Chapter 187 Coming towards the light
When the sunset was slanting, the Huo family had dinner.
Banla Yuhui will be submerged in the water, and the four boats of Taoyedu sail into the mouth of the Yangtze River.
Because of the night arrest, Huo Erhuai called Xi, Wan, and Lu together. The three families were very happy and thanked Huo Erhuai again and again. Huo's family has a big boat, full of fishing gear, is willing to burn lamp oil, and acts generously. Everyone is willing to form a night fishing group with his family.
Today, Huo Erhuai and Huo Xi have the same goal, that is, to stare at the whitebait.
Silver fish lay eggs around winter, and their reproductive ability is amazing. After a winter of storage, they are caught and eaten in late spring. They are the most sweet, fresh and plump.
Silverfish is different from other freshwater fish in that it has a strong phototaxis. I usually live in the middle and lower waters, and I probably know that the big fish want to eat the small fish and don't want to be eaten. They usually cat to the bottom of the water, and wait to not float to the upper waters to bubble.
So it is not easy to buy whitebait in the fish market street.
As a result, whitebait, the bottom of the food chain, became a tribute in some dynasties.
Before night fell, Yang moved out all the tung oil from her boat, and called the women of the other three families to prepare lamps and torches together. Huo Erhuai and Yang Fu prepared fishing gear with the men in the other three boats.
Huo Xi maneuvered on both sides to help out a little, while Huo Nian was excitedly running around on the boat, no one was safe. They also called Lu Song from the Lu family, and the two children wanted to jump into the river for a few laps, but Huo Xi firmly held them back.
Although he is good at water and has been able to swim since he was a child, this is the Yangtze River, the Yangtze River at night! Although the wind is not high and the waves are not urgent tonight, but it is unfathomable, and there is an invisible undercurrent, it is swept away, where can I find it?
Pi Xiaozi, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, no one is afraid.
"Okay, let's play in the river when we grow up." After being taught a few words by Huo Xi, Pi Xiaozi didn't care, and even comforted Lu Song, who was one year older than him.
"Yeah, let's go back to Taoyedu and play in the water." Lu Song was more excited than Huo Nian.
Although Huo Nian doesn't have much memory of night arrests, he is doted on by his family and can join in any excitement. But Lu Song is different. Most of the opportunities to go ashore are to follow his parents into the city to sell fish. There is nothing exciting to watch, and he has no memory of night fishing.
"Father, I want to copy the net." Huo Nian still remembers what Huo Erhuai promised to teach him to use the copy net to catch fish.
"Okay, copy the net and read it to us." Huo Erhuai promised him with a smile while arranging the fishing net.
Pi Xiaozi was very proud, and raised his head to Huo Xi.
did not see. Huo Xi turned his face aside. I don't know whether to take it or not, so I have to copy the net. I'm afraid she will steal it from him.
The afterglow of the setting sun completely submerged into the river, and the night covered the sky.
The four ships chose a wide area of water, facing each other two by two, forming a large circle.
The Huo family's boat and the Lu family's boat pulled on one end of the trawl net respectively, and the net sank into the water. The bow and stern windbreak mast lights were all lit. The torches are inserted obliquely inside the ship's enclosure, illuminating the river surface inside the circle, like daytime.
"It's so bright, it's so bright!" Huo Nian yelled towards the river, clapping his hands and jumping his feet, and Lu Song followed suit.
"Be quiet, the fish are scared away by you." Huo Xi glared at the two of them, and the two boys immediately covered their mouths with their small hands and shook their heads at her.
Seeing that the two of them had stopped, Huo Xi looked around. The surrounding river was so dark that he couldn't see anything, which made people feel intimidated, but the surrounding river was as bright as day, like two worlds.
Not long after, under the light of the torches, the surface of the river began to move.
First, a shallow layer of ripples appeared, from the outside to the inside, and then densely formed water waves, the entire water surface began to surge, from the outside to the inner circle, gathering towards the bright light, getting denser and denser.
