Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 183 This job is really not something that ordinary people can do!
Li Long threw off his coat and rushed into the water.

When he was this age in his previous life, he could only doggy paddle, but later he learned freestyle swimming. Now he rushed towards the place where Tao Daqiang fell into the water at a very fast speed.

The water was very cold, but Li Long didn't care anymore because he saw Tao Daqiang didn't surface for a while after being knocked into the water!
When Li Long was almost at the tire, he saw Tao Daqiang slowly emerging from the water, holding onto the tire with his hands, his eyes blank and a little dazed.

Just when Li Long breathed a sigh of relief, Tao Daqiang suddenly sank into the water again for some unknown reason!

Li Long was startled and swam over to the tire. Seeing Tao Daqiang still struggling in the water, he pulled Tao Daqiang to the side of the tire and asked:

"What's the matter?"

"The web is around me." Tao Daqiang replied subconsciously.

There was an obvious red mark on the left half of Tao Daqiang's face, including his ear, as if he had been slapped by someone. It was very obvious.

"Hold on to the tire, I'll help you untie the net." Li Long saw that Tao Daqiang was still a little conscious, so he pushed the tire to him and said, "Go ashore and rest for a while."

He swam behind Tao Daqiang, reached out and touched him, and saw that there were fishing nets wrapped around Tao Daqiang's waist and legs, and there was something over there pulling the fishing net and swimming underwater.

It must be the big fish!

How big does this fish have to be to knock Tao Daqiang into the water?

Li Long, curious, untied the net from Tao Daqiang. The net fluttered in the water for a while, and some fish had escaped, leaving a lot of fish scales on the net.

Li Long untied the net, pulled the remaining part of the net out of the urea bag in his hand, and then followed the net to find the big fish.

After just a pull, Li Long felt a strong resistance. The fish obviously didn't want to be caught, so it struggled with Li Long underwater. The fish's strength was doubled underwater, so Li Long guessed it wouldn't be particularly strong.

He put one hand on the tire and slowly pulled up the net in his hand, as patiently as he did when he went fishing before.

Finally, the big fish entangled in the net slowly surfaced - it was a big carp with a golden head and tail.

It was estimated to be about 70 to 80 centimeters long and very wide. Li Long guessed that it weighed at least 7 or 8 kilograms.

The fish knew it was in danger, and it twisted its body and flapped its tail desperately, splashing water all over the water. Li Long was not in a hurry at all, and just slowly pulled in the net.

He had already seen that the fish did not get into the mesh of the net, but was directly entangled in the net. It was wrapped very tightly, with only most of the tail sticking out.

Tao Daqiang calmed down at this time and said a little embarrassedly:
"I didn't expect this fish to be so strong. My face is burning!"

"Fish are very strong in the water," Li Long slowly pulled the net in front of the big fish, turned around and picked up the urea bag from the tire, stretched it to the fish's head in the water, and put the fish in with the water, saying as he put it in:

"What does it mean to be like a fish in water? It means that a fish is better off in water than outside."

Once the fish is in the bag, there is nothing we can do. Li Long collected the rest of the net and turned to take Tao Daqiang to the shore. Tao Daqiang waved his hand hastily:

"Brother Long, that's not necessary. I was knocked unconscious by the fish just now, but I'm recovered now. Let's collect the net quickly."

"Okay, then we won't put the tires on. Let's just collect them like this. I'll collect them and you take the bag."

The two people worked together to collect the remaining seven nets, and the three urea bags were almost full.

Of course, it's not all fish. Aquatic plants commonly known as "duck grass" have grown in the water. This thing is difficult to remove once it gets entangled in the web.

The two men used the power of the tire to get back to the shore, carrying the bag and the tire ashore. At this time, Li Long felt cool - the water felt hotter than outside.

The two young men simply wrung out the water from their clothes. There was nothing to be ashamed of. After cleaning the water off their clothes, Li Long carried a bag of fish and tires, while Tao Daqiang carried two bags of fish and walked quickly home.

When we arrived at Li's house, Li Jianguo had already spread out the plastic sheet as usual, and Li Juan and Li Qiang were eating.

Seeing the water on the two people, Li Jianguo asked in surprise:
"What happened? Did you fall into the water?"

"A big fish." Li Long said vaguely, "Brother, have you seen such a big carp in Xiaohaizi?"

Li Long untied the bag and poured it onto the plastic sheet. There were a lot of fish, but the big carp with a golden head and tail immediately attracted the attention of others.

"It's so big!" Li Qiang opened his mouth wide.

