Chapter 330: Surprising Night Arrest

"Dad often goes fishing at home, and he's very good at it."

Xiulan also said.

Lin Heng nodded immediately and said, "Okay, I'll trouble Dad tomorrow. We're mainly going to catch plum fish fry. We bought some seine nets and sticky nets."

Chen Changxia thought for a moment and said, "Small fish seedlings, it would be best to catch them alive and set up some traps. It would be best if we set them up now so that we can catch a lot tomorrow morning."

Father Lin shook his head and said, "This is not good. You finally came here to play, how can I let you stay up late?"

"Father-in-law, please stop being so fussy. We are all working people and this is nothing. I suggest that we go catch them and leave after we have dinner."

Chen Changxia smiled and waved his hands. He couldn't wait to show off his fishing skills.

Watching the two talking, Lin Heng had no choice but to nod and agree: "Okay, then the three of us will be together later."

"That's right." Chen Changxia nodded with a smile, and sat on the sofa with Lin's father to drink tea. The high-quality Longjing tea bought by Lin Heng was very much to his taste.

Lin Heng looked at his watch and it was almost half past four. He turned his head to look at his father and said, "Dad, I'll go to Hongfeng Mountain to get some tools. We'll go fishing tonight."

"I'll go get it and feed the cattle, sheep and shrimps at the same time." Father Lin said, putting down the teacup.

"Then I'll go with you and see how you raise and feed cattle." Chen Changxia stood up and said.

Looking at the industries of Lin Heng's family, he was also tempted and wanted to learn more about them to see if he could imitate them after returning home.

Although he had seen it once, he was still shocked when he came to Hongfeng Mountain again. He thought that Lin Heng only relied on a purchasing station, but he didn't expect that he had such a big industry.

On the other side, after his father and the others left, Lin Heng turned to look at Xiulan and said helplessly, "I can't take you with me this time."

"Let's wait until next year. It's not convenient for me to go out now." Xiulan shook her head. She was also afraid that something might happen to her accidentally.

Lin Heng looked at her and nodded: "Okay, I'll go cook."

"I'll help you." Xiulan stood up and said.

Lin Heng did not refuse. He scooped some rice and cooked it in the rice cooker, then asked Xiulan to cut the vegetables.

After the vegetables were cut, he added more fire and cooked, with Xiulan guiding him. He first made stir-fried pork with sour beans and lean meat with mushrooms, then stir-fried green vegetables, cucumber salad, and dried fish and winter melon soup.

"Your cooking skills are getting better and better." Xiulan tasted it and said with a smile, her red lips shining.

"There's still a gap compared to my wife." Lin Heng grinned and pulled her out again, "Let's go outside to cool down. It's so hot."

The sun had already set and the yard was gradually getting cooler. Xiaoxia, Yang Qing and several other children were playing house in the yard, pulling up a lot of grass and cooking.

At half past five, Lin's father and mother all came over. Seeing the dishes on the table, Chen Changxia sighed, "They really have so much meat for every meal."

"If you don't eat it during the summer, it will go bad. Dads, please sit down quickly." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Because they were going to the river, they didn't drink any alcohol in the evening and started packing up after dinner.

In addition to the three of them, Xiongba was also brought along. Originally, his elder brother was going to go too, but because the car was loaded with oxygen cylinders, fishing nets, fish cages, etc., it couldn't fit four people, and it was difficult to bring a dog.

"Then let's go. Caiyun, you can sleep with Xiulan tonight. I won't be back." After packing up, Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and said to Caiyun.

Caiyun nodded and agreed: "I understand, second brother, please be careful."

Xiulan warned: "Be careful of poisonous snakes and don't go into the water."

Lin Heng made a gesture to show that he understood, then went out and drove the three people and the dog towards their destination, Heihe.

By this time the sun had already set, with only a streak of blood-red sunset in the sky. The wind in the valley was very cool as they drove, and the three of them moved forward quickly.

Chen Changxia felt very curious sitting in the car. He looked around and asked some questions about the car from time to time.

We moved forward and by the time we reached our destination in Heihe, the last rays of the setting sun had already dissipated. Perhaps it was intoxicated by the sun, and the starry night now seemed to be tinged with a blush.

Chen Changxia looked at the sidecar in front of him and said with emotion: "We have walked about 30 kilometers. This car is really fast."

"This is still relatively slow, because we dare not drive too fast at night." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Oh, it's great to have a car." Chen Changxia sighed.

Father Lin looked at the winding river valley ahead and asked with a smile: "Father-in-law, do you think this place is suitable for fishing?"

Chen Changxia nodded and said, "It looks OK, but we need to investigate it in person for details."

