Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 17 An unexpected gain at night

"Honey, you go ahead."

It was almost time to rest, and the three of them got up and continued on their way.

Lin Heng's legs were sore, but he had no choice but to walk. There was no place to rest if he didn't go home.

After crossing another mountain, the sky was completely dark, and strange sounds came from the forest from time to time, which made people feel uneasy.

The squeaking sounds of various small animals walking around, and the chirping of crickets and grasshoppers is particularly joyful.

There is a bright starry night in the sky. The stars are densely covered and the stars are hanging upside down. It looks a bit dreamy.

"Ouch~"

Xiongba barked, seemingly to scare the approaching animals.

Lin Heng shined a flashlight and walked deep into the mountains with his wife and father, feeling peaceful and peaceful inside.

Xiulan looked back at Lin Heng from time to time, as if she was afraid that he would fall behind, and she seemed to be looking for her own sense of security.

Father Lin walked in the front, muttering about flower drum opera, and in a cheerful mood.

Not long after, everyone came to a small river, which was three meters wide and connected to the large river Huangtan River outside.

Huangtan River is more than [-] meters wide and is a large river flowing down from Huangtan Town.

Pata!

Pata!

There was a sound of lapping water coming from a small pool in the distance.

He was too tired today, and Lin Heng didn't want to take action even if he had a bow and arrow, but after thinking about it carefully, he decided to go take a look.

"what happened?"

Noticing Lin Heng's movements, Xiulan immediately turned around.

"There is movement in the pool over there, let's go take a look."

Lin Heng pointed at the pool that had just splashed with water and said.

"Be careful, you can't see clearly at night." Father Lin reminded.

"It's okay, I will pay attention."

Lin Heng walked ahead with a flashlight and soon came to the place where the water was splashing.

This is a small pool connected to a small river, three to four square meters in size. Now that the water level has receded, it seems that fish are trapped in it.

"Grass carp, it's two grass carp!"

Xiulan saw the two grass carp first and said excitedly.

These two grass carps are not big, only weighing three or four pounds, but this is definitely an unexpected surprise.

"It's normal. This is the time when fish are spawning. Maybe we can get something unexpected today."

Lin Heng said with a smile that few people come to this kind of deep mountain old forest. When the water rises, the flow of water is strong, which is very suitable for grass carp to spawn. Therefore, it is not surprising that grass carp comes in to lay eggs.

"What unexpected gain?" Xiulan didn't understand.

Lin Heng said nothing, took off his shoes and handed them to her, then got into the water himself.

Taking a closer look at the waterside, Lin Heng suddenly smiled: "Sure enough, it has been born for two or three days and is about to hatch."

"You mean grass carp eggs?" Xiulan understood.

"Yes, this is the real unexpected harvest. You go and get the plastic bucket we bought, and I will collect the fish eggs and take them back."

Lin Heng was a little excited. With these grass carp eggs, he could go home and dig a small pond to raise grass carp.

You may not be able to make much money for the time being, but once you have the seed, you can slowly start the business, which is also an income.

Lin Heng picked up some and looked at it. It was off-white and there was a black spot inside. This had been fertilized and had been developing for some time.

Grass carp eggs are white when unfertilized. When fertilized, they have black spots and become transparent, then light yellow, and finally off-white.

"Here it is!"

Xiulan brought the bucket, and Father Lin followed.

"You shine the flashlight on me and I'll catch it." Lin Heng gave the flashlight to Xiulan and carefully collected the fish eggs himself.

It took nearly twenty minutes to collect most of the fish eggs into the bucket.

"Not bad, there are probably hundreds of thousands of eggs." Lin Heng roughly estimated that grass carp lays a lot of eggs, which can reach millions.

Grass carp can usually lay millions of eggs, but very few of them survive. Lin Heng estimates that many of them will die if he throws around like this. It would be great if tens of thousands of grass carp fry hatch out in the end.

"Then how to catch these two fish? Drain the water?" Xiulan asked.

This pool is a bit big. I just failed to catch both ends, so Xiulan thought it was time to release the water.     "Bring a bow and arrows..."

"Wang Wang!!"

At this time, Xiongba barked and plunged into the pool.

After hearing a few hula-hoo-la sounds and a few snaps, it swam out and ran up to Lin Heng with a grass carp in its mouth.

"Okay, okay, good dog, good dog!!"

When Lin Heng saw this scene, he couldn't help but patted Xiong Ba's dog's head. He was such a dog that could understand human speech. He went down and caught the fish for him without saying anything.

"Hey, this dog is really extraordinary!" Father Lin was also impressed.

He has never seen such a smart dog.

Lin Heng caught the fish and found a rope to tie it up. It was still a long way home and even if he put it in a bucket, he wouldn't survive.

"Xiong Ba, you did a good job, this is your reward!" Lin Heng took out the buns he bought and fed one to Xiong Ba.

"Ouch!!"

Xiongba rubbed Lin Heng's hand, ate the bun in one bite, turned around and jumped into the water again.

This time I pounced on several fish before I bit the fish's tail and swam out.

"Well done, my good lord!"

Lin Heng touched the bulldog's head again and gave it a bun.

"Ouch!!(*^▽^*)"

Xiongba jumped up happily. After Lin Heng took the fish away, it ran two meters away before starting to shake the water off its body.

"This dog is so smart. Just when I wanted to drive him away to shake the water, he left on his own."

Father Lin's eyes widened.

"It's a good dog." Xiulan couldn't say how happy she was holding the two fishes.

I was already very happy today, and now I have picked up two more fish. I am so lucky.

"It's done, let's keep walking, there's still a long way to go."

After calming down, Father Lin said something.

Crossing the river and continuing forward, Lin Heng walked even slower because he had an extra bucket in his hand.

It was already twelve o'clock in the evening when we returned to Huangtan Town, and the streets were deserted except for a few wild dogs.

"It's really life-threatening. We still have to walk several kilometers!" Lin Heng sat down.

At this time, there was suddenly a light in the distance, and then a tall figure walked over.

"Dad, Lin Heng, Xiulan, you are finally back. I have been waiting for a long time. Have you really entered the city?"

After seeing it clearly, this tall figure walked over and asked excitedly.

"Brother, come here and help get the things. It's too heavy."

As if seeing a savior, Lin Heng handed the basket and bucket to his elder brother Lin Yue.

"You bought grass carp? Are these fish eggs?"

Lin Yue asked while looking at the fish eggs in the bucket and the two grass carp Xiulan was carrying.

"Of course not, I caught this on the road." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Why did you buy so many things? And a dog?"

The eldest brother Lin Yue expressed his doubts while helping his father and Xiulan share some goods.

He guessed that his father and brother must have gone to the city, but he didn't expect to buy so many things.

There are also clothes and shoes. This is not the Chinese New Year, so why buy these things?
  Didn't he agree to build a house? He was full of questions as to why he was spending money so recklessly.

"Tell me as you walk, go back quickly." Father Lin was too tired and didn't want to explain.

On the way back, the three of them told him what happened in the city.

"Bullshit, this Liu Qicheng is so dark!"

When he heard that ginseng was sold for [-] yuan in the city, Lin Yue couldn't help but cursed, it was too treacherous.

"Brother, your reading of the book is indeed not in vain. Live a good life with Xiulan from now on, and it will definitely get better and better."

Lin Yue patted Lin Heng's shoulder again and praised him.

He was actually a little resentful towards Lin Heng, mainly because he was angry at Lin Heng for failing to live up to his expectations, but now his feelings have been relieved a lot.

(End of this chapter)