Chixian Shenzhou.
Tianshui Mansion, Yihai County.
The waves of the eight-hundred-mile black river are surging, and the breeze is making the waves sparkling, causing the large reeds to sway.
Autumn has just entered at this time, and the sun is high but there is not much heat.
The wet and cold mist gathered into a ball, and soon it soaked into Bai Qi's coarse cloth.
He was standing on a small sampan, lifting the bamboo strip fish cage that he had put down yesterday.
I looked around and felt disappointed:
"Why is it empty again? I've been really unlucky these past two days!"
There were only three or four loaches in the fish cage, about half a finger long.
And bits and pieces of river shrimp that can fit into a large bowl.
No real catch at all.
This should be placed in the previous life.
Bai Qi was too embarrassed to show off to other fishermen.
Otherwise, you will definitely be labeled as a "fry killer".
"Cast the net again! I beg God to bless me and give me something to eat!"
Seemingly unable to bear the sticky moisture, Bai Qi wiped his sweat away.
He took off the coarse cloth, revealing a pair of relatively strong and powerful arms.
He stood on his feet, twisted his body suddenly, and threw out the spiral net woven with hemp rope.
With a "hoo" sound, the big net was spread out like a sea bowl turned upside down, and it sank quickly as soon as it entered the water.
Bai Qijin is very experienced and his movements are very neat.
If it weren't for the fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy's eyebrows, there would still be some childishness left.
Just like an old fisherman.
He held the remaining part of the leash firmly.
He tied his backhand to the end of the sampan and dragged it along a narrow water mark.
Casting a net takes a lot of energy and even more skill.
It is not easy to just lift and throw a large net weighing more than ten kilograms.
Not to mention, the stacked fishing nets must be spread out in a circle and lowered in the right place.
Without practicing hundreds of times, it would be difficult to do it.
After a lot of work, Bai Qi was so tired that he was panting.
He sat down and took out two dry wheat cakes, and started chewing them with water from the earthen pot.
"That's what the ancient term 'dry food' meant! It's really dry and hard and hard to swallow!"
Even though Bai Qi has been in this world for several years.
I still haven't fully adapted to this hard life with no end in sight.
"The wheat pancakes I ate in my previous life had fillings inside, including prunes, shredded radish, and diced meat... Brush oil on both sides, and they are fragrant and tender when you take one bite!"
Bai Qi recalled hard, his cheeks puffed up, and he bit hard.
A dry pancake cooked and pressed out of wheat grains is almost the same as the worst baguette.
You need to swallow it with water, otherwise you will definitely choke.
These days, wealthy families cannot afford to eat polished rice and noodles.
As for grinding the wheat into powder, fermenting the dough and baking it carefully.
Make it into something called "snack".
It's too luxurious.
Based on the superficial knowledge of Bai Qi, a fisherman from Heihe County.
He should be a gentleman from Zhouchengfu County.
Only then can you afford it.
“No wonder, everyone in Heihe County wants to go to the city.
After getting rid of the lowly status, it is easier to make a living and to have enough to eat.
Otherwise, we can only look at God’s face. "
Bai Qi ate two wheat cakes in one go, filling his hungry stomach and relieving the burning feeling.
Fortunately, this body is in good shape and has a lot of strength.
It can come and go in the wind and rain, and make a living by fishing.
After years of struggling to survive, Bai Qi had finally figured out where he was.
This place is called "Heihe County".
Together they occupy a total of 500 miles of mountain roads and 800 miles of watershed.
As the saying goes, you can eat mountains if you rely on mountains, and you can eat water if you rely on water.
The reason why we can afford to open hundreds of businesses and support more than 100,000 households.
It all depends on the fish pen, firewood market, and fire kiln, which are the best places in the county.
Because it provides people with jobs and a way to make a living.
Also known as the "rice team".
It means relying on the three major bosses to enjoy food.
Only then can everyone have enough food and clothing.
There is quite a sense of absurdity in which a working man is grateful to the boss of the company.
The original person used to hang out in the fish pen, barely earning two mouthfuls of food.
