Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 276 Going shrimp fishing with my wife
Lin Heng drove the car onto the road. Xiulan put the things on the bed of the car, then sat behind Lin Heng and hugged him.

When she wanted to go down to the river to catch shrimp, she naturally changed into trousers and could no longer wear a skirt.

Her hair was tied into braids, and she leaned against Lin Heng and looked at the scenery while the wind blew. The broken hair on her forehead swayed slightly in the wind.

After a while, the two of them drove to the place where Lin Heng got off the cage yesterday. They stopped the car and took the fishing rod and other tools to the river.

"This place is good, suitable for catching shrimps." Xiulan looked around and nodded.

"I don't know the specific situation yet. Let's put away the ground cage and take a look first." Lin Heng replied with a smile. Maybe there are people fishing in this place often, so they might not have anything to worry about.

He took Xiulan to the first place where the net was lowered, found the rope and pulled the cage back.

"Wow, that's quite a lot."

Xiulan said excitedly, as soon as the cage came out of the water, she could hear the sound of prawns and small fish jumping.

Pulling it out and looking at it carefully, Lin Heng was happy and worried: "There are indeed quite a few, but they are too small. These are not suitable for hatching shrimps. They just taste good."

"Awesome." Lin Heng smiled and gave a thumbs up.

"Big fish, big fish!!"

"I don't want to fish anymore. When it gets dark, I'll catch the yellow catfish." Lin Heng shook his head with a smile, threw the fishing rod there, and sat next to his wife.

Lin Heng watched for a while before he understood his wife's fishing method. She did not lift the fishing line until the fishing line was pulled away. However, the earthworms were easily eaten in this way. Now that he sat next to her, he became the one who specialized in hanging earthworms.

Lin Heng poured the shrimp and said: "The main reason is that the pond was not dug well last year. I should have caught a batch of them for feeding last year. Now I don't have to worry about the green shrimp seedlings."

"It's not easy." Lin Heng took it and threw it into the bucket. Xiulan had already caught three fish, and she had better luck than him.

"Be content, it would be nice to have something this big close to the village." Lin Heng said with a smile.

After a while, Xiulan caught another two-tael yellow bone. She looked at the fish and smiled and said, "There are enough fish for planting rice seedlings tomorrow."

Going down, the two found a fairly good and gentle section of the river, put peanut cakes in the ground cage and threw them into the river. They took out five more lifting nets, installed them, put peanut cake bait wrapped in gauze, and placed them about one meter away from the water's edge.

"Okay, let's put the shrimp in the net bag first." Xiulan nodded and took out the fish guard she made for Lin Heng. It was made of mosquito nets and the shrimps couldn't escape.

"Huang Jinggu is here." Lin Heng said in surprise, reaching out to get the ditch.

Unknowingly, it was getting dusk, and Xiulan raised a stick and a yellow figure appeared.

As he spoke, he suddenly pulled hard, and a white strip was pulled up, which was still hung by a fishhook. After taking it off, Lin Heng directly threw it to death and threw it aside.

"I'm not worried about this, I just feel like I didn't plan well." Lin Heng said with a laugh.

Xiulan suddenly cheered, and a small crucian carp was thrown directly onto the shore by her.

The water here is not deep, only about 1.2 meters. I just throw in some peanut cakes to make a nest, hang up earthworms and start fishing.

Xiulan blinked and focused her eyes on Qixing Piao.

Lin Heng picked up the large green shrimp and looked at it. The quality was not bad, the gonads were well developed and full of vitality, but the quantity was a little small.

Lin Heng nodded and pulled up another floor cage with his wife, and the familiar snapping sound sounded again.

Then all you need to do is wait quietly. The two took out fishing lines and tied them to the purple bamboo fishing poles, then sat by the river to catch fish.

"I've got a fish!"

Lin Heng shook a few times, and a bunch of green shrimps and small fish were poured in. The green shrimps that had left the water began to jump around crazily. There were only a dozen or so large shrimps of four to five centimeters, and most of the others were two or three. centimeters of half-sized shrimp.

"I rely on!!"

Shrimp have a great need for oxygen. If they are put in a bucket, they will die in ten minutes.

Seeing that his wife was hooked on the yellow bone, Lin Heng also went to get the pole and start fishing again.

"Well, I'll go take a look."

Xiulan mentioned it and said with a smile: "Not bad, this cage weighs almost two kilograms."

"Go a little further down, see if the situation is good, then go back." Lin Heng shook his head and said, this place is still not good, there are too few prawns.

After fishing for about ten minutes, he finally caught a small crucian carp weighing two or two.

Lin Heng became excited with this pull, and he clearly felt a strong pulling sensation. The Zizhu fishing rod was bent instantly.

Xiulan said softly: "It's just that the shrimps here are small. The shrimps in the Heihe River downstream of the Huangtan River must be bigger. If not, just go and catch them later."

