Chapter 28 Night Fishing
Lin Yi curled his lips, "What luck! I caught a big fathead in one day! And it was a kid who caught it! I have never caught such a big fish in my life!"
If you ask him to believe in luck, he would rather believe that it's an epidemic of fat heads. He feels ashamed to tell others that he has lived for decades but is not even as good as a child.
The two children danced with joy.
Liu Yaya was about to loudly announce the good news to Chen Wenjun, but was stopped by Lin Qin, "Don't shout it everywhere. What if someone finds out we caught a big fish and steals it?"
Liu Yaya was startled and quickly covered her mouth, shaking her head desperately, "No more!"
Lin Qin was amused by the little appearance. She put the bighead carp into the bucket, covered the wooden basin, and asked, "Do you want to play again?"
"Yes! Yes, yes, yes!" The little guy nodded his head heavily.
Lin Qin hurriedly packed up the fishing line and put on the bait for her.
I followed closely behind and cast my rod.
This time it was Lin Qin who made the first move. What was pulled up was a river eel weighing about 8 taels. Lin Yi didn't look carefully and thought it was a hotworm. His face turned pale.
Lin Qin almost threw away his fishing rod.
Lin Qin burst into laughter, "Dad! It's river eel, one pound can be sold for two dollars and fifty cents!"
Lin Yi rubbed his eyes, and after seeing clearly, he sat back down with peace of mind, "Young people still have good eyesight. Dad's eyesight is not good enough!"
Lin Qin didn't interrupt him. He put the eel into another bucket and continued fishing.
At this moment, Liu Yaya's fishing rod also moved.
With the previous experience as a lesson, Lin Qin decisively stepped forward to help this time. As soon as she pulled the rod, she knew it was another big fish.
Without saying a word, I went to the copy net.
When it was fished out, it turned out to be a silver carp, estimated to be around three pounds.
At first glance, silver carp looks a bit like bighead carp, but its color is lighter, more brown. Large silver carp heads stewed with tofu are also very delicious.
Lin Yi looked at Liu Yaya's harvest and felt itchy. "Girl, let me try it too."
Lin Qin refused without even thinking, "Dad, stop making trouble. Your ribs haven't healed yet. It would be troublesome if you accidentally hurt them again. Anyway, we are on a fishing boat. We can go fishing whenever we want. Let's talk about it after you get better."
Lin Yi felt very sorry and did not insist any further.
Lin Qin thought that Liu Yaya had caught two big fish, which was enough, but she didn't expect that this girl was like possessed by the god of luck. Every time she cast the rod, she caught a fish weighing more than three pounds. It was just like Lin Yi said, there were so many big fish, otherwise there would not be such a harvest.
Worried that something might happen to the children, Lin Qin put away her fishing rod and went fishing exclusively for Liu Yaya and Chen Pingan.
In the evening, when Chen Wenjun got on board, Chen Pingan immediately and excitedly reported today's achievements.
"Dad, Yaya is so awesome. She caught so many big fish."
"How big is the big fish you are talking about?" Chen Wenjun coaxed the child, picked out today's catch, and counted it carefully.
"I caught thirteen bamboo fish and a turtle weighing more than two kilograms. The supply and marketing cooperative sells it for 2.2 yuan per kilogram. It's not common, so it's easy to sell without lowering the price. I also picked up a bucket of stone snails. The snail meat is starting to get fat, and I see many old people and children in the village come to touch the stone snails."
This is a sign that summer is coming.
Liu Yaya was eager to try, and she glanced at Lin Qin secretly, but did not dare to speak.
Lin Qin knew her little thought, but didn't expose it. Instead, she said to Chen Wenjun, "It will really get hot in half a month. Ping'an's hair should be cut. Their clothes are too small. I want to buy some cloth to make them new clothes."
Then she remembered Lin Yi, "Dad! Are you bringing your summer clothes on board again? Why don't I just make you two sets of clothes?"
Lin Yi immediately refused, "Why waste that money? If you don't have it, go back and get it. You still have to save money to buy land, so be frugal!"
He feels distressed when talking about spending money. Forget about the child, he is almost dead, why does he need new clothes!
Lin Qin didn't argue with him.
Chen Wenjun on the side said: "You should also make two sets of clothes for yourself."
Lin Yishen agreed, his eyes slightly reddened, "You have lived like a nobody in the Liu family these years, you should make yourself two new sets of clothes to get rid of the bad luck!"
"Let's make money first, and talk about it when we have money!" Lin Qin changed the subject.
Chen Wenjun finished his own things before going to see the children's harvest. When he saw the big fish in the three big buckets, he exclaimed, "Wow! Three bighead carps, four silver carps, two black carps, and some crucian carps and eels. Great! Even experienced fishermen can't catch this much!"
Lin Qin pointed at Liu Yaya and said, "Don't look at me. These fish were caught by the kids. I just calculated that these fish can be sold for a lot of money!"
"That's right! I think it's still early. Let's light a kerosene lamp tonight to cast the hook and catch more. Then we can go to Xiatian Caishi Street tomorrow." Chen Wenjun touched his chin and pondered.
According to his habit, he would save the fish he caught for a few days, and when the number was almost enough, he would sell them all together.
Although today's goods are not as much as yesterday's, most of them are big fish, which are valuable and easy to sell. They can be sold at a good price while the fish are still fresh.
Lin Qin thought so too. It happened that she was so busy taking care of the children today that she didn't do much fishing. Whether this good luck was temporary or permanent remained to be seen.
The two of them hurriedly prepared dinner, and after the children finished eating and rested for a while, Lin Qin took them to the back cabin to make beds and sleep.
The two little guys were tired from playing during the day and fell asleep almost immediately.
Lin Qin waited until they fell asleep before going out. When she passed by Lin Yi, she lowered her voice and reminded him, "Dad, Wenjun and I will go fishing for a while. You go to sleep first. If the children wake up, call me."
"Go!" Lin Yi moved a little to let Lin Qin pass.
When Lin Qin walked onto the deck, he found that the boat had moved away from the river and was surrounded by water.
Chen Wenjun lit the kerosene lamp, hung it on the edge of the fishing boat, and threw some crushed apple snails into it.
This thing is particularly fishy and can be used to make a nest.
After the apple snails were poured into the water, Chen Wenjun took out the fishing rod and earthworms, squatted on the deck and worked slowly.
The gentle breeze from the river makes people drowsy.
Lin Qin leaned against the cabin and took the fishing rod handed to her by Chen Wenjun. Seeing that there was already bait on it, she cast the rod immediately.
She couldn't see the situation on the water surface clearly in the dark, but she noticed something strange on the fishing line and immediately became alert, "It's hooked, it's hooked! It's a big one!"
Chen Wenjun immediately went over to help. He was obviously more efficient than Lin Qin in his work. He held the fishing rod in one hand and the scoop net in the other, neither busy nor confused.
Lin Qin couldn't see the situation underwater, and soon she saw Chen Wenjun bringing up the scoop net. With the help of the kerosene lamp, they saw the jumping big fish, another fathead! It weighed five or six kilograms.
Chen Wenjun smiled from ear to ear and handed over his fishing rod, "Here you go, let me catch this fish first."
You have to catch such a big fish carefully. If you let it slip, it will fall back into the river in a minute and all your efforts will be in vain.
(End of this chapter)
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