70s Xiao Que Xing

Chapter 109 Catching the Loach

When Xie Xiaonian was walking towards Lin Xiaodan's direction quickly, Lin Xiaodan was also running towards Xie Xiaonian's direction.

After the two approached, Lin Xiaodan hugged Xie Xiaonian all of a sudden, causing Xie Xiaonian to stagger and almost fell.

"What's the matter, what are you yelling, let go of Xiao Nian, you've strangled her to death." Li Zhenzhu looked around and saw that there was nothing, said angrily, and pulled Lin Xiaodan hugged Xie Xiaonian's neck desperately.

Maybe because Lin Xiaodan felt that there were more people around, Lin Xiaodan was not so afraid. After letting go of Xie Xiaonian tremblingly, he said in a crying voice, "There are snakes over there! It's so scary."

Although there are many snakes in the mountains, but because Lin Xiaodan usually goes to crowded places, this is really the first time he has seen them.

"Where is it?" Xie Xiaonian asked in surprise.

You must know that she is wearing a medicine bag to repel snakes and insects. This medicine bag is made according to the ancient prescription in the space, and the effect is very good.

I have been here for almost 2 hours, and it stands to reason that within a radius of [-] meters, it is impossible for there to be any more snakes.

"Over there, let's not go there, it's too scary." Lin Xiaodan said in fear.

"You guys stay here, I'll go and have a look." Although Xie Xiaonian was also afraid of snakes, in order to test the efficacy of the medicine she had prepared, she still had the courage to walk in the direction where Lin Xiaodan was just now.

If there were snakes, she would have to find a way to improve the prescription.

"I'm with you." Li Zhenzhu and Liu Yifan followed Xie Xiaonian and walked forward together, emboldening Xie Xiaonian.

When he got to the place, Xie Xiaonian searched around but didn't see a snake, only a snake skin.

Xie Xiaonian directly picked up the snake skin and said, "There is no snake here, only a snake skin."

"Ah, snake, throw it away, throw it away." Seeing Xie Xiaonian holding the snake skin, Lin Xiaodan started to shout again from a distance.

At this moment, the three of them also understood that there were no snakes at all, and what Lin Xiaodan was afraid of was just the snake skin.

"Okay, why don't you just put on snake skin? What's there to shout about?" Li Zhenzhu was really annoyed this time, she already hated Lin Xiaodan enough, but now she was even more annoyed.

But Xie Xiaonian didn't pay attention to Lin Xiaodan, and directly wound up the snake skin and put it in her usual cloth bag for medicinal materials.

"Snake skin can also be used as medicine?" Li Zhenzhu looked at Xie Xiaonian's movements and asked in surprise.

"Yes, snake skin can treat loose teeth. Smoking snake skin can cure toothache. Snake skin can also remove freckles and relieve cough. It also has good effects on skin diseases. Stretch marks after pregnancy can also be treated by snake skin. Those who come here for treatment have other effects." Xie Xiaonian patiently explained.

"It turns out that snake skin is still so useful. If I encounter snake skin in the future, I will bring it back to you!"

Because of the snake skin incident, Lin Xiaodan followed Li Zhenzhu the whole time, for fear of running into him again.

And she didn't choose to follow the more reliable Xie Xiaonian, because Xie Xiaonian had snakeskin in his cloth bag and had touched it with his hands, so she was afraid and disgusted.

At noon, Xie Xiaonian invited several people to rest under a big tree, Liu Yifan was in charge of collecting firewood for the fire, and Xie Xiaonian and Li Zhenzhu were in charge of roasting dry food.

"Xiao Nian, you touched a snake with your hand, can you still eat the baked corn bread?" Lin Xiaodan looked at the corn bread in Xie Xiaonian's hand and said with disgust.

"I washed my hands just now, didn't you see?" Xie Xiaonian was so old, and it was the first time that she was disliked by others in terms of hygiene. You must know that she is a bit of a clean freak.

"Then how can it be cleaned! After touching that thing, at least wash it with soap a few times!" Lin Xiaodan said disapprovingly.

"Don't worry, this is my dry food, I won't give it to you, you don't have to dislike it." Xie Xiaonian felt that there was no need to argue with her, so he said directly.

"Xiao Nian, I'm just thinking about you. You can't get sick if you pay attention to hygiene. You know that sickness comes from your mouth. You rural people just don't pay attention! Unlike us"

"You are the only one who is clean. You wiped your ass after going to the toilet. Don't eat with your hands if you are capable!" Before Lin Xiaodan could finish speaking, Li Zhenzhu immediately choked.

"Pfft!" After hearing what Li Zhenzhu said, Xie Xiaonian couldn't help laughing out loud, this metaphor is really appropriate enough.

"You're vulgar!" Lin Xiaodan blushed when he saw Xie Xiaonian and Liu Yifan looking at Li Zhenzhu with a smile.

"I'm vulgar, you're the only one who is gentle, don't follow us if you have the ability!" Li Zhenzhu said with curled lips, showing her vicious side to the fullest.

"If you don't follow, then don't follow. Who cares to follow you? I don't want to come to this poor place!" Lin Xiaodan started to pack his back basket and go down the mountain.

Because it was at the foot of the mountain, there was no danger, so the few of them didn't say a word, and let her pack up her things and go down the mountain with her back on her back.

"I think she was tired, so she took the opportunity to go down the mountain!" After Lin Xiaodan left, Li Zhenzhu said disdainfully.

