Carry a fountain with you

Chapter 455 Fish Are Everywhere

I thought that due to the heavy snowfall, there should not be many tourists visiting Liujiagou for the Chinese New Year this year. Who knew that the situation was just the opposite. Within a few days of the twelfth lunar month, most of the farmhouses in the village were booked.

Looking at the situation, it is even hotter than in previous years.

Liu Junhao was puzzled, and after asking someone, he found out that most people had the idea of ​​enjoying the snow in Liujiagou during the Chinese New Year.Building snowmen and playing snowball fights, these games that people used to play in childhood have now become a luxury in the city.When it snows in previous years, all the snowplows in the urban area will be dispatched to clear the snow in half a day, without giving everyone a chance to nostalgia.This year the snow is quite heavy, but the waste water and waste gas are discharged everywhere in the city, polluting the snow dirty, many people can only look at the snow and sigh, and forbid their children to play.

These days, one after another, tourists go to the mountain to take pictures of snow scenes, and then upload them to the [-]th floor.After reading these posts, many parents have raised the idea of ​​going to Liujiagou to celebrate the New Year.

Quite a few of the tourists who came wanted to buy rice field eels from Liu Junhao's house, but he refused all of them.The weather is cold now, and most of the eels are still in the holes. If you want to catch the eels, you have to dig a hole. I don’t have that much energy.

Besides, after a year of busy work, it's good to take a break during the Chinese New Year.The most important job now is to take good care of my wife.

This year, Liu Junhao and his wife planned to go to the city to celebrate the New Year with Zhang Ma, but after Zhang Qian went to the hospital for an examination, Zhang Ma was afraid that her daughter would have some accidents, so she discussed it with Zhang Dad, and this year they will still be in Liujiagou. Got it.

In fact, this fetal examination has been planned for a long time, but the last time Liu Junhao took his daughter-in-law to the hospital, he was stopped by a doctor he knew well. He said that early and frequent B-ultrasound examinations are not good for the fetus, and he will go to the hospital for examination in more than five months. Once will do.

So this matter was delayed, and then the mountain was blocked by heavy snow, and the two of them delayed again and again until they went to the hospital for an examination two days ago.

In the end, he was told that his daughter-in-law was pregnant with twins, and Liu Junhao couldn't help but grin from ear to ear.

The couple both hope to have twins, so that they can have all their daughters and sons, and they will be in place in one step, saving trouble.

In order to come up with a loud and pleasant name for the upcoming little guy, Liu Junhao almost broke through the "Xinhua Dictionary" at home, and finally found a few names as backups, but unfortunately they are all useless now and have to be re-started.

Originally, he wanted to post a post on the Internet to ask about it and brainstorm.However, after reading the results of an online inquiry by a netizen surnamed Wang, such as Wang Manyu, Wang Ziyi, Wang Wangwang, Wang Xiaoer, Wang Erxiao, etc., people can't help but laugh.

Liu Junhao can only lament that there are many crooked talents on the Internet, and decisively dismiss this idea.It's better to choose the name yourself, and don't accept foreign aid.

Anyway, there are still a few months to go, so I can't even come up with a good name.

The snow on the road leading to the school has been cleared early, but there is still a lot of ice on the roadside.The school has resumed classes these few days. Liu Junhao is afraid that his wife will fall, so he plans to teach his daughter-in-law for half a month. After the class is over in the morning, the rest is reviewing.He also taught for his daughter-in-law before, and he also knows a lot about the text, so he can do it for him.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Qian refused to let it go at all, and even said that the exam was coming soon, which was the sprint stage, and she was worried about staying at home.

In the end, the two could only adopt a compromise plan, and Liu Junhao would send his daughter-in-law to school every day and pick her up after school.

Anyway, it’s not that far away, so walking back and forth twice will help you digest food at that time.

The temperature has continued to rise in the past few days, and the snow in the field has already melted in sevens and eighties, revealing the green wheat seedlings. However, the snow in many places on the shady side of the mountain is as deep as a person, and it is estimated that it will not be completely melted until next spring.

The melted snow drove the water in the mountain stream to skyrocket, and there were a lot of fish washed down with the water, most of them turned their bellies.These fish are sealed in the ice layer and freeze to death due to lack of oxygen. Although the fish has been frozen in the ice layer for more than ten days, the temperature has been below zero. It is equivalent to storing the fish in the refrigerator. It is reasonable to say that it is completely edible. .

It's just that the live fish can't be eaten up, so people naturally don't hesitate to eat these dead fish. At most, they just stay by the water's edge to catch those big fish weighing more than two or three catties.Big fish have strong resistance, generally hide in deep water, and rarely freeze to death.At this time, the big fish did not seem to wake up, swimming slowly in the water, and it was very easy to catch.

Liu Junhao joined in the fun and caught a few times at first, and ate two meals in a row. The couple were not interested at all, and hung all the remaining fish under the eaves to dry, planning to wait for Zhang Ma and the others to come and eat.

The waterfowl that have been starving for several days don't care about the number of them. After finally encountering so many fish, they must eat and drink a lot.In recent days, Qingzhuang water ducks, cormorants, etc. have all stretched their necks to stay by the ditch, and stretched their heads into the water from time to time.There is no need to move the position at all, just stay in place and eat one by one without being able to fly.

Liu Junhao sent his daughter-in-law to school, and when he came back and saw so many dead fish in the ditch in front of the door, he instinctively felt bad and rushed to the backyard.

