84. Re-enter Shenbao Lake
Qin Shiou bought fruits at Hughes convenience store, and Hughes told him that these fruits were all natural, and the blackberries and blueberries were picked and sold to him by the people in the town, not the goods grown in the farmland.
Farewell Island is a southern part of Canada, with a mild and magical climate, with berries growing all year round.
Especially in summer and autumn, blueberries, blackberries and so on can be picked on the roadside, and the locals do not eat them, because there is a lot of traffic on the road, and they are very proud of the unclean berries on the roadside.
After buying good things, Qin Shiou stayed in the town for a while, sitting in the convenience store and chatting with Hughes while having coffee.
The relocation of the two chemical plants made the townspeople unprecedentedly optimistic, and everyone Qin Shiou saw with a smile on his face.
"Qin, I have to thank you for bringing hope to everyone." Hughes looked at Qin Shiou sincerely and said.
Qin Shiou was told this, his heart rose again, and said: "This matter has nothing to do with me, it was the death of the two chemical factories themselves." ”
Hughes filled his coffee cup and said, "Yes, but even without the chemical plant, we don't have any fish here, and you brought in so many fry in the fishery, or stocking." In this way, the fry will migrate to the open sea, and we will all be able to catch fish. ”
It turned out to be this matter, Qin Shiou raised the coffee cup and said: "This is what I should do, and the money I used was left by my grandfather, so we should thank my grandfather." ”
"Old Mr. Qin is a good person." Hughes's wife sighed, "I still remember that when I married Hughes, I borrowed his cruise ship to travel around the sea, but unfortunately the ship was towed away by the government." ”
Qin Shiou wanted to inquire about his second grandfather, Qin Hongde, a yellow man who came to Canada more than 70 years ago, and was able to earn such a big fishing ground from scratch, which can almost be said to be a move against the sky.
If Qin Hongde didn't have any help, such as the heart of the sea god, it was absolutely impossible.
This heart of the sea god was received by Qin Shiou ten years ago, and at that time he just said that his second grandfather who had never met left it to him, and did not say anything else, and Qin Hongde also happened to die ten years ago, if there is no connection between it, then there is a ghost.
He didn't understand, why did this Poseidon Heart give it to himself? Is it because he is the only seedling of the old Qin family? Why not for my father or sister? And after giving the heart of the sea god to himself, why didn't he let him inherit the fishing ground at that time?
In fact, since Auerbach went to announce his inheritance, he had a series of questions in his mind.
It's a pity that Hughes and others don't know much about his second grandfather, Qin Shiou knows all the rules of life, food hobbies, etc., Hughes said that if you want to know anything private, you have to ask Auerbach, Auerbach was funded by his grandfather, and the tuition and living expenses when he went to school were all given by Qin Hongde.
After staying here for a while, Qin Shiou rode back in the car, and saw Shaq and the Kraken packing up fishing gear on the car, including bows and arrows, spearguns, etc., and he asked, "What are you doing?" ”
Shaq grinned: "It's nothing today, boss, so the sea monster and I are going to shoot fish, you know, the Asian carp are very arrogant now, they are going to be mating season, they must get rid of a batch before they spawn, otherwise Shenbao Lake is really finished." ”
"I'll go too." Qin Shiou said, "Otherwise, let's use a gun, an automatic rifle, it's very cool." ”
Auerbach helped him transfer Qin Hongde's grandfather's gun license to his name, so that he could buy and use automatic weapons.
The sea monster shook his head and said, "Then what are we drawing?" Bullets are so expensive, and the fish don't jump out coherently, and a shuttle bullet can kill one or two fish, which is too wasteful of money, so it's better to let these damn fish multiply. ”
This is the difference in concept, Qin Shiou thinks that shooting fish is an entertainment activity, and it can also be brought back to be made and eaten, so it doesn't matter if you spend money.
The people who said goodbye to the town believed that fish shooting was a public welfare activity, and they did it to protect the indigenous fish in Shenbao Lake, and if it cost money, they would not do it.
Canadians and Americans are more meticulous when it comes to money, and they are more unwilling to suffer losses than the Chinese.
Qin Shiou took his pulley bow and followed Shaq and the sea monster into the car, this time they brought an ordinary wooden fishing boat, because this kind of boat is the most fuel-efficient.
Shenbao Lake is vast and wide, with a total area of ten square kilometers, and belongs to a small lake in the Great Lakes region.
Canada's water resources are so abundant that half of the Great Lakes region, which accounts for 20 percent of the world's freshwater resources, is within its borders, and many places have amber of all sizes.
