Chapter 6 The Fish Takes a Wife

The golden hook fish is the exclusive product of Luohe, the meat is delicious and the soup is fresh, whether it is boiled or fried, it is very delicious, in the deserted village, up to the old man of a hundred years old, down to the children of several years old, all like to eat this fish. What's even more special is that this golden hook fish has no spines, so you don't have to go so far as to eat it. The golden hook fish lives in the shallows all year round, and its size is the size of a finger, and due to the rapid water of the shoal, this golden hook fish is streamlined, which also brings a lot of inconvenience to fishermen.

The fog dispersed, the deserted village woke up, Luo Qi and Luo Li were busy at home, today was a special day for them. Luo Qi took out the fishing net that he had woven with vines last night from the cabinet, looked at it in his hand, and said with a smile: "The happiness of the rest of my life depends on you!"

At this moment, Luo Qi's family pushed the door in with a bowl of hot chicken soup, Luo Qi saw this and said, "Mother, why did you get up so early today, you are not in good health, you should rest for a while!"

Luo Qi's mother put the chicken soup on the table and said, "Mother is fine, today is a special day, Mother made you a bowl of chicken soup, quickly drank it and went down to the river to catch fish, and married my daughter-in-law home!"

Luo Qi held his mother's wrinkled hands and said, "I'm not hungry, I'd better keep this soup for you to drink!"

Luo Qi's mother sat on the chair and said, "It's autumn and winter, and the water of the Naluo River is also particularly biting, you hurry up and drink this soup, don't freeze your body when you catch fish." ”

After the words fell, Luo Qi's father also walked in and said, "Stinky boy, what are you still grinding, listen to your mother, hurry up and drink the soup, the time set by the old village chief is coming soon!"

Luo Qi looked at the chicken soup on the table, did not speak again, a warm current was rising in his heart, and he silently told himself that he must marry Si Yi and be the father of Dandan. After drinking the chicken soup, Luo Qi followed his father and mother to the bank of the Luo River, which was already full of villagers. For the deserted village, today is not only a special day for Luo Qiluoli, but also a special day for the entire deserted village.

Seeing Luo Qi coming over, Luo Li squeezed out of the crowd and said, "Boy, you are determined to lose today, I won't let you anymore!"

Luo Qi chuckled lightly and said, "It is not yet known who will win or lose, and I will not show mercy today!"

"Then let's wait and see!" Luo Li twisted his neck and returned to the crowd.

The old village chief stood on a big stone by the Luo River, he looked up, and saw that the sky was full of fog, and the sun was also high above the clouds, and by the warmth of the sun, the old village chief's face showed a pleasant smile. Si Yi stood next to the old village chief with Dandan, she sometimes looked at the shallows in front of her, and sometimes looked at Luo Qi not far away with her spare eyes, her little heart was pounding. Dandan seemed to feel Si Yi's uneasiness and nervousness, he took La Siyi's hand and said, "Mother, why are they fighting to be my father? Dandan only needs his mother and grandfather, not his father!"

Si Yi touched Dandan's little head, and said with a smile: "Dandan's can't be without a father, otherwise there will be no one to protect Dandan!"

Dandan blinked, and then said: "I have my mother's protection, so I don't want my father! Both of these people want to be Dandan's father, which one will my mother choose?"

Si Yi didn't answer Dandan's words, but just touched Dandan's round head and quietly looked at Luo Qi not far away. Dandan is a very clever child, and he can see Si Yi's heart at a glance, and said, "Oh, I know, it turns out that my mother wants Luo Qi to be Dandan's father!" Si Yi glanced at Dandan and didn't speak.

The old village chief stood on the stone and slowly turned around, looked at the whole village, and said, "Today is a special day, thank you for your support to Xiao Lao'er in the past hundred years." Nowadays, the little girl Si Yi has reached the age of marriage, but the world is impermanent, so that the little girl is unmarried and has children, but fortunately, Luo Qi and Luo Li will not abandon the little girl, and are willing to marry her as a wife. Fortune is impermanent, there is a fixed number, and now I declare that the marriage of a fish is the beginning, and the time limit is two hours. ”

The old village chief's words fell, and he saw that Luo Qiluo, who was already standing by the river, jumped into the water and went straight to the shallows, and the waves splashed half a person high, and the scene was very exciting. The villagers sometimes cheered for Luo Qi, sometimes cheered for Luo Li, and the cheers resounded on the banks of the Luo River, and even the birds in the forest couldn't hold back, and flew over the Luo River to see the excitement!

Luo Qi has a fishing net made of vines, Luo Li is made of bamboo "fish dog chir", the so-called "fish dog chir" is actually a fishing tool, it is open at both ends, it needs to be plugged with grass when fishing, and then open when the fish is out, there are two opposite mouths on the waist into the fish, these two opposite mouths have inverted whiskers, once the fish gets in, it can't get out.

