Traveling through the Prosperous Pastoral of Peasant Girls

Chapter 2 Improved Shrimp Nets

Chapter 2 Improved Shrimp Net
Dad hurriedly said: "Mom, you also know that this year is not good, so I bought these for Chinese New Year. I originally planned to give some of them to my father and mother."

"Okay, I don't worry that Liu Tao is fine, chop up the meat, I'm going home to sleep."

Dad hurriedly found a knife to cut the meat, and as soon as he took the meat out of the bamboo basket, Fatty saw the paper bag scattered beside the meat. Big Fatty's eyes lit up when he saw Tang, and he quickly grabbed the meat inside the paper bag. I stuffed the two pieces of candy into my mouth, and chewed them with a "click, click". The family looked very distressed, but they didn't dare to say anything.Dad divided the meat into two pieces, one big and one small, and kept the big one for himself, and the small one for grandparents.However, Big Fatty yelled to eat fatty meat, grabbed the big piece in his hand, opened the door and ran out, and grandma followed Shi Shiran.After a while, there was a voice of cursing from the east courtyard, and my mother went out to listen and came back and said, "It was Big Fatty who took the meat back to his home, and her (Liu Tao) grandma asked for it, and the fat part was given to my sister-in-law." Cut it off and hid it, it is estimated that she will take it away when she returns to her mother's house after the Chinese New Year..."

This made Liu Tao angry, who is this big family?When grandma enters one's own home, it's like stealing things. Uncle's son enters his own house more casually than in theirs, let alone grandma, who actually embezzles grandma's things as gifts to give away to relatives... ..., co-authored, my family is a lamb to be slaughtered, it seems that life in this family will be very difficult in the future!

The big family of Liu Tao's family is composed of four small families. The grandparents, the uncle, the aunt, and the big fat Erya belong to the same family, and they all lived together.The third uncle, the third aunt and the two sons belong to the same family, and they live separately.My father is the second child among the boys, and they separated from each other in the early years. Their family is not well received, because there are two daughters in the family who lose money, and the whole family treats their family differently. Usually, I don't have much contact with grandparents, uncles and aunts.It wasn't until the last year that Liu Taogao climbed the golden seedlings of the landlord's house, and grandma came here every now and then to take a look, and grab some interesting things by the way.

Grandpa also has an older brother who lives next door to his grandpa. Liu Tao calls them grandpa and grandma. The relationship between the two families is not very good.The grandfather's second son is said to be doing business in the capital, and the fourth son is farming at home.

Liu Tao was surprised that the time was not in sync with the year when she drowned, but the month and day were in sync. Today is the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, and the new year will be five days away.After sleeping through the night, it will be the 26th of the twelfth lunar month.

The next day, Liu Tao woke up early, it was quite cold last night, the strong ceiling was drafty, the torn quilt was not warm, and the kang under her body was freezing cold in the middle of the night, Liu Tao took advantage of the second half of the night Thinking about how to make this year a little richer.The original owner's parents were discussing the family's finances last night. From their conversation, she knew that the family didn't have much money in the first place. After buying the necessary necessities for the new year, there were only fifty taels of money left.The father of the original owner had the ambition to be a small landlord since he was a child, but luck was not good. When the family was separated, they were only allocated a [-]-acre sloping field in the west of the village and a [-]-acre barren pond adjacent to it.These years, it has been very difficult to support the family. Not to mention spending money to buy land, in order to make their family live better, they have leased the six acres of land from Jin Yang's family for several years.However, in addition to paying the rent, part of the small harvest has to be given to grandparents. After all this, there is not much left. In addition to the sloping land of my own home, I can barely support my family.

Grandpa usually doesn't like to talk, but he knows how to live, and he is a little weak and afraid of his wife.She has the final say on grandma's domineering family affairs, and she also likes to take advantage, especially for Liu Tao's family. If Liu Tao's family has good things, they have to hide them, and if she sees them, she must take some of them.If not, she would accuse people of being unfilial.

Early in the morning, Liu Tao got up and saw her mother making breakfast, so she took her younger brother Liu Mao to wander outside the courtyard, intending to get familiar with the geographical location of her home and her own industrial structure as soon as possible.Not far from the house is the river where she and Jin Yang fell into the water, but the place where they fell into the water is still half a mile to the west.

