Chapter 437 Night Fishing
Say, Zhang An bought this river dumpling from a fishing friend today, and he felt very happy.
When Zhang An got home, he weighed himself and found that it was nine pounds and eight taels, which was not much different from the estimated ten pounds.
This big guy is still alive and kicking even though it has been out of the water for a while.
Zhang An put it on the scale, and as soon as he let go, it tried to struggle.
The growth rate of wild Jiangtuan is relatively slow in the wild. This big guy of about ten pounds has obviously lived for many years.
After opening the belly of the fish and inspecting it carefully, it was easy to tell from the physical appearance that it was a male jiangtuan.
No wonder it grew so big. It turned out to be a male fish, because in the river group, male fish grow faster than female fish and are larger.
After weighing it, Zhang An put it into the big bucket that originally contained the golden armor and Xiao Hong.
Now that the couple has moved to the pond in the backyard, the small house is empty.
But they certainly didn't expect that Zhang An would quickly find a tenant.
The bucket was filled with half a bucket of space spring water. Jiang Tuan, who was agitated just now, instantly calmed down and tasted the space spring water in the bucket.
Seeing this, Zhang An fished out some small grass carp from the space and put them into the bucket to feed Jiang Tuan.
Although this frogfish looks cute and naive, it is not a docile kitten. It has a very ferocious temperament.
As soon as Zhang An put the small grass carp in, he was chased by this guy and bit two of them.
The three-finger-wide grass carp fry looked a bit weak in front of its wide mouth. It swallowed half of its body in just one bite.
Looking at its fierce appearance, it stirred the water in the bucket and Zhang An was very satisfied.
After placing it, Zhang An came to the river again, but did not go directly to Chen Ze.
Instead, I chatted with the fishing friends along the river and took the opportunity to look at everyone’s fish protection.
Because he wanted to see if there were so many people, would anyone else catch Jiang Tuan?
After all, Jiang Tuan is a gregarious fish species, and the population may not be too large, but usually several of them move together.
Since there is a figure of Jiang Tuan in this river, it means there is more than one in it.
However, the weather did not go as expected. Zhang An walked along the river from the upper reaches to the lower reaches, but did not see another trace of the river.
So Zhang An can only place his hopes on the old man just now, hoping that he can get another one.
It’s best if it’s a female fish, then Zhang An will be fulfilled. It’s okay if it’s a female fish. You can prepare grilled fish tonight.
"How's it going, brother, have you harvested anything yet?"
Back at the fishing spot, Zhang An approached them and asked.
“The fish catch is not bad. After you left, I adjusted the floating fishing bottom and added some yellow chili dices, but I didn’t have the river anchovy you wanted, brother.”
My brother is a little pity, he also wants to catch a few more river balls.
After all, if Zhang An is willing to give him money, a river gang can basically support him in fishing for several days.
"It's okay, there will be a long time to come, maybe we will meet him in the future."
Zhang An was also a little disappointed, but when he thought about its habits, he became less entangled.
Because they basically hide under the water during the day, night is the peak time for them to come out to hunt.
The guy who just caught it may have been lucky. He happened to encounter the big guy. He was hungry and the bait was near his mouth, so he couldn't help but bite it.
"By the way, brother, I have a lot of yellow peppercorns here, and they are not small. Do you want to collect them together?"
Brother carried the fish guard to Zhang An Look, I want to sell the fish I caught today to Zhang An.
Because he thought about the way Zhang An just spent a huge sum of money to buy Jiang Tuan without saying a word, he thought Zhang An was a rich man who loved to eat.
“No need, brother, I already have these yellow spicy dices at home.”
Zhang An smiled and rejected the brother’s kindness. Not only did he have it at home, it was simply too much. .
“But if you want to sell it, I recommend you go to Jincun Qiaotou and ask. I think there will be many people there who will like it.”
For the sake of his brother selling Jiang Tuan to him, Zhang An pointed to the Dongli courtyard.
Don’t think about it in the village. Although some villagers also like to eat fish, it is simply unrealistic to want them to spend a lot of money to buy it.
There are many rich people in Dongli Courtyard, and this Huang La Ding thing is considered a good thing, and some people should like it.
"Okay, I'll close the pole earlier later, go over and have a look, thank you brother."
I also want to sell the fish while it's still alive. , after all, live fish are easy to sell.
