Chapter 10 Fishing
Jia Yi ran home, and his father was still at home, chopping wood. Erica and Donna weren't at home at this time, so they should have gone to chat with other people in the village. Kaichi took a breath and said, "Dad, what kind of wood is more flexible?
Gary was stunned for a moment, and then glanced at Jiayi: "What are you looking for wood? Do you want to learn how to make a bow from me? You're too young now!"
"No, I want to make a fishhook, do you have one at home?" Jia Yi said to his father, seeing that Gary still had the intention of continuing to ask, and hurriedly continued: "I'm ready to show you, it's okay!"
Gary listened, although he felt that it was strange to make a fish hook out of wood, but he didn't continue to ask his relatives, and waited for his son to do it. He thought for a moment and said, "We usually choose oak wood for bowing, this kind of wood has good elasticity and is quite hard, you can try it." It's just that there is no one at home, and there is an oak tree on the hillside across the river, so you can go and see it. ”
When Jia Yi heard this, he turned around, ran two steps to the gate of the courtyard, suddenly turned around, ran back, and said embarrassedly: "Dad, what is an oak tree like?" Jia Yi has never seen an oak tree in his previous life or in this life, but an acorn has been seen, in the Ice Age cartoon, in the hands of the pine tree chasing the acorn.
When Gary heard this, he himself could not describe which one was an oak tree, and there were more trees, so he said, "I'll take you there, just to see how you make a hook." Let's go!" he put down his axe and beckoned Kayi to go to the small hill on the other side. Before leaving, Jia Yi also fetched some water, soaked some wheat, and made bait.
Soon, they crossed the peace, and walked about 300 meters again, and came to a very small hillside, about 3 meters high, and there was a large area of the hillside, because there were too many trees, and Jia Yi didn't know how big. Gary pointed to a tree not far from him on the hillside and said, "Look, which one is an oak tree, it's been about ten years, don't look at it not too big now, it can grow three times as tall in the future!"
As he spoke, Jiayi and the others approached, and the oak tree that Jiayi saw was not big, about 6 or 7 meters high, and the crown was very large, like a canopy. It's just that it seems to be crippled, and the trunk of the tree is forked less than two meters away, like an upside-down pair of pants. The leaves of the oak tree resemble a banana fan with irregular edges, green in color. I heard that the mistletoe on the oak tree was the holy fruit of the druids, but Kaichi didn't see anything else on the tree, not even a bird's nest, and there must be no mistletoe either.
Kaichi observed and was about to climb the tree to break a branch, but was stopped by Gary, who folded a branch instead: "Is it enough?"
Jia Yi looked at the oak tree, and felt so lost that he couldn't even climb a tree, completely forgetting that he was only four years old in his life. Kaichi took the branch, broke it and tried it, and felt good, so he said to his father Gary, "Okay, that's it, go back and try it first." With that, he turned around and went home with Gary.
When he got home, he peeled off the bark of the branch, cut it with a kitchen knife, cut out a small piece, and cut it into a wide and slightly thinner middle at the tips of the two ends. Kaichi also grilled the middle part of the wooden skewer over a fire and made a shape. Jia Yi folded the wooden skewer in half at both ends, but fortunately, it was not broken, and then let go and bounced it open. Jia Yi couldn't help but say, "Choke to death!" "Although Jiayi doesn't feel as good as bamboo, it looks like it works.
Jia Yi showed the finished fish hook to his father Gary and said, "Dad, look, this is the fish hook I made, just fold the two ends of this and insert the wheat grains into this fish hook, the fish swallows the wheat grains and falls, the hook is stretched open, and the fish mouth is jammed, and it's all right." ”
After hearing this, Gary thought it made sense, but he had never seen anyone use it, so he asked suspiciously, "Have you ever used it?"
When Jia Yi heard this, although he was a little stunned by his own method, he still held on and said, "This... Theoretically, there is no problem, try it first. ”
At this time, Jiayi's mother and sister went out to chat and came back. They heard that Jiayi had made a fish hook out of wood, and they were all very interested. Erica found a twine for Kaichi, about two meters long, Kaichi tried it, the strength was okay, but it was not very good, and he could only pray that he couldn't catch a big fish.
