Return to the small mountain village in 1986

When Chen Duofu went to open the beehive and get the honeycombs, Gao Yue and Lin Ye felt that it was not easy to do this job. They were wearing such tight clothes on a hot day. Not only was it suffocating, but there was also the risk of being stung by bees.

But when they saw Gao Mingcheng just going over to open the beehive and a swarm of bees flying around him, Gao Yue and Lin Ye were stunned.

Especially when they saw a bee landing on Gao Mingcheng's body, they all gasped.

Gao Yue wanted to remind Gao Mingcheng to be careful, but he saw Gao Mingcheng walking toward the honey shaker with the honey spleen without caring. As he walked over, most of the bees did not follow him, but continued to surround him. The beehive seems to be guarding its home.

A few bees still stayed on the honeycomb, but Gao Mingcheng gently brushed them away with a brush, and then used a honey cutter to cut the wax on the honeycomb.

Gao Yue did not dare to speak the whole time. Although he had played in the mountains and rivers in Gaojia Village when he was a child, he was stung by an ant and wasp when he went to dig out bird eggs from a tree as a child. From then on, he was a little afraid of insects such as bees and wasps. of.

Seeing Gao Mingcheng's calm face, Gao Yue couldn't help but give him a thumbs up, awesome!

Lin Ye was even more shocked. He asked in surprise: "This...why doesn't the bee sting you? Aren't you afraid?"

Gao Mingcheng smiled and said: "I was stung at the beginning, but after raising it for a long time, maybe I recognized the owner? Anyway, I haven't been stung again. In short, the same thing is said, don't deliberately provoke bees, bees generally don't Will actively attack people.”

"Okay, you two hurry up and shake the honey! After you finish your work, I will give you two pounds of honey each!" Gao Mingcheng immediately got up and Huang Shiren got up and started calling the two Yang Bailao to work.

But they are not counting Yang Bailao. The current market price of honey is seven yuan per catty, and fourteen yuan for two catties. This salary is quite good in the county.

Of course, after selling this honey to Fan Chengyao, Fan Chengyao would package it and sell it for sixty or seventy yuan per catty. Some of the best quality honey, packaged in luxurious packaging, could still be sold for one pound. A high price of one hundred yuan per pound.

It is said that gold is valuable and jade is priceless. In fact, the same is true for honey. Its price is greatly affected by market propaganda. If you brag about it to the extreme, what is hidden in the deep mountains and old forests? You have to climb dozens of meters high. Honey can only be obtained from big trees, or cliff honey can only be obtained by climbing cliffs with bare hands and going through dangers, etc.

This routine is similar to bird's nest.

Gao Mingcheng and Chen Duofu were responsible for taking honeycombs from the beehives, Gao Yue and Lin Ye took turns taking charge of a honey shaker, and Chen Dasong and Chen Duoxi took turns taking charge of a honey shaker.

After assigning tasks in this way, everyone started working in an orderly manner.

Lunch was eaten at Chen Dasong's house. Aunt Liu and her daughter-in-law cooked it together. In addition to the common seasonal vegetables in the fields, they also fried a large plate of loach.

After frying the loach, stir-fry it with chili pepper, and it becomes a good dish to go with rice.

These loaches were caught by the Chen family when they were working in the fields a while ago. They were raised in clean water for a few days. After they spit out the sediment, they can be eaten slowly.

Because there are so many beehives, they cannot finish so much work in one day and have to continue working the next day. Therefore, Gao Mingcheng and the three of them had to stay in the village for one night.

Fortunately, it was summer, so there was no need to prepare anything. After dinner, Gao Mingcheng took his three sets of old clothes and took Gao Yue and Lin Ye to the largest reservoir in the village to take a bath.

There is a pond at the foot of Xiaofu Mountain, but after lotus roots were planted in the pond this year, it was not so easy to bathe, so Gao Mingcheng took people to the reservoir.

In addition to bringing clothes, soap and washing powder, Gao Mingcheng also specially brought a bucket.

The reason is, naturally, to see if I can catch some fish and shrimps by the way.

The largest reservoir in the village covers a large area, and the surrounding water level is also shallow. There are many lush aquatic plants growing there. It is the favorite place for fish and shrimp. If people in the village want to catch fish and shrimp, they will definitely come to this reservoir first. .

The other two reservoirs in the village are smaller and have deeper water levels. Although there are fish and shrimps in the water, they are not easy to handle.

But those two reservoirs are close to the old village. If the people in the old village just take a bath, they must take a bath there.

However, the largest reservoir is close to Niuweiling. If you walk there from Gao Mingcheng's house, it is much closer than the two reservoirs in the old village.

Gao Yue was looking forward to it, with a smile on his face.

