The next morning, after breakfast, Lin Heng went out and looked at the sky again. He saw that the sky was blue, the sun was shining brightly, and a gentle breeze blew on his cheeks, bringing a hint of coolness.
"It's a nice day, what do you say?"
Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and asked.
"Then let's go." Xiulan nodded.
"Heihe River or Huangtan River?" Lin Heng asked again.
"Let's go to Huangtan River. We can call more people and see if Caiyun and Dad want to go." Xiulan said.
Lin Heng looked at her curiously: "Are you sure?"
"I don't think fishing is fun just for the two of us. Let's go together next time when we go to the mountains to pick fruit." Xiulan walked to the door, looked at the sky and said.
"Okay, I'll ask Dad later. Let's go play in the afternoon instead of sunbathing." Lin Heng nodded.
After that, he took Xiongba to Hongfeng Mountain to ask for Lin's father's opinion, but found that Lin's father was carrying a backpack and preparing to go up the mountain.
"Dad, are you planning to dig herbs?" Lin Heng asked puzzledly.
"Yes, go with your brother. He will go digging too. You just stay at home and look after the house." Father Lin nodded.
He knew that Lin Heng was very busy this year and did not call him to go into the mountains.
"Well then, I told you to go fishing." Lin Heng sighed.
"That'll have to be another day." Father Lin said with a smile.
Lin Heng nodded, asked a few questions, looked around, and then went home and told Xiulan about it.
"No, why don't you, Dad and your elder brother go dig herbs?" Xiulan looked at him and said.
Lin Heng shook his head: "Forget it, let's go out and play by ourselves in the afternoon. I'll go dig some more big earthworms and see if I can catch some catfish."
"That's fine." Xiulan nodded.
She was wearing a white floral skirt today and a black short-sleeved top. Her hair was tied into a pigtail with a few strands of hair left on her cheeks.
Lin Heng looked at her and was pulled by Xiaoxia to play with her while she packed up the things in the house and cleaned up. After Lin Heng finished playing with the children, he went to help him and soon finished cleaning the house.
Xiulan took out the tape recorder and played a song, then asked, "Do you want me to clean your ears?"
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded immediately.
After a while, the two of them carried a bench and sat under the eaves. Xiulan sat on the bench with her skirt sliding down to her thighs, revealing her snow-white, round thighs. Lin Heng lay down on her, put his face against hers, and quietly enjoyed Xiulan cleaning his ears.
Xiulan cleaned his ears very slowly and gently, and it took more than ten minutes to clean both of his ears. After cleaning, Lin Heng looked up at her for a while, and she patted his face and said, "Get up, I want to go see if the chickens have laid eggs."
"No, I'll just lie here for a while." Lin Heng shook his head and held her hand.
Xiulan showed a helpless look, let him lie down for a few more minutes, then pushed him up mercilessly, straightened her skirt, and walked towards the house.
After a while, she came back happily and said, "Hubby, all five hens laid eggs today, a total of five eggs."
"That's really good." Lin Heng nodded.
They now have only eight chickens left in the back mountain, six hens and two roosters, and the rest have been eaten one after another. There are only five laying eggs, and there is a hen with chicks. Now there are five left, and these chicks are about half a pound each.
"I'll make some scrambled eggs with Chinese toon for lunch later. I haven't eaten it for a long time." Xiulan said after thinking for a while.
"Okay, I want to eat it too." Lin Heng walked over, opened the freezer, and took out a bag of Chinese toon to thaw it.
Afterwards, Xiulan went to the yard to pick some vegetables. Lin Heng accompanied her to pick vegetables. The children ran to find them from time to time, and before they knew it, it was already noon.
Looking at Xiulan and the children, he felt happy.
For lunch, Xiulan made stir-fried pork with sour beans, scrambled eggs with Chinese toon, eggplant with fermented black beans, and a cold cucumber salad.
After dinner, Xiulan changed into a pair of trousers and a blue shirt, and then went to the back mountain with Lin Heng to dig up many large black earthworms.
"Let's go to Hongfeng Mountain to dig some earthworms." Lin Heng looked at the earthworms in the bottle and said to Xiulan.
"Why do you need so much?" Xiulan wondered.
"Of course I'm going to make a bait. I plan to cut the earthworms into pieces and mix them with the dough to make a bait. I'll use it to catch big catfish and yellow mullet in the afternoon." Lin Heng said.
Xiulan shrank her neck and said, "Then I won't help you. I'm so nauseous."
"Just leave it to me." Lin Heng nodded with a smile.
After returning home with the earthworms, they took the children and their fishing equipment to Hongfeng Mountain. They let the children and Caiyun play first while Lin Heng and Xiulan went to the composting pool on the mountain to dig earthworms.