Kaichi felt that his hopes of fishing were getting slimmer. With such a big hook, it is not too demanding to catch a fish, it is too much to ask.
In the end, Donna found a wooden pole for Kaichi, less than two meters, and there was no longer one. Jiayi found a small section of reed and tied it to the fishing line, about 6 or 70 cm away from the hook, and it was tied up and could not be adjusted. Combine these together, and it becomes a low-profile version of the fishing rod from another world. Jiayi's self-confidence is getting lower and lower as the rod is completed, and he can only hope that the fish here has not been caught, and he doesn't know that this is a hook.
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Early the next morning, Jia got up together, played Tai Chi twice, and stood on the pile. After Jia Yi worshipped Yao Lao as his teacher, he boxed in his yard in the morning. The parents saw it, and Jia Yi said that it was taught by the teacher. said that Yao Lao is so old and so healthy, which is the effect of boxing, but in fact, Jia Yi doesn't know how old Yao Lao is. Because Yao Lao basically won't come to Jia's family, he won't know about Jia Yi's boxing, and Jia Yi's parents won't ask Yao Lao for confirmation. In this way, Jia Yi has always been boxing every morning, and now, Tai Chi has been practiced quite proficiently, but only proficient, nothing else.
After Jia Yi finished punching, he went to Yao's hometown, but Yaolao was no longer at home and had already gone to town. Kaichi turned home, packed up the fruits of his labor last night, and prepared to go fishing after breakfast.
Soon, his parents came back from the field, and after breakfast, Jia Yi said to his parents, "Dad, Mom, I went out fishing." Sister, are you going to go along?" Kayi greeted Donna by the way. Actually, Jia Yi didn't want Donna to go with him, and if he couldn't catch it, he would lose the face of the traverser.
It's a pity that Jiayi's prayer didn't come true, and Donna listened and hurriedly said, "Jiayi, you wait, I'll come." With that, Donna ran out to Kaichi's side.
Jia Yi and Donna came to the river with their equipment, walked upstream along the river, and not far away, they found a river bay with more aquatic plants, Jia Yi looked around and decided that this was the place. Kaichi put down the fishing rod and the wheat he had soaked last night, and prepared to string the wheat onto a wooden skewer. Jia Yi thought about it, and felt that such bait was a bit too monotonous, so he said to Donna:
"Nana, let's go catch some locusts and grasshoppers and use them as bait for fishing. ”
"Well, okay!" Donna immediately turned around and went to catch insects nearby, not even caring that Jia Yi didn't call her sister.
Soon, Jia Yi and Donna caught 6 or 7 bugs, and when they returned to the river, Jia Yi also moved a stone to use as a stool. Jia Yi first folded the wooden skewer in half and skewered the wheat grains, because the wheat grains were relatively hard, it could jam the wooden skewers, and then broke the belly of a locust, and inserted the skewered wheat grains into it, and there was a piece of wooden skewers exposed at the end, Jia Yi thought about it, and didn't care.
Kaichi threw the hook into the water and waited for a stupid fish to take the bait. Jia held a fishing rod in one hand, sat on a stone, stared at the homemade fish float, and prayed silently in his heart: "Three Qingdao ancestors, Buddha Rulai, Allah, God Jesus (for the battle, God is Jehovah, Jesus is his son), you must bless me, I am now the spokesperson of the earth, representing the face of the earth (please smooth the first prolongation)." ”
Jia Yi sat by the river for more than 20 minutes, and the hook never responded. Jia Yi was wondering if he should sprinkle some wheat to make a nest, and there was no liquor, and there was only some home-brewed wine at home, which was not tasteful enough. He secretly tasted the self-brewed wine in Jiayi's house, and it tasted a little beer, but it felt like it was rancid, and the taste was not good, very bad.
Donna couldn't sit still a little and said to Jiayi, "Jiayi, can you catch a fish?"
