Zhan Zhumen

Chapter 187
When the sunset was slanting, the Huo family had dinner.

Banla Yuhui will be submerged in the water, and the four boats of Taoyedu sail into the mouth of the Yangtze River together.

Because of the night arrest, Huo Erhuai called Xi, Wan and Lu's family together.The three families were very happy and thanked Huo Erhuai again and again.Huo's family has a big boat, full of fishing gear, is willing to burn lamp oil, and acts generously. Everyone is willing to form a night fishing group with his family.

Huo Erhuai and Huo Xi had the same goal today, they were to stare at the whitebait.

Whitebait lays eggs around the beginning of winter, and its reproductive ability is amazing. After a winter of cultivation, it is the most sweet, fresh and plump when caught and eaten in late spring.

Silverfish is different from other freshwater fish in that it has a strong phototaxis.I usually live in the middle and lower waters, and I probably know that the big fish want to eat the small fish and don't want to be eaten. They usually cat to the bottom of the water, and wait to not float to the upper waters to bubble.

Therefore, it is not easy to buy whitebait in the fish market street.

As a result, whitebait, the bottom of the food chain, became a tribute in some dynasties.

Before night fell, Yang brought out all the tung oil from her boat and called women from the other three families to prepare lamps and torches.Huo Erhuai and Yang Fu prepared fishing gear with the men in the other three boats.

Huo Xi maneuvered on both sides to help out a little, while Huo Nian excitedly ran around on the boat without any safety.They also called Lu Song from the Lu family, and the two children wanted to jump into the river for a few laps, but Huo Xi firmly held them back.

Although he is good at swimming and has been able to swim since he was a child, this is the Yangtze River, the Yangtze River at night!Although the wind is not high and the waves are not urgent tonight, but it is unfathomable, and there is an invisible undercurrent, it is swept away, where can I find it?

Pi Xiaozi, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, no one is afraid.

"Okay, let's play in the river when we grow older." After being taught a few words by Huo Xi, Pi Xiaozi didn't care, and even comforted Lu Song, who was one year older than him.

"Yeah, let's go back to Taoyedu and play in Fushui again." Lu Song was more excited than Huo Nian.

Although Huo Nian doesn't have much memory of night arrests, he is doted on by his family and can join in any excitement.But Lu Song is different. Most of the opportunities to go ashore are to follow his parents into the city to sell fish. There is nothing exciting to watch, and he has no memory of night fishing.

"Father, I want to copy the net." Huo Nian still remembered Huo Erhuai's promise to teach him how to use the net to catch fish.

"Okay, copy the net and read it to us." Huo Erhuai promised him with a smile while arranging the fishing net.

Pi Xiaozi was very proud, and raised his head to Huo Xi.

Did not see.Huo Xi turned his face aside.I don't know whether to take it or not, so I have to copy the net.I'm afraid she will steal it from him.

The afterglow of the setting sun completely disappeared into the river, and the night covered the sky.

The four ships chose a wide area of ​​water, facing each other two by two, forming a large circle.

Huo's boat and Lu's boat pulled one end of the trawl net respectively, and the net sank into the water.The windbreak mast lights at the bow and stern were all lit.The torches are inserted obliquely inside the ship's enclosure, illuminating the river surface inside the circle, like daytime.

"It's so bright, it's so bright!" Huo Nian yelled towards the river, clapping his hands and feet, and Lu Song followed suit.

"Be quiet, the fish are scared away by you." Huo Xi glared at the two of them, and the two boys immediately covered their mouths with their little hands and shook their heads at her.

Seeing that the two of them had stopped, Huo Xi looked around, the surrounding river was so dark that he couldn't see anything, which made people feel fearful, but the surrounding river was as bright as day, like two worlds.

Not long after, under the light of the torches, the surface of the river began to move.

First, there was a shallow layer of ripples, from the outside to the inside, and then densely formed water waves, the entire water surface began to surge, from the outside to the inner circle, gathering towards the bright light, getting denser and denser.