"Pour it out first and take a look." Xiulan squatted down and untied the rope at the head of the cage, then took the white plastic bucket over.

Lin Heng had a mouth as soon as he dropped it, but he couldn't pull it up. He estimated that some small fish such as rock grouper and white stripes were making a nest, which was very annoying.

Lin Heng was fetching fish for her when he suddenly realized that his fishing rod was about to be dragged away, so he quickly dropped the fish and pulled it out.

"This cage is very beautiful." Xiulan also nodded, and then asked: "Then shall we continue to catch shrimps here?"

"Then you watch my performance."

"It's a bit small. It's not as big as the one I caught before." Xiulan looked at it and threw it into the bucket. This crucian carp could only be two or two at most.

"Work hard." Xiulan said with a smile.

It's only May, and it will take about ten days for the green shrimps to lay eggs. If you want to breed them artificially, it's best to catch them now.

"Let's look at the other cage." Xiulan filled the bucket with some water and said with a smile.

"This cage is not bad." Lin Heng said with a smile. Because this cage is close to the water plants, there are more prawns than the previous cage, and the total weight is also larger, weighing three kilograms.

"What should I do if I don't get the net?" Xiulan looked around excitedly for something to hold the fish.

Lin Heng said while controlling the fish: "It's okay, it's okay, my line is thick enough to pull it up."

"That's good." Xiulan nodded, put her fishing rod aside and watched Lin Heng's movements.

After pulling for a while, the fish was finally pulled to the water's edge. Although it was already dark, the big fish could still see clearly.

"It's really a catfish, it's so big!" Xiulan said in shock that there was such a big catfish here.

Lin Heng didn't give it a chance to struggle anymore, and pulled it directly to the shore. He caught the fish in his hand and laughed loudly: "This catfish is definitely three pounds. It rains so heavily here." "

"You will surpass me now." Xiulan pursed her lips and smiled.

"Blessed is Xiaoxia." Lin Heng laughed and said, this kind of fish without bones can be eaten by Xiaoxia with confidence. The taste of the four-bearded river catfish is no worse than that of plum blossoms.

"Keep going, I want a big one too." Xiulan wore the earthworm herself and couldn't wait to throw it into the river.

Lin Heng threw the fish into the bucket and quickly caught it again. There is no luminous light in this era, and the light will be completely invisible in half an hour at most.

“I caught fish again!!”

After a while, Xiulan caught another fish, but it was only a small catfish weighing half a catty.

But there was no movement on Lin Heng's side. Soon it was completely dark and they could not see clearly. They had to put away the pole.

But both of them had smiles on their faces, especially Lin Heng. He didn't expect to catch such a big catfish here. He was so lucky. After putting away the fishing rod, Lin Heng said: "Let's go and collect the net and see what's going on."

Xiulan nodded and walked up with Lin Heng to the place where the net was lifted. Closing the net is very simple, just slowly lift up the bamboo tip.

As the net comes out of the water, you can see the green shrimps resting and eating on it. Because the net has edges, most of the green shrimps cannot escape.

"Not bad, there can be more than a dozen shrimps in this net, and they are all big." Xiulan nodded.

"Indeed, this method seems to be more effective than the ground cage." Lin Heng said with a smile. There seemed to be a lot of prawns here.

After catching the shrimp and putting them into the fish guard, the two men changed the position of the net and put it down again, and then went to lift the other four nets.

Except for one of the nets, the effect is not ideal, the other three nets are pretty good, with about 15 large shrimps and some small shrimps.

After collecting the shrimps and putting the net back again, the two climbed up on a large white rock to rest, waiting for the shrimps to take the bait again.

Even though the sky was cloudy today and the stars couldn't be seen, the two of them still enjoyed this time. Xiulan leaned against Lin Heng, and the two of them blew in the cool river breeze with a hint of fishy smell, and listened to the sounds of insects and frogs that gradually became denser around them.

"It's time to close it."

Half a quarter of an hour later, the two men raised the net again. The number was even higher than the first time. There were nearly thirty large green shrimps in one net. This was normal. After all, shrimps gather light and are most active at night.

Then the two men collected the nets once every half hour, and collected four nets one after another. In the blink of an eye, the time came to nine o'clock, and the two men collected the ground cages and prepared to go home.

There were only a few small shrimps in the ground cage, but there was almost no harvest. Compared with an open platform like a lifting net, the entrance to the ground cage was difficult to find, and it took a long time for the shrimp to enter.

"Crash!!"

Along with the water peanuts, the familiar snapping sound sounded again. Lin Heng picked up the fish guard and weighed it and said with a smile: "Today's harvest is not bad, there are seven or eight kilograms of shrimps."

