Li Xiangyang also realized that he had spoken too quickly. After Liu Changsheng let go of his hand, he smiled and leaned over to invite him:
"I treated you yesterday at noon. Let's go to the commune cafeteria for lunch! The pork stewed with vermicelli there is pretty good."
Liu Changsheng curled his lips. This guy is still as stingy as before. The New Year is almost approaching, but he is reluctant to go to even a state-owned restaurant!
"Lao Liu, when is your team going to catch fish? I'll take Fugui and Xiaolu to help!
Hey, no, why are you running? Fuguier, hurry up and catch your uncle Liu back!"
Liu Changsheng: If I go back I’ll be a bastard!
He said, why did Li Xiangyang suddenly invite him to dinner? It turned out that he was thinking about the fish in his river!
In the past few years, the shameless old man has cheated him of many fishes!
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3:30 AM on the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month
It's more than thirty degrees below zero and water turns into ice when poured on it.
"Sister Lu, where are we going?"
Lu Hao sat in the carriage, wrapped up like a dumpling, facing the howling north wind and shouting loudly.
"have no idea!"
Lu Wensheng didn't want to say a word. She was really going to freeze to death. The spiritual energy in her body had been used up last night when she treated her grandfather's leg. Now not a drop could be squeezed out. She felt that if she didn't get down and move around, she would be frozen into a human stick!
Li Zhenguo was driving the carriage in front, and when he heard their conversation, he replied loudly:
"We're going to the lower reaches of the river, where there are more fish,"
Lu Wensheng looked at the team members pulling the plow on the ice. The starlight formed a long dragon of torches in the distance.
Today is the annual day for ice-breaking fishing, commonly known as winter fishing. It means breaking a few holes in the ice that has been frozen for a winter and casting nets to catch fish.
Its characteristic is that fishing operations are carried out on frozen rivers using the eyesight and experience of veteran fishermen.
Of course, compared with summer, the fish in winter is fatter and the meat is firmer.
According to the captain, the process of winter fishing includes paddling, using ice picks, using twisted spears to move hooks, running water lines, pulling lassos, driving horse wheels, following the net, and casting the net.
All these complicated processes require experienced people to direct the operations, and the most experienced person in the Ping An Brigade is none other than Mr. Li. Their family has been the captain and boss of the fishing team for generations.
He put on his thickest and most solemn clothes today, and led everyone out of the team at two o'clock in the morning to find the place where he thought the most fish might be found.
"Okay, here it is! I'll mark the spot first, and you guys can chisel later!"
Lu Wensheng and others jumped off the carriage, stretched their frozen hands and feet, and followed Li Zhenguo to the center of the crowd.
They came here today just to watch the fun. Winter fishing is a great cultural tradition in later generations.
Lu Wensheng had never seen it in modern times, but now that she has come here and has the opportunity to see the most primitive winter fishing scene, she must come.
After Grandpa Li determined the location, everyone took out their tools and prepared to break the ice and cast the net. Li Zhenguo directed everyone and started to chisel the ice after choosing a location.
Lu Hao watched curiously from the side. He saw that the ice was very thick and every blow made his arms numb. However, the team members were full of energy and shouted slogans while working hard.
"It's connected, I dug it through here!"
The first one to speak was Li Fugui. He and Chen Cheng were responsible for chiseling a hole in the ice, and it took them almost twenty minutes to completely chisel it open.
Lu Wensheng ran over to take a look. Wow! The ice must be about 40 to 50 centimeters thick. No wonder it took so long to dig through it.
Li Fugui shoveled out the excess ice while explaining some basic knowledge to the boys:
"Once you chisel out the ice, you have to shovel it out right away. Otherwise, it will freeze again and all your efforts will be in vain."
A hole is dug in the ice every 35 meters, and ice chips are scooped out while the ice is dug to ensure that each hole is evenly distributed. After that, the pole is moved and the net is lowered.
A wooden pole is used to guide the fishing net under the ice, and this process requires the cooperation of multiple people.
One person is responsible for moving the pole, one person is responsible for adjusting the pole, and one person uses a hook to pull out the "guide rope".
The fishing net moves along the pole under the ice, forming a large circle and finally closing at the exit.
The whole process is complicated and tedious and cannot be completed without experienced people.
It was not until dawn that all the nets were put down.
The next step is to stir the water through these ice holes to make the fish gather in a specific area so that enough fish can be caught.
If you stand on the ice and look carefully, you can see big fish tightly wrapped in the net.
The fishing net used by the Ping'an Brigade is the kind with the net bag modified into an 8-centimeter net, which catches large fish and releases small ones.
Catching the big fish and releasing all the small fish until next year is also a way to protect the ecological balance.
When the front of the fishing net reaches the outlet, the team members will change the traction rope and use horses to pull the winch to slowly pull the fishing net out of the river.
Next, it’s harvest time.
When Li Xiangyang led his team to pick out the fish one by one from the fishing net, the team members' faces were filled with happiness and joy.
Even Mr. Li, who had been watching from the side, nodded frequently, looking like a general returning from a victorious battle.
It was not until dusk that all the fishing nets were pulled out. At this time, the ice was filled with densely packed backpacks filled with fish, each weighing at least four or five kilograms.
There are all kinds of fish, both familiar and unfamiliar, such as carp, crucian carp, grass carp, silver carp, bighead carp, boiled fish, trout, pike, bighead carp, oxtail, tooth fish, white fish, and skewers.
Lu Wensheng even saw a big fish weighing more than ten kilograms on the carriage, and no one knew how many years it had grown!
"Walk!"
After everything was packed, Li Xiangyang gave an order and the large group set off towards the village.
It was already completely dark when we arrived at the team. Although the temperature was about minus 30 degrees Celsius, the team members were very excited. There must be several thousand kilograms of fish, and each family could get at least dozens of kilograms!
“This is such a fat year!”
(Author: Let me explain, my life in the countryside is about to end. I will write about the remaining year and a half very quickly. I will basically pick two important nodes to explain. The next part will be exams, returning to the city, getting rich, and having a sweet love~)
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