When Qin Shiou and his party arrived, there were still a few people shooting fish on the lake, this time it was not a town-wide activity, so there was no oscillator to use, and if you wanted to disturb the fish, you could only use the noise made by the guò boat.
The sea monster has an underwater speaker hanging in the stern of the ship, and when it is turned on, you can see the ripples on the surface of the water, and you can also pray for the effect of the oscillator to scare the fish underwater.
After the boat entered the water for a while, two black grass carp more than half a meter long jumped up, and Shaq quickly drew his English longbow, only to hear a 'boom', a sharp arrow shot from his side, shot through a fish and brought into the water.
"Well done, boss!" The sea monster who had just picked up the speargun laughed.
Qin Shiou shrugged, dragged the fish back, and said as he pulled down the arrow: "It's not bad, it's finally worthy of the effort I put in to practice the bow and arrow a few days ago." ”
The other fish did not leave after falling into the water, and was still wandering anxiously beside it, Shaq picked up the fish shuttle, looked into the water, turned the head of the gun down slightly, and with a flick of the strong hand, the fish shuttle shot out, and shot into the water at once.
Shaq pulled the fish shuttle back, and the head of the gun was just inserted into the head of the fish, and Qin Shiou also praised: "You raised this dog niang with a headshot, man, I can't see that you are still a headshot maniac!" ”
Knowing that these fish were also edible, Shaq and the sea monster no longer wasted it, they prepared a fish chopping knife, and after shooting the big fish, they directly took the knife and fell, cut off the head and tail of the fish, put the fish body in the cabin, and calm it with the prepared ice.
The fishing boat slowly wandered on the lake, surrounded by clear and turquoise water, the wind was light and the sun was shining, Qin Shiou looked into the water, and the clear lake water seemed to reflect his soul.
Not far away, a fisher sang a Canadian ballad, Qin Shiou's heart moved, and he also tore his throat and began to roar: "Blue sky, clear lake, green grassland, this is my home......
"The galloping horses, the white sheep, and your girl, this is my home......
"I love you my home, my home my paradise ......"
This "Paradise" is a masterpiece of the grassland singer Tengger, the melody is simple and catchy, but the singer's voice is very demanding, the sound band must be wide, and the lungs must be sufficient.
It's different now, the transformation of Poseidon energy to him is actually to allow him to better adapt to the sea, and now his lung capacity is very high, otherwise when he played the day before yesterday, his explosiveness was so strong, and it would be in vain if he couldn't absorb enough oxygen.
roared like this, Qin Shiou sang more heroically than Tengger, and he was lyrical when he saw the scene, and there were his feelings in the singing, and he sang very beautifully.
Shaq and the sea monster didn't know Chinese, but this didn't prevent them from enjoying the song, Qin Shiou sang loudly, and the two stopped shooting fish, put down their bows and arrows and spearguns, and began to beat the beat and his song.
At the end of the song, the two of them were like spectators watching the play, applauding and shouting: "Okay, boss, the singing is awesome!" ”
The people around the fish shooting also screamed, and someone approached with a fishing boat and shouted to Qin Shiou: "Qin, let's do it again, it's so good, it's the first time I've heard a real person sing a Chinese song!" ”
"What do you mean by singing?" Shaq asked.
Qin Shiou translated "Paradise" to a few people, and the sea monster said with a little regret: "Alas, it's a pity that we are here for fishing, not grassland, and I haven't been to the grassland yet." ”
Shaq gave him a blank look and said, "You idiot, the point of this song is to sing about your hometown, it doesn't matter where it is!" ”
"It's also very simple to adapt it into a fishing ground," Qin Shiou said with a smile, "just change a few words, it's very simple to replace the turquoise grassland with the deep blue ocean, and replace the galloping horses with galloping fishing boats." ”
"Then let's change it, and then teach us to sing this song, and we can go and perform it on this town's day." The sea monster said with some excitement.
In fact, this town has a long history, more than 150 years since the town was built, and tens of thousands of people lived here at its peak, but unfortunately, with the decline of the Newfoundland fishing grounds, the town also declined.
Qin Shiou said with a smile: "There is no problem with this, let's do a big chorus in the future to stun your little friends." ”
No one was in control, the fishing boat floated slowly, slowly approaching the island in the lake, Shenbao Lake is not a very pure big lake, it is formed by the accumulation of groundwater, some parts of the lake were once highlands, and then flooded.
But every spring when the water level of the lake is shallow, it is still exposed, and these highlands are covered with trees such as metasequoia and redwoods, which do not drown even if they are submerged in water all year round.
Now the island in the lake exposed on the water must be thousands of square meters, and some cedar trees are growing densely, Qin Shiou looked at it and said, "How about we go to the island to have a look?" ”