Chapter 26 Weaving a Fishing Basket

Xia Tian casually scratched the short hair on top of her head, rubbed her cheeks to stay awake, picked up the remaining vines from weaving the backpack, sat on the ground and began to weave a fish basket for fishing.

With fishing tools, you can catch fish, shrimp and shellfish for your daily diet without having to go into the water yourself. It is not only convenient and durable, but also reduces the risk of entering unfamiliar waters at will.

Although fishing by oneself is not too difficult, Xia Tian still chose a more convenient method.

"This thing I made has a scientific name, 'Yuquan (second tone)', a traditional fishing tool. For easier memorization, I've popularly called it 'Yulou' (fish basket). There's an ancient Chinese idiom, 'Get the fish and forget the net,' which refers to this tool."

【Wow, this anchor is really something! 】

[Idiom... Isn't that the long-lost ancient Chinese civilization?]

[What are the four words the host said? ]

[Which literature professor can come out and explain? ]

"A fish trap is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. Because the fish here are larger, it has to be made larger accordingly. The most important part of this tool is the opening, which should be large, but the entrance needs a funnel-shaped 'small barrier'."

Xia Tian didn't expect that just one idiom would cause such a big discussion in the comments. She just continued to explain what she was doing, "Look everyone, it's just to use a piece of bamboo or wood with good toughness to thin it out, and bend it into a small funnel. This way, fish can enter smoothly through it, but the other way around, they will be blocked."

The girl's hands kept moving, quickly weaving the "mechanism" of the front half of the fish trap, showing it to the audience in the live broadcast room from a 360-degree angle. "Everyone, you can see that this entrance is not sealed. There is some space reserved so that small fish can escape."

[Wow, this is amazing, I really can’t get out]

[How did you come up with this? It’s so clever]

[I also think that only going in and not out is too strong! ]

After preparing the most critical part, Xia Tian's next step is to make the main body of the fish trap, which is also the "fish basket" actually used to hold the fish.

The best raw material for this tool is actually bamboo, but although the climate here is very similar to that of the southern hills of China, there is not a single bamboo anywhere. She can only use vines and thin branches alternately.

Bamboo itself is hollow and has good toughness and strength. In some places, bamboo can even be used to build houses.

While Xia Tian was weaving a fish basket, she mentally put the search for bamboo on her agenda.

After all, the climate and terrain here are very suitable for bamboo growth. Maybe we can find some similar substitutes?

An hour later, the fish basket in the girl's hand was almost finished.

When it was lifted up, the length was about Xia Tian's waist and abdomen, and it looked unexpectedly large.

[The host has great hands]

[I think so too. I feel like I can do everything, including the backpack in front.]

【Looking forward to it】

Can I really use this to catch fish?

"Huh... finally done." Xia Tian wiped the sweat from her forehead and stood up to sort out the various scraps from weaving the fish basket. "This needs to be left in the river for 24... I mean a day and a night. Let's go to the river now."

The perspective in the live broadcast room followed the girl to the river.

[The view here is so wide]

Green mountains and clear waters! Love it!

The thought of eating mud worms doesn’t appeal to me.

(End of this chapter)