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

Chen Lang got up as soon as it was light.

I spent ten cents to buy some leftovers from the restaurant owner yesterday. There were still some vegetable scraps. I smelled them and they tasted normal and not spoiled.

Adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, Chen Lang bought two steamed buns and ate all the remaining vegetable scraps.

After eating, Chen Lang hurried to the fishing tackle store.

After hearing Chen Lang's description, the owner of the fishing tackle store was completely stunned.

Because the kind of fishing tool Chen Lang wanted... he had never seen it, let alone even heard of it.

However, adhering to the idea that the customer is the Jade Emperor, the shopkeeper still found Chen Lang a fishing net and several bamboo poles brushed with tung oil, as well as thin hemp ropes cut into sections and five large bamboo baskets as requested by Chen Lang.

This kind of bamboo pole is generally used to support boats. It is strong, durable and extremely tough. Some "old anglers" also like to use this kind of pole as a fishing rod. The feel and toughness after catching fish are much better than ordinary bamboo poles.

Hemp ropes are used to tie fishing nets, and bamboo baskets are used to hold the catch.

As the saying goes, if you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools. Regardless of whether the explosion can be achieved today, all the necessary tools must be prepared. Otherwise, if the explosion occurs and there is no place to put them, it will be too embarrassing.

Among them, the fishing net is the most expensive, costing sixty cents, and the other things combined only cost twenty cents.

After paying the money, Chen Lang carried a bamboo pole and a bamboo basket on his back, which contained a fishing net and twine, and walked quickly towards the city gate.

After leaving the city and taking a ride for ten cents, Chen Lang returned to the Fuyang River.

Then we started assembling the fishing tools.

The tool that Chen Lang was going to use was learned from his uncles in the countryside in his previous life. He didn't know its scientific name, but his uncles called it "needle."

The process of fishing is called "moving the needle".

The production process is not complicated. Just use bamboo poles to make a quadripod, and then tie the fishing net to the four corners to form a huge funnel.

Find a bay, put the "needle" down, and pull it up after a while. There is a high probability that there will be fish in the fishing net.

Whenever the flood comes, the uncles and aunts in the village will carry the "needle" to the riverside, put it down and pull it up after a few minutes. Those who have fish in the fishing net will be happy, while those who have no fish will slap their legs in frustration. They will either stay where they are or move to another place to continue fishing.

However, due to factors such as environmental pollution and malicious electrofishing, there are fewer and fewer fish in the river, and even when the flood comes, few can be caught. This method has gradually become obsolete.

But in the Great Yan Dynasty, this method was completely feasible.

After the tools were made, Chen Lang dug out the wine jar that had been buried in the soil overnight.

Only about one-fifth of the rice was used for fishing yesterday, and the rest was buried in the soil by Chen Lang. After soaking overnight, the aroma of the rice wine became even stronger.

Holding the jar and carrying the fishing gear, Chen Lang walked along the river bank, looking for a suitable place to "suck the needle".

After a cup of tea, Chen Lang found a backflow bay with a very good terrain.

One of the fishermen’s favorite fishing spots!

Sprinkle all the rice wine all over the place, and then place the needle carefully.

After a while, Chen Lang felt it was almost time and slowly pulled up the needle.

Halfway through, a look of joy appeared on Chen Lang's face!

Because the feel told him that this net bag was definitely not from the Air Force!

As the "needle" gradually emerged from the water, the movement on the water surface became louder and louder, and some fish even jumped out of the water.

Looking at the way they jumped around, it seemed like they were about to fly over and slap Chen Lang in the face.

"Two-legged beast, you have no moral principles. You deceived me with wine and rice, and attacked me with a fishing net!"

Chen Lang would not tolerate them. After the fishing net was fully lifted up, he immediately moved away and returned to the bay.

This way, when you pick up the fish later, you don’t have to worry about these guys jumping back into the river by themselves.

"Oh my goodness, I'm rich."

There are not only a large number of black carp and grass carp weighing more than one kilogram in the fishing net, but even two turtles!

Chen Lang was so happy that his mouth almost reached his ears.

Fish and turtles need to be kept separately because turtles have bad mouths and may bite the fish.

A fish with wounds is worth little when it is alive, and even less when it is dead.

The first net yielded a lot of rewards, and Chen Lang became more motivated.

The morning passed like this.

Chen Lang's arms were sore and swollen that he couldn't continue.

Fortunately, the effort is proportional to the reward.

The large bamboo baskets for fish were already full. I tried to lift them and found that each basket weighed at least 100 kilograms.

In the frame for turtles, in addition to seven or eight turtles, there are at least twenty kilograms of loaches!

Chen Lang spent a lot of effort to keep these river fish alive, but they were almost dead and had to be sold in the county town as soon as possible, otherwise the price would be cut in half.

However, a new problem arose. Chen Lang couldn't lift so many frames at all.

So Chen Lang hid his tools first, then rushed to the official road, hoping to see if there was any coachman passing by and ask him for help for some money.

As soon as I walked onto the official road, I met Liu Dabi who was returning to the county town.

Chen Lang hurriedly stopped him and said, "Brother Liu, please help me!"

Big Nose Liu said, "Going to the county town? Get in the car."

Chen Lang shook his head: "No, I caught some fish, and I can't carry them alone, so I want you to help me carry them."

"I'll pay you twenty cents for the lift and transportation. What do you think?"

Liu Dabi naturally would not miss this opportunity to earn extra money, and readily agreed.

At the same time, I couldn't help but feel a little contempt for Chen Lang.

Liu Dabi thought, a scholar is a scholar, he can't even lift a fish.

You can't just catch a king fish weighing hundreds of kilograms.

What's more, with Chen Lang's small physique, if he really encounters the king of fish, there will be only one outcome, and that is to be dragged into the water.

Following Chen Lang to the river bank, Liu Dabi rubbed his eyes vigorously after seeing the two baskets of fish.

He thought he was hallucinating.

"Chen Tongsheng, how did you get it? It's not easy for the best fisherman in the village to catch so many fish."

Chen Lang waved his hand and said frankly it was luck.

Then he took the light bamboo basket and said, "I can't carry it all in one trip. I have to make two trips. Thank you for your hard work."

Liu Dabi hurried forward, grabbed both sides of the bamboo basket with both hands, shouted, and lifted the bamboo basket up.

"My goodness, this must weigh about 100 kilograms."

The two men put several baskets of fish on Niu Dabi's cart with empty stomachs.

Chen Lang wiped his sweat, counted out thirty coins from his wallet, handed them to Big Nose Liu, and said, "Here, I'll pay the fare first."

Liu Dabi was also a sincere man. He waved his hand hastily and said, "It's not that much. Fifteen cents is enough."

Chen Lang grabbed his hand, threw all the copper coins at him, and said, "It's the amount we agreed on."

"And I have one more thing to ask of you. You have to keep this a secret for me and don't tell anyone else."

"You know my family situation. If they knew I caught so many fish, we wouldn't have peace at home."