small farmer

Chapter 201 Fishing Turtle

"Brother, what are you doing?"

The next morning, after practicing gymnastics and picking vegetables, Zhang Feng went to the backyard to dig for earthworms. After a while, Zhang Yi also came in and asked curiously.

"Xiao Yi didn't go to the market today?" Zhang looked back and saw that it was his cousin. If it was the usual day to go to the market, he wouldn't have the time to go to his house to hang out.

"No, I haven't bought much goods recently, so I sold them to your family for a few hundred catties?" Zhang Yi shook his head and said,
Zhang Feng smiled slightly, and then remembered that the online shop of the elder sister and the stall of the mother were doing well recently, selling dozens of catties of goods every day, including fungus, dried mushrooms, dried cowpeas, crispy fish, dried small fish, etc. , all kinds of mountain goods and parallel imports are selling well,

Although these two businesses are very inconspicuous, they can return hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit every day. After earning money, my mother and eldest sister are also in a much better mood, with smiles on their faces every day.

"Brother, are you digging earthworms to go fishing??" Zhang Yi asked expectantly, as if he wanted to go with him.

"Yeah, I saw Uncle Ma catch a turtle yesterday, so I'm going to try it and see if I'm lucky." The turtle is what the locals call it, but it's actually a soft-shelled turtle. It is also very rare in a small mountain village like Moon Lake.

However, in the past ten years or so, there have been many ways for people to make money, and they have earned a lot of money by going out to work, so the ecological environment of Moon Lake has gradually recovered, the number of fish and shrimps in the lake has gradually increased, and soft-shelled turtles have also appeared frequently.

"Turtle fish? Yes, yes, I'll try it too..." The soft-shelled turtle is a great tonic and delicious, so it is very popular with everyone. When Zhang Yi heard that his elder brother was going to catch a soft-shelled turtle, he immediately agreed.

"Okay, you go back and prepare two hooks for hand fishing. Later, we will take a boat to the center of the lake. It is said that there are the most soft-shelled turtles." Zhang Feng turned his head and said to his cousin with a slight smile.

"Okay, big brother, I'll go back and get it now." Zhang Yi said and ran towards the house, looking very active.

Zhang Feng shook his head with a smile, and continued to dig earthworms. When fishing turtles, it is best to make a nest first, that is, sprinkle some bait first, and attract turtles to a certain range, so that the chance of catching turtles will be lower when the hook is lowered. on many.

When Zhang Yi came back again, Zhang Feng also dug up a whole bottle of earthworms, which was of the quality of eight-treasure porridge. The earthworms at home were contaminated with the smell of auxin, so they were perfect as bait for making nests.

As for the bait used to catch turtles, Zhang Feng directly replaced it with small fish and shrimps from the ditch. These small fish and shrimps usually eat the bait mixed with Rihua auxin, so the taste is better. I believe the turtles in the lake also like it more. .

After preparing the bait, Zhang Feng and his cousin walked towards the lake with a fishing basket and a few fishing rods.

"Hey! Xiaofeng, where are you going?" It's better to come late than to come, Zhang Feng and Zhang Feng met Fatty Niu just as they walked to the door.

"Hehe, it's Brother Niu, long time no see, why do you have time to visit the humble house today?" Zhang Feng teased with a smile.

"Brother, look at what you said, brother, I've been working so hard, and I've been preparing for a new store recently?" Niu Zhong explained with a wry smile, seeing the thing in Zhang Feng's hands, and asked curiously: "Do you want to buy a new store?" go fishing?"

"That's right, if Brother Niu comes later, you won't meet us." Zhang Feng responded with a smile.

"Hahaha, the old saying is worse than the coincidence. It seems that my brother and I are lucky."

"Brother Niu, walk into the house and sit..." Zhang Feng greeted Fatty Liu and was about to walk home.

"Hehe, no need, I am also very interested in going fishing in the lake, how about I go with you?" Fatty Liu said with a smile.

"No problem, let's go!" Zhang Feng nodded cheerfully, took the two to the pier to untie the anchor, and rowed the boat with the two to the center of the lake.

In a blink of an eye, the three of them came to the center of the lake. The water level in the center of Moon Lake is not very deep, only about 20 meters. There are several reefs nearby, and turtles in the lake like to climb on them to bask in the sun. There must be turtles.

Soft-shelled turtles are very timid. As long as there is any trouble, they will dive back into the water and hide carefully. They are also very cautious when biting the hook. They will test a few times before swallowing the bait quietly. Note that you don’t know if the bait is swallowed by a soft-shelled turtle.

Zhang Feng parked the boat in the middle of the lake, and then took out fresh earthworms and sprinkled them in the nearby water. Soon the undercurrent surged under the water surface, and the nearby fish all swam towards the bait one after another.

"Brother Niu, just use the fishing rod to fish, the earthworms are all here..."

"Okay, what are you going to catch?" Fatty Niu took the fishing rod and asked curiously when he saw that the equipment and bait used by Zhang Feng and the others turned out to be small fish and shrimp.

"Hehe, are we going to catch turtles?"

"Turtle?... This is good, I want to catch it too." Fatty Niu was very interested. He often catches fish, but there are very few opportunities to catch turtles, so he said a little excitedly.

"That's okay, you can catch earthworms with small fish and shrimps." Zhang Feng said with a smile, because although earthworms can also catch soft-shelled turtles, not only soft-shelled turtles eat earthworms, but also all kinds of fish in Moon Lake. Almost all eat earthworms, so the hope of catching soft-shelled turtles with earthworms is relatively slim.

Afterwards, the three of them put on the bait and put the fishing line as if in the water of a lake. At this time, there were already many fish shadows in the fish nest, and there were many big fish lurking under the water surface.

Fishing in such an environment, the possibility of success is much higher. Sure enough, just after putting down the hook, there has been movement from Fatty Niu’s side. I don’t know what kind of fish is touching the hook. It seems to be about to take the bait. Fatty Niu’s face Happy, holding the fishing rod tightly, carefully observing the movement of the float, ready to pull the rod at any time.

"Hooked! Hooked!" The next moment, Niu Zhong was so excited that he immediately tightened the fishing line. Immediately, the fishing rod was hoisted into a bent shape. At the same time, everyone saw something under the water surface. It turned out that it was not the soft-shelled turtle that everyone expected, but It is a black fish more than one foot long.

Although everyone thinks it is a pity, it is not bad to have such a black fish. After slipping away for about tens of seconds, Niu Zhong slowly pulled the black fish up, carefully put the black fish in the fish basket, and watched him A look of joy, obviously very satisfied.

"Oh! Turtle, turtle, I caught a turtle..." Suddenly Zhang Yi shouted excitedly, Zhang Feng hurriedly looked under the water surface, and sure enough, a turtle stretched out its long neck, biting the hook firmly The bait refused to let go.

"Zhang Yi, don't rush to pull it over slowly, alas, that's right..." When the turtle was pulled near the boat, Zhang Feng caught the turtle up with a dipping net.

(End of this chapter)