Chapter 34: Old Man Zuo

"Oh, don't scare my fish!"

Just as Hai Dongqing was dragging me out of the water, a roar came from the wooden boat not far away, and the helplessness in his tone was more than anger: "Get out of the way!" I've been sucking this fish for a long time! ”

Hai Dongqing and I subconsciously looked back.

I saw a white-haired old man standing at the bow of the wooden boat, although he looked not young, but his body seemed to be very tough, and his spirit was like that of old men in his fifties, his eyes were bright, he was wearing a casual suit, and the fishing rod he held in his hand seemed to be made of bamboo poles, and the quality was very good.

Just like now, the rod is like a full moon, and the fish is estimated to be no less than forty catties, but he didn't break his rod.

"Get out of the way, why are you stupid?!" The old man was a little anxious, and his Tianjin accent suddenly burst out.

"Go up first." I said, Hai Dongqing nodded, and swam with me to the shore.

Looking at the shore, the fat uncle was looking at us stupidly, holding a handful of copper coins in his hand and placing them on the ground, the incense had been lit and inserted into the sand on the side, it is estimated that he was also wondering, how did we come up.

Before we could speak, Hai Dongqing and I were beaten by ourselves, which made our heads hurt for a while.

"Don't you want to die?!" The fat uncle was anxious: "Why are you four (yes) coming up?!" Hungry is ready to save you! ”

"Didn't you see that?" I covered my head and asked, Uncle Fat said, nonsense, otherwise why would I ask you?

Hai Dongqing pointed to the lake: "The jellyfish are all gone." ”

"It's not a hallucination, is it?" I'm a little confused, and my heart says that the jellyfish still has teleportation?

The fat uncle was silent for a moment and shook his head: "No, four (yes), hunger seems to know that Si Sa (what)." ”

Suddenly, the old man who was fishing in the boat spoke.

"Who's going to help, I can't bring up this fish, those two little ghosts over there, come and help me catch a fish."

Hai Dongqing looked at me, pretended not to hear the man's voice, turned around and walked to the side to rest.

The fat uncle smacked his lips and didn't speak.

At this time the wooden boat had rowed to the shore, to be precise, it was the fish that dragged the boat to us, the old man's expression was very anxious, I hesitated a little, but still walked to the shore, and said to him, "Give me the net." ”

The old man freed his hand and handed over the net with a smile.

(Note: Copying nets, a kind of fishing utensils, sometimes anglers catch big fish, it is inconvenient to directly raise the water, that is the time to use the net, the size of the net is different, and there is a rod behind the control of the net, to put it bluntly, this is a bit similar to a colander.) )

"I haven't done this in years," I sighed.

Since I left Xiangxi, I really haven't touched anything related to fishing, maybe it's because of the lack of time, when I was a child, I often went fishing in the river with the old man, and after arriving in Guiyang, there are more things to do, and there is less idle time.

"You control the fish, don't rush to lift the pole." As I spoke, I stuck the head of the net into the water.

First, the net must enter the water first, otherwise it is easy to startle the fish, and second, the fish can not be copied from the tail of the fish, so it is easy to let the fish jump out, and the fish head is good.

The big fish has been slipped by the old man, and he has no strength to turn the water, but the old man still doesn't dare to underestimate it, after all, this fish is not small, and the strength of the struggle is definitely much greater than that of ordinary fish, and the length of the body alone is at least a little more than a meter, and it is estimated that it is no less than forty catties.

As soon as I saw the fish swimming slowly, I was ready for it, and the old man was very interesting, and his expression was like a great enemy, which made me want to laugh.

It was too late, and there was a sound of water, and I took advantage of the fact that the fish had not slowed down, and I took the head of the net and accurately put the head of the big fish into the net.

Immediately, I withdrew the rod that was using the net, and dragged the fish two or three meters into the sand, for fear that the fish would jump out of the net and return to nature.

The fish is small when it runs away, but if the old man is amused, I can't control my emotions for a while, and I really can't stand it if I have a myocardial infarction or something.

"Haha, tell you little thing to run!" The old man jumped off the boat with a smile, his agility and vigor, even Hai Dongqing was stunned, the side of the boat was two meters away from the shore, the old man didn't even have a little bit of strength, he jumped ashore directly, dragged the hemp rope tied to the bow of the boat, and walked over to me with a smile.

I looked at him in a daze, muttering to myself.

This old man has a good body and bones, and he can barely jump from Hai Dongqing, but this kind of white-haired old man jumped over, and the visual impact is really strong enough

"Thank you." The old man nodded at me and said with a smile: "The young man has good fishing skills." ”

I smiled awkwardly: "Your skills are good, you can get the fish up with such a thin thread, take it." ”

The old man waved his hand politely, turned around and walked to the wooden boat, took out a hemp rope the thickness of chopsticks, squatted down, threaded the hemp rope through the mouth of the fish, and the gills of the fish went out, and then dragged the big carp into the water.

