"Listen to my command, listen to my command. The general and I will push this bamboo pole, and Xiao Wu and Daliang will push the other end. Hurry up, hurry up..." I watched the bamboo pole move first, and then move on the ice hole. Yang Dongxu kept shaking and rushed forward to suppress him.
The four little boys, two on each side, stuck their buttocks out against the ice and started pushing the bamboo poles. The bamboo pole is originally round and very thick, and the small hands of several people can only hold half of it, so there is no problem of fingers being pinched between the ice surface and the bamboo pole.
Although the four children are not very old, children in rural areas have strong skin. They often climb trees and dig out bird's nests when they are four or five years old, so they have a lot of strength. In addition, there is no resistance on the ice. They pushed the bamboo pole and ran for a certain distance. A black fish came out. The bamboo pole was pulled out from the icehouse.
"Turn, turn, run to the shore." Feeling a sudden light behind him, Yang Dongxu stood up with a red face.
The children in Daliang showed joy on their faces and cheered. Four people carried the two ends of the bamboo pole and ran towards the shore. The black fish dragged them on the ice and ran with them.
When he reached the shore, Yang Dongxu, whose heart was pounding, breathed a sigh of relief and looked back at Heiyu, his eyes shining brightly. The blue-black black fish was as thick as his legs and weighed at least six or seven kilograms.
"You three watch, don't let it run away, let's continue fishing. Be careful, don't let it hit you." Without Yang Dongxu's action, the black fish spit out the hook without barbs from its mouth after stopping, Continuously slapping on the ice.
The ice was very slippery. After a few slaps, the black fish began to slide on the ice, preparing to find a hole to escape. However, the shore was frozen and solid, so it was obviously unable to escape. But this fish is quite strong. A child like my sister would definitely be beaten to tears if it was beaten.
Asking a few of the younger ones to watch the black fish not to run too far away, and to kick it back if it ran too far, and to run away after just one kick so as not to be counterattacked, the four of them, Yang Dongxu, returned to the icehouse.
With the first harvest, Da Liang and the others forgot whether they would get beaten when they went home. They were already immersed in the unprecedented excitement of winter fishing, and the beatings were forgotten.
I don’t know whether it’s because there are really too many fish in the river, or because the air near the ice hole is good, or because these carnivorous fish have gradually opened their mouths and are getting ready to eat.
In less than half an hour, Yang Dongxu and others brought up four snakehead fish and three catfish, not counting the two that escaped from the hook. The smallest one weighed three or four kilograms, which was an absolute bumper harvest.
"There is only one general. The largest black fish belongs to him. The second largest black fish and the smallest black fish belong to me. The third largest catfish and the second smallest black fish belong to Daliang's family. The two middle ones are almost given to Xiao Wu. Home." Looking up at the sun, Yang Dongxu refused Daliang's suggestion to go fishing with toads and started to divide the fish.
Although Daliang and Xiaowu were very jealous of General's snakehead fish, which weighed more than ten kilograms, they didn't say anything when they saw that they had two fish in their house that together were much bigger than General's.
"Brother Xuzi, I dare not take it." The general, who was very happy to get the biggest fish, wanted to get the big black fish, but the big black fish flapped its tail a few times and almost missed his face. The general must have started talking. With a crying sound.
"Uh..." Yang Dongxu couldn't help scratching his head. He is not an adult now. The smallest of these fish weighs three or four kilograms. The biggest among these brats is himself. He is less than six years old and weighs more than ten kilograms. Live fish obviously cannot be brought home.
He wanted to try to pass the thread through the gills of the fish, and then let the general drag him home. When he saw the ferocious teeth of the black fish and his little hands, Yang Dongxu gave up. He didn't want to be a nine-fingered beggar.
Originally, Yang Dongxu wanted to get the fish and quietly enter the village, or a few children would drag the fish back, and the adults would just look at it and make some sarcastic remarks with jealousy. But now it seems that the harvest is so rich that he has to call the parents.
"Xiao Wu, run fast. Call the grandpa from your carpenter's house and ask him to get a rope or the big bag. There is no way to carry this back." Yang Dongxu said helplessly.
"Will they share our fish if they find out?" Daliang sniffed his nose and was very worried.
"It's okay. I'll give him mine if we want to share it." Yang Dongxu waved his hand and told Xiao Wu to go quickly.
Just because a grandpa calls his parent Yang Dongxu, he naturally has his own considerations. The eldest grandfather is the village chief. Although there are still several great-grandfathers here, he always speaks in a precise manner.
The most important thing is that Yang Dongxu knows that this grandpa is a very upright person. Although when he encounters naughty children, no matter who he is, he will be slapped twice on the butt, which makes the children a little afraid of him, but the grandpa has a good heart. .
So calling Grandpa over at this time will probably result in a few slaps on the butt, but the fish will definitely not be lost. If the parents are called over, let alone fishing in the center of the river in the middle of winter and beating them away, the fish might even be returned to the river.
Even if the fish is not put back into the river and the adults take it back, even if it is made clear that the fish was caught by children like them, the neighbors will definitely continue to make strange stories. After all, people in this age are short of meat in their stomachs.
"Hurry up, otherwise the top three will come and snatch all our fish away." Seeing Xiao Wu's hesitation, Yang Xudong couldn't help but urge.
