Chapter 99 The Unlucky Fish
Bac Ninh is a city on a plain, and the Heihe River meanders in the north of Bac Ninh.

In the past, when the flood season came every year, the Heihe River would flood, destroying farmland dams, and even threatening the safety of Beining City several times.

Later, in order to make better use of the resources of the Heihe River and protect the property safety of the people, the Hongxing Reservoir was built in the north of the city to store water and prevent floods.

The most important building in the Hongxing Reservoir is the Hongxing Dam, which is the key building to block the Heihe River.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year was about to come, the villagers in several villages beside the Hongxing Reservoir couldn't hold back, and went to the reservoir secretly to catch fish, and then took them to the city to sell them for pocket money.

Now the water in the reservoir is frozen solid. If you want to catch fish, you have to dig a hole in the ice first, and then lower the net to fish.

This is the most traditional and safest method, which is generally used by everyone.

The Zhang brothers who live in Xiaba Village have found a different way and came up with a way to fry fish.

The two of them made tools according to the local method, and sneaked into the reservoir while knocking on Mimi in the dark.

Someone here asked, why go fishing at night?Isn't the sight line better during the day?

That's because, in order to protect the dam and the reservoir, fishing is not allowed in the Hongxing Reservoir at all, let alone prompting for fishing.

This kind of behavior of the Zhang family brothers is definitely a crime, but they are all locals and know the way, so they are not discovered by the duty personnel guarding the reservoir.

The two brothers slipped under the Hongxing Dam as they knew each other well.

Now the water level of the reservoir has dropped very low. The reason why the two brothers chose this place is because the ice surface here is the thinnest.

The two of them worked hard all night, and finally cut a hole in the ice. Brother Zhang was very proud, and quickly put the medicine barrel into the ice hole, and then the two of them slipped away far away. After a while, the ice surface exploded, and the fish were thrown up from the water.

Because the two men chose to fight under the dam, part of the loud sound was covered by the dam, which did not attract the attention of the watchman.

Seeing the fish being thrown onto the ice, the two brothers were so happy that they immediately ran over with the bucket in their hands.

For the convenience of work, they tied flashlights to their heads, and picked up fish while lighting them up. Some fish were blown to pieces, but they didn't dislike them. No matter how small the mosquitoes were, they were worth the price of minced fish.

"Today's harvest is really not small. I can get two to three hundred catties of fish at once!" Zhang Er smacked his lips, not at all ashamed of himself catching fish with this method of cutting off children and grandchildren, but rather proud of himself.

Zhang Da wiped the sweat from his forehead, "It's a pity that it's a one-shot deal. When those who look at the reservoir see the ice hole tomorrow, they must put this piece of barbed wire on it, and we will never get through again!"

Zhang Er felt a little regretful, and felt that the people who looked at the reservoir were unkind. There were so many fish in the reservoir, why not let those capable people catch them and exchange them for money?
The two brothers were chatting, when suddenly another ray of light came down from the dam. Obviously, the people patrolling the dam spotted them.

This frightened the two brothers. They ran away with buckets and push flat carts. It took a while to get down from the dam. By the time the patrolmen arrived, the Zhang brothers had run away without a trace. There was no trace, leaving only a huge ice hole and dead fish covering the ice.

"It's a crime," the patrolman flashed his flashlight and looked all the way, shaking his head while watching. The fish is a cold-blooded animal, but its blood is also bright red, which is now dyed on the entire ice surface.

Seeing that the fish fryer could not be caught, the duty officer of the reservoir had no choice but to strengthen the patrol of this area.

The spring flood is coming soon, and the Hongxing Dam is the last dam to stop the Heihe River. This dam must be guarded, otherwise, once the water of the Heihe River pours down, Beining City will be finished.

On the second day, the duty officer came to the bottom of the dam again, checked the Hongxing Dam carefully, and left after confirming that the dam was intact.

However, what the watchman didn't know was that the part on the ice surface of the dam was indeed undamaged, but the Zhang family brothers blasted a big hole under the ice.

It's just that most of the water is still frozen now, so the hole is not noticeable at all.

The Zhang family brothers didn't know that they had caused a catastrophe. The two brothers ran all the way and escaped the tracking of the reservoir watchman. When they ran home, only a hundred catties of fish were left.

This made the two brothers very distressed. They were eager to make a fortune, and they didn't care to wait for dawn to push the cart, and went straight to the other road at the entrance of the village, and went straight to the city to sell fish.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the fat head fish can also be sold at a good price.When it was almost noon, all the fish in the car were left with the bits and pieces that had been blown up. The two brothers were not in a hurry, so they just ordered a bottle of wine and sat next to the fish bowl, and started selling them while drinking.

Nanxi had to go through the free market when she went home at noon. She saw the flat cart of the Zhang brothers and the big wooden basin under their feet from a long distance. According to her experience, it was a seller of wild goods.

Nan Xi likes to eat fish, so he quickened his pace and ran over, "Hey, how much do you sell this fish for..."

Nan Xi didn't continue to ask, because she saw that there was no whole fish in the big wooden basin. For some unknown reason, the fish was all broken into pieces, and the intestines were still dragged out, which looked miserable.

"Little girl, don't look at the ugly appearance of our fish, but it is a decent fresh fish, and the price is only one-third of the whole fish. Do you think it's a good deal? Anyway, if you buy a big fish, you have to kill it when you go back. Cutting pieces are saved!"

Seeing Nanxi's hesitant expression, Zhang Er knew what the little girl disliked, so he quickly explained.

"But..." Nanxi frowned and turned her face away. She is a kind girl with a soft heart. Although she also eats fish, she can't bear to make fish look so miserable.

Nan Xi left, and the Zhang family brothers didn't care too much. The broken fish just didn't look good, otherwise they would have sold it long ago.

Nanxi walked all the way, the more she thought about it, the more something was wrong. She also went to catch fish in the small river beside Beining City, and knew how to catch fish, but how to catch fish to make the fish become that virtuous?
Fishing with a net, fishing with a rod will keep the shape intact, unless...

A thought suddenly popped up in Nanxi's mind, could it be that the two fish sellers just blasted holes in the ice to blow up the fish?This is not allowed and is illegal.

Nan Xi stopped in her tracks and hesitated. She had been educated since she was a child to not care about other things, but if she didn't care, the two brothers would go to fried fish next time if they won. In the end, it was those who suffered the most. fish!
(End of this chapter)

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