Start as a farmer from an ordinary world

Chapter 7 Meeting the Wolf
Fish is a rarity in the Loess Plateau, and many farmers living in the mountain village of Gelao have never even seen it, let alone eat it.From the memories of my previous life, I know that even in Yuanxi County, fresh fish is rare.

Only during the holidays, some frozen fish will be transported from other places, attracting cadres and citizens to line up in long queues at the non-staple food stores to buy them.

And the price is more expensive than native chicken, and it can sell for more than one piece per catty.

Wang Manyin originally planned to go to Mijia Town today to buy a few more native chickens to raise, but now he changed his mind.In the morning, continue to look for fry along the Dongla River.

But this time I can't do it empty-handed anymore, the efficiency of catching fish is too low.Wang Manyin thought for a while, and put the only two wattle baskets at home and a few broken earthen jars into the space.

Then he led the rhubarb and walked leisurely towards the back of the village.

When approaching the head of Shuangshui Village, I took a detour on purpose.

This was done naturally to avoid running into the old father-in-law's family.

After all, I just promised to live a good life last night, and wandered around the next day.

If the old man saw it, he would definitely not give him a good face.

After walking around Shuangshui Village for a while, Wang Manyin came to Dongla River again.

Soon, he chose a relatively flat puddle with many aquatic plants growing around it.

In such a terrain, there are nine out of ten fish.

In addition, there are cliffs on both sides, so few people should come here.

Looking around, Wang Manyin immediately entered the space.

Then, he took the shovel and dug down a small spiral mound beside the pond.

Two fat earthworms were immediately dug out, one of which was black and about the thickness of chopsticks, exuding a strong stench.

This earthworm was introduced from the outside a few days ago, mainly to improve the soil quality, and it is just right to use it to lure fish.When they breed more in the future, they can also be used as food for chickens.

Due to the soil quality and lack of water, there are very few earthworms on the Loess Plateau, and they only exist sporadically in wet depressions.

In order to find these earthworms, Wang Manyin searched back and forth many times, and even dug the dung pile at the head of the village, but only caught two to three hundred of them.

Now it seems that they are also very suitable for the space environment, and the growth rate is amazing.

After catching more than a dozen earthworms one after another, Wang Manyin smashed them with a wooden stick, mixed them with some pieces of corn nests, and put them into the bottom of those crocks respectively, covering each with a ball of grass for compaction.

At this point, a simple fishing tank is ready.

This idea was born out of Wang Manyin's childhood experience of catching fish with canned jars.

Taking an earthen jar, he carefully put it into the puddle.Then, continue downstream to pick a suitable location.

After about an hour, Wang Manyin finally put out several earthen jars.

The whole process was very smooth, and I didn't even meet a single person, which saved a lot of trouble.

Don't be afraid even if someone comes... There is rhubarb guarding on the edge of the cliff, if anyone approaches, it will give a warning sound at the first time.

Returning to the first earthen pot, Wang Manyin saw the water splashing slightly from the mouth of the pot, and his face immediately showed joy.

This movement shows that there are fish, and there are many.

He walked quickly to the edge of the puddle and quickly lifted the crock.Then enter the space and dump the contents of the crock on the yellow earth.

Crash... As the muddy water flowed out, seven or eight fish kept jumping.

A few finger-long ears of wheat, squid, crucian carp, and loach are all common freshwater fish in the north.

Wang Manyin threw them into the pond, then left the space and walked towards the second drop point.

There was a new surprise this time, and I caught a few small river prawns from the jar.There are no worries about the growth of seedlings, so Wang Manyin put them into the pond as usual.

Then the third place, the fourth place...

All the earthen pots were recycled, and the harvest was full.There are seven or eight crucian carp and five carp fry.

The rest are miscellaneous fish such as wheat ears, squid, loach, etc. These will not grow up, so they can only be kept for later frying into small crispy fish.

After he was busy, Wang Manyin realized that it was noon before he knew it.

My current location is considered to be the lower reaches of the Dongla River, about fifteen miles away from Guanzi Village, and it takes at least two hours to go home.

