Chapter 333 Fish, Fish, Fish
Zhou Silang had obviously been to this section of the river many times and was very familiar with it.
There is a wooden bridge connecting the two banks, but it is very narrow and can only accommodate three people at a time. There is no obstruction on both sides. It looks like it was built by splitting a tree into two boards. It is very simple.
Zhou Silang spread the fishing net and took it to the other side. He asked Zhou Wulang and Datou to come over and pull the fishing net, and asked Zhou Liulang and Daya to hold the other end of the fishing net.
This section of the river was deep but narrow, providing enough space for them to pull the net, with even more room to spare.
Bai Dalang and Bai Erlang also came to help, while Zhou Silang held his waist and took charge of directing. He pulled the net to where he thought there would be fish and stopped. He then took a stick and knocked on the water plants to scare the fish out, and then drove them towards the fishing net.
Half a day later, they finally dragged up the fishing net and closed it on all sides under Zhou Silang's command. Before it was completely closed, everyone saw a big fish jumping in the middle.
A group of children rushed forward to look. Zhou Silang slapped the water in front of them with his stick without mercy and scolded them, "What are you looking at? What are you looking at? Move back a little, aren't you afraid of falling in?"
He said to Zhou Wulang and Datou, who were pulling the fishing net back with all their strength, "Just hold on like this, don't move."
After saying that, he ran to the wooden bridge, rushed over there, took the wooden bucket and another net, and went directly into the water to catch fish.
The water was still very deep, but it only reached Zhou Silang's chest and did not cover his head.
Manbao and Bai Dalang subconsciously looked down, then looked back, only to find that they had unknowingly deviated from the place where they first cast the net.
Obviously the water here is not that deep, and Zhou Silang had already figured it out.
He placed the wooden barrel on the water, walked over with it, and then took the net in his hand and fished in one by one.
After catching seven or eight fish, he quickly picked up the lid of the wooden barrel from the side and closed it, then carried the barrel back to the shore.
Let the two guys on the shore pull the barrel up.
Manbao helped pull the wooden barrel up and gave him another wooden barrel.
After two or three trips, all the big fish in the net were caught. Zhou Silang then walked directly across the river to the other side, took the fishing net from Zhou Wulang, and then walked back from the river.
He asked Zhou Liulang to loosen the fishing net. Bai Dalang thought about it, pulled the fishing net in line with the river bank, and let out more nets for him.
Zhou Silang walked a little more smoothly.
When they slowly moved to the river bank, Zhou Silang handed the fishing net to Zhou Wulang and others who had already come over from the wooden bridge, and climbed up himself.
Everyone then worked together to pull the fishing net to the shore.
The fishing net, which was mixed with fish, water, aquatic plants and other things, was extremely heavy. Everyone had to use all their strength to pull the fishing net ashore.
All that was left in the fishing net were fish smaller than a palm's size. Zhou Silang had specially changed the size of the holes in the fishing net last night.
The hole is only the size of a thumb, so there are many small fish in the fishing net, which are jumping around in it.
Manbao screamed along with the other children, extremely excited.
Zhou Silang sat on the grass and didn't want to move.
It is not easy to walk in the river, especially when you are pulling a net.
Zhou Wulang had already brought people to pick up the small fish. He poured the big fish into two buckets and used the remaining two buckets to hold the small fish.
Some that were too small and still alive were thrown into the river.
It was the first time for Bai Dalang to do such a job. He helped out clumsily and his progress was even worse than that of his brother.
Manbao is also very fast. Although she does little, she has seen a lot.
Manbao was picking up fish from the wooden barrel with a crackling sound, which made Bai Dalang unable to help but look at her. "I recognize you. You are the young lady of the Zhou family. Are you Mr. Zhuang's disciple?"
Manbao nodded and looked at Bai Dalang, "I recognize you too. The teacher said you are very good at studying."
Mr. Bai invited Mr. Zhuang to teach in Qili Village in order to hire a teacher for Bai Dalang. After Bai Dalang studied with him for more than a year, he was recommended by Mr. Zhuang to the county school, and then from the county school to the provincial school.
He is the most outstanding disciple Mr. Zhuang has ever had.
Of course, Manbao thought this was because she and Bai Shanbao were still young.
If you really counted them, they were actually senior and junior brothers, and Bai Dalang had heard his father praise each other more than once, so he said in a friendly manner, "When I got home this time, the master had already gone home, so I couldn't actually meet him. Is he in good health?"
Manbao nodded, "Very good, I can eat two bowls of rice in one meal."
The two chatted for a while, and then everyone had collected all the fish.
Zhou Silang wrung his wet trouser legs contentedly and simply rolled them up.
He waved his hand and said with great passion: "Let's go home."
Bai Erlang looked at the river with envy, "It's still early, shall we go fishing again?"
"No, this place is full of mud. I'm already impressive for being able to make it once. Do you want me to make it a second time? And can you even eat that much?"
Not to mention the big fish, the little fish have already caught two buckets. Even if they split it in half, the Bai family probably won’t be able to eat so much.
Zhou Silang was very considerate of the other party. "Two buckets of small fish will consume a lot of oil."
Bai Erlang said, "My family has no shortage of oil."
Zhou Silang was worried about Mr. Bai, thinking he had given birth to a prodigal son. The young master of the Bai family was even younger than him, and he knew how to save money.
Bai Dalang coughed lightly and said, "Erlang, come back next time after you finish eating. There's no need to rush."
Zhou Silang warned, "Don't come here by yourselves. The water here is deep and there are many weeds. The adults in the village don't want to come here to fish. If you want to fish, just ask the servants to fish in the river at the entrance of the village."
Bai Erlang said unhappily, "Didn't you say there were no fish there?"
"It's not that there are no fish, it's just that there are too few. I don't want to waste my time."
Everyone carried their things home while talking, and when they reached the village entrance, the two sides had to separate.
Zhou Silang looked at the small fish in the two wooden barrels and felt that his family should not take advantage of them, so he said, "I'll give you a barrel of big fish. You can kill one when you go back tonight. If you think the earthy smell is too strong, you can keep it in clean water until tomorrow."
As he spoke, he took out two or three big fish from another wooden barrel and put them into another wooden barrel, until the barrels were full.
Then he handed the full barrel to Zhou Wulang and the others and said, "Take it home."
He picked up the smaller bucket himself, then picked up another bucket filled with small fish. He turned to the Bai brothers and said, "Let's go. I'll take you back."
Everyone: ...
Zhou Silang called Datou to join him.
Datou and Bai Erlang carried another wooden barrel full of small fish together, and Bai Dalang hurried forward to help.
When they arrived at the door of the Bai family's house, Zhou Silang handed the three wooden barrels to the Bai family's servants, then reached out and pinched Datou's butt.
Datou immediately shouted to Bai Erlang, "When you fry the fish, remember to call me to get it."
Bai Erlang was in high spirits and nodded vigorously, "Don't worry."
So Zhou Silang and Datou felt relieved, gave them a smile, and turned around to go home.
(End of this chapter)
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