually gnawing away even the grass stems. In addition to the grass carp gnawing below, there were also a few big white ducks running in the distance, quacking. The long green grass is also a delicacy for ducks.

The sun has not yet risen. A small breeze blows, and Zhang Niu, who is standing by the pond, feels very comfortable. Gave myself a deep breath...... Out......

Look at Zhang Niu, who was still early, and took out a shovel at home again. I was going to go to the duck shed to clean up the thick duck manure for more than half a year.

When he entered the house, he drove all the big white ducks into the water. Still, there were a few big stupid ducks running around in the duck shed. looked at Zhang Niu and shook his head. Ay! This duck is too benzene, won't it follow the big army?

There were a few big ducks scurrying around in the shed. I got busy first. The duck shed, which has not been cleaned for more than half a year, is a bit sponge-like when stepped on it. Straw and duck manure are mixed together. A production is a thick and large piece of together, which also saves Zhang Niu a lot of effort. Some of them were too long, and Zhang Niu could only tear them off by hand.

Fortunately, there is no smell in this duck shed. Otherwise, Zhang Niu himself can't resist it first. The duck manure is piled up in small piles, packed in hemp bags, and dragged to the pond. People in the village say that they are afraid of not having fat when raising fish, although there are now more than 3,000 big white ducks in the pond, the water in this pond still looks very clear, that is to say, the water is still not fat.

Zhang Niu didn't do much work. It's already busy, tired and half-alive. Stand there panting. In the future, you have to run more every day. Set goals for yourself quickly. I just don't know if it can be done.

Go back to the house and pour a few bowls of boiling water before you can breathe. You have to continue to rest...... There is still a lot of duck droppings in the shed.

As soon as I work during the day, I sleep like a pig at night, and it is estimated that I can't hear the thunder outside.

It is said that it is good to sleep at night when he is tired from work, Zhang Niu now admits this, and wakes up by himself at six o'clock in the morning. It's a great spirit. Zhang Niu, who couldn't sleep at the head of the bed, shouted.

"Zhang Wa, are you at home?" The sound of a loudspeaker sounded outside the house.

"Who," Zhang Niu replied simply. I don't know who will come to him so early. Talking but still very quick to get dressed and get out of bed.

When I opened the door, I saw Shengming standing in the front yard, walking around anxiously. As soon as I saw Zhang Niu come out. "You haven't had a whole bag of industrial salt last time," the tone was very anxious.

Zhang Niu thought for a moment, "There's more." You're not going to be a pond floater," Zhang Niu quickly remembered the use of this salt.

As soon as he heard Zhang Niu say that there was more, Shengming's face was no longer full of clouds, "It's a floating head, last time I was here with you, I saw that there were a lot of salt bags in your house, and I hurriedly came up." ”

Zhang Niu didn't say much. With Shengming, he took out two large bags of 100 catties of salt in the big box in the house.

Riding a motorcycle, Katsuaki rushed to the head of the village.

The floating head in the pond is a big deal, and the fish in the whole pond have to turn over the pond, and the black pressure is pressed together. If it doesn't float very much, the sun will slowly sink back into the water as soon as it comes out. If it's too floating. The fish has swam wounded. Tired of swimming. He was barely able to swim back, and then sank into the water and died. The next day, the pond will be full of dead fish with white bellies, and they all start to float up in the heat.

"Uncle Shengming. Isn't your pond equipped with an aerator? ”

Shengming was a little annoyed, "Don't mention it." The aerator by the pond accidentally burned out early this morning. There are no salt bags at home. They are all dying. I called a lot of people to help in the morning."

The bull in front of him also speeded up.

There are already a lot of people around the Shengming bamboo shed, and the second dog uncle in the water is also standing at the water's edge with a long bamboo pole, "popping" and slapping the water. "Everybody's working hard. Drive the fish back, and wait for Shengming to come back with a salt bag. "Shouting and fighting.

When there is no aerator, this is also a local method of fish farming, and the fish that have surfaced are all shot back and not allowed to get close to the pond.

