Rebirth in 1984, starting from beekeeping in the mountains

Chapter 98: Good luck! Leading the way!
Tangjiaokou has a flat terrain.

The stream in this area does not flow fast.

Fang Hongan steadied himself.

He leaned his right foot towards his left foot, and both feet dug into the mud and sand, digging along the hard object they were stepping on.

The general shape of the hard object was quickly figured out.

Long oval.

And it is full both above and below.

Without a doubt, it was a river clam.

The second time he stepped on a river clam, Fang Hongan couldn't help but feel happy at the experience of being extremely lucky.

He kicked his body, turned over suddenly underwater, and kicked twice with his head down and his feet up. His fingers had already touched the mud on the riverbed.

He groped towards the place where he was stepping.

Soon, his right hand touched the clam he stepped on.

The river clam was previously stuck in the mud and sand, but most of it had been dug out by Fang Hongan's foot.

Grab the exposed upper end with both hands and pull it, and the entire river clam will be pulled out of the mud and sand.

Fang Hongan took advantage of the situation and turned over again. While floating up on the water, he also rubbed the clam in his hand.

While wiping off the mud and sand on top, I also took the opportunity to figure out the size of the clam.

When you touch it, it feels like the size of two palms.

As for weight, it is not very accurate to perceive it in water.

But judging from its size, it must weigh at least two kilograms.

This head should be considered a big one at least.

Fang Hongan immediately opened the net bag tied around his waist, threw the river clam directly into it, and floated up to breathe.

When they went out earlier, Lan Jianjun gave each of them a net bag for convenience.

There is a main rope, the kind with an easy-to-pull opening, tied around the waist. This way, you don't have to go ashore to release each clam you touch.

While putting the clam away, Fang Hongan had already floated to the surface of the water.

Encouraged by the successful unloading of the first large shipment, Fang Hongan took a deep breath, dived down and continued to pedal.

The clams in this stream have less muddy smell and their meat is more chewy. They are better than those in stagnant ponds, both in terms of freshness and taste.

The only bad thing is that although this thing looks very big, the meat inside is leaner than the kind in stagnant water and fertilizer ponds.

The shell already takes up most of the food, so discard the inedible parts.

The edible part of a two-pound river clam will definitely not exceed two ounces.

After it shrinks a lot when cooked, the only thing you can eat is the amount that can be taken with one chopstick.

There are so many people in my father-in-law's family now. If we don't get more food, there won't be enough to eat.

I dived deep and stepped more than ten times this time, and then I felt the wonderful feeling on my feet again.

Fang Hongan followed suit and dug around with his feet for a while, and after confirming that it was a complete clam, he turned over and dived down.

This second harvest is slightly smaller than the first.

But the shape feels more bulgy, and it seems to be fatter than the first one.

Place the clam in a mesh bag.

Float to the surface again.

Fang Hongan looked around and saw that several other people were also concentrating on diving.

I'm a little curious about what they gained.

At this time, there was a splash of water accompanied by a sound of water breaking.

A hand suddenly stretched out with its head raised high, and then... the head also came out.

While using his other hand to scrape the water rolling down his head, he was already shouting with excitement.

"I found it! I found it! The first big river clam!"

Judging from the voice, it was my brother-in-law Lan Jianjun.

Under the moonlight, although the object in his raised hand was not very clear, judging from its general outline, it was a river clam larger than the palm of a hand.

"So fast, brother!"

When he shouted like that, Lan Guihai, who just floated up to breathe, couldn't help but exclaimed.

Apparently, the clams in this stream are not easy to touch.

Someone like Lan Jianjun who found one so quickly is considered fast.

"Hongan!" Lan Jianjun also saw Fang Hongan who was not far from him at this time, "Look at how big our river clams are!"

He shook the clam in his hand towards Fang Hongan.

It's a feeling of happiness, but it also has a bit of showing off in it.

"Big! Really big!"

Fang Hongan cooperated and smiled.

As for the two larger clams that had already been put into the net bag, it was not convenient to take them out and show them for the time being.

