Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 38 Catching Fish
Father Qiao couldn't think of it, but he couldn't persuade them, it would be tantamount to telling them to give up their children, not to mention Sun Ying, even he couldn't do it.

Mother Qiao was also very sad, and asked Qiao Miwei, "Is there really no other way?"

"...No." Qiao Miwei really didn't want to say that.

After all, Father Qiao was the head of the family. Although he felt uncomfortable, he was still rational. He said to Qiao Miwei, "Go and tell the village chief to tell the whole village to watch out for mosquitoes."

Mother Qiao reflexively wanted to stop her, how could the village head believe this, if the village head asked back, how would Wei Wei explain?But Qiao Miwei comforted Qiao's mother, "I'll tell you, Mom, don't worry, I won't say much, at most I will say that there are more mosquitoes and flies recently, let everyone pay attention, as for how many people will pay attention to precautions, it is not me It’s under control.” After speaking, she put on her poncho and went to find the village chief.

The village chief’s family all strung beaded curtains in the house. The door curtains of the rural people basically planted grass beads by themselves, harvested the seeds, dried them and strung them together. As for the scientific name of the grass beads, no one paid attention to them. The village chief’s family originally There is a door curtain, but there are too many mosquitoes and flies this year, so I dug out all the grass beads I collected before, and planned to make a tighter one.

Seeing Qiao Miwei coming, the village head stopped what he was doing, and the village head's wife poured tea for Qiao Miwei, "Little Qiao, what's the matter with you?"

Qiao Miwei said, "Village Chief, you have also noticed that there have been a lot of mosquitoes recently? Seeing that the torrential rain has been falling for a month, I always feel that there is something wrong with the mosquitoes. Look, should you inform the village? People, let everyone be careful of mosquitoes and flies?"

The village head nodded, "Okay, Xiao Qiao, I've been thinking about this matter for a long time, and I always feel that there are more mosquitoes and flies than in previous years. Not only are the heads smaller, but they are also more poisonous. An old hen in my family that day After being bitten, I developed a fever and died in less than two days. I was planning to shed my hair and eat it. Who would have thought that as soon as the hair fell off, I would see a red envelope that was bitten by a mosquito, which was as big as a ping pong ball. It's all rotten, so I'm worried about preparing a tighter curtain for the house."

Qiao Miwei breathed a sigh of relief. Since the village chief has realized the danger of mosquitoes, that's fine. She stood up and said, "Since you also know the dangers of mosquitoes, then I won't bother you. The house is also busy sealing doors and windows." , I’ll go back first.”

The village chief sent Qiao Miwei out with a smile, and at night, he heard a loudspeaker in each village, telling the whole village to pay attention to mosquitoes and flies.

Qiao Miwei was afraid that the village chief’s warning would not be enough, so she went to Aunt Wang’s and Aunt Li’s house to remind them to be careful not to be bitten by mosquitoes. Aunt Wang and Aunt Li were very grateful to her and said they would take good precautions .

In the past two days, Qiao's father called Sun Ying three times a day, but the child's condition is not optimistic, especially the child's resistance is still weak, and now I don't know if he can survive these two days, and Sun Ying is alone The big man also cried several times when he was on the phone.

That day, Qiao Miwei and Qiao's father were loosening the soil for the vegetables in the garden. Wu Dongwei came to ask Qiao Miwei to catch fish.

Qiao Miwei put the tools aside, poured a glass of water and handed it to Father Qiao, and drank it himself, "Where are you going to catch fish? It's raining so hard, don't get wet anymore."

Wu Dongwei said, "Not far away, only fifty miles away, there is a reservoir over there, you should have seen it when you went to the county."

Having said that, Qiao Miwei knew that she had indeed seen that reservoir, but she just glanced at it from a distance.

Wu Dongwei continued, "The heavy rain was so heavy that even the reservoir burst its embankment, and the fish ran to the nearby fields with the flood. Don't worry, the terrain there is flat and there are no mountains on all sides. It is impossible for water to come out. There were already some yesterday. A lot of people have gone fishing, so let’s do the same.”

There is a fish pond in Qiao Miwei's Taoyuan, so she is not very interested in fishing for fish, but Qiao's father inquired about the terrain there, and after knowing that there is really no water, he said to Qiao Miwei, "You Go, it's been a long time, you haven't gone anywhere, don't stay at home like us."

In the past two days, the whole family has been in a bad mood because of the matter of the eldest brother's child. Father Qiao asked her to go out to relax for her own good. Go change clothes." She entered the room and told Mother Qiao, who told her to be careful, Qiao Miwei agreed while changing clothes, "Got it, Wu Dongwei will lead me there, he said, he knows a safe path, You can go directly, the people in the village are all going there, it is very safe, don’t worry, I will come back soon.”

Wu Dongwei came here on his family's motorcycle, and there was a fish basket tied to the back of the car, because he knew that no matter how much he wore, he would get wet sooner or later, so Qiao Miwei only wore suspenders and shorts under the poncho, and his feet were wet. I wore high-top rain boots and covered the lower legs that the rain poncho could not cover, so that it was very convenient to sit in the back seat of the car.