"Then if you are optimistic about the fish, I will call Grandpa." Thinking of the three strong men and Xiao Wu, they climbed onto the shore with their short legs, and then ran towards the threshing floor with their little legs like hot wheels.
The top three are from the West House, and are of the same generation as Yang Dongxu's fathers. They should call them uncle.
But the third strongman is a bastard, especially after his childless wife ran away two years ago. She didn't even go to work on the production team, and spent all day sneaking around with bastards from several nearby villages. Disgusting. Therefore, no one in Yang Dongxu's generation who knows a little bit about things calls him uncle.
He kicked the black fish with his feet to prevent it from running too far. After a while, the figure of the great grandfather appeared on the river bank, holding Xiao Wu in his arms who wanted to struggle but did not dare to move. Behind him was the third grandfather who had just fucked him.
"Who took the lead and risked his life?" He came to the river and looked at a few fish lying there motionless, and then looked at the ice hole in the center of the river, the old man's face darkened.
Several little kids lowered their heads and did not dare to speak. Xiao Wu, who was still in Grandpa's arms, was almost frightened to tears.
"Xu Zi, you are the biggest, aren't you?" The grandfather put down Xiao Wu and grabbed Yang Dongxu directly. Before Yang Dongxu could say anything, he slapped him on the buttocks.
"Ah..." Although he wanted to hold it back, the intense pain in his butt made his body, which was less than six years old, react quickly as it should. Snot and tears instantly fell on Yang Xudong's face.
When Yang Xudong cried, the little kids who were too frightened to say anything started crying one by one. Especially my younger sister Dandan cried the loudest when she saw her brother being beaten.
"Cry your ass, if you fall in, you will all feed the fishes." The grandfather roared and let go of Yang Xudong. The little boy Pi Shi was slapped twice and cried for a while. He reached out and picked up the only little girl Dandan.
"Don't cry, don't cry. If you cry, the old sloppy tiger (the monster that scares children in the countryside) will come to catch you. Grandpa has rock candy in his pocket for you to eat." He hugged Dandan and said a few words of coaxing and scare. He took out a piece of slightly dirty rock candy from his pocket, smacked it in his mouth a few times to remove the dirty part, and stuffed it into Dandan's mouth.
Not sure whether it was because she was frightened or because the rock candy was very sweet, Dandan twitched a few times in her grandfather's arms and stopped crying. Yang Dongxu also slowly stopped talking. The little kids in Da Liang were obviously afraid of the grandpa's majesty, so they didn't dare to cry.
"Third brother, pack up and take these things back." After giving a lesson, the elder said to the third grandfather, who was smoking a dry pipe next to him.
The third grandfather didn't say anything. He knocked the dry tobacco bag on his heels a few times and pinned it to his waist. He reached out to pick up the bamboo pole on the ground and untied the rope from the bamboo pole and fishhook into two pieces.
I just heard that Yang Dongxu and these little brats were actually catching fish on this side of the river, which scared the eldest grandfather and the third grandfather. They quickly ran over with Xiao Wu in their arms, not even bothering to pay attention to the rope and the things in Xiao Wu's mouth. Big bag.
The fish were strung into two skewers and put through the two ends of the bamboo pole, and the bamboo pole was used as a shoulder pole.
"What are you little brats still standing there for? If you don't go up yet, I'll deal with you when you get back." Looking at Yang Xudong's little brats, they were still standing there wiping their tears.
The uncle kicked the nearest Yang Xudong on the butt. He didn't use much force, but it still made Yang Xudong stagger, and he started to run and crawl like he was running on a river bank.
Needless to say, the great grandfather has already identified Yang Xudong as the culprit, not only because he is the biggest, but also because it was this guy who borrowed the chisel and hammer from the carpenter's house. Is it him or who else?
"Grandpa, suck...fish...fish...eat fish...suck..." Dandan, who is not very sensible yet, It was obvious that he instantly developed a good impression of the big grandpa after being given a candy. Although he was still sobbing a little, he had forgotten the fear of the big grandpa and pointed at the fish that was still swishing its tail while being picked up by the third grandpa, sniffing and sniffing vaguely.
"Fish, big fish, go home and ask your mother to cook fish for you. It's a sin." The uncle wiped Dandan's little face with dissatisfied calloused hands and shook his head.
Even if the crops are good these days, people can only eat half a bag. Although the children will not be too hungry, they obviously don't have much good food to eat, especially meat. Looking back at the ice hole, the grandfather's eyes became firm. Some people obviously made some decisions in their hearts.
Go home... Apparently he had overthought things. Yang Dongxu and the other kids were taken directly to the carpenter's house, and then their parents rushed over.
Except for Dandan, who was still in Grandpa's arms, everyone's butts suffered. Children in rural areas are taught not to care whether it is right or not, but to give it a beating. If it is right, it will be deeply remembered, and if it is wrong, it will also be deeply remembered. It kills two birds with one stone.
"Spank me. If you want to spank me, go home and spank your child here. Who will show you?" Although he had beaten Yang Dongxu just now, he saw that it was a serious act for several parents. Grandpa was instantly unwilling to do so.
The little kids broke free from their parents' hands and ran directly to the grandpa. Although they were a little afraid of this grandpa just now. But now they know that they are safer around this grandpa, at least they won't get beaten. Children's thoughts are so simple and direct.
