After a full meal, Wuyang asked Tonghua to settle the bill, and Tonghua said: "The room here is very exquisite and clean, let's rest for a while." ”

Wuyang glanced at her and knew what she was thinking, anyway, it was not far from Shitanba here, and there was nothing important to do, so he went upstairs with her. "Tonghua, if it's still like this when I go home, I can only be your husband alone."

Tonghua smiled and said, "No, you can use it if you have it, and it doesn't matter if you don't have it." I haven't had it for 20 years, haven't I come here too? I see you're quite interested in this matter, and I'm so sleepy at night that you still have to make noise. ”

"Hehe, you still haven't enough, now you're thinking about it again."

"It's like eating, you can't be hungry, you can't hold on."

"When you go home, you have to be humble with your sisters, you know?"

"I understand. Now I regret it, when I first met you, I didn't know the beauty of this kind of thing, otherwise I would have relied on you at that time. Wuyang, you have to compensate me. ”

"Well, see how you make up for it. You can't walk, right? ”

"That's not good, I'm going to wait for you at the next stop."

"I'll go to the farmhouse in the afternoon, you can come with me."

When I arrived at the Shitanba fishing ground, I saw that the fish pond was not planted with lotus root as Xu Laosi said. It's just that some lotus roots are planted on the three sides of the periphery, with an area of only about 1,000 acres, and 2,000 acres are fish farming. However, this thousand acres of lotus ponds still looks quite spectacular and shocking, but unfortunately they are now beginning to decay. There are many people fishing by the fish pond, and many cars are parked in the fishery and on the side of the road, looking at the license plates. There are Yihe cities and counties. There are also Tanzhou and Lujiang.

Wuyang stopped the car at the entrance of the department. A woman in her 30s came over and said, "Boss, are you here to fish?" ”

"It's not decided yet, is Fourth Brother Xu here?"

"Yes, I'll call him."

Xu Laosi came out soon, "Boss Li, have you eaten?" ”

"Eat. You've built so many new houses, what are you busy with? ”

"A thousand acres of lotus roots were planted. Need a house to process and store lotus seeds, can only be built. I don't have anything specific, I was chatting with the lotus seed workers just now. This is the last batch of lotus seeds of the year. ”

"Have all the lotus seeds been sold? How much income? ”

"There can be more than 8,000 per mu."

Wuyang said: "With the lotus root and fish, there should be two thousand, right?" ”

Xu Laosi said: "Lotus roots only produce lotus seeds, and the lotus roots are very small, so they can't be sold for money, so they can only arrange people to go into the water next year to pinch some lotus root tips, and the income per mu is hundreds of yuan." Fish farming is not necessarily, I also listen to Zhengliang and fool around. I don't know if it will work. If it succeeds, it must be not much worse than the income of lotus seeds. If it doesn't work, it may not be recovered. ”

"What kind of fish are you raising in the lotus root pond?"

"There are many kinds of frogs, crucian carp, yellow ducks, catfish, black fish, and soft-shelled turtles. Masara said that frogs and crucian carp can be used as food for other fish, and the leftovers can be sold for money when they grow up. ”

"That's a good idea."

"That's a bad idea. This year, I was so miserable by these fish that I threw in 1,000 tons of bran cake and rented 200 acres of land to raise earthworms, and the earthworms were thrown into the water, spending nearly 2 million yuan on feed and more than 10 million yuan on seedlings. ”

"It costs so much money to grow seedlings?"

"Mainly in the lake area to buy more than 20,000 catties of large soft-shelled turtle, 30 yuan a catty, spent more than 6 million. People also raise fish in fish ponds, and this year is the third year of fish, and they can spawn. If you look at the sand ponds next to the fish ponds, they are used for the hatching of soft-shelled turtles. ”

Wuyang asked, "How many eggs have been laid this year?" ”

"After hatching, we counted the empty shells, and there were more than 100,000 of them."