"The rope is safe, and the fish can't run away." The old man wiped his sweat and said, looked at us, and asked, "It's thanks to you that you got this fish, do you want to have a meal with the old man?" Old man, I'm pretty bored eating alone. ”

Before I could answer, the old man walked to the wooden boat, took some dry wood, and came with a bucket in his hand.

When he walked in front of me, I saw that the bucket was full of crucian carp larger than a palm, all of which looked like three or four taels.

Hearing the word eating, Hai Dongqing's eyes lit up, and so did the fat uncle.

"Let's grill the fish and eat it, I still have seasoning on the boat." The old man laughed.

I thought about it, but I nodded and said thank you, and I felt a sigh in my heart.

This old man is quite hospitable. (We're not guests though.) )

"Just take a break." Hai Dongqing said.

The old man naturally handed the dry firewood in his hand to the birdman, saying that he was in charge of killing the fish, and that Uncle Fat and I were purely making soy sauce.

Half an hour later, we sat around the woodpile on the beach, sweating and watching the old man grill fish for us

By the way, the temperature was in the thirties that day.

"Old man, are you a fisherman here?" I asked curiously, and said that the old man was not dressed like a fisherman, but like a tourist, but his rowing posture was very standard, and the speed was not good.

The old man smiled: "What are the fishermen, I am here to travel, and I will have to leave after a while." ”

As he spoke, the old man seemed to notice that Hai Dongqing was looking at his wooden boat, so he explained: "The boat is rented, and I paid a deposit, so I can get it." ”

It dawned on me.

No wonder I feel that this boat is familiar, this is the kind of boat rented by nearby attractions for a long time, but those are rented with the boatman, but not as chic as the old man.

"Your fishing skills are really good." I couldn't help but sigh as I ate the grilled fish.

The old man smiled, took out a delicate and small wine bottle from his jacket pocket, twisted the lid and took a sip, and said with a smile: "The bamboo poles rented by these attractions are hard, but they are a little heavier, otherwise I really want to get one back as a souvenir." ”

I curiously observed the wine bottle in the old man's hand, and kept thinking about how much it would be worth if it was sold.

The wine bottle is only the size of a palm, and it is white jade by sight, and the shape is similar to the shape of those military wine bottles in American blockbusters, with a slight curved rectangle, no pattern, and even the cork on the mouth of the bottle is very ordinary, just an ordinary wooden stopper.

"What's wrong, want to take a sip?" The old man asked me with a smile.

I shook my head: "You can drink it, I don't like to drink baijiu very much." ”

The fat uncle took over the conversation and asked politely: "Old man, how old are you this year?" ”

"Old, a guy like you can only be regarded as my grandchildren." The old man's laughter was particularly hearty, and the meaning of his words was: You are all little children.

Uncle Fat is also in his forties this year, if he is a grandchild, this old man will have to be **ten, right?

"Sir, what is your surname?" I continued to be polite as I ate the fish.

"Don't give your surname Zuo." The old man didn't say anything to me, but after answering casually, he ate the grilled fish with his head down, and seemed to be a little hungry.

At this moment, there was a cold sound of water in the lake, and when we followed the sound, our faces turned a little whiter.

The big fish caught by the old man Zuo has turned its white belly, and a tentacle as thick as a child's arm is wrapped around the body of the fish, although the tentacles are crystal clear and not easy to see, but in the dazzling sunlight, the reflection of the tentacles is extremely eye-catching.

"My fish!!" Old Man Zuo's eyes were about to pop out, and he immediately stood up.

At first, I thought he wanted to save the world, but just as I was about to reach out to stop him, an accident appeared.

The old man didn't go forward, just poured the liquor in the jug into the disposable plastic cup filled with water, and before we could react, the old man raised his hand, and as soon as he made a move, the plastic cup flew out of the coffin and smashed it accurately on the big fish five or six meters away from us.

With a crackling sound similar to adding fuel to the fire, the tentacles that were hit by the plastic cup suddenly exploded into foam, and the big fish that was entangled and tightly wound also saw the hope of survival, and swam towards the shore with a swing of its tail, probably frightened.

"Good luck, good luck." The old man Zuo ran to the shore, smiled, stretched out his hand and pulled the hemp rope that tied the big fish, and dragged it to the shore for a distance before letting go.

"How is it possible that the jellyfish was repelled by a glass of wine?"

Hai Dongqing muttered in a low voice, his expression was the same as me and the fat uncle, full of disbelief.

"I didn't expect this thing to have in the big ovary lake, it's really interesting." Old Man Zuo's tone was very dissatisfied, perhaps because he saw that the big fish he had finally caught was almost killed, and he was still angry in his eyes.

I looked at the old man dumbfounded, and muttered to myself.

"This old man is not simple."