He swayed to the village with a fishing rod, and greeted everyone he met along the way.

In summer, there are no entertainment activities in the countryside, except for watching TV in the house is to play cards under the tree, dozens of big poplar trees grow around the big weir pond, forming a green shade, very cool, so many people are here to enjoy the cool, most people take out their fishing rods to fish by the way, anyway, idle is idle.

Although there is no one to raise fish in the big weir pond, but because the water inside is very deep, the deepest part is almost three zhang deep, plus the rain in Liujiagou is more, so the big weir pond has not been dry for decades, the fish in it are not only many, but also fat, especially the black fire head (that is, the usual black fish, also called the snakehead), can grow to more than ten or twenty catties, very fierce in the water, and even eat a duck, often see those half-sized ducks swimming on the water surface and suddenly quacking and sinking into the water, and never floated up again.

There is also a real thing is that Liu Laosan in the east of the village was taking a bath in the big weir pond, and when he was washing the beauty, he suddenly felt a thing hit his crotch fiercely, he screamed in pain, jumped to look at the crotch that was swollen bigger than the livestock's, bruised, and hurriedly asked the people in the house to send him to the hospital, and infused two or more bottles of water to reduce the swelling, and later learned that it was because of the fire to protect the fish fry.

At that time, Liu Laosan was very angry and vowed to catch this firehead, but the firehead fish is very smart, and it only survives in deep water, and usually does not go to the shore, although Liu Laosan is extremely angry, there is no way. You can't drain the water of the big weir pond, it's a big project, and in the eyes of the people of Liujiagou, this amount of work is no different from the construction of the Three Gorges Dam.

Liu Junhao didn't deliberately look for a location, just dug a few earthworms at the water's edge, then squatted on a bent willow tree at the water's edge, threw the hook into the water, and caught a few crucian carp of more than ten centimeters in a short time.

At this time, the hairy child saw that it was fun to sit on the willow tree, and he also climbed up, and sat beside Liu Junhao without knowing his life. Liujiagou Village is small, so the villagers are very familiar with it, this hairy child is seven or eight years old, going down to the river to fish and digging birds on the trees, and he is proficient in everything, but the only one who can't learn is already in three preschools. According to his generation, he should call Liu Junhao uncle.

As soon as he came up, he shouted, "Uncle, can you use your fishing rod to beat me a few hairy wolf-eggs to eat?" ”

"Go and find a bamboo pole to eat as much as you want, that thing is dirty, flies are crawling around on it, how disgusting, you still eat, be careful that your stomach hurts."

The wolfberry egg is a common tree here, Liu Junhao does not know what the scientific name of this tree is, it is a tall shrub, the whole body is covered with hair, the leaves are as big as the palm, and it is heart-shaped; The fruit is bright red, the size of the egg yolk of the kernel, the outside of the kernel is covered with red mitomagrain-like substance like a cactus, full of sweet juice, sweet and slightly sour, the children in the countryside like to eat it very much, but because of this, the eggs are particularly easy to attract flies, and they are really annoying. This kind of use has no use at all in the countryside, just the life of burning fire. Because as long as this tree grows, ten percent of the trunk has been hollowed out by insects such as the longhorn beetle.

But the tree is useful for children. It produces a kind of resin in its trunk, and cutting its skin with a knife will flow out of a white sap, sticky, the soil is called the tendon of the wolf, and the children in the countryside have no toys, and deal with mud all day long, so most children can use mud to make kittens and dogs, mules, cows, horses and other vivid small animals. It's just that the mud has not been calcined and dried by the sun as soon as it is fried, I don't know if it is the discovery of the predecessor, the mud toys are made after being coated with the tendons of the wolfberry tree, and they are extremely tough, even if they fall on the big stone slab, they can't be broken.

Although Liu Junhao was impatient with this little guy making trouble next to him, but he couldn't drive it away, so he simply ignored him, and after a while, he caught a few crucian carp, this kind of fish is very common in the countryside, there is nothing to like, so Liu Junhao doesn't care, he chatted with the hairy boy while looking at the fishing float, and was talking about suddenly seeing a group of black pressed small fish fry running not far away, he was happy in his heart, and hurriedly made a gesture to let the hairy boy shut up.

