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Chapter 494 Fishhook, Lake Fresh Feast
Chapter 490 Fishhook, Lake Fresh Feast

After reaming the hole, install the wheel on the bamboo stick protruding from the fishing rod, and with a light flick, the wheel turns whirringly.

Then take the hemp thread, tie it on the thread wheel, and wind it for seven to 80 meters.

Next you have to do the hook.

Pull out an iron foot from the small compass, replace it with a bamboo stick, press the iron needle with your index finger, and polish it on the sand to make it sharper, and the diameter becomes smaller.

Then wrap it in mud and temper it in the furnace.

It must be wrapped in mud, because the iron needles are too thin, so avoid contacting the iron needles with oxygen, otherwise they may be directly oxidized and turned into rust powder, which will disappear after rubbing.

Cool naturally after tempering, scrape off the soil layer, spread two layers of linen on the table, put the machete on it, sandwich the big end of the iron needle between the machete and the knife, spread two layers of linen on the surface of the knife, and use a mallet Smashing, smashing the big head of the iron needle flat.

Then find a hard wood with a seam, insert the flat head of the iron needle into it, take a wooden square and press the iron needle against the hard wood, and press the flat head and the needle body out of an angle.

Then use a small grindstone to grind off the excess part of the flat head, and polish the whole body smooth.

Then start bending the needle body in the opposite direction of the flat head to get a fishhook.

But the hook is now made of iron. Once the fish struggles, it will straighten the hook, which is useless at all. It must be turned into steel.

Take the fine toner, mix a little mud and water, Li Junge put the fishhook inside to hang the mud.

After the first layer of carbon mud was hung and dried, Li Junge hung the second layer of carbon mud outside and dried again.

After hanging it like this several times, the hook became like a thin black earthworm.

Li Junge began to hang pure mud again, and after a few times, the thin black earthworms turned into thicker red earthworms.

Then it is put into the fire to burn the quenching oil.

This is actually the Song Dynasty technology mentioned in "Mengxi Bi Tan". Since then, Chinese ancestors have known to use carburizing techniques to transform iron needles into steel needles.

It is mentioned in the book that after the iron needles are processed, they are buried in a toner basin made of several materials, and then wet mud is spread on the surface of the basin, a few iron needles are inserted outside, and after drying, they are roasted on a slow fire until the surface of the basin is dry. The needle body is oxidized into powder, and the iron needle inside becomes a carburized steel needle.

Li Junge scraped off the outer soil layer of the fishhook, and a steel fishhook appeared in his palm.

I tried it with my hands. Besides being hard, the fishhook also has a certain degree of elasticity. This is because the iron core in the center of the fishhook has not been completely penetrated, so it maintains a certain degree of elasticity.

In this way, it is more practical. The techniques of the ancients thousands of years ago are really wonderful.

Thinking of the delicious fruity fish in the small lake, Li Junge's mouth is watering.

This fish has similar habits to military fish. It likes to chase small insects that fall on the lake. Li Junge has seen it several times when he was carrying water by the lake, and he has been thinking about it for a long time.

Tie the hook to the fishing line first, with the line facing the side of the hook, so as not to break the twine by the hook handle.

Then I found a few chicken feathers, scraped off some of the down and feather parts at the bottom, and wound the thin thread around the hook handle to make a chicken feather bait.

At this time A Yin got up, Li Junge hid the fishing rod behind his back, picked up the pole bucket with one hand, and said to A Yin: "A Yin, I'm going to carry water and get cassava, you can take a look at this afternoon and sort out what we need for running in the mountains , dry food kettle, salt, pot, bowls and spoons, let’s go camping!”

A Yin chuckled: "If you want to go fishing, go there, what excuses are you looking for! You have worked so hard for so long, and it is rare that the weather is sunny after the rain. It is a good weather for fishing. It is just right to relax!"

Li Junge was dumbfounded: "How do you know I want to fish?"

Ayin said: "You are jingling outside, I have seen it several times, but you are too focused to notice."

Li Junge smirked, took the fish basket and already woven nets from the wall, and said: "The fruity fish in the lake tastes so good, try to open an account for the new Chaowang! If you can get it today One, we will have steamed fish tonight!"

When he came to the water's edge, Li Junge began to observe the terrain.

I saw that it was not suitable in several places, so I went to the water inlet.

There is running water at the water inlet, which can be combined with bait fishing and beach fishing.

When he came to the water inlet and connected the net, Li Junge took out a reed stalk that was cut in half longitudinally from his pocket, wet it in the water, let out a line of one and a half meters first, stuck the reed stalk on the line, and then walked along the stream put the line.

The right hand controls the plate, the left hand draws the thread, and then releases it gently.

The water current produces a thrust on the feather hook and the reed, and the two float farther and farther on the water surface.

After drifting for about ten meters, Li Junge's right hand was stuck on the reel, and his left hand began to twitch the fishing line slightly. The feather hook in the distance stopped and stopped, like a flying insect falling on the water surface, struggling there.

After a few teases, Li Junge retracted the thread a few times, and continued to tease gently.

Suddenly a splash exploded on the surface of the water, and the chicken feather hook disappeared from the surface of the water.

Li Junge raised the pole with his right hand, and drew back the thread with his left hand. The thread stretched straight at once. The reed stuck on it bounced off first, and then the pole bent into a small arc.

Fish caught!
There are no barbs on the hook. At this time, the test is the technique. Li Junge stretched his left hand behind his back, loosened the line little by little as the fish swam out, and let his left arm slowly return to his body.

