Chapter 47: Catching Fish
Speaking of clothes, people in the mountains don't have any special clothes when they go into the mountains, just wear tight-fitting clothes and tie their whole bodies tightly. The most you can do is bring a raincoat in case it rains suddenly. As for the protective gear or something, I have never bought it, and I really don't need it......
After making these preparations, I counted them again, and there was still a shortage of medicine.
Then he went into the study in the back room and prepared some simple and effective hemostatic drugs and gold creation medicines, in case anyone touched the place, they could be treated in time. There are also diarrhea medicines and cold medicines.
Some people can't adapt to the climate, water and soil in the mountains after entering the mountains, and they will easily have diarrhea or catch a cold, which is the kind of small problem that can make people weak. Therefore, Zhang Taiping prepared some medicine in advance, so that if anyone had symptoms, he would not panic.
After preparing the medicine, after thinking about it, I put a shovel and a long rope in the space.
This time he entered the mountain, Zhang Taiping had the mentality of Taobao, and some things that were useless in the eyes of others were probably worth a lot of money to himself. Therefore, carry a shovel with you to dig some flowers and trees at any time.
After packing up the equipment for entering the mountain, Zhang Taiping suddenly became idle, Cai Yazhi always had endless work, and why did she always feel that she had nothing to do, and she didn't know how Cai Yazhi's work was found. After going around the valley, there was no Cai Yazhi, and I didn't feel a strange feeling, at this time in the past, if Cai Yazhi was not at home, she would be in the orchard. Today is an exception.
When I returned to the yard, I just saw Yaya walking out with a bamboo basket.
"Yaya, where are you going? What about your mother? Zhang Taiping asked curiously.
"Dad, hurry up to the river to catch fish, there are a lot of fish." Yaya saw Zhang Taiping and called out happily.
"A lot of fish? Where is it? Zhang Taiping is strange, there is only this river in front of the door, and I have never seen any big fish in it, even if there is, it is a small fish two fingers wide and one finger long.
A fish of this size may be edible in the city, but in a mountain village, no one would think of eating such a small fish, and even if they wanted to, they didn't have the skills. I won't do it!
After hearing this, the girl pulled Zhang Taiping to the edge of the basin, pointed to the fish in the basin and said, "Oh, look, such a big fish." My mom and I caught it in the river. ”
Zhang Taiping was really surprised this time, the two big fish in the basin were as long as chopsticks, which had never been seen in the river. In addition to the two big fish, there are more than a dozen small fish, and the washbasin is full of pots, and a few of them are not honest, they have jumped out of the basin, and the fish mouth is open on the ground, looking like they are about to dry up to death.
Zhang Taiping put the two on the ground into the basin, changed the big basin again, changed the water again, and replaced all the fish into it.
Under the guidance of Yaya, the place where Cai Yazhi caught fish was where Zhang Taiping usually bathed. Here is a relatively large pit, and the water is relatively deep, forming a deep pool.
Now there are quite a few people gathered here, not to mention more than 20 people, each with a fishing tool in his hand. Some are homemade fishing nets, which are the kind of sewn pockets with gauze, so that you can catch things and control the water; Some take bamboo baskets made of bamboo strips, which can only catch big fish and leak small fish; The other is like Cai Yazhi, who is a woman, holding a sieve for sifting grain, and catching big and small fish together.
Everyone had a happy smile on their faces. This kind of situation is rare, and the arid and waterless north is a rarity. In the countryside, if nothing else, people only see fish sellers in the market during the New Year's holidays, and only at this time can they buy one or two out of their pockets and try it at home. During the Chinese New Year, it is not counted as chickens, only when there are fish is it a good year.
Now that so many fish suddenly appear in the river, it is simply a gift from God, how can people not be ecstatic? So they all stared at the utensils in their hands, and immediately lifted them up as soon as the fish was in the set, followed by a burst of cheers of joy and envy and surprise among each other.
Cai Yazhi saw Zhang Taiping coming over and hurriedly beckoned.
In fact, Cai Yazhi caught the least of those here, and some people have already caught more than a dozen big fish. Old man Qian seems to be the most experienced, and the bamboo basket next to him is full of big fish, there are more than a dozen, and he will put back the small fish when he catches them. But the village chief and Wang Gui's father and son went into battle together, although the experience of catching fish is not as good as that of the old man Qian, but it is not bad, the two of them caught a total of nearly 20 big fish, which is the most caught by the big fish here.
Zhang Taiping didn't take the sieve handed over by Cai Yazhi, folded the wooden stick twenty, stood in the water, and saw the big fish splashing down, and the big fish would roll their eyes and float up, and they would be knocked unconscious.
The people who saw it next to him were amazed and amazed. Some people see that this method is simple and want to imitate it, but as soon as the wooden stick touches the water, the fish below will shuttle without a trace. After trying a few times and not succeeding once, I can only marvel at Zhang Taiping's eyes.
