Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

Chen Lang walked around the village, hoping to get some food from someone's house, but when the villagers saw him, they hid away as if they were guarding against thieves.

Even the little kids of a few years old were scared and started crying when they saw him.

Chen Lang was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry, thinking that although being a Tongsheng was not a great achievement, he could still be considered a scholar.

As a result, a scholar almost became a monster in the village.

Brother, how are you doing?

If you can't rely on your fellow villagers, you can only rely on yourself.

As the saying goes, live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the water, eat by the water. There is a big river two miles outside the village. You can go to the river to try your luck.

However, before going to the river, he had to inform Li Xiuzhi and her mother in advance, so that Li Xiuzhi would not think that he had gone to the county town to find "true love" again.

When Chen Lang returned home, before he could say anything, he saw Li Xiuzhi take out a pair of rusty scissors from under the pillow and point them at Chen Lang fiercely.

Guoguo hid behind Li Xiuzhi, and her exposed feet were trembling visibly.

"Mr. Chen, don't even think about taking my daughter away!" Li Xiuzhi acted very ferocious, but her eyes were full of fear.

Seeing this scene, Chen Lang felt both amused and sad.

What makes people laugh is Li Xiuzhi's weird train of thought, but what makes people sad is that the reason why Li Xiuzhi has such weird ideas is because of the dirty things that the evil beast Chen Erlang did before.

Chen Lang secretly sighed and said softly, "Xiuzhi, don't get excited. Put down the scissors first."

"I, Chen Lang, swear to heaven that I will never sell my daughter, and I will never hurt you again."

"I came back just to tell you that I'm going to the river to get some food and I'll be home before dark."

"Don't ask your mother for food, or she'll scold you or even beat you. We'll talk about it when I get back. I swear, from today on, I will never let you or your daughter go hungry."

Li Xiuzhi had no reaction when she heard this. She had already become numb.

But my daughter Guoguo carefully poked half of her head out and asked, "Dad, can you really get some food back?"

"Guoguo is so hungry."

Chen Lang's heart nearly broke when he heard this. He nodded heavily and said, "Don't worry, Guoguo, Dad will definitely bring some back to eat."

After saying that, he strode away.

Guoguo was a little happy. She hugged Li Xiuzhi's neck and said, "Mom, Dad is out looking for food. Guoguo doesn't have to go hungry tonight."

Li Xiuzhi thought to herself, you've been cheated by that guy so many times, why don't you learn your lesson, little girl?

He has to bring back food unless the sun rises from the west.

But facing her daughter's hopeful eyes, Li Xiuzhi couldn't bear to reveal the truth. She forced a smile and said, "Guoguo, go to sleep. You'll have food when you wake up."

Guoguo immediately crawled to the end of the bed, closed his eyes and went to sleep obediently.

Looking at her daughter's dirty little face, Li Xiuzhi felt so heartbroken that she couldn't breathe.

I'm sorry, Guoguo. Mom shouldn't have brought you into this world. You have never had a good day since you followed me. I feel so guilty towards you.

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As the saying goes, if you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools. Chen Lang first chopped a piece of bamboo with an axe, and then, despite his mother Qin's scolding, took a roll of thread and a needle from the cabinet beside her bed.

Finally, he found a broken bamboo basket in the woodshed, carried it out of the door, and headed straight for the river.

The village where Chen Lang lives is called Hezhong Village. As the name suggests, the village is located in the middle of the river. Similarly, there are Shanghe Village, Xiahe Village and Hewei Village.

These four villages are all under the jurisdiction of "Nanhe County".

Starting from the east end of the village, it takes about a quarter of an hour to reach the big river "Fuyang River".

Although we have reached the river, we still need to find a suitable "port" if we want to go down to the river to fish and catch shrimps.

Chen Lang walked along the path by the river for another incense stick of time and finally found such a place.

He first bent the sewing needle he had taken from Qin and made a simple fish hook. After wrapping it with hemp rope, he also wrapped a small stone on the end as a pendant.

Then he dug a few earthworms from the mud on the river bank as bait, and with the eye for choosing fishing spots accumulated from his many years of Air Force career, he found a fishing spot that he thought would be popular.

Cast the rod and press the line, all in one go!

Use a large stone to hold down the end of the bamboo pole and then leave it alone for now.

However, fishing is just a hope. What Chen Lang really wants to find are the clams, shrimps and crabs hidden in the cracks of the rocks by the river.

As soon as he turned over the first stone, Chen Lang got something.

Two big crabs were baring their claws and fangs at him under the stone, but Chen Lang immediately wrapped them tightly with straw and threw them into the bamboo basket.

Chen Lang thought he was lucky, but when he turned over a stone next time, he found a few crabs or river shrimps, which made Chen Lang realize that it seemed to have nothing to do with luck.

There are so many resources!

Don’t people here eat shrimps, crabs and clams?

Chen Lang thought about it and figured it out.

Although crabs and shrimps taste good, in ancient times, ordinary people cared most about whether they could fill their stomachs rather than the taste.

Crabs and shrimps are obviously not full.

As for river clams, a lot of spices are needed, otherwise they will taste fishy and difficult to swallow.

At the same time, eating too much of these things will cause many adverse reactions. Over time, ordinary people will no longer eat these foods. At most, they will grab a few to satisfy their hunger when they are hungry, and they will never regard these two foods as staple foods.

But just because the rural people don’t eat it doesn’t mean that the rich people in the county don’t eat it.

If you catch them and sell them to restaurants in the county town, you can also get some change.

Why didn't the villagers choose this way to make money? The reason was simple: it took at least an hour to walk from Hezhong Village to the county town. By the time they got there, the crabs and shrimp would have died, making them unsalable.

However, Chen Lang has a way to solve the pain point of "transportation".

He picked up a lot of water plants and put them in a bamboo basket. After putting the shrimps and crabs in, he covered the surface with another layer of water plants, so as to extend the survival time of the shrimps and crabs.

The only drawback is that the bamboo basket with aquatic plants will become very heavy. Carrying such a basket to the county town would probably cost you half your life.

But in order to fulfill the promise I made to my wife and children, I have to carry the bamboo basket no matter how heavy it is!

Chen Lang continued to turn over stones and soon found a new one.

Tiger ginger, scientifically known as Polygonatum sibiricum.

This thing is a Chinese medicinal material. Although it is not particularly precious, if you accumulate enough of it, you should be able to sell a few.

Now Chen Lang’s main goal is to keep every penny in his pocket and not let go of anything that can be exchanged for money.

After more than half an hour, the weight of shrimps, crabs, Polygonatum and water plants in the bamboo basket had reached the limit of what Chen Lang could bear. He stopped and prepared to go back to see if his fishing rod had caught any fish.

Chen Lang returned to the place where he placed his fishing rod. When he was about to pick up the rod, he suddenly felt alert in his heart and stepped back subconsciously. Then a black shadow suddenly emerged from the bushes and made a hissing sound at him.