Chapter 419: Catching big fish with bare hands
"So this is the eel cave, let me try, let me try..." Upon hearing this, Zhao Dahai immediately rolled up his sleeves and squeezed to the front to shout.
When Zhao Yubao saw this, he immediately glared in displeasure and scolded: "What are you yelling about? What are you yelling about? Fugui hasn't spoken yet. Why are you so rude? You are so disgusting when you come to visit... Is this what I taught you before?”
Then he turned to Chen Ling, pushed up his glasses and said with a smile: “Fugui, it’s inconvenient for you to take Ruirui with you. Just tell me how to dig out the eel cave, and I’ll give it to you. Let's dig it out."
Before Chen Ling could say anything, Old Man Zhong said with disdain: "Go ahead, you are so shameless. It turns out that you want to catch the eels for fun. You are old enough to compete with children for fun.”
"Then come, then come, I'll let you..." Zhao Yubao chuckled, feeling confident.
"Screw you, you just saw that my arm was injured, otherwise it would be your turn?" Old Zhong said angrily.
The two old men were guarding the eel cave like little babies and started bickering, blowing their beards and staring like two big competitive cocks.
Everyone couldn't help laughing.
Only Zhao Dahai stepped aside with a look of grievance on his face. He is such an old man, and yet he is being scolded by his father like a grandson. In front of so many people, he is not given any face. If he had known better, he would not have brought the old man out to play. .
"Old Uncle Zhao, Old Uncle Zhong, there are a lot of eels here, there is nothing to grab. If you want to catch eels for fun, we will continue to look for them later. We originally came to the reed swamp to catch fish and shrimps, otherwise we would bring this big wooden basin with us. What are you doing with these fish baskets..."
Chen Ling said helplessly.
There were so many crabs and crayfish crawling around just now that no one thought about catching them. Now, they just found an eel hole and started fighting over it.
This really makes people don’t know what to say...
There is no way, people are like this sometimes, they are not interested in what is put in front of them, and they have to spend a lot of effort to catch them. Only when you get it can you find it interesting and flavorful.
Upon hearing Chen Ling's words, everyone immediately became energetic.
Yes, there are so many in the reed swamp, why are you just staring at this eel hole?
"Then I'll come first. Fugui, please teach me how to catch this eel?"
Zhao Yubao refused to give up the eel cave in front of him. This cave was the one he discovered first, and he had just discovered it. The eel that disappeared in a flash was big enough.
It made him feel very itchy. He wanted to take the opportunity to show off his skills, but he couldn't bear to give up.
Even his son refused to give in.
“Catching eels, I say catching, but actually I am fishing for eels...”
“Eels are too slippery to hold firmly, and eels usually hide in holes during the day and do not emerge. , there is no way to catch it in the hole, so we can only use fishing."
Chen Ling said, motioning for everyone to look at the fish baskets. Some fish baskets have fishing hooks, but of course there are no yellow croaker hooks. That’s okay, there are other ways to catch eels.
"Uncle Zhao, let me briefly tell you how to catch eels. You can do whatever you think is fun. It doesn't matter if you can't catch it. It's hard to find anything else here. Eels are everywhere. Where there is water there is it.”
"Okay, okay, tell me how to catch eels."
Zhao Yubao rubbed his hands impatiently, and the others were also waiting to listen attentively.
“There are generally three ways to catch eels.”
“The first one is to use a long wire, about one meter long, sharpen one end and bend it. Make it into a hook shape, grab an earthworm or something and put it on, then follow the eel hole and slowly insert the wire wearing the earthworm. When the eel sees the delicious food coming to your door, it will come and enjoy it without thinking. , and quickly pulled the hook out, and the eel was caught.”
“But, we don’t have such a long hook.”
"The fish hooks in the fish baskets are what the children usually use to fish and catch frogs. They can also catch eels, but they have to wait. Usually the little children here come over when the sun is about to set and break two of them in the reeds. A strong reed stick is tied to a one-meter-long nylon rope. A small fishhook is hung on the nylon rope. Earthworms are usually used as bait on the hook. Once the firewood sticks are planted on the shore, eels will naturally come out to look for food at night.
When I collect the hooks the next morning, there is basically an eel on every hook.
This method saves trouble, but it’s a bit slow.”
“Yes, you have to stay overnight. Even if you don’t stay overnight, you still have to wait. It’s not pleasant. What about the third option, Fugui? "
The old men were fascinated and urged.
"The third type is relatively simple and crude, which is to specifically look for those eel caves that lay eggs. The eel is quite strange. It has egg-protecting behavior, just like cats and dogs protecting their calves. It will protect its own unhatched fish eggs...
