Chapter 9 Smashing ice also requires skills
When Li Long was approaching Xiaohaizi, he heard someone calling him.
He turned around and saw that the person coming was Tao Daqiang from the village.
Tao Daqiang is a big man in the village. He is one year younger than Li Long and is a bit naive. Young people in the village don't play with him much. Li Long had a good relationship with him when he first came here, but after getting together with Gu Ermao, he followed the trend and alienated him.
But Tao Daqiang still greets Li Long cheerfully every time he sees him, looks very happy, and still regards Li Long as his buddy.
Later, after Tao Daqiang implemented the household responsibility system, his father decided to plant the land in the family for his brother. He had no land to plant, so he went to the mountains to start a side business with those who dug fritillaries. At first, he came back once or twice a year. , I will go to see Li Long every time I come back.
Every time I see Li Long, I bring something with me.
But later, he did not come back for several years. Later, Li Long only heard from his family that Tao Daqiang had married a family in the mountains, and then his leg was broken by a wild boar. There was no news after that.
This is an honest child. Li Long felt that he was really sorry for the other person's sincerity in his previous life.
“Daqiang, what are you here for?”
"I heard that you were back and I came here to play with you in the morning. But my family said that you came to Xiaohaizi to catch fish." Tao Daqiang walked up to Li Long out of breath, took the bag in his hand and said, "Give me the bag." , you are a worker, do this Not as good as me."
Li Long smiled, he gave Tao Daqiang a slap and said:
"Okay, let's take half of the fish each one."
" Hehe." Tao Daqiang smiled.
With company, walking to Xiaohaizi becomes easier.
"Look, there are rabbit footprints, quite a few." Tao Daqiang pointed to the marks in the red willow bushes nearby and said.
"If you get some thin wire and put some condoms on it, maybe you can get it." Li Long said after looking at the footprints which were quite fresh.
"Can you do it?" Tao Daqiang glanced at Li Long in surprise.
“When I was in the factory, there was a worker from the Qingshui River side. There were many hunters there, and he told me.” Li Long now lied without blushing, “I’m free now. Try it. ”
There is no pork at home, so if you want to eat meat, you have to find a way.
Fortunately, there are more wild animals outside now, and the vast majority of people in the village are farmers. At this time, it was not like there were various videos to teach on mobile phones in later generations. Even if there were people with the same thoughts as Li Long, most of them had just started to explore.
So, there are many opportunities.
Arrived at Xiaohaizi, Li Long chose a large piece of flat ice near the reeds, and Tao Daqiang first cleared the snow from the ice.
This was mainly done by Tao Daqiang. After clearing the snow, he asked:
"Brother Long, why did you choose this place?"
"Because our water is mainly composed of carp and crucian carp. These fish are timid and love grass. So if it's cold in winter, they mainly huddle together on the edge of the reeds to keep warm."
"So that's it!" Tao Daqiang suddenly realized it and looked like he was knowledgeable.
Li Long smiled, started to take the crowbar, and smashed it on the selected point.
The ice was so frozen that when you hit it with a rebar crowbar, you would find a small crater no bigger than your fist, and your hands would still feel sore from the shock.
"I'll do it!" Tao Daqiang took the pickaxe, raised it above his head, aimed at the small pit, and smashed it down.
Li Long saw that when he hit it hard, his hand made a virtual clasping motion, and he nodded secretly, so that at least his hand would not be damaged.
The pickaxe is very powerful. When it was dug down, a piece of ice the size of a plate was dug out. Li Long took advantage of this gap and struck down with another stick.
The two of them just hit each other. In less than ten minutes, they took out a pit that was half a meter square and more than 20 centimeters deep.
"Try the size." Li Long stopped, put down the crowbar, took the net and tried it. He found that the hole was still a little small, so Tao Daqiang took a pickaxe and started to expand the hole.
In just a moment, steam came out of their heads and sweat appeared on their faces.
Seeing this, Li Long turned around and went to the reeds. He picked up the unwanted reeds that others had cut off and carried a big hug onto the cleared ice. He took out a lighter from his pocket and lit a fire. Come.
Reed is a good thing in this era. In winter, you can weave reed mats and tie reed handles for building houses. The county paper mill also collects reed bundles to make paper.
There are two reed lakes around the village, and a lot of reeds grow in the small sea. However, soon after winter comes, when the ice can withstand people, the village will organize people. Harvesting, as a side job income, can also be regarded as an income for settling accounts at the end of the year.
Now all the tall reeds in Xiaohaizi have been cut, leaving only some hairy reeds. They were discarded as they were useless.
This is a typical backer who will seize every opportunity to make money. Unlike later generations, except for the leaves of Wei Zi, which can be used to make rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival, the rest are of no use. If the reeds are not harvested that year, it will affect the growth of new reeds the following year.
So before Li Long was reborn, the reed lakes around the village had disappeared, and the accumulated old reeds in Xiaohaizi made the new reeds no longer as lush as they once were.
With the heat, the two of them did not worry about catching a cold due to sweating. However, at this time, their faces were burning and their backs felt cold, so they did not stop for long and continued with tools. Start drying.
In less than an hour, the hole in the ice was finished.
Tao Daqiang couldn't wait to throw away the pickaxe, took the net and bent down to fish it into the water.
I picked up the net and found nothing except half of the net and crushed ice.
Looking at Tao Daqiang’s disappointed expression, Li Long said with a smile:
“Don’t worry, there is a hole in the ice, you have to wait for the fish to react. "
Tao Daqiang said sarcastically:
"Before winter came, it was very convenient to eat fish. But now it's frozen, so I haven't tasted the meat for a long time..."
Li Long felt strange. Tao Daqiang also raises pigs at home, how could he not eat meat?
“Your pig has become a superstitious pig?” He couldn’t help but ask.
“No. My dad sold half of the pig meat we killed, and most of the rest is at my brother’s house. We don’t cook it at home. My mom said we won’t eat it until the New Year...”
Well, every family has sutras that are difficult to recite.
Seeing Tao Daqiang lower his head, Li Long quickly changed the subject, pointed to a place more than ten meters away and said:
"While we have time, let's open another hole there."
"Okay, you have the final say."
It worked this time. Forty minutes later, there was another hole in the ice. Done.
"Daqiang, let's go and see if there are any fish in front of us." Li Long said, holding the net.
"Okay!" Tao Daqiang followed Li Long to the previous cave with great expectations.
There was now a thin layer of ice on the ice cave. Li Long first went down to the half-cut foothold of the ice cave, and then gently broke the thin ice with his fist. He saw the shadow of a fish flashing past in the water.
Feeling a little excited and looking forward to it, Li Long slowly stretched out the net into the water, then held the net in both hands, bent down and stirred it diagonally in the water!
Feeling something moving in the net, Li Long immediately pulled back, leaned his whole body on the ice behind him, and lifted the net up with all his strength!
"Fish, there are fish! Big fish! Big crucian carp!" Tao Daqiang's voice changed its tone!
(End of this chapter)