The younger brother Liu Mao was wearing a torn padded jacket, and his nose was dripping from the cold. Liu Tao asked him some questions about the village. After his wife died in [-], he remarried to the second room and gave birth to a young son, Huang Shansong, who often bullied Fatty and him.Liu Tao asked again what was produced in the river in the south of the village. Da Mao only said that there were a lot of shrimps, carp and crucian carp, and a fish called black wolf, which was poisonous. When it came to this, he was a little impatient and urged his sister go home quickly.Fortunately, when the golden seedlings came from a distance, Liu Tao asked Liu Mao to go home first.

Jin Yang who got up so early had the same thoughts as him, he had been wandering alone for a while, and when he saw Liu Tao, he came over inadvertently.Although this place is a remote place, people's feudal thinking is surprisingly serious. If a man and a woman in their teens are too close together, there will be boring people gossiping. Fortunately, the two have a marriage contract, and they are not afraid of others talking when they are together. Root, look at the situation where no one on the left and right ask each other about each other's situation.

"Haha, Liu Tao, my family is a wealthy family. It's not as poor as yours. I think we are quite satisfied after we have crossed over..."

"Hey, brother Jinyang, what's wrong with my family being poor? I didn't cause it. We will use our own hands to reform it! But you, senior, are afraid that the poor peasants will stand up and fight the landlords, and your family will be miserable by then. gone."

The two joked for a while, and Jin Yang suddenly said seriously: "Liu Tao, the country we traveled through is the Daqing Kingdom, and I don't know what dynasty it is in in history... It should be a small country in a corner. Although my family is relatively rich, it is still far from the life we ​​used to live in. I don’t want to live in this world anymore, and I really want to go back..."

This reminded Liu Tao of her parents in another world. She was the only child in her family, and she didn't know what happened to them when they heard the sad news of her death. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but shed tears.

Jin Yang's mood was the same as hers, but he was a man after all, he supported Liu Tao's shoulders, wiped away her tears and said firmly and boldly: "I guess I won't be able to go back, but we are all excellent students of the Agricultural University. Now that this country is dominated by agriculture, won’t we change our destiny just by ourselves?”

"That's right, Brother Jinyang, in my original owner's memory, I swore to you that we would make a fortune, and we would compare ourselves to the original owner's enemy's big cousin, and avenge our innocent beating!"

"Well, I just remembered what you said. There is a common revenge to avenge, and we must avenge it..." After Liu Tao reminded, Jin Yang immediately remembered the scene of the innocent being beaten, and gritted his teeth. ring.

"Jin Yang, ah, brother Jin Yang, my top priority now is how to make my family have a good year, and I don't worry about other things."

"Yeah, your family's situation is quite special, let's figure out a solution together after dinner." Liu Tao's memory was pulled out of Jin Yang's hatred.At this time, there was a faint voice calling Jin Yang to go home for dinner. Jin Yang said, "Come to my house after dinner. I found an old fishing net in my house. If you modify it, you can catch it without going into the water." Shrimp, bye." Then he turned and ran away.

After breakfast, Liu Tao found Jin Yang's house based on her memory. Jin Yang's house was quite different from his house. Entering from the tall gatehouse, it was a whole building of six green brick houses, including wing rooms on both sides. They are also brick structures.The east wing is where food and groceries are stored, and the door is closed, while the west wing is open to show off. There are mules, cows and horses tied to the trough, and a long-term laborer is diligently feeding the animals.There are two carts parked in the yard, the two big mulberry trees are as thick as a willow peach, and the big corn cobs with corn buds are woven together in clusters, hanging all over the trunk of the mulberry tree, which is eaten by most people. The poor village that is not full is eye-catching.

In fact, although Brother Jinyang's family is a landlord, it is a real landowner. The actual property is 45 acres of high-quality land. Except for his own family planting [-] acres, the rest are rented out. The grain produced and the tenants are [-]% , tenants accounted for [-]%, landlords accounted for [-]%.There is no other income except collecting rent for a year, and it is very expensive to support a son who is studying in the county.Right now, he only hired a long-term worker, and Jin Yang's father also went to work in the fields when the farming was busy.The food of the family did not dare to be extravagant, it was only a little bit better than the average family.

