Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 382: Breaking the Record
The night is deep, the stars are dense, the sky is gradually getting white, the morning breeze is blowing gently, the small courtyard is full of greenery and the water is gurgling.

After the dew had dissipated, Lin Heng and Xiu Lan put on their clothes and exercised in the morning light. The more they practiced, the more graceful their movements became and the more coordinated their bodies became.

After exercising, a layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on the foreheads of both of them. Xiulan fetched some water to wash her face, while Lin Heng looked at the fish and flowers in the lotus pond.

The koi have grown a lot and are now playing under the lotus flowers and leaves. Sometimes the wind will blow a lotus flower down, which will attract the fishes to chase after it. It is quite interesting to sit in the pavilion and watch them.

"Wash your face." Xiulan shouted to him after washing.

"coming."

Lin Heng nodded, walked over and washed his face and brushed his teeth.

At this time, Xiulan took a bench and went under the grape trellis to pick grapes. The Kyoho and red grapes under the bird-proof net had changed color.

She found the reddest ones in a bunch, picked the one at the bottom and tasted it.

"So sweet, the grapes are ripe." Xiulan shouted to Lin Heng, a strand of hair hanging from her left ear swaying in the wind, adding a touch of softness.

Lin Heng finished brushing his teeth and came over and said, "Let's pick some. I think the black plums, peaches, apples, and pears on the back hill will be ripe soon."

"It's not easy for me to pick them like this. Let you do it." Xiulan fed him a grape and said.

"Then sit on my neck and pick them. I'm too lazy to go into the house to get a ladder."

Lin Heng ate the grapes and bent down.

Xiulan smiled and sat astride his shoulders, her legs wrapped around his neck, so that when he stood up she could easily reach the grapes.

Her shoulders were now taller than the grape trellis. She found the reddest grapes and red grapes, opened the net, picked them one by one and put them in the basket.

"That's enough. Let's pick the rest next time." Xiulan said after she finished picking. Lin Heng held her legs and placed her steadily on the ground.

Xiulan showed him: "These grapes are really good. A bunch of them weighs three or four pounds."

While eating, Lin Heng said, "We can eat as much fruit as we want this year. There are still many fruit trees in the back mountain."

After putting down the grapes, they took the feed and milk bucket to the back mountain. After feeding the chickens, they entered the orchard surrounded by a fence to check.

As early as the beginning of this month, they surrounded the entire orchard with bird-proof nets. There were grapes and various fruit trees in it.

After taking a bite of the black plum, Lin Heng was stunned for a moment, then handed it to Xiulan and said, "It's quite sweet, try it."

"Sweetie, did you think I didn't notice your chin twitching?" Xiulan glared at him fiercely and slapped him.

Lin Heng laughed: "Really?"

But Xiulan ignored him and walked over to pick a red peach, peeled it and took a bite.

"This is delicious and cooked. Although it's not big, it's very fragrant." Xiulan said as she handed it to Lin Heng.

Lin Heng thought he was being teased, but when he tasted it, he found it was really sweet. Although it was only the size of a fist, it tasted really good.

Then they tasted the apples and pears. Only the apples were still a little astringent, while the pears were completely edible.

The unbagged green-skinned pears taste very good except that the skin is a little thicker.

After picking some fruits, they went to milk the cows.

After returning home, Lin Heng went to wake Xiaoxia up. She didn't want to get up in the morning, so he didn't force her.

When he heard there was something delicious to eat, he got dressed and got up.

Lin Heng carried his two sons to the crib in the living room. After breakfast, Xiulan fed the children complementary food. Lin Heng took some fruit and milk to give to his parents and took the opportunity to check on the situation over there.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Heng went to dig earthworms. Xiulan fed the child again and then handed him to Caiyun to take care of.

The two men took the chicken intestines and frogs that had been left outside yesterday and had become rotten, took their fishing rods, called their eldest brother and father, and the four of them got in the car and set out to go fishing.

It is difficult to catch big fish in shallow places, so the four people discussed it and decided to go to the town to find a place.

After searching along the river, they chose a backwater where the sun was no longer shining.

When they got there, Lin Yue spoke first: "Dad and I will set up the hooks first, and you and Xiulan can go fishing first."

He went to the fields and caught a lot of frogs today. He ate the meat and saved the livers to use with his hook to catch turtles and catfish.

"Okay." Lin Heng and Xiulan first determined the location. The area around here was covered with green grass two or three centimeters high, and the environment was very beautiful.

They identified a location, tied a fishing line, put a worm on it, and threw it into the water.

The purple bamboo fishing rods they brought were relatively short, with the longest being only three meters in length, while the water here was more than four meters deep, so they had no choice but to use short rods and long lines for fishing.

