Chapter 296: Pastoral Life
"Uncle, then let's go catch loaches tonight, it's good to catch loaches at night. "The little guy actually knows how to lobby him.
"Yes, there is a rice field in the west of the village, and there are real treasures everywhere in the rice field, there are rice fish, snails, loaches, and sometimes you can catch yellow eels if you are lucky. The little guy had only been there twice, and he remembered it, and he was yelling at us to take him there. Green Shadow said with a smile.
"Hearing this, I'm really a little moved, so let's go after dinner. Sister, you prepare the bamboo basket and lanterns in a moment, and we are ready to go. Lu Wu told his sister to prepare things like when he was a child, and everyone was ready to catch loaches.
Soon the three major snacks passed dinner and set off with equipment.
I didn't go far before I saw a neat and beautiful ridge appear in front of me.
"In the grass on the edge of the ridges, there are flocks of loaches, they are very lazy, and they never show their faces in the water during the day. Maybe they're afraid of the sun, but at night, they're all ready to move. The little guy learned from the tone of the adults to educate him, and preached to Lu Wu seriously.
"Little guy, you know a lot, uncle admires you a little?" Lu Wu gave a thumbs up and said approvingly.
"Shhhhhh The little one made a silent gesture and crouched on the edge of the ridge and shouted.
"Come, uncle. Lu Wu hurried over, wanting to show his hand in front of the little guy. Immediately crouch down, roll up your sleeves, and reach for the bubbling area.
"Haha! caught, caught. Lu Wu smiled and grabbed a big loach out.
Before he could turn around and throw it into the bamboo basket, the big loach stiffened up and fled back into the quagmire. Never to come out again.
"Haha! My mother said, if you hold it in your hand, even if it comes out of the water, it will not struggle, and look at you with a cute look, but if you insist on catching it, it will have to fight with you. "The little one knows the words of the adults by heart, and he will know that he will come to teach his uncle again.
Suddenly, everyone's eyes lit up, and many rice fish swam over, and they seemed to like the light, and they scrambled to swim this way. "Eel, we're so lucky, see it, the wriggling guy in the mud over there. Green Shadow was excited like a child.
The yellow eel has yellow-green markings on its body, its body is smooth, its eyes are small and its head is large, and its shape is very snake-like.
But yellow eel is delicious and has high nutritional value, and many people like to eat it. But it is more cunning and scary, and not ordinary people dare to catch it.
"I'll go down and catch it!" Lu Wu wanted to go down and catch that guy.
These guys are nocturnal and active foraging at night, so we start putting needles in the evening to the best effect. The bait used to hook the yellow eel by the needle method is a relatively large earthworm, and it is also possible to use clam meat, crab meat, small fish and shrimp, and the tip of the needle can not be exposed, so as not to hurt the eel when eating the bait and vomit the needle, and the eel swallows all the needles vertically when eating the bait, and once the eel is pulled horizontally when it is active, the eel can not run far. When putting the needle, let the needle slowly sink to the bottom of the water, do not hang in the water, then firmly insert the wooden stake into the edge of the ridge, must remember to make a mark, the distance between the needles is about five meters, the needle is about two hours after the patrol once, at this time you can catch some yellow eel, because the yellow eel is not easy to escape after swallowing the hook, the biggest disadvantage of the application of the needle method to catch the eel is that it is more difficult to take the needle after the eel swallows the needle, and the needle will be taken out of the yellow eel is seriously injured, can not be stored for too long, let alone raised. "Mo Jingyan is very serious.
"Haha! You've all summed up your experience, and I'm still thinking about going down and catching it with my bare hands. Lu Wu said with admiration.
"That can't be caught, can you catch one in one night?" haha!" Mo Jingyan also showed a long-lost smile.
"There are a lot of frogs in the pond in front of us, but they are beneficial insects and we should protect them, so we rarely catch them. Green Shadow said seriously.
"This is indeed a treasure place, and there are also many treasures that should be there. I'm really getting more and more fond of it. Lu Wu simply sat on the ridge and looked at this pleasant pastoral scenery.
"Just wait, remember to bring the hook up later, and I'll go over there and see if there's any windfall." Mo Jingyan walked along the ridge towards the lotus pond over there.
"Sister, your life is really good, I didn't expect you to be able to think about it, come back here, brother-in-law, he can still adapt, right?" Lu Wu said with a smile.
"Well, now I'm used to it, when I first came, I was similar to you, I didn't know anything, I was very curious everywhere, now hunting and fishing, picking mountain vegetables, none of them can get him, even weaving fishing nets and making hooks are experts. Green Shadow said with an appreciative expression.