Eel caves like this are also easy to find. Eels that lay eggs have the habit of blowing bubbles. There are often piles of foam at the entrance of the cave. Eels also like to put their heads out of the water. Once you spot them, , just hang the baited fishhook around and harass the eels.
The eels that protect their eggs think that there is an enemy invasion, and they will pounce on them to protect their children. Just listen, "plop." 'Sound, the eel must have taken the bait."
"Okay, it turns out that catching eels is so fun, I want to choose the third option, to find the eels that protect their eggs."
"Hey, hey. We also play the third type, ready-made fish hooks, just find the eel hole with foam. Yaya, let’s go, ignore your grandpa, let’s find the eel hole by ourselves.”
After Chen Ling finished speaking, not to mention a few old people, even Zhao Dahai and Shan Mao were very energetic and fascinated. After listening, they felt that they had learned it. They hurriedly rolled up their sleeves and geared up to show off their skills.
Only Zhao Yubao frowned and hesitated, "I actually want to choose the first method, which is a hook that is not that long. The second method has to wait, the third method, I am The eel cave is obviously not one to protect eggs, so it is definitely not easy to seduce."
Chen Ling smiled when he saw this. This old man is quite interesting. He is really like a little baby and won't let go when he sees something interesting. I was immediately invested in the game.
He said: "Old Uncle Zhao, it doesn't matter if you don't use the eel hook. I'll find something for you and hang the bait, it will work just as well..."
After saying that, he waded into the water and walked to I pulled some grass back from the grass on the bank.
Zhao Yubao was stunned for a moment, "What is this, dogtail grass?"
"No, this is beef tendon. It's like old beef tendon. It's hard to pull out. It's stronger. It's stronger than dogtail grass. Use It will be no problem to catch eels."
Chen Ling said as he grabbed a small frog that jumped over. There were so many frog thieves in the reeds that there was no need to go to the shore to look for earthworms...
After a while, the poor frog was broken into pieces by Chen Ling, and the frog meat was threaded on the stalks of goosegrass and handed to Zhao Yubao.
“Let’s start fishing, Uncle Zhao.”
Zhao Yubao was stunned by Chen Ling's series of actions. Catching a frog was like picking something out of a bag, killing a frog without blinking an eye. How did this guy practice?
I was so stunned that I finally came back to my senses when I heard the words.
“Here, is this possible? Fishing eels with grass stems?”
“I’ll give it a try, I’m not sure it will work, but it’s no worse than the eel hook, and this thing is the goosegrass "It's very strong."
Zhao Yubao listened to the others looking for the eel hole in the reed swamp. From time to time, Rui Rui and Yaya's excited screams could be heard. They must have gained something. .
This made him very anxious. He didn't want to be compared. He wanted to catch this guy from the eel cave as soon as possible and try the third method.
So he followed Chen Ling's instructions and slowly stretched the grass stem covered with frog flesh into the eel hole.
As soon as he reached into the hole, Lao Zhong came to harass him, "What are you doing, Lao Zhao, hey, how do you catch eels with grass stalks? Can you do it? If it doesn't work, just change to another hole. We have caught one according to Fugui's method, why are you still holding on to this hole? We won't fight with you."
The yin and yang in the words overflowed. Zhao Yubao snorted, raised his head and glared at him, ignored it with a cold face, and concentrated on doing what Chen Ling said, slowly and carefully stretching the grass stems into the eel cave.
Chen Ling watched from the side and laughed to himself. These two old men were quite interesting. You wouldn't see it in the city. When they got here, they even got into a fight.
At this moment, Zhao Yubao let out a low cry, "It's bitten."
Chen Ling hurriedly looked, and sure enough, something was pulling the grass stems into the hole.
Lao Zhong was no longer so weird, and his eyes widened in surprise, "My dear, it's really good. You don't even need a fishhook. Fugui, why didn't you teach me this trick just now?"
Chen Ling didn't care to answer at this time. He just asked Zhao Yubao to grasp the grass stem and slowly pull it out.
Zhao Yubao was extremely nervous. The more he listened to Chen Ling's instructions, the more his hands shook.
Finally led the eel out of the cave.
This giant eel has a yellowish-brown head and a thick body covered with black spots. When he saw someone waiting eagerly outside, he immediately gave up the food that was close to his mouth and wanted to shrink back into the cave. .
"I still want to run after I came out."
Seeing this, Chen Ling reached out his hand like lightning, and with a loud bang, he grabbed the upper part of the eel's body and pulled hard. , he caught this slippery big guy out of the hole.
Zhao Yubao's face was full of excitement when he saw this, while Lao Zhong had a look of astonishment on his face: "My dear, Fugui, how do you practice this? Just catch it with your hands. The one we caught just now is like catching it with your hands. This eel is slippery. I caught it and ran away several times, but finally it was your father-in-law who caught it."