There is no need for a seven-star float, you can just look at the position of the tip of the fishing rod and fish with a dull rod.

Lin Heng put bait on all four fishing rods and threw them in. Then he threw the chicken entrails and frogs that he had prepared last night, which were already stinking today, into the water to make a nest.

This thing is very attractive to catfish.

In order to better retain fish, he put a few stone nests into a small net bag. This way, the fish can smell it but cannot eat it, which is more conducive to fishing.

"Hey, I caught a fish!"

After Lin Heng had finished digging the nest and was looking for a stone to use as a seat, Xiulan exclaimed.

He turned his head and saw that she was pulling up a yellow thorn bone.

"Come and get me the fish!" Xiulan shouted at him happily.

"I'm coming."

Lin Heng moved the stone and put it down beside him, then he caught the fish with a towel and took out the hook.

"Three or two taels, that's good enough." Lin Heng said with a smile.

The yellow thorn fish loves earthworms like their life. As long as there are earthworms, they will hardly hesitate, open their back molars and bite the hook hard.

These three-ounce ones are very good. They feel good to fish and taste good to eat.

As Xiulan caught a fish, the tips of the other fishing rods started shaking soon after.

The two men lifted them up one by one, and as expected, they were all yellowtail fish. Only this kind of fish would take the bait so quickly.

"Oh, I'm lucky today. I've only been here for half an hour and I've already caught a couple of kilograms of fish."

Xiulan looked at the yellow thorn bone in the fish basket and said in surprise.

"It seems that we are lucky and have found the nest of yellow thorns." Lin Heng smiled.

Neither of them had time to play around. They just stared at the tips of the fishing rods. Basically one of the fishing rods would move every five minutes.

"Hey, I caught a big crucian carp today, come here quickly!"

After a while, Xiulan screamed again and came ashore carrying a large crucian carp.

"Amazing!"

Lin Heng was a little impressed. This big crucian carp must weigh more than one kilogram.

Catching fish one after another made both of them so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.

"Fishing is so fun!" Xiulan became more and more happy as she played.

"I hope I can catch a big fish today." Lin Heng said with a smile. He no longer cared about small fish.

Half an hour later, the two of them could finally sit down and take a good look at the scenery. It seemed that the yellowtail fish here had been caught and were not caught much.

However, they have completed their minimum task today and caught three or four pounds of fish. However, it is quite rare to catch a empty-handed person in this era.

"How much did you catch?" Father Lin came over and asked after casting the hook.

"It's enough for two meals." Lin Heng smiled and lifted up the fish basket. Suddenly, the sound of splashing water could be heard.

Father Lin was stunned for a moment: "You have caught a lot." "It seems that fishing is easy today." Lin Yue was also very surprised.

"There are no yellowtail fish now, and the bite is not very good." Lin Heng explained that the hooks they used were size 7 or 8, and small fish could not be caught.

"Catfish might be easy to catch right now," Lin Yue said, and walked over to replace his hook with a frog liver.

Father Lin also changed the bait for himself. However, something strange happened. After they came, the bites disappeared, and the only few bites with slight shaking did not catch any fish.

"I don't believe I can't catch a single fish today!" Father Lin said angrily.

"Dad, if you go to another place and put the earthworms in, you can catch some yellow mullet." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Yellowtail fish have a sense of territory, so the best way is to change locations after catching two.

He and Xiulan both wanted to guard the big catfish, so they did not change places.

"Then I'll try." Father Lin thought about it, took the fishing rod and went to a shallower place upstream.

“On it, on it!”

After a while he exclaimed, ran downstairs, got a bucket and went up to catch yellowtail.

Lin Heng and the other two continued to hold their ground. As it grew darker, half the sky was filled with red clouds and mosquitoes began to appear.

However, they all wore long sleeves and long pants when they came, so they were not particularly afraid of mosquitoes.

Unable to catch any fish, Xiulan was pulling grass leaves out of boredom, while Lin Heng was staring at the green mountains in a daze.

In a blink of an eye it was already 8:10, the sun had already set but it was not yet dark.

At this time, Lin Yue suddenly rushed out, pulled up the fishing rod, and pulled up a small catfish weighing half a pound.

"Holy crap, that's it. I thought it was a big fish, but I got so excited for nothing."

Lin Yue was speechless.

"That's better than us. We haven't had a single bite so far." Lin Heng spread his hands and smiled.

"It seems that there is not much hope today. I should go fishing for yellow mullet with my dad." Lin Yue shook his head.

After losing the little catfish, he checked the ground hook, but found nothing.

Soon it was already nine o'clock. It was a little too cool by the river. Xiulan grabbed Lin Heng's hand and played with it, leaning on his shoulder, feeling a little bored.

"Let's go. There's no hope today. It's already completely dark and we're still hungry."