There are the most earthworms in this kind of fertile place. Xiulan took the hoe and dug gently, and four large blue-black earthworms appeared, twisting and moving like snakes.
Lin Heng was not afraid at all. He picked it up and put it into the bottle.
After digging for more than ten minutes, Lin Heng's plastic bottle was more than half full. Xiulan wiped the sweat off her face and asked, "Is that enough now?"
"Enough." Lin Heng used his clean hand to take a tissue to wipe Xiulan's sweat. It was a torture for her to come with him to dig earthworms when the sun was so hot.
Xiulan took off her hat and stretched her face to enjoy Lin Heng wiping her sweat. After wiping, she put on her white round-necked hat again and said, "Let's go quickly. Let's go back and wash."
Lin Heng nodded and took the hoe. The two of them quickly returned to the house downstairs, turned on the faucet, and the cold mountain spring water immediately washed away the heat.
"It's too hot. My clothes are soaked with sweat in no time." Xiulan wiped her face and shook her head.
Lin Heng came over and smelled it, then chuckled and said, "The mixed scent of sweat and odor is quite pleasant."
Xiulan slapped him and rolled her eyes: "You bastard!"
Lin Heng laughed and followed her back to the house. There was an electric fan on in the house, and Lin's mother also cut some watermelon. With these two methods working together, they both cooled down in no time.
"Brother, where are you planning to go fishing?" Caiyun asked curiously.
"Let's go to the town, or Baimasti Village, and we have to walk and see as we go." Lin Heng said after thinking for a while.
"Oh." Caiyun nodded and said, "In fact, we can go to Shiban River to pick up snails. The snails these days are big and meaty. They will definitely be delicious if fried with basil."
"Now that you mention it, I feel like eating too." Lin Heng said, turning his head to look at Xiulan.
Xiulan wiped her mouth after eating the watermelon and said, "Why are you looking at me? If you want to go, just go. It won't delay you from picking snails and fishing."
"Okay, let's wait until the sun is a little smaller and go pick up snails. We'll go fishing after five o'clock." Lin Heng said.
"If we go to Shiban River, I will go with you." Lin's mother said.
At half past three, they wore hats and carried plastic buckets to the Shiban River. Lin Heng even went back to get swimsuits and swimming rings for the three children.
Although the sun was still very bright, it was already setting, and some areas along the river blocked by the mountains had become overcast. These were the areas they were heading to.
Lin found a pond of suitable depth for the children to play in the water with their swimming rings, and then the four adults picked snails nearby.
Xiulan and Caiyun were wearing sandals, their beautiful feet were faintly visible in the water. They didn't even pull up their pants, but stepped directly into the water to collect snails.
There were rocks all over the stream, and they slowly collected the big ones as they did in previous years.
After a short while, they collected half a bucket, but they were not satisfied. This time they planned to get two buckets so that they could keep them for more meals.
"Honey, there's a water snake!!"
Suddenly, Xiulan, who was not far from Lin Heng, ran towards him quickly, but fell down because she walked too fast.
Lin Heng took a step forward and held her, preventing her upper body from falling, but her lower body was completely wet.
"Is there a snake there?" Lin Heng looked at her and asked.
"Under the rock over there, I was about to pick up snails when it suddenly stuck its head out and almost bit my hand." Xiulan, regardless of the water on her body, huddled behind Lin Heng, grabbed his arm and held it in her arms.
She is not afraid if she sees a snake from a distance, but she is still very scared if it appears suddenly, and her heart is pounding.
"You go ashore first, I'll go and check if you're okay." Lin Heng supported her and said.
Xiulan shook her head and went ashore. Caiyun and Lin's mother also came over to inquire about the situation.
Lin Heng walked over with a stick and poked it twice. A water snake ran out. Its back was black and gray, with black and white stripes crisscrossing on its sides, and it looked quite fat.
"How annoying." Lin Heng quickly pressed his neck with a stick, then grabbed his head.
"This snake is not poisonous, wife, how about I just kill it?" Lin Heng turned his head and asked.
Xiulan was still frightened, but still shook her head and said, "Forget it, let it go."
"Okay then, I'll listen to you." Lin Heng nodded, took the water snake and threw it away at a far place.
In fact, it was mainly because of his mother. His mother couldn't bear to see him kill snakes, otherwise he would have killed them to give Xiongba a snack.
After returning, they continued to pick up snails, and everyone became more careful. After half an hour, they had picked up enough snails. They sat on the rocks by the water and put the snails into bags and rubbed them with sand to clean them.
Lin Heng noticed Xiulan rubbing her ankle and walked over to ask, "Is it serious? Let me take a look."
