There is a saying that goes, "A man remains a boy until he dies," and it is absolutely true.
It is a man's nature to love playing. Some boys love to play with the same things they did when they were young as they grow up, and they still cannot change the habit even when they are old.
These are the ones I'm talking about!
"Let's go, let's go and call everyone else before it gets dark."
Ye's mother and Lin Xiuqing didn't care about him. Anyway, he was doing the housework seriously. After finishing the work, why would they care about him if he still had the energy
It's better to catch loaches and eels than to drink and play cards.
"Don't lose the ground cage."
"No, don't worry."
This is his livelihood for the next period of time, he dare not lose it.
Ye Yaodong and A Guang each took a trap and went out. They didn't take a shower because they would have to take a shower when they came back anyway.
They went to a few friends' houses and called them all out. This kind of thing definitely requires a lot of talent to be interesting, otherwise it would be boring to go alone.
When the others heard that they were going to set traps in the pond, they all ran out excitedly. Some of them had only finished half of their meal, but they just stuffed it in big gulps and ran away without worrying about choking, while their family members behind them were cursing at them.
As they walked, Ah Zheng asked, "Why did you suddenly think of setting traps in the ditch? Who is so smart?"
"A Guang suggested it. He saw that I had just made a few traps and they were just sitting there, so he suggested putting them in the ditch to see if there were any fish, shrimp, loaches, etc., and to test the water at the same time."
It would be better if there were crayfish.
How can there be summer without crayfish
The fat man beside him also said excitedly: "Put a few more, grab more goods, and I will be the chef when the time comes."
"Why put so many? Who knows how much you can catch? Put two first to test the waters, and you can put more next time."
"Let's go to Dongqiao Village or go down to Xishan Village? There is also a river in Xishan Village."
"Let's go to Dongqiao Village. The river there is wider, so there must be goods there."
"Everything goes to Dongqiao Village. We've taken away all the produce in the ditches and fields of Dongqiao Village."
"How can it be Huo Huo? We are here to eliminate pests. If there are too many of these things, they will affect the ecology..."
"What nonsense! I almost believed it..."
Ye Yaodong listened to their jokes, with a smile on his face, "Hurry up and stop talking nonsense. It's getting dark soon and we'll be blind soon."
"Don't be afraid, I brought a flashlight!" Awei took out a flashlight from his pocket and waved it.
"I brought it too." Xiaoxiao also said.
Ah Zheng smiled broadly, "You've prepared quite well. We're going to have a big fight tonight, right?"
"Let's put the trap down first and then talk about other things!"
A group of people chatted and laughed as they walked directly to Dongqiao Village. By then it was getting dark, mainly because gathering together would take too much time.
People who were enjoying the cool air on the roadside would naturally look a few more times at the group of young people passing by, but because it was dark, those who were far away could not see what they were holding in their hands.
At this time, families who have traps will have boats and will use them to cast nets in the sea. Who would cast them in the river if they are too full? Wouldn’t that be asking for trouble? Things in the river are not valuable.
Really, I guess they are just too full!
They found the widest river in the village, with rice fields on both sides and few residents around.
"I'll light up the flashlight, you guys go and set it off."
"This river is quite wide and long. We should bring a few more cages here."
"Why do you need so many nets? Wouldn't it be a waste if you can't finish them? Anyway, it's so close, I can come anytime."
"Dongzi would have put the trap in the sea later, so who would have given you the trap to put in the ditch to do these things?"
"Right."
Everyone was talking at once. Ye Yaodong said as he put the cages down, "Go get a big rock first. There's no place to tie the ropes. If you want to do something like this, you can bring one or two over later. But I have to make more cages. I only have five now, and they're not enough to put in the sea."
These people just like to play a little bit, and they don’t really like the local products in the river.
"Then let's do this a few more times before you're put into the sea."
"Put your hands down first, and then talk about other things."
"When are we coming to collect it?"
"Tomorrow? If we leave it out for too long, someone might come to work in the fields and see it and take the cage away. Dongzi will cry."
Ye Yaodong was also afraid that the traps would be lost. "Come early tomorrow morning to collect them, say 6:30. I have work to do later. If it's too late, my wife will be mad at me if the traps are lost."
"Isn't it too early?" The fat man frowned.
"If you can't get up, you don't have to come over. Just go to my house and get it when the time comes."
"Okay, how about pulling it up in two hours and seeing if there's any?"
Ah Guang looked at Ah Zheng in disbelief and said, "So we're going to feed mosquitoes here for two hours?"
Ye Yaodong said angrily: "Dianpa, you feed me here, I don't want it!"
The fat man also shouted: "I don't want it either!"
"If we have to pull it up every two hours, it's better to throw the net by hand. Wouldn't it be more convenient to throw the net here? And we don't have to come here at night."
Ah Zheng scratched his head and said, "That's right..."
Ah Guang rolled his eyes and said, "You're really coming here to catch local products with a hand-cast net during the day. We're going to be famous again. You're not doing your job! At least no one saw us at night."
"How about we go catch some cicada monkeys? I happened to have a flashlight with me. Let's catch some for a while. When we're ready to go back, we can come back and pull it up to see if there's anything there?"
"That's fine. I'm free anyway."
"Are you determined to feed the mosquitoes tonight? Then go, go, catch them and take them home to fry."
A group of people chattered away and decided the matter.
Ye Yaodong also went with the flow. It was just getting dark and it was still early to go to bed. It was not his turn to go out to sea tomorrow, otherwise he would not dare to run out.
On the road from Baisha Village to Dongqiao Village, there are mountains and forests on one side. It doesn't matter what kind of trees they are, it's best to go to a forest where you can hear cicadas chirping during the day, as this means there are larvae underground. Usually, when it gets dark, that's when the larvae start to drill up from the ground.
They walked a short distance along the main road and saw a road going up the mountain, so they went straight up.
As a result, when they reached the top of the slope, Xiao Xiao was the first to react and stopped, "Wait, we don't seem to have anything to put in!"
"That's right, we have nothing to put in it!"
"Take off your clothes, tie the hem and sleeves together, and leave an opening for your head to put it in?"
"ah?"
"Idiot!" Ye Yaodong cursed and then took out the sack from his pocket and shook it.
"Fuck, why are you still carrying a sack?" Everyone was very surprised.
"Who knows when you're going to close the net? How can we do it without anything to put in? When I was taking the trap, I saw the sacks stacked in the corner, so I took one and put it in my pocket, just in case you need to put something in it?"
"this is a good habit!"
"Well," I developed after my rebirth, "Let's go."