Otherwise, when he gets it to the city, he will lose a lot if it dies. After all, the price difference between dead fish and live fish is quite big.
Until the sun was about to set, Brother and the others had already closed their poles and were ready to leave.
He was still the same here, not even a shadow of Jiang Tuan was seen, which made Zhang An very disappointed.
However, the people by the river have almost left, and there is no point in continuing to squat there. They won’t be able to catch fish anyway.
So Zhang An planned to go home, eat the food, and come over to try again in the evening.
Since this fish likes to come out at night, come and fish for it at night and see if you can get it.
"Dad, don't kill this fish. I'll keep it for use. How did you find it?"
Just when Zhang An came home, he saw his father, Zhang Jianguo, had found the fish he had brought back. Jiang Tuan was holding the knife and was about to make it.
This frightened Zhang An. When he went out, he even found a dustpan to cover the bucket, just to avoid being discovered by Mimi.
As a result, Mimi didn't find it, but her father found the fish.
Fortunately, Zhang Jianguo hadn't used the knife yet, so Zhang An still had time to run to his father and save the fish.
Of course, if Zhang Jianguo killed the fish, Zhang An couldn't say anything, after all, it was his biological father.
So this fish is really blessed with great fortune. If Zhang An arrives half a minute late, it will become the dead soul of Zhang Jianguo.
"Your mother saw it just now when she was looking for a dustpan. This mouse fish tastes good. I thought about killing it and giving it to Xiaoying to try."
I heard Zhang An say to keep it. It was useful, Zhang Jianguo had no intention of killing it, and put down the butcher knife.
"Dad, where have you eaten this fish before?"
Since my dad knows that this fish is delicious, he must have eaten it before.
“I have eaten it, but I have only eaten it once. It was many years ago. When your mother and I first got married, something was to be built on the upper reaches of the river that year, so the river water It was intercepted. After the water in the river dried up, the villagers would go to the river to catch fish after work. I was lucky enough to catch the biggest one, which was this rat fish. It was just not as big as this one. It took me three days to eat it. "Finish, and this rat fish is fatter. I remember that your mother didn't bother to put in the oil that night, but the fish was very fragrant when cooked. I still remember the taste."
Zhang Jianguo talked about the past. There was a look full of reminiscence, and a very sighing tone in his voice.
There was no Zhang An at that time. In the blink of an eye, Zhang An was already married. They were about to become grandparents and have children and grandchildren. At the same time, they were getting older.
“It turns out there are some in our river, I always thought there weren’t.”
This is the first time Zhang An has heard that there are traces of Jiangtuan’s activities in the river, because in the past and even in later generations, I have never heard of it, let alone seen it.
But since it existed before, it’s not surprising that it can be caught today.
"Dad, since you and my mother haven't eaten it in so many years, let's just kill the fish."
Zhang An could feel that his father liked eating Jiangtuan very much, so he also I didn't plan to keep it anymore, so I was determined to kill it. "Forget it, our fish are all delicious, let's keep this for now and talk about it later."
Zhang Jianguo was going to kill the fish just now, but he didn’t know that Zhang An would keep it useful.
Now that he knew it, he naturally gave up the idea. He didn't have such a strong appetite.
Now even if Zhang An is ready to take action, he still has to persuade him.
After dinner, Zhang An looked inside the bucket. All the small fish he put in in the afternoon had been eaten by the river.
After all, with his body shape there, he must have a large appetite.
So Zhang An caught some small live fish and put them into the bucket. As expected, this guy didn't have the temptation of hell and started chasing the small fish to bite them.
After feeding Jiang Tuan, Zhang An went to see the carp fry at home.
The carp fry, which are almost two months old, are almost five centimeters tall.
Zhang An thought they would grow very slowly like when they were first hatched, but he didn't expect them to grow so fast.
This is the growth rate they should have. After all, they are raised with space spring water every day.
"Mom, I went fishing by the river."
After feeding the fish, Zhang An packed up his equipment and prepared to go out.
While eating just now, he had already told his family that he was going to go fishing tonight.
Su Ying had to prepare lessons and correct homework. Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo thought they would have nothing to do tomorrow, so they let him go.
Wang Fang handed Zhang An the newly charged flashlight and mosquito coils while explaining.
She was not worried about anything else, but she was worried that Zhang An would encounter a snake, because what she was most afraid of was snakes.
"Take the flashlight and follow Xiaohu. There are more snakes at night. When the time is almost up, I will come back by myself. It is colder at night."