"What is the survival rate under such conditions?"

Xu Laosi said: "You won't die if you die, but I don't know if catfish and black fish will eat small soft-shelled turtles." It's been more than a month since the baby soft-shelled turtle came out of the shell, and we have invested a lot of earthworms, hoping to survive more. ”

Wuyang said: "Fourth brother, Zhengliang is not a bad idea. You see, these soft-shelled turtles, you buy 30 yuan, raise them here for two years, they will become wild soft-shelled turtles, selling for 180 yuan per catty, even if they don't grow up, you can earn more than 30 million yuan, not to mention that there are so many small soft-shelled turtles born. ”

"Boss Li, there are so many soft-shelled turtles, if you catch them together and want to sell them as wild, people won't believe it. Is this good, if you catch soft-shelled turtles in the dry pond in the future, you will sell them to your guesthouse, hotel and Chen Dabao's wild vegetable restaurant for 100 yuan a catty? ”

"I can call the shots in my hotel and restaurant, and I can promise you that Chen Dabao still wants you to contact him yourself, and he may not listen to me. I can help you speak, but he has the restocking channels now, and you have to follow his plan. ”

"Okay, thank you in advance. Boss Li, the farmhouse here is very good, you can eat authentic country food, you can pick vegetables, fruits, you can also fish, it's quite fun, you can often bring everyone to play, anyway, there must be a lot of people who invite you. ”

Wuyang smiled: "Now everyone likes to come to the farmhouse to play, but I can't accept other people's treats." It's like fishing, I can't take the bait. Of course, fourth brother, I don't support it, but I don't oppose it either. You tell Brother Li and the people in their village that when the guests come, the service attitude should be better, and every effort will be made to meet their needs, and the knife of the slaughtering customers should not be sharpened too quickly, there will be more repeat customers, and more people will be brought in, and the business will get better and better. ”

Xu Laosi smiled and said, "What you say makes sense, I will tell Brother Li about them." Boss Li, are you fishing or going to the farmhouse? ”

"You only put fish in these fish ponds this year, and there are no big fish, right?"

"Boss Li, let me tell you, you can't say it, these fish of mine are all purchased from the lake area, and the big ones are 2 or 30 catties. We people here think that the fish in the lake area is not good and cannot afford to sell at a price, so I buy more and buy at a lower price, only 4 pieces of grass carp and crucian carp, and only 8 pieces of herring. The price of my fishing here has doubled. ”

"How many fish can I catch on this day?"

"Not necessarily, fishing for crucian carp in the spring, at most more than 20 tons are caught. Dog days fishing for grass carp and herring. 30 tons were also fished. Sometimes you have to cast your nets, and you can catch as many as you can. Now Brother Li and they have brought cattle and sheep, and they also raise pigs, and the guests will catch as many as they catch when they fish, and they will not cast their nets, and the average person will bring back two fish per person, 10 catties of meat, plus some vegetables or something. Boss Li. They say that fishing is not a net, it is not corruption, and it is not a fraud if the grain is not measured, is it not a fraud? ”

Wuyang smiled: "You listen to their nonsense. Of course, it is not corrupt to pay for fishing by yourself, but who of your guests pays for it themselves? The yield of one ton of rice per mu has reached this yield in every county, fourth brother. You grew up in the countryside, do you think you can do it? ”

Xu Laosi said: "In the early years, hybrid rice was planted. is achievable. But hybrid rice breeding is difficult, seedling raising is difficult, transplanting is time-consuming and laborious, the rice is not delicious, now the countryside is not planted, and high-quality rice is planted, and the yield per mu is 800 catties in one season is very good. ”

"We also know this, at the beginning, people reported it like that, they wanted political achievements, you say, can we really expose it? If you have that mind, you can't have this energy. ”

"Yes, now the fields are planted by each family, where is the accurate number. You just have the bottom in your heart for this kind of thing, don't make it like the exaggerated style of 58 years, just come out with a yield of 100,000 catties per mu. ”

"Forget it, let's not talk about that. Fourth brother, you fish ponds, so many people fish, don't you often have to put fish in? ”

"Yes. The fishmongers in the Lake District bring me fish every week. Send me another 20 tons tonight, and tomorrow morning it will be there, and you may be fished out in two days. ”

"There are people fishing during work hours?"