An hour has passed, Luo Qi has gained a lot, and the bamboo basket on his waist has already filled half a basket of golden hook fish. He threw the net into the shallows, and the net went down the water, and when he came to the still water at the same time as the net, Luo Qi put the net away, and there were a lot of golden hook fish hanging on the net. Luo Qi fished in this way, and basically caught fish against the water, the so-called fish against the water, that is, fish from the downstream upward. The golden hook fish went up against the current, Luo Qi's net just went down the water, and the two met in the shallows, and the golden hook fish was destined to be doomed!

On the other hand, Luo Li, his fishing method is the opposite of Luo Qi, he puts the "fish dog chirping" on the shallows, the mouth is upstream, the golden hook fish goes down the water, and if you are not careful, you will get into the "fish and dog", once you go in, you can never get out. However, Luo Li's method has great limitations, the fishing area it involves is much smaller than the fishing net, but fortunately, Luo Li has already thought of this, on the shoal, he has put dozens of "fish and dogs", which can be described as a net, as long as the golden hook fish goes down the water, it can almost not escape Luo Li's traps.

Time was approaching little by little, and Luo Qiluo had already sent a whole basket of golden hook fish to the shore from the two of them. On the shore, the two did not stop for a moment, and they were racing against time to fish. Dandan took Si Yi's hand and said, "Mother, they caught a lot of fish, I want to eat fish tonight, I want to eat fish!"

Si Yi smiled faintly and said, "Do you want to eat stewed or fried balls?"

Dandan thought about it, looked up at Si Yi, and said playfully: "I want to eat stewed and fried, anyway, they caught so many fish!"

Si Yi touched Dandan's little hand and said, "Okay, then tonight, my mother will make two portions of golden hook fish for Dandan, one stewed and one fried!" Looking at the innocent and cute little boy next to him, the old village chief couldn't help but interject: "Dandan, eat more, so long body!"

The time was close to two hours, and the old village chief stood with his hands in his hands, stood on the boulder and shouted: "Hurry up, the time will be soon!"

Luo Qi and Luo Li listened to the words of the old village chief, glanced at each other, and hurriedly returned to fishing. The old village chief looked at his daughter, took a deep breath, and said: "Knowing the daughter Mo Ruo's father, I know what you are thinking in your heart, but you can't break the rules, no matter what the outcome is, I hope you can accept it gladly, after all, these two people are not bad!" Si Yi naturally understood the meaning of the old village chief's words, she nodded reluctantly, and said, "Dad, don't worry, Luo Qi won't lose!"

The old village chief sighed lightly and said, "I hope so!"

The time for two hours of fishing had arrived, and the old village chief shouted at the two: "It's time, stop!"

Luo Qiluo stopped what he was doing and returned to the shore with the fish basket. Luo Li looked at Luo Qi's fish basket and said with a smile: "It's not bad, but it's far worse than mine!"

Luo Qi snorted coldly and said, "Who has more and who has less, you will only know when you count them!"

The villagers set up two stone platforms on the shore, one on which Luo Qi had caught the fish, the other on which Luo Li had caught the fish, and an empty bamboo basket on each stone platform to count the fish. For the sake of fairness, the old village chief found two villagers who had nothing to do with Luo Qi and Luo Li, and these two villagers algebraically counted the number of fish.

"One, two, three...", the two villagers began to count the fish at the same time. After some tossing, Luo Qi and Luo Li did not win this fish catching competition, because the number of golden hook fish caught by the two was the same, both of them were one hundred and eight.

Luo Li Luo Qi came to the old village chief at the same time, and asked in unison: "Village elder, the number of golden hook fish we caught is the same, this game is a draw, why don't we go to another game?"

The old village chief thought for a while and replied, "I think this is the only way to do it, but today has been tossed for a morning, and everyone must be tired, if you don't set this game until tomorrow, what do you two think?"

Luo Li waved his big hand, looked at Luo Qi, looked very unconvinced, and said: "Village elder, we are not tired, it is better to choose a day than to hit the day, or we will start now!"

Luo Qi on the side also continued: "Village Elder, Luo Li is right, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, let's start!" The old village chief nodded slightly after thinking about it.

However, at this moment, one of the villagers, who was counting fish, shouted, "There is another one here!"

When everyone heard this, they all looked at the villager, only to see that the man was squatting next to Luo Qi's fishing net. Luo Qi immediately ran to the villager's side and asked, "What did you just say, where is there a fish?"

The villager smiled faintly, pointed to the gap between the fishing nets, and said, "Look, isn't there a little guy here?"

Luo Qi looked along the place pointed by the villagers, and saw a small fish between the gaps in the fishing net, Luo Qi took out the small fish, and laughed: "I have another one here, I have one hundred and nine, I won, haha... I won!"

Luo Li walked to Luo Qi's side angrily, looked at the small fish in his hand, and said, "This doesn't count, let's have another competition!"

Luo Li's words fell, and the old village chief also came to the two of them, he looked at the little fish in Luo Qi's hand, and said: "Luck is like this, why force it! Luo Li, I believe there are more suitable girls waiting for you, you really lost this game!"

Luo Li stood motionless in a trance, his world seemed to have collapsed, but the result was already doomed, and he was powerless to return to the sky. For such a game, the ending is destined to be cruel, and there will always be one party who will hate for life, but things in the world, why not be like this!