Perfect pastoral life

Chapter 64 Catching the Eel

Arriving at the paddy field where the seedlings were to be transplanted, Chen Datian was pulling the string in the paddy field to prepare for the transplanting.

In order to make the planted seedlings straight and beautiful, the line drawn in the paddy field is usually used as a benchmark, wide and narrow, and the seedlings are inserted in the paddy field along the straight line. The seedlings inserted in this way are not only beautiful, but also very scientific.

This is the wide-narrow spacing planting method in rice planting. When the seedlings grow into rice slowly, the side with the wide spacing will receive more sunlight, which will allow the rice to perform photosynthesis more fully and increase the yield of rice.

Chen Mu unloaded the seedlings from his shoulders, and shouted to Chen Datian in the paddy field, "Uncle, you can throw the seedlings."

Chen Datian said: "Throw it away, throw more in the middle of the paddy field, it will be difficult to throw away after the seedlings are planted."

Chen Mu nodded and started throwing seedlings.

The seedlings had been tied into small bundles. He picked up two bundles of seedlings and shook them vigorously. The seedlings drew two graceful arcs in the air and stood firmly in the paddy field.

As for why the seedlings can stand in the paddy fields instead of falling into the water, it is because the roots of the seedlings accumulate water and are covered with soil, which makes the roots of the seedlings relatively heavy. The process of the seedlings falling is driven by gravity, and the roots naturally fall down first, just right. Can stand in paddy fields.

Seeing his father throwing seedlings, Chen Xiaoyu yelled happily;
"Rake rake, small fish have to throw seedlings too, it's fun to throw seedlings."

Chen Mu had nothing to do with Chen Xiaoyu, so he handed her a small bundle of seedlings; "The little fish has to be thrown into the paddy field, you know."

"Know it."

Chen Xiaoyu took the seedling with full confidence. She gathered her strength, and with a flick of her hands, the seedling flew out, but it landed only one meter away from her.The moment the seedlings fell into the water, water splashed and made her wet.

"Oh, I don't want to throw the little fish, it's so hard to throw the seedlings." Chen Xiaoyu frowned.

Chen Mu wiped off the water droplets on her clothes, and said with a smile;

"So, Xiao Yu just sit on the sidelines and watch. You are too small to use your strength at all."

"Okay, little fish, watch the rake rake and throw seedlings."

Chen Xiaoyu finally stopped torturing, and stood obediently on the ridge of the field watching.

The sun in the sky was getting bigger and bigger. Chen Mu took off his straw hat and put it on for his daughter to prevent her from being sunburned.

After throwing away the seedlings, Chen Mu began to work in the field to plant seedlings.

The water in the paddy field is very shallow, and it looks like it has just been covered with mud. When you enter the paddy field, step on your feet in the cold and soft muddy water, and the soles of your feet immediately feel indescribably comfortable, just like being massaged.

Suddenly at this moment, Chen Mu stepped on a slippery object, and he was startled, the object slowly slipped between his toes.Chen Mu realized something, and quickly bent down and stuck his hands into the soil, as if he had caught something long and slippery.

When I pinched it, it turned out to be a ricefield eel the size of a thumb.

When Chen Datian saw that his nephew had caught ricefield eels, he said, "There are a lot of ricefield eels in this field. I caught more than two catties yesterday."

"Uncle, are there so many eels in the field?" Chen Mu was a little surprised.

"Uncle, I won't lie to you." Chen Datian said honestly, "This hilly field has not been fertilized, and it is all farmyard manure from home, so there are especially many rice field eels and loaches."

Chen Mu listened and nodded, he naturally knew what uncle meant.

Chen Mu remembered that when he was young, loaches and eels in the paddy fields were flooded. They liked to drill into the soil, especially the soil below the field ridges, making small holes everywhere at the bottom of the field ridges, causing water loss in the fields. Often cause serious damage to paddy fields.

