Chapter Forty-Eight: Calling on the Whole Village to Catch Fish
In less than half an hour, both buckets were full, and a number of fish were lost on the ground.
Li Lanxi looked at the fish that were still dense in the water, and they were still swimming towards her.
"Xiaohua, Xiaoduo, you first move this bucket of fish back, by the way, call everyone in the family over, and then bring everything that can be loaded, no, or the third brother, you go back, call the family, you tell your father and mother clearly, just say that there are a lot of fish, you can't catch them."
Li Laosan was named, hurriedly put down the fish in his hand, and lifted a bucket full of fish in one hand and told the two, "Okay, then I'll go and come back quickly, little sister, be careful, Changsheng, you are watching here."
Qi Changsheng was also busy catching fish and throwing them to the shore, his clothes were wet with water, he was a little embarrassed, and he responded indiscriminately, "Know... Got it.....".
Looking at the rolling water, the fish were still jumping excitedly, Li Lanxi felt that the strength was a little stronger, but she didn't know how to collect it, hey!
Li Laosan ran home in a hurry, and when he saw Li Lao Boss on the roof at the door, Li Lao Er shouted "Big brother, second brother, hurry down, go catch fish".
"Third brother, where are you catching so many fish!"
Boss Li and Er Li were surprised to see that the bucket was full of fish, and hurriedly climbed down from the roof.
"Mother, come out quickly, sister-in-law and sister-in-law, Xiaomei, you all hurry up and get all the guys who can hold things at home."
Mrs. Yao saw two buckets full of fish, this, what is the situation! Why so many fish! Hurry up and preside over the overall situation, "Everyone, don't rub it off, hurry up to the kitchen to get the pot, the second one, you go and get your father back, the third daughter-in-law, you can also take what can be loaded, no matter how big or small, as long as it can hold things, follow the third child to catch fish".
Except for Mrs. Yao here, they all rushed to the river with a bunch of things, and the Qian family didn't go around the village for a while, and then found Old Man Li back.
Old Man Li knew what had happened, pondered for a while, and said, "I'll go to the village chief's side, you continue to catch as much as you can, and get some back first."
"Okay, you go quickly, I'll watch over here."
Mrs. Yao doesn't need to ask to know what her wife means, this kind of thing can't be taken advantage of by her own family alone, and this fish is not her own, when the time comes, it will inevitably make people red, the Li family is a foreign population in the village, and the villagers are not close, but don't be squeezed by people because of the fish.
Old man Li took a cigarette stick to the door of the village chief's house, the courtyard door was not closed, knocked on the door with a cigarette stick, and walked in directly.
The daughter-in-law of the village chief was drying clothes in the courtyard, and when she saw that she knew someone who came, she hurriedly asked, "Old man, you are looking for our father, he is in the backyard, I will call him, you go into the house and sit down."
Old Man Li nodded and went directly into the upper room.
Wang Yuqing heard his eldest daughter-in-law say that Mr. Li was looking for him, but this Mr. Li had never come to the door, so he probably had something, so he put down the work in his hand and entered the upper house.
"Old man, what kind of wind is this, it blows you here, if you have something, just let the juniors shout, you can run around" Wang Yuqing said, and asked the eldest daughter-in-law to serve some tea.
"Don't be busy, here's the thing, my boss found a school of fish by the river, thinking that this river is also in the village, so I came to discuss with you, whether to let the people in the village catch it together", the old man Li hung this matter on the boss Li, and he weighed it for a while on the way, this kind of thing should be borne by the boss as much as possible, after all, it is the eldest son.
Wang Yuqing listened disapprovingly, who doesn't know that this fish is in the river, but this is so easy to catch? I thought that Mr. Li had something important, but I didn't expect to let them catch fish!.
"Old man, if there is a fish, you can catch it yourself, although the river belongs to the village, but the fish don't care, whoever catches whom, no one has an opinion, you can catch it yourself."
Old Man Li saw that he didn't care, so he said seriously, "It's not a few fish, it's a piece, it's a few hundred, are you sure you don't want to go?" ”。
Wang Yuqing was taken aback, "What, hundreds??" Don't fool me! ”。
"What did I lie to you, I came to your house in order to lie to you? Didn't I eat too much" Old Man Li's face darkened, can this matter be used to fool people? He's not stupid.
