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Chapter 67 Fishing for eels

After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he turned his head and was about to go home, but he was stopped by Ah Zheng, "What's the hurry! Can we not see the hole when the water level rises? It's a small novel. He went to the rice field yesterday to check the drainage, and saw a lot of seedling fields on the bank of the ditch. A newly dug eel hole. It is estimated that the rice field was flooded, and it was looking for another hole. He thought that the typhoon had just passed, and everyone must be busy cleaning up at home, so he waited until the sun was not so bright before calling us."

"That's about the same. Have you brought both the hook and the earthworm?"

"I've brought it with me, so what do you need to say?"

"Then wait for me, I'll change into a pair of rain boots and get a bucket."

He hadn't fished eels for decades, and he was quite interested in it, and he was just a countryman's hobby.

After he came out, he looked at Xiao Xiao curiously again, "Are there a lot of fish in your rice fields yesterday?"

"It's okay. There are crucian carp, carp, and grass carp. The grass carp is quite big, and the other fish are very small. I don't know where they came from. Do you want it? If you want it, you can go to my house to get it. I don't know why my dad took it home?"

Everyone shook their heads. At this time, the seaside people don't like to eat freshwater fish very much. They think the smell of earth is too strong!
Only Ye Yaodong said bluntly: "If you don't want me, I will go to your house later to get grass carp and crucian carp. I don't want carp."

He doesn't like to eat carp, he likes to eat braised crucian carp and crucian carp tofu soup, braised grass carp is also good.

Yesterday, his elder brother and second brother went to the field to check and did not say to catch some fish, probably too small, and he was used to eating sea fish, but he also thought freshwater fish was not tasty.

A group of people walked slowly to the road, and then walked in the direction of Dongqiao Village. The fields of the people in their village were all at the junction of Dongshan Village.

It's only early July and the rice planting has not started yet, the fields are empty, and the late rice will not be planted until the middle and late July.

Walking in the dirty field, Ye Yaodong looked at the mud on his feet, luckily he was wearing rain boots.

In fact, May is the best time to catch ricefield eels. At that time, the climate warms and the water temperature rises. Ricefield eels emerge from the mud holes where they survived the winter and gather in relatively spacious shallow waters such as fields, ponds, and ditches to find bait for fattening.At this time, the appetite is strong and it is the best season for fishing.

Xiaoxiao put down the bucket, "Take the fishing rod and earthworms by yourself. There are empty bottles in the bucket. Pour some earthworms in each, and share it with each other."

Their fishing rods are very simple, and they are made by themselves. A small wooden stick is tied with a line and a fishhook. Although it looks very simple, it can still be used many times.

Ye Yaodong took the small wooden sticks in their bucket, and the pot containing earthworms, and put earthworms on the hook at the end of the bamboo sticks. The earthworms passed through the hooks without showing the hook tip, and the others put them on and started looking for them.

"We acted separately."

"Old rules, the competition sees who catches the most, and the one who catches the least drinks and washes the dishes next time!"

Oh, so there is this rule, he almost forgot.

In the water, rice field eels usually dig holes in soft mud or live in natural mud or stone caves, so when fishing rice field eels, you must first find rice field eels.

However, not all eels have ventilation holes, because not only eels but also earthworms live in the soil. The holes between them can be borrowed from neighbors for ventilation, and eating at night may not always be in one Place out of the hole.

Sometimes it is blocked by a piece of grass, or the water is not clear enough, and there are many small floating lotus.

However, there must be eel holes on the mud bank. At this time, you have to rely on your fingers to find them. Use your index finger or middle finger to insert all your fingers at an angle of 5 degrees to 10 degrees on the bank between 30 and 45 cm away from the water.

It feels like the inside is suddenly empty, and you can see water when you remove your fingers. There is a lot of space inside. You can dig it out and fish, which means you have found the eel’s nest. Sometimes there will be bubbles on it. If there are bubbles, then this is the legendary guard. Once the hole is opened, it is the rice field eel hole in Baowo.

There are also holes that can be identified by the naked eye, and they can be seen if you look carefully within an area within 8 cm above the waterline.

Ye Yaodong had just walked a few steps when he saw round and smooth holes around the mud bank under his feet, about as thick as his thumb, and was about to put them into the holes when he heard Xiao Xiao yell, "I caught a fish!" !"

"Oh? It's quite big, it looks like it weighs half a catty!"

Awei also said happily: "I caught one too! It seems a little small."

"I caught it too!"

When everyone had something to gain, Ye Yaodong was not in a hurry, he fished for a while with the tip of the hook pointing down at the mouth of the cave, and clearly saw the water in and out of the cave, and heard the sound of "popping" .

Hooked!
He fished out an extra-large ricefield eel, about seven taels in size, which looked really thick.

At this time, the size of wild eels is generally only two or three, and it is rare to see two or more eels. This one is really huge.

Decades later, with the pollution and damage to the environment caused by people's production and life, there are fewer and fewer wild eels in the rural fields, and such large ones are generally farmed.

He was lucky, he caught such a big one in the first fishing, Ye Yaodong was full of enthusiasm instantly, put it in the bucket, continued to bait, and changed to another hole.

At this time, there are a lot of eels in the field, which are easy to catch without much effort, and many holes on the banks of the ditches are newly dug, and some of them have traces left by eels foraging, which are easy to distinguish.

After only two catches, Ye Yaodong saw two brood eel holes (eels laying eggs), because there were foams at the mouth of the holes.

He didn't put bait in this kind of fish, because the eel seeds in the hole after the eel was caught, or the newly hatched eels would all die after a while.

Is it sustainable?

Why must there be no heirs?

There will be fewer and fewer wild eels in the future!

He moved his position slowly, and there were more and more eels in the bucket, some big and some small, the biggest one was his first catch, and there were two or three taels of small ones.

After using up the earthworms in the jar, he straightened his back and stretched himself, and the sun was about to set.

Shouted to a few friends who were squatting or standing not far away: "Hey, the sun is going down, let's call it a day and go home for dinner!"

"The last two earthworms are gone, let me finish fishing!"

Ah Guang yelled and continued to squat down, and the others went out regardless of whether they had finished fishing or not.

"How much did you catch?"

"15!"

"16!"

"13!"

"Oh~ you wash the dishes! I'm 18!"

"Really, let me see...it seems that there are more than us. If I had known, I would have taken two more earthworms!" Ah Zheng sighed.

"Don't worry, Ah Guang is still alive." Ah Zheng yelled at Ah Guang who was standing up in the distance, "Ah Guang, how many fish have you caught?"

"These two caught 16!"

"Okay, I'll do the dishes next time."

Willing to gamble to admit defeat!

"Hurry up, hurry up and go home for dinner, I'm so hungry, I just take it back and cook it in the pot."

This bucket also weighs 5-6 catties. Ye Yaodong silently counted the heads in his heart. There are 17 people in the family, which is just enough for each person, and there is still one more.

(End of this chapter)