The main reason for this is that the ground cages lowered yesterday caught a lot, more than four and five kilograms. The net they caught at night was only about two kilograms.

"It's really good." Xiulan said with a smile, took another white paint bucket and filled most of the bucket of water, poured the shrimp in, screwed on the lid and handed it to Lin Heng.

After getting onto the road, the two of them quickly got into the car and walked back quickly.

After returning, I didn’t go home. I went directly to the Hongfengshan Breeding Base. The car stopped at the door of the indoor incubation room.

"You guys are back. How many shrimps did you get?"

Father Lin and Mother Lin came out of the house and asked.

"The fish weighs seven or eight pounds, and the shrimp weighs six or seven pounds." Xiulan said with a smile.

"Dad, bring two basins over here." Lin Heng said again.

"Okay." Father Lin agreed and came to the incubation room with two iron basins.

Thirty centimeters of water had been put into the hatching tank, but Lin Heng couldn't throw the shrimps in, he had to pick them out.

"So many." Father Lin couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the shrimps in the bucket.

"It's a pity that most of them are small." Lin Heng said as he filled two iron basins with water, then picked out the large shrimps and separated the males from the females.

The male and female shrimps are very easy to identify. The male has long claws, while the female is very short and almost as long as the other legs.

After spending some time, Lin Heng picked out all the older males and females and then screened them again, keeping the best ones.

Then I found a pair of nets to surround the hatching pond, which was two square meters in size, and threw them in one by one.

"One hundred and eighty-two pairs, three hundred and sixty-four prawns, more than three kilograms, it's not bad."

Lin Heng looked at the brood shrimp he had selected in the seine and nodded. The size of this wild green shrimp only weighs five or six grams, and weighs nearly a hundred per pound.

Although the resources in the river are not good, they are much better than those in later generations.

"You don't want the rest?" Mother Lin asked curiously.

"Yes, keep it for tomorrow." Lin Heng nodded.

"That's just right." Father Lin nodded with a smile.

Then Father Lin looked at the fish Lin Heng caught and said in shock: "This catfish of yours is not small, it is amazing."

"Mainly because of Lin Heng's good luck." Xiulan said with a smile.

After chatting for a while, Lin Heng left two kilograms of fish with his parents and took the rest home.

"Mom and Dad!!"

As soon as the two of them returned home, Xiaoxia broke away from Caiyun's arms and rushed towards them, hugging them delicately.

"Where have you been? Do you not want me anymore?"

"Xiaoxia and her grandfather told stories to the children in the afternoon, and many children cheered."

Xiaoxia hugged the two of them and whispered a lot of words.

"Even if I don't want you, my parents still have to work." Xiulan picked her up and said.

Lin Heng then went to the back to release the fish and shrimp to raise them. They would not taste good if they were dead.

“All the fish were poured into the second sister’s reservoir, and the shrimps were put in fish protectors and placed in the secondary reservoir.

"So many." Caiyun, who was watching along, said in shock.

Lin Heng smiled and said: "Of course, you will be lucky enough to eat it tomorrow is Saturday."

Transplanting rice seedlings definitely requires a lot of people. Father Lin chose a day when Caiyu was out of school, so he could help.

"That's great, I like to eat shrimp." Caiyun said with a smile.

Lin Heng thought for a while, caught a few small fish, threw them to the turtle, and then returned to the front with Caiyun.

Xiulan coaxed Xiaoxia and started cooking. In the evening, she simply made a cold dish based on braised pork and offal. The staple food was noodles.

After drinking some wine and eating noodles, I washed up and went to bed. Lin Heng inevitably had another technical exchange with Xiulan about human creation in the evening.

He was already in the period of youth when a man's physical strength was at its strongest. He exercised every day, ate venison, and played and sang every night.

Early the next morning, when I got up, my sister-in-law Xiulan Caiyun prepared the meal, Lin Heng's eldest brother Haiyu's father, and my uncle, third uncle, third father and cousin Lin Hai came to help plant the rice seedlings.

His eldest uncle and third uncle wanted some rice seedlings bought by the Lin Heng family, and the third uncle's family came to help and they would be sent over to help them in a few days.

In the early morning, after everyone arrived, they went directly to the fields. Third uncle Lu Honggang put his hand on Lin Heng's shoulder and said, "You will take us to see your breeding base at noon. I heard that it is very beautiful now."

"It's no problem, Third Uncle, I will introduce it to you slowly when the time comes." Lin Heng patted his chest and smiled.

"Okay." Lu Honggang nodded honestly. He had always been proud of Lin Heng and always talked about his powerful nephew when he met everyone.

When they came to the field, Lin Heng's third father, Lin Xutao, and his father were pulling out seedlings. When they saw Lin Heng, Lin Xutao shouted out of curiosity: "Lin Heng, the grain seeds you bought look no different from those grown at home."

(End of this chapter)