happy life rebirth

Chapter 45

Xia Xiaohong was taken aback, she really didn't expect Jiang Guangliang to ask herself: "Brother Guangliang, are these peaches delicious?" Xia Xiaohong shook her head and said, "I don't know, grandma didn't tell me that he bought these peaches or someone else took hers?"

Jiang Guangliang was about to put the peach into his mouth when he heard Xia Xiaohong's words; he asked a little strangely: "Little cousin, why do you ask that? Haven't you eaten this peach before?" ?”

Acting requires a complete set, Xia Xiaohong shook her head deliberately and said, "No, grandma gave me one."

"Then let's be half alone!" complained, Jiang Guangliang is a good brother; when he heard Xia Xiaohong's words, he quickly took the peach from his mouth and planned to break it in half with his hands; hehe... old Jiang's family The man in the middle of the night does not have the habit of eating alone.

"Brother Guangming, you don't need it." Xia Xiaohong reached out her hand to stop Jiang Guangliang's movement, shook her head and said, "I just had enough to eat and I can't eat anymore, brother Guangming, you can eat by yourself and leave me alone; let's go faster to the river Let's go!"

"Well, this is what you said you didn't want to eat; it's not that I don't give you food, so don't blame me later!" Jiang Guangliang said quickly.

"I know!"

The two chattered and walked towards the small river, Xia Xiaohong looked eager to try; she really wished she could be at the riverside now, since she was a child, she liked to go on a fishing boat in June; it was very comfortable and not stuffy.

For this reason, Xia Xiaohong also deliberately carried a small fish basket on her waist. She knew that she must not be able to fish; because Jiang Guangliang and Jiang Guanghua usually cast a net to fish, and they use a very traditional fishing method. method; Xia Xiaohong knows that she is a little girl, casting a net requires not only skill; more importantly, the strength of her wrist and arm, Xia Xiaohong knows that she must be the kind who is useless.

The cast net is a small conical net used in shallow water areas. It can be cast out by hand to make the net mouth downward; it is retracted with a rope connected to the edge of the net, and the outer edge is weighed by a lead or tin sinker; When the net enters the water, it can sink into the water quickly and shrink the net body to achieve the salvage effect.

The most important thing in casting a net is the technique. Generally speaking, there are two techniques; one is to hold the kicker of the fishing net and about one-third of the mouth of the net with the left hand, and hang the kicker on the thumb with the right hand. Important: When casting the net, use your thumb to hook the kicker of the net so that you can open your mouth, then hold the rest of the net mouth, keep your hands at a distance that is convenient for movement; turn your body to the left and cast it with your right hand, and then send your left hand out Use the right thumb to hold the net kicker and send it out at the right time, and you will learn it after practicing a few times; the advantage of this kind of casting net is that it is not easy to stain the clothes, and it can be operated in the depth of the chest.

There is also a crutch method, arrange the net and lift the leftmost part; hang it on the left elbow about 50 cm away from the mouth, hold one-third of the net mouth with the flat end of the left hand; hold more than one-third of the net with the right hand One point, when casting the net, send out the right hand, left elbow, and left hand in sequence; the advantage of this kind of casting net lies in one word - fast, but it is easy to stain clothes; it is more suitable for beginners in shallow water.

But Xia Xiaohong knows that there are a lot of snails and mussels in the river, and there will be a creature called sticky fish when you move the stones in shallow water; Lions and river mussels can be used to make spicy snails and spicy sticky fish; and river mussels are very delicious when used to make soup. Just thinking about Xia Xiaohong can't help swallowing.

After crossing the field ridges and passing a wild lawn called Mabanlan, Xia Xiaohong and Jiang Guangliang, cousins, soon came to the small river.

Because of the hot weather, the small river is very lively at the moment; the children in the country are very mischievous, and one of their favorite things in summer is to go to the river; not only can they make themselves more It is cool and refreshing, and you can touch fish to pick up snails and mussels to go home; if you are lucky, you can eat delicious river seafood when you return home at night.

When Xia Xiaohong and Jiang Guangliang came to the edge of the small river, there were already several groups of boys and girls entering the water in groups; the older ones were fortunately wearing shorts, while the younger ones were He took off his clothes straight away; he jumped into the water with a 'plop', and the water splashed was complained by the friends around him.

The noise and laughter rang together and spread far along the river wind; Xia Xiaohong couldn't help sighing, alas... such a scene no longer exists after more than ten years.

A few years later, with the rise of the gold panning industry, people from several villages including Hewanli Village and the adjacent **yang Village jointly bought several gold panning boats; under the control of some villagers who dreamed of getting rich, the small river was soon destroyed unrecognizable.

The originally clear river has become turbid, and the riverbed has turned into puddles of different depths; every year, a few villages near here will drown a lot of children and adults, and after a long time, there will be no water. Someone went into the river.

The water by the river was too shallow for a small fishing boat to dock on the shore, so Jiang Guangliang took Xia Xiaohong directly into the water: "Little cousin, you stand in this water for a while; when I turn around, I will pack the fishing boat and the fishing nets. Just get on board."

Ordinary fishermen would pick up their fishing boats and nets before going fishing in the river; Jiang Guangliang could barely be considered an old fisherman, so he was naturally very clear about these common senses.

Be good, the river water in the early morning hit Xia Xiaohong's heart with a hint of coolness; this made her shiver shiveringly when she just got into the water, and she responded obediently: "Brother Guangming, I'm not in a hurry, just take your time." "I'll pick up the snails first, and call me when you're done."