Jin Yang's grandma has two sons and a daughter. The two sons are Jin Yang's uncle and father. His grandfather passed away a few years ago, and his grandma lived with them in a big yard.Since his grandfather passed away, his uncle's house has been divided into another family, and the yards are next to each other.

Liu Tao's aunt got married more than ten years ago, and married an ordinary family in the town, because the eldest daughter married a big landlord in Qifeng Town last year as the concubine, and she opened a grocery store with the gift money from marrying her daughter. The eldest aunt is also Uncle Jin Yang's daughter-in-law.

What Liu Tao didn't know yet was that Jin Yang's aunt, her aunt, was conspiring with her uncle and aunt, planning to have her fat younger sister, Erya, marry Jin Yang instead of Liu Tao, and also with Jin Yang's aunt. Mom mentioned it. Jin Yang's mother is still hesitating and hasn't given a definite answer yet. Jin Yang's grandma agrees a little bit. After all, Liu Tao's uncle is valued by the elderly at home. When the time comes, Erya and Jin Yang will get married. Sometimes, the dowry will be much more than that of Liu Tao's family.

Brother Jin Yang's grandma was coming out of the house, and she saw Liu Tao looking around in the yard at a glance, and when she saw this poor girl, she let out an unhappy "hum" in her nose.

Seeing her, Liu Tao immediately approached and called out sweetly, "Grandma, have you eaten?" Liu Tao really couldn't think of anything to say hello to, so she asked about eating just like the villagers meeting each other now.

"Eat, why, do you want to find my seedlings to catch shrimps again? I think you will kill my golden seedlings sooner or later!"

Liu Tao admired the old woman's perceptual ability, but her original memory told her that she couldn't confront the old woman, and she couldn't deny to catch shrimps, so she smiled and said: "Grandma, I have a long memory, and I won't do it again." Going into the water..."

Liu Tao thought that after the net was finished, she would have to continue fishing for shrimps, but she didn't dare to say it, so she had to change her mind and say that she couldn't get into the water.It seemed that Grandma Jinyang was relieved after hearing Liu Tao's words, so she stopped talking to Liu Tao and went out on her own.

"Liu Tao, come in, it's so cold outside." Hearing the voice, Jin Yang urged her while opening the door.

This house belongs to Brother Jin Yang's family, and Jin Yang's second uncle also lives in a separate courtyard from them, but because of a quarrel during the division of the family property, the relationship between the two families is not good.Jin Yang's father was away on business and was not at home. His mother was a little cold towards Liu Tao, probably because Liu Tao almost caused her son's death.

"Liu Tao, are you thinking about going to the river to catch shrimps again? Can you save your adults some snacks?" His mother asked coldly.

Liu Tao was told that she was on her mind, but she still didn't dare to lie, because if she didn't admit it, she couldn't go to the river secretly, and she couldn't tell a lie. If her mother caught her by the river, she would have a bad impression of her future daughter-in-law who was duplicity. Greatly discounted.Besides, the shrimps that were caught had to be separated from the two families, and no matter how smart people were fooled, they would not be full of flaws.

Fortunately, Jin Yang came out to smooth things over for Liu Tao: "Mom, we are going to catch shrimps, but this time we don't need to go into the water, it will be much safer if we don't go into the water."

"No, no matter what you say, I can't make you mess around. If you are gone, this year won't be able to survive?"

"Mother-in-law, let's catch shrimps. If you are worried, just let us watch it. We said that if you don't go into the water, you won't go into the water." The two parents agreed, and they changed their words symbolically before.Seeing that she disagreed with them catching shrimps, she could only beg.

"Look at you two messing around, Jin Yang, why don't you read more books to increase your knowledge, and see how hard your brother is studying, but you know how to play all day long, it's so fun, and you won't be able to pass the exam when you are [-]!"

"Mom, isn't it the New Year's Eve? I won't play after the New Year. I really like to eat shrimps. There are no ones for sale this winter. I can only catch them myself. There is no need to go into the water, and there is no danger."