He took a deep breath and dived again.

Fang Hongan didn't have to wait too long for the third river clam.

What’s even more surprising is that this clam is even bigger than the first one.

Next to him, Fang Hongan also touched another slightly smaller river clam.

Double yolk eggs!
Pull out these two clams!
All went into the net bag.

With joy of harvest, Fang Hongan dived again to breathe.

Coincidentally, Lan Jianhui also found his first river clam.

The young man also seemed very excited.

As for Lan Guihai and Yang Huaping on the other side, they probably haven't received the goods yet.

Lan Guihai was complaining that he had bad luck and wanted to go to another place to try to change his luck.

Yang Huaping was muttering something to himself, as if chanting a spell.

As for my brother-in-law Lan Jianjun, it seems that there is no new gain in this period.

Look at this situation...

He himself had a harvest of four clams.

That's definitely the leader.

"Brother-in-law!"

At this time, Lan Jianhui, who was closest to Fang Hongan, saw that Fang Hongan seemed to be in a daze, and thought that he might not have touched it yet, so he shouted enthusiastically: "Why don't you touch me over here! Your side is a bit deeper, it seems difficult to touch!"

"Yes! Hong'an! Come up a little! Your piece is almost touching the deepest part! It's really not easy to touch!" Lan Guihai on the other side also waved to Fang Hong'an.

"Not good to touch?" Fang Hongan couldn't help but smile, "I think it's very nice to touch! How about you come over here and try it?"

"I'll stay here! The one I just touched weighs more than one kilogram! I think there should be more big stuff here!" Lan Jianhui shook his head.

Lan Guihai also waved his hand to refuse: "No! No! I have a feeling that I will open the store soon!"

"Come! Come! Come!"

At this time, Lan Jianjun had just resurfaced with a palm-sized clam in his hand. He raised it proudly and said, "Let's compete! Let's see who can get the most tonight! Those who get the least will be responsible for cutting open these clams and cooking them tomorrow!"

"Okay!"

His words immediately aroused the fighting spirit of Lan Guihai and others.

Several people dived underwater.

Seeing this, Fang Hongan also dived down.

With this thrust, he took a deep breath.

I stepped on the riverbed several times.

And this time, the goddess of luck favored him again.

When Fang Hongan was about to take his last step to float up for breath, he felt the familiar round and hard feeling under his feet again.

"The fifth one!"

Fang Hongan was delighted. He held his last breath, turned over, accurately located it, and quickly fished it out.

The night deepens, under the cold moonlight.

The chirping of insects and the croaking of frogs are accompanied by the sound of splashing water.

Occasionally, excited voices were heard.

That was the excited sound of Lan Jianjun, Lan Guihai, Lan Jianhui and Yang Huaping after they touched the river clams.

And so, about another hour passed.

Fang Hongan couldn't remember whether it was the fifteenth or sixteenth time he turned over and fished out the river clam.

The heavy feeling around his waist, coupled with the fatigue after continuous diving, made Fang Hongan decide to go ashore first this time.

Turning over, Fang Hongan changed into the most comfortable backstroke position and swam slowly towards the water.

At this moment.

Lan Jianjun on the other side also floated up one after another.

Seeing Fang Hongan swimming on his back towards the shore, Lan Jianhui also swam over on his back.

"Brother-in-law! Are you going to the shore?"

"Well! Let's go upstairs and take a rest first!" Fang Hongan responded.

"Hehe!" Lan Jianhui smiled, "Then I'm going to take a rest too. I've already found four of them. They're hanging in this net bag. It's really inconvenient to dive into the water."

After Lan Jianhui finished speaking, Lan Guihai's voice rang out: "Jianhui, you have four! Haha, I just happen to have one more than you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he also swam on his back and moved towards this side.

"Then you don't have as much as I do!"

There was a splash of water, and indeed Lan Jianjun had also swam over. He jumped forward and chased after him with a smile on his face: "I have 7! And two of them are big ones that weigh more than a pound!"