There are many people standing around the pond slapping the water, and there are many little hairy children watching the excitement on the side.

Zhang Niu was not slow in his hands, and he came to the pond with a bag of salt in one person. "Mother-in-law. Don't go inside and get two buckets. And the big bowl, don't stand here stupidly" shouted to the mother-in-law who was still on the side.

Hurriedly ran into the back room and rummaged through the bucket.

The pond was full of blackened fish fry, floating there. I also saw a lot of dead fish with white bellies, and it seems that a lot of them died. Fortunately, there are also villagers who help to slap the ...... Otherwise, I don't know how many fish died in this pond......

Came out with two buckets. Put it on the ground. Zhang Niu had already poured the untied salt bag into the bucket, and the white and shiny salt grains fell into the bucket.

Zhang Niu jumped into the pond with a bucket of water, and many people worked hard.

"Auntie, you go and ask someone to bring more buckets over, and a few more people will get into the water so quickly." Zhang Niu, who had just entered the water, remembered that he had only two of them, and he didn't know how long it would take to sprinkle it.

Seeing Uncle Sheng Ming coming ashore, Zhang Niu shouted, "Ride my car." Convenient"

At the beginning of April, the pond water went down early in the morning, and it was still cold. Press the bucket into the water and let the pond water go in to melt the salt. Half a bucket of water is enough. Just enough to float up, not sinking.

Zhang Niu, who was walking on the edge of the pond, encountered fresh fish sinking in the water from time to time, and bent down in the water to fish out a big-headed fish fry with bright eyes and big palms.

Uncle Shengming quickly rushed back. There are quite a few black buckets strapped to the back seat. I also hurriedly went into the water.

The people in the pond were constantly sprinkling salt water into the dense schools of fish.

"Uncle Shengming. Let's see if you ask a few people to pick up all the fish that just died. Pack a few barrels and sell them in town while it's still early. Maybe you can sell it for some money, or you won't have much money until it's rotten. Sprinkled with salt water, he remembered the fish in the bucket and shouted in the distance.

Shengming also made this floating thing dizzy. That can think of this freshly dead fish. Slapped the door of the head. I didn't think of it. Lian shouted at everyone to separate them and pick up the fish that had swam and were still sinking by the water's edge.

It is said that most of the dead fish are not dead. There's just one breath left. Most of them can still shake their tails. It's just that it's already injured. Tired of swimming.

A sheet of plastic film has been rolled out on the shore. Every time everyone came up to change the salt, they poured the fish from the bucket on it......

The unlucky Zhang Niu is in the place where he is going around the corner. I just thought of picking up a few grass carp under a thorn tree. I didn't pay attention to touch the fist-sized honeycomb above. Stung the flying bee twice. Zhang Niu, who didn't pick up the fish, fled to another place, but fortunately he didn't chase him.

The neck and hands were stung, and the painful Zhang Niu almost shouted to his mother, and felt a handful of black pond mud under his feet, wiped it on his hands and neck, and the pain gradually disappeared as soon as he wiped it. This is also why Zhang Niu remembered in a hurry. It can also be used for some black ants to bite, which is the earthwork that Zhang Niu heard in the village.

There are a lot of fish on the plastic film, piled up into a small mountain bag. Zhang Niu came up and looked at it, five hundred catties should be no less.

The floating fish sprinkled with salt water gradually sank. It should be said that Zhang Niu sprinkled salt water when they came still had a role, the sun also came out, Sheng Ming was lucky, if it was cloudy today, the fish that had just been sprinkled would resurface after a while. Now it seems to be safe.

Everyone also started to pack up the bamboo poles. Bucket. As for the white fish in the center of the pond, Shengming had already propped up a piece of white foam and started fishing there.

A pile of fish will enter six hundred pounds. It can't be transported by motorcycle, so the second dog will go home and drive a tractor.

After the dead fish in the last net pocket are caught, the dead fish in the pond are almost caught, and how many of them die when they sink to the bottom of the pond depends on tomorrow.

The roar of the tractor drove in, and when it stopped, everyone went up and busily spread plastic film in the body.

