Chapter 414 Fishing
The county's domestic water only passes under the Zaoling Bridge. In this area, the riverside is not polluted.
There is also an irrigation station by the lake, but Zhou Zhi has almost never seen it operating.
But Zhou Zhi knew that it was a good place to ship goods under the small barge where the machines were placed.
The ground at the junction of the sandy area and the pebble area is very hard, and there is dense wire grass on the ground, which is like a big net clinging to the ground, and it has just sprouted some buds.
It is convenient to set up the stove here. Zhou Zhi and He Dayong put down their backpacks and set up two stoves.
Asking He Dayong to boil water and search for vegetables, Zhou Zhi pulled out an inverted umbrella-shaped fishing net, thinned a piece of bait cake into the net, and placed it next to the barge.
You don’t need to wait too long. After five minutes, you pick it up and there are more than a dozen small river shrimps at the bottom of the net.
There are also a few wheat ear fish in the middle.
The white clouds are reflected in the clear lake. The slightly raised areas of the surrounding sand are all occupied by reeds, which are very beautiful.
Some water birds chirped and searched for food on the algae ground near the water, moving quickly.
Other than this, it's very quiet.
The water in the small lake is very clean. When the peach blossoms bloom in March every year, groups of small jellyfish will appear here, attracting many children from Jiachuan to come here to catch jellyfish and tadpoles.
But it's still quiet now.
The sound of "puff" came from the bottom of the barge. Zhou Zhi's heart moved and he gently returned to the shore. He went to get a small cart pole from the backpack and came back. He took off the hook hanging on the Bagua wheel. He put on a grass shrimp and quietly lowered it along the side of the barge.
This is Jiachuan's traditional "car pan pole", but it has been modified by Zhou Zhi. A thin and soft glass fiber skewer is added to the front. A small smooth copper wire ring is tied to the skewer. The skewer is also made of red. The paint is applied section by section, which is very eye-catching.
This is actually a multi-purpose rod. If you remove the fiberglass skewer, it becomes a fishing pole. If you add the fiberglass skewer, it becomes a raft fishing rod.
There is no need to float the raft fishing rod. Generally, the fishing is off the ground, the fishing line is stretched straight in the water, and the fiberglass skewer will be dropped into an arc by the pendant.
The signal after the fish takes the bait will be transmitted to this stick, and the timing of lifting the pole can be determined by the shaking of the stick.
The water depth where Zhou Zhi fishes is very shallow, which is one foot below the bottom of the barge, almost one meter underwater.
While slowly lifting the raft fishing rod up and down, paying attention to the slow and regular relaxation of the fiberglass rod with the movement, I sprinkled some shrimp-luring loose bait at intervals.
Just like this for a few minutes, the "puff" sound came out again, and then the pole suddenly sank. Zhou Zhi raised his hand: "hit!"
< br>The cart was immediately dragged by the prey and turned. The fishing line shot out towards the center of the pond, then turned around and rushed towards the bottom of the barge.
“Holy shit!” Zhou Zhi didn’t care that there was still shrimp bait in his left hand, and quickly turned the wheel to reel in the line. Once the line was fed, it was easy for fish to escape.
Fortunately, Zhou Zhi's Bagua wheel rotates very flexibly. It starts to turn with just a slight flick of the wheel. The fish underwater did not get the chance to spit out the hook. Instead, they lost the initiative. Zhou Zhi took up a lot of the line. , the struggle interval becomes smaller.
The fishing line whined in the water, but Zhou Zhi had already stood up, standing on the corner of the barge and pulling it to prevent it from getting into the underwater obstacles.
After a few rounds, a grass carp-like figure was pulled out of the water by Zhou Zhi, and fell back again when he saw the light.
But the strength of this fish is much greater than that of grass carp of the same size. Zhou Zhi slowly controlled it. Little by little, he got off the pontoon to the lakeside, and then led it away from the area. We arrived at an inlet where rainwater flows into the lake.
The slope here is gentle, which is convenient for towing fish carefully without fish protection.
