This sudden sound shocked me, and turned my head subconsciously to see that a few fishermen were arranging fishing nets by the river, and no one was talking to me.
I listened to the sound just now, it seemed that it came from the fish cabin, but the fish cabin is only so big that it is impossible for anyone to hide here and talk.
Before I knew it, I was stunned while holding the dip net, wondering if there was something wrong with my ears.
"Don't be shocked, get me out..."
I was in a daze, the voice just now rang in front of my eyes again. This time, even though I was in a daze, I heard clearly.
I lowered my head and looked at the scoop net in my hand. The black fish that did not slip through the autumn waved its tail weakly in the scoop net. I was surprised and curious. If I heard it correctly, the voice turned out to be From this black little fish.
I grew up by the river, and there are common fish in the river, I can't help but know, even those rare fish, I have basically seen them. But I have never seen such a black fish with two whiskers. At this moment, I was both surprised and curious. I was wondering, could the sound really come from this little black fish
"Are you stupid?" The little black fish turned over in the dip net. At this moment, I suddenly found that there were four imperceptible red spots on the belly of this black fish. .
Suddenly, I remembered some rumors that I had heard when I followed my father to fish in the river.
Many people say that there are no dragons in the Yellow River, and things like dragons are all legends. But there are Jiao in the Yellow River. Jiao and dragon are actually two different things. The dragon is in the legend, and the Jiao is a kind of fish.
According to folklore, the carp leaps into the dragon gate three times and turns into a dragon, but the fish that transforms into a dