Chapter 298 Lost my way home, Dad’s caring little cotton-padded jacket
If you stand by and observe carefully, you can see the heads of big green frogs floating out.
He took out a stone, aimed at it and fired it. With a snap, the frog turned white. The efficiency of this killing method was extremely high. After a while, Lin Heng got back six big frogs.
He took out his newly acquired Damascus dagger and with a light cut he cut open the frog's belly. He took out the frog's liver to catch catfish, and used the other internal organs for bait.
The frog meat is not wasted and is taken back to feed Xiongba Fengshou, which is also a big meal.
He took out five sets of five-meter-long fishing lines, tied large fish hooks like the one used on the No. 10 Ise-ni, put on frog livers, threw them into the water, tied the backs to bamboo strips and stuck them into the soil.
The best way to catch catfish is to fish like this. Just check every half an hour. If there is a fish hooked, the line will be taut.
Back at the fishing spot, he placed the frog's entrails in front of the three fishing spots. Catfish have an extremely sensitive sense of smell and can quickly detect the bait containing blood.
"Oh, I caught a crucian carp first."
Grandpa Gao lifted the rod suddenly and said with a smile, a silver crucian carp was hooked.
"Wow, Grandpa Gao is so awesome!!" Xiaoxia cheered like the cheerleaders.
"Hahaha!" Grandpa Gao was also amused and laughed.
Xiaoxia came back and asked curiously, "Dad, why don't we catch any fish?"
"Just wait a little longer and the fish will be caught." Lin Heng said, looking at his watch.
It is half past six now and the sun has almost set. The catfish will come out to feed at seven o'clock, and you can fish until eight o'clock.
It's eight o'clock now and it's completely dark.
The small earthworms used by Grandpa Gao often catch crucian carp, but the earthworms used by Lin Heng are too big and most fish cannot eat them.
Soon the last bit of sun set behind the mountain, leaving large patches of blood-red sunset glow on the western mountaintops. The cloudier the weather, the more beautiful the sunset glow.
Grandpa Gao had already caught five crucian carps and three yellowtails, but there was still no movement from Lin Heng. He stood up and looked at the five lines with frog livers hanging on them, and there was no fish either.
Lin Heng replaced the fishhook with two fresh black earthworms and threw it in again to wait. This time there was a bite, but he couldn't pull it up at all. It seemed that the small fish was teasing the earthworm.
"How about you exchange it for a red earthworm like mine?" Grandpa Gao asked with a smile.
"Let me try!" Lin Heng smiled and went to get two. It was already half past seven, and Grandpa Gao had caught two small catfish weighing half a pound, but there was still no movement on his side.
Xiaoxia was so tired from cheering for Grandpa Gao that she ran inside to play with the sand.
"It's okay. Even if I can't catch any fish, it's nice to just enjoy the fresh air." Xiulan winked at him. The riverside was very cool in the evening and the environment was comfortable. The only thing was that the mosquitoes were very annoying.
"I'm sure I can catch it." Lin Heng said confidently. The fish in this river have never been caught before, so they are not very alert to fish hooks.
After threading this relatively small red earthworm onto a hook and throwing it into the water, Lin Heng went over to check the ground hook line set again.
When he reached the fourth group of lines, he suddenly quickened his pace because the strong 12-strand nylon line was pulled taut.
He pulled out the bamboo stick and felt a heavy sensation, as if something was pulling him into the river.
"Xiu Lan, there's a fish. Bring me the scoop net!" Lin Heng cheered excitedly.
“I caught a fish here too!”
At the same time, Xiulan also picked up the fishing rod, and it seemed to be bent quite a bit.
"I'll do it, I'll do it!" Grandpa Gao picked up the scoop net and walked towards Lin Heng.
Because the hook was big and the line was thick, Lin Heng pulled it back violently. Just as he pulled back some fish, they jumped out with a bang and he couldn't pull them back for a while.
"Damn, this one is quite big!" Lin Heng said excitedly.
"Be careful and walk more, don't run." Grandpa Gao reminded quickly.
"Dad, how big is the fish?" Xiaoxia ran over excitedly and asked.
"Don't fall, stay away from it." Lin Heng said as he continued to exert his strength to reel in the fish. His hands were shaking with excitement. This fish was really big and had great strength.
"I pulled up a catfish weighing more than a pound!"
Lin Heng was still in a stalemate. Xiulan pulled the fish up first, and then ran over to watch Lin Heng fishing.
After five or six minutes of struggling, Lin Heng finally managed to pull the fish out of the water. Then he saw a half-meter-long catfish swung its tail and dived back into the water.