He had long wanted to have a good swim, but unfortunately he never had the chance.

Several of the family's dogs also followed behind them, making the three of them look like a team.

When they arrived at the reservoir, Gao Mingcheng saw that there were already people in the reservoir. They avoided others and chose a deserted spot to enter the water.

After working in the mountains for a day, the clothes on their bodies were already dirty. The three of them took off their clothes without paying any attention to privacy. Then they wet the dirty clothes, poured in washing powder, rubbed them a little, and threw them on the shore. Ignore it for now.

Gao Mingcheng said: "Let's fish first and see who catches the most fish!"

"Okay!" Gao Yue and Lin Ye agreed happily.

Lin Ye can also swim. Although he rarely swims in reservoirs in the countryside, he is not afraid because he knows that Gao Yue and Gao Mingcheng are both good at swimming.

The three of them spread out and started fishing on the shore.

The water at the very edge is only twenty or thirty centimeters deep. When a person stands in the water, it does not even reach his knees. If the water is deeper, it will reach your thighs.

Xu Shi was naked, and the three of them tacitly walked to a deeper position in the water to prevent the big bird from dangling, which was quite indecent.

Gao Mingcheng has a good ability to catch fish with his hands, but unfortunately this skill is rarely used, and it seems that it is not very easy to use now. He touched the water for a long time, but could not find the feeling. Several times, he clearly touched the fish, but failed to find it. The fish ran away slippery.

He calmed down and continued to touch. After a while, he finally found the feeling. When he felt a fish touch his hand or leg, he caught it instantly. Soon, a pair of big hands tightly caught a lively fish. .

Based on the feel of the fish, Gao Mingcheng guessed that the fish weighed more than half a catty, which was considered a relatively large fish.

After taking the fish out of the water, Gao Mingcheng saw clearly that it was a black fish.

The snakehead fish has a relatively slender body, is covered with tiny scales, and is slippery. It is difficult to catch it without much effort.

Although snakehead fish has spines, it has good nutritional value, so I’ll keep it!

Gao Mingcheng caught the black fish with both hands and walked towards the bucket on the shore. He saw Gao Yue and Lin Ye still working hard to catch fish, and they probably hadn't harvested anything yet, so he showed off his trophies: "Hey! Look! What did I catch? A black fish! Haven’t you caught it yet?”

Gao Yue and Lin Ye both raised their heads and looked at him. When they saw the black fish in his hand, there was a trace of envy on their faces.

"Ouch, a fish bit my foot!" Lin Ye exclaimed, and his feet standing in the water immediately moved to drive away the fish.

Seeing his actions, Gao Yue couldn't help but rolled his eyes and said: "There is a fish biting your foot, why don't you catch it quickly? Okay, Ming Cheng has already caught one, we two have to work hard!"

Gao Yue stopped looking at Gao Mingcheng's sullen expression and continued to catch fish seriously.

He was proficient in this technique when he was a child, but he hasn't used it for a long time now, so he is a little rusty. However, he is not in a hurry and slowly finds the feel. The sun is shining brightly in the west, and the sun is about to set. It is the most beautiful time of the day, and the wind and clouds are moving, giving people a mysterious and bright scenery.

Gao Mingcheng took the black fish and did not walk completely to the shore. Instead, he threw it into the bucket on the shore from a few meters away, and the black fish was accurately dropped into the bucket.

There was a crackling sound in the barrel, as if the black fish was trying to jump out, but unfortunately it failed in the end.

Gao Mingcheng walked into the water and continued to concentrate on catching fish.

Catching fish with friends is not a tiring job, but a relaxing entertainment activity. Although everyone is a bit competitive, there are no task requirements. What you can catch counts.

After catching the first fish, the situation seemed to get better. Gao Mingcheng caught fish one after another. However, most of the fish behind were smaller, and some were too small. Gao Mingcheng didn't want to take them, so he just let go of them. A way out.

To the west, the setting sun disappeared little by little, and the sunset seemed to gradually lose its color, finally turning into a touch of orange and spreading across the western sky.

The orange-red light reflected in the sky seemed to be the boundary between dusk, with one side bright and the other dark.

No one in the village appreciates such beautiful scenery. After a hard day's work, the happiest thing for the villagers right now is to drink 20 meters of wine and chat with others.

The few people in the reservoir were all focused on catching fish.

Gao Mingcheng's hands were like a net, and he quickly caught half a bucket of fish.

Dogs such as Black Tiger and Elf stayed on the shore, seeming to give them a boost, but from time to time they lowered their heads to look for something in the grass, and occasionally barked a few times.

"Haha! I caught a fish! It's a crucian carp!" Lin Ye laughed loudly, he finally caught a fish!