His shout attracted everyone over, and they learned that Chen Ling and Zhao Yubao fished with grass stems. eel, and finally caught the eel with his bare hands.
When they were surprised, they all shouted to let Chen Ling show her hand again.
Most city people don’t know how difficult it is to catch eels, so they just catch them with bare hands. Even local villagers rarely can do it.
The eel is different from other fishes in that it has a smooth layer of mucus on its body, making it difficult to catch with bare hands.
But if you want to catch eels, there are tricks.
That means being fast, accurate and ruthless. Don’t hesitate and pause after catching it, just pull it out in one go and throw it to the boat or the shore.
Chen Lingli’s hands were strong and his reaction was quick. With one dunk, the eel basically couldn’t escape.
"You kid, you like to hide everything, show it now." Shanmao pointed at Chen Ling and said with a helpless smile.
Chen Ling didn't say anything, he just smiled and knocked the eel unconscious with his hands, and handed it to the old man Zhao Yubao.
Zhao Yubao took the eel and quickly put it into the fish basket. It was too precious.
After that, everyone asked Chen Ling for advice while looking for eel caves where eggs had been laid.
Chen Ling was holding a small boat with one hand. On the small boat were Wang Cunye and two children. The other hand was holding a large wooden basin and floating on the water. He led them back and forth in the reed swamps, catching fish and shrimps. Old turtle.
We played until the sun was about to go down before going back.
But when it comes to catching old turtles, we have to mention the old man Zhao Yubao.
At the beginning, he asked Chen Ling for some tips, and he learned quite quickly. He caught the most eels.
The sense of accomplishment was overwhelming.
The old man was so happy that he grinned and showed off to Lao Zhong and others arrogantly.
Later I felt uncomfortable, so I took off my water shoes, rolled up my trouser legs and started playing barefoot.
But soon, like old Zhongtou, he was extremely happy and sad. He stepped on an old turtle hiding in the mud and almost got bitten.
He didn't get bitten, so he fell over and fell into the water with his legs spread out.
Not only did he get soaked, but he also drank several mouthfuls of dirty water.
Made Old Zhong laugh for a while.
Feeling that he had lost face, Zhao Yubao became violent, gave up on the eel, and went to catch the old turtle in revenge.
There are also many old turtles hiding in the reeds, and some even crawl into the reeds on the water surface to look for food.
However, if there is any disturbance or disturbance, it will quickly slide into the water with a "plop", or even drill into the mud, going deeper and deeper.
If someone unfortunately steps on an old turtle hiding in the mud, he is likely to be bitten.
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"You can't stop laughing at me, right? You were pecked by a bird, why didn't you tell me?"
"That's different, you let me The bastard was bitten, and this person is much more embarrassed than me.”
"Yaya, do you think your grandpa was bitten by a tortoise?"
"Yes, grandpa is bad. He didn't take Yaya with him when catching fish, and he scolded dad. He deserves to be bitten by a tortoise."
Facing the setting sun, a group of people returned with fish baskets that were almost too full to hold. Two old men kept bickering on the road.
At first, the big guy interrupted a few words, but now it was treated as the background sound just like Ruirui Yaya's playfulness.
However, as we walked further out of the village, the voices of the two old men gradually disappeared, leaving only the sound of Ruirui and Yaya running around and fighting.
But it was the beautiful scenery of this small mountain village at dusk that attracted me.
It was evening at this time, and smoke was rising from every house. The little children playing under the trees at the head of the village dispersed laughing and making noise at the call of their parents.
The setting sun in the distance is about to set over the mountain, and the afterglow is blurred in layers on the clouds, as if someone has applied it with bright paint.
The entire sky was filled with sunset glow, and the mountains, fields, and even the farm were all covered with a soft halo.
It’s really like walking into an oil painting.
In front of such beautiful scenery, how could they still be in the mood to quarrel.
Bathing in the glow of the setting sun, several old people who have lived in the city for a long time are full of joy and joy.
Zhao Yubao, a great writer, despite his embarrassment, couldn't help but sigh with his hands behind his back: "It's a good idea to come here earlier. To be honest, I haven't felt this way in most of my life. When I come here, I feel like It feels like I’m back when I was a kid again, that feeling where everything is fresh and fun, and my heart is filled with anticipation and joy. It’s so rare.”
Lao Zhong, this little old man. Hearing this, he did not sing the opposite, but nodded with emotion and said with a smile: "Yes, life seems to have become more fulfilling again. I am getting older, but I have regained the feeling I had when I wore open crotch pants. Isn't this a kind of Lucky you.”
(End of this chapter)