"It's okay, it just hurts a little. It will be fine if you rub it." Xiulan shook her head.
Lin Heng rubbed her and found that there was really no big problem, so he continued to cook the snails.
After catching the snails, they walked back with the children. Lin Heng looked at Xiulan, who was limping a little, and said, "Then let's not go fishing this afternoon. Let's go another day."
"It's okay, I'll be ready in a minute. I've already got the earthworms, it would be a waste if I don't go." Xiulan shook her head.
After returning to Hongfeng Mountain, Lin's mother rubbed Xiulan with medicinal wine. Lin Heng prepared the snails and said he didn't want to go fishing, but Xiulan still insisted on going with him.
In the end, Lin Heng took her, Xiongba and a dog to the town. The children stayed at home, and they did not cry because Lin Heng promised to take them to play in the water next time.
Although the sun was setting at around five o'clock, it was still quite hot. Lin Heng drove directly to Huangtan Town, then drove down the national highway for a distance before he found a good watershed bay with a water depth of more than three meters. He thought it was a good fishing spot.
I immediately prepared homemade earthworm bait and wheat, and then went to the side to wait for the sun to set before fishing.
The two men and the dog hid under a willow tree to keep cool. Lin Heng and Xiulan boasted that they would definitely catch a big fish soon.
Xiulan stroked Xiongba and listened to him bragging, her hair flying in the wind. Xiongba had just taken a shower a few days ago, so his hair was very smooth and felt very good to the touch.
The two chatted like this, and before they knew it, the sun had passed the bay where they had made their nest. Xiulan patted him and said, "Hurry up and go fishing. Carry me over."
"You are in great pain, do you want to go back?" Lin Heng turned his head and said.
"No, just carry me on your back." Xiulan jumped lightly and grabbed his neck, her long legs wrapping around his waist.
She just suddenly wanted to go out alone with Lin Heng again, and her feet were hurting, so it was just right for him to carry her on his back.
"Okay." Lin Heng grabbed her thighs with both hands and carried her on his back and walked forward. This was also a pleasant thing for him.
When they arrived at the fishing spot, Lin Heng first made a fishing rod holder for Xiulan using a tree branch, and then strung earthworms on it for her before starting to fish for his own.
In fact, with his wife accompanying him fishing, he no longer cared whether he could catch any fish or not.
"There is a mouth!"
As soon as Lin Heng cast the rod, Xiulan excitedly picked up the fishing rod and pulled up a big white stripe.
"This thing is really indispensable there. Feed it to the dogs." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Xiulan nodded and threw it to Xiongba to eat, then turned around and gave Lin Heng a playful smile: "This one is yours. Let's start over. The loser will cook tonight."
"Okay." Lin Heng just nodded, and then he suddenly pulled the fishing rod, and a big tiger was pulled up by him. He smiled and said, "I'll give this one up too."
Then the two of them officially began to compete. Although there were no big fish, small fish kept coming, including ground tigers, whitebait, horse mouth, wheat ears, and small crucian carp.
"Looks like I won. I dropped the 23rd one, and you only dropped the 15th one."
Half an hour later, Xiulan smiled.
"It seems that this place is not very good." Lin Heng shook his head.
"Don't try to cheat. I think this place is great." Xiulan said with a smile.
Soon it was seven o'clock, the sun set behind the western mountain top, and the sunset glow began to slowly appear. Lin Heng also stared at the seven-star float, as it was the easiest time to catch big fish after dark.
Suddenly, he pulled the fishing rod hard, the fishing line immediately straightened, and then a small carp weighing more than one kilogram was pulled out of the water.
"Why is it this thing? I want the Rhubarb Prickly Ash." Lin Heng had no choice but to throw it into the fish guard. He could only go back and raise it in the fish pond.
Xiulan glanced at him and said, "Be content with yourself. You are still pretending. We are competing in quantity. You are just one fish."
"Don't worry, I will surpass you." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Xiulan didn't look at him and concentrated on fishing. It was getting dark now and crucian carps appeared there. She caught one after another and she no longer cared about Lin Heng.
The same thing happened to Lin Heng. Suddenly, he caught a big blunt-mouthed catfish weighing half a pound, and then there were the yellowtail and catfish. Although there were no big ones, he could catch one weighing three or four taels and half a pound every few minutes.
Both of them were so immersed in fishing that they had no time to appreciate the layers of fiery clouds in the western sky today. These clouds were like straight lines with clear layers and were particularly beautiful.
Compared to the mountains, the sunset here seems to be more shocking.
"Honey, look, I caught something really special. What kind of fish is this?"
Suddenly, Xiulan screamed. (End of this chapter)
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