Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Black Fish of Tiaozitang

Chrysanthemum whispered to the stone, "Did you hear that?" You have to learn from Brother Yang Zi. This ● pond is over, don't wander around, and take the time to flip through the books. Anyway, the master lives in the village, so if you don't understand something, ask him. ”

Xiaoshi nodded, looked at Zhang Yang in front of him, and admired it in his heart. He and Goudan are both a handful of books, so they don't know what their surnames are, and Yang Zi actually remembers to write. Well, he can't be compared, he also promised Sister Chrysanthemum that he would be an official to protect her in the future!

In the fields, people moved from the village to this side.

Tiaozitang is further south of the village, almost bordering Xiaoqingshan from northwest to southeast. This piece not only has a tiaozi pond, but also a grass ditch nearby.

Due to its proximity to Xiaoqingshan, this neighborhood is full of wild fun, which is completely different from the round pond in the morning. The pond is long, surrounded by thorns and bushes, and even the trees refuse to grow well, and a few crooked-necked trees are lying there, covering a large part of the water; There are also a few tombs in the direction of Xiaoqingshan, and this environment cannot be compared with the beautiful round pond, which always gives people a sinister feeling.

The grass ditch over there is also shaded by trees and overgrown with weeds.

Aoki saw his sister looking around, so he told her, "There are more black fish in the two ponds here. There are very few carp and grass carp, because this black fish is the most fond of eating small fish and shrimp, and these fish can't grow. ”

Chrysanthemum said, of course I know that black fish is a fish that eats meat, not grass. In the legend of the story, the black fish spirits are ugly and nasty. No wonder this neighborhood is gloomy, this place doesn't look like a good place, like a place where black fish spirits live; Unlike the Yuantang in the morning, there was a big turtle - it is an auspicious beast, the legendary Xuanwuli!

She looked at the messy thorns and asked her brother worriedly, "Is there anything in this pond?" Why don't you feel like this water is very good, there's nothing down there? ”

Zhang Huai couldn't help but laugh when he heard her words: "What can there be?" Every year, the pond mud rises. There are also more turtles and turtles in the two ponds here, and if you are lucky, you will definitely be able to pick them up. ”

Meizi hurriedly said: "You have to be careful.

You can't eat that big in the morning, and you can't eat small ones, and it's really hard to pick up miles. ”

Chrysanthemum thought that her reputation as a delicious turtle and turtle couldn't be changed. But now she has only eaten once, and she doesn't believe that the people in the village have only eaten once or twice, so she wonders why she has eaten a turtle and spread this reputation?

Just thinking about it, the village chief Li Gengtian had already shouted: "It's all here." Changing people and car water, this water is still too deep. ”

Aoki and Zhang Huai were already ready to stop, and hurried over.

It turns out that the terrain here is relatively low-lying, so it is not easy to pump water up. On the huge watermill frame, there were four men standing in the row, shouting and stepping hard; After stepping on it for a while, four more people will go up. The harsh winter didn't work for them, and thick beads of sweat broke out on their heads.

Although the ridge is full of thorns, there are still more people who come to see the excitement than in the morning. It turns out that most people are busy with chores at home in the morning, and they are almost busy in the afternoon, so they naturally want to come to see the excitement. However, it is not as crowded as in the morning, this pond is much larger, and the place is also wide.

Chrysanthemum saw that the old woman she met in the morning was also in the crowd. She wanted to laugh when she saw the old man's appearance: Why is he so old and still loves to be lively?

Liu Xiaomei saw her staring at the old grandmother, so she took the initiative to say to her: "That's Huang Da Yanzi's wife." She loves to see this excitement the most. However, don't look at her like to be lively, she is very good and does not break her mouth. She just likes to watch people work. ”

Chrysanthemum heard a little clear, this is the attachment and love of the ordinary old people to rural life, which others cannot understand. Like in the previous life, many old people in the countryside were taken into the city by their children but were extremely unaccustomed to it, and their health deteriorated, so they wanted to look at the wheat fields and rice fields.

Chrysanthemum felt that this thorn was very in the way, so she asked, "Why didn't you cut this thing?" ”

Meizi said: "This thing is surrounded by the pond ridge, and it is good to protect this pond." The village chief didn't let him cut miles. ”

Chrysanthemum was stunned again - these people really surprised her, a set of ways of doing things, all have extraordinary purposes, revealing good opinions.

When the water was almost pumped, the scene of catching fish, which was hotter than in the morning, reappeared, but it was a different scene entirely.

If catching fish in the morning is a joke, then there is joy in the lot; In the afternoon, the catch was like a battle, and the battle was very tense.

The people on the ridge of the pond were shouting, encouraging, and cheering feverishly, and some of the half-sized babies who had not gone down looked at it for a while, but they couldn't help it, and finally rushed down. Liu Xiaomei's fourth brother is inside.

Why do you say it's like a battle? Because there are a lot of black fish in this pond! How strong are those few pounds of black fish? I can't catch it when I flutter. A few men dragged a pair of large nets to sweep back and forth in the water, carp and grass carp could catch the net, but this black fish was very cunning, hiding in the mud and the net could not catch it, so the boys went into battle to touch the fish.