"Go!" Huo Erhuai turned his head and shouted at Yang Fu.

Yang Fu immediately started to paddle the scull quickly.On the other side, Lu Song's mother also started to row the sculls, the two boats Huo and Lu started to row, and Huo Erhuai and Lu Ji were holding the end of the dragnet tightly.

As the boat paddled, the trawl began to outflank the school of fish coming towards the light.

"Wow, that's a lot of fishing! Sister, I want to catch fish!" Pi Xiaozi couldn't hold back, seeing that Huo Erhuai had no time to talk to him, he rubbed Huo Xi.

"Then copy it. Just don't fall into the water."

"Then sister, hold me, don't let Nian'er fall into the water."

"Mother, come and catch us to read."

"Mom, you are the best."

Yang patted his head with a smile, first bound him with a hemp rope, and tied the other end to the iron ring that fixed the scull, stood behind him, stretched out a foot in front to support his foot, He also helped him extend the copying net into the river.

"Wow!"

As soon as I dipped the net into the water, I took a full bag.The fish coming towards the light are still floating on the water surface, and do not avoid the touch of foreign objects.Instead, as the ship moves, it moves forward with the light.

The trawl net shrinks all the way, and the whitebait is gradually collected into the trawl net.

For Huo Nian, there was no technical difficulty at all, just like he used a melon ladle to get water from the water basket in the morning, and he could easily catch a net of fish.

"Wow, mother, look, there are so many!"

If it wasn't for my mother, I wouldn't even be able to pick up the net, which would be much better.Yang Shi and Huo Xi stood by him alone, holding his net scooping pole and lifting it up, and soon the whitebait that scooped up the net was lifted onto the boat board.

"Wow! Such a small fish. It's only as big as my little finger. It's white. It's so beautiful! Lu Song, isn't it so beautiful?"

"Yeah, it looks so good!" Lu Song's little head nodded like garlic.

The two boys screamed, extremely excited.Huo Xi dragged a fish basket over, and Yang immediately dumped the fish from the net into the basket.

"Wow! So small."

The two leather boys squatted on the deck, holding the fishing basket and looking at it, and picked it up again and again with their hands, screaming non-stop, "Is this a small fish? Why is it so big?"

Parents usually release small fish in their nets, why do they catch such small fish.

"It's called a whitebait, and it's only this big."

"Really, are its parents only this old?"

The two boys squatting together looked at Huo Xi together.Huo Xi really wanted to roll her eyes. Seeing that they both had a strong thirst for knowledge, she nodded: "Yes, they are only this big when they are old."

"Wow! The whole family is only this big."

"Is it still copying fish? Dad is going to collect the net."

"Yes, I still have to copy the fish." I stopped looking at the fish, got up and picked up the copying net and stretched it into the river.

It wasn't until the dawn of the next day that the four boats put out their torches.Row the boat laden with whitebait toward the city.

The whitebait was delivered to the Huibin building. After listening to the report, shopkeeper Wen hurried to the back kitchen. When he saw it, he almost knelt down to Huo Erhuai.

With a face full of disbelief: "This, this is an silverfish? There are so many?"

"Our quantity is a bit large. I don't know if shopkeeper Wen can eat it? If not, we can sell it to the fish market street while it is fresh."

"Yes, I want all of Huibin Building! The price is negotiable." Shopkeeper Wen rubbed his hands excitedly.

Send two cars to the owner, and ask the owner to send some more to the familiar mansion.The remaining restaurants in Huibin Building can eat it.not much.Isn't it good to have a solo business?

Soon, someone will be arranged to weigh it, and the silver will be settled.

Huo Erhuai took a heavy cloth bag and came out. The three men from Xi, Wan, and Lu's family followed behind Huo Erhuai, thinking about how much money they could share, and couldn't suppress the smiles on their faces.

　more later~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)