After passing the stone bridge at the widest part of the river, the river gradually narrows and becomes shallower.

There are many bare-handed children, in groups of three or five, who are touching crabs and crayfish along the river embankment, and as soon as Xiang Yuan, who is carrying a shrimp rake, appears, it immediately attracts the envy and jealousy of a group of children.

If you regard Xiaohe as a martial arts river and lake, a group of children who fish empty-handed are beggar gang disciples, and Xiang Yuan's shrimp rake is the seven-star sword in the hands of famous disciples.

As for the legendary magic weapon of the fishing net, it is the same as the dragon slaying knife... It is necessary to encounter catastrophes such as changes in the heavens and the earth, heavy rain, and floods sweeping the fish ponds, so as to come out and turn the tide and take advantage of the fire to rob!

Since he has such a sharp weapon as a shrimp rake, Xiang Yuan must of course have a famous and decent demeanor, and he can't rob the territory of the beggars' disciples.

So I went upstream, and the weedy embankment was soaked soft and warm by the river, evaporating with a fishy smell, and from time to time there were croaking bubbles coming out when I stepped on it barefoot.

"Whoa......

There was a small cyan shrimp in the shrimp rake that was pulled back, and it kept jumping...

Two finger-wide cutting board fish shimmered in the sun, rolled their red eyes, and lay in the bamboo rake looking at the sky ignorantly, a little confused about the current situation.

Xiang Jian cheered, carefully picked up the cutting board fish into the bucket first, and then caught the crayfish, "Uncle Yuan, the shell on this shrimp is soft, will it die?" ”

Xiang Yuan glanced at it and shook his head: "It hasn't been shelled for a long time, it's still a female shrimp, put it back." ”

Xiang Jian sighed, threw the female shrimp back into the water, and disappeared in an instant.

The second time I hit two crucian carp three fingers wide, the third and fourth times I didn't catch them.

Walking to a backwater bay shaded by trees, the shrimp rake pulled back this time obviously became heavy, and before it was pulled out of the water, Xiang Jian's cheers were heard, "Red carp, red carp, such a big red carp..."

The other person was weak and unstable, so Xiang Yuan also pounced on the cheeks of the fish and put the fat red carp in the bucket.

The fish weighed at least four pounds, and it couldn't be straightened when it was put in the bucket, so it could only curl up its tail and squeeze the two crucian carp that came up first to roll their eyes.

Xiang Yuan laughed a few times, with this red carp, it is not in vain today.

He patted his head and scooped a few handfuls of river water into the bucket with his hand, the small fish could live or die, anyway, he ate it himself, and the big fish he wanted to take to the restaurant died and could not be sold at a good price.

He was full of interest, as if he didn't know how to be tired, and he was busy from morning to noon, and seven-year-old Xiang Jian couldn't resist the fatigue and began to cry hungry.

There are at least two catties of crayfish in the aluminum bucket, one and a half catties of crucian carp, plus four catties of red carp, and a few catties of river water for fish farming, which weighs more than a dozen catties.

Xiang Yuan now feels heavy when he carries the bucket...

He was not tired, but he felt hungry, so he could only go back to have lunch first, take the fish back and raise it, and then come back in the afternoon to continue the hunt.

Only then did he walk back to the stone bridge, and a big black man walked in the direction of Xiaohe Town.

When he was wrong with the two of them, the big man sighed, obviously seeing the red carp.

"Little doll, sell me this carp of yours for two dollars." He took out a two-yuan bill from his body and stuffed it into Xiang Jian, who was empty-handed, and was about to go to the bucket to catch fish.

The farmed carp sells for two yuan a catty in the town, and the wild carp sells for at least four yuan a catty, and this rare wild red carp has to be doubled, as long as the price can be bargained...

Those public units in the town are willing to spend money on food, and they like Tujili, and they eat rarely, and the red carp is not afraid that it will not be sold.

"Black Bull, you want to grab something."

Ye Heiniu looked at Xiang Yuanqi, who had changed the direction of the bucket, and said, "Do you recognize me?" ”

Xiang Yuan snorted in his heart, last year he saw the fourth brother fighting in the timber market, and there were more than a dozen people in the group with the fourth brother, including this black man.

At that time, I heard someone shouting a few times about the black bull rising, and I thought the name was funny, so I wrote it down.

"Xiang De is my fourth brother, you can buy fish, I'm afraid this money is a little insufficient, unless you want to grab it?" Xiang Yuan looked at Ye Heiniu with a smile.

This guy is one meter seven or eight tall, black and strong, and he really deserves the name Black Bull.

"Haha, just kidding, how is it possible, rob the fish caught by your little baby, and I can't mix it up anymore."

Ye Heiniu took back the two yuan stupidly, and when Xiang Yuan called out his name, he knew that he couldn't take advantage of it today.

For a few dozen dollars, he can't get his reputation stinky, if it's really a doll he doesn't know, he will beat it and grab it, as long as he can't catch the scene, he can say whatever he wants, but now it's not okay.

"Don't worry, I don't have to tell the fourth brother, I know you're joking." Xiang Yuan snorted, lifted the bucket, took Xiang Jian up the hill, and walked home, ignoring Ye Heiniu's smiling eyes.

Sister Xiang Fang had already cooked the meal, and when she saw Xiang Yuan carrying a shrimp rake and leading Xiang Jian into the yard, she was obviously stunned.

Xiang Sanmei rushed up with great interest and checked the harvest in the bucket: "Wow, sister, there are a lot of crayfish, ah, and a big red carp, you can eat sauerkraut fish at noon today, you don't need to eat just sauerkraut." ”

Xiang Yuan ignored his sister, there was a large abandoned bluestone water tank on the side of the courtyard dam.

The tank was covered with moss inside and out, and some of the small fish he had caught in the past were also kept in it and used as a fish tank.

He first put the red carp into the large water tank, and the fish suddenly changed from the cramped aluminum bucket to the spacious water tank, thinking that he had been freed... It flicked its tail hard, jumped up and down, and sprinkled joy in the tank.

Then several colorful cutting board fish were put into the water tank one after another, and the red carp flew up and down in the water, adding a little more vivid color to the clear water shadow.

"Xiang Erwa, Mom went out in the morning and hasn't come back yet, do you want to go out and find a ha?" Xiang Fang looked at the fish in the tank, and then looked back at his younger brother.

"You don't have to look for it, Mom went out to borrow money, and you divide the crayfish and crucian carp in the bucket into two parts." Xiang Yuan thought for a while, "Half of the night will be brought back to Xiang Jian, and the rest can be fried in advance and eaten when my mother comes back." ”

"Fried crayfish is a waste of oil, it's a bit unscrupulous, or crucian carp is more fragrant, more delicious and less oil-free." Xiang Sanmei listened to the drooling and ticking...

Quickly shift your attention from the red carp to the crucian carp and crayfish.

Xiang Jian ran out of the stove with a rice bowl in his hand, stuffed a long sour cowpea in his mouth, and ran to the water tank to watch the red carp play in the water.

Xiang Yuan advised: "Jianwa, eat less at noon, there will be fragrant fried crucian carp to eat in the evening, and we will try to catch a red carp again in the afternoon." ”

"Okay, Uncle Yuan, big girl, look, the third girl is going to stuff me with cowpeas that she doesn't eat..."