Carry a fountain with you

Chapter 5
He was about to turn on his portable lamp when he suddenly heard the sound of splashing in the river. Looking along the sound, he found a gray-black body swimming in the river under the willow tree not far away. , like a fish swimming in the waves.

Could it be a water ghost? Liu Junhao felt a little horrified when he saw such a ghostly figure. Although this river usually looks very docile, like a dignified and virtuous young woman, when it comes to the rainy season, when the mountain torrents break out, it immediately becomes a river. The shrew was killed, and people died every year in the river.The old people said that the water ghost did it.Although Liu Junhao hadn't seen it before, he was still quite frightened after being exposed to it since he was a child, and he subconsciously clenched the net bag in his hand.

Although this is not a weapon, when people are afraid, they can't help but find things around them that they can rely on, as if this can make them feel at ease.Hearing the sound of running water rang in his ears, and seeing the gray-black figure swimming towards him, Liu Junhao's heart tightened even more, and the sound of running water seemed creepy in his ears.

"Who?!" He finally couldn't hold back, and yelled, turned on the lantern in his hand, and suddenly a naked figure appeared a few meters away. The figure was illuminated by the white light, and he covered his eyes with his hands.

"What kind of picture do you take, you little bastard, have you never seen anyone go down the river to catch turtles?" A loud voice rang out in the river.

"Fifth Master, you were still in the river in the middle of the night, and you scared me. I thought it was a water ghost." Liu Junhao also recognized who he was, and his courage to laugh at himself became smaller and smaller.

The name of this person is more funny, Liu Wuwa. He is an old fisherman in the village. According to his seniority, he is Liu Junhao's grandfather. Because he is the fifth oldest, people of the younger generation call him Fifth Lord.Almost all the men in Liujiagou are good at fishing, but if you want to say that the master among the masters is definitely the fifth master, he has been fighting with fish all his life, and he will tell you whether there are any fish in a piece of water and what kind of fish they are. You can see it just by looking at it.

Flying spear stabbing is his unique skill. In the past, he was often seen wearing a pair of shorts, holding a harpoon in his hand, and floating a bamboo raft on the river.When he encountered a big fish, he stretched out his hand and shook it, and the harpoon had already flown into the river, splashing water, and when it was put away, a ten-jin big fish had been nailed to it.

It's just that fish and shrimp in Qingshan Town are worthless at all, and his old man is a hero with no use for him, so the unique skill of fishing didn't bring him much profit, and he just did it for fun.

Over the years, the fifth master has gradually grown older, and has seldom done anything. I don't know how the old man remembered to catch a turtle tonight.

"Are you cursing me? What are you doing here? You can't take a bath. Go somewhere else. I'll put on the net bridle that I just took off. Don't disturb the old turtle." The old man said, lifting the wicker beard basket in his hand.

"It's okay, I was going to catch a few frogs by the river and fry them. Since you are always catching turtles here, I won't go down the river. How about getting half a catty of the fish in the cage later?" Liu Junhao said to himself Throwing his tools on the ground casually, he watched with interest as he lowered his beard.

The beard cage is a special tool for catching turtles. It is generally made of wicker or bamboo in rural areas. It is shaped like a wine bottle with a big belly. It is a sharpened bamboo strip, which is used to prevent the old turtle from escaping.

The bait used to lure the old turtles is all special food. Soak bean cakes or bran with fresh chicken blood, wrap them in gauze, and then fix the gauze balls in the cage.However, the old man's food for catching turtles is not these things, but the bait made with his own unique secret recipe. The old turtle seems to be particularly sensitive to this kind of bait, and when he smells this smell, all the old turtles from a radius of half a mile will rush to it.The old man was most proud when he was able to catch most of the old turtles in one night. During that time, he almost caught all the sons and grandchildren of the turtles in a radius of more than ten miles.

Over the years, the number of old turtles has gradually decreased, and the fifth master has also begun to wash his hands in the golden basin. Even if others pay him to catch him, he refuses to say that he is old and can't catch him anymore.

"Okay, I just need to catch two old turtles. If you want other fish, I will give you later, but I'm afraid there are not many. I don't have any sheep bones in the cage." He picked up a towel and wiped off the water on his body, put on his clothes and said, "Let's go over there, I'm so timid, I won't come here if there's any trouble."

"Fifth Master, what's going on with you today, the veteran is out in person?" Liu Junhao asked the confusion in his heart.

"It's not that your fifth wife has been complaining about stomach pain these days. I'm thinking about getting two old turtles to make up for her." The old man sat on the stone, took out a dry pipe and lit it, and the bean-sized flame kept flickering in the dark night Moving, he handed it to Liu Junhao, "Would you like a bite?"

"Forget it, I can't smell it," Liu Junhao hastily declined.

"You boy is blessed, but you don't know how to enjoy it. A bag of cigarettes after dinner makes you happy like a fairy. I dry the dry tobacco at home. If others want to smoke, I won't give it to him." Take a breath, then cough twice.

"Fifth wife, is it all right? A few days ago, when I saw her go to the market, she carried half a basket of eggs and walked along the road. I asked her to put the eggs on the bicycle and she refused, for fear that I would touch the eggs to her." Rotten." Liu Junhao asked casually.

"It's nothing, it may be that the food accumulated in the stomach hurts the food,"

The two chatted like this. After waiting for about half an hour, the old man's pot of dry tobacco was exhausted. He knocked the pot on the stone and said, "It's almost time, shall we go to the beard cage?"

"Fifth Master, you are too anxious. Do you want to wait a little longer? Maybe the old turtle hasn't even entered the cage right now." Most people put out their beard cages at night and put them away in the morning, so as to leave enough time for them to let go. The old turtle came.

"It's okay, I have concerns," he said, getting up and walking towards the river.

Really dissatisfied, it seems that the old man is still a treasured sword, at this moment, two large, two small and four old turtles have been drilled into the two beard cages, and they are crawling in panic at the moment.

Liu Junhao also stepped forward to give a hand, and opened the beard cage. Seeing that the old turtle was about to run away, he stretched out his hand to grab it, clasped the hind leg sockets on both sides of the old turtle with his thumb and forefinger, and then pulled it out of the beard cage with the other hand.

"Well, he's a child of Liujiagou." The old man couldn't help but nodded when he saw that his tricks were very authentic.

Be careful when catching old turtles on the shore, otherwise it will bite you.That would be troublesome, if you don't put it in the water or cut off the turtle's head, this thing will never let go.Therefore, catching old turtles also requires certain skills.Liu Junhao has been fascinated by it since he was a child, so he naturally knows how to catch it.

There are quite a few fish in the beard cage, but they are all small fish and shrimps such as crucian carp, meat and wheat shreds, and he is somewhat disdainful. These fish can be seen everywhere, and he doesn't need to be busy in the middle of the night.It's just that after this incident, his thoughts on catching frogs have eased a lot. Now that the summer heat has dissipated, he is going to go back to sleep directly later.

"Crack" the old man threw two half-sized turtles into the river.

"Fifth Master, what are you doing?" Liu Junhao asked puzzled, wondering why this old man was so crazy, he was busy in the middle of the night to catch a few old turtles, and let him throw two away.

"Let's leave a seed for the big river. Once the old turtles are caught, the villagers will kill them if they want to catch them. If your fifth wife is not feeling well, my two old turtles would like to be released." The old man said It has a long-term vision and knows about sustainable development.

(End of this chapter)