My village can't be like this

Chapter 562 The boat is launched
Because of the stone pound, Fatty had long forgotten about watching fish, thousands of miles away.

At this moment, he was holding two chubby stone frogs in one hand, with a very happy look on his face.

I originally planned to take the stone frog home and kill it, but Zhang An called me to stop him.

"Wait a minute, I'll give you the whole good thing today."

After Zhang An stopped the fat man, he crossed the frog pond and came to the edge of the fish pond. He took a large fishing net and fished to the bottom of the water twice, and pulled out a net of fish.

"It seems that the fish in your fish pond have not been affected much. It has been dry in the first half of the year. There are many individual pond owners below me whose fish ponds have dried up this year. I am worried that there will be a problem here."

Seeing that Zhang An fished out so many fish in just a few strokes, and they were still so fresh and plump, the fat man finally felt relieved.

"Our place is a little better. It's close to a big river. As long as the river doesn't dry up, my place won't be exhausted. Besides, this is my own fish pond, so I don't need to release water. It's different from the collective ponds and reservoirs contracted by them."

There are conditions for collective reservoirs and ponds to be contracted to private individuals. If we encounter a water shortage like this year, we must obey the release of water unconditionally.

Therefore, many people emptied their ponds or reservoirs of fish in May and June this year.

The fish pond of Zhang An's family was dug from his own land, so there is no such clause.

Zhang An then threw most of the fish in the net back into the fish pond, leaving only one big fish.

"Huh? When did you raise this? Why didn't I know about it?"

When he saw the fish in the net, the fat man immediately opened his eyes as wide as possible, fearing that he might be blinded.

Because the only fish left in the net at the moment is Jiang Tuan, which Zhang An had put from space into his own fish pond last year.

At this time, the fat man directly handed Zhang An a few stone pounds in his hand, and quickly picked up the Jiang Tuan on the ground and examined it carefully.

"I've been raising it for a long time, but it grows slowly, so I didn't tell you before. This is a purebred local Jiangtuan, and has never been crossed with those from other places."

Zhang An put away the net, carried a few stone pounds, and shouted to the fat man to go home and prepare to kill fish and frogs.

By this time, little Siqi had had enough fun on the boat, and was taken to the back by Zhang Jianguo.

Seeing Zhang An catching fish, he asked Xiao Siqi to find his mother. Then he brought a pot of boiling water from the kitchen and helped kill the fish and frogs.

Soon, Wang Fang packed up a large table of dishes and came out.

Zhang An's family hasn't had such a sumptuous lunch for a long time. This is because the fat man's wife is here for the first time and she is very happy no matter what.

The dishes on the table, both meat and vegetables, were basically served in bowls and plates, except for the two full basins placed in the middle, which were the Jiang Tuan and Shi Ping that Zhang An and the Fatty had grabbed back from behind.

After just one taste of each item, Fatty regretted not coming earlier.

The meat quality and taste of the Jiang Tuan and Shi Ping had exceeded his expectations, and were much better than those caught in the wild.

However, in line with the principle of not discussing business while eating, the fat man suppressed what he wanted to say and concentrated on the dishes on the table.

"Daughter-in-law, I'm not lying to you. Aunt Wang's craftsmanship is really outstanding. After I came here before, I really didn't want to go home every time."

The fat man was satisfied with his meal and put down the bowl and chopsticks with some reluctance.

His current state is that he can still eat and still wants to eat, but his stomach can no longer hold it.

Zhang Zilin said nothing, blushed slightly, and nodded sheepishly.

After being educated abroad for so many years, she attaches great importance to the management of her figure. No matter whether she is satisfied with the food or not, she always solves the problem with a bowl of rice.

As a result, she found that she accidentally ate two more bowls today, not counting the food she had eaten.

My stomach feels bulging now. The last time I experienced this feeling was several years ago.

"Zhang An, how many of these Jiang Tuans have you raised now?"

After dinner, while enjoying the cool air in the backyard to eat, the fat man spoke directly to Zhang An.

"We don't have many. I estimate there are more than 200 of them."

Zhang An thought for a while and said, when he was released from the space, it was just like this.