Lin Heng looked at his watch and said to everyone.

"Let's go. We'll get up early and come back tomorrow." Lin Yue didn't want to fish anymore.

"Okay, just leave the things here and we'll come back early tomorrow." Father Lin also came down and said.

After discussing it, they put the fish into the bucket and threw the fishing rod into the grass by the river.

Before leaving, Lin Heng brought in three pounds of fresh corn and made a nest for the night so that he could continue the battle early the next morning.

After driving back to the village, Lin Yue was unwilling to give up and asked his father to take a flashlight to go to the river to catch fish.

Lin Heng and Xiulan returned home. They gave the live yellow thorn bones to their eldest sister-in-law, killed the dead yellow thorn bones to make soup, and cooked some other meals while waiting for their father to come back.

"We didn't have any fun today. We didn't catch any eels or turtles in the river." Father Lin was very disappointed when he came back.

"Dad, we're sure to catch a big fish tomorrow morning." Lin Heng patted his father's shoulder and said.

"I hope so!" Father Lin shook his head and sat down and said, "Eat, eat."

After they finished their meal, Lin's mother came back. She and Liu Juan had been catching scorpions for a long time, and now they can catch two or three taels a night.

The next morning, a little after five, when the sky was just turning light, Lin's father's voice could be heard from outside the gate.

"Oh my God, Dad is too proactive." Xiulan said helplessly after opening her eyes.

"This is what fishermen do." Lin Heng smiled at her and climbed up swiftly.

After taking some biscuits, fruits and tender corn, the two set off.

The house is left to Caiyun to take care of. Both children are fed and have their diapers changed at around four o'clock, and she can take care of them until seven or eight o'clock.

When the two recognized each other, their father and eldest brother were already ready to go.

When we drove on the road, the sky was just beginning to brighten and the sun had not yet come out.

When they arrived at the place, the four of them took out their fishing rods, put bait on them and started fishing. Lin Heng Xiulan caught corn, while his father and eldest brother caught frog livers.

After hanging them up, they went to check their hooks. After a while, they heard exclamations from a distance: "Hurry up and grab the scoop net! Big fish, big fish!"

"I have one here too, but I can't pull it out. It's too heavy!" Lin Yue also shouted.

"I'll go over to help. Xiulan, you watch the fishing rod." Lin Heng said, then picked up the scoop net and ran over.

When he came over, Lin's father had already dragged the fish directly to the shore. It was a big catfish, weighing about four or five pounds.

"Hahaha, we finally caught a big one." Father Lin was very happy.

Just as Lin Heng was about to speak, his elder brother hurriedly called out, "Come and help me! This is not a fish, it's a giant turtle!"

"Oh my god, it's a really big turtle." Lin Heng was shocked and ran over quickly, but found that the turtle was actually dead and had been pulled ashore.

The hook had caught its neck, and two pulls would surely kill it.

"Mine weighs about seven or eight kilograms." Lin Yue laughed.

"You are all barbarians. You don't want my help at all." Lin Heng was speechless. Fortunately, it was a thick nylon line, otherwise it would have been pulled apart by them long ago.

"Hubby, husband, come on, come on, I can't hold you back."

At this time, Xiulan upstream screamed. Lin Heng turned his head and saw that the fishing rod had become a big bow and Xiulan was about to be pulled into the river.

"Here it comes, hold on!"

Lin Heng ran up with the scoop net. Fortunately, the distance was not far, and he quickly took the fishing rod from Xiulan.

"Crack!!"

"I rely on!!"

Then the next second Lin Heng was stunned. The purple bamboo fishing rod with such strong toughness was pulled to pieces and broke.

Fortunately, the fishing line did not break, and the fishing rod exploded but did not break. He continued to fish with the broken fishing rod.

After pulling twice, Lin Heng felt that the fishing line was about to break, and hurriedly shouted: "No, wife, quickly put the hand rope on the bottom of the fishing rod!"

He had already pierced a hole at the back of the purple bamboo fishing rod and left a noose in case he caught a big fish and the short rod was not enough to pull it up.

Xiulan was also quick and tied the rope in just over ten seconds.

Seeing that it was tied, Lin Heng immediately threw away the fishing rod, and the giant creature in the water rushed out in an instant.

"Oh my God, what a big fish this is! I feel like someone is pulling me into the water." Xiulan said with lingering fear as she looked at the rope that had already gone out seven or eight meters.

"You are really my lucky star. I am going to break the fishing record this time!!"

Lin Hengze was extremely excited. If he hadn't been busy playing with the fish, he would have wanted to kiss his wife hard.

According to his estimation, the fish must weigh at least thirty kilograms.

It was so fierce that I couldn't pull it out of the water for a while.

(End of this chapter)