"No, no, absolutely not."

Wuyang smiled: "Fourth brother, you are lying, your face is red." ”

"Occasionally, there are veteran cadres who engage in activities and units who engage in trade union activities."

"Forget it, I have a pair of hunter's eyes anyway, so I won't pursue it."

"Boss Li, if you turn a blind eye, you will take the greatest care of me. As long as you arrange for someone to check, no one will dare to come here. I'll bring you a fishing rod, what fish are you going to catch? ”

"There are so many people over there, there must be someone who knows me, and it won't ruin your business? I'm in this lotus root pond. ”

"Okay, there are small fish, earthworms, you can also catch frogs as bait, catfish, black fish, yellow ducks, soft-shelled turtles can be fished. These fish ponds are not dry, for fear that the nearby villagers will come to rob them, they directly inserted lotus roots, there should be a lot of wild fish. ”

"You take two fishing rods, and there's one more person in my car. Fourth brother, don't tell people that I'm here. ”

"I know. Let's have dinner here. ”

"Okay, after dinner, I'm going to go to Brother Li's village to have a look, and now that I'm going, others will be embarrassed to see me, which will affect your business." Hey, let me introduce you to my companion, Miss Mu, an Australian Chinese, who is going to return to China to invest. If the fourth brother has any good projects and needs to find a partner, you can contact Miss Mu. ”

Xu Laosi said: "Thank you, I am a small businessman, and I am not qualified to cooperate with foreign businessmen." Miss Mu, welcome here. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Xu. It's bothered. Tonghua got out of the car and gracefully reached out to shake Xu Laosi. She is wearing a dark blue skirt, delicate facial features, fair skin, plus she has learned the manners of a lady, and the confidence brought by real money, it will not be doubtful that she is born in a rich family. If Xu Laosi knew English, Tonghua only learned simple conversation, and he would definitely be exposed.

"You're welcome, just tell me if you have something. I'm going to get my fishing rod. ”

Tonghua held up a sun umbrella and wanted to get close to Wuyang to shade him, but Wuyang didn't dare to let her approach, so she had to bask in the sun. Fortunately, in addition to fishing gear and bait, Xu Laosi also brought two new straw hats, after all, he is a person who often entertains anglers.

"Boss Li, have you ever caught these fish?"

"I have fished crucian carp and catfish, but I have not fished for blackfish or soft-shelled turtles."

"Fishing for soft-shelled turtles can only try luck, I brought pork liver here, you use the hook on this bamboo pole to hook the pork liver, throw it into the water and leave it alone, there is it, there is no way. Fishing for blackfish cannot be fixed in one place, just like fishing for frogs, the bait must be kept at a height close to the surface of the water and move at any time. Blackfish are very ferocious and will jump out of the water to eat. ”

"Okay, I'll do it your way, you can get busy."

Taking out the pork liver and putting it on the hook, smelling the stench, Xu Laosi said: "Fishing for soft-shelled turtles with stinky pork liver can attract soft-shelled turtles in faster." Of course. It is best to use dog liver. But not now. ”

"It's fine. We don't necessarily have to catch a fish, we just have to enjoy it. Throwing the bait on the two bamboo poles into the water, after Xu Laosi left, Wuyang helped Tonghua's hook with earthworms, and his own with frog legs.

"Wuyang, I haven't fished, you have to teach me."