Li Junge let go of the string on his left hand, controlled the Bagua wheel with his left hand, and the pole with his right hand, and retracted the string.

Ayin's hemp thread is very good, and Li Junge reckons it will be no problem against a twenty-pound fish.

The key is that your own hook may not be able to withstand it.

The fish should not be too big, Li Junge controlled it easily, and took the line back within a few strokes.

Unsurprisingly, the fruity fish that loves to attack surface insects.

Copying the net is an imitation of Uncle Bamboo Carpenter's parallel style. It is much easier to use than the bamboo copying when playing fish cards, and it is easy to catch this fish.

The fish weighed more than a catty, and Li Junge threw the fish into the fish basket and raised it in the water, and he was overjoyed: "The guarantee for Ah Yin has arrived so soon!"

I carefully checked the hook, bait and twine. This hook was hard-won and took a lot of effort. If it was taken away by the fish, I would cry blind.

After confirming that there was no problem, Li Junge continued to fish.

The lake surface after the rain is when various insects are active. Many insects will be misled by the reflection of the lake surface, thinking it is the sky, so they plunge into the water, so this is also the time when various fish are active on the water surface.

Li Junge's artificial bait was misleading, and after a while, he tricked two more fruity fish.

But the last one was not so lucky. Li Junge knew that this fish was not small after raising the pole.

Not only is it not small, but it also has great strength. When sprinting out, the Bagua wheel whizzed and scraped in the palm of its hand.

I didn't dare to use too much force, mainly because I was afraid that the hook would not be able to bear it.

Fortunately, the reeds are far away in this position, and there is no risk of the thread being entangled and hanging to the bottom, so slip away slowly with fear.

After finally bringing the line closer, Li Junge saw it clearly: "I'm just saying something is causing trouble! Damn it's a big dace! Fruity fish isn't that big!"

The dace didn't give any face, turned around and rushed towards the center of the lake.

The strength of this fish is not average. Li Junge estimated that the fish weighed more than three catties, but it was more vigorous than the big carp that weighed seven or eight catties in his impression.

Fortunately, a carp weighing seven or eight catties was nothing to Li Junge. After three or five rounds, the big dace finally gave up struggling and was picked up by Li Junge.

There were already four fish in the fish basket, which added up to eight catties, and four people couldn't finish it. Li Junge thought about it, and put two small fruity fishes hanging on the side of one catty.

The weather was about the same, Li Junge took the fish to the edge of the well, went to the reed pond to pick a handful of cattail vegetables, and took a handful of cress by the water.

Take care of the fish directly by the water, throw the fish basket by the well, and carry water home.

Ayin was cleaning the dam when she looked up and saw two fish in Li Junge's hand: "Ah! You really caught it!"

Li Junge was triumphant: "It's so easy to catch, it's almost like an intensive breeding pond, and there are two of them here. I'll cook dinner tonight!"

After making the fruity fish taste good, Li Junge started to clean up the dace.

Li Junge saw this stuff last time. The meat is hard and thorny. The general Lijiagou method is not delicious.

But this is not a problem for Li Junge. Now the guy is more complete than Lijiagou. If he has a mallet, he can scrape the meat to make fish balls.

Pick out the dace meat, and after a few blows with the mallet, the stubble of the fish bone sticks out from the fish meat.

Remove the fish bones, use a knife to scrape off the fish flesh along the skin, and use a mallet to pound the fish into mince.

Then add oil, add ginger, add water, add some papaya powder, and make sizing frantically.

The pulp is so thinly beaten that it is shaped in hot water with the help of a spoon.

After boiling the fish balls, take them out and put them in the Shau Kei. Li Junge then cuts the cattail vegetables into sections, strains all the bamboo rat soup and burns it.

Spread the fish balls on the bottom of a clay pot. After the broth is boiled, add cattail vegetables, season with salt, and pour them into the pot of fish balls together.

Then cut the fruity fish into two pieces, steam them in two plates, stir-fry the cress, and serve with rice.

The big and small beard laughed so hard that the camera was almost unsteady, and it's a new dish!It looks so refreshing!
After the fish is steamed, the two tables are separated. The big and small beards don’t need pottery bowls anymore. Li Junge polished them with coconut shells, and nailed a bamboo silk ring under them with twine. He also made two bowls for them in the same lacquer pattern.

After dividing the fish ball soup into one-third, Li Junge came back and said to A Yin: "Don't worry about them, they have instant noodles, just make up your mind, let's eat more."

A Yin picked up a ball, unexpectedly the fish ball was very slippery, fell into the lacquer bowl, and then bounced.

Li Junge is such a quick-response person now, he reached out and took it.

A Yin let out an "ah", and then laughed miserably: "Is this a meatball or a ping pong ball?"

Li Junge stuffed the meatballs into his mouth, and put another one in the bowl for A Yin: "That's also a delicious table tennis ball!"

A Yin was careful this time, and put the fish balls in his mouth, "It's soft and fragrant, and you won't get tired of it if you eat more! It's completely different from the meatballs in Lijiagou. Where did you learn it?! "

Li Junge smiled and said: "This is the way in the south. There is no soy sauce or watercress here. Twice-cooked pork and boiled pork slices can't be made. Fortunately, the ingredients are delicious, which is a fresh word in this taste!"

It was only then that A Yin noticed the tabletop: "Ah, it's all from the lake. Tonight is a lake feast!"

Li Junge touched his chin: "That's right, speaking of lake freshness, it seems that I haven't fished shrimp yet..."

(End of this chapter)