Chapter XVIII. Fishing
Yu Xin felt that the time spent on coming to the river this time seemed to be much shorter than the last time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info When he told Yanyan about this, Yanyan didn't answer. Just secretly hid and laughed.
Yan Yan was embarrassed to tell him: Where are you walking in front, you are obviously trotting, as if there is a beast chasing behind, of course, it is faster than last time. Thinking of this, Yanyan couldn't help but spit secretly, she was also behind Brother Yu Xin.
By the time the three of them arrived, many bark nets had been erected along the meadows along the riverbank, and some had already harvested.
"Brother Yu Xin, let's start too." Yan Yan envied everyone and couldn't wait.
Yu Xin shook his head, saw Yan Yan looking at himself in surprise, and explained: "There are already so many people catching waterbirds, and it is impossible for us to harvest as well as yesterday." I'm here to catch fish this time. ā
"Catch fish?" Yan Yan looked Yu Xin up and down in surprise, "But you don't even have a harpoon, how can you catch fish?" ā
"You want to use a net to catch fish?" The grandson on the side was thoughtful.
"Yes, hehe, you're smart enough." Yu Xin got a little carried away.
"But how are you going to catch fish with a net? The river is so deep that you can't see where the fish are? Gongsun surprisingly didn't care, but became a little curious.
"It's good to catch fish, and the taste of fish is much better than that of water birds." Yanyan didn't care about this, and clapped her little hands happily.
"I found out yesterday that there is a river near here that is connected to a small river, and the water is very calm, and there should be a lot of big fish in it. But I just don't know if this net can withstand it. Yu Xin frowned. In the extinction animal documentary, he has seen how powerful big fish are, and even small boats can overturn larger fish. Combined with the strangeness of this world, the fish here are definitely not small, and the strength must be ridiculously large.
"Then you can use my bark net." Gongsun pulled out a half-old tree bark net behind him.
This bark net was quite different from the one in Yu Xin's hand, the rope that knotted the net was not only thinner, but also had a black-brown color, and the mesh was smaller, allowing only a petite fist like a swallow to pass through.
Yu Xin pulled hard, but the net did not react at all, but his face turned red.
"Don't try it, this bark net can even earn a big wild boar. I exchanged two leopard skins for them in Yiling City. Gongsun glanced at the bark net in Yu Xin's hand with disdain.
"Sooner on." Yu Xin scratched his head and said embarrassedly. It seems that this weaving net is really a craft, but I don't have time to think about it, so Gongsun's bark net turned around and went towards the river bay.
It is said that the river bay is actually nothing more than a blister of several zhang square surrounded by reeds, and there is only a gap about a width of about one zhang on one side to connect the small river.
"The water here is calm, and there are a lot of aquatic plants, so there should be a lot of fish." Gongsun nodded.
"Uh, really? This can also be seen. "Yu Xin thought that where there was water, there would be fish, but how did I know that there was so much attention to it.
Gongsun glanced at Yu Xin, and said to himself: "It seems that the gap must be plugged first, otherwise the fish will run away." ā
"Hey, you catch fish too?" But I haven't seen anyone in the village catch fish. It's easier to catch fish than to go up to the mountains to hunt, right? Yu Xin was a little confused.
"Of course my sister can catch fish, but not with a net, but with a harpoon. At night, as long as you take the light on the water, there will be a school of fish coming over, and my sister will fork one by one. Yan Yan explained for Gongsun.
"Then there is such a good way, why do you still have a food shortage?" Yu Xin couldn't figure it out.
"It's stupid, the lights can draw the beasts over. Now the beast tide is coming, and the beasts on the mountain are like crazy, and they are very unsafe. Besides, this is only a small river, so the fish will not be able to eat it for long, and the furs obtained from hunting can be taken to the city to exchange salt and cloth, so of course the hunting cannot be left behind. ā
"That's what my sister taught me." Yan Yan added again.
The two daughters both looked at Yu Xin with an idiot look. Yu Xin suddenly had the idea of burrowing into the ground.
"I'm going to close the gap." Yu Xin walked away in discouragement.
Yu Xin took out the bark net he brought, gestured at the gap in the pond, nodded, and said to Yanyan: "Yanyan, bring me a few long sticks." ā
Yan Yan was already curious about how Yu Xin fished, so she hurriedly took a stick and approached Yu Xin.
Yu Xin took the stick and didn't talk nonsense, and directly plunged the long stick into the water, and found that the water was only five feet deep, and his net was just enough.
String the sticks on both ends of the bark net, and then firmly insert the sticks against the notch.
Gongsun saw that Yu Xin had tried a lot of effort to insert a stick, and he couldn't stand it anymore, so he stepped forward and grabbed another stick, and hit the other side at will, and the long stick was firmly inserted into the gap.
"Does it help to just plug the gap like this? Do you want to seal it with soil? Gongsun frowned.
"No, you don't." Yu Xin was a little embarrassed and waved his hand, "It's enough to have this bark net." But your bark net is still a little small. Yanyan will help me borrow some sturdy bark nets, and I'll let you watch a good show later. ā
Yan Yan hurriedly agreed, ran to the villagers who were hunting birds, borrowed a few pairs of bark nets, and many curious villagers followed to see what this "man" was doing.
Yu Xin connected the bark net borrowed by Yanyan with a bark rope, and felt that the length was enough, so he nodded with satisfaction, threaded dozens of sticks into the net, and then jumped into the water, fixed the bark net in a circle like a circle, and arranged the outermost bark net into a large entrance.
Yu Xin was busy with all this, hurriedly came to the shore, saw that everyone was looking at him with puzzled eyes, and put on a puzzled expression, which can catch a fish, and said with a smug smile: "Now you might as well do something not very fun with me." ā
Yu Xin leaned over and picked up a long stick, walked to the end of the pond without a bark fishing net, and slapped the water with the long stick.
"Brother Yu Xin, can you really catch a fish like this?" Yan Yan walked up to Yu Xin with a long stick and wondered.
"Just watch, you'll be amazed." Yu Xin smiled mysteriously.
Seeing this, Yanyan didn't ask any more questions, and also took a long stick to beat the water together. Everyone also took their own long sticks, learned from the rest of their hearts, gathered around the pond, and drew water together.
Although I don't know what's going on, the bark nets have been borrowed, and it's okay to be left and right, and it's good to be able to join in the fun. So thought of it.
Suddenly, the pond stirred up patches of water, and even gave birth to a few rainbows under the sunlight. The scene was a little spectacular and funny for a while.