Wang Yuqing settled down, saw that Old Man Li was not joking, he was silent for a while, in order to ensure the authenticity, he called his eldest son and second son, and followed Old Man Li to the river, no matter whether it was true or not, go and see it first.
When they arrived at the location where Li Lanxi caught the fish, all kinds of pots and pans were loaded with fish, which frightened Wang Yuqing, this and this, this is not the time when the water rises every year, why are there so many fish, and they are still big.
I didn't have time to think about it in my heart, so I quickly asked my eldest son to take a basin and beat it, and go door to door to call people, so many fish, when do you have to catch them.
People in the village basically wash clothes and vegetables in this river every day, there are fish, but for some reason, they are small, in previous years there were also people who went down to the river to catch fish, the fish can be smart, and the luck can catch the one, which suddenly heard that people go to catch fish, they all thought it was funny, if they didn't know that it was the son of the village chief to shout, they didn't pay attention to it.
When Li Lanxi saw that the village chief was coming, Li Lanxi asked his family to stop, and whispered to Qi Changsheng to hurry up and send the fish back, so as not to be confiscated when he got it.
Wang led a few children to quickly bring the fish home, these are their own, they have to move back quickly, and ask her to say that they should not let the people in the village come, otherwise they are all their own, and they can't be eaten, and they can still be sold for money.
Qian Shi was holding the fish pot with her head stuffy, absent-minded, she was still thinking that her two sons didn't know what was going on in the town, and she was a little worried, even if the fish accidentally jumped out, she didn't find it.
Fortunately, there is a heel worm behind their buttocks, Li Laibao, although he is not allowed to go down the river to catch fish, but it is always possible to pick up fish, he caught a half-sized fish with one hand, and when he saw that there were still falling out on the road, he picked it up happily.
Wang Yuqing also saw them take the fish back on the side, and he didn't say anything, after all, it was their family who saw it first, and they caught it in advance, so it naturally belonged to them, and when they saw that they stopped, they were also sensible.
Waiting for the people in the village to come one after another, regardless of men, women and children, one by one saw so many fish, they were excited to catch it immediately, although this fish is not as good as pork, but it is also meat, it can be a tooth sacrifice, but the village chief is watching from the sidelines, he does not speak, no one dares to catch.
"Village chief, when will you start catching fish?" A man was so anxious that he couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, village chief, you are speaking......"
"Village Chief, hurry up and start, we can't wait..."
Wang Yuqing was silent, until the others came, and then the order was given, and everyone started the fishing operation.
Wang Yuqing continued to speak, the fish was caught and piled up on the side, and when the time came, the child was half an adult, as long as he came to catch the fish, he could get the fish, there was only one thing to remember, he was not allowed to steal and play tricks, and if he was found out, whoever dared to steal would not be able to divide a single one.
There is one who is making a small calculation, and when he hears that he will not be able to get any of them, he will stop thinking.
The villagers are in full swing to catch fish, there are more and more fish on the shore, everyone is happy, it is summer at this time, the river water is cool, while catching fish, you can also spread a heat. There was a man who didn't pay much attention to weathering, so he wanted to take off his shirt and take a cold shower, but he was scolded by the village chief, so he didn't dare to make a mistake.
Li Lanxi saw that the fish had caught too much, and the fish had not dispersed, how could this be good, he could only meditate in it, enough is enough, let's disperse, let's disperse.
The fish seemed to hear her words, and gradually, scattered.
The river slowly returned to calm.
"Hey, why is it gone...".
"yes, there were a lot of them just now, why are they gone....".
"I knew I was going to catch it faster...."
The villagers were a little disappointed, and wanted to catch more, but they were gone, and some of them didn't give up, staring at the water to see if there was anything missing.
The villagers are all around the fish, thinking about how many they can divide in their own homes, and there are many people in the family, and they are secretly happy to have a few more.
There are few people in the house, and they are also a little remorseful, and they have known to call a few more people.
Wang Yuqing asked people to move a table and stool, sat in a shady position, and asked the women to pull a bunch of aquatic plants by the water, divide the fish for a while, and skewer them with waterweeds for easy handling.