"Also, grandpa told you not to use brute force, but to learn how to play the fish, and then wait until the fish is exhausted before pulling it up. I don't understand what that means either."
"Yeah, I understand."
Chen Wang nodded.
The little girl blinked in a silly way, thinking, do you understand now?
My brother is really smart!
Chen Wang is indeed a novice in fishing, but even if he has not eaten pork, he has seen pigs run.
You know, in the era of short videos before the time travel, the most popular sport on Tik Tok was fishing.
Chen Wang has also watched many bloggers’ fishing videos.
It was just that I suddenly got excited today and was in a hurry, so I didn’t think too much about it.
After the little girl conveyed the old man's words, he understood immediately.
Fishing is indeed a technical job and cannot be done by brute force alone.
Chen Wang found a place with lots of aquatic plants, grabbed two handfuls of corn kernels from the bowl and scattered them over there. After waiting for a moment, he threw the fishing hook over.
"Here, give the bowl back and say thank you for me."
"I know!"
The little girl took the bowl and ran happily towards the old man over there.
Before she came back, Chen Wang caught a fish.
This time, Chen Wang was not impatient. He waited for a few seconds before lifting the rod.
The fish was obviously not as big as the last time, but it was still quite powerful in the water.
Chen Wang remained patient. When the fish struggled hard, he stopped exerting force. After the fish stopped struggling, he slowly lifted it to the surface of the water.
I just slide the fish along little by little like this, and by the time it reaches the surface it is already exhausted.
Chen Wang successfully lifted it up.
It is a crucian carp weighing about half a pound, which is perfect for making soup.
"Wow, I caught it, brother, you are so awesome."
The little girl ran back screaming.
I have to say, having a salted fish shouting 666 following you while fishing can give you a very good sense of accomplishment.
Having found the right method and using live bait, Chen Wang’s efficiency in catching fish will be too high.
“Another hit!”
"Wow, it comes again, come on, brother!"
"There are so many fish here. You are awesome, brother. That grandpa is awesome too."
…
The little girl cheered and jumped for joy, she was so excited!
Not far away, Old Man Lu curled his lips and muttered something under his breath.
In less than an hour, the bucket was half full.
There are crucian carp, carp and black carp, and the largest one is a grass carp weighing seven or eight kilograms.
Chen Wang was also surprised, thinking that there were really a lot of resources in the river these days.
So, why did people at that time lack food and water and rarely come to the river to catch fish and shrimp?
One is the limitations of fishing tools and techniques at that time.
Traditional fishing methods are inefficient, and the rewards are often not proportional to the effort.
In the past few years, the working model of production teams required grassroots people to work in the fields most of the time, leaving them with no time to think about fishing.
Secondly, most fish and shrimps have a fishy smell, and these days most people have trouble getting enough food to eat, so it is impossible for them to buy cooking ingredients that can remove the fishy smell, and they even try to save oil and salt as much as possible. Naturally, the fish cooked in this way is not delicious.
Another thing is that most farmers have a low level of education and are unaware of the nutritional value of fish and shrimp. Compared to fishing in the river, they would rather grow more food.
Finally, there are regional cultural differences.
People in some places really don't like to eat seafood such as fish and shrimp.
In general, fishing is essentially a recreational activity. Nowadays, people are thinking more about work and life, and few people focus on fishing.
If you spend all day fishing and catching shrimps, you will be seen as a lazy person who is idle in the eyes of others.
It is still too much of a stretch to use sewing thread as fishing line.
After catching another big fish, even though Chen Wang was careful enough, he still cut the line again.
It seems that this line can only bear the weight of a ten-pound fish at most. Any larger fish will easily break free.
Chen Wang also thought about asking Old Man Lu for a fishing line, but he felt embarrassed to do so. He thought he would just make do with it for now and remember to buy it next time he went to town.
The little girl was also busy. She jumped and ran around, and when she saw a big fish was caught, she would run over to watch the fun.
This also made Chen Wang and Old Man Lu not feel that fishing was boring at all. Instead, they developed a sense of competition in their hearts and just kept fishing.
Unfortunately, Chen Wang's fishing line was not good enough, so he fell to the ground and lost.
As the fishing line broke again, the last spare hook was gone.
Chen Wang looked at the half bucket of fish and thought it should be enough for the family to eat for several days, so he prepared to call it a day and go home.
"Xiaoyu, let's go home."
"Ah? Are you going back now?"
The little girl looked over with surprise.
"Well, we have enough fish to eat. Let's go back early."
"oh!"
"Is the fishing line broken? I have it here, I'll give it to you!"
Old Man Lu suddenly spoke.
Chen Wang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and declined, "No, I just came here for fun, and caught a few fish for my wife to make soup, that's enough."
"Don't forget it."
Old Man Lu said this coldly and turned his head away.
Chen Wang scratched his head in confusion, wondering where the old man's anger came from.
"Grandpa, we are leaving now. Here are some candies for you."
The little girl took out the remaining candies from her pocket and handed them to the old man.
Old Man Lu glanced at the candy in her hand, shook his head and said, "I won't eat it anymore. You can keep it for yourself."
"Here, I have a lot more at home!"
"I……"
"Hurry up, hurry up."
The little girl urged regardless.
Old Man Lu was stubborn but still reached out to take it.
"Then I'll go back. Grandpa, you should go back early too. It's a bit cold here!"
The little girl gave a concerned exhortation, then ran towards Chen Wang like a little rabbit, shouting, "Brother, I'm here!"
Old Man Lu stared at the two people walking away in a daze, then saw the little girl turn her head and wave goodbye to him with a smile.
Thinking that he hadn't been back to see his family for two years, the old man felt a lump in his throat. He turned his head away, trying not to cry, and peeled a candy and put it in his mouth.
The cold wind blew by the river, but he didn't feel cold as he was already accustomed to it. It was just that the wind seemed to blow snowflakes into his eyes, which was cool.
After returning home, Lin Xiuqin was also surprised to see that they had caught so many fish.
Chen Wang handed the fish to her to deal with, and then found a net bag, caught two of each fish, put them into the net bag, and took it to give to the master.
After repeatedly declining his master and Chen Dazhuang's requests to stay for a couple of drinks, Chen Wangzhe returned home, sat down by the stove, roasted the fire and helped add firewood.
Today's dinner is even more sumptuous.
The largest grass carp was used to make a braised fish dish, and two delicious crucian carps were stewed into a soup.
The family of three, who had eaten too much red meat during this period, felt their appetites open up and ate until they were full.
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