The Story of Qingfeng Village

Chapter 131

The weather is good today, it is rare that there is no fog, and the sun is out.

Hearing the ringing of the bell, the villagers gathered on the embankment from their homes.

Many people have already stood on the embankment of the Yantang, men, women, old and young, almost the whole village mobilized.Some were holding baskets, some were carrying pots, some were carrying buckets, and even the rooster carts were pushed up, and everyone gathered together to discuss excitedly.

This weir pond is not contracted out, but it is the Murakami collective. In autumn and winter, water is released to catch fish and dig lotus roots. Every family contributes and everyone has a share.

The lotus leaves in the weir pond have withered, but the weir pond is very large and the water is still deep.Yesterday, Uncle Zhu's father and Li Fumin dug a large gap in the side of the embankment, blocked it with a net, let the water rush out, and even fish that ran out along the water would be caught in the net.

Xiao Guangwei, Wang Jinfa, Liu Jianguo and Liu Li were standing by and pointing.

There are already quite a few fish in the net.

Before Zhu Xia and Wang Qing came, the water in the weir pond had been released for a while, and now the water level has dropped by more than one meter. Gradually, the water became shallower and shallower, and fish could be seen scurrying around in it.

"Wow, there are so many fish, look how big that one is," Porcupine and a group of children jumped and shouted excitedly.

Yao Ma held his hand tightly, for fear that he would accidentally fall into the weir pond.

Li Fumin looked at the water level and shouted: "It's almost there, those who want to go down to fish, get ready."

Some young laborers began to take off their clothes on the spot, leaving only their undershirts and shorts to go down to the weir pond.

Liu Li exclaimed: "My God, aren't you cold? How can you stand it? I get goosebumps just looking at it."

Someone over there shouted, "It's not cold, it's not cold at all, I'm so excited that I'm sweating, Mr. Liu, do you want to try it?"

Liu Li fought coldly, didn't dare, and quickly retreated into the crowd, not daring to make noise.

Someone shouted, "Qing Wazi, you were so active last year, why are you so scared this year?"

Wang Qing responded: "Who's scared, I'm just waiting for the wine to come."

"Here comes the wine, here comes the wine." President Wang and Li Jinfeng came with a bucket of wine and several bowls each.

Those who wanted to go down to the pond drank a bowl of wine one by one like a strong man going out to fight, and then went down.

Wang Qing also drank a bowl, then began to take off his clothes, and also drank the statement, saying, "'Although I'm not from your village, I'm here to join in the fun. Teacher Liu Li, won't you come down? If you don't work hard, you won't get fish. Eat!'" While talking, he roared down the pond.

Liu Li: "It's too embarrassing to be looked down upon like this, so I'll go down too."

While running along the Yantang, he shouted at Wang Qinghe and said: "You two wait..."

Wang Qinghe stated: "We are waiting, come on, come on...it's not cold at all...hahaha..."

After Liu Li finished his warm-up exercises and drank half a bowl of wine, he didn't dare to finish a bowl of wine, and go straight to Guo Fat when he was drunk.

I gritted my teeth and walked down, standing in the mud, hey, it's not as cold as I imagined.

Those who didn’t go down shouted on the embankment that there are fish here, there are fish here, because no one is fishing in the weir pond, so there are indeed many fish in it.

It is not easy for those who go down to catch fish with bare hands, everyone has tools.Some fish with a shrimp rake, and once they are thrown out with a rake, they can be harvested quickly, but most of them are crucian carp and dried shrimps. Big fish cannot be dragged up. As long as there is a harvest, everyone is happy.

No matter whose shrimp rake is dragged up and placed on the side of the dike, adults and children rush over to pick up the fish and shrimp in the shrimp rake and put them into their own buckets or pots, and then wait for the next round of harvest.

Some took a fish cover, and when they saw a fish, they immediately covered it, and the people on the shore shouted whether it was covered or not?This is also a technical job, and the cover must be steady and fast, otherwise the cunning fish will have already run away. After the cover is closed, the man will reach into the cover and catch a big fish, which will win cheers from the shore.Others work in pairs, holding a small net, and when they see a big fish, they will go down in one net.For a while, there was a lot of people's voices, so it was very lively.

Wang Qinghe's statement belongs to the latter. The two cooperated tacitly and caught several grass carp in a short time, each weighing 3.4 catties.

Zhu Xia and Liu Jianguo couldn't win the game of picking fish on the shore, and Porcupine was even more excited and shouted and screamed.

Liu Li shouted: "You two are so lucky, you are all big fish."

Wang Qing said: "It's not luck, it's a clear goal. How can we pay attention to those small fish and shrimps? It's a waste of time. If we want to catch the big ones."

The big fish are generally grass carp, some silver carp, and a few mullet.

Then he said to Porcupine, wait, Brother Qing will catch you a big black fish [mullet] and let Teacher Zhu cook the fish fillets for you.

The porcupine was happy: "Okay, okay."

The mullet has fewer bones and more meat, which is rich in nutrition and is suitable for making fish fillets and fish balls for children.

It didn't take long for Wang Qinghe to report that he found the target, a big mullet. Wang Qing stretched out five fingers and compared it. Wow, it weighs about 5 catties. It's a big one.

The mullet is fierce and cunning, and it was almost caught several times, only to let it run away again.The two chased after each other closely, seeing the opportunity to go down the net again, this time the net was caught.The mullet jumped up and down, trying to get out before the net was closed, but the people on the shore shouted, they were about to run away.

In desperation, Wang Qing pounced and directly pressed the mullet under him, regardless of his muddy face.Here it is stated that the net was quickly put away, entangled and entangled, and the mullet was tightly entangled in the net.

Wang Qing stood up from the muddy water and wiped the muddy water on his face while saying, "I can't run away now."

The two dragged the mullet to the edge of the embankment, and people on the shore came to see it, and there were many discussions: "Wow, what a big mullet, weighing more than 5 catties, I'm afraid it is a mullet."

From time to time, someone caught a big fish again, and soon the buckets and basins on the shore were full,

Take the chicken bus to the grass shed outside the village committee, where there are several large seedlings and pots for fish.

The whole morning passed amidst the shouting and noise of the crowd.

Xiao Guangwei shouted that it was almost done, and hurried up, and another person went down to dig lotus roots.

Wang Qing shouted, "What kind of people should we change? Can't we people dig lotus root? Isn't it?"

Everyone agreed: "That's right, there's no need to change, anyway, we're already muddy like monkeys, why let other people come down."

Xiao Guangwei said, "I'm afraid that some people won't be able to support it. After all, it's very cold and the body is important."

"Don't worry, Secretary Xiao, everyone's body is counted, and they won't hold on to it. If it doesn't work, hurry up."

Talking and laughing, I collected all kinds of tools for catching fish and prepared to start digging lotus roots.

At this time, the water in the weir pond had been drained, and the pond was full of silt.

"No, no, come up and change."

Li Fumin also said: "Come up, just because you are young, you don't know the heights of the world? Qingzi, don't freeze your body to death, do you still want to beg for a wife?"

Wang Qing: "Does this have anything to do with that?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The villagers laughed.

Wang Qing's old lady stood on the embankment and jumped up and shouted: "Qing son, you are not up yet, you will suffer a loss if you don't listen to the old man..."

The villagers shouted: Yes, come up.

Liu Jianguo also shouted worriedly: "Liu Li, come up quickly..."

So those who went down first went ashore one after another, and others went down.

(End of this chapter)