Lin Ye straightened up in a good mood. Because he had been bending for a long time and suddenly straightened up, his body could feel obvious pain.

This little crucian carp is hard-earned!
Lin Ye sighed in his heart, caught the small crucian carp and walked towards the bucket on the shore.

But when he saw the fish in the bucket, the little excitement in his heart disappeared.

This is really comparing people to each other...it's so irritating!
Lin Ye was a little discouraged and downcast. He even gave up catching fish.

Just as he was hesitating, his eyes suddenly saw something. He looked carefully and finally saw that thing clearly.

"Mingcheng! There is a turtle! It's huge!" Lin Ye's first reaction was to call Gao Mingcheng. There is no doubt about Gao Mingcheng's strength.

Gao Mingcheng heard the shouting and immediately swam in the direction of Lin Ye.

Turtles are used to coming out to look for food at night, so it is normal to see turtles in the grass on the shore.

Gao Yue also looked towards where Lin Ye was. He did not rush to catch the turtle, but warned: "Be careful, don't get bitten by the turtle. If the turtle bites something, it will be difficult to let go! And The more you pull at the turtle, the tighter it bites!”

"Scared!" Lin Ye was startled, fearing that he would be bitten by a turtle.

Gao Mingcheng was very fast, but the turtle, which had been staying in the shallow water on the shore, seemed to notice something at this time and suddenly started swimming. Seeing that it was about to swim away in an instant, Gao Mingcheng unexpectedly quickly moved toward the turtle's hind legs. Catch him.

The turtle's teeth are very powerful, and Gao Mingcheng didn't want to be bitten by the turtle, so he chose to attack from behind.

But he was fast, and the turtle was also fast, and it slipped away from his hands in an instant.

If this was a small turtle, then Gao Mingcheng would be fine, but it turned out to be a really big turtle!

Although the light began to dim, Gao Mingcheng could still clearly see the size of the turtle. He estimated that it weighed two to three kilograms!

You know, this is a wild turtle. The bigger the turtle is, the older it is, the better the meat is! Especially the gelatin on the skirt of the turtle has a very chewy texture.

Gao Mingcheng has good eyesight and keeps a close eye on the turtle. One person and one turtle passionately staged a game of running and chasing. In the end, the unlucky turtle did not escape the ruthless man's iron claws and was caught by the hind legs.

The turtle's legs could be retracted, but Gao Mingcheng's strong hands prevented it from retracting. So it turned its head and tried to bite Gao Mingcheng, but its neck was short and its head was small, so it couldn't bite.

"Caught it!" Gao Mingcheng spent a lot of effort to catch this turtle. After catching it, he smiled extremely satisfied.

He weighed the weight and felt it was probably over three kilograms, which was a pretty good size.

In future generations, such a heavy wild turtle would fetch a good price.

Gao Yue and Lin Ye also came over to take a look and thought it was really good to catch such a big turtle.

Gao Yue said: "There are still more fish in this big reservoir. In the two reservoirs near the old village, even if there are turtles, they must only be about half a catty!"

Gao Mingcheng agreed with this. He put the turtles into the bucket and saw that there had been a lot of harvest and the sky was completely dark, so he said: "That's almost it. Let's take a bath!"

Although Gao Yue didn't catch much, he still caught a few fish. He was so addicted that he agreed to take a bath and go home.

The three of them brought soap, so they took turns washing their hair and body with soap. After washing, they scrubbed the dirty clothes placed on the shore.

These dirty clothes have been soaked in washing powder before. Now by scrubbing them casually, the dirt can be washed out. Then, after shaking them in the water a few times, they are almost done.

"Let's go home!" Gao Mingcheng went home happily wearing clean clothes, holding a bucket in one hand and washed dirty clothes in the other.

Gao Yue and Lin Ye followed closely behind, and the three of them discussed how to eat the turtle.

Gao Mingcheng said: "Such a good turtle must be paired with chicken! I'll make you a Farewell My Concubine!"

"Farewell my concubine? Bastard and chicken? Haha, interesting!" Gao Yue came to his senses and laughed.

Soft-shelled turtle is also called tortoise. When stewed with chicken, it is naturally a farewell to my concubine.

Gao Mingcheng also laughed. He remembered that in two years' time, this dish would be quite popular in Shanghai.

After returning home, Gao Mingcheng asked Gao Yue if he knew how to clean up the turtles. After receiving the answer that he couldn't, he asked Gao Yue to go to the chicken coop to catch chickens.

"I'll take care of the turtles, and you go catch a hen!" Gao Mingcheng said.

In this question, Gao Yuehui went to the chicken coop with great courage. Not long after, a hen died because of a turtle. (End of chapter)