"Okay, I'll let you get up when. You just have to pull it hard. ”

Wuyang's eyes were staring at the buoy of the paulownia, and his own only glanced at it occasionally. found that Tonghua's bite hook, and when it was time to let her pull it, she really caught a black-backed crucian carp, which was not too big, about half a catty. When I looked back at my buoy, it was gone, so I quickly pulled it, it was a yellow-black catfish, 4 or 5 catties in size. But the lotus leaf pole in the fish pond is very dense. There were small thorns on it, and it always got tangled in the fishing line. It took a long time to pull the fish up. Wuyang is afraid of trouble. So I switched to blackfishing.

I haven't fished for blackfish, I fished for frogs when I was a child, Xu Laosi said the method again, and it will definitely be. Shorten the fishing line to about two meters, or use the frog legs, close to the water surface was bitten by the black fish, pulled up, it is a black fish with a yellow pattern on a black bottom, 4 catties big. This afternoon, Yang's interest came.

I caught a few in succession, the big one was 6 catties, and the small one was about 3 catties. Tonghua also looked hot, and she also wanted to switch to blackfishing. After Wuyang instructed her to fish two, he let her operate it alone.

Fishing for blackfish could not be fixed in one place, the two walked farther and farther, and when they caught a blackfish, they returned to the net, took the frog leg and came back to continue. After two hours of busyness, the frog legs ran out, so I had to call it a day. Tonghua wanted to lift the net pocket to see the results, but she didn't mention it, Wuyang went to mention it, good guy, the net pocket is almost full, nearly two hundred catties.

After packing up the fishing rod, and then going to clean up the bamboo pole, but it can't be moved, Wuyang is estimated to have a soft-shelled turtle bite, and only by going into the water can the soft-shelled turtle be caught. Wuyang wanted to take off his clothes and go into the water, Tonghua said: "They are fishing grounds, so you don't need to go down in person, it is a loss of leadership." ”

Wuyang smiled: "Tonghua, you are making such a fast progress, you have used all these words." ”

"Yesterday I watched TV, and there happened to be such a sentence in it, and I picked up people's teeth."

"Yes, the idioms are all used."

"Don't praise me, I don't even know what my last name is. Hurry up and call someone, and the turtle will run away in a while. ”

Called Xu Laosi, he went into the water in shorts, led the line to the place where he couldn't pull, bent down to touch the mud, "It's a big guy." ”

Sure enough, after a while, he raised a soft-shelled turtle with a diameter of 40 centimeters in both hands. "Boss Li, the biggest soft-shelled turtle in it was caught by you, and it weighs more than 20 catties."

"Didn't you say that it's just a third-year soft-shelled turtle?"

"The one we bought back, the largest one is indeed only 3 or 4 catties, but we haven't dried this fish pond, we don't know how big the soft-shelled turtle is in it."

"Is that pure wild?"

"Absolutely wild." Xu Laosi said with certainty.

"The other one can't be pulled, isn't it also a big guy?"

Xu Laosi said: "There won't be such a coincidence, right? ”

Bending down to touch it, it is bigger than the first one, maybe more than 30 pounds. Wuyang felt that Xu Laosi's words were definitely false. With his character, he knows that there is a fake, and he will not expose it again. Buy soft-shelled turtle for 30 yuan a pound in the lake area, and sell it here as a wild soft-shelled turtle, Daxing City is 180 yuan a catty, and just now said that it will be sold for 100 yuan a pound to your own guesthouse and hotel. It is understandable that businessmen, especially those who come out of the countryside, attach more importance to profit-making. But after all, he helped their brothers, and if they didn't have their help, it would be difficult for their brothers to have the situation they have today, Xu Zhengliang should have told them. It seems that the company has so many hotels and hotels, and Chen Dabao's wild vegetable restaurants are also opening more and more, and he must establish a soft-shelled turtle breeding base, so he can use the model of Xu Laosi.

Xu Laosi was still explaining, and Wuyang didn't want to hear it. "Fourth brother, do you have to buy it if you catch it?"