As he spoke, he steadied himself, untied the net bag around his waist, and stretched out one hand to lift it high up.

The show was shown to everyone on the spot.

"You guys have so many! I only touched one!"

His display shocked Yang Huaping, who was following behind. "Hey, hey! I asked you to come over to my side, but can't you?"

"Then you have to compete with Hong An to see who is responsible for the dissection!"

When they heard that he only had one, Lan Jianjun and Lan Guihai both burst into laughter.

"Hongan!"

Hearing this, Yang Huaping quickly sped up and swam towards Fang Hongan: "Show me how many you touched!"

This whole process of touching the river clams.

Compared to the laughter that Lan Jianjun and others frequently display.

He gained little and spent most of his time in silence.

But among all the people today, obviously... there is someone who is even more silent than him.

That’s Fang Hongan.

As far as Yang Huajun could remember, Fang Hongan had never shown off his achievements once.

Could it be that he doesn't have any...

Based on the fact that I know I am at the bottom now...

Yang Huajun can only place his hopes on Fang Hongan.

It's not that he looks down on Fang Hongan.

It's not necessary to make Fang Hongan look bad in public!
It's purely the sincere desire to win between men!
"I?"

At this time, Fang Hongan had already swam to the shore.

I just turned over and was ready to step into the shallow water on the shore to get ashore.

After hearing what Yang Huajun said, he smiled and took two steps forward.

He waited until he reached a rock on the shore, where the water was only up to his belly button, then he lowered his head and untied the net bag around his waist.

After weighing it in his hand and making sure it was firm, Fang Hongan slowly lifted the heavy net bag.

"Shh!"

After the water was squeezed out of a large ball-shaped net bag at the bottom, the water splashed down like a waterfall.

Without the benefit of the water, the net bag was suddenly pulled down.

With a dull bang, the rope of the net bag that Fang Hongan was holding was broken.

Thanks to Fang Hongan's quick eyes and hands, he quickly stretched out his left hand to support the bottom of the net bag, so that the net bag did not tip over and the clams in it fell out.

But at this moment, looking at Fang Hongan's slightly embarrassing scene.

Lan Jianjun: “…”

Lan Guihai: “…”

Lan Jianhui: “…”

As for Yang Huaping, who was about to pull Fang Hongan to the bottom, he rubbed his eyes vigorously, and looked over again with an expression as if he had seen a ghost.

After making sure that he was not seeing things wrong, he took a deep breath and screamed, "Damn it! Damn it! Hongan, you have been touching so many things without making any noise, did you step on a clam nest?"

At this moment, compared to the fact that he was at the bottom, his mind was filled with the huge impact brought by Fang Hongan's bag full of clams.

As he shouted like this, the expressions on the other people's faces changed from being stunned and dull to becoming lively.

Lan Jianhui exclaimed with a smile, and ran towards Fang Hongan quickly: "Brother-in-law! It turns out that you are the master! No wonder you asked me to go to your place before!"

Lan Guihai sighed: "Hongan...you are really cruel!"

Lan Jianjun, who was standing beside him, had completely lost the smug look on his face. He looked at Fang Hongan with a look of disbelief and surprise, "You must weigh 20 to 30 kilograms! How did you get that? I've never heard of anyone in this area of ​​Tangjiaokou who can weigh so much in one night!"

"Luck! It's all luck!"

Seeing that everyone's attention was focused on him, Fang Hongan smiled, went to the shore, turned the broken net bag to one side, and poured the clams one by one from the broken hole into the bamboo basket on the shore.

As soon as he poured it out, Lan Jianhui, who had caught up with him, rushed over impatiently.

He took another bamboo basket, poured Fang Hongan's clams into it, put them one by one into the other bamboo basket, and counted them one by one in his mouth.

"1!"

"2!"

"..."

When he had counted to almost half, the other people came ashore one after another and surrounded him.

He stared at Lan Jianhui who was counting and the clams in the bamboo basket with concern.

"15!"

"16!"

"17!"

Wait for Lan Jianhui to finish counting the last one.

