On the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, the village began to dig ice to catch fish. This day should be the busiest day in the year.
Almost everyone in the village, young and old, came to the big river and pond in the village.
At about seven o'clock, the captain and a few strong young men appeared with a big net.
In fact, compared to other seasons, winter fishing is definitely a technical job. At this time, all the fish are hidden under the ice. If you want to find the fish nest, you have to have an experienced "fish leader".
There is a very powerful fish leader in Hongguo Village. As early as yesterday, Uncle Hong found the spot on the river pond where he was going to lower his net and marked it. Today, before digging, he checked it again and then made a big hand. With a wave, the strong young men in the village started digging towards the place he had marked.
Soon the sound of ice hammers hitting the ice was heard on the river. When one was tired of smashing, he was replaced by another. The ice on the river pond was 40 to 50 centimeters thick. Fortunately, there were many people, and everyone started to work together. After nearly an hour, In a matter of seconds, the marked ice surface was finally penetrated one by one.
Ning Yue watched curiously as the old men in the village lowered the net into the river. The holes in the net were huge, and it was obvious at a glance that all the fish caught in the net were big fish.
Dajiang Xiaohe didn't join in the fun with others, so he stood guard next to Ningyue with a bucket and a ladle. Before they came out, his grandma said that they must keep an eye on his sister-in-law and don't let her wander around. Lots of places to gather.
More people equals holes in the ice, and holes in the ice equals fish.
The girl cannot be allowed to get too close to the fish in full view of the public. Who knows if those fish will do something crazy in front of the whole village!
"Why are you two guarding me if you don't want to watch the fun?"
Ojiang: ..."We are afraid that the fish will throw us into the water. If our clothes get wet when we go back, my mother will definitely scold us for an hour."
"Then, what are you doing with a fishing net?" Ning Yue took a look at it. The mesh of this fishing net was quite large, and at least small fry would definitely not be caught.
"When all the fish in the village are finished, we will fish through the existing holes in the ice. If we are lucky, we can catch a small fish weighing three to five kilograms."
"Does the village not care about this?"
"As long as it is caught with a net, the village basically doesn't care. Of course, if you catch almost everything, you can go home quickly. It doesn't matter if you catch too much."
For example, if Murakami divides the fish into a bucket of 20 to 30 jins for each family, who can be happy if you catch a bucket of 20 to 30 jins by yourself?
Ning Yue continued to ask: "Now that the net is down, how long will it take to get it up?"
Ojiang said: "That depends on Third Grandpa. If he says he can get up, he can get up in an hour. If he doesn't talk, it might take several hours."
As soon as Ning Yue heard this, she immediately didn't want to wait here. After a while, her face was a little stiff due to the northwest wind. Anyway, it was still early to set up the Internet, so she simply went home and read a book.
"Sister-in-law, it was very lively when the Internet was launched in previous years. If you never see it, you will definitely regret it in the future."
In previous years, when fishing in the village, my sister-in-law would run home to catch a cat for various reasons, or she would not come at all because she was afraid of the cold.
Seeing that his sister-in-law was about to leave again, Dajiang directly reminded her.
Ning Yue's toes had turned in the opposite direction, but when he said this, they actually turned back.
In the past, she had seen pictures of fishing on the Internet, but after all, it was better to go to the scene and see it with her own eyes.
So just be cold.
The wait lasted for more than three hours. Near noon, Uncle Hong finally said, "Let's start the Internet cafe."
Whether he can catch fish or not depends on this guy.
The stronger boys all gathered in front of the ice cave, and everyone worked together to pull the big net out.
As the fishing net was pulled out little by little, the most exciting scene appeared. Big fish were lifted out of the water by the fishing net. They kept struggling in the net, and some even jumped very high. Unfortunately, they could not break out of the fishing net. , Uncle Hong also laughed happily, "I'm lucky, one family can share at least twenty kilograms of fish in this net."
Facts have proved that twenty kilograms is far more than that. These fish were quickly separated according to size. Now no one has a scale to weigh you one kilogram or one tael. They are all based on size. How many big fish can a family have? Give each family a few medium fish, a few medium fish, and a few small fish.
If you don’t want a bigger one, or you don’t want a smaller one, you can exchange it, but you have to exchange it with someone else’s.
Anyway, Ning Yuejiu's bucket contained several kinds of fish, including large and small ones, such as Zheluo, grass carp, catfish, and carp. She estimated that these fish must weigh more than thirty kilograms.
Xiaohe took the bucket of fish and ran away quickly. Dajiang took Ningyue and found an ice cave that was not occupied by anyone. He took the fishing rod and kept stirring up the water in the ice cave. Come on, after stirring for a while, he reversed the movement of the laozi in his hand and swung it toward the river. A few miscellaneous fish were thrown onto the ice by him.
"Are there really fish?"
Dajiang said proudly: "There must be, otherwise I would have bothered with that! Look at Qiu Feng and the others, they have also caught a lot, we have to work faster."
Qiu Feng is Qiu Ling's younger brother. He is about the same size as the river. He is also fishing with a fishing rod at this time.
While he was talking, he stirred up the water again, and then took the fishing rod and threw it onto the river. This time, he missed a little, and only caught a palm-sized spine fish.
Ning Yue was so surprised by what she saw that she was about to take the laozi and try it a few times herself. Unexpectedly, she was rejected by Dajiang, "Sister-in-law, just rest. When the river comes, the two of us can take turns."
If the eldest nephew doesn't fish it out, what else can Ning Yue do? He could only stand on the sidelines and watch Gao Zhidong carrying his and Xu Yandong's portion of fish, his eyes darting around, and then he saw Ning Yue standing in the southwest corner.
As soon as he pulled Xu Yansheng, the two of them walked towards this side.
Gao Zhidong glanced at the bucket on the side, "Nothing gained. You guys are not strong enough. Do you want to help~~"
Ojiang: It hasn't been long since he did it. How can he really get a bucket of fish?
Ning Yue pointed at the tool in Dajiang's hand, "Give it to Gao Zhiqing to see how strong Gao Zhiqing is."
Without thinking, Dajiang threw the thing to Gao Zhidong, while he stood aside and waited to watch the excitement. He really thought catching fish was so simple. This was not a matter of strength.
Gao Zhidong was happy now. He picked up the laozi and imitated Tang Chenglin's action just now, stirring it up in the hole in the ice. However, after stirring for a long time, he threw the laozi toward the ice, but nothing happened.
Gao Zhidong continued to stir, and this time there was progress. Three small fish as big as a little finger came up. After the small fish were thrown ashore, they jumped crazily on the ice. Dajiang quickly picked up the fish and threw them back into the water. He was afraid of Gao Zhidong. Donghui felt embarrassed and comforted him: "Actually, you are already very good. Look at my fishing net. How big the mesh is. Logically, I shouldn't be able to catch such a big fish."
(End of chapter)
