Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 69
Everyone thinks that weaving eel cages is a university question.

After walking around with Lu Quan, lower the right-angle cage and the ox-horn cage to the river beach, beside the canal, in the seedling field...

Only then did the big guy realize that there is still such a great knowledge in the eel cage.

Early the next morning, before Lu Quan got up, the men who had gone to unload the eel cage with Lu Quan yesterday came back to collect the eel cage for the Lu family together.

Take it back earlier, wash it and dry it in the air, so the big guy and Lu Quan can go to cut bamboo earlier, and learn the craft of weaving eel cages.

The big guys learned how to weave eel cages yesterday, and also learned how to set eel cages, and they are waiting for their own family to come back after cutting bamboo to show off their skills.

And the dexterity is full of pride in his heart, he always feels that he must have learned it first, so that he can get down to the long fish earlier and earn money.

Those who have a flexible mind have already begun to think, is there any place around Jiangjiaba that is suitable for eel cages and where they can get down to long fish?
"Crackling..."

A long fish fell out of the eel cage and fell into a large wooden basin filled with water.

"This ox horn cage is good. There are three long fish here."

"I think this kind of right-angle cage is better. It's simple and saves trouble. You can see that there are a lot of fish in it. There are long fish in every cage."

"I think that when the time comes, my family will weave the same as Big Brother Lu's, weaving some right-angled ones and bull-horned ones."

"That's what I thought too. Only by making up some of them can I know which one is better."

Seeing the thick or thin long fish crackling and falling into the big wooden basin of the Lu family, whether it was the men who participated or the women and children who were watching idle, there were cheerful smiles on everyone's faces.

There are so many long fish, how much money do you have to sell them for?

From now on, this will be their own craft.

This was also the first time that they watched the Lu family catch so many long fish, and they were not jealous, but full of joy.

It's like, after seeing my own home, I can also get so many long fish because I can weave eel cages and lay eel cages.

The men put away the eel cages, and immediately sailed the boat ready to chop bamboo.

One fishing boat after another went to the bamboo forest where Lu Quan went last time.

Because it is the bamboo forest not far from the Guanyin Temple, everyone's mood is a little bit complicated.

There are joys, bitterness, and memories...

The children are fine, some of them were young when they left the village, and more children were born after they left the village.

Because they are young, they don't have any memory of this river beach.

Only during the Chinese New Year and the Ching Ming Festival every year, they would be brought here by their father and brother to find a place to stay and kowtow to a deserted swamp.

It is said that there are their ancestral graves, their relatives and villages swept away by the flood, and large fields in this lush underground.

For the grown-ups, the place that almost turned into a swampy wasteland was once the place where they were born and grew up.

There are their childhood, brothers and sisters who grew up together, and their grandparents.

But now, everything is gone, leaving only the seven of them living in a group at Ye Wharf.

Everyone bought paper money at the same time, and agreed to go to worship before going to the bamboo forest.

They come to this waterway several times a year, but they can't find the bones of their relatives or the location of the ancestral graves. They can only burn paper on the small soil slope near the bamboo forest.

It was also here that they remembered that although they and Lu Quan had different surnames, they escaped from the same village.

Their seven families have been accompanied by wind and rain all these years, and they are no longer relatives but relatives.

At the wild pier, seven fishing boats sailed out of the water, and the pier was immediately empty.

The women and children who stayed at home didn't go home, and they all crowded in front of the Lu family's shack.

Children do not understand the joy of adults, but they are happy because of the joy of their parents.They were told by their parents to hold their heads down at home, to treat the little sisters of the Lu family well, not to fight with the children of the Lu family, and to call someone when they saw the Lu family aunt...

Even so, no one in this group of children was unhappy and wanted to go against them.

Parents said, Uncle Lu taught the family to weave eel cages to grow fish, which is to save the lives of the big guys.

For the children of the savior's family, of course it is better.

This is what children know.

The men set up boats to cut bamboo, and the women were reluctant to leave.

This time, not only were they not jealous that the Lu family got so many long fish, they rushed over to help the Qiu family clean the eel cages.

Even Lu Xiaowu was hugged by Aunt Li first: "You two just go to Lai Fushun to deliver the long fish. It's better to send the long fish earlier. It will lose the scale if you keep it at home. Your mother It doesn’t matter if you come back earlier or later, if Xiao Wu is hungry, I’ll make rice cereal for him.”

Seeing that Lu Xiaowu was snatched away by Mrs. Li Guanguan, the other aunts could only roll up their sleeves and help the Lu family clean up the loach that had been raised in wooden barrels for the past few days.

"We'll kill this loach for you. After you send the long fish, you can serve it in the pot at noon. Give it to Uncle Lu just in time for drinking when he comes back."

Qiu couldn't stop her even if she wanted to, and could only watch everyone unceremoniously rob her of the work she usually had to do.

Even the clothes Xiao Qing was mending and the soles of Xiao Li Zaina's shoes were snatched away.

There were two aunts who even took a broom and started to clean their shack.

Qiu stood in front of the shack at a loss: "What are you doing!"

She had never been treated so politely before, so she was very frightened and at a loss!
"Go, go, you don't have to worry about the things at home, we promise to clean up for you when you come back."

"That's right, hurry up, when the men come back later, the big guy has a lot to do."

"It's good to be busy, it's good to be busy and make money, and it's good not to be hungry."

As they spoke, some aunts raised their sleeves to cover their eyes.

They are poor and scared, even if they are given a little hope, they can't wait to die.

"Mother, don't take it to heart."

On the way, Lu Yange comforted Qiu Shi: "The aunts are so enthusiastic today because Dad is willing to teach them to weave eel cages and fish long fish. They feel that they owe our family a favor."

"I understand the truth!" Qiu sighed, "But, if everyone weaves eel cages, what should we do if we can't earn money from the long fish."

When the time comes, I'm afraid that everyone will complain again.

"Why can't you earn money? If you don't give it, you earn more and less. We have taught them skills, and whether they can earn money is their business." Lu Xingge felt that Qiu's worries were a little unfounded.

Qiu lifted up the bamboo basket with the long fish on his back, but did not continue talking.

Because of the bamboo baskets, Lu Quan didn't need to carry the wooden barrels filled with water when he sent long fish to and from Fushun.

The bamboo baskets are tightly woven but do not retain water, and the eels cannot get out.Just put a thicker oilcloth on the back.Even if it weighs twenty or thirty catties, no matter whether it is Lu Quan or the Qiu family, they will not be tired if they want to send long fish to the town.

This time, Mrs. Qiu was going to send the long fish. After calculating the money, Mrs. Qiu was invited by Lai Fushun's chef to try the dishes in the back kitchen.

When Qiu came out to try the dishes in the back kitchen, Lu Yange was already sitting in the shop listening to shopkeeper Li gossiping with the diners for a long time.

Lai Fushun Restaurant welcomes merchants from south to north, and the news is naturally much better than other places.

(End of this chapter)