"Never mind her, it's better to leave." Liu Yifan, who hadn't said anything all morning, couldn't help complaining.

Although Xie Xiaonian didn't say anything, he was relieved.

"Xiao Nian, after eating the dry food in a while, I'll take you to our secret base. We caught several prey yesterday. Except for one we ate, the rest were tied to the cave and raised." Li Zhenzhu said happily while gnawing on the cornbread.

"You tied it there? Didn't you fence it up?" Xie Xiaonian asked.

"No, don't worry, I'm fastened and I won't be able to run away." Li Zhenzhu said confidently.

"I'm not saying whether it can run, but there are weasels in the mountains, what if the pheasant is eaten by weasels!"

"Ah, there are also weasels, so what should we do, we won't eat them all!" Li Zhenzhu became a little anxious at this moment, it was all their hard work.

"Why didn't you remind me!" Li Zhenzhu glared at Liu Yifan and said shamelessly.

"I didn't know it happened either!" Liu Yifan said with a wry smile.

"It doesn't matter, it should be fine for just one night. We will find out later when we go and have a look. At that time, we will use bamboo to make a cage for it, and it will be convenient to raise it in the future. It is best to make a small door for the cave. That way It's much safer." Xie Xiaonian comforted.

Although Xie Xiaonian said so, Li Zhenzhu was still worried, until she saw that the 2 pheasants and 3 hares were safe and sound, she was finally relieved.

"Xiao Nian, let's catch loaches! I just saw that there are bubbles coming out of the mud by the stream, there must be loaches!" When the three of them were helping Xie Xiaonian to cut pigweed by the stream, Li Zhenzhu said suddenly .

"Okay, we can take this loach back and eat it openly, without fear of being spoiled." Liu Yifan also said eagerly.

Usually there are quite a few half-grown children in the village who go down the river to catch loach and eels, so even if they bring the loach home, it’s nothing.

"Okay, I'll cut this box full of hogweed, let's catch it." Xie Xiaonian also only had the memory of the original owner catching loaches, and he had never gone down the river to catch loaches, so he readily agreed.

"Then let's hurry up." After speaking, Liu Yifan began to work hard to mow pigweed.

"I've never caught a loach when I grow up. The loach is so slippery, is it easy to catch?" Although Li Zhenzhu started this matter, she only saw others catch it, and she had never done it herself.

"Let's use a bamboo basket to scoop it up, it will be easier to catch, and there are no children from the village rushing around here, there must be a lot of loaches." Xie Xiaonian said.

After cutting the pigweed, Xie Xiaonian and the three took off their shoes, rolled up their trouser legs, and started to enter the water.

Although it is now the middle of April in the lunar calendar, the water in the stream is still a little cold. After slowly adapting to the water temperature, the three of them started to move.

Although they have never really entered the water, the three of them have seen how to catch it.

So the three cooperated tacitly, and after using stones and mud to circle a water area by the stream, they began to pour the water inside to the outside of the circle.

When the water is less, you can see loaches, small fish and shrimps moving in the circle.

Fortunately, the water here is relatively shallow, so even if the three of them didn't have tools at hand, the water drained quickly.

"Ah, it really is, that's great, I want to be the first to catch it." Li Zhenzhu didn't care whether the water was drained or not, and started to catch it directly.

It's a pity that the loach is too slippery, and she has no experience, so she watched the loach slip away from her hand.

"Hahaha, you can't grab it like this. You should either pinch its head tightly, or hold it with your hands. It's best to bring some mud, so that your loach will stay in your hand." Xie Xiaonian said He stepped forward to demonstrate holding a loach.

"Ah, really, it doesn't move, so I want to grab it like this." Li Zhenzhu shouted excitedly.

It's a pity that she really doesn't have the talent to catch loach, and she can't catch loach by any method.

In the end, I had no choice but to take the basket, scoop out a basket of mud, and then wash it, scoop up a basket of mud, and then wash it, and I caught it blindly by luck.

But because there are a lot of loaches and shrimps here, even with this stupid method, you can catch a few with good luck if you use more times.

The three of them spent nearly 3 hours surrounding 4 areas to catch loach. They finally caught a loach weighing about 5 or 6 catties, a few small fishes the size of a palm, and a lot of dried shrimps. shrimp.

If it wasn't for the fact that the three of them would definitely be able to catch more loaches as long as they were relatively large, but they were already very satisfied with so many.

Although the three of them felt very tired, they were very happy, especially Li Zhenzhu, because she lived in the city since she was a child, and had never done fishing in the river, so she found it very novel.

After the three divided the loach and fish and shrimp, they went home with their own things.

And Xie Xiaonian is also going to take home what he got, now that Li Zhi is sick and can't eat fish and shrimp, how can Xie Xiaonian let go of this opportunity to covet her.

Here Lin Xiaodan was sleeping soundly in the room, and she smelled a strong smell of fried oil. At this time, she couldn't fall asleep so greedy, so she got up quickly.

Smelling the aroma, Lin Xiaodan arrived at Li Zhuzhu's kitchen and saw Li Zhenzhu and Liu Yifan frying while eating delicious loach.

"You guys are so selfish, you didn't even call me when you were catching loach? Did you drive me back on purpose at noon, because you were afraid that I would break up with you!" Lin Xiaodan complained angrily, looking at the scene in front of him.

(End of this chapter)