It just so happens that there are unfinished corn nests in the space, so it's better to deal with one bite.

After entering the space, Wang Manyin slapped his head: I am really confused, I can completely cook in the space by lighting a fire.

I was afraid that the food would be stolen by mice, so I stored it all in the space.

There are also those earthen pots, which can be used as pots after being cleaned.

Get another handful of vegetables, beat a few eggs, and make two bowls of egg soup.

As for firewood, there are a lot of thorns and wormwood growing on the edge of this cliff, and a bundle can be burned immediately...

Speaking of which, it was the first time for Wang Manyin to cook in space, so he was naturally cautious during the whole process, for fear of being poisoned by carbon dioxide later.

Therefore, after lighting the fire, he always observes the space situation.

I was relieved when I found that the ignited smoke had dissipated without a trace.

Again, the space is far more magical than I imagined.

After half an hour, the steaming egg soup is ready.

After the temperature dropped slightly, Wang Manyin broke the corn nests into small pieces and soaked them in the hot soup.Then I folded two wormwood stalks and used them as chopsticks, and started eating.

Some fly in the ointment is that I didn't think of cooking before going out, and I forgot to bring some oil and salt.

Next time I will prepare some inside, and you can also put an iron pot.

After eating and drinking enough, Wang Manyin walked out of the space with half a nest, and threw it to Rhubarb who was guarding beside him.

This guy has been running for a long time, no credit but hard work, so naturally he can't be hungry.

After two days of hard work, Rhubarb seemed to have completely lost vigilance towards Wang Manyin.

Now that he was standing beside him, this guy didn't even hide, but just lowered his head and gnawed at the corn cobs.

Next, Wang Manyin continued to place fishing pots along the Dongla River.

During the period, I met an old man who was herding sheep for the production team. He was very curious about this fishing method and followed the whole process to watch the excitement.

This made Wang Manyin very helpless, so he had to keep the fish in an earthen jar for the time being, and then walked further downstream with Rhubarb, finally getting rid of the other party.

Other than that, everything went well.

It was not until it was almost dark that Wang Manyin led the mangy dog ​​back.

A total of more than ten earthen jars were placed in the whole day today. It can be said that the harvest was full, and at least two to three hundred small fry were caught.However, there are not many carp fry and crucian carp fry that Wang Manyin valued most, only about sixty or seventy.

These are enough. If they are raised well, they can produce at least a few hundred catties of fish.

Just halfway through, it was completely dark.

Wang Manyin also had some regrets. He was too involved in catching fish before and completely forgot the time.

Now I can only smear the deep one and rush home.

On the edge of the cliff in the distance, from time to time, there were a few miserable cries of night owls, and the dark mountains, plateaus, and hills nearby seemed extremely tall, like ghosts rushing toward us.

The night wind from the Mu Us Desert made the wormwood rustle, adding to the terrifying atmosphere.

Wang Manyin was murmuring in his heart when he suddenly saw Rhubarb turning around and barking at a dark place.

He hurriedly turned his head, and saw a pair of eyes emitting a faint light in the darkness more than ten meters away.

Nima, wolf!

A name immediately popped up in Wang Manyin's mind, but his legs felt a little weak.

I really met a wolf!
Fortunately, he brought rhubarb with him, otherwise he might not feel it if he was touched behind him.

Probably feeling provocative, this guy emerged from the darkness.

By the moonlight, Wang Manyin could see its appearance clearly.

He was covered in thick fur, bared his teeth, and let out a low whine.

Wang Manyin didn't even have anything for protection, so naturally he didn't have any confidence in his heart.There is a shovel in the space...

Thinking of space, Wang Manyin's eyes lit up, and then disappeared.

But after staying in it for a while, he felt that leaving rhubarb alone would be disrespectful to the enemy.

Feeling moved, Wang Manyin grabbed the shovel, gritted his teeth and walked out of the space.

With a weapon in his hand, and with Rhubarb cheering beside him, he finally gained some courage.

It's not a problem to always be so confrontational...

(End of this chapter)