Chapter 10: The Trap
After walking for about half an hour, the group came to the south of the village. When I saw this, I couldn't help frowning. The river is much wider than usual, the water is deeper than usual, and the current is bigger than usual. Looking at the sound of rushing water, some people began to retreat.
"How do you catch such a big amount of water?" whispered. Someone echoed it. The big tiger is a bold man, and he is also an expert at catching bullfrogs last year. He looked at the river, quickly undressed himself and put on only his trousers, and jumped into the river. Many people watched his actions,
The big tiger swam in the water for a while, and then shouted to the people on the shore: "It's okay, everyone come down quickly." Then he swam to the other side, and when he reached the other shore he returned, and when he was nearing the shore, he squatted down and began to touch in the water, and in a few minutes he touched two fat and large bullfrogs. It was the envy of many people on the shore.
Seeing this, many young people went down to the river, followed by some older people who also walked into the river. There was not much time, and one by one the bullfrogs were caught. Xiao Cui didn't dare to go deep into the river, she could only catch some small ones on the shore. Fortunately, these young people were very generous, and the bullfrogs they caught were put together, and when the bullfrog hunt was over in the evening, everyone divided it equally.
Two hours later, there were more than a dozen sacks full of bullfrogs on the shore, and the bullfrogs in the river had been caught one by one. At this time, some older people started cooking. When the meal was cooked, everyone began to gather around to eat.
During the meal, everyone talked a lot, and some said: "This year's harvest is good, although it is a little less than last year's harvest, it is okay, and we don't have to go to the back mountain." The Dayu River in the back mountain is far away, and the river is wider than this. Due to the heavy rain this time, the river there must be heavier and the current is faster than this one. ”
As soon as he said this, Dalin was unhappy when he heard it. If I don't go to the Dayu River, won't my agreement with Huang Banxian be in vain? Who will give me that fifty taels of silver at that time. Thinking of this, he said: "Listen to me, now every family has no food to eat, and this year there are fewer bullfrogs than last year." ”
Dalin is a very annoying person, if he usually speaks, no one will listen. But today is different, what Dalin said is reasonable, this year is indeed less than last year, if you go back after eating, many people are unwilling. also includes Dahu and others, who have this view. After debating together, everyone finally reached a consensus, leaving the old ones to send to the village, and the remaining young ones continued to Dayu and to catch bullfrogs.
Hearing this result, a stone in Dalin's heart finally landed. The thought that he would receive fifty taels of silver in a few days, let alone how happy he was. He jumped up and shouted excitedly, "I'm rich, I'm rich." Fifty taels of silver, fifty taels of silver in hand"
Da Lin's gaffe was unfortunately seen by Xiao Cui. Xiao Cui shouted, "Zhang San, you bad thing, what are you laughing at, are you going to hold some bad water?" Da Lin was shocked. What I thought in my heart just now, if Xiao Cui saw it, it would be bad. Thinking of this, I quickly said, "Didn't think about anything"?
"I forgive you for not daring to have bad ideas, you give me honesty, if not, I'll find a few people to clean you up. In the face of Xiaocui's strength, Dalin had some scruples in his heart. He was really afraid of the king's widow, but then he thought about what she was the king's widow. After a few days, he will have money, and the widow will not follow behind her ass, and her ass will be around. But now I have to endure it.
He glanced at Cui's aggressive appearance and turned to leave.
After lunch, people hurried to the Dayu River in the back mountain. Because they had to rush back before dark, people were walking very fast. In just one hour, they came to the Dayu River.
When the Dayu River flows through the Lucun area, it forms a natural bend here. It is here that the river swirls and flows downstream, causing the river to hit a plain the size of a football field, and it is surrounded by a variety of fish and birds. It is also a breeding place for bullfrogs.
When people come here to see, they see that the Dayu River is calm and quiet, and the amount of water is not large. It's not at all what people think it is. When everyone saw the scene in front of them, they couldn't help but be happy. With such a good environment and such a good water surface, bullfrogs must be indispensable. So everyone went down to the river to catch bullfrogs.
The bullfrogs here are big and fat, and they are very easy to catch, so everyone catches a lot of them without much time. Everyone was smiling excitedly, and everyone was happy in their hearts. Dalin was also very happy, thinking that the money was about to arrive, his heart was happier than anyone else.