"Yes, uncle, my father is the best, he is often the one who fishes the most here, and our children envy me. The little guy said proudly.
"Yes, your father is very powerful, and he also made you live very happily, this is your blessing, of course children should envy a blessed child like you. Lu Wu touched the little guy's little head and said with a smile.
"Uncle, will you be a very powerful father in the future? The little guy asked innocently.
"Of course they will, they will be as smart as Nianwu, and as cute as Nianwu, and then you will be their brother, take them to play together. Being said by a child, Lu Wu was a little looking forward to such a beautiful picture.
On a green meadow, a group of children happily chased and frolicked, played eagles and chickens, and came to hide and seek together.
"Uncle, uncle, what are you laughing at? The little guy couldn't help but quip.
"You little brat, you know that you came to joke about your uncle, uncle is thinking about how old you will be in a few years, we are all going to be old. Lu Wu scratched the little guy's nose.
"You are still very young, you will still be very young in a few years, we are old enough to be able to play with you, it's good, I want to become an adult immediately, and when the time comes, I will make contributions like my uncle and defend my family and country." The little guy looked yearning.
"Uncle, look, how bright the star is in the sky, is it the brightest one?" exclaimed the little fellow, pointing to one of the brightest stars in the sky.
"Well, that star is indeed the brightest, just like you. Lu Wu stared at the star in the distance and said seriously.
"Mother said, the brightest star in the sky is the grandparents who protect us in the distance, they must miss us very much, so they keep blinking and looking at it, sometimes I whisper to them, uncle, have you whispered to them?" Xiao Nianwu asked very innocently.
"Uncle is older, don't whisper, when I was a child, I liked to whisper with the stars, moons, birds, and insects as much as you did, because they are all smart and can understand the words of children, and they can't understand the words of adults. Lu Wu shook his head and smiled.
"Oh, it turns out that adults are quite boring, and I thought that when I became an adult, I could do whatever I wanted, but it was really boring, so I still don't want to become an adult so quickly. The little guy suddenly came to his senses, shook his head and muttered.
"Haha! I changed my mind so quickly, in fact, it is better to be a child, how happy a child is, a carefree day, and when you grow up, you will worry about a lot of things, and then you will feel very tired. Lu Wu had a very speculative conversation with a child who was more than two years old, and the little guy looked at him with big eyes and a cute look, as if he didn't understand what he was saying.
Saying this here, the little guy over there has already begun to doze off, and his little head is kowtowing for a while. "The child sleeps really fast, his eyes are still open just now, why are you going to fall asleep now?" Lu Wu was puzzled and looked carefully at the little guy with fine skin and tender meat in front of him, it was so cute.
"Children are like that, they can fall asleep when they say they sleep, and sometimes they can fall asleep when they eat, but we don't know yet. Green Shadow said with a smile.
When I think of the ridiculous things about my son, the sweetness of her face as a mother, this little guy really brings her a lot of happiness.
"Sister, I'll go back with him first, will you wait? Or will you go back with us and wait for your brother-in-law?" Seeing the little guy falling asleep against him, Lu Wu's heart instantly melted, and there was an ocean.
"Let's go back first, he'll be back in a moment, he's familiar with the terrain here, he'll be back soon." Green Shadow trusted Mo Jingyan very much, and she followed her brother and son home first.
Less than half an hour after the three of them came back, Mo Jingyan came back with two bamboo baskets of loot.
"There are a lot of loaches and yellow eels, which is great, we have a good harvest today. When Nian Wu wakes up, he might jump up. Green Shadow looked at the squirming guys in the bamboo basket and said happily.
"Well, tonight is indeed a lot more fish than usual, the fish at this time just rested than we tossed, catch lazy so it's very easy, if you are at the beach, go to catch sea cucumbers at night, it is a quasi-catch, but although it is very watery. Mo Jingyan smiled and looked forward to it.
He, an idler, now lives an ordinary life as a man and a weaver, and he no longer has to go through all his efforts to chase fame and fortune. Every time he sees his son's happy smile, he feels that it is worth it, it is not bad to live like this in this life, at least they are safe, they will not think about cheating, and they will not think about dealing with those complicated people in the officialdom.
"Xiao Wu, go to sleep, I should have let you sleep well today, and I tossed you to go to the field, this little guy is really too energetic. Go to sleep, we'll go hunting in the mountains tomorrow. Green Shadow smiled and brought a new futon for his brother.