Jiayi didn't know what to do, after all, he didn't have much confidence. After thinking about it, Jia Yi was ready to put away the fishing rod and take a look: "I'll take a look and see if the bait is still there." ”
Jia Yi picked up the fishing rod and looked at the hook he made: "Hey, the bait is gone, it was eaten by the fish, I'll change it to a new one, and it's okay now." When Kaichi saw that the bait on the hook was gone, and it looked like it had been eaten by a fish, Kaichi felt excited, which proved that the fish was eating this shoddy thing of his own.
Jiayi hurriedly hung up the new bait and threw the rod again. After waiting for a few minutes, Jia Yi saw the fish float sinking down, Jia Yi quickly closed the rod, only to feel that the hand was slippery, and the hook seemed to have scraped something, pulled up, and there was nothing. Jia Yi patted his head in annoyance, it was early.
But since there are fish to eat, it is only a matter of time before the fish is caught.
Donna next to her was startled by Jia Yi's movements, came back to her senses, and hurriedly asked, "How is it?"
Kaichi replied, "There was a fish to eat the hook, but it was too early and ran away." ”
"Oh, that's a pity! ”
Jia Yi listened, didn't reply, and continued to hang bait fishing.
In this way, before I knew it, 2 or 3 hours had passed, and Jiayi had not caught a fish. There were several fish to eat in the middle, but Jia Yi didn't pull the fish sooner or later. Kaichi feels so lost.
Jiayi looked at the last of the locusts left and decided not to use the wheat grains anymore. Jiayi broke the wooden stick and stuffed the fish hook straight into the locust's stomach, from the chrysanthemum to the chest. Because the line is tied in the middle, if there is a fish to eat, if the rod is pulled, the hook will turn sideways and get stuck in the fish's mouth. When Jia Yi was in his last life, he saw a hook for fishing for yellow eels.
Take a needle, thread it through the eye of the needle, and tie an earthworm through the middle of the needle. Then put this eel hook near the eel hole at night, use a wooden stick and pestle on the shore, and wait for the next morning to collect the eel.
Kaichi threw the hook into the water, deciding that this was the last time, and if he couldn't catch a fish, he would go home and wait for the teacher to buy the iron hook and fight again. Jiayi waited for a while, about 5 or 6 minutes, and saw that the fish floated down a little, and Jiayi was happy, but he didn't act rashly, and the fish floated a little more, and Jiayi still didn't move.
Suddenly, the fish float sank violently into the water, and Jia Yi hurriedly retracted the rod, and the fishing line was straightened. Kaichi felt the fish swing vigorously underwater, and Kaichi pulled tightly, trying to pull the fish up. But Jia Yi found that the fish seemed to be very big, Jia Yi couldn't pull it at all, and hurriedly beckoned Donna: "Sister, sister! ”
When Donna saw it, she hurriedly came over to help, and with a "bang", the fishing line was broken. Kaichi and Donna leaned back, nearly falling.
"Hey!" Jia Yi looked at the broken fishing line and sighed in frustration: "The fish is too big, it's broken!"
Donna listened and said, "Yes, it's such a big fish, I feel like I can't drag it, but unfortunately the line is broken." I don't know what kind of fish it is. ”
Kaichi shook his head and said, "Let's go back, the threads are all broken." Hey, next time I use 4 strands, I must catch this fish, is my fish food so easy to eat!" With that, he packed up his things and went home with Donna.
Walking on the way home, Jia Yi thought: It shouldn't be pulled so tightly, it should be put down, and the physical strength of the fish is consumed, and it is a mistake. Although he used to fish a lot in his previous life, he usually caught crucian carp, small fish such as ang thorn fish, and he never caught a large fish. Although I knew that I couldn't use brute force to catch a big fish, I couldn't use brute force to pull it, but I didn't react when I encountered it, and the explosive power of this fish was too strong, and the fishing line made of this twine was not strong enough. Moreover, Jiayi's fishing line is too short, the fishing rod is also short, and there is no elasticity, so there is no room to put it, and if you put it again, you can only go into the water by yourself.
"Sanqing Daozu, Buddha Rulai, Allah Allah, God Jesus, you are too powerful, we can come step by step! Jia Yi muttered silently in his heart.