"Kid, what are you doing?"
The fisherman had a fishing rod on his shoulder and a fish basket in his hand. He looked at Qiqi and asked curiously.
Qiqi raised his head and glanced at the fisherman and said, "I'm catching fish. I'll cook grilled fish when dad comes back."
As he spoke, two fish swam into the circle surrounded by river pebbles. After blocking the waterway with a stone, Qiqi let go to catch fish in the water circle. After a splash of water, accompanied by The child chuckled, and he threw two half-foot-long river fish from the water to the shore, and then used a willow branch to string them from the gills, and six fish were already strung on this willow branch. Each of the fish looks quite big.
"Hey, can you still use this method to catch fish? This is much better than the old man's fishing!" the fisherman praised in surprise.
Qiqi felt happy to be praised and asked: "Grandpa, how many fish did you catch today?"
When the fisherman heard this, his face suddenly became a little uneasy. He laughed twice and said: "This, this, hehe, I am not very lucky today -"
Qiqi looked at the fisherman with some confusion and said, "Grandpa, how many fish did you catch?"
The fisherman looked more and more embarrassed and said: "Well, there may be something wrong with the place I chose today. Hey, I will definitely catch it tomorrow."
Qiqi tilted his head and thought for a while, then smiled and said: "Ah, I understand, grandpa, did you not catch any fish today?"
The fisherman laughed awkwardly and suddenly said: "Okay, old man, I can't catch any fish today. It turns out that you kid took all the fish away. Alas, I'm going to starve today. What a bad luck!"
Qiqi didn't know it was a lie. Hearing what the fisherman said was pitiful, he thought for a while and said, "Grandpa, I didn't know you were fishing here. Do you think this is a good idea? Can I give you two of these fish?" "
The fisherman rolled his eyes and said, "That's not enough. You have to give me the method of trapping fish."
Qiqi did not doubt that he was there, and nodded: "Okay, grandpa, if you learn this method, you don't have to be hungry."
The fisherman sheepishly laughed "hehe" twice, but without any courtesy he walked to the riverside and learned how to build a stone circle for fish with the children.
The old man and the young man made four or five stone circles by the river and caught more than ten river fish. The fisherman divided half of them and filled a fish basket half full. Finally, he patted the fish basket with satisfaction. , said: "Now you don't have to go hungry for three days!"
Qiqi used willow branches to skewer the remaining fish and held it in his hand, saying, "Grandpa, I have to leave too. Dad, Mom, and Aunt Mei are still waiting for food."
As he spoke, he waved to the fisherman, turned around and left from the river.
"Hey, little guy, you taught the old man how to catch fish, but the old man doesn't know your name yet!" the fisherman asked behind him.
"My name is Qiqi." The little boy came back to his senses and replied.
"This is a nickname. Does it have a famous name?" the fisherman asked again.
"Daddy has always called me Qiqi, I don't have any other name!" the child replied with some confusion.
"That's it!"
The fisherman nodded, but he didn't know when a milky white stone appeared in his palm. It looked very beautiful. The fisherman's thumb touched the stone in his hand, and some white dust seemed to be blown away by the river wind.
The fisherman handed over the white stone in his hand and said: "You gave the old man eight fish and taught him how to catch fish. The old man also gave you something, just think of it as a gift!"
Qiqi looked at the stone in the fisherman's hand, shook his head, and said, "Dad won't let me just ask for other people's things."
The fisherman heard this and laughed "haha"
After two calls, he stretched out his hand and touched the child's head, and said: "You are a good boy, but this is just a stone, and it is not what you asked for, but a gift from me, the old man."
Qiqi heard from his father that a boy's head should not be touched casually. In the past, he would avoid it when Aunt Mei touched his head. Although his mother rarely showed affection, she would occasionally touch his head. It still made him feel very uncomfortable, but strangely, when the old man in front of him touched his head with his hand, he didn't think of avoiding it. On the contrary, he felt very uncomfortable with the words of praise from the fisherman's mouth. Used.
Qiqi's age naturally makes him unable to distinguish the logical relationship between these words in words. In addition, the fisherman in front of him can make him feel the kindness and care from the heart, so he took it from the fisherman's hand in a daze. He picked up the stone, but when he took it into his hands, Qi Qi discovered that there was a hole pierced at the top of the milky white stone and it was tied up with a crystal clear silk thread.
Qiqi grabbed the silk thread and lifted the stone up. Only then did he see that the stone was carved with exquisite patterns, and there was a font engraved in the middle of the patterns on the front.
"Do you know what this word is called?" the fisherman asked.
Qiqi looked at the fisherman and shook his head.
The fisherman opened the silk thread and put the stone under his neck. After thinking about it, he put the stone into his clothes under his neck. In this way, if he didn't untie his clothes, he wouldn't even see the stone hanging on his neck. milky white stones.
The fisherman bent down and adjusted Qiqi's clothes, then patted him on the shoulder, stared at him and smiled: "Remember, this character is pronounced 'Zhao', it is a gift from grandpa to you, and it is also a gift to us, young and old. No one should tell them their secrets."
Qiqi nodded as if he understood, and then said: "You didn't even tell dad?"
The fisherman laughed "haha" twice and said: "Don't worry, your father will know sooner or later."
Qiqi nodded and tilted his head as if he was about to say something, but suddenly he heard a faint voice from upstream of the river, which seemed to be calling him.
"It's Daddy. Daddy is back to see me!"
Qiqi's eyes lit up, and he turned around to say goodbye to the fisherman, but there was nothing in front of him. Where was the old fisherman there
Qiqi looked around suspiciously, but suddenly the fisherman's voice came to his ears, saying: "Kid, remember, don't let them know about the gift grandpa gave you."
"Qiqi? Why do you kid have to run so far? It's so easy to find dad!" Yang Qinyu's voice came from not far away.
When Qiqi turned around, she saw her father walking along the river.
"Oh, you caught so many fish? I didn't expect that you could catch so many just by telling you, but now you don't have to go to the river to catch fish again!"
When Yang Qinyu saw several river fish strung together with willow branches, she immediately touched her son's head and praised them happily.
Listening to his father's praise, Qiqi smiled very proudly, but when his father touched his head, he felt exactly the same as the old fisherman. No wonder he felt so comfortable.