The town is built on the oasis, but it doesn't mean that the oasis is only as big as the small town. The lake stretches away, and finally disappears in the desert. Along the way, there are also stretches of green trees and grass. This piece belongs to the oasis scope.
And the people in the small town opened up the land along the arable land next to the oasis, and dug ditches to divert water. Some people even planted melons and fruits on the Gobi, and only watered them occasionally, although the melons and fruits produced were a bit small. , but still very sweet.
In the past, when there were many merchants passing by, they would buy them with good quality and take them away, and send them to sell elsewhere. The merchants bought the bad ones to quench their thirst, and they also ate them themselves.
But this year, there are fewer people coming, and the best melons and fruits in the greenhouse can't be sold. Naturally, they don't care about those melons and fruits in the Gobi.
Man Bao and the others put the fishing tackle on the roof of the car, helped Mr. Zhuang into the car, and then ran to pull out his horse and rode happily.
Yin probably didn't want to ride a horse, so he shared a car with Mr. Zhuang.
Under the protection of the guards, the group of people traveled in a mighty manner. In less than a quarter of an hour, everyone in the town knew that the newcomer had gone fishing yesterday. Just to catch a fish, there are more than ten servants with him, which is very proud.
"It's just a pity that the teenagers have no money."
"I don't think the old gentleman who made the decision seems like a luxurious person. Their business is not easy to do."
"He is an official, not a businessman, so naturally he won't spend too much money on these things."
"I think they are more generous than those merchants. Those merchants buy things that can be sold out. They buy a lot of things, but the prices are not high. Unlike them, they buy food for use. Listen It is said that there are twenty people washing clothes for them in a few yards today. People in the east of our town can earn money, not to mention the vegetables and meat they bought today. If they live for twenty days... "
Everyone was refreshed when they heard it, and someone said: "Then the melons and fruits in our greenhouse will have a place to go. Each person can eat one a day, and they can eat more than a hundred in a day."
"Don't think about it, they think it's too expensive. Just a few people bought it yesterday. They are all soldiers. How much money can they have? It's not as much money as the guys brought by the merchants."
"Why don't we make it cheaper? Those melons and fruits will rot in the ground if they are not sold?"
Many people thought about it. In fact, they are also willing. Since it is not a one-time or two-time business, it is okay to be cheaper.
After driving out of the town, Manbao and the others who walked out along the lake did not know that they would usher in a price reduction when they came back. At this time, they were running along the lakeside with their horses, and the grass was quite lush. Not only did the horse run happily, Man Bao and the others also felt very happy, which was much more comfortable than running in the Gobi desert.
A guard came back with a folded horse, pointed to the front and said, "Master, Miss Man, there is an open space in front of it, the small one looks good, why don't you stop and fish in front?"
Man Bao didn't speak for a while, and asked Ke Ke.
Ke Ke said: "That place is not good. There are not many detected fishes, and the host should not be able to catch them. It is recommended to go down for about 300 meters. There are many."
Man Bao felt that the three hundred meters was no different from the original place. They could stop there and walk three hundred meters to go fishing.
So everyone stopped at the place, and the guards began to move things down from the car, mats, low tables, then melon and fruit refreshments, and finally the wooden barrels and fishing tackle they needed for fishing.
Mr. Zhuang strolled around with his hands behind his back, and felt that the place the guard had chosen was not bad, so he stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Not bad, not bad, call Wei Xingren and the others to come together tomorrow."
Man Bao: "Call Nie to join the army again?"
Mr. Zhuang shook his head, "Forget it, I'm afraid Nie Canjun won't like fishing."
Li Guanshi asked them about it. There is no bait for sale here. The fishing here is to dig some worms by the lake and hang them on the hook. Of course, it is not certain whether it can attract fish or not.
So Man Bao and the others took a small bamboo basket and a medicine hoe and started looking around to dig for bugs.
Bai Shan and the other three had rich experience in this matter, and Liu Huan was also very experienced. After turning over the grass, he shouted, "Here, here, there are two small holes, and there must be earthworms underneath."
The only inexperienced person is Yin He. He hasn’t been digging worms since he was a child. He has never seen a few worms, so he stepped up to look curiously. An earthworm that is in two halves but is still rolling.
He was startled and couldn't help but take two steps back.
However, Bai Erlang and Liu Huan were very excited and went straight to grab it. One of them grabbed half of it and showed off, "Look, we dug it!"
Zhou Liru at the side took a look, then dug out two earthworms from the ground and held them in his palms for them to see.
Bai Erlang and Liu Huan were very jealous when they saw it.
Yin or: ...
Bai Shan and Man Bao have also harvested. The land by the lake is moist and rich in aquatic plants. It seems that few people dig this area, so there are quite a lot of earthworms in the ground. As long as you find a place with soft and porous soil, there will always be earthworms in ten places. There are earthworms in six or seven places.
Mr. Zhuang looked amused, and waved to Yin or, "Come on, I'll teach you how to handle the hook."
Yin Ju quickly turned around, took a deep breath and stepped forward.
The guards spread out after arranging their things, searched the surrounding area, and after confirming that there was no danger, they lazily stood guarding around, not intending to help dig bugs.
Bai Shan and the others did not call them, they dug a lot by themselves, and then brought it back to show to the husband.
"Sir, do you want to add some ingredients?" Bai Shan said, "I remember adding some ingredients to the earthworms, it will taste better, right?"
Yin could not help but look away, looked at the calm and clear lake and asked, "Have you ever eaten?"
Everyone looked up at him in unison, and clicked their tongues twice, knowing that his habit of cleanliness had fallen again. As far as cleanliness is concerned, Bai Shan also loves cleanliness, but playing with dirt is not one of them.
Bai Shan simply recruited Changshou and asked him to cut and hang earthworms for his master...
longevity:…
There were only two bamboo baskets, so Man Bao stretched out his hand and folded two large leaves, poured out a handful of earthworms, packed them, took the fishing tackle and left, "Let's go up and fish."
Bai Shan followed immediately, "I'm with you."
Bai Erlang glanced at the two of them and felt that he couldn't go at this time, otherwise he would be a big lantern, so he stopped Liu Huan who was eager to try, "Let's find a place to fish by ourselves."
Yin or looked around, and felt that Mr. Zhuang's place was the cleanest, so he didn't go anywhere.
Zhou Liru also carried the small bamboo basket and left with Baier Liu Huan. She didn't want to bother her sister-in-law or uncle, nor did she want to stay with Mr. Zhuang.
Recently, Mr. Zhuang asked her to memorize the essays, which were much more difficult than the prescriptions my sister-in-law asked her to memorize, so she avoided Mr. Zhuang for the past two days.