A car full of fresh big heads. Grass carp, triangular fish, and some of them are all seed fish that were not sold last year, and it seems that there is a lot of loss this time. Most of the people in the village want to go back. In the end, only Zhang Niu, Shengming, and Ergou went to the county together, and they originally thought that the town was not consumed by this carload of fish.

Zhang Niu looked at his phone, it was only seven o'clock, and it seemed that it was still very early.

After explaining the family affairs to the mother-in-law, several people began to come out. If it was in the summer, the carload of fish would be almost rotten before it reached the county seat.

The tractor drove to the county seat and it was just eight o'clock. Stop at the wet market. At the exit of the wet market, several people spread out the plastic film they had brought.

Zhang Niu opened his throat and said, "I'm selling fish." Fresh live fish too...... Cheaper"

Zhang Niu, who raised his throat, shouted at the passers-by. This is also not allowed to be like this, for a long time. The eyes of a dead fish slowly turn white, which means that the fish is no longer fresh. To the uncle who buys groceries. Aunties are all thieves. You can tell at a glance whether the fish is good or bad......

The loud voice still attracts a lot of grocery buyers to come and see.

Zhang Niu discussed it when they came, and the fish was finally sold for a piece of three catties. The price of floating fish is generally up and down.

A young man who works part-time after buying four at once. The number of people gradually increased. There will never be less people who are greedy for cheap.

Live fish, which usually sells for four or five yuan, is now selling for four or five yuan, and the price will soon spread...... Zhang Niu was busy loading fish, and Shengming was weighing fish. Busy and sweating profusely, Zhang Niu didn't even change his clothes when he came, and there were a lot of fish scales stuck to his clothes. It looks like a full seller of fish larvae.

There are still a lot of aunts who pick problems with dead fish. Zhang Niu, who listened, died of depression. Sell cheaply. What are you doing so much nagging? It's not good to pick fish, and so on are left poor.

Most of the fish buyers are migrant workers. I bought several at a time. When Zhang Niu saw the fish purchased, it was not difficult to guess that these were basically some local people from Hunan, Hubei, and they could see that they were carrying a large bag of chili peppers in their hands.

Nearly 600 fish were sold until noon, and the last few were the smallest fish that everyone picked up. The old man haggled for a long time before he returned with the rest of the fish with a happy face.

Lunch in a small corner in a small restaurant. Zhang Niu steaked a bowl full of white rice and ate it deliciously. I didn't eat breakfast because I was hungry.

"Shengming, I have to buy some salt at noon, don't forget." Said the second dog who was eating.

"Got it. I have a clue about the burned-out aerator today," he said to them as they ate.

"What's the matter," asked Zhang Niu, who was immersed in eating.

"The voltage is unstable, it's not that we often estimate that the light bulb is on and off."

It's still good for Ergou to say there, "It's all over, forget it." Pay attention next time. The weather is unpredictable at the beginning of spring. Beware of floating heads. ”

"I have to thank you today, especially that Zhang Wa, if it weren't for those two salt bags, my whole pond of fish would have died." Raising his wine glass, he said happily. For Shengming, it is already a blessing that he did not die much, and people can be content.

Zhang Niu waved his hand, "Don't." If you don't have it at home, you can't help it, right...... Maybe I'll have to borrow it from you next time."

Everyone laughed when they said this. The people at the table next to him thought something had happened. I especially smelled Zhang Niu's fishy smell. All frowned. Can such a person be allowed to come in for dinner...... But that's what everyone thinks. Didn't say it.

After lunch, I bought a dozen bags of fifty pounds of salt at the veterinarian and loaded them on the tractor.

After coming back, a lot of dead fish began to emerge in the pond, and it seemed that Shengming had to be busy at noon. In particular, he also has ducks. It's okay to rot a few dead fish in the pond. If there are more of them, the water quality will become much worse if it is rotten, and layers of green clothes will float on the water surface, and even the ducks in the pond will have sticky green clothes under their stomachs. This water is basically difficult to raise fish.

Zhang Niu, who had two bags of salt, rode on the car and prepared to go back to take a bath, but now his whole body was full of fishy smell.