Good guy, he was almost stunned.

Most of the snow in the backyard has melted, and the water is almost overflowing to the front yard... This is not the point, the point is that there is a layer of dead fish floating on the water, which is very distressing to watch.

In fact, Liu Junhao had expected this result. The ditch in the backyard was dug for eels.Generally, it is no more than [-] to [-] centimeters deep. It has been frozen hard a few days ago, and the chance of fish surviving in it is very small.

But he didn't expect that the loss would be so great this time, and there was not a single live fish in the ditch, which made people feel distressed.

It is not an option to put these dead fish in the backyard. They must be caught quickly, otherwise they will stink in the next week or so.Thinking of this, Liu Junhao hurriedly called Mr. Zhao next door to help catch the dead fish.

Professor Zhao was also very flustered when he saw the scene in the backyard, and quickly asked if there was any problem with the eel.

"I just dug a few days ago. This year's eels drilled deeper holes, and none of them froze to death." Liu Junhao replied.

"It's fine." Hearing that the eel was fine, Professor Zhao was finally relieved, and then comforted, "Anyway, these small fish are used as food for the eel, so it doesn't matter if they die."

The two of them fished back and forth by the side of the ditch with net bags. They were busy for nearly a whole morning, and finally cleaned up the dead fish in the ditch.

"Do you want to dig the ditch and drain the water inside?" Finally, Professor Zhao asked again.

"No, the water quality has not been polluted." Liu Junhao shook his head, turning his head to look at the pile of dead fish lying on the bank, worrying.

There is no other use for so many dead fish other than feeding the waterfowl in front of the door. The key is that those guys are not short of fish to eat now.If it doesn't work, dig a hole in the afternoon and bury all these dead fish.

They underestimated the food intake of the waterfowl. Just as the two threw baskets of dead fish to the edge of the woods, the waterfowl immediately robbed them for food.Soon the chickens and pheasants in the yard also joined the army of predators, and then the whole forest became lively.Various birds such as magpies, gray mazars, and white-headed small birds have joined in this feast one after another.

Many people think that only birds that swim in the water eat fish, but this is not the case. In fact, most birds have the habit of eating fish, provided they can catch fish.

Ever since he knew there was a crested ibis in Liujiagou, Liu Junhao has become interested in this legendary big bird. He has to go up the mountain every now and then to check carefully. He has photographed many rare birds, but unfortunately he has not seen even a crested ibis feather. Pass.

Now that there are so many birds by the ditch, Liu Junhao deliberately stood there to check for a while, but still did not see the legendary big bird.In all likelihood, this thing completely disappeared in Daqingshan.

There was such a big commotion here, it was quickly known by the tourists in the village, and they all came over with their cameras to take pictures.

Liu Junhao looked at it for a while, and was about to turn his head back to the yard, but was stopped by the old man: "Xiaohao, do you think the big river is flooded? Why do I feel that the water in this ditch has been rising?"

Professor Zhao stood by the wooden bridge for less than an hour, and was surprised to find that the water had risen at least five or six centimeters.

"Normal," Liu Junhao replied after glancing at the ducks jumping on the ice, "This should be due to the melting of the snow in the mountains. Even if the water in the big river rises, it will reach the edge of the embankment at most." The temperature has been high these two days, The snow on the sunny side of the mountain melts one after another, which will naturally increase the water potential of the mountain stream.The downstream sluice has limited discharge capacity, and it is normal for the water level in the ditch to rise.

Hearing his explanation, Mr. Zhao didn't think much, turned around and called Liu Junhao back to the yard to play chess.

The two soon discovered that things were not so simple. Within half an hour, the water had already overflowed the road and poured into the yard along the channel.

This time Liu Junhao couldn't calm down anymore, so he hurriedly took the shovel to the river embankment to check.

Before reaching the embankment, the two were already frightened by the scene ahead. The fields around the embankment were full of water, and many fish were jumping on the bank.

They didn't find out the reason until they saw the sluice on the embankment.

It has just thawed in the past two days, and there are a lot of miscellaneous things such as ice, aquatic plants, branches and dead leaves washed down from the upstream. I don’t know how to block the sluice, and finally cause the water level to continue to rise.

Liu Junhao hurried to the bottom of the river embankment, digging and hacking with a shovel, trying to dig the sluice open.Soon he realized that he had taken it for granted. The sluice was completely blocked by the amount of icy slugs stuffed inside, and there were endless branches and dead leaves piled up downwards, which he couldn't dig out by himself.

He had no choice but to take out his mobile phone and call Liu Guangju, asking him to call a few people to help raise the sluice completely.

There were so many people and strength, and it didn't take much effort. The sluice was completely opened, and the water flowed.It took more than half an hour for the water level to drop, and the ground was full of dead fish, but no one was interested in picking them up.

"Xiaohao, I'm going to hunt sweet potatoes on the street to make vermicelli tomorrow. Do you want to do it? If you do, put it in my car." On the way back, Er Mazi asked.

"Yes, I'll clean up this afternoon. I haven't eaten much sweet potatoes this year, so I'm just waiting to make vermicelli." In this autumn, he and Professor Zhao's family harvested several thousand catties of sweet potatoes. Except for some dried sweet potatoes, the rest Put them all in the well.When it was snowing, Professor Zhao was afraid that the sweet potatoes would be damaged by freezing, so he specially built a stack of reeds on top of the well.

(End of this chapter)