"Shut!" Huo Erhuai turned his head and shouted at Yang Fu.
Yang Fu immediately started to paddle the scull quickly. On the other side, Lu Song's mother also started to row the sculls, the two boats Huo and Lu started to row, and Huo Erhuai and Lu Ji were holding the end of the dragnet tightly.
As the boat moved, the trawl net began to outflank the school of fish coming towards the light.
"Wow, a lot of fishing! Sister, I want to catch fish!" Pi Xiaozi couldn't hold back, seeing that Huo Erhuai had no time to talk to him, he **** off Huo Xi.
"Then sister, hold me, don't let Nian'er fall into the water."
"Mother, come grab us and read."
"Mom, you are the best."
Yang patted his head with a smile, first wrapped him with a hemp rope, and tied the other end to the iron ring that fixed the scull, stood behind him, stretched out a foot in front to support his foot, He also helped him extend the copying net into the river.
"Wow!"
As soon as the net was dipped into the water, it was full. The fish coming towards the light are still floating on the water surface, and do not avoid the touch of foreign objects. Instead, as the ship moves, it moves forward with the light.
The trawl net shrinks all the way, and the whitebait is gradually collected into the trawl net.
For Huo Nian, there was no technical difficulty at all, just like he used a melon ladle to get water from the water basket in the morning, and he could easily catch a net of fish.
"Wow, mother, look, there are so many!"
If it weren't for the mother, I wouldn't even be able to pick up the net, which is much better. Yang Shi and Huo Xi stood by him alone, holding his net scooping pole and lifting it up, and soon the whitebait that scooped up the net was lifted onto the boat board.
"Wow! Such a small fish. It's only as big as my little finger. It's white. It's so beautiful! Lu Song, isn't it so beautiful?"
"Yeah, it looks so good!" Lu Song's little head was like pounding garlic.
The two boys screamed, excited. Huo Xi dragged a fish basket over, and Yang immediately dumped the fish from the net into the basket.
"Wow! So small."
The two skin boys squatted on the deck, holding the fishing basket and looking at it, picking it up again and again with their hands, screaming non-stop, "Is this a small fish? Why is it so big?"
Dad and mother usually catch small fish in the net and release them, why do they catch such a small fish.
"This is called a whitebait, and it's only this big."
"Really, are its parents only this old?"
The two boys squatting together looked at Huo Xi together. Huo Xi really wanted to roll her eyes. Seeing that they both had a strong thirst for knowledge, she nodded: "Yes, they are only this big when they are old."
"Wow! The whole family is only this big."
"Is it still copying fish? Dad is going to collect the net."
"Yes, but also to copy the fish." I stopped looking at the fish, got up and picked up the copying net and stretched it into the river.
It wasn't until the dawn of the next day that the four boats put out their torches. Row the boat laden with whitebait toward the city.
The whitebait was delivered to the Huibin building. After hearing the report, shopkeeper Wen hurried to the back kitchen. When he saw it, he almost knelt down to Huo Erhuai.
His face was full of disbelief: "This, this is an silverfish? There are so many?"
"Our quantity is a bit large. I don't know if shopkeeper Wen can eat it? If not, we can sell it to the fish market street while it is fresh."
"Yes, I want all of Huibinlou! The price is negotiable." Shopkeeper Wen rubbed his hands excitedly.
Send two carts to the owner, and ask the owner to send some more to the familiar mansion. The remaining restaurants in Huibin Building can eat it. not much. Isn't it good to have a solo business?
Soon, someone will be arranged to weigh it, and the balance will be in taels.
Huo Erhuai took a heavy cloth bag and came out. Men from Xi, Wan, and Lu's family followed behind Huo Erhuai, thinking about how much money he could share, and couldn't suppress the smile on his face.
There will be more later~
(end of this chapter)