Mountain driving career since 1982

Chapter 879 Black Pearl

The catfish is not only a rare fish species in the wilderness, but also a unique indigenous fish and the unique king of fish in the river.

To be honest, Lu Lu was quite surprised to catch catfish in the Nen River and use this lucky method to catch three catfish at once.

For a long time, in his impression, it could only be found in Heilongjiang.

Of course, in later generations, this big thing, which can be called an ancient fish, was also eaten and turned into a protected animal. It was an out-and-out giant panda in the water and a giant in the river.

Most of the catfish found weigh between [-] and [-] kilograms, and the big ones can even exceed a thousand kilograms.

In other words, among the three catfish that Lu Lu and the others caught, even the largest one weighing [-] or [-] pounds can only be regarded as an average fish.

Judging from the growth pattern of catfish, it takes five to six years for a young fish to only grow to ten kilograms. It can grow to about eighty kilograms in twelve to thirteen years, and it needs to reach the level of five hundred kilograms. The age of the fish is at least In about 13 years.

This big guy has a lifespan of more than 50 years.

In these days, catfish is regarded as pure soft gold in the eyes of fishermen. The skin, meat, bones and liver are all edible. Especially the eggs of catfish are known as "black pearls" and are expensive.

As far as Lu Lu knows, the most famous thing is that in 2018, three fishermen in Fuyuan accidentally caught a catfish weighing more than 22 pounds. When the Fisheries Bureau found out about this, they directly offered [-] yuan to buy the fish. That's how he survived.

You know, in these years hundreds of tons of catfish could be caught each year, but by 2005, the output was less than ten tons.

The Bureau of Fisheries paid for it to protect it. If it were on the market, the price would be even more outrageous.

It was difficult for Lu Lu not to pay attention to such a valuable thing.

Thinking of these, and then thinking about my own hunting ground, those mountain rivers and large puddles seem to be suitable for breeding. In the future, the hunting ground can also carry out fishing business, not even breeding business...

Lu Lu had an idea in mind and planned to get a batch of them in May or June next year and put them into the hunting grounds for trial breeding.

If successful, you can build your own catfish farm, and the raised catfish should bring you a lot of income.

The river and several large pools in the hunting ground can become a very good breeding ground.

I have to go back and think about it carefully.

The research on the protection and cultivation of catfish is still seven or eight years away, and Lu Lu knows a little bit about this. The key is that the catfish resources are abundant at this time, and he has plenty of opportunities to try it.

The brothers carried the fish that were quickly frozen to the car, then returned to the ice and worked together to drag out the two sets of fishing nets.

After three days, we landed several nets. After pulling up the fish in these two nets, the effect was not ideal. The fish in the two nets only weighed three to four hundred kilograms.

"Would you like to catch some more in the bubbles?"

Looking at the empty carriages, Raymond asked with a smile.

"That's enough. We still have the eight wolves by the tent and our fishing gear and tent to pack. That's almost it! The key is that these wolves have been tied up all night. They need to be sent back as soon as possible and put in the hunting ground before going. We can't afford to waste time digging holes in the ice to stir up fishing. We finally managed to get these few wolves, but we can't let them be ruined again."

Lu Lu didn't want to delay any longer.

He asked a few people to sort and pack the caught fish into bags and load them into the truck, and then he picked up the guys.

After collecting the things, he asked Zhao Yongke to sit in the cab. Yuanbao immediately jumped up and got under Zhao Yongke's legs to lie down.

It took a lot of effort to start the car again, and the five people embarked on the return journey.

Pulling a heavy cart was no better than driving an empty cart, and the speed was much slower. By the time we returned to Lulu Meadow, it was already dark.

Chen Xiuyu, who had already been lying down on the kang, heard the barking of dogs and the sound of a car engine coming from outside. She quickly got dressed and got off the kang. After turning on the light, she went out with a flashlight.

Opening the fence gate, Lu Lu and Lei Meng parked the car in front of the cellar.

Zhao Yongke opened the car door and Yuan Bao jumped out.

When Chen Xiuyu saw Yuan Bao, she immediately went up to him and rubbed Yuan Bao's head: "I knew you must have followed him, which made me worry for a long time."