After parking the car on the side of the dirt road, the three of them went to the river with flashlights to check the situation. If it didn't work, they would go to another place.

It's just getting dark now and the eels and turtles on the river bank haven't come out yet, but there are a lot of small fish everywhere.

After a brief inspection, Chen Changxia nodded and said, "This place is not bad. It looks like there are a lot of fish fry."

"Then let's set up camp here." Lin Heng said immediately.

The three of them turned around and went back to move all the huge pile of things down.

They first built a temporary shelter with tarpaulin in a willow grove by the river. It was still quite cold in the early morning in summer, and the dew was heavy, so sleeping outside was definitely not an option.

Compared to using branches and grass on the mountain, building a shelter with a tarpaulin is much faster and can be done in just a dozen minutes.

The bed was also very simple. I cut some lush mugwort, spread it on the ground, and covered it with a layer of tarpaulin to make a bed.

After the simple shelter was built, they went to the river to set up fish traps.

"There must be fish hiding in this place. Let's set up one here." As a veteran fisherman, Chen Changxia continued to give instructions.

After choosing a location, I started setting up fishing traps. It was very quick to shovel sand to make traps, which was much faster than moving stones one by one.

After it is ready, sprinkle a few handfuls of shrimp feed into it to maximize its attraction to the fish.

After finishing the arrangements at the river bend, they continued to move upstream. The Heihe River is a cold river, with a water temperature of only 18 or 19 degrees in summer, so it was a bit cold to walk in the water.

Lin Heng held a bow and arrow, but he didn't see many big fish in the shallow water of the river. He wanted to shoot fish but had no target.

As they were walking, Father Lin suddenly stopped and pointed ahead and said, "Look over there, there's a huge turtle!"

"It's really a turtle, but the water is half a meter deep and it's hard to catch it. It will run away if people go there." Chen Changxia said while looking at the pale yellow turtle in the water.

When it saw people, this guy didn't move, as if he thought people didn't notice him.

"Then it can only die." Lin Heng said with a smile, drew his bow and shot an arrow. With a whoosh, the sharp arrow pierced through the water surface and shot into the water.

As waves of tiny white bubbles dissipated, everyone discovered that the turtle had been shot through and was swimming towards the deep water.

However, it was destined to not escape. The arrow that Lin Heng used to shoot fish was modified by himself. It had barbs and was connected to a nylon line.

The turtle didn't run far before Lin Heng pulled the line back. He weighed it in his hand and said with a smile, "This one is not bad, it weighs two kilograms."

"Awesome!" Chen Changxia gave a thumbs up. His son-in-law's archery was really accurate.

"Let's see if we can catch two more tonight." Lin Heng took the turtle down and put it into the bag, and everyone continued to move forward.

As we walked forward, we saw a few large salmon, but they ran too fast and we didn't have a chance to shoot them.

When they came to a place where the water was clear and flowing fast, Chen Changxia said, "This is a good place, suitable for setting up a sticky net. I think we can catch a lot of big fish."

"Let's set it up. We got two nets today." Lin Heng nodded. The water here was more than one meter deep. The three of them set up sticky nets near the edge and scattered some bait.

Once you have arranged it, continue looking for other good spots, exploring along the way to see if you can catch any fish.

It was not easy to catch the living ones, so he caught a lot of dead ones. Lin Heng also shot three half-pound plum fish and a small turtle weighing one pound.

They worked until eleven o'clock, setting two sticky nets and 15 fish traps. Even three people were exhausted.

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"Go back and have a rest. Get up early tomorrow to see the results." Lin Heng said. There was probably no hope in continuing the exploration. They had been walking along the river for almost two kilometers.

"Okay." Father Lin had no objection. It was too late and there was nothing to explore.

On the way back, Chen Changxia went to the stream that merged into the main river with a flashlight, and soon exclaimed: "If you want to catch plum fish fry, come here. Look, there are so many here."

Lin Heng and his father were looking for big fish. When they heard the sound, they went to check. They were really shocked to see many three or four centimeter long fish fry in this not-so-turbulent stream. They were all smelt carp fry.

"There are indeed a lot of them. I estimate that there are forty or fifty of them in this pond alone." Father Lin nodded.

Chen Changxia asked: "Should we capture them directly or use a trap?"

"Then just catch it and see how much we can catch." Lin Heng said, holding up the scoop net and fish basket in his hands.

The three of them immediately started the operation of catching the fish fry. Lin Heng set up the net while his father and father-in-law chased the fish. They caught fish from the creek upstream for about eight or nine hundred meters, and then came back to catch more.

