He chased to the bottom of the old river in one fell swoop and covered the carp with a fishing net. The carp writhed and rolled in the net, but there was no way to survive. Grandpa was so excited that he held the fishing net with one hand and caught the fish with the other.

At that moment, a man walked up to his grandfather and said, "This is the fish I raised." How can you catch someone else's fish? ”

Grandpa was taken aback. The man did "walk" to him. But it's not the ground, it's the water. And when the man spoke, he was not afraid of choking at all. The sound was clearly heard in Grandpa's ears.

"You are ......" Grandpa opened his mouth, and the water of the old river choked him.

The man patted Grandpa on the shoulder.

Grandpa's legs no longer wanted to float up, but actually slowly sank down, and "stood" under the water, like that person.

"Who are you?" As soon as Grandpa's words came out, he was also startled. He can even talk underwater.

"I've always lived here. Why don't you go to my house? The man said.

Grandpa had never seen this man, but seeing his kind eyebrows, he gave people a sense of trustworthiness, so he followed him along the embankment of the old river. Grandpa couldn't help but look left and right, the river embankment was like a mountain cliff at this time, and the bottom of the river was like a mountain road, and all kinds of fish were swimming in the water, like different birds flying in the air. It's a world away.

Soon, Grandpa saw a small wooden house appear in front of him. The hut was no different from the others, with something resembling a chicken coop under the eaves.

The man opened the "chicken coop", and immediately dozens of red carp swam out.

The man grabbed a handful of food from a blue and white porcelain bowl next to the "chicken coop" and sprinkled it at the bottom of the river. The carp gathered around and fought for food. It's like raising chickens. The man pointed to the carp and said to his grandfather, "Look, these are all raised by me." The one you were about to catch is the one I found lost this morning. The man spoke like an old woman who raised chickens in the village asking her neighbor for her chickens, with a gentle attitude and a clear reason.

Grandpa took a closer look, and sure enough, those carps looked exactly like the one just now.

"To avoid any confusion, I left marks on them." The man leaned down, easily grabbed one of the carps, picked it up and put it in front of Grandpa, "I cut their tails, and my domestic fish tails are all jagged." You see, don't you? ”

Grandpa flattened the fishtail in the palm of his hand and saw that the fishtail was indeed jagged. Compared to the carp that was caught with a fishing net just now, the tail is also jagged.

The careful old people in the village will leave marks on their chickens, ducks and geese, lest some chickens make a mistake when they return to the cage at night, and you and my family are not clear. So, some old people tied a red cloth on the chicken wings, some tied a thin thread on the chicken neck, and some cut the chicken tail into a special shape.

Grandpa was ashamed and said, "I'm really sorry, I thought the fish in the old river belonged to the public, but I didn't expect you to raise it." ”

Seeing that his grandfather admitted his mistake, the man said politely: "It's okay, I'm also responsible, I didn't take a good look at my fish, let it slip out and run around, and you will be busy." ”

The man asked Grandpa why he didn't catch fish in the shallow water on the other side of the embankment, but he ran to the deep side of the water.

Grandpa told his troubles.

The man laughed, "I see." He turned back to the blue and white porcelain bowl, grabbed another handful of food, wrapped it in a piece of cloth, and handed it to his grandfather.

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