The Qingshui River is only more than three meters wide and two or three meters deep. If you want to catch really big fish, I am afraid that you have to go to Bashui or Weishui.

Fortunately, although the flow of the Qingshui River is not large, because it has not experienced too much fishing, the fish and shrimp resources are relatively rich. Zhang Ran put their fish cages into the river, and after a night, they had more or less some harvest.

After counting all the six fish cages and the two baskets that Zhang Ran had modified earlier, a total of more than a dozen large and small fish and a few small shrimps were collected.

After that, Zhang Ran and the others killed a few fish by the river, cleaned them and threaded them with straw ropes. The entrails of the fish are used as new bait and put back into the cage.

After sinking the reloaded fish cages into the river one by one, the two men each left with a fish cage for the fish.

When I returned to Sankui's house, it was already early hour. At this moment, Sankui's parents had already eaten breakfast and went to work in the fields.

Sankui's family has more than 100 acres of land, because the two elder brothers are not at home all the year round, so almost all of this 100 acres of land are cultivated by Sankui and others, although Zhang Meng and his wife are in the prime of life, but it is not easy to cultivate more than 100 acres of land. So, basically, the couple spends most of the year working in the fields.

Seeing Zhang Ran and the two coming back with a fish cage, Zhang Cuier hurriedly stepped forward to help, found a water tank with the two, and poured the live fish and shrimp into the water tank to raise them temporarily. Then, he went to the kitchen again, and Zhang Luo was busy with hot meals for the two of them.

After eating a big bowl of corn cooked by Cui'er at Sankui's house, Zhang Ran went into the mountain with Sankui as usual, carrying a basket on his back, bringing enough tools.

When he came to the bamboo forest in the mountains, Zhang Ran threw all the strength of cutting bamboo to Sankui, and he himself took hemp rope and hoe and set off to the mountain forest next to him to check the hunting traps left yesterday...

With a bit of expectation and apprehension, Zhang Ran stepped to another hill where the trap was placed, and started to check the nearest rope trap.

One, two, three...

After checking seven or eight rope ropes all the way, Zhang Ran still found nothing, these rope ropes were either not triggered at all, or they were broken by the prey, and even some of the hemp ropes were torn off, leaving only half of the hemp rope and the wooden tree deeply rooted in the soil. It seems to be mocking Zhang Ran's incompetence...

Sure enough, these hemp ropes are still not strong enough, and they can't be compared with the ropes of later generations. Looks like I'm still taking it for granted! ”

Zhang Ran sighed deeply, and his mood immediately became a little bad, from the initial expectation, it gradually turned into disappointment and helplessness. Fortunately, this blow was nothing to Zhang Ran, although there was no gain, but Zhang Ran was still patient and repaired those damaged traps with the hemp rope he carried.

In order to prevent the situation of the hemp rope being broken again, Zhang Ran did not hesitate to spend some time to increase and thicken each rope sleeve to ensure that such a situation would not happen again. Although the thickened rope may be detected by the prey and affect the capture efficiency, Zhang Ran can't take care of it at this moment.

Most of the traps in a row failed, and Zhang Ran actually didn't have much hope in his heart for the rope trap he had arranged. Just when Zhang Ran was about to despair, a surprise happened inadvertently.

When Zhang Ran walked near the eleventh trap, he suddenly saw something moving in a piece of grass in the distance! It looks like an animal is struggling!

"Got something!"

A flash of realization flashed in his mind, Zhang Ran took a sharp step, ran forward with a "boom", and rushed to the prey in a few breaths.

After picking up the grass, a little guy with gray fur, a body length of more than 30 centimeters, and a mouse-like shape, was struggling in the grass, with a circle of hemp rope around his neck, obviously falling into a trap.

When the little thing saw Zhang Ran appear, it was even more panicked and uneasy, its mung bean-sized eyes were full of horror and looked at Zhang Ran, his head and abdomen were tightened, and he struggled backwards uneasily, making a cry of "clucking...".

"What is this? Vole? No, voles aren't that big, it's... Bamboo rats! ”

After recognizing that the guy in front of him was a bamboo rat, Zhang Ran couldn't help but get excited. The bamboo rat is large and meaty, delicious and nutritious, and it is a rare delicacy, and it is definitely an excellent choice to take it back to stew.

"Blessed with a mouth!"

Zhang Ran suddenly picked up his hoe and smashed it at the bamboo rat. After the "bang", the bamboo rat died on the spot, and the struggling action stopped instantly.

Looking at the bamboo rat whose head was smashed, Zhang Ran suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward to untie the rope sleeve, and held the bamboo rat in his hand.

Zhang Ran didn't forget that bamboo rats grew up eating bamboo, and their teeth are sharp. Although it doesn't look too big, it can definitely bite off a person's finger in one bite. Zhang Ran didn't dare to catch this wild bamboo rat with his bare hands when it was still alive.

"But this guy's teeth are so sharp, why didn't he bite off the rope?"

Zhang Ran thought about it and secretly guessed that this bamboo rat had just fallen into the trap, and it was when he couldn't stop worrying. After being frightened, the animal's instinct makes it only struggle and not think of biting the rope to break free. If you wait another hour, this guy will definitely bite the rope and escape after the initial panic stage.

"The loss came early, otherwise this guy might have escaped!" Thinking of this, Zhang Ran couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.

"Good guy, this bamboo rat is at least more than three catties! Looks like today's dinner has arrived! ”

Flipping the bamboo rat in his hand, Zhang Ran couldn't help grinning, and a hundred kinds of dead bamboo rats immediately appeared in his mind... Phew, it's how to eat.

With the unexpected harvest of bamboo rats, Zhang Ran's mood suddenly improved a little. At the same time, I also knew that in fact, my rope sleeves and traps were not useless, and it was just bad luck before.

Putting the dead bamboo rat into the back basket behind him, Zhang Ran made a rope noose again, arranged it nearby, and then took the hoe and continued to march in the direction of another trap that had not yet been checked.

After more than half an hour, Zhang Ran walked all over the surrounding mountains, and after checking all the traps, he found a hare crushed to death by a stone and three smaller voles in the rockfall trap.

Then, among the few bird traps, he accidentally found a live pheasant.

Coupled with the bamboo rats caught before..., Zhang Ran has gained a lot this time!