After all, he has other fish to raise in this fish pond. It doesn't matter if the density is a little higher and more crowded, but it's too exaggerated.

"Well, Jiang Tuan, I'll give you this number. I'll call back later and ask them to drive over overnight to help make room for your fish pond, so that you can raise more."

As the fat man spoke, he made gestures with all five fingers raised, which meant that he was willing to pay fifty yuan per catty for the Jiang Tuan.

Just like that, Jiang Tuan became the most expensive treasure in Zhang An's fish pond.

In fact, this price is not an exaggeration. Twenty years ago, wild Jiangtuan cost more than ten yuan per pound.

Although there are still them in the wild now, they are not as numerous as before and are not easy to catch.

Although the Jiangtuan here in Zhang An is farmed, the meat quality and other aspects are unmatched by wild Jiangtuan.

So he is willing to give this price, and after he takes it back, he can make another profit.

"You can come and get it anytime. Anyway, I've already said that if I have anything here, I will call you to come and take a look first."

Zhang An readily agreed, because he had been very happy to cooperate with Fatty for so long.

Fatty is a very honest person, and the price offered to him is definitely not something that others can offer. How could Zhang An refuse if he is so worry-free.

And this time, Fatty gave Jiang Tuan too much for his price, so much that Zhang An himself was a little surprised.

"Also, your stone frog is indeed not bad. It is not comparable to the Laoshizi bullfrog. However, I can't give a definite price now. If you give me too much, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it back. If I give you too little, I'm afraid it won't be right." Come on, I happen to have a regular customer who is going to open a big bullfrog hot pot restaurant in the city soon. I will get some and go back to explore his background and give you a satisfactory price. "

Although this stone pound is indeed delicious, the fat man doesn't have much confidence in it.

Because the eating habits of frogs have not yet spread, normal people rarely or even never buy them.

So he planned to take some back and talk to the right person directly. It would definitely be much more convenient than buying them in a store.

"I didn't tell you before, I just wanted to wait for you to come over and take a look before making a decision."

Zhang An nodded. He had thought of what the fat man said. After all, it was not ten or twenty years later, and many things had indeed not become popular yet.

"Let's go and get enough rest. Let's go get the boat into the water. I'll tell you how to operate it. You can see if you can put it in your fish pond or put it directly into the river."

After talking about the matter and resting for a long time, the fat man felt that the feeling of fullness in his stomach just now had disappeared, so he shouted to Zhang An to go rowing.

He has been busy during this period and hasn't had a good rest for a long time. This time he comes here to give himself a complete holiday.

"Let's go to the river. The place in the river is more spacious and convenient. There are only a few steps anyway, so it's not difficult to get there."

Zhang An thought for a while and decided to go to the big river. Although the fish pond at home was quite wide, it still pales in comparison to the big river. Moreover, his own family knew about their own affairs. There were too many fish in the fish pond and the density was too high. Putting the boat in would definitely hurt a lot of fish.

"Okay, then I'll wait here while you find someone to help."

Although you can get down to the river within a few steps, you still have to find a few people to carry it across.

Then Zhang An went to the village to find a group of people to help. This time there were more people than those who came to help in the morning.

Because many people heard that they were helping to move the boat, and they took the initiative to help without Zhang An opening his mouth.

In fact, he already had an idea in mind about the movement of the ship. After all, he couldn't bother others all the time.

Zhang An thought that when the time came, he could just make a frame that could put the boat down, and then let Dahei pull it.

But I can't do it now, because I still have to find materials and prepare more.

"This boat is really good, much better than the few wooden ones in Xiahe Village."

When the villagers saw the boat, they praised it with great satisfaction.

Although this boat was sent by Fatty to Zhang An himself, it has nothing to do with the village.

But for them, as long as there are people in the village, then they are proud of it, and they will have face when they tell it.

And they believe that even if they want to sit on it and experience it twice, Zhang An will definitely not be reluctant to do so.

Soon, a dozen people easily carried the small boat from Zhang An's home to the river.

This boat is not big, it is estimated to weigh about 1,200 to 300 pounds. For farmers like them, it is not stressful at all.