"Is it a firehead?" Although the hairy boy is small, he has a wide range of knowledge, and he asked in a whisper with some joy in his heart.

"It should be," Liu Junhao replied with some joy.

As mentioned above, the fire can easily reach the shallow waters of the shore, but there is one exception, and that is when the fry are produced.

The temperature in deep water is low, and the newborn fry can't stand it at all, so the fry are active in shallow water, and at this time there are generally two fire heads to protect the fry.

Sure enough, Liu Junhao soon saw that something black and pressed was floating under the water, so it should be the head of the fire.

Usually the fire head is very clever, as long as someone passes, immediately enter the water and do not come out, the fire head during the seedling protection is very irritable and fierce, the slightest movement, it is considered to be a provocation to the fish fry, it will launch a fierce attack, so people fishing the fire head are carried out at this time.

Sure enough, Liu Junhao just shook the hook a few times above the fry, and the fry immediately panicked, and the fire head rushed over impatiently, swallowed the hook in one gulp, and then slammed it up, almost dragging Liu Junhao off the willow tree.

"It's a big guy!!" Liu Junhao was shocked and hurriedly jumped off the willow tree.

"Come and see, Uncle Xiao Hao has caught a big fire!!" At this time, the hairy boy also shouted at the top of his voice.

Those who were enjoying the shade, playing cards, and fishing not far away rushed over one after another. Surrounded by Liu Junhao.

I saw that the fishing float was floating and sinking, and the cotton thread was also tight, at this time, everyone could see that the guy in the water should not be small, I don't know who shouted with a voice: "Xiao Hao, don't use brute force to pull, this thing can't be too urgent." ”

Liu Junhao naturally understood this truth, he put the fishing line a little, and felt that the fire head was not struggling vigorously before carefully putting the fishing line back, and the fire head immediately struggled fiercely again, turning out a wooden basin-sized splash on the water surface. Liu Junhao hurriedly loosened the fishing line again.

In this way, it is up and down, loose and tight, and people and fireheads are like two opponents fighting wits and courage, constantly coming and going in the water.

However, Liu Junhao's half-sized man's strength naturally won and he always controlled the situation.

"How big?" At this time, Liu Laosan asked behind his back, since he was hit by the fire head, he has been fighting with the fire head.

"I don't know, it feels not small, it should have twenty or thirty catties, it still has a lot of strength now, and it has to consume its physical strength first." Liu Junhao also caught such a big fish for the first time, I don't know how big this guy is, I can only make a rough estimate.

After half an hour, the fire head finally showed signs of exhaustion, Liu Junhao also pulled it to the shore little by little, at this time it was already able to vaguely see its appearance, only to see a dark black figure emerging in the water, with black and white patterns on the body, the pair of prominent, glowing small eyes with a fierce luster, and the teeth were also revealed under the pull of the fish hook, this fire head was like a small monster, it looked quite terrifying.

Although more than half an hour has passed, the people of Liujiagou have time and patience, and they wait calmly one by one, and let out a few sighs from time to time.

"I'm afraid it's more than twenty catties, at least thirty catties up, and I haven't caught such a big fire for more than ten years, this kid is ...... lucky."

"Xiao Hao, how about going to my house at night to settle the flat, you don't have to come out with anything, just carry this fire on the ......"

Seeing that Liu Junhao pursed his lips and remained silent, someone shouted, "Xiaohao, I want to taste something fresh, how about selling it to me for fifty yuan?" ”

"Fifty? Such a big fire head is worth at least a hundred, and the last time the two dogs caught a more than eight catties, it was sold for more than forty yuan in the town."

Liu Junhao didn't answer any of these words, he just relied on his qi to catch the fire in the water, and he couldn't stand it anymore if he insisted on it for so long, and his forehead was full of fine beads of sweat.

"Xiao Hao, are you tired, why don't you let me give you a hand, how about giving me a few catties when you catch the fire?"