The expressions of several people became stiff again.

That’s the number.

The four of them combined seemed to be just the right number.

In other words, Fang Hongan alone was worth four of them!
Moreover, looking at what Fang Hongan touched, they were at least the size of a palm.

The one-pound-sized ones like the one that Lan Jianhui showed off before are still considered medium to small among the 17 ones Fang Hongan has.

This……

Apart from a grinning mouth, Lan Jianhui's eyes were full of admiration.

The other three looked at each other.

For a moment, I didn't know how to express my inner feelings.

After a while——

"I'm convinced! I'm convinced!" Lan Guihai looked at Fang Hongan with a look of admiration, "Hongan! No wonder you can make a fortune by hunting wild animals! Whether it's luck or skills, that's enough!"

Lan Jianjun on the side did not say anything, but silently poured the clams in his net bag into the bamboo basket on the side, then took the net bag that Fang Hongan had broken before, pulled the broken line, and tied it up again.

"No! This is too embarrassing! Hong An must have touched it in that area! I'll try my luck too!"

Yang Huaping looked at the lonely creature in his net bag, feeling extremely embarrassed. He dived back into the water and swam towards the direction where Fang Hongan was touching.

"Yes! I'll try it too!"

After they said that, Lan Guihai quickly followed suit and went into the water.

Although Lan Jianjun also wanted to leave, he thought about it and decided to hold back.

As for Lan Jianhui, he sat next to Fang Hongan, enjoying the night breeze with him, and couldn't help telling Fang Hongan about some interesting things they experienced while touching river clams.

"Haha! As expected, Hong An picked a good place! A great deal!"

Soon, Lan Guihai's joyful voice was heard in the stream.

In his hand, raised high, was a river clam the size of a palm.

This scene also excited Yang Huaping, who had just floated to the surface.

He took a deep breath and plunged in again.

But next...

The two of them surfaced and dived again and again...

There is no sound of harvest.

This lasted for about ten minutes.

Lan Guihai gave up: "Looks like Hongan has touched everything! Wow! Hongan's skills are really amazing!"

He sighed and swam up.

Behind him, Yang Huaping, who was empty-handed, suffered another huge blow.

He hung his head with a helpless look on his face: "It seems! I am still not suitable for catching river clams! Catching fish is my strong point!"

He murmured, his eyes suddenly brightening under the moonlight: "Yes! Jianhui, didn't you say there are a lot of rocks there, and there are fish in the cracks of the rocks?"

He turned around, explored around, and jumped into the water again: "I can't find the clams! I'll go get some fish!"

"hehe!"

Seeing his unwilling look, everyone smiled.

This man's desire to win.

Both of them understood it in their hearts.

The place where Yang Huajun went to fish was not far from the shore where everyone was sitting.

Fang Hongan listened to Lan Jianhui's introduction. It was a pile of rocks with many cracks.

There are often fish in the cracks of the rocks, and if you are lucky you can catch some fish.

And Yang Huaping is indeed good at this.

Just a few minutes after he went there, a burst of excited voices came over.

"Haha! A half-pound crucian carp!"

"Hongan! Catch it! This crucian carp is perfect for making soup for Wenxiu!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he swung it violently. With a flash of silver light under the moonlight, a crucian carp the size of four fingers was thrown directly onto the shore.

"Is it so smooth?"

Lan Guihai couldn't help but exclaim.

He took the crucian carp, quickly packed it up and handed it to Fang Hongan.

"Haha! Catching clams is not going well! Catching fish must be going well!"

Yang Huaping was extremely proud. He immediately thought of the sound of water, dived down again, and started touching again.

Then, there was silence for a few minutes.

I didn't hear Yang Huaping shouting, so I guess there was no gain.

Lan Jianjun stretched his back and muttered to Lan Jianhui to go up.

With a whoosh, Yang Huaping suddenly jumped out.

Then, his loud and urgent voice rang out: "Come! Come quickly!"

"Fish! There's a big fish! Come over and help!"

(End of this chapter)