"The soft-shelled turtle bites the hook, it is swallowed directly into the stomach, and it can only cut the fishing line, and the soft-shelled turtle can't live. However, it doesn't matter if you don't buy it, I'll sell it to those who fish, and they will definitely want it. ”

"Well, if you can't sell it, I still want it, and I can't let you suffer losses. I'll take these black fish back with me after I weigh them, and I won't have dinner at your place. ”

"Okay, you guys rest for a while, I'll go sell the soft-shelled turtle first and come back."

Wuyang knew that Xu Laosi wanted to find someone else to sell the soft-shelled turtle first, and if he couldn't sell it, he would have to take it away by himself, and it was impossible for him to leave first. "Okay, we'll wait for you."

I went into the house with Tonghua, drank water, and went to see the processed lotus seeds. There is a row of tables in the processing room, dozens of workers sit next to them, some are to remove the shell of the lotus seeds, and some are to peel off the coat of the lotus rice, at this time the lotus seeds are white, and then someone pokes out the core of the lotus seeds, after these processes, as long as it is dried is the white lotus traded on the market.

When I came out of the processing room, I happened to see Brother Li coming on an electric motorcycle, "Secretary Li, when you arrive in the village, why don't you go to eat at home?" ”

"Hello Brother Li. I've eaten, and when I come, I've fished and then I've reaped the rod. If you have money, why do you buy an electric donkey? ”

"It's almost 70 people, cars can't drive, motorcycles are not easy to drive, electric donkeys are the best. Let's go to my house for dinner. I just bought soft-shelled turtle with Xu Laosi, and I'll eat it later. ”

"Is his soft-shelled turtle really wild?"

Brother Li smiled and said, "Can this still be fake?" When he came back from buying soft-shelled turtles, I looked at the pond and put them in the pond, all of them were about 4 catties, it was impossible to grow so fast, these two were left in the pond before. ”

"Looks like I'm really wrong about him."

Brother Li said: "Xu Laosi usually talks about your goodness, how can he lie to you?" But he's a shrewd person, and he can't deal with people, and he can't say polite words. You are the leader, don't be like him. Let's go, go to my house. I bought all of Xu Laosi's soft-shelled turtles, and you will bring one back later. ”

"I don't want it, I can't let you send it if it's such an expensive thing."

"What's expensive, the big one, that's 6,000 yuan. Think about you helping me sell those antiques, the price is so good, I don't need a penny of handling fees, I always have to say it. ”

"You're welcome, really. Brother Li, I brought a beautiful investor, you have a lot of guests at home, I am afraid that others will misunderstand, so I will not go today. ”

"It's just me and my wife at home today, it's okay."

"It's Sunday, what about your son and daughter-in-law?"

"I went to his father-in-law's house. His uncle drowned two days earlier, and they came with the cook and waiters to help. ”

"Living nearby for a long time, you should know the situation, how can you drown?"

"Hades wants to take him away. Isn't there a river in front of him, more than ten years ago, many people panned for gold in the river and dug a lot of pits, all of which he knows. Later, for irrigation, dams were built downstream, and there were still people digging sand and gold with boats. A few days ago, the sluice gate was opened to release the water, and the water in the river was shallow, so he went to fish with the electric fish machine on his back, but he fell into the deep pit and did not climb up. A sturdy old man, two years younger than me, just turned 66. ”

"It's a pity, I left too early."

"Isn't it, the children are older, the health is good, and life is better. Don't talk about him, let's go. ”

Wuyang heard that gold could be panned in the river, and his heart itched again. "Brother Li, is that the river on the side of the highway? Where does the upstream lead? ”

"It flows from Yanglin County, and the source should be in the mountains of Yanglin County."

"Is it open there?"

Brother Li said: "Now that the road surface is hardened, and the villages are connected, there must be roads, but if you want to go to the mountains, it is difficult to say whether the roads are accessible or not." Secretary Li, do you want to go over and have a look? (To be continued......)