The age of rebirth: I became a farmer's little koi

Chapter 33 Catching the Eel

In this era, there are no computers, mobile phones, or even TVs, and there are almost no entertainment activities.

The countryman was as tired as a dog after a day's work, and had nothing important to do, so of course he went to bed early.

Because although the night is not too deep at this moment, people are already quiet.

Liu Houxing drank a little more wine, and was already a little confused. Seeing that the grandparents and grandchildren were still sticky, he became a little impatient: "Old woman, Xin Yu said to let Xinju accompany you, just let Xinju accompany you, what is sticky?" Woolen cloth!"

Liu Qingsong also drank, he was still young after all, not only didn't feel sleepy, but when he heard that Liu Xinyu was going to catch ricefield eels, he became even more interested: "Mom, you go back with Dad to rest earlier, Xinyu and the others want to catch eels. Rice field eels, I will go with them."

As he spoke, he handed over the sleeping fourth child to Wang Sanmei.

Wang Sanmei glared at Liu Qingsong with some displeasure, and it was not easy to disobey him in front of her parents-in-law and children, so she stretched out her arms to hug the fourth child, and muttered dissatisfiedly: "Don't be too late when you come back, we will return tomorrow." Going to the ground!"

"I know, I know!" Liu Qingsong patted Wang Sanmei: "If we can really catch the rice field eel, we can have a good meal tomorrow!"

With Liu Qingsong accompanying her grandchildren, Chen Zhaodi certainly had nothing to worry about. She waved to Liu Xinyu a few times and staggered home with Liu Houxing supported.

Of course, Liu Xinyu has tools for catching eels at home, but they have been piled up in the utility room and have not been used for a long time.

"Are these tools still usable? My brother really taught you that you really know how to grasp them?" Seeing Liu Xinyu digging out tools one by one from the pile of debris, Liu Qingsong was still a little skeptical.

Facing Liu Qingsong's questioning, Liu Xinyu just pursed his lips and smiled.

Gather the tools and try it out.

Well, it feels pretty good, it all works!

This set of tools for catching eels is relatively simple, but it was modified by Liu Qingshan based on years of experience.

Liu Xinyu has never used it personally, she said that she can catch eels, but it is because of the inheritance of the school schedule.

This set of tools has not been used for almost a year. The last time I used it was last summer.

Although it feels useful, and it's very handy, Liu Xinyu can't guarantee whether he can catch the rice field eel.

Liu Xinyu gave the tools to Liu Qingshan to carry, and took a bamboo basket with a lid to Liu Xinjian who insisted on following.

I went into the room to find the flashlight, tried it, and the brightness was not bad. After thinking about it, I took two batteries from the drawer of the desk.

"Come on, let's see if you can catch eels!" Liu Xinyu led them out.

"Wait, it's hot, there may be snakes somewhere, everyone has to bring a stick. And there are four of us, so we can't just bring a flashlight." Liu Qingsong hurriedly called Liu Xinyu to stop.

Liu Xinyu rubbed her forehead in embarrassment, she had too little life experience in the countryside, so she was indeed not thoughtful.

In the utility room, there are some wooden sticks that are neither too long nor too short, and they fit just right in your hand.

As for lighting tools, there seems to be some in the utility room.

When Liu Qingshan was still there, she tied some torches and put them in the utility room. Liu Xinyu didn't care about these before, and when she arrived at the destination just now, she didn't take it seriously. After being reminded by Liu Qingsong, she understood the purpose of the torches .

By the way, the iron bucket in the corner of the utility room should contain kerosene.

Liu Xinyu understood what to do.

It was the first time to catch eels, and Liu Xinyu felt a little nervous.

Whether it is Liu Xinyu or Xin Yu, of course they have eaten rice field eels, but they have never caught rice field eels.

Even if he had a tool in his hand, he didn't grab it directly. Looking at the eel twisting like a snake, he still got goosebumps all over his body.

With a shake of his hand, the rice field eel caught on the tool fell back into the paddy field, and disappeared in the blink of an eye after twisting and turning twice. Liu Xinjian screamed in anxiety.

Liu Xinyu felt that it was really difficult for her to overcome the obstacles in her heart, so she put the tool in Liu Xinjian's hand: "What is it called, you can come here!"

"I'll come and I'll come. You'll get the torch." Liu Xinyu felt that there was nothing difficult about Liu Xinyu clamping the eel just now. He took the tools that Liu Xinyu handed over and handed the torch in his hand to Liu Xinyu.

Today they brought two sets of tools. After watching Liu Xinyu's demonstration, Liu Qingsong and Liu Xinjian felt that it should be relatively easy to catch eels in this way, so they simply divided the soldiers into two groups of four.

Liu Xinyu is in the group with Liu Xinjian, and Liu Qingsong is in the group with Liu Xinju.

Of course, for the sake of safety, the two groups were not separated too far, and agreed to operate in two adjacent paddy fields.

Perhaps it is not possible to do small business in this era, so few people catch ricefield eels. Ricefield eels in this paddy field are still easy to find.

After parting from Liu Qingsong, just a few steps away, a large eel appeared in Liu Xinyu's torch.

Liu Xinjian stretched out the tool to the eel, but unfortunately, the action was too big, and he was scared away before the tool touched the eel.

After losing the first battle, Liu Xinjian was so angry that he shook his hand violently, almost throwing the tool in his hand.

Clamping ricefield eels looks easy, but it is actually not easy to succeed.

"Eels are not that easy to catch. They are alert and slippery. If you want to catch them, you must not only move quickly, but also grasp the angle." Is Liu Xinyu really only 16 years old? Of course, he will not make fun of Liu Xinjian for his failure. Instead, guide in a low voice.

The eels in this field are really easy to catch. After walking a few steps forward, I saw another eel under the torch.

This time Liu Xinjian did not disappoint himself, he made a quick move, and the eel caught it!
"Haha, I caught it!" Liu Xinjian shouted excitedly, but it was only in the blink of an eye, "Ahhh, let it run away again!"

Seeing Liu Xinjian beating his chest and stomping his feet in annoyance, Liu Xinyu couldn't hold back anymore, and burst out laughing.

Although Liu Xinyu didn't mean to laugh at it, Liu Xinjian felt a little ashamed and turned around and gave Liu Xinyu a big roll of his eyes.

At this moment, Liu Xinju's cheers came from the other side, and Liu Qingsong opened his mouth.

Although it was followed by an annoyed sigh of "Aiya", it still aroused Liu Xinjian's competitive spirit.

The successful catch just now gave Liu Xinjian a feeling, and he believed that he would be able to catch the second one soon, and he would definitely get the rice field eel into the basket.

Then there were cheers and sighs of annoyance, and of course the cheers got the upper hand.

An hour later, Liu Qingsong announced that he would call it quits, considering that he would have to go to work tomorrow and the torches were almost burnt out.

When they got home, they poured the eels from the two small bamboo baskets into the big bamboo basket, and all four of them had happy smiles on their faces.

There are more than [-] eels, large and small, weighing five or six catties at least, full of sense of accomplishment.

Liu Qingsong poured the eels into the water tank to raise them, urged Liu Xinyu and Liu Xinju to wash up and go to bed, and took Liu Xinjian home.

It's really dead of night right now!
(End of this chapter)