I saw the water splashing in the pond, and the black fish either went undetected - hid in the mud silently; If it is discovered, it will be a battle - it will be bouncing and rolling and tossing people with water and mud. Fish catchers are often so angry that they grit their teeth and vow to catch them

Because they had to pick up the pond mud, those men who dug mud were often bounced in mud by black fish that came out of the mud. This winter, the black fish like to hide in the mud, so the activities of catching fish and cleaning the pond mud in the afternoon are much more difficult than in the morning.

Because of people's breeding measures of grasping large and letting go of small, this black fish naturally grows strong and strong; And because of their habit of eating fish, shrimp and frogs, this pond has become a world of black fish - there are very few other fish.

I saw a sturdy boy with a brush, chasing and fluttering with the black fish. Zhao Dazui, Li Changxing, Li Changming, Li Changliang brothers, Sun Tiezhu, Aoki, Zhang Huai, the little fat man Liu Sanshun, and many male babies Chrysanthemum didn't know each other, and even Zhao San didn't pick up the pond mud, and followed to catch the black fish.

Every time a black fish is found, it must attract several people to besiege and intercept it until it is caught. The blackfish that caught it did not dare to put it in a wooden barrel, but it was all packed in a finely woven net, otherwise it would have to jump over the barrel.

Chrysanthemum was completely attracted by this boiling scene, and Aoki was down there, this black fish was not good, and it was not impossible to bite you. Therefore, every time she saw Aoki leaning over to catch a fish, she screamed in fright, excited and nervous. But the left arm was grabbed by Meizi stiffly, and she had to pull her every time she was excited; The right arm was climbed by a small rock, and it was also so tightly dragged that she couldn't jump even if she wanted to.

Moreover, this withered yellow shrub is also very annoying, and it always obscures the view of the near front, so that people can only see the other side; If the fishcatcher goes under the nearby bushes, the people on the ridge of the pond will not be able to see, and it will feel a little dark under the lamp.

Fortunately, Aoki and Zhang Huai cooperate very well, and they can always intercept the cunning and fierce black fish. As soon as they found that there were traces of wriggling in the mud, or that there was a splash in the water, and the black shadow lurked underneath, the two of them would reach out together, one pressing their heads, the other scratching their tails, and pinching the annoying black guy. When you have a firm grip, you drag it out of the water. was so careful, and it almost made the fish struggle to slip away several times, which shows how strong this black fish is.

A few fish were caught, and it looked like they had been fished out of muddy water. Angry chrysanthemum gritted her teeth and said: "This dead fish must be chopped and boiled!" ”

Liu Xiaomei was stunned for a moment, leaned forward and leaned back with laughter, and then stopped and gasped for breath after a while: "The grass carp didn't mess with you at noon, didn't you chop it up and braised it?" ”

Li Jinxiang, Meizi and Xiaoshi also smiled brightly, thinking of the grass carp that entered the belly, and looked forward to the end of the black fish being chopped and braised by chrysanthemums.

I heard Li Gengtian shouting below: "Little baby go up, don't make a fuss." It's not fun to call this black fish bite. This black fish is very fierce. ”

Where did Liu Sishun's half-grown babies listen to him, and they were also very happy.

In the process of entanglement with a black fish weighing four or five pounds, Li Changming gloriously followed in the footsteps of the little fat man - lying in the water. He was worse than the little fat man, the water was much more turbid than the water in the round pond in the morning, it was all mud, and he became a mud man. It was a terrible sight that people couldn't bear to look at.

The people on the ridge want to laugh again, and they are not funny—this is too bad, and it is unkind to laugh at them. But where can I bear it, I actually laughed all together!

He had no choice but to leave with honor.

After more than an hour, the pond gradually calmed down, and the black fish gradually found less. People pick pond mud, loach and yellow eel, and small fish are almost rare; If you have it, you won't catch it, so keep it and feed those half-sized black fish!

Zhang Huai's sincerity moved the heavens, and finally asked him to pull out an old turtle from the mud, weighing three or four pounds. This kid is like offering a treasure, holding it and smiling and sending it to Chrysanthemum, and the young man in the world in Chrysanthemum's previous life gave roses to his beloved girl an expression.

Hitting the snake and hitting seven inches, the chrysanthemum's eyes really lit up, and she was completely attracted by this old turtle - this is a little bigger than the one sent by Zhao Dazui. She was happy to take grass with Meizi and tie up the old turtle; Liu Xiaomei Li Jinxiang also came over, and several people discussed it and determined the fate of the old turtle being boiled, and the execution date was set at Meizi's house at noon tomorrow, and the people watching the execution were still these little girls.

Huaizi was not angry at all because Chrysanthemum ignored him and only looked at the old turtle. He was very happy, as if the chrysanthemum had eaten the old turtle he caught, and his body was branded with his acacia seed.

What do you think about chrysanthemums? On the one hand, Huaizi is a good friend of her brother, and on the other hand, her family has sent pigs into the water and pig's head meat to his family, so she thought, what is it like to eat him an old turtle? Of course, he smiled unceremoniously.