As soon as I rode back to Happy Xiaozhu, I saw a figure swaying in the small bamboo pavilion.

The figure inside also seemed to see Zhang Niu coming in.

"Stinky cow, why is it all fishy, I ran there, I waited here for a long time" Xiaohua covered her little nose and came up with a bunch of long words.

"It turned out to be Huahua." Leaning over to Flowey. In fact, I wanted to smoke her with a fishy smell.

Today's Huahua's dress is very rustic. But in Zhang Niu's eyes, it still looks very beautiful. It is very suitable for the dress of a female family.

"Uncle Shengming just came back, and today he still has a lot of fish dead in the fish pond. Busy all morning. Zhang Niu, who was resisting the salt bag, continued. Keep up, don't stay outside and come into the house and sit."

Huahua, who was following behind, was obviously very curious about this place. Especially the wild boar cubs in the yard. There are even a few large white ducks inside. In the middle of the road, there are a few playful little turtle snails crawling forward slowly.

After throwing down a bag of salt, Zhang Niu ran to the duck shed to prepare for a bath. "Stay here, come over soon."

You don't need to say much to know that you must be going to take a bath. The smell of that body is really strong. It's unacceptable for girls.

After Zhang Niu took a pile of clothes over there, Huahua who stood in the house looked at the hut, there were lost clothes everywhere, and even a few flies flew on the leftover dishes and chopsticks on the table.

This stinky cow won't even clean up at home. What a lazy person, scolding softly.

A small ball of black feathers appeared at Huahua's feet, jumping step by step, and Huahua also attracted the little guy in front of him......

There are quite a lot of stinky cow animals. I used to be very fond of animal cruelty. How can you start raising animals now? I can't figure it out. Bend over and hold the small ball of meat in the palm of your hand while walking. Only then did I know that it was an owl. Large, bright eyes stared at the person holding it in his hand in front of him. Tilt your head. I can't figure out who this is. Flapping his wings and trying to fly away.

Looking at the owl in his hand is a little silly. The little guy wants to fly, right, and said and gently threw it into the air to make it fly. But the result left Huahua stunned. The owl in front of me fluttered its big wings in mid-air, but unfortunately it didn't fly. Straight down.

It was the moment it fell to the ground. A big and powerful hand scooped the little one in his hand.

Only then did Huahua know that it was Zhang Niu who came back, and his head was still wet and not dried. There is also a smell of soap on his body, "Stinky cow, why don't you call it when you come back." If you don't make a sound, you're going to frighten people. ”

"Cats. Why did you come out and run around again......" The cat in his hand pecked Zhang Niu's clothes with his sharp beak, and looked at Zhang Niu with those big eyes.

"This is your cat," pointed to the owl in Zhang Niu's hand, "but the name is too funny." He covered his mouth and laughed, revealing his white teeth.

"It's funny, isn't it just a name." Put the cat back in its nest......

"Go to the pavilion outside and sit down, look at the house hasn't been cleaned up yet," Zhang Niu didn't expect that his house was still in chaos just now!

"The lazy one." So saying, he went to the house.

Zhang Niu, who was a little thick-skinned, also followed, and then cleaned up after leaving. I have left the chopsticks and bowls behind me in my heart.

The cat in the nest jumped out again. Zhang Niu's door did not make a threshold. It was very smooth, and the little turtle that had just climbed into the house was unlucky. All fours are on the sky. Can't turn it over.

Huahua, who was sitting in the gazebo, saw the cat bullying the little turtle.

"Your cat is so interesting, it's so big that it can't fly" It's a little funny to think about this little flower, and no one will believe it if you go back and tell it to your friends.

"Don't mention that guy, he's a foodie. The longer you grow, the fatter you get. I just can't fly, you say it's annoyed, and I run out all day. The most you can do is flapping a few times. Speaking of this cow, I wonder if my food is too good. Don't want to fly?

"Stinky cow. You're in a good place, especially the bamboo building. It's the first time I've seen it. How did you come up with the idea of building this? "Roll those little eyes.

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