Then, she looked at Lu Lu: "You just left that day. I closed the fence gate and blocked Yuanbao and the others. Who knows, you have been gone for several minutes. Yangyang has to go to school. After opening the fence gate, Yuan Bao immediately ran out and was gone in the blink of an eye.

I know it must be looking for you, but when I think about it, you have been gone for a while, and if you still can’t catch up, hurry up and chase it out..."

"We caught up with him when we arrived in the area and kept running behind the car. Yuanbao also wanted to protect me. Without him, we might have been attacked by wolves this time."

Lu Lu was also full of emotion. After spending so many years with Yuan Bao, one person and one dog seemed to be tied together, and no one could live without the other.

"Have you met a wolf?" Chen Xiuyu was startled.

"There are many people fishing on the river, so we can only go to relatively remote and remote places. As a result, the fishy smell of the caught fish attracted a pack of wolves. There must have been forty or fifty... and they surrounded us for a long time. , thinking about breeding wolves in the hunting ground, I tried to catch a few of them, and killed some more, and finally dispersed the wolves.

Go back to the house and give us a bowl of noodles or dumplings. We haven’t eaten yet. We need to unload the fish from the car first, and we have to go to the hunting ground..."

Lu Lu urged.

"Yeah!" Chen Xiuyu turned around and walked into the house, going to the kitchen to light the fire to cook dumplings.

Lu Lu and others were busy unloading the fishing gear, catches and wolves from the car.

These fish have to be sorted again. When the time comes, each household will send some, a few people will keep some, and the rest will be kept to feed dogs and wolves.Now I have unloaded it and placed it temporarily in the open space in front of the cellar. I am mainly busy sending a few wolves to the breeding ground in the hunting ground.

When Chen Xiuyu finished cooking the dumplings and ran out to shout, she saw that Lu Lu and others had unloaded two carts of fish.They are all packed in bags and piled up. They have already frozen into big ice cubes and will slide down quickly.

Chen Xiuyu was shocked again when she saw the wolf corpses. There were more than 20 wolves. In addition, there were several wolves whose feet were tied and their mouths were tied but they still dared to howl fiercely.

"Xiuyu, don't you say that you can fight wolves every day? What are you afraid of?" Zhang Shaofeng said with a smile.

"Everything I brought back before was dead, but this time there are live ones. Aren't I afraid of being bitten... Is it appropriate to put this in a hunting ground?"

"What's inappropriate? There should be many types of prey in the hunting ground, and the proportion of prey should be controlled well. Let guests come to hunt, and some people seek excitement... If there is only a single wolf, it actually poses a threat to humans. Not big, mainly because the proportion of prey released in the hunting ground is a bit troublesome, but nothing else is inappropriate."

Lu Lu is not worried about this problem. What he wants is a good hunting guide who is responsible for guidance and safety protection.

Speaking of which, there are still many things to be busy with during the New Year, especially finding hunting guides and training. We can't be careless and it will take a lot of time.

Lu Lu shook his head, suppressed his thoughts for the time being, and called his brothers into the house to eat dumplings.

After eating and drinking, he picked out some bags containing miscellaneous fish and loaded them into the car, loaded a few wolves into the car, and sent them to the hunting ground overnight.

When the car arrived at the hunting ground in the middle of the night, it woke up several militia brothers who were responsible for feeding the animals in the breeding ground and patrolling the hunting ground.

The hunting ground was not yet powered on, so they came out with flashlights. When they saw it was Lu Lu, they were all relieved.

In cooperation, several wolves were carried on poles to the designated breeding area, and the iron gate was opened. The same few people held down the ropes, first untying the ropes binding the feet, and finally untying the ropes around the wolves' mouths.

After being tied up for too long, the wolves seemed a little sluggish and staggered when they stood up.Facing so many people, he didn't dare to show his aggressive attitude and walked into the forest dejectedly.

After putting several wolves in, Lu Lu put a lot of fish inside to ensure that they would not have to worry about food for a few days.

Afterwards, he closed the door of the breeding farm, returned to the guard house, moved the fish used to feed the wolves into the shed, thanked several militia brothers for their hard work, and explained some management precautions before going up. The car took the brothers home.

Finally, Liang Kangbo was sent back to Huilongtun, and it was already midnight when Lu Lu returned home.