"That's fine, but you have to remember not to go too far; I will tell you to come back immediately." Jiang Guangliang thought for a while and said uneasy: "Remember, you are not allowed to go to the middle of the river. Pick it up on the side; do you know?"

"Hey... I got it!" Xia Xiaohong responded cheerfully, and shouted in her heart: "Here I am, the snail lion!" Then she plunged into the big business of picking snail lions, and everything around her was different from her. Get related.

Because it was morning, all the snail lions in the river climbed to the bank, and because there were so many snail lions, Xia Xiaohong didn't bother to find river mussels and sticky fish; It's almost full.

"Brother Guangming, wait a minute, I'll come right over." Xia Xiaohong straightened her waist and stood up, rubbing her forehead casually with the back of her hand; she walked to Jiang Guangliang's side not long after: "Brother Guangming, look !" Xia Xiaohong brought the fish basket on her body in front of Jiang Guangliang as if offering a treasure.

"Yo! I really didn't see it! Our little cousin is quite capable, and she picked up a basket of snails in just a short time; you have to mention it and let my mother make it for you when you get home. Spicy snails to eat." Jiang Guangliang quickly climbed onto the fishing boat, greeted Xia Xiaohong and said, "Come on, hurry up and get on the boat."

"Hey!" Xia Xiaohong put the small fish basket in her hand on the bow of the boat, followed by boarding the boat with a splash of water.

"Sit down, I'll start the boat!" At that time, the fishing boats all had hand-cranked engines, and the boat started amidst the humming of the engines; The coming gusts of river wind made all the heat and dryness in Xia Xiaohong disappear.

"Ah... ah... so comfortable!" Xia Xiaohong stood on the bow of the boat on the spur of the moment, put her hands next to her mouth and yelled loudly.

The fishing boat sailed all the way to the middle of the small river, and then Jiang Guangliang turned off the fire and stopped: "Little cousin, you have to sit still; cousin, I'm going to start casting the net." Jiang Guangliang took down the fishing net hanging on the bow of the fishing boat, A word of reassurance.

Xia Xiaohong stared at the fishing net in Jiang Guangliang's hand with great interest. It had been a long time since she had seen someone cast a net to fish with her own hands;

After Jiang Guangliang finished speaking, he didn't hear Xia Xiaohong's answer. When he turned his head, he saw his little cousin staring at him with wide eyes without blinking.

It's just... Jiang Guangliang was startled, he saw Xia Xiaohong's backlit face glowing in the morning sun; it seemed that even the fine hair on her face was clearly visible, Jiang Guangliang shook his head amusedly; alas... What's going on these two days?Why do you always feel that this girl Xia Xia is completely two people from before?

Xia Xiaohong watched Jiang Guangliang start to cast the net, tsk tsk...that movement can be called smooth and smooth, from casting the net to collecting the net in one go; the movement is so clean and neat!
The first net was lucky. When the net was cast down and collected, besides twenty white-heart carp with a width of two fingers and a length of four or five inches, there was also a large grass carp weighing about two catties.

Xia Xiaohong quickly helped to pick up the fish: "Brother Guangming, you are amazing." At the same time, she gave the other party a big smile without hesitation.

"Hehe...Little cousin, it looks like we're lucky today." Jiang Guangliang wiped off his sweat and was in a good mood: "We got off to a good start today, maybe we can return with a full reward like yesterday."

"Well...Brother Guangming, you have to work hard!" Xia Xiaohong didn't know how to cast a net, and such small things as cheering up couldn't bother her.

Xia Xiaohong was sitting on the bow of the boat with her feet on the side of the boat, dangling non-stop, her white bare feet slapping the water surface in bursts of water splashes; splashing on her body or face made her feel heart-warming coolness, causing Xia Xiaohong let out bursts of 'giggle' cheerful laughter.

This Xia Xia...Jiang Guangliang took time out of his busy schedule to look at Xia Xiaohong, and when he saw Xia Xiaohong playing leisurely by herself, he stopped paying attention to casting his net with her wholeheartedly.

Xia Xiaohong has very good eyesight, she looked at the fish swimming leisurely in the river, her heart suddenly moved; she reached out and picked up the small fishing net on the fishing boat, this is a kind of fishing net that is different from the one used to cast nets. Small fishing net; it is the kind with a net bag made of wire tied on a long bamboo pole for fishing.

The small fish net was stretched into the river by Xia Xiaohong, and the 'Forgetting Love Jue' was slowly running in her meridians; when the true energy in her body traveled around the meridians, Xia Xiaohong looked at a four-wheeled fish in the river. A strange smile flashed in the eyes of the big carp, which weighed more than a catty;

It's getting closer... It's getting closer...Ah... Going in, Xia Xiaohong looked at the small whirlpool on the river; she smiled so that her eyebrows were crooked and her lips were closed: "Brother Guangming, look quickly! I found a It's a big fish." Xia Xiaohong raised the small net from the river and shouted happily.

Hehe...it's great, it turns out that this trick can also be used to catch fish!Is there any chicken jelly!
"Really?" Jiang Guangliang raised his head suspiciously.

"Look!"

Jiang Guangliang was speechless looking at the big carp struggling in the small fish net, uh... what kind of shit luck is my cousin getting?Even with a small fishing net, it was possible to catch a fish, which seemed to be a big fish; seeing Xia Xiaohong's excited complacency, half of Jiang Guangliang's original good mood was gone.

There are only bursts of crisp and melodious laughter remaining on the river surface, far away with the wind.

(End of this chapter)