Reborn back to 1984

Chapter 14

What Shen Heying borrowed from her natal family is a kind of pull net that is rarely seen in later generations. It looks a bit like a gauze cover on a dining table, with a thick rope tied to the top, and four bamboo poles supporting the four corners of the fish net, like a curved cross. , with a diameter of about three meters by visual inspection, it looks quite big, but compared with the big fishing net with a long pole that requires two people to pull, this can only be regarded as a small pull net, which can be operated by one person.

Zhang Lingen walked onto the arch bridge, pulled the net with a thick rope, and slowly lowered the net into the water until it sank to the bottom of the river, then tied the rope to the bridge pier.

In addition to pulling the net, Zhang Lingen also brought a wire net.This is a kind of fishing net specially used to catch piercing fish. It is said that ancient fishermen got inspiration from spiders' nets and worms. There is a float in about centimeters.

Zhang Xiuqing's hometown is densely covered with lakes and numerous rivers, and fishing boats often come and go. They make a living from fishing and take boats as their home. They are called people on the boat in the local dialect.It is common for a husband and wife team, the husband row the oar, and the wife squats on the bow to put the silk net. Their nets are very long, ranging from tens of meters to hundreds of meters, and the width is more than one meter.After setting up the net, the wife turned the penny into the water to catch the fish. The fish were frightened and started running around. As long as they hit the net, they would be entangled tightly and could never escape.

Zhang Xiuqing’s silk net is much shorter, only about ten meters long and ninety centimeters wide. It is neatly strung on a bamboo chopstick. One end of the net is tied with a nylon rope, and the other end is tied with a beer bottle. , which contains a small amount of water, and the mouth of the bottle is plugged with a cork.

The riverside is overgrown with weeds and there are a lot of snakes and insects. Zhang and his wife came prepared tonight, wearing mid-tube rain boots on their feet.The two walked one behind the other, with a flashlight in one hand and silk screen in the other, slowly walked down the embankment and along the river bank for several steps before stopping.

Zhang Lingen handed the flashlight to Shen Heying, took the silk screen from her hand, held the tail of the chopsticks with his left hand, wrapped the nylon rope around the palm of his hand a few times to make sure it was fixed, held the beer bottle with his right hand, and weighed it first. Then I swung it hard, and only heard a "swish", the ten-meter-long silk screen quickly fell off from the chopsticks, and then, driven by the beer bottle, flew out in a parabola, flew to the surface of the river, and fell into the water.

This series of movements may seem simple, but it is not. First, the wrist must be strong, second, the movement must be fast, and third, it must be in a straight line, otherwise the thrown silk net will be easily twisted into twists.

Zhang Lingen is an old hand at throwing wire nets. His movements were crisp and neat, and the whole string of wire nets fell straight into the river without any twisting. The Zhang sisters stared at each other.I don't know if I don't look at it, but I am very excited when I look at it, it turns out that their father is so powerful.

Zhang Lingen inserted the bamboo chopsticks into the soil, tied the nylon rope to a clump of weeds, and waited for the small fish to throw themselves into the net.

While waiting, he was not idle, and he and Shen Heying grabbed frogs from the grass by the river bank.As we all know, frogs belong to amphibians, they have two thick and powerful thighs, and they bounce very fast. It is difficult to catch them during the day, but at night, as long as their eyes are illuminated with lights, they will squat on the ground motionless. Let people capture.

Zhang Xiuqing stood on the bridge and watched it with relish for a long time, and finally came to his senses. He agreed to go fishing together, but why did he become a spectator?Quickly pushed Zhang Xiuhong, who was still confused, and motioned her to catch frogs together.Holding flashlights, the two sisters rushed down the bridge excitedly. As soon as their feet stepped into the grass, Zhang Lingen heard a voice, raised his head and said, "Don't come here, go back to the bridge quickly, and watch those fishing nets!"

In the middle of the night, is it possible that someone is still coming to steal it? Don't you need to worry about it at all?Zhang Xiuqing muttered to himself, Zhang Xiuhong pouted: "We don't go back, we also want to catch frogs!"

Zhang Lingen gave them a hard look: "Go back quickly..." Before he finished speaking, not far from the two sisters, a clump of weeds suddenly shook, and he listened carefully, and could still hear the sound of "rustling" .The two grew up in the countryside, and they couldn't guess what could make such a noise, so they backed away in fright.

Zhang Lingen's face changed drastically, and he shouted: "There are many snakes in the grass, go back to the bridge quickly..." As he spoke, he took a handful of the farm's homemade weeds from Shen Heying.This is a tool specially used to catch yellow weasel. It is made of two pieces of bamboo, X-shaped, and the inner side of the upper half is covered with spikes, similar to a vice.

Zhang Lingen pushed through the grass, and sure enough, he found a water snake with the thickness of a finger.Standing aside, Shen Heying shook off the snakeskin bag, Zhang Lingen bent down, caught the little snake that was trying to escape, and threw it directly into the bag.

Zhang Xiuqing saw that the two were not in a hurry, their movements were skillful, and they cooperated tacitly. It didn't look like they were catching snakes for the first time. She couldn't help but became suspicious, pursed her lips, and said tentatively: "Mom, you are just like us, too. It’s the first time to go fishing with Dad? Good foresight, I knew there were snakes here, so I brought a scorpion from home in advance. It’s so good, I dared to catch snakes with Dad, if it was me, I’m afraid I’d be scared Shaking."