Chen Xiuyu heated up hot water, and Lu Lu simply took a bath in the tub, rested on the kang, and slept straight away until the afternoon of the next day.

When I woke up, I took a look outside the house and found that Chen Xiuyu, Wu Nakan and other women had already sorted and bagged the fish. All kinds of good fish were shared by every family in the village, appropriately according to the population. Increase or decrease.

The old men worked hard until midnight. Knowing that they couldn't do much the next day, they left all the sorting work to their wives. They arrived at Lu Lu's meadow early in the morning, carrying thousands of kilograms of fish. When good fish is sorted, a family can share twenty or thirty kilograms, and there is still a lot left to feed Gouzi, Baiyu, and cranes.

Seeing that the things were almost sorted, Lu Lu ate something briefly and asked a few women to help him move the three big catfish into the house and break them open with a hunting knife.

The flesh of the catfish is as fat as pork. When it was broken open, two of them had fish roes in their bellies, which were black and green and weighed nearly twenty kilograms.

To a large extent, the endangered catfish is because the roe is too valuable.

It is said that three soybean-sized fish roe are as rich in nutrients as one egg, and a catfish egg can contain at least 60 eggs, and the eggs produced by large fish can reach 400 million. .

If you think about it this way, you will understand why the Fisheries Bureau was willing to spend 22 yuan to buy a giant catfish.

The roe it produces, as well as sturgeon roe, can be made into a popular dish in the international market: black caviar.

After processing, the shark fin becomes the raw material of famous dishes, which is no less than the shark fin used traditionally.

The inside of the catfish swim bladder is very thick, and the swim bladder and notochord can be made into isinglass.

Swim bladder can also be used as medicine. Its ingredients contain very high collagen. When boiled with water, the water will decompose into gelatin.

It can be said that the catfish is full of treasures.

The more he thought about it, the stronger the idea of ​​breeding catfish became in Lu Lu's mind.

Lu Lu thought that his brothers, including Lin Zidao, Kong Siren, Wang Demin and others, would share some of the fish meat, so he cut it into sections based on the head. As for the fish roe, each of his brothers would share some for Lin Zi, the foodie. Tao also left some.

After the distribution of things, he drove the car to the threshing floor in the village, knocked on the rails hanging on the persimmon trees, gathered everyone, and then took some fish and fish roe to Chen Xiuqing's house, and also took the opportunity to They warmed up over the fire at home and chatted with Chen Xiuqing and Ma Jinlan.

As for dividing the fish, leave it to Chen Xiuyu, Wu Yuejia and other women.

After working for more than half an hour, the fish were distributed to every family, including Chen Weiguo and Zhu Chunmei's family. Chen Xiuyu also asked Wu Yuejia to send some specially.

Now in the village, they are the only two families who have grudges against Lu Lu.But after a few years, many people in the village had a much better life than they did before, but now they are living a more prosperous life than they do. They must feel uncomfortable in their hearts. There are not many people who are willing to care about them. The management of the farm, including the mountain Regarding the purchase of wild vegetables, I was obviously very envious, but because of some past events, I couldn't bear to get involved in it, and my life was getting worse every day.

Fortunately, he has been quite peaceful in the past two years. He no longer dares to gossip about Lu Lu and Chen Xiuyu, and he has not acted like a monster again. Lu Lu does not intend to continue the stalemate like this. It is better to dissolve enemies than to end them. He intends to let things go as they are. .

The key is that Lu Lu is no longer something they can shake.

So when dividing the fish, I specifically asked Chen Xiuyu and Wu Yuejia.

But Chen Xiuyu was still holding her breath in her heart. She understood that Lu Lu's words were correct, but she refused to do it. Wu Yuejia could only do it, and brought Lu Lu's words with her.

After the fish was divided, Lu Lu specifically asked Wu Yuejia: "Sister-in-law, what was the reaction of the Chen Weiguo and Zhu Chunmei families?"

Wu Yuejia smiled and said, "You have already given them a step. What else is there for him to be tough on? He can't be tough. He took the things. Let me tell you, they were really sorry for you and Xiuyu at that time. I can't help it."

Lu Lu smiled and nodded: "Very good, take your time in the future!"

(End of this chapter)