Chapter 29 Zhang Wu: Brother, there is a big cat in the water
"Brother, can you take me fishing tonight?"
Walking on the ridge of the field and looking at Zhang Wu's hopeful eyes, Zhang Ze thought about it and did not continue to refuse.
If we don't let him go, he'll probably be thinking about it every day, and maybe he'll go fishing secretly someday.
Teenagers don’t know the danger. It would be terrible if they fall into the water and there is no one around.
In rural areas where there are streams and rivers, many disobedient children drown every year.
Therefore, in order to prevent children from going near the river, almost all rural people will make up some scary stories to scare children.
What Zhang Ze heard most since he was a child was his mother's story about a big cat in the river.
When he was a child, he had no idea what a big cat was. He thought it was a strange creature more than 20 meters long that ate children. Anyway, he really didn't dare to come to the river to play at that time.
Only when I grew up did I understand that the big cat is the tiger.
So there are tigers in the river?
Thinking of this, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry, saying that water ghosts were more reliable than big cats, but the adults in Qinghe Village and several nearby villages did not change this lie to scare children.
Even if children are playing and refuse to go home, adults will trick them by saying that a big cat is chasing them.
The big cat is the best tool for him to scare children!
Zhang Ze agreed to let Zhang Wu go together today, mainly because he took into consideration that a half-grown child has little patience, and if he fails to catch any fish later, he will definitely lose interest in fishing.
"Okay, but you have to listen to me and don't run around by yourself."
"I will definitely listen to you!"
Finally he could go fishing with them. Zhang Wu was full of energy and actively went to dig loaches.
Because we decided to go fishing for mandarin fish at the last minute, we didn't catch many loaches in the rush at night.
At present, there are more than 30 mandarin fish in the fishing space that have not been sold, but there are only 11 mandarin fish weighing one or two kilograms. The rest are basically more than two and a half kilograms or about three kilograms, and there are also a few larger ones.
He knew why the fat white man wanted one or two kilograms of fish. It was obvious that he wanted to eat the tender ones. If the mandarin fish got bigger, the meat would become tough and the taste would be much worse.
Common grouper also has this problem, but it is better than mandarin fish.
Why is sea grouper expensive? Isn't it because the number is relatively small, and the bigger the better? Eleven mandarin fish can actually be delivered, but Zhang Ze naturally wants to make more money, so he must send more.
And now there is five cubic meters of space, which is quite large. He can catch more fish and put them in as backup.
When it was completely dark, Zhang Ze took Zhang Wu to the fishing spot.
Today is the sixteenth day of the lunar calendar. The moon is very round. The weather is good during this period, and the moonlight is bright enough to clearly see the road conditions in front of us.
But Zhang Ze was already thinking about getting some lighting at night.
The most ideal thing would naturally be a flashlight, but the battery life in this era is very poor, flashlights may not be very useful, and you need a ticket to buy one, so he thought maybe he could get a lantern.
Of course, lantern lighting is not as convenient as flashlight lighting, but as long as there is enough kerosene, its lighting time can be much longer.
As for kerosene tickets, it should be no problem to get some from the radio factory. They may be more useful than flashlight tickets.
It depends on the specific situation. If they give you a flashlight ticket, then you can buy a flashlight. It's just a little more high-profile.
The two men, holding sticks in their hands, knocked all the way to the fishing spot for mandarin fish. After looking at the number of loaches they had, Zhang Ze took out a small handful and crushed them with a stone to make a nest.
Then he took out the fishing line and tied a small fish hook to it. He used a slightly sharp stone to cut the loach into two pieces and hung them up. He wrapped the other end of the fishing line around a wooden stick and handed it to Zhang Wu.
"Awu, just throw the bait into the water. When you feel something pulling the fishing line, use a wooden stick to clamp it and slowly pull the fishing line back. Remember not to pull it too fast."
"By the way, let's go to the side, otherwise our fishing lines will get tangled if we're too close."
"Yeah, I got it!"
