Chapter 36: Encountering Valuable Goods in the River
“It’s really big!”
Lin Heng said happily that these two were as thick as two thumbs, more than 30 centimeters long, orange-yellow in color, and very beautiful.
After taking a look, he stretched out his hands to grab it. After aiming, he lifted it up instantly. As soon as it was lifted out of the water, the eel began to struggle violently.
Crash!
"Damn, the one on my left ran away." Lin Heng watched with regret as the eel quickly ran to the center of the field, and helplessly put the other one into the snakeskin bag.
They caught the eels by standing on the edge of the field. If they ran away, it would be basically difficult to catch them if they didn't enter the field.
"It's okay, there's plenty, and there's still a lot of fields!"
Big brother Lin Yue said with a smile.
Lin Heng didn't care too much about it. It was normal to fail in catching eels. He continued to act. He caught five more eels in this field and moved on to the next field.
Not every paddy field has eels. It must be a muddy field where the water never dries up all year round. At worst, it must be a very humid field.
Of course, I will still take a look at other fields when passing by. It doesn’t matter if I don’t look, but I will be shocked if I do.
"Damn, there really is a yellow eel. It must be a super rough one that is more than ten years old?" Lin Heng couldn't help but exclaimed in a low voice.
When I first saw him, I thought it was a snake, but after a closer look I realized it was an eel.
"It's really big, as thick as Xiaoxia's fist. But it's too far away, and half of its body is still in the hole. How can we catch it?" The eldest brother Lin Yue was excited but also a little annoyed.
"It's okay. I'm prepared."
Lin Heng took out the fishhook he had prepared at home, and the fishing line and earthworm bait were already put on.
He turned around, found a wooden stick, tied it up and gently threw it into the mouth of the big eel.
"Lin Heng, can you do this? If not, I'll just go to the fields and try it once." The eldest brother didn't quite believe that the eel would take such an obvious hook.
Less than two seconds after he finished speaking, the giant eel suddenly launched a lightning-fast attack and swallowed the earthworm and the fishhook together.
Lin Heng was quick and pulled it out in one go. A giant eel with a body length of more than 40 centimeters was pulled into the air.
"Damn, it really works!!" Lin Yue was shocked. This eel was so stupid.
"Of course. Don't think they are too smart." Lin Heng smiled, caught the eel, took out the fishhook and threw it into the bag.
When he threw it in, Lin Heng's heart was still pounding. This was a huge yellow eel weighing more than one kilogram. If it ran away, he would not be able to sleep for three days.
To compare it to a carp, this is a big carp weighing more than ten kilograms.
This is the fun of catching eels. The battle of wits and courage with eels is much more exciting than playing games.
The two searched in the field for a long time but found nothing. It seemed that this was the only fish they found, so they had no choice but to move to the next muddy field.
"There are a lot of them in this field. I saw two right away!"
The eldest brother Lin Yue also became interested and reached out to grab one, but he didn't hold it tightly and it fell onto the edge of the field. It took some effort to catch it in the bag.
"Forget it, you do it." Lin Yue smiled helplessly. It looks simple, but it is really technically demanding.
Lin Heng nodded and did not refuse.
Be gentle before taking action, and be quick, accurate and ruthless when taking action. As long as the eel is thicker than your index finger, you will almost certainly catch it.
The thicker the fish, the easier it is to catch. But there is no way to catch thin and small fish. The failure rate is 90%, so Lin Heng simply gave up.
After catching the three muddy fields at home, Lin Yue weighed the bag and couldn't help grinning:
"We had a big catch today, at least eight or nine kilograms of eels. The town charges eighty cents per kilogram, so I can sell it for six or seven yuan."
The nutritional value of yellow eel is relatively high. Some restaurants in Huangtan Town purchase it specifically to entertain leaders and wealthy people.
"There are other fields too. Let's go check them out."
Lin Heng pointed to two muddy fields on the other side of the river. Eels are wild, so no one will say anything if you catch them. You can also help get rid of pests by preventing them from digging holes and causing water leaks in the paddy fields.
The most important thing is that this is a unique technique developed by Lin Heng and his elder brother, and no one else in the village knows it.
It’s not that no one noticed them catching eels in the paddy fields at night and learned from them.
However, because I didn't have the skills to catch eels, I ran a lot but caught few, and gradually I became too lazy to catch them.
"No problem." The eldest brother Lin Yue did not refuse. There was no stealing or robbing, so there was nothing to be afraid of.
Lin Yue carried the bag and walked in front, kicking the grass from time to time to prevent any snakes from lurking.
Arriving at Shiban River, the two men walked upstream along the river bank. The Shiban River fish had all come out at night, and the stream groupers swam to the shallow water to hunt.
But Lin Heng had no interest in catching them. They were too small. He would not get more than a pound in one night. It would be faster to poison them with the leaves of the medicinal tree during the day.
"Oh my god, it's a good turtle!!"
Suddenly, the eldest brother Lin Yue screamed, which frightened Lin Heng.
When he heard it was a turtle, he quickly ran over, but he didn't see it: "Where's the turtle, brother?"
"This thing is so fast. It saw me and it went under the rock deep in the pool in a flash." Lin Yue said, pointing to a huge rock more than three meters long in the center of the pool.
"What a pity! I didn't pay attention at the time. This turtle must have weighed at least two or three kilograms. One of them is equivalent to the yellow eel we spent more than two hours catching."
Lin Yue couldn't help but feel regretful.
Lin Heng took a look at the stone. The water was more than one meter deep, so it was impossible to catch it.
"Brother, I have a way. Let's try our luck. Maybe we can catch him tomorrow."
Lin Heng suddenly had an idea and came up with a solution.
"What method?" Lin Yue turned his head and asked.
Lin Heng didn't say anything. He went to the water's edge, touched a stream grouper with his hand, and then cruelly pierced the fishhook through its tail.
"Of course I'm fishing. A fish that's injured won't be able to hold back. It just depends on whether the hook can be firmly hooked. After all, this hook has no barbs."
After Lin Heng hung the stream grouper, he put it into the water and tied a cotton swab to a wooden stick. The rest was up to fate and luck.
"This is the only way. Let's get up early tomorrow morning to take a look." Lin Yue nodded, not holding out much hope for this.
When we reached the two muddy fields on the other side of the river, the journey of catching eels began again.
The eels here are not very big. The first field caught about ten eels, weighing about two kilograms.
When they reached the second field, they were speechless.
"Let's go and go home directly." Lin Heng shook his head.
"Let me try!" The eldest brother Lin Yue was unwilling to give up. He asked Lin Heng to hold the snakeskin bag and he reached out to grab it.
There are quite a lot of eels in this field. You can see several every two steps you take, but they are all thinner than your little finger and are impossible to catch.
After catching more than ten eels in a row, the eldest brother Lin Yue finally gave up and said with a wry smile: "Let's go back. This little yellow eel is too difficult to catch."
"Of course, but you can go back and make an eel cage to try it. It's simply not realistic to catch it with your bare hands." Lin Heng said with a smile.
In fact, he prefers to eat small yellow eels. The Panlong yellow eel tastes so good that he drools just thinking about it, but unfortunately, small yellow eels are too difficult to catch.
But tonight's harvest is enough. We caught ten kilograms of eels. I ran from eight o'clock to after 11 o'clock, so it was not a wasted trip.
When he returned to his home, Lin Heng noticed that there was a flashlight in front of his house and several people were standing together. Could something have happened?
"Let's go and see why he's still not asleep at this time."
Lin Yue was also a little worried. He was still awake so late, so something must have happened.
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