The easy path Wu Dongwei said was actually not easy to walk. After all, it rained for such a long time, and all roads were muddy. Even though it was only fifty miles away, they walked for nearly an hour to arrive, and they could see it from a distance. There were a lot of people catching fish in the field, shouting and shouting, and the water was not deep, at least not as deep as the silted water in Qiao Miwei's field.

Wu Dongwei parked the motorcycle by the tree and locked it. Qiao Miwei untied the fish basket from the motorcycle and carried it on his back. Someone shouted from a distance, "Dawei, you are here too? Who is following behind?" "

Wu Dongwei replied loudly, "It's Sister Qiao, how many have you caught?" The two of them waded into the water, and from time to time there were a few shriveled small fish jumping in the muddy water, but they were basically ignored. It was the big fish that were caught, and Qiao Miwei was not greedy, so he let the small fish go and followed.

As he got closer to the crowd, he saw occasional fish tails flashing in the field, and many people greeted them along the way. Only then did Qiao Miwei know that at least half of the people in this group came from Wujia Village. No wonder Wu Dongwei wanted to bring them along. When she came, she put down the fish basket, lowered her head and kicked it with her feet, and found a small fish in the water. She turned her head and asked, "How do we catch it?"

Wu Dongwei lifted the poncho, and untied a small fishing net from his waist, "Let's fish, you grab these two sides."

Qiao Miwei took the fishing net, grabbed the two corners tightly, and followed Wu Dongwei's movements. They buried the fishing net in the water and walked with their feet. They felt the weight of the fishing net and quickly lifted it. After two or three times, Qiao Miwei found it. As expected, when the net was collected for the fifth time, a big fish and two small fish cubs were caught in the fishing net. Wu Dongwei grabbed the gills of the big fish and threw them away with a flick of his hand. As for the two little fish cubs, he didn't like them, and threw them away with a shake of his hand. Qiao Mi yelled slightly, "Don't throw them away, take them back to feed the chickens."

"Oh." Wu Dongwei replied, "Then let's set the net lower, so we can catch more fish."

The two went back and forth like this, and caught four or five big fish in a short time. As for the small fish, there were no counts, and they also caught a lot of shrimps, and sometimes even small crabs, but they were not big enough. Too small and can only be put away and fed to chickens.

They walked and caught all the way, and slowly they joined the big team. Everyone was chatting and fishing. They also let Qiao Miwei and the two of them watch the fish they caught. Guessing in his mind that there must be a hundred or ten items, he couldn't help but click his tongue.

The fish here are both live and dead. Qiao Miwei and the others caught dead fish more than once. Originally, Qiao Miwei wanted to keep them and take them back to feed the chickens, but Wu Dongwei stopped them. Motorcycles can’t carry too much weight. Things, plus she still has fish to bring back, it’s about the same, and there are a lot of live fish, there is no need to work hard to bring back dead fish, Qiao Miwei thought the same thing, so he grabbed it Throwing away the dead fish, she just wanted to rinse her hands in the water, only to find that some red things were rubbed on her hands, which looked like rust, or what was left after something rotted, she felt sick and quickly stretched out her hands When I got to the water, I washed it well, and looked at the fish I just threw away just now, wondering if it was rubbed against it.

When I didn't pay attention to these, I didn't think, now I look carefully, why is there such dark red flocculent things like rust in the water?Can't help but have the dead fish, even in the water, she took a step back, and a lot of it was hanging on the upper of the shoe, Qiao Miwei stared straight at the red things, and suddenly a picture in the dream Lightning flashed across her mind, her heart skipped a beat, the net in her hand fell, and the fish in the net jumped into the water crackling, and disappeared with a flick of its tail. Wu Dongwei was chatting with other people with his head turned sideways, when suddenly Feeling the lightness of the fishing net in his hand, he yelled, "Net, the net is loose." When he turned around, he saw Qiao Mi's slightly dumbfounded look.

The fish in the net has already been lost, but there are plenty of fish here, so Wu Dongwei doesn’t feel sorry if he catches them again. He greeted Qiao Miwei, “Sister Qiao? going or not?"

Wu Dongwei turned his head and shouted, "Wait a minute, let me ask."

Qiao Miwei had already recovered, but her face was pale. She raised her head and said, "Let's go back, this fish is gone."

Wu Dongwei was surprised, "Why? Are you uncomfortable? Then let's stop catching, and there will be a lot of these fish in Louli."

Qiao Miwei stepped forward to pull the fish reel, "I don't want these anymore, I suspect there is something wrong with these fish, let's go back quickly."

Wu Dongwei didn't expect that she would catch the fish reel, and she pulled down the heavy fish reel without warning, and the fish in it scrambled out, he quickly lowered his head to catch it, Qiao Mi took a step forward, and Pulling his arm, "Don't catch it, this fish is not edible."

Wu Dongwei is a simple and honest guy. He came out to catch fish this time to relax, and catching fish was second. Although he didn't know why Qiao Miwei said that these fish were not edible, he was not the kind of person who cares, and he was even more unwilling to share with him. Who spat.

(End of this chapter)