Zhang Wu nodded repeatedly, took the wooden stick and fishing line, then walked five or six meters to the side, away from the fishing nest.
He held the stick in one hand and the fishing line in the other and threw the bait into the water with force.
However, Zhang Ze deliberately did not tie a small stone to increase the weight, so the bait was not thrown far and did not sink, but just floated on the upper layer of the water.
Far away from the fishing spot, the dead loach did not sink and did not move, so he thought it would be difficult to catch fish.
Then Zhang Ze took out the fishing line and fish hook, tied them up, hung a live loach and a small stone on them and started fishing.
But before he could even throw the bait in, there was a sudden loud "splash" sound from the water next to him, followed by an "ouch" sound.
Zhang Wu was pulled forward two steps by a huge force. The next moment, the fishhook came off and bounced back. He sat down on the ground before he could react.
Shit! Zhang Ze was so frightened that he ran over after realizing what was happening. “Awu, are you okay?”
Zhang Wu's face turned pale, and he pointed at the water in horror: "Brother, there is a big cat."
Zhang Ze checked his hand, then pulled it up to see if he was hurt, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he was fine.
Afterwards, he was quite impressed with his brother's luck. Catching a big fish on his first try was a dream for many fishermen! However, he could take this opportunity to stop his brother from wanting to continue fishing with him.
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"Yes, it's a big cat that specializes in eating children. I told you not to come fishing because I was afraid of attracting big cats. Look, as soon as you came, the big cat came out to find you."
Hearing him say this, Zhang Wu became even more frightened and quickly huddled in his arms: "Brother, let's go home and stop fishing!"
"No, I have to fish to make money, otherwise where are you going to get meat and candy? Besides, big cats only eat children, not adults like me. How about you wait here, and we can go back when I have caught enough fish."
"No, I'm scared. I don't want the meat and I don't want the candy either. Brother, let's not go fishing today!"
Seeing that Zhang Wu was really scared, Zhang Ze stopped teasing him and said, "Okay, I'll take you home first and come back to fish later."
Then he collected the fishing lines and put them back into the bamboo basket, and took Zhang Wu back.
When Zhang Huihong got home, she was making bamboo baskets with her two daughters as Zhang Ze had asked them to. Seeing her two sons coming back, she couldn't help but wonder, "You guys are back so early today?"
"Mom, there is a big cat in the water. I will never go fishing again!" When Zhang Wu saw his old mother, he felt as if he had found the safest harbor in the world and threw himself into her arms.
"Big cat?" Zhang Huihong was startled. There were no mountains around Qinghe Village, only some small woods.
In the distant mountain, the big cat had long been killed by the villagers. How come it suddenly appeared and was encountered by his own son?
But the next moment, she saw a smile on Zhang Ze's face and she understood what was going on.
So he patted Zhang Wu's head and comforted him softly: "Don't be afraid, big cats don't come out of the water. Don't go to the river in the future, and the big cats won't come out to bite you."
"I'm never going to play by the river again!"
Zhang Ze almost burst out laughing when he heard Zhang Wu swearing in a muffled voice. Zhang Qian and Zhang Qing also understood what a big cat was, so they also covered their mouths and chuckled.
"Mom, I'll continue fishing. The radio factory also wants mandarin fish, so I'll deliver it tomorrow."
"Okay, go ahead. I'm here, Wu!"
After leaving home, Zhang Ze returned to the fishing spot to continue fishing. Without anyone around, he could use the space unscrupulously, making fishing more convenient.
After fishing for about two hours, all the loaches were used up, and 27 fish of various kinds were caught. My experience points increased by 152 points to 165 points.
Among them, there are sixteen mandarin fish, seven of which weigh one or two kilograms, so there are a total of eighteen at present.
However, Zhang Ze felt that there were five fish weighing two or two jins and two or three liangs in the space and the other party would also want them, so there would be more than twenty fish.
The number was about the same, so he prepared to pack up and go back.
After two hours of fishing, he felt somewhat thirsty, so he thought of the spiritual spring in the small space.
(End of this chapter)
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