The fish finally exhausted its strength and rolled over on its side on the water. Zhou Zhi dragged it to the shore along the mouth of the water and caught it. This is a very healthy and beautiful aquatic treasure. It is called "Qingbo" locally in Jiachuan. Its scientific name should actually be "Chinese Barbel".
This kind of fish is generally difficult for fishermen to catch because they live in rapids or underwater with rocks or obstructions. It is very difficult to set the net in those places.
Usually they are caught by fishing, or by using a huge net bag that is stretched along the bottom of the big ship to scoop it up.
But if you understand the habits of this fish, it is not difficult to find and catch them. The long algae growing under the old barge and the grass shrimp living in those algae are Qingbo's favorite food.
Nowadays, there seem to be very few people in Jiachuan who know this, and not many people know the hanging fishing method. As a result, Qingbo has become an easy-to-harvest species under special fishing methods, making it cheaper for Zhou Zhi.
The popping sound just now was the sound of clear waves hunting for shrimps. When Zhou Zhi heard it, he knew that he could add vegetables today.
This clear wave weighs two pounds. It is not big under the barge at Chishui River Pier, but it is definitely not small in Jingshui Lake or mountain stream.
“Brother Dayong——” Zhou Zhi shouted.
"What are you doing - you prepared the fish anytime -"
"Don't mess with the soy sauce! There are also ginger and fat bacon, leave some -" Zhou Zhi was on the opposite side of the small lake. call.
"Got it -"
He cut and cleaned the fish immediately by the lake, and carefully brought the fish to the picnic spot on the other side of the lake. Brother Dayong had already set up the small table and small chairs.
“Oh, it’s still Qingbo! I’m in for a treat today!” Brother Dayong grinned. This kid grew up working by the water, so he is certainly no stranger to aquatic products: “I thought it was grass carp just now. ! ”
“Let me give the fish a taste first. Before making broad beans, Get some scallion oil." Zhou Zhi arranged: "Brother Dayong, put your basket on your back and go to the river to pick up your godfather and godmother. I don't know if you picked up anything good today."
Brother Dayong is not interested in this kind of thing. I couldn't understand the stupid behavior of running to the riverside to carry no stones into the city, but I still went there obediently.
Zhou Zhi first used the wild onions picked by Brother Dayong and shredded the ginger brought from home, added some salt and water and kneaded it into onion and ginger water to add flavor to the fish, then cut off a piece of fatty bacon and cut it into small dices. First add oil in the pot, then add the diced fat pork to stir-fry the fat. Remove the diced pork and add the wild onions. Fry the wild onions until brown, then pour the onions and oil into a small enamel bowl and set aside.
Then we started making broad beans.
This is very simple. Add the same oil, add diced bacon, diced bamboo shoots, and ginger slices. Stir-fry the tender broad beans and stir-fry for a while. Pour in two bowls of water. Bring to a boil, then cover the pot and simmer.
After ten minutes, the broad beans are cooked. Open the lid and add salt to reduce the juice. When the juice is almost done, add chopped green onions and stir well.
A very simple but very delicious dish.
After cooking, transfer the vegetables into a stainless steel basin, use three small stones to surround a small fire pit, put a few pieces of hot coal in it, place the vegetable basin on top, and cover it with a banana leaf to keep it warm.
The pot is too small and the fish cannot be steamed, so there is no need to steam it. Bring another pot of water to a boil, then remove the heat, put the fish segments in, and slowly scald until cooked.
Making the fish toppings here is actually very simple. Add some soy sauce to the fish soup, add shredded ginger and sugar, and simmer over low heat.
By the time he took out a bottle of Wuliangye from his backpack and put it on the table, Brother Dayong was already carrying a basket of stones on his back, escorted by his godfather and mother-in-law.
“Elbow!” The godmother, wearing her thick-rimmed glasses, looked more like a private teacher than a deputy county magistrate: “It seems to have grown taller again!”
The godfather sniffed: "Don't tell me, I'm really hungry..."
(End of this chapter)