I saw Zhang Taiping knocking the fish with a wooden stick, and knocking one on the other. Cai Yazhi continued to use the sieve to put it in the water and waited patiently.
Even Yaya was paddling by the water with a bamboo basket, and she could catch a small fish or two from time to time. Whenever this time comes, he will shout excitedly and ask for credit in front of Zhang Taiping. Receiving Zhang Taiping's praise, his face is like a flower, and his smiling eyes are like crescent moons.
The lion also stood next to the girl at the water's edge, staring earnestly at the chase, and when the fish came over, he raised his slap and slapped it. It's just that it doesn't have as good luck as Zhang Taiping, and every time no fish floats up, it splashes all over the dog's body. He retreated and fluttered for a while, shook off the droplets of water from his hair, and continued to come to the river to stare at the bottom of the water. The spirit of perseverance is full.
The parrot was able to catch fish, but this guy only caught a few small fish and flew to the edge to feast on them, not knowing what to do first.
The little squirrel did not dare to touch the water, but dared to jump back and forth on the shore, squeaking and screaming happily, neither catching nor eating fish, I really don't know what excitement it was about!
Zhang Taiping's family is really a family mobilization, and no one is left behind.
The number of people is the strength of the family, and after a while, they caught more than a dozen big fish, one of which was two chopsticks long.
There is a saying that when the water is clear, there are no fish, and the flowing spring water like the mountains cannot raise big fish, because the water is too clear and lacks the nutrients and food needed for the growth of fish, so there will be no big fish, at most it is a small fish with long fingers.
But now that things are abnormal, there must be demons.
After Zhang Taiping stopped, the village chief and Old Man Qian had already stopped, and several people were on the shore with a cigarette each holding a cigarette to discuss the reason for this situation.
Wang Gui gave Zhang Taiping a cigarette, and the village chief asked, "Dashuai, do you know why there are so many fish in this river suddenly?" ”
"I don't know, I'm going to ask you." Zhang Taiping spat out a cigarette and said.
Old man Qian took over the conversation and said, "If you want me to say, there must be a big pond in the mountain, and there are naturally some fish." ”
The village chief stopped wiping matches and lit cigarettes, tilted his head and asked, "Is there a big pond in the mountains?" What do you say? ”
Old man Qian pointed to the river and said, "Didn't you see it?" ”
The village chief looked at the unknown water of the river and said, "Qian Qiang donkey, don't sell the guanzi, hurry up." ”
Old man Qian has a nickname, when he was young, he was sluggish and tough, he really looked like a donkey that couldn't be pulled back, so his generation called him "Qian Qiang Donkey".
Old man Qian was not angry at what the village chief said, and still said unhurriedly: "The river has risen this morning, but there is no rain in the mountains. Not only is it not raining, but there are no clouds, so how does this water come from? ”
Only then did the people around notice that the water in the river was much higher than before, and they didn't notice it when they were excited to catch fish just now.
The village chief nodded thoughtfully.
Old man Qian continued: "The water has risen inexplicably, there must be a reason. And they carried so many big fish. Such a large fish cannot be raised in living water and clear water, and it is only possible to grow in places where the flow rate is not fast or is simply a pool of stagnant water. ”
After looking at the people around him who were listening carefully, he made a final conclusion: "So there must be a big pond in Kaminaka, and so many fish are naturally raised." It's just that now I don't know for what reason it's leaking. ”
Everyone felt that this was a big possibility, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why so many big fish suddenly appeared. Zhang Taiping agrees.
"If that's the case, then you'll have to figure out why it's leaking all of a sudden! The village squatted on both sides of the river, and if there was a big flood one day, the consequences would be unimaginable. The village chief said with some concern.
The people around felt the crisis after hearing this, and some people shouted to go into the mountain to see what was going on. The fire was in disarray, after all, the houses were built next to the river, and if the water suddenly broke out that night, it would have been a disaster.
"What are you panicking about? Does calling solve the problem? It's been good for decades, and it can really say that it will send water? The village chief shouted.
Old man Qian stood up at the right time and said: "Tomorrow I will go into the mountain to see what is going on, and when I figure it out, we will come back and discuss countermeasures, it is useless to panic now." ”
The village chief and Old Man Qian sang one in black and the other in red, and they cooperated very tacitly, obviously doing this kind of thing.
We don't know what the situation is now, and there is no good way to do it, so we can only wait for the news brought back from the mountains. It's just that this feeling of hanging a knife on his head is really uncomfortable, and the fish he caught happily just now has no surname to pay attention to. One by one, they scattered around with pots and went home.
Zhang Taiping's family also packed up their things and went home, and when they arrived on the way, they heard a loudspeaker in the village informing the villagers of the matter they had just guessed.