"Oh my god, you weigh over ten pounds, let me slide!"
When Grandpa Gao saw such a big fish, he immediately started to itch.
"no problem!"
Lin Heng handed the bamboo slip to Grandpa Gao and let it play for a while, then he played for another two minutes. Finally, the fish had no strength to flip over and was scooped up onto the grass by the scoop net.
"Oh my God, it's so big!" Xiulan said in surprise. Just this one thing was worth it for today and it wasn't in vain that she was bitten by mosquitoes.
Xiaoxia jumped up and danced with joy: "Big fish, such a big fish, Daddy is so awesome!"
Grandpa Gao shook his head helplessly and said with a smile: "This one of yours may weigh 20 kilograms. I really can't beat this one in the whole afternoon. Is frog liver so useful?"
“This is my first time using it, but I didn’t expect it to be so useful.”
Lin Heng was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. He had never thought that he would catch such a big fish. It was so cool. He was going to break the record in his fishing career.
Carp and grass carp will not taste good when they are too big because their bodies are full of fat. But catfish, especially local river catfish, are delicious no matter how big they are, and their meat is as tender as garlic cloves.
"I'll try it next time. This fish is really big." Grandpa Gao said enviously.
Lin Heng found a rope and passed it directly through the fish's gills to hang it up. He then killed it and ate it when he got home, as he had no place to keep it.
"Uncle, I don't want to fish anymore. It's getting dark and I have to go home." Lin Heng said with a smile. After catching such a big fish, he actually wanted to fish more, but he didn't want his wife and children to continue feeding mosquitoes.
"I've collected it too. It won't fall off after dark." Grandpa Gao sighed.
Lin Heng quickly packed up his things and walked back carrying the big catfish.
There were many people enjoying the cool air on the street at this time. They were sitting in groups of three or four in front of the door. They were all surprised to see the big catfish that Lin Heng was carrying.
"Hey, this fish is big!"
"It must be more than ten kilograms. How did you get it up here?"
Lin Heng showed his white teeth: "I fished it. It took me about ten minutes."
"Amazing! This was actually caught by fishing!!"
Everyone was even more shocked when they heard this. Lin Heng felt comfortable all over after hearing this, and he couldn't help but walk towards more crowded places when he walked.
"Just go a little further and you'll pass it."
When they arrived at the store entrance, Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and reminded him.
"Haha, I didn't notice." Lin Heng turned around regretfully and went into the house, hanging the fish on the back of the tricycle.
"Brother Lin, this fish is too big!" Wang Zhou said in shock when he saw the fish.
"It's okay, it's okay." Lin Heng laughed, said a few words and drove away. He really gained a lot today.
It was completely dark when they returned to the house. They parked the car and took their things inside.
"Honey, the little catfish I caught is still alive." Xiulan said as she looked at the little catfish in the plastic bag.
"Then just keep it and kill it and eat it in a few days," said Lin Heng.
He put the big catfish on a small scale and weighed it, then laughed and said, "22 pounds, super big, a record!"
This was the biggest fish he had ever caught.
Xiulan also said happily: "I'm so lucky today. I thought I was going to get nothing, but I didn't expect a big guy to come."
"Dad, how do we eat such a big fish?" Xiaoxia poked with her finger and asked cutely.
"I've thought of everything. I'll chop the fish head into pepper, make pickled fish with the fish body, and fry it into fish nuggets and fish balls." Lin Heng responded that he had already thought of how to eat it on the way back.
"Yeah, I'll eat them all!!"
Xiaoxia ran around happily like a puppy.
Lin Heng glanced at Jinbao who was eyeing him eagerly, and asked Xiulan to put the small catfish in the fish pond temporarily, and then take the big fish to the eaves to slaughter it.
Before slaughtering the fish, he ran to his eldest brother's house and shouted, "Brother, I caught a 22-pound catfish. Come and see it."
"22 kilograms, so strong?" Lin Yue stood up.
"Is this true, second father?" Lin Wei, who was doing his homework, popped his head out.
"Hey, why don't you just come to my house and take a look?" Lin Heng said with a smile.
The eldest brother's family all followed over immediately, and when they arrived at the yard, they were all stunned.
"Oh my God, it's so big, did you really catch it?" Sister-in-law Liu Juan's mouth is so big that it can hold an egg.
"Oh my god, second dad, you are so invincible!!" Lin Wei simply admired him to death.
"Awesome!" Big brother Lin Yue could only give a thumbs up.
"Haha, just wait here. I'll give you some after I kill them. Otherwise, we won't be able to finish them." Lin Heng said with a smile, feeling extremely happy.