In the past, there was a family in the village whose cow fell to death on the mountain. It was also a big cow weighing more than 1,000 kilograms. We still helped to carry it back to the village from the mountain.

After lifting the boat into the water, the fat man ran back and brought a bucket of diesel oil over to add it to the tank.

Then the fat man reached out and turned the key and started to start the boat.

At this time, there were only two people on the boat, Zhang An and Fatty. Zhou Yang and Huang Ming saw this and jumped on first.

As soon as the engine sounded, the boat slowly started and left the shore.

"It's a shame, we should have gone up earlier, but now we are beaten by these two guys, Da Mingzi and Zhou Yang."

Seeing that Huang Ming and Zhou Yang had already rushed to the boat, everyone realized what they were doing. They suddenly felt a great loss and said with great heartache.

If they were faster than those two young guys just now, they would be the ones riding the boat now.

After all, riding on this boat is just like riding in a car. Who wouldn’t want to have a great time on it?

Just seeing that Huang Ming and the others had already gone up first, they didn't fight anymore. Anyway, there would still be a chance later.

Because there were big characters written on the ship "Four people on board", they all knew a few characters, so they could naturally see them clearly.

This boat is meant to float on the river. For safety reasons, no one will jump on it blindly.

On the boat, Fatty began to teach Zhang An how to operate the boat, while Huang Ming and Zhou Yang also watched.

After a while, Zhang An learned that this thing is much simpler than driving.

"Here, this is a hand-cranked oar. You can also open the bottom and use your feet to row."

After driving the boat to the middle of the river, the fat man turned off the engine, then directly turned the oar handle and spoke to the foot pedal under the seat.

Needless to say, Fatty said, Zhou Yang and Huang Ming had already stepped on the pedals.

And when the four of them stepped on the pedals together, although the boat did not have an engine to push it, it was not slow, and it was much faster than those small wooden boats that could only paddle.

"Mom, mom, look at the boat. There is a boat. There is a beautiful boat."

When Zhang An and the others were pedaling in the river, someone on the bank immediately noticed the movement in the river.

Several children who were brought to play in the lotus pond immediately pointed at Zhang An and said excitedly to their parents.

"Hey, there is a sightseeing boat here, and we didn't even notice it."

Many parents originally thought it was a tire boat owned by the villagers, but when they looked up, they found that it was actually a sightseeing boat, and it was pretty much what their children said.

"Mom, I want to take a boat. I want to take a beautiful boat."

At this time, the little ones have begun to act coquettishly with the parents around them.

He even said something about beautiful boats to distinguish them from the tire boats in the lotus pond.

Initially, not many children mentioned it, but once word spread, every child on the shore started clamoring for their adults to take the boat.

"Then let's go to the village and ask where we can rent the sightseeing boat."

Seeing their children clamoring to take the boat, the mothers of many children discussed this with their fathers.

These days, children in the city are all only children, and their status in the family is completely different. Few parents can refuse their little darlings.

They thought that this boat should belong to the village, so they were discussing going to the village to ask.

Many people know that this kind of sightseeing boat charges a fee, and it is not cheap, because there is one in the lake in the provincial capital.

But since all the babies in the family have spoken, they will naturally not be reluctant to part with it. They are all out to play anyway, and they don’t need that little money.

So a group of people came to the village and approached the villagers to ask questions.

Not many people in Changqing Village knew about this matter. After being asked, they all had no idea.

In the end, they had no choice but to take their children and go to the village office to ask Zhang and his party.

"What? Sightseeing boat? We don't have one here, only that little tire boat."

When Zhang Yixing was asked, he was also a little confused. At first, he thought they were asking about the tire boat that the villagers brought there voluntarily, but they specifically said it was not the kind of black boat with one tire.

"Ah, that boat is not from your village. I thought you had started a new project here recently."

When a group of people saw Zhang Jianwen's appearance, they also realized that the sightseeing boat floating on the river was not rented by Changqing Village.

However, after Zhang Jianwen heard what they said, he couldn't sit still. After asking a few more questions, he immediately ran from the office to the river to see what was going on.

(End of this chapter)