Shen Heying has a straight temper and a fierce mouth. She didn't expect that her eldest daughter was trying to trick her. Before Zhang Lingen stopped her, a series of words came out of her mouth: "What's the first time? In order to save money for the tuition fees of you prodigals, the department takes a vacation every year. , as long as it doesn't rain, both of us will come here to catch fish and snakes. At the beginning, your father was not quick in his hands and feet, and was almost bitten by a red snake. Do you think I am not afraid? I am also afraid to death , but is there any way, your dad can't listen to a word I said, and he is still angry with me, saying that if I dare to stop you from studying, he will divorce me... Others have daughters to be maids, and we have daughters to be spoiled by misses , I really owed you in the previous life, and I have come to collect debts in this life... You will be promising in the future, if you don't obey your father, you will be struck by lightning. Don't be filial to me, I don't treat you well, and you don't have to treat me Well, anyway, I still have a son. When I get old, I won’t be able to work anymore. I’ll eat and live with him, so I won’t rely on you guys... I won’t say much about other things. I'm going to show my face again..."

Zhang Xiuqing's eyes suddenly turned red. She never knew that behind her father's silence, there was such a deep doting. It was not until tonight that she really knew what "a father's love is like a mountain".While weeping, she shouted silently in her heart: "Abba, I'm sorry, I was self-willed and ignorant in the previous life, please forgive me! I will never let you down again in this life, believe me, I will definitely make the whole family happy!" Live a good life, let you do something in life, have something to rely on when you grow old, and your worth will double in the future, and you will be respected..."

"Abba, my sister and I will never forget your love for us..." Zhang Xiuhong was moved to tears: "Mom, you are very good to me and my sister. I will be filial to you too..."

"I don't care about it!" Shen Heying said that he didn't care, but the corners of his mouth curled up: "You two don't stand here and get in the way, go back to the bridge quickly, lest I get distracted and get bitten by a snake."

The two sisters understood that their mother had a hard-mouthed and soft-hearted nature, and that her mouth had suffered all her losses in this life. She had done good deeds, but she was not appreciated.The two wiped away their tears and walked back to the bridge hand in hand. After a while, Zhang and his wife also came over. Zhang Lingen untied the thick rope and slowly pulled the spanner up from the bottom of the water.

As the bamboo pole on the pull net came out of the water, the hearts of the whole family were raised. Fortunately, they were not disappointed. There were quite a lot of fish caught, and the water was covered with splashes.Shen Heying leaned out half of her body, stretched the net bag with a long handle into the net, picked up the fish, and poured it into the fishing basket next to it.Zhang Xiuqing took a photo with a flashlight and found that they were basically small crucian carp and flat fish. Only one big fish was caught, weighing about five or six catties.

Zhang Lingen picked up the pull net and walked to the other end of the bridge, planning to change the place to release the net. After this thing was done, he would go to the river to check if he had caught any fish.Zhang Xiuqing's eyes flickered, and she picked up Shen Heying's weed folder on the bridge and said, "Mom, Xiuhong and I will go to the paddy field over there to see, maybe there are yellow weeds."

In the hot summer, the yellow weasels hide in their caves during the day and come out at night to enjoy the cool and look for food. The big ditch next to the field is their favorite place to stay.

Zhang Lingen turned around and said in a deep voice, "Don't go, there are many snakes around here, it's not safe..."

How could Zhang Xiuqing listen to it, and said with a smile: "Father, don't worry, we won't wander around, just look around, if we encounter a snake, we will come back immediately."

Zhang Xiuhong hurriedly took an empty snakeskin bag, and followed closely behind Zhang Xiuqing: "Father, don't worry, we are all wearing rain boots on our feet, we'll be fine. Besides, we've grown up so much, we have a sense of propriety, you Just rest assured!"

On the other side of the road is the paddy field. The sisters took three steps in parallel and quickly rushed over.Although Zhang Lingen was worried, there was nothing he could do about them.

The busy farming has just ended, and the paddy fields are full of green seedlings, neatly arranged row by row.The two sisters, one behind the other, walked on the field ridge.Zhang Xiuqing held the trap in his right hand and the flashlight in his left hand, and searched carefully. Unfortunately, he was really unlucky. After walking less than 20 meters, he found a red snake, about one meter long, covered with red stripes. , Dozing off in the shade.

The water snake sold for one yuan a catty, and the red snake could be sold for two yuan. Whether to run away or catch it and sell it for money, Zhang Xiuqing made a choice in less than three seconds.She handed the flashlight to Zhang Xiuhong, holding the trap in both hands, bent down, and imitated her father's action of catching the snake, and suddenly clamped the snake three inches below the head.I don't know if it's because the movements are not standard, or because I was too nervous, it broke free.

Perhaps aware of the danger, the red snake swam desperately out as soon as it fell into the water. Zhang Xiuqing stepped on the field and clamped its tail.Probably because of the pain of being pinched, Chi Lian became very aggressive, and suddenly turned around to attack. Zhang Xiuqing was caught off guard and made a fuss, even throwing away the pinch accidentally.

Fearing that her sister would be bitten by a snake, Zhang Xiuhong reached out to pick up the scorpion, but Chilian Snake suddenly changed its target and bit Zhang Xiuhong.Zhang Xiuhong's face turned pale with fright, and she couldn't help screaming.Zhang Xiuqing didn't care about anything else, she stretched out her hand suddenly, and grabbed the snake by three inches.The Chilian Snake struggled vigorously, its powerful snake tail wrapped around Zhang Xiuqing's arm, Zhang Xiuqing couldn't let it break free, and held on tighter.

Zhang Lingen, who was always worried about his two daughters, heard the cry and raised his heart: "What's the matter? What happened?"

Zhang Xiuqing stabilized her voice, and shouted: "It's okay, I caught a yellow weasel..."

(End of this chapter)