"Okay, you can make troubles if you want, I don't care about you..." His mother said impatiently.

With his mother's permission, Jin Yang took the tattered fishing net. Liu Tao estimated that the mesh was only one inch, which could just filter out fish and shrimps that were too small, and it was suitable for catching big shrimps.This fishing net is very large, with a vertical stick at one end, two upper and lower nets to fix the mesh, iron pendants on the lower net, and a few sparse wooden blocks on the upper net as floats. It is for two people to go into the water to fish and shrimp. The lifting net, because it has been used for a long time, is very damaged.

In their previous lives, they were high-achieving students of the Agricultural University, and they had a certain understanding of freshwater aquaculture and fishing. The fishery department of the university also had a special fish pond and shrimp pond. These college students sometimes used their own shrimp nets to poach campus aquatic products. Some lobsters and crayfish raised in scientific research experiments were brought back to the dormitory to eat meat. I am familiar with the structure of the net for fishing and shrimp.They set up a place in the main room, Jin Yang was in charge of picking and cutting the complete mesh pieces, and Liu Tao was in charge of sewing, and they wanted to transform the carrying net into a large-mouth drag net.After an hour, a simple net for catching fish and shrimp ~ pull net was formed, and only one-third of all the net pieces were used.

What they make is a kind of large-mouth net. On the top is a bamboo pole less than two meters long. The bamboo pole is used as a float, and the buoyancy of the bamboo pole is used to ensure the opening of the net. Opening is like the bloody mouth of a shark.As long as a rope is tied to the bamboo pole, and the net is equipped with a net pendant of appropriate weight to ensure that the bottom line is close to the bottom of the water, and the two are coordinated, the big-mouth net will be hugged at the bottom of the water with its mouth open. The moving shrimp has entered the net.

When they reached the river, the river was either big or small. The widest part was two miles, and the narrowest part was only three to five hundred meters. The banks on both sides were also very irregular. .They found a river fork with a width of 500 meters at the widest point, and opened the rope from the end of the river fork. The golden rice seedlings and fishing nets were on the widest side, Liu Tao and her future mother-in-law were on the other side with the rope ends, and the golden rice seedlings were on the other side. The fishing net was tied from the other side, and after shouting "OK", Liu Tao began to pull the rope unhurriedly. Jin Yang saw that the net had been launched smoothly, and hurried to Liu Tao's side to help him pull the net. His mother just played the role of guardianship with a wooden bucket, but she didn't extend her hand to help, she didn't believe that they could catch shrimps, and let them toss.

The first net full of expectations did not catch a few shrimps, but when they saw the shrimps, the two recognized that it was a kind of green shrimp. Enough for a catty.This gave the two people great hope, and they began to look for the faults of the net. After deliberating for a long time, they concluded that the buoyancy of the bamboo pole was too high, and the bottom of the net was not completely scraped. Therefore, the shrimps who do not like to move in winter did not have a lot of pockets. Come to the net.Jin Yang found two bricks of the same size and tied them to both ends of the net to reduce the buoyancy of the bamboo pole.His mother listened to the two talking: "Brother Jinyang, the current water surface is just a little ice on the edge of the water. The water temperature is estimated to be about ten degrees. The activity of the shrimps will not be too large. They are lying on the bottom of the water and do not like to move." Yes, when the water temperature rises in summer, it will be difficult to catch shrimps if they have a lot of activity.”

"That's right, shrimps start to move and eat when they reach [-] degrees. Shrimp with a lot of activity will avoid fishing nets. Of course, it's not easy to catch..." She was at a loss when she heard these words.

The second net with bricks added to both ends of the bottom line of the net was really rewarding. Because the mesh was suitable, most of the small shrimps that hatched that year were filtered out. One net got five catties of prawns, except for the shrimps. In the net, I saw two black wolffish with dark stripes weighing more than a catty, one crucian carp, six or seven small miscellaneous fish, and three crayfish.It seems that there are still crayfish in the creek, but the number is too small. It is estimated that the black wolf and other miscellaneous fish have eaten most of them, and they have not been able to reproduce in large quantities.

(End of this chapter)