Looking at the unrecognizable and extremely ugly "fish cage" under his feet, Zhang Ran couldn't help but feel deep suspicion in his heart.

However, now Zhang Ran's mind is full of how to eat fish, and he obviously can't take care of it much. Regardless of whether this method can catch fish or not, Zhang Ran does not hesitate to try.

Even in order to increase the success rate of fishing, Zhang Ran also set his sights on the basket carried by his sister Sui'er, and planned to transform another basket.

Even if one "fish cage" can't be caught, two "fish cages" add up, and you can always catch two fish, right?

"Brother, what are you going to do!?" Sensing her brother's ill-intentioned gaze, Sui'er hurriedly took off the basket on her back, held it in her arms, looked at Zhang Ran vigilantly, and warned loudly: "Tell your brother, don't beat my basket idea, I will never hand it over to you to harm!" ”

"Huh?" Zhang Ran was stunned when he heard this, and the big hand he just stretched out couldn't help but freeze in mid-air, and he looked at his sister who was full of vigilance on her little face in amazement, and couldn't help frowning and said, "What scourge?" Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, I'm making a fishing trap! Do you want to eat fish anymore? If you want to eat, give me the basket! ”

"Fishing trap!?" Xiao Sui'er obviously didn't believe her brother's "nonsense", she stretched out her hand and pointed to the ugly fish cage in Zhang Ran's footsteps, and said in disbelief: "This ugly thing can catch fish?" Brother, are you kidding? ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but feel distressed: "Why do you poke such a big hole in a good basket!" Brother, aren't you spoiling things! Hmph, when my grandmother comes back, I must tell her, just say that you are not obedient to rest, and you actually deliberately broke our family's basket! ”

"Huh?" Zhang Ran suddenly cried and laughed when he heard this, so he had no choice but to temporarily withdraw his palm, and patiently explained to his sister who threatened him to "make a small report": "This I did is really a fishing trap, didn't I tell you to catch fish just now?" How can we catch fish without traps! As for the big holes you mentioned, they are used as passages for fish to get in and out. Sui'er, give me the basket quickly! While it's still early, I'll make another trap and we'll have fish to eat in the evening! ”

"Really!?" As soon as she heard that there were fish to eat, Sui'er's vigilance immediately disappeared for most of the time, and she hesitated for a long time, and finally the desire to eat fish still prevailed over reason, and then she slowly released the basket in her arms with great reluctance, and handed it to Zhang Ran and said: "The basket can be given to you, brother, don't coax me, and it's best to really catch the fish for a while, otherwise when Grandma asks, I won't help you say good things!" ”

Finally deceived the basket from his sister's hand, Zhang Ran quickly pulled a few vines and began to weave, while agreeing: "That's natural, brother, I promise to let you eat fish tonight!" ”

"Uh-huh, uh-huh, when I catch a fish, I'm going to eat the biggest, fattest one!"

"Good! It's all up to you! ”

……

Even coaxed and deceived, he finally got the basket from Sui'er's hand, and after Zhang Ran got the basket, he immediately began to transform the basket.

With the experience of a transformation, coupled with the help of Sui'er's sister, Zhang Ran completed the transformation of the basket in the back in just ten minutes.

After the trap was made, Zhang Ran took his enthusiastic sister and used a stone hoe to dig out a dozen earthworms in the soft soil near the river, and then put them in two baskets.

After catching enough bait, Zhang Ran took his sister to the Xiaoqing River again, carefully observed along the river, and finally found a place with a relatively gentle flow in a slightly downstream place.

Then Zhang Ran found a few wrist-thick tree vines by the river and tied them to the transformed basket. Then, one of the baskets was thrown into the river, and the other end was tied to a small tree by the river...

After that, Zhang Ran repeated the old trick, came to another river bank, threw the remaining basket into the river, and then turned around and left the river with his sister.

The trap has been placed, and now we just wait for the harvest. As for whether he can catch a fish, Zhang Ran is not a little sure in his heart, after all, using this simple method to catch fish is largely a matter of resignation to fate, and it all depends on personal luck.

Walking on the road, Zhang Ran looked up at the sky and found that the sun had passed over their heads at some point, and gradually began to shift to the west.

Zhang Ran secretly estimated the time in his heart, and felt that it was about two or three o'clock now, that is to say, it took more than two hours to go back and forth for two trips and transform these two baskets.

"Well, it's still a while before it gets dark, do you want to go to the field to help your mother hoe the weeds?" Zhang Ran touched his chin and thought about it carefully, and then thought about the current condition of his body, and finally shook his head and gave up.

Although Zhang Ran also wants to help his mother share some labor pressure, but his current body is too bad, and he has a long-term lack of nutrition, and working three or five hours a day is already the limit.

Returning to the shade of the big tree, Zhang Ran leaned on the big tree, looked at the strange white clouds floating in the sky, and secretly thought: "Although my current health is very poor, I can't just rest and not work!" While it's still early, find a way to do something more! ”

The strong shame remaining in his heart made it impossible for Zhang Ran to lie down and enjoy the fruits of other people's labor peacefully, even if that person was his nominal mother!

So after racking his brains and thinking about it for a long time, Zhang Ran finally decided to do what he could. For example, digging up some wild vegetables or something...

Thinking of this, Zhang Ran turned his head to his sister beside him and said, "Sui'er, let's go dig some wild vegetables together!" Cook and eat at night! ”

"Digging wild vegetables?" Sui'er looked at Zhang Ran suspiciously, according to Sui'er's original idea, Zhang Ran must refuse to rest well and "cause trouble" everywhere.

But considering that his brother had just harmed two of the few baskets he had in the family, it was impossible for a worse situation to happen, so he thought about it for a while, and finally nodded and said, "Okay! It just so happens that there is not much food at home, and if you can't catch fish, digging up some wild vegetables and cooking them is always better than bean soup! ”