The Lord of the World Begins from the Siheyuan

Chapter 163 Dating a Good Show

Gao Jianye asked: "Brother Ming, you just said you were going to catch loaches, did you mean to go tonight?"

"Well, I even have the pine lantern ready."

Gao Jiande said from a distance: "Jianye, hurry home and eat, I'm ready."

I saw that Gao Jiande also got a pine lantern, a bamboo basket, and a pair of iron tongs.

Gao Jianye ran home for dinner after chatting for a few words.

Li Ming, Gao Jiande, and Lou Xiaoe chatted in the small courtyard without walls.

Company Commander Gao led people to bring back the flower pots, and a group of half-children also ran over.

The small courtyard is very lively.

Li Ming was mostly talking about the advanced deeds of agricultural production outside, which can be regarded as broadening their horizons.

He didn't talk about the situation in the city.

When there is no way to change it, some things are actually better not to know than to know.

It was getting dark gradually, and everyone went back to their homes.

Li Ming put the five- to six-inch-long, thick-finger-thick pine light that he had prepared earlier into the net bag wrapped with iron wires. He ignited the pine light with a match, and the pine light was completed.

Lou Xiaoe also put on rain boots, and Li Ming handed over the long handle of the pine lantern to Lou Xiaoe.

Li Ming held a long-handled fork and carried a basket of pine cones on his shoulders, walking in front.

Lou Xiaoe followed behind with a long-handled pine lantern and a small bamboo basket tied around her waist.

The blazing pine lanterns can illuminate a range of three to four meters, enough for Li Ming to see loach and eels in the water clearly.

He pointed the fork at the middle of the loach's body, and quickly forked it down. The gap left in the middle of the fork just clamped the loach's body.

Li Ming quickly lifted the fork and gently shook it in the water twice to wash off the mud, sand and weeds, but the loach was still in the fork.

He stretched the fork over the small bamboo basket on Lou Xiaoe's waist, and Lou Xiaoe swiped lightly with her finger, and the loach fell into the bamboo basket.

Lou Xiaoe was slow at first, but after a few attempts, she became proficient and smooth.

Men and women match, work is not tired.

Since the forks go directly into the water, the contact surface is small and the water body is not clouded.Those frightened loaches didn't run far away, they lay on their stomachs stupidly, Li Ming poked them one by one, and they all fell into the small bamboo basket.

It didn't take long before Li Ming shouted, "Jiande, Jianye, how many have you caught?"

"It's only about 20, probably about 1 catty." Gao Jiande replied.There are 20-40 loaches per catty, depending on the size.

"Then you guys stop for a while, my little bamboo basket already has more than three catties of loach, and it makes Xiao'e feel uncomfortable, so you guys come here instead."

"Brother Ming, you are so fast." Gao Jianye said in surprise.

"The smaller loaches, I let them go." With Li Ming's speed and strength, how could the loaches run away? What restricted his harvest was the number of loaches in the ditch.

Gao Jianye said: "If the rice in the rice field is cut off, it will be easier for us to catch loaches."

Gao Jiande said, "It's a good idea. After the rice is harvested, the loaches will hide deep in the soil for the winter."

The four of them joined together.

Lou Xiaoe untied the bamboo basket and gave it to Gao Jianye.

"Brother Ming, your method of catching loach is really fast." Gao Jiande admired.

"Xiao Ming, I just agreed to let me try it later." Lou Xiao'e was eager to try it just now.

"Try all three of you later."

"Jiande and Jianye, you two come first." Lou Xiaoe politely said.

Gao Jianye said happily: "Hey. Then I will come first, I will come first."

Gao Jiande will definitely not compete with Gao Jianye for this.

"Jianye, I'll show you a demonstration." Li Ming made two gestures first, directly inserted a loach, and put it into the bamboo basket.

He handed the long-handled fork to Gao Jianye, "Aim at the middle of the loach's body, insert it when you see it, and move decisively and quickly without hesitation. If you hesitate, you will slow down. If you are slow, the loach will run away. Operate boldly, anyway. You can come again."

Gao Jianye replied: "Brother Xiaoming, I remember."

Lou Xiaoe and Gao Jiande also carefully watched Gao Jianye's operation.

Gao Jianye failed a few times, and succeeded once after finding the feeling, smiling happily.

Gao Jiande tried a few times and succeeded.

Lou Xiaoe succeeded once, which gave her a small sense of accomplishment.

Gao Jianye gave Lou Xiao'e a pine lamp to illuminate, and the two walked ahead to continue looking for loach.

Li Ming and Gao Jiande followed a little behind, and Li Ming chatted, "This is quicker and more convenient than you using iron pliers?"

"It's several times faster, but I'm not very proficient yet." Gao Jiande said, Gao Jianye gave him the light before, and he picked up the loach by hand, so he naturally knows the speed comparison.

"I left the loach fork in the yard, you can take it if you want to use it, and you will become proficient after trying it a few times."

"Loach is oily, and I only taste it once in a while, but it's good for feeding chickens and ducks."

Aquatic products that have not been treated with condiments such as oil, salt, ginger, garlic, vinegar, wine, etc. basically have a strong fishy smell and are not very tasty.

Li Ming remembered what Lou Xiao'e said about the difficulty of buying oil.

"Jiande, is there a workshop for oil extraction in our brigade?"

Gao Jiande replied: "Now the brigade has been purchased, and there are oil extraction workshops, mills, tofu workshops, and machine rice workshops."

"How do you charge for oil extraction?"

"Generally, a little oil or some peanut cakes, soybean meal cakes, and rapeseed cakes are given as wages."

"How much should I give for 100 catties of peanuts?"

Gao Jiande asked: "Brother Ming, are you the one who wants to squeeze the oil? If you want, I will ask my dad to help you squeeze the oil. My dad has good skills and a high oil yield."

"Huh? Your dad will."

"My dad is the head of the oil factory. That job is too tiring, and I often have to stay up late, so my mother didn't let me go." Although the work in the oil factory is tiring, it is still a good job, with high wages and enough food , The food is not short of oil and water.

"Well, help me extract 200 catties of peanut oil. I don't need that peanut cake, so I don't want it. It's worth my wages."

Gao Jiande asked carefully: "Is the 200 catties peanuts or peanuts? For peanuts, the shell must be removed. Peanuts are suitable for oil extraction after frying."

"200 catties of peanuts."

Gao Jiande said very proudly: "My dad can definitely squeeze out 80 catties of oil for you! People with average skills will laugh if they can produce more than 70 catties. If there is a small problem in the middle, it may even only be more than 60 catties oil."

"Your father is so powerful."

"My dad said that the oil extraction machine is more powerful now, and 200 catties of peanuts can have more than 90 catties of oil."

"My quantity is too small, probably not enough to turn on and off the machine, so I will ask your father for help."

"I'll talk about it when I get back tonight."

"I'll bring the peanuts down next time."

The two discussed it in a few words.

Gao Jiande went to pick up the pine lantern, and Lou Xiaoe also gave the loach fork to Gao Jianye to operate.

She was very happy today, and told Li Ming how she felt with witty words.

In fact, catching loach at night is originally a good date program for couples.

I'm busy with work during the day, so I have some free time after dinner.

There are not many opportunities to get along alone, and catching loach at night is very suitable for young men and women to talk about love.

Some couples were chatting, and the loach didn't care about it. They soaked the pine lanterns in the water and then extinguished them. In the dark, the guns went off.

So that some parents do not allow their girls to go or have to go with a few more people to avoid gossip.

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