Although it is summer now, The temperature difference is relatively large at night in the mountains, and it is even colder when the wind is strong at night.
"I understand. I will be back after fishing for a few hours. You can leave the door open for me and don't have to wait for me."
When Zhang An goes out, he doesn't even need to call Xiaohu, this guy just follows behind.
One thing to say is that now the tiger cubs are so big that even if they go into the mountains, they can still squeeze in with them at night to keep them warm.
Arrived at the river, Zhang An found a section of the river with very slow water flow and started fishing.
The bait he used this time was live shrimp fished out of space, which was Jiang Tuan’s favorite.
Just now at home, I chased and ate a lot of river dumplings.
Zhang An plans to try this thing first, and if it doesn’t work, switch to small live fish.
Throwing the bait down, Zhang An stared at it with a flashlight.
Drifting is still not possible without luminous light these days, and night fishing is always inconvenient.
I just didn’t expect that not long after the live shrimp was thrown down, the pole started to move.
I didn’t expect this live shrimp to have such a great effect.
Zhang An was overjoyed and expected to hit a river with the first shot.
Seeing the black drift, he immediately struck the pole, but the feeling coming from the pole made Zhang An feel something was wrong, so it was effortless to reel in the line.
Could it be decoupling? Otherwise, there would be no relief at all.
Zhang An closed the line suspiciously, wanting to see what was going on.
Only after finishing the line at last, I found out that the naughty guy Da Laoqing appeared in the river.
Zhang An said that there was no unloading force when reeling in the line. It turned out that the bait was eaten by Da Laoqing. When Zhang An reeled in the line, it swam to the shore.
The feeling is that this guy recognized Zhang An and was playing with Zhang An in the water.
"Why are you biting the hook randomly? Didn't I teach you not to eat this thing randomly? Be careful of others catching you and killing you."
Zhang An was dumbfounded. Get the fishhook out of Da Laoqing's mouth.
Fortunately, he was happily looking forward to joining the Jiangtuan Group just now.
Da Laoqing didn't know whether he understood Zhang An's words, his tail kept swaying in the water, and he buried his head in the water and kept blowing bubbles.
Seeing it collecting treasures like this, Zhang An directly fed it a lot of live shrimps.
"Okay, let's go quickly, how can I fish while you are here."
After feeding the live shrimp, Zhang An wanted to drive Da Laoqing away.
This guy is the overlord of this river. If he is here, other fish will dare to come over.
No matter how hard Zhang An drove him, this guy refused to leave and stayed on the shore in front of Zhang An.
That is to say, this is a steep bank. If we talk about it briefly, its size would have been stranded long ago.
"You guys, can you stop being so naughty and mischievous."
Zhang An was very happy that Da Laoqing was getting close to him, but he still wanted to fish.
Seeing that this guy had no intention of running away, Zhang An immediately made a decision and received it into the space without saying a word.
But even so, Zhang An could only find another place.
Because Da Laoqing just made such a big noise, other fish will definitely not come.
After changing places, Zhang An fished for more than an hour, but his fishing was very poor, and a few small miscellaneous fish occasionally came up.
"Why is there not a bite? Is there no Jiangtuan in the river? Or maybe I didn't find the right place."
Zhang An was very depressed, spending so long here , there is no gain at all.
So he stopped going fishing, took off all his clothes except for his big underpants, and jumped directly into the water.
Today he just wanted to go to the bottom of the river to see if there was still Jiang Tuan here.
Sinking to the bottom of the river, Zhang An's legs kept pushing back like a frog, moving freely in the water.
Although it was dim in the river, his vision had long been strengthened by space. Although his vision was not as clear as during the day, he could only see a rough outline.
But Zhang An is just here to find fish, as long as he can roughly see the outline of the fish, it is enough.
As long as there was space, he didn't even need to surface for air, he just kept swimming and swimming in the river, looking and looking.
After swimming for a long time, he saw a lot of big and small fish, but they were all not Jiangtuan because the body shape was wrong. They were all resident fish such as grass carp and herring.
Zhang An was very disappointed, so he surfaced to see where he had swam.
I don’t know if I look at it, but I am shocked when I see it. He almost swam to the boundary of Xiahe Bend.
Further down the river, the water flow became a bit turbulent, which was obviously not suitable for the river group to stay, so Zhang An could only swim back.
(End of this chapter)