There were two or three of them, and the four men stayed on the fishing boat until three o'clock in the morning, catching a total of five carp.

The first one is the largest, and the last four small dots, Tong Guohua roughly estimated, adding up to thirty-five to forty catties.

"I said why there are fewer and fewer carp in the river?" Brother Shuisheng, you really live up to your reputation, it turns out that the carp in the river have been caught by you. ”

Tong Guohua asked, "Brother Shuisheng, how much is a pound of carp now?" ”

Lu Shuisheng laughed, "Hand, if you want to buy fish, how can I negotiate the price, you just give the number." ”

Bai Shou said seriously: "Brother Shuisheng, I'm going to talk about you." Business is business, friendship is friendship, if you want to give me favors, I won't be able to do business with you next time. ”

Lu Shuiyang said: "Brother, how much is as much." ”

Tong Guohua smiled: "This is hard-earned money. Besides, Xiaobai is rich now, and it is impossible not to pay you. ”

Lu Shuisheng said: "Let's wait until dawn, and wait until we catch cotton fish and shrimp." ”

Lu Shuiyang reminded: "Brother, it's time for you." ”

There was an alarm clock on the fishing boat, and Lu Shuisheng looked at it, three o'clock and ten minutes.

"Rocking the boat, let's go to Kowloon Place."

Bai Shou and Tong Guohua sat on the boat, the two brothers of the Lu family rocked the oars, and the two fishing boats were tied together, and the speed of progress was not slow, but there was almost no sound of water.

Kowloon Hui, the confluence of nine rivers, it is easy to get lost when boats come here at night.

That is, an old fisherman like Lu Shuisheng, when he arrives here, it is like coming to his own home.

Nine rivers converge into a large lake, covering an area of 1,000 acres, and it is also the junction of five townships, one-fifth of which is under the jurisdiction of Chen Tong Township.

In the middle of this lake, there is a dark beach with an area of hundreds of acres, called Jiulong Beach.

In winter, when the water level drops, most of Kowloon Beach is exposed.

And now, Kowloon Beach is still underwater, at least 1.5 meters above the surface.

Fishermen's eaters know that the waters of Kowloon Beach are a good place to catch cotton fish and shrimp.

One after the other, two bamboo poles were inserted into the water, and the two fishing boats came to a steady stop.

"Stretch the net." Lu Shuisheng said as he took out a fishing net.

This fishing net is very special, about three meters long and two meters wide, and on each side of the length, there are about a dozen rings made of cloth heads.

The brothers stood on the bow of the boat, one on the left and one on the right, each holding a fishing rod and inserting it into the ring of the fishing net.

The white hand reached out and touched the fishing net, which is a fishing net, dense, it is simply a piece of cloth.

When I touched it again, I found that the fishing net was sticky, like a layer of glue.

"Go to the net." Lu Shuisheng shouted softly.

Together, the two brothers inserted their nets into the water and fastened one end of each of the two poles to the bow of the boat.

The white hand knew that the fishing net at this time was inserted diagonally into the water.

"Brother Shuisheng, what kind of fishing net are you?" White hands asked curiously.

"Ordinary fishing nets, the kind with the smallest mesh, woven with thin cotton rope, can be bought on the street."

"But when I touch it with my hand, it seems to be quite special."

"You can do it. Let me tell you, I processed it myself after I bought it, and I have to process it once every time before I go out of the net. Peers call this kind of net half sesame net, because the mesh is smaller than half a sesame seed. And I call it a needle eye, because after I process it, the size of the mesh is only the size of the tip of a needle. ”

"It's so complicated."

Lu Shuisheng said: "Every time before going out of the net, I have to apply a layer of pulp on the net. After the wind dries, take the needle for sewing the clothes and poke the pinhole in the fishing net. Such a net can only be used for two or three hours, and the pulp will be slowly melted away by the water. So before the next use, you have to apply the pulp again. ”

Bai Shou said: "I know, such a fishing net can catch both cotton fish and shrimp at the same time." ”

"Yes, only at this time of the morning, in the Kowloon Place, the cotton fish and shrimp will come out together. Moreover, the fish and shrimp will be groggy, and if our nets are copied, they can only be caught with their hands. ”

At this time, Lu Shuiyang said: "Brother, you can copy the net." ”

Lu Shuisheng said: "Xiaobai, Guohua, you two have to do your best." Go to the stern of the boat, and give me as much strength as you might, each man with an oar. ”

White Hand and Tong Guohua did so.

The Lu brothers stood at the bow of the boat, and in addition to holding down the fishing net, they also had to shake an auxiliary oar.

"Rocking the boat."

Lu Shuisheng gave an order, and the four of them rocked the oars together.

This paddle is not simple, not only can not move the feet, but even the body can not shake as much as possible, relying on the push and pull of both arms and the force of the two wrists.

Because fishing boats can't swing.

A fishing net inserted in the water, or this kind of fishing net with a mesh the size of a pinhole, you can imagine how much resistance there is.

Four big men, four oars swaying at the same time, and I didn't see how much the two fishing boats were moving forward.

Finally, the fishing boat slowly moved forward.

Slow work produces meticulous work, and if you want to be fast, you can't reach it, this is what you want, and what you want is this effect.

For more than ten minutes, Bai Shou and Tong Guohua were already sweating profusely, and the fishing boat was estimated to have advanced more than ten meters.

"Stop the boat and start the net." Lu Shuisheng finally spoke.

Bai Shou and Tong Guohua hurriedly took the oar as artemisia and inserted it into the water to prevent the fishing boat from retreating.

The Lu brothers cooperated tacitly and jumped on the heads of the two bamboo poles supporting the fishing nets.

Bai Shou and Tong Guohua also stepped forward and pressed the bamboo pole with their bodies.

The nets slowly emerge from the water.

Cotton fish is a rare fish in the water network of the Wenhuang Plain, and there may still be farms now, but the wild ones are extinct.

The body of the cotton fish is soft, the whole body is white, thinner than chopsticks, no more than an inch and a half long, and the fish with the highest nutritional value in the river.

Shrimp are common, but not easy to catch. Because it is actually an ordinary river shrimp, but when it is seven to fifteen days old, it is very small, so it is called shrimp baby.

As soon as the connoisseur makes a move, he will know if there is one.

Lu Shuiyang turned on the hanging lantern.

Good guys, a net, white flakes at the bottom of the net, and pink clumps of color.

The white is the cotton fish, and the pink is the shrimp.

"Fishing nets." Lu Shuisheng gave another order.

Harvest a lot.

The four of them moved together, holding a bowl in one hand and catching cotton fish and shrimp in the other.

The bowl could not be put down, and it fell into the fishing compartment, one fishing boat with cotton fish, and the other fishing boat with shrimp pigs.

There is water in the fishing tank, and the sheep fish and shrimp can survive for three to five hours each.

It took more than ten minutes to get off the net, and it took more than ten minutes to fish online.

"Second network." Lu Shuisheng drank again, and his mouth was still three or two words.

The nets were launched again.

The four big men began to work together again.

After connecting two nets, he was too tired to do it, and the four men sat down to rest and smoke a cigarette to relieve their fatigue.

Two more nets.

The sky has been brightened, and the eastern horizon has revealed the white of the fish's belly.

Lu Shuisheng shouted loudly, "Go to the shore, ......"

The shouts reached all around, with the joy of a good harvest.

In the morning, the Bai family invited the three big bosses to the front yard to appreciate the fruitful results of his struggle all night.