But it is not safe enough to live in a difficult life.
It seemed that the small sampan under Bai Qi was hit by slightly larger wind and waves.
Both men and ships will capsize.
"As a lowly householder, I can only manage lowly jobs. I can't leave Heihe County, let alone enter the city.
Without relying on fish pens, firewood markets, and fire kilns, it would be difficult to even feed and clothe ourselves. "
Bai Qi shook his head, knowing the current situation very well.
The fish farm is not a kind-hearted charity. If there is no large supply of goods for a long time, it cannot afford to pay the commission.
His stall was taken away, he was reduced to a jobless vagrant, and he lost his livelihood.
Also very common.
Since Bai Qi came here, he has become a fisherman to make a living.
I have heard that Heihe County has two iron-clad rules.
First, don’t feed idle people in vain.
Second, don’t talk nonsense.
He heard from the old man in Yulan that the central Longting, a hundred and eighty thousand miles away from here, divided billions of people into three, six or nine grades.
The top ones are immortal status, official status, and noble status.
It is definitely beyond Bai Qi's reach.
Next are the middle and lower six households.
Craftsman, merchant, farmer, humble, slave, slave.
There are three registered households and six households, collectively called the ninth class.
Fishermen like Bai Qi.
Without fields, most of them live by boat and along the river.
He is called "Baishuilang" and "Yachangzi".
It is said that there are places.
They were not even allowed to go ashore, and intermarriage was prohibited.
It can be said that fishermen are at the bottom of the contempt chain of all kinds of businesses.
It is slightly better than the "slave household" who sells himself as a servant or the "servant household" who does unpaid hard labor.
"A fisherman who lives by the water is certainly not as good as a farmer who digs food in the fields."
Bai Qi curled his lips.
After all, land is industry, and farming is the only way to feed the population.
Fishing, chasing the sea, wandering and homeless, how can I be treated well?
“Earn enough food and clothing, get out of a lowly household, buy a house…this is the only vision of life in this world.
Looking at it this way, the bottom layer of the world seems to have similar expectations.
It’s just about having enough to eat and drink, being decent, and buying a house!
The most important thing now is to catch some good fish and survive the murderous autumn and winter! "
For fishermen, surviving the winter every year is a life-threatening difficulty.
Not to mention cotton-padded jackets to keep out the cold, if you don’t have enough money to buy charcoal, firewood, and rice, you are in danger of freezing to death.
Not to mention that after the river freezes, it is difficult to fish and the water is empty.
A poor family like Bai Qi only relied on a sampan to make a living.
It is fanciful to think that you can rest peacefully and not work for a few months.
When the sun moves away, the sky becomes dark.
Bai Qi put away the big net that he had cast, and it wasn't too heavy to start with. When he pulled it up and took a look, he found nothing.
There are still a bunch of river shrimps and clams that cannot be sold at a high price, and a few relatively fat silver carp and bighead carp.
"It's a shame that God doesn't reward me with food! If I have the skills in the future, I'll just pump out the water if I can't catch any fish!"
We must clear out these eight hundred miles of black river! "
Bai Qi muttered and put away the big tattered net in his hand.
It is made of hemp rope, has very poor toughness, and is prone to rot if soaked in water for a long time.
Even if a big fish does come, it may not be possible to catch it.
The kind of fine fishing net made of silk that can catch big fish.
It’s only found in fish pens in the county!
It's not Bai Qi's turn to come at all!
"I've been idle for two days. When will I be able to master this 'fishing' skill!"
Bai Qi felt helpless, bent down and took two ladles of river water to wash his face, and managed to cheer up:
“We can only hold on for a few more days, and maybe we’ll get something.
You will definitely win big next time! "
He comforted himself like this, his eyes twinkling twice.
It's like a pebble thrown into a flat lake, causing ripples in circles.
Suddenly, a few lines of illusory and clear text appeared.
It blooms like ink and appears before your eyes.
[Skill: Fishing (Introduction)]
[Progress: (791/800)]
[Efficacy: fishing with nets, fishing with cages, hard work can make up for weakness, and you can catch fish in three to five days]
