Golden Fishing Village

The next day, it started to drizzle, and heavy clouds hung in the sky. Although it was noon, the sky was still dark. As the weather forecast said, a rainstorm was brewing.

Ao Muyang prepared leather boots and a shovel. Ao Qianlai picked pears and pushed them to him. After seeing his equipment, he asked, "Yangzi, what are you going to do? Are you going to fight against floods?"

Hearing this, Ao Muyang laughed: "What floods to fight? It's just an autumn rain. I'm going to dig pits in Longxiang Lake to trap fish."

As they were chatting, the taciturn Ao Jinfu came to his door with a pile of bamboo baskets on his back, and stood outside timidly looking at the two of them.

Ao Muyang waved: "Come on, Fuzi, come in, Uncle Yang has pears here, come and eat them."

The boy looked at the pale and shiny big pears, then shook his head, put down the bamboo basket and was about to leave.

Ao Muyang held him, took out two hundred yuan and handed it to him, saying, "Here, for your grandfather, this is the cost of production."

The boy put his hands behind his back, pursed his lips and shook his head repeatedly, his attitude was very firm.

Ao Muyang stuffed the money into his pocket, and he immediately took it out and threw it on the ground.

Ao Qianlai looked at him with envy: "Hey, you silly kid, you have money but don't want it. Is there something wrong with your brain?"

Ao Jinfu finally spoke: "My grandfather won't let me take it, I'm going back."

After saying that, he ran away.

Ao Muyang tried to catch him but failed. The boy was very fast, like a swimming fish, and his figure was flexible.

The general thought he was going to stop the boy, so he immediately ran and blocked him in front with a bad face.

Facing the fat and strong general, Ao Jinfu was scared and his face turned pale. It was obvious that he was very afraid of dogs.

Ao Muyang quickly packed up a bag of plows, picked up a 1.2-meter-long mackerel from under the eaves, and then caught up with Ao Xiaofu and handed it to him: "Here, take it back for your grandfather to eat."

Ao Jinfu hesitated, and Ao Muyang frowned and said: "Why, your grandfather also said that you are not allowed to take fruits from my house? I won't give you money. Take this food back. Your grandfather always coughs. Steam pears for him to eat. This cures coughs."

Hearing this, the boy quickly glanced at him, silently picked up the fish and pears, and ran away with his head down.

Ao Muyang went home and picked up the bamboo basket at the door onto the cart.

These bamboo baskets are about 80 centimeters high. From the outside, the cross-section looks like the number 8. The whole looks like a gourd with an open mouth, thick at both ends and slender in the middle.

This is a traditional fishing tool for fishermen. No matter whether fish, shrimp, crab, loach, or eel drill into the mouth, they will immediately fall into the basket belly.

Because the bamboo basket is thin in the middle, it is difficult for the fish, shrimps and crabs that fall into it to climb out again, even if the bamboo basket is filled with water, they cannot escape.

Pushing the cart, Ao Muyang went to Longxiang Lake while the rain was still light.

The rain hit the lake surface with a crackling sound, and the raindrops fell, splashing countless small waves.

A group of geese flying south circled in the air, forming a herringbone shape, with a goose leading the way in front and a group chasing behind, circling in the air, and it seemed that they wanted to fall to avoid the rain.

Gusts of sea breeze blew by, and Ao Muyang subconsciously tightened his clothes. It was a bit cold today, and winter was not far away.

In autumn, when it rains heavily, the water level of Longxiang Lake will rise, and this is a good time to dig pits to trap fish.

What does digging pits to trap fish mean? It means digging pits by the lake to make traps, putting bait in these gourd bamboo baskets and burying them in the pits, and waiting for the lake water to rise and spread over the bamboo baskets, some fish, shrimps and crabs will get in.

In this way, we can wait until the rain stops to fish out the fish baskets.

Ao Qianlai followed to help. He was strong and sturdy. He waved a shovel quickly and dug several pits in a staggered manner in a short while.

There are some rules for digging pits by the lake. Ao Muyang has a specific goal. The place where they dig the pits must have traces of the target's activities. This is not an easy job.

Although Ao Qianlai is silly, he is a good fisherman. From childhood to adulthood, he may be the only one in the village who is wholeheartedly learning how to make a living from the lake and the sea, and has never been half-hearted.

Divided into two groups to bury all the fish baskets, Ao Muyang spread some water plants on them, and then went home to wait.

On the way, Ao Qianlai said: "Yangzi, can you share some of the fish with me?"

Ao Muyang did this job just on a whim. He wanted to reminisce an activity in his childhood, not for any gain.

So he said happily: "Okay, no problem."

Starting in the evening, the sea breeze increased, the rain increased, and an autumn rainstorm came!

The new house is ready for living. The furniture and appliances that Du Lei bought for him have been delivered, and the decoration smell is almost gone. After all, the decoration was done by his own people, and the materials used were good, so there is no pollution.

However, Ao Muyang was used to living in the old house, so he decided to wait until the weather got cold before moving to the new building. A few days ago, he asked Ao Fugui's family to help repair the roof, and covered it with a thick layer of kelp grass, so it was not afraid of wind and rain.

Watching the rain falling on the yard outside, he sat under the eaves in a daze.

The general turned around the recliner twice, then stretched his head out from under the armrest and put his paws on the recliner.

It stared at Ao Muyang, and after not being driven away, it began to take the next step, squirming its whole body and trying to climb up. After climbing up, it lay down obediently on the side of the recliner.

After a while, it found that Ao Muyang still did not respond, so it shook its body in a big way, squeezed Ao Muyang aside, and lay down comfortably.

The Leader jumped up, lay on it, dozed off with his eyes closed, his stomach rumbling, and began to chant Buddhist scriptures again.

Ao Muyang smiled, put his arm around the general's head, and continued to stare at the rain in a daze.

When the weather is bad, it's good to be alone in a daze.

The clear and cold rain poured down, and the branches and leaves of the Wanxiang tree were trembling continuously. Leaves were constantly being beaten down along with the rain, and the few remaining leaves were getting fewer and fewer.

The ground was full of bubbles, and the continuous bubbles rose and fell, adding some liveliness to the wide and lonely yard.

I don't know how long it took, his door was pushed open, and Ao Fugui ran over with a urea bag and a few things.

Ao Muyang asked: "Why are you here on such a rainy day?"

Ao Fugui put down the things, which were boiled peanuts, salted edamame and other side dishes.

He chuckled and said, "The power is out. I'm bored at home, so I came to have a drink and chat with you."

Ao Muyang had sauce-flavored snails and dried fish at home. He took two glasses of white wine and said, "You really can't stay idle. Your phone is out of power? If you have power, go find a girl to chat with. Why are you talking to me?"

Ao Fugui said, "The phone has power, but the WIFI has no signal."

Ao Muyang said, "Then call your lovers."

Ao Fugui took a sip of wine and said, "What a little lover. Hey, how are you and your little nurse? Why haven't I seen you contact each other recently?"

Ao Muyang said, "Don't talk nonsense. Whose little nurse? We just met for a marriage. We are not suitable and have no contact anymore."

Ao Fugui smacked his lips and said, "What a pity. The little nurse is pretty good. She is much better than the female leopard that Xiucai found. I really don't know what his parents think, letting Xiucai find such a woman."