But nowadays, due to the excessive use of chemical fertilizers in rice fields, the environment of rice fields has been destroyed. It is difficult for rice field eels and loaches to survive under the effects of chemical fertilizers, and their reproductive ability has been greatly reduced, and they are even extinct.

Therefore, it is difficult to see rice field eels anymore, even if there are, they are rare in number, and they are not big, and wild rice field eels will become a rare species.

Now that the uncle said that no chemical fertilizers had been applied to the paddy field, Chen Mu would naturally understand it. No wonder he stepped on eels just after he left the field.

With this in mind, before rice seedlings were planted in the paddy fields, Chen Mu wanted to catch some eels and go back to cook.

When I was young, I often went to catch eels in the paddy fields with my friends. Chen Mu has rich experience. Even if he hasn't practiced for more than ten or twenty years, he still has the skills to catch eels.

Don't underestimate the catch of rice field eels, there is a lot of knowledge and skills in it.It is best to catch ricefield eels at night, when the sun shines during the day, the weather is hot, the soil absorbs heat, and at night it will release the heat, and the ricefield eels will drill out of the soil following the heat. At this time, just take a flashlight and shine it directly into the paddy field. Just catch them with eel traps.

However, snakes and insects appear at night, which is more dangerous, so be careful not to step on poisonous snakes.Most field eels are hidden in the soil during the day, and to find them you must rely on rich experience and eyesight.

Eels burrow into the soil, leaving small holes in the surface of the soil, find their openings, and slide their fingers directly into the holes.The next step is to rely on the sense of touch, because the soil in the field is soft, and the fingers may deviate from the eel hole with a little force. Once they deviate from the eel hole, it is almost impossible to catch them again.

Even if you find the cave correctly, you may not be able to grasp the eel firmly. They are slippery and can easily slip out of your hands.Moreover, eels can bite people, and a bite from it will be extremely painful.

Now that the water in the field is clear and shallow, it is easy to find eel holes.

Chen Mu glanced around his feet, and sure enough, a finger-sized hole came into view. He bent down and put his index finger into the soil along the hole until his whole hand was submerged in the soil. Finally, he touched the rice field eel.He immediately stretched out his five fingers, grabbed it hard, and quickly pulled out the eel. With enough strength, the eel was tightly held in the palm of his hand.

"Wow, Rake caught the rice field eel again, Rake is so good." Chen Xiaoyu cheered.

Chen Mu took the rice field eel to the edge of the field, and Chen Xiaoyu was waiting there early with a small bamboo basket, and when he saw his father approaching, he stretched out the small bamboo basket excitedly;

"Rake rake, put the eel in here."

Chen Mu put the eel into the small bamboo basket, turned around and went to look for the eel hole again.

The eels in this paddy field were really flooded. In a short time, Chen Mu caught more than thirty rice eels, large and small, and a lot of loaches. It was a good harvest.

After catching the eels, Chen Mu began to plant rice seedlings with his uncle.

Chen Datian has been farming all his life, and he has long practiced the unique skill of transplanting rice seedlings. His movements of transplanting rice seedlings are quick and proficient.

Chen Mu didn't have the skills of his uncle. The seedlings he planted were wobbly and crooked, and the key speed was really slow.At this time, Chen Datian had already planted a small half of the paddy field, but Chen Mu hadn't finished planting the few bundles of seedlings around him. This efficiency can only be hehe.

Planting rice seedlings is actually a very laborious task. Bending over to plant rice seedlings for a day can make an old farmer suffer from backaches, let alone a novice like Chen Mu who has not transplanted rice seedlings for more than ten years.

At the end of the day, Chen Mu was exhausted, exhausted, and his body was sore. He had a deep understanding of the hard work of farmers.

Just like his uncle, who has been planting farmland all his life, his face has been tanned by the sun, his hands are covered with calluses, and he still works hard to stick to the field. They are the greatest farmer uncles.

　These two chapters are relatively leisurely, maybe this is the pastoral life,,, please ask for a collection recommendation ticket,,,

　　


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