The newly acquired dagger was extremely sharp, and it was very easy to kill the fish. He cut open the fish's belly with one cut, took out the internal organs and cooked them with the frogs, and then mixed them with some leftover rice and fat to feed to Xiongba and Fengshou.
Boil the fish body in boiling water to remove the mucus, cut out the head, split it, put it in a basin, marinate it with onion, ginger and yellow wine, and eat it tomorrow.
Then he cut a three-pound piece of fish meat and gave it to his eldest brother and his family. After killing the fish, there were still eighteen or nineteen pounds left. There was no way his family could finish eating it before it rotted.
"Thank you, brother!" Lin Yue took the fish and said with a smile.
"Don't you often give me food?" Lin Heng said with a smile. His elder brother would share some with him whatever he hunted or caught.
"Haha, then I'll leave." Lin Yue laughed and left with his son.
After his eldest brother left, Lin Heng cut off a piece for Xiulan to cook tonight, and cut the rest into pieces, rubbed salt on them and put them there to eat tomorrow. There was too much meat, so there would be quite a bit left over if he gave some to his parents and eldest brother tomorrow.
Xiulan went to make dinner, and Lin Heng took about two pounds of catfish meat to make fish balls. To make handmade fish balls, you just need to scrape the meat from the fish with a knife, scraping it off one by one until only a piece of skin is left.
Add scallion and ginger water to the fish wool and stir constantly. Finally, add the squeezed fish balls while keeping the water in the pot slightly boiling. After cooking, the chewy fish balls are ready.
I cooked the fish balls but didn’t eat them in the evening. I put them in cold water and kept them for tomorrow’s consumption.
The evening meal was cornmeal fish, which was refrigerated. The other dishes were sweet and sour fish cubes, cold cucumber salad, and stir-fried mustard greens.
Sweet and sour fish fillets are made by coating the fish with starch, deep-frying it, and then pouring sweet and sour sauce on it. Xiaoxia and Xiulan both like this taste, and Lin Heng doesn't like it nor hate it.
“Fish is delicious!”
Xiaoxia didn't eat anything else and just ate the sweet and sour fish. Her little face was full of satisfaction, as if she hadn't eaten for a long time.
"You should eat more too." Lin Heng also picked up some more food for Xiulan. Fish is also very nutritious for pregnant women.
As for him, fish noodles with cucumber and mustard greens are delicious, and some soul-stirring garlic and chili.
He only ate two pieces of fish and was looking forward to the chopped pepper fish head tomorrow morning.
"Are we going to move to Red Maple Mountain tomorrow?"
Xiulan asked while they were enjoying the cool air after dinner.
"Sure, let's go there and pack up tomorrow morning, and then move in." Lin Heng said with a smile.
In addition to getting the knife, he also took some other things when he went to town today, including pots and pans, screens and door curtains for the cabin at Red Maple Mountain, and some animal traps.
"Come back to the room, Xiaoxia. Today I will tell you the ending of Journey to the West. Tang Monk and Sun Wukong are both going to become Buddhas." It was almost ten o'clock, and Lin Heng looked at Xiaoxia and said.
"Great, great!"
Xiaoxia couldn't wait any longer, so she quickly went back to the room, took off her clothes and slippers, and lay down on the bed.
Xiulan was about to take a shower, but she also wanted to hear the finale, so she sat over there and listened together.
Lin Heng spoke for half an hour before finally telling the ending. Xiaoxia asked a lot of questions after hearing the ending and then fell asleep.
Lin Heng and Xiulan went out to get some cold water and took a bath in the main room. After returning to the room and lying on the bed, Lin Heng pulled Xiulan and whispered, "You should fulfill your promise."
It wasn't that he forced her to do that. A few days ago, Xiulan threatened him by biting him when she leaned against him to cool off. But after that day, she seemed to have forgotten about it.
Xiulan turned her face away embarrassedly and said nothing. That kind of thing was too challenging for her.
Lin Heng glanced at her and lay down to sleep. He just thought it was fun to tease her.
Just when Lin Heng was about to fall asleep, Xiulan suddenly turned around and whispered in his ear: "No... in my mouth... or you'll be dead!"
Without waiting for Lin Heng to answer, she shrank back. After a while, Lin Heng felt that he was being controlled...
Only when some things really happened did he understand what it felt like and how happy it was. I'm afraid even heaven doesn't care.
After a long time, Xiulan wiped her chest, leaned over, hugged Lin Heng's face, and kissed him.
