Da Niu kicked off his shoes, rolled up his trousers, and ran uphill.
He ran until he was about six or seven meters away from Tiedan before going into the water, kicking the surface of the water forcefully to drive the small fish downstream.
When Da Niu came down and was about a meter away from Tie Dan, Tie Dan walked from the left in an upward semi-circle towards the middle.
Da Niu also quickly walked towards the end of the fishing net that was being held down by the stone, and then joined Tie Dan, forming an encirclement.
As the encirclement tightened, the tiny white scales inside began to tumble and roll.
They cheered and sped up their work, quickly pulling in the net and dragging it towards the shore.
Once we reached the shore, small fish were jumping and swishing their tails in the net that was sticking out of the water.
"Second brother, so many fish."
Siya pointed at the small fish in the net and said loudly.
"There are also small shrimp and crabs!"
A big smile appeared on Xiuchun's face.
"Quickly, quickly, catch the crabs."
This thing will damage the net.
Upon hearing Xiuchun's words, Da Niu hurriedly squatted down, scooped all the crabs that were running around in the net out of it, and threw them into the basket in Xiuchun's hand.
The crabs in these rivers are all very small, not much bigger than a one-yuan coin, and have almost no meat.
It's not as good as snails; you can at least taste some meat after cracking open the shell!
Therefore, these small crabs are basically kept as toys.
Even children don't really like to eat it.
However, Xiuchun didn't mind at all; in fact, she was very happy.
Da Niu and Tie Dan together picked out more than a dozen small crabs from the net.
There are also very tiny shrimp that look like they have almost no meat on them.
In addition to these, there are also some aquatic insects and aquatic plants.
The rest were mostly small fish, about the size of a little finger.
Occasionally, you can find one or two small crucian carp, about the size of half a child's palm.
These small crucian carp are full of fine bones. In the past, some children were greedy and grilled them to eat, but one of them got a bone stuck in his throat and almost lost his life.
From then on, the adults gave serious warnings to the children who came to catch small fish, forbidding them from grilling and eating the fish in secret.
Despite the adults' instructions, the children couldn't resist their cravings.
Small crucian carp can't be grilled, but other fish can be grilled, right?
However, there are very few of the other small fish that are large.
Basically, what they scooped up were about the thickness of a finger.
Da Niu saw that the net had caught quite a lot of fish, but to his surprise, there wasn't a single spearfish in it.
I felt a little discouraged.
"Let's try fishing in another spot."
Da Niu was unwilling to give up and said to Tie Dan.
Tie Dan glanced at the small fish that had been thrown into his basket; it was only a shallow layer, barely covering the bottom of the basket.
There were only a handful of shrimp and a dozen or so crabs on top, and that wasn't even enough for a bowl!
After thinking about it, he nodded.
"Don't go too far up; I heard the river is very deep at the top."
Tie Dan said something.
"OK."
Da Niu responded.
After walking uphill for a while, you reach the place where the women of the village usually come to wash their clothes.
If the water is too shallow when washing clothes, they won't rinse properly.
So, next to the stone slabs where they washed clothes along the way, an oval-shaped pool-like area was carved out.
An adult standing inside would be around chest level.
If a child went in, the water would definitely be above their head.
When Tie Dan was about ten meters away from that place, he told Da Niu not to go any further.
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