In addition to the fish fry, a small grass turtle was also found. Lin Heng caught it as well and took it back for Xiaoxia to raise for fun.

"It's already two o'clock." Lin Heng was shocked when he looked at his watch. He was so happy fishing that he always had a good catch and didn't even notice the passage of time.

"It's indeed late, but we have caught about four or five hundred fish fry, right?" Chen Changxia asked with a smile. The fish fry weighed about four or five kilograms.

"Of course we have it. Plus what we catch in the trap tomorrow morning, that will definitely be enough." Father Lin nodded.

After looking at the fish fry by the water, the three of them quickly returned to the shelter and threw the fish fry into the turbulent water at the edge of the Black River.

However, there is still one thing to do before going to bed, which is to kill the three fish and clean the two turtles, as the internal organs will easily go bad if they are not covered.

When I finished all this, it was almost three o'clock. The moon was about to rest, and only the stars remained motionless.

"I'm asleep."

Leaving Xiongba to guard, the three of them lay down and soon fell asleep.

It is almost impossible to sleep in in the wild whether it is winter or summer, because the birds start chirping as soon as the sun rises, and it is impossible to sleep in such an environment.

"Ah, let's go and see the harvest." Father Lin said with a yawn.

Chen Changxia rubbed his arms and said with emotion: "It's quite cold this morning. It's much colder on the mountain than down here."

"If you go to the top of Changbai Mountain, you will have to wear a cotton jacket in summer." Lin Heng said with a smile.

The three people and the dog quickly came to the water's edge, washed their faces briefly, and then ran to check the fish fry they caught last night, only feeling relieved when they were sure everything was alright.

Father Lin exclaimed in the distance: "Oh my god, these are all minnows, whitebait and brook grouper. There are not many plum fish."

"Look at how many wheat ears there are. The other small fish can also be eaten." Chen Changxia said.

Lin Heng was not surprised by this. He walked over to take a look and caught the small fish with a fishing net. There were no big fish in the trap in this shallow water. The largest one was a crucian carp weighing about two taels.

After a rough estimate, the total weight of the fish in this trap was about one kilogram. After picking out the fish, there were only more than thirty of them.

After clearing all five fishing traps in the river bay, they only obtained 180 plum fish fry.

Lin Heng looked at his father and father-in-law and said, "How about this, I'll drive the car to do this first, and you guys continue to collect the other fish here."

This time, because we were bringing the animals back alive, we had to use plastic bags with oxygen to transport them back, which took up a lot of space and we definitely couldn't transport them all in one go.

"Okay." Father Lin nodded.

Lin Heng went back and got a thickened plastic bag used for fermentation and storage, filled it with one-third of water, poured in fifty fish fry, then opened the oxygen cylinder, flushed the remaining two-thirds of the space with pure oxygen through the tube, and finally tied the bag.

Basically, if you take the fish back this way, few will die.

There is another reason for transporting it back so early, that is, mullet is a cold-water fish, and the strong sun at noon will quickly heat up the water temperature, and these fish will die directly.

Including the more than 500 carps caught in the creek last night, Lin Heng transported more than 700 carp fry back this time.

It was only half past five when they left. The sun had not yet risen and the grass on the roadside was covered with dew. Lin Heng walked very fast and it took him half an hour to get back to Hongfeng Mountain.

"Why are you back so early?" Lin's mother had just gotten up to wash her face and was a little surprised to see him.

"I'll bring the fish fry back first, can you help me get them?" Lin Heng said as he stopped the car and held the fish fry.

"Okay." Lin's mother wiped her face and helped Lin Heng carry the remaining fish fry up the mountain.

The small waterfall on the mountain has now become a scenic spot. It can be seen from far away at the foot of the mountain. As you get closer, the roar of the water becomes louder and louder.

Now that the weather is clear, the mountain stream water has become crystal clear, and the same is true in the small dam. Even though the water is deep, you can still barely see the bottom.

Mountain spring water has a low temperature and very little algae. It does not have a lot of algae like river water, so it does not look very green.

There are three small docks near the Hongfeng Mountain side of the dam, and near each dock there is a three-square-meter fish cage. These were originally the fish cages used to raise prawns and breeding shrimps, and were taken by Lin Heng and placed here.

Mother Lin asked, "Can we just pour the fry into the net cage?"

"Yes, just pour it in for now." Lin Heng nodded.

The water temperature of this dam has been measured and is similar to that of the Heihe River. Even on sunny days like this, the temperature is only about 18 or 19 degrees. The temperature at the bottom of the water is even lower, so it is no problem to use it to raise plum carp.

(End of this chapter)