"you……"
After a while, Lin Heng looked at him helplessly. Fortunately, there was nothing in her mouth, otherwise it would be like a tiger eating its own cubs.
"What do you mean... What's wrong with letting you have a taste? Do you dislike me or yourself?" Xiulan snorted and looked at him.
"It's not that serious. It's not like I haven't eaten you before, and you didn't even kiss me then."
Lin Heng looked at her and smiled.
"I'd love to!"
Xiulan snorted and moved closer, feeling somewhat vengeful.
Lin Heng didn't care at all and was very cooperative, which made Xiulan feel bored.
"sleep."
After a while she snorted softly and turned away angrily.
Lin Heng lay on the bed thinking about what had just happened and was a little sleepless. Although he was scratched from time to time, the feeling was incomparable.
Damn it, he felt like he wouldn't be able to forget it for a long time.
I don't know how I fell asleep, but when I woke up again it was the next morning. Lin Heng opened his eyes and looked at Xiulan next to him, thinking back to what happened last night, he still felt a little uneasy.
"Don't talk nonsense, nothing happened yesterday!"
Xiulan warned with her eyes wide open.
"I didn't say anything." Lin Heng is innocent, are you trying to cover up the truth? "I'm warning you." Xiulan poked his chest and climbed up.
Lin Heng laughed, and then was warned again.
It’s normal to know that you should have breakfast after washing, exercising and so on.
"The weather is a bit gloomy today." Xiulan said, looking at the sky outside.
Compared to the previous few days, today's clouds are much darker and there is quite a bit of wind.
"Then let's go pack up first. If not, we can wait until the rain stops and the sky clears before moving in." Lin Heng nodded.
"Okay, I'll pack up my things. You pack the fish first and take some to Sandie later." Xiulan nodded.
"Okay." Lin Heng took a piece of fish weighing about three pounds and walked over.
After killing the catfish, there were still 19 pounds left. We ate one pound last night, made fish balls with two pounds, and almost two pounds were fish heads. I gave three pounds to my eldest brother, and there were 10 pounds of meat left.
These must be eaten today, otherwise they will go bad. Not only do he have to give them to his parents, he also has to send some to his third father's house. The rest can only be fed to the dog.
After Xiulan packed up the things she needed to settle down in Hongfeng Mountain, they drove a sidecar and took Xiongba straight to Sandie's house in Shanghe.
After giving the fish meat to his friend, he did not forget to tell his third father about his experience of catching fish.
"Lin Heng, please buy me a few fish hooks. I want to try it, too."
After hearing this, Third Father Lin Xutao said excitedly that he never expected fishing to have such a promising future.
"That's no problem. Come to my house and get it later. I'll give it to you for free." Lin Heng said with a smile.
After showing off here, he took Xiaoxia and Xiulan back to Hongfeng Mountain. Father Lin was feeding shrimps at this time. Lin Heng stopped the car and said loudly: "Dad, you missed a lot by not going fishing with me yesterday."
"What's wrong?" Father Lin asked puzzledly.
"I caught a 22-pound catfish!" Lin Heng said loudly.
"22 pounds?" Father Lin was stunned.
Lin Heng couldn't wait to start telling the story again, he was more excited than if he had shot a sika deer.
Xiulan found his expression somewhat funny. Her man was really interesting. He got so excited just by fishing.
"I can testify that my dad caught a really big fish!!"
Xiaoxia is also Lin Heng’s sweet little darling. Whenever she meets someone, she will show off that her father has caught a 22-pound catfish, and will also ask, “Did your father catch it?”
When they got to the house and Lin Hengyu took it out, both Lin's father and mother were shocked.
"It seems like we're going to eat too much fish today." Mother Lin sighed. This is a bit too much.
"It's okay, we still have the dog." Lin Heng said with a smile. He was never stingy about giving the dog good food.
He left the fish here and asked Lin's mother to marinate it first, and he would do it himself at noon. Then he took Xiaoxia and Xiulan to the mountain.
The cement road surface that was paved yesterday morning has completely solidified today. Although it is still a little damp, there is no problem for people to walk on it.
"This road is so well built!" Xiulan sighed as she looked at the cement road. One year ago, she would never have imagined that Hongfeng Mountain would become what it is now.
"I also plan to plant a row of Forsythia outside the road. It will look even more beautiful when it is full of flowers." Lin Heng said with a smile.
He recently had an idea, which is to plant a circle of roses along the fence outside the fish pond, or outside the entire Red Maple Mountain. This would allow people to enjoy the flowers and serve as a fence to prevent people and animals from getting close.
(End of this chapter)
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