Chapter 27 Not everyone has diamonds
“Someone has been here in the past two days.” Li Long looked at the footprints in the snow and said, “They must have come to catch fish.”
"Xiao Haizi belongs to the public. If you can fish it, others can fish it too. It would be great if I could catch another water rat." Li Jianguo said with a smile.
"That's not easy." Li Long shook his head, "These things stay in the underwater grass in winter, and some simply hibernate, so it's hard to catch them."
"Just try your luck. ”
Tao Daqiang didn't speak, but his eyes were bright. He was also looking forward to catching a water rat. That thing can hold up to several fish.
When they arrived at Xiaohaizi, they found several ice holes on the ice.
However, these ice holes have been covered with thick ice again. Because water expands when it freezes, the ice in these ice holes is thicker than in other places.
"Should we cut the ice again?" Tao Daqiang asked, touching his hat.
"No, it turns out we didn't fill the ice hole with snow. Now we can just clear the snow." Li Long found the ice hole they had dug earlier and started to clear the snow with a shovel.
"Juan, Qiangqiang, go pick up those Maoweizi." Li Jianguo assigned tasks to the two children.
Li Juan and Li Qiang were chubby in clothes, and they had been begging for a long time to be able to follow them, so now they are actively looking for the reeds that were cut but not taken away.
Soon they found a large pile, and Li Jianguo asked them to divide the reeds into two piles, not far from the two ice caves.
At this time, Li Long and Tao Daqiang had already dug out the snow on the ice hole. There was also a layer of ice underneath, but it was not very thick.
Using an iron drill and a pickaxe, the hole in the ice was quickly opened.
Li Long used the net to pick up the ice floes on the water again, and then said:
"Wait a minute, there should be fish coming over later. I have smashed it here several times, and the fish should be there at the beginning. Not much.”
“Yes. That's fine." Li Jianguo is not greedy at all, "It's better than eating pickles every day."
"That's right."
Tao Daqiang has been silent, but his tall figure is bent over and staring. He looked hard at the water.
"Daqiang, you can't see it," Li Long said with a smile, "The hole in the ice is too small. If you are in a hurry, just take a dip net and fish it out a few times."
"Will it affect your stay? Come fish? If you catch them now, won't they scare them away?" Tao Daqiang hesitated.
"It doesn't matter. As long as there is movement, the fish will definitely be alarmed. Sooner or later, it will be the same thing." Li Long gave him the net, "Anyway, there are two ice holes, just try it back and forth."
"Catch, catch, catch!" Li Qiang shouted on the ice, catching fish and shrimps, as young as five or six years old, as old as eighty or ninety years old, there is no man who doesn't like it.
“Don’t shout!” Li Juan patted her brother, “What should I do if the fish scares away?”
The suppression from the bloodline made Li Qiang immediately shut up, and even held his breath while watching Tao Daqiang's movements.
Li Long didn't pay much attention. He didn't feel that it was very cold now, so he didn't light the fire.
He thought about waiting for spring to go to the fishing ground to see if he could get old fishing nets and make a few more nets. When there is a flood in spring, some of the water in this small sea will rush out from the side. At that time, fish will rush into the Wei Lake below, which is a good time to catch fish.
As for why we don’t hunt spring birds and April fish—the crucian carp in April is indeed full of seeds, but the crucian carp washed down from the sea will only die if we don’t hunt it.
Curian carp is particularly good at reproducing. There was a time when the fields were planted and watered in the spring. As soon as the water stopped, there would be a puddle half as big as a palm in the middle of the gate. Crucian carp.
If someone picks it up, it will be picked up and taken home. If no one picks it up, after the water dries up in a few days, it will be the flies’ lunch. Tao Daqiang had experience in fishing once. He reached halfway down the ice cave, stepped on the ice steps specially left, then bent down and stretched the net into the ice cave, turned around and copied hard, and finished copying. Then he quickly leaned back, took out the net, and slapped it hard on the ice.
Li Qiang had sharp eyes and immediately shouted:
"There are fish, there are fish! They are alive, and there are ditch fish! Wow! What a big fish!"< br>
It’s not that big in fact. The big crucian carp is a little bigger than a palm, and there are indeed a few ditch fish that look very similar to loaches. They are jumping vigorously on the ice, and then slowly Being frozen.
"Juan, Qiangqiang, pick up the fish and pile them together."
There are not many fish in this net, the biggest one is the big crucian carp, which weighs about three hundred grams.
Twenty years later, such a fish would cost twenty-five yuan per kilogram. Now, if you want to sell this fish, it will cost less than fifty cents.
Li Juan and Li Qiang picked up all the fish together, including the small crucian carp two to three centimeters long.
Seeing the fish, Tao Daqiang became excited, but also a little dissatisfied. He immediately bent down and took another net.
This time was not as good as last time. There were two finger-long channel fish and three palm-sized crucian carp in the net.
"Go to that ice cave." Li Long said, "The fish haven't come here yet, so you need to breathe."
Tao Daqiang was a little reluctant, but he knew there was nothing he could do. Climbing up, he handed the net to Li Long.
Li Long walked over to the ice cave over there, stepped firmly on his feet, and slowly stretched out his net into the water.
His movements were not as powerful as Tao Daqiang's. He swung the net under the water, slowly turned it in a large circle, and then suddenly pulled it back.
"Wow! Big fish! There is a big fish in my uncle's net!" Li Qiang shouted before the net was even lowered onto the ice.
Li Long felt that there was indeed a big fish in his hand. He put the fish in the net onto the ice. A grass carp about one foot long immediately jumped up on the ice. .
Li Qiang quickly ran over to hug the fish, but the grass carp had a strong vitality and slapped Li Qiang in the face with its tail!
Li Qiang’s face was immediately turned red, but he stubbornly refused to let go and held on tightly to the grass carp’s gills.
"Okay, okay, you caught this fish." Li Jianguo came over in a hurry and took the fish from Li Qiang's hand.
"Qiangqiang, good job!" Seeing Li Qiang holding back tears in his eyes, Li Long knew that the slap really hurt. He hurriedly diverted the little guy's attention, "Pick up the other fish and put them in the bag." ”
"Qiangqiang is really good." Tao Daqiang also praised, "That grass carp is so powerful!"
Li Long secretly screamed that it was going to be bad. It would be better not to praise him at this time, and just pretend that nothing happened. Li Qiang also passed by.
But with so many compliments, the grievance in Li Qiang's heart immediately surged up, and he cried out with a "wow":
"It hurts so much! Dad, uncle, This fish hurts me so much!”
"Qiangqiang, don't cry!" Li Long said hurriedly, "When you go back, let your mother cook this fish for you to eat and avenge you! You must remember this fish!"
"Well , I remember it!" Li Qiang wiped his tears and took a deep look at the fish.
Okay, this fish will probably be eaten today.
Fishing continues.
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