"So beautiful!" Li Juan also put down her chopsticks.

Liang Yuemei had just taken the food out of the pot and saw the big carp. She couldn't help but blurt out:

"So big? Isn't it a spirit?"

In fact, it’s not that I haven’t seen fish this big before. I’ve seen silver carp and grass carp that are longer than this.

But to be honest, it's really rare to see a carp that big and beautiful in the wild.

Besides, carp itself has different meanings in the eyes of Chinese people, so it’s no wonder that Liang Yuemei said that.

"I'm afraid it's over eight kilograms." Li Jianguo squatted down, untied the fish and put it in the washing tub - it seemed that the entire washing tub was just the right length to hold the fish.

"It should be sold for at least ten dollars, right?" Li Jianguo said again.

"No, we'll keep it for ourselves." Li Long made the decision. "It would be a shame to sell such a big fish!"

"It's so big, how do we cook it?" Li Jianguo glared at him, "The pot isn't even this big..."

"Chop it into several pieces. Daqiang takes one piece, and my sister-in-law gives one piece to her family..."

"Then Xiaoxia's family must also get a share..." Liang Yuemei interjected.

"Yes, I ate it." Li Long said directly, "It would be a pity to sell it."

"That's fine." Li Jianguo didn't have so many thoughts. The fish was caught by Li Long, so he had no objection, and naturally he had no objection either. "It's just that the fish meat is hard to cook thoroughly..."

"I know a way." Li Long thought for a while and said, "Let's keep it first. When I come back from selling fish, I'll cook it for us!"

"Then you two go change your clothes and we will choose the fish," said Li Jianguo.

"No, no." Tao Daqiang said, "It's not cold - finish picking quickly, we still need to sell the fish early."

"Aren't you cold?" Li Long asked Tao Daqiang.

"It's not cold. Look at the big fish. It's hot."

"Okay, let's choose." Li Long didn't feel cold now.

After selecting the eight nets, excluding the largest one, the other fish must weigh at least 70 kilograms - even then, some fish fell because the nets fell into the water. "Da Qiang, you don't have a scale at home, go home and get a basin that can hold about one kilogram of fish." Li Long said, "One basin at a time, and it's 80 cents per piece. Don't let others pick the big ones, or no one will want the small ones. Don't let people pull them in the water, or they will kill the fish and become unsalable."

Li Long shared some experiences with Tao Daqiang. Tao Daqiang nodded and went back to change his clothes.

"Do you want to sell Daqiang individually?" Li Jianguo asked.

"Well, he said he would try taking a dozen kilograms." Li Long nodded, "I asked him to sell the fish in the county market, and I carried the fish directly to Shicheng to sell it. It's dozens of kilometers away, and the county is too slow to sell the fish."

"Okay." Li Jianguo said, "You should change your clothes quickly, you are so wet..."

When Tao Daqiang came over, he was holding a bag and an enamel basin. Li Long took a look and saw that the fish in the basin was about 120 to 130 kilograms. He said to Tao Daqiang:

"You want one bowl per piece, and you said this bowl can hold more than one kilogram. Remember, you can't be picky!"

"Okay." Tao Daqiang was a little excited. He was going to sell fish alone, and he was also a little nervous.

Every time he saw Li Long selling fish and meat like a fish in water, he was very envious and wanted to be like him.

Try it.

After an argument, Tao Daqiang finally only took away less than 15 kilograms of crucian carp. Li Long packed the rest into two urea bags. As before, he used sack pieces to pad the back seat. After Li Juan finished eating, Li Long took her out of the village on his bike.

"Juan's father, are you really going to eat it?" Liang Yuemei was still hesitant when looking at the beautiful big carp in the basin. "I think this fish might be a spirit. Did you see Daqiang's face? He should be the one who fanned the fish."

"Eat, there's nothing you can't eat." Li Jianguo didn't have so much psychological burden. "Since Xiaolong said he wanted to eat, he still made it, why do you care so much? The weeds in the field haven't been cleared yet. We have to finish thinning out the seedlings and weeding out the weeds today, so that we can relax for a few days."

Liang Yuemei looked up and saw a few clouds in the sky. She smiled and said:
"It's a good day today. Come on, carry the fish to the kitchen and let's go to the fields."

Li Long dropped Li Juan off at the primary school gate and then stopped there waiting.

Ten minutes later, Tao Daqiang strode over. Li Long pointed to the back seat and said:
"Come on, get on, it's faster on the bike."

"Brother Long, I don't want to ride anymore. You should hurry to Shicheng. It's more than ten kilometers from the county. It will take you forty to fifty minutes to ride there. I might start selling fish in the county before you get there."

"Okay then. I'm leaving." Li Long thought that made sense. Seeing that Tao Daqiang was very excited, he didn't say anything and pedaled away quickly.

Arriving at the big yard, Li Long took the basin and scale, locked the door, and went directly to Shicheng.

When passing by the Ma River Bridge, he saw that the water level in the river was already very high. Even so, there were still people looking for jade on the banks upstream and downstream.

When they arrived at the old street, the sun had already begun to rise. Li Long saw that there were people standing at the place where he used to set up his stall. He did not choose and went straight to the T-junction, where cars parked, and parked his bicycle next to it. Then he set up two large basins and poured crucian carp and other miscellaneous fish into them.

This time there are more black carp than silver carp. Li Long guessed that there are more small crucian carp. The black carp have abundant food, so they are more active.

When he poured the fish down, someone noticed it and came over to see what was happening.

"Fish for sale! Fresh wild carp and crucian carp with five black streaks. Fish for sale! Fresh, live carp and crucian carp with five black streaks. Selling at a low price!"

Li Long's loud voice directly attracted the attention of many people. It was really unique to be able to shout so loudly at this time.

It’s a clean way to make money, so there’s nothing to worry about.

"How much do you sell fish?" someone asked.

"Small fish, that is, crucian carp, no matter the size, 80 cents per kilogram, you can't be picky. Big fish, carp with five black stripes is one dollar, silver carp 90 cents." Li Long quoted the price expertly, "How much cheaper do you want?"

"How much do you want?" someone asked.

"More than five kilograms."

"Weigh me a kilogram of crucian carp. This crucian carp..." It was a middle-aged man who reached out and grabbed it from the basin.

"Don't move. I told you not to move. These fish are alive. If you pull them randomly, how are people going to buy them if they die?" Li Long pushed his hand aside. "I can't just do business with you. Other people also want to buy!"

The man habitually put himself on the side of the majority, and an angry expression appeared on his face, but others felt that Li Long was thinking about them, and they all blamed the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man originally wanted to curse, but in the end, no words came out.

"I'll give you one kilogram. Look, the scale is high." Li Long slapped him as a sweet gesture. "I know you're anxious. This fish is best for making soup. I'll give you another one." He threaded the fish with the prepared Achnatherum splendens and handed it to him. "Pay the money."

The man's anger turned into laughter, and he happily paid the money, picked up the fish and left.

"Come on, young man, weigh me two kilograms of crucian carp... and give me two at least!"

"Okay, but you can't do it..."

The business became popular all of a sudden.

There is a large flow of people, and Chinese people tend to like to watch the fun, so there are always people gathering here, with groups coming and going, and the number of fish is visibly decreasing.

Because Li Long had said it in advance and kept repeating it, no one touched the fish in the basin. Most of the fish were still alive and sold quickly. After more than 60 kilograms of fish, Li Long received 52 yuan. He sold the last crucian carp half and gave it away to an old lady.

Originally, Li Long wanted to have a meal here, but he was a little worried about Tao Daqiang, so he rode his bicycle back to the county.

The sun was already high in the sky. Tao Daqiang looked at the small fish and dead fish in the basin and felt like crying but had no tears.

It was fine at the beginning, why did it suddenly become like this?

At first, he followed Li Long's instructions and told them that no fish, no matter how big or small, should be moved in one basin.

The people who gathered around looked at the fish swimming in the basin and immediately paid to buy them, and then they squeezed in.

Tao Daqiang was shouting at everyone not to crowd while collecting and giving money. He didn't know how many pairs of hands were in the fish basin, pulling. When these people dispersed, Tao Daqiang counted and found that he had received a total of six yuan. There were a lot fewer fish in the basin, and most of the remaining ones were dead.

It was obvious that someone was playing tricks in the fish basin. The scales on the fish had fallen off, and some of them had feces squeezed out of their butts.

But he didn't see who did it, what should he do?
When Li Long came over, Tao Daqiang was sitting in front of the stall. He didn't shout or greet anyone, and his eyes were dull.

This job is really not something that ordinary people can do.

When Tao Daqiang saw Li Long, he felt like he had met a savior. He quickly told him what had happened before. He felt a little aggrieved and confused.

Li Long raised his head and looked around, and soon found two people who were paying attention to this side.

He sneered.

Tao Daqiang encountered such a thing, so let him pay the tuition fee.

But when some people do bad things, he just won't let them succeed!
(End of this chapter)