Return to the countryside to engage in industry

Chapter 40 Master
Four or five catties of wild soft-shelled turtle!
Yang Zhenyu's eyes gleamed under the light of Xiao Daneng's headlamp.

Wild soft-shelled turtles are almost the same as wild fat-headed fish. They are calculated according to their weight. The price is less than two or three catties. Xiao Daneng said that the fishmonger charges 300 yuan per catty for a soft-shelled turtle that weighs more than two catties. Can it be sold for four to five hundred and one catties?
It takes several years for soft-shelled turtles to grow to a weight of four or five catties, so the price will naturally be high.

"Uncle, do you smoke?" Yang Zhenyu took out a cigarette case and handed it to Xiao Daneng.

Xiao Daneng took out a dark cloth bag from his pocket, poured out half of the grass cigarette, rolled it up and put it in his mouth, "I smoke this!"

Yang Zhenyu turned on the lighter and sent it up, Xiao Daneng took a few puffs, thick smoke billowed, and started to smoke.

"Uncle, after smoking, let's go down to the pond to hunt turtles!" Yang Zhenyu said with a smile.

Xiao Daneng laughed, and finally heaved a sigh of relief. The young man in front of him was lighting a cigarette for him again, and yelling "Old Uncle, Uncle" again, and he probably won't settle accounts with him again.

The skill of catching fish in his hand also plays a life-saving role at critical moments.

After smoking, Xiao Daneng took Yang Zhenyu, one old, one young, one behind the other, down into the pond.

First search along the edge of the pond. Yang Zhenyu has no experience in catching soft-shelled turtles, so he has to follow behind and learn slowly.

The short fork in Xiao Daneng's hand is six-toothed, and it moves on both sides of his body while stepping on the mud.

Yang Zhenyu roughly guessed the principle. If the fork is inserted into a hard object, it may be a soft-shelled turtle. Of course, if you have rich experience, your judgment will be more accurate.

The two walked around the edge of the pond for half a circle, and Xiao Daneng stopped suddenly.

"What's wrong? Uncle!" Yang Zhenyu asked.

"Come and see!" Xiao Daneng pointed to the dirt at his feet, "I just dug out from here."

I looked along the middle of the pond and found footprints.

Xiao Daneng walked towards the depths of the silt. Because of the muddy water deposited in the pond, the turtle's footprints disappeared in the deep silt.

Xiao Daneng gestured with a fork, "It should be here, take it."

He handed the nylon bag containing the soft-shelled turtle to Yang Zhenyu, and inserted it while walking alone.

A few minutes later, Xiao Daneng turned around and smiled at Yang Zhenyu.

"Found it? Uncle!" Yang Zhenyu asked expectantly.

Xiao Daneng kicked directly, and kicked a soft-shelled turtle along with the mud not far in front of Yang Zhenyu.

Yang Zhenyu ran up excitedly. The turtle turned over and struggled. Before it turned over, Yang Zhenyu reached out and grabbed the turtle's two hind leg sockets.

The turtle stretched out its head and swayed from side to side, trying to bite Yang Zhenyu's hand.

"Give up struggling, my friend!"

Yang Zhenyu stared at the turtle's head and mocked.

Xiao Daneng came over, took the soft-shelled turtle from Yang Zhenyu's hand, poured it with muddy water a few times, and after cleaning it, pointed to the soft-shelled turtle's back and said, "Look at this black flower, the quality is top-notch."

Weighed it, "It's about the same weight as the one in the bag, a little over two catties!"

After finishing speaking, Xiao Daneng picked up the nylon bag and tied it in a knot, and then put the soft-shelled turtle in. He was very particular, "This guy has a bad temper, and the two of them want to fight together, and he won't stop until the bite is bloody!"

Yang Zhenyu was all smiles, he learned a lot tonight.

"Let's go further!" Xiao Daneng handed the bag to Yang Zhenyu again.

Yang Zhenyu is willing to be a tool person.

Going further, it is the deep water area of ​​the pond, and it is also the place where Yang Zhenyu caught the big fat head today.

Some mud pits and small fish and shrimp remained.

Xiao Daneng picked up a few fish.

Yang Zhenyu asked curiously, "Uncle, what are you doing picking up these dead fish?"

Xiao Daneng didn't answer for a while, and when he grabbed a dead fat-headed fish weighing more than a catty, he turned around and showed it to Yang Zhenyu, "This dead fish is missing a big part of its belly, and it was eaten by a turtle. Look at the condition of the wound. It shouldn't be long!"

Can this be seen?

Yang Zhenyu listened carefully, nodded, a little admired the uncle in front of him.

Master!
Xiao Daneng began to concentrate on observing, and the action of inserting mud in his hands was also carried out in an orderly manner, and he played two purposes to the extreme.

Yang Zhenyu reckoned that if he penetrated like this, it would be normal for him to penetrate his own feet.

Xiao Daneng stopped his movements, kicked the dirt away again, dropped the fork in his hand, and quickly stretched out his hand to press it down.

"Gui'er, let me catch you at last!", Xiao Daneng bowed and cursed, "You son of a bitch, you bit me."

"Are you okay? Uncle!" Yang Zhenyu asked with concern.

Xiao Daneng shook his head, and flicked his hands to the shore vigorously, a big soft-shelled turtle flew out.

Yang Zhenyu chased after it, afraid that it would run away.

This soft-shelled turtle was much bigger than the two turtles in his pocket. Yang Zhenyu didn't dare to do it, and stepped on it several times before he stepped on it.

The turtle head shrank in.

Xiao Daneng washed his hands in the muddy water, walked up with a few shakes, and grabbed a handful of wormwood from the bank to cover the wound.

"Uncle, it's bleeding, is it serious?"

"I bit off a piece of skin, don't worry!" Xiao Daneng grabbed the turtle with his other hand, shook his head and said, "Tsk tsk tsk~, look, this skirt is so fat, it's full of collagen."

"Uncle, do you still know about collagen?" Yang Zhenyu laughed.

"I often sell this, listen to what they say, women eat this beauty treatment, and men become masculine!" Xiao Daneng asked, "Young man, are you married yet?"

Yang Zhenyu shook his head.

"Are you looking for a girlfriend?"

"No!" Yang Zhenyu still shook his head.

"That's a pity, let's sell it, you won't need it anyway." Xiao Daneng said with a smile, "This one is at least four and a half catties, with a yellow base. The quality is nothing to say, don't sell it if it's less than four hundred and one catties !"

"I see, Uncle."

After speaking, I tied a knot on the nylon pocket and put it on.

In the next two hours, Yang Zhenyu could really feel the power of Xiao Daneng, his eyes were like having a scanner installed, no matter how deep the turtle arched, he was caught by him.

Caught six turtles in one night.

Back to the shore to smoke a few cigarettes.

"It should still be there, but I don't think we can get it tonight." Xiao Daneng said, "It's impossible to clean up a pond of more than ten acres. .”

"Okay, Uncle, I'm sorry for you tonight!" Yang Zhenyu took out the soft-shelled turtle that he promised earlier and handed it to Xiao Daneng.

"You didn't bother me, so I'm thankful." Xiao Daneng put out the smoke, got up with the turtle and said, "It's a good catch tonight, it's not in vain, young man, I should go back, there are still a few miles to go Woolen cloth!"

Yang Zhenyu asked concerned: "Are you walking back?"

Xiao Daneng nodded, "I've been walking at night for decades, I'm used to it, see you again when I have a chance!"

Turn around humming a folk song and leave.

The figure disappeared into the night.

Just like the show on TV, masters come and go without a trace.

Yang Zhenyu came back to his senses, and then remembered that he had been studying behind others all night, and even forgot to ask for his name.

I don't know if I will have a chance to see you in the future?

Xiao Daneng's fish catching skills really amazed Yang Zhenyu.

I glanced at the time, it was almost eleven o'clock, and I took five turtles home, dug out the pots and buckets at home, and separated them according to Xiao Daneng's method, so as to avoid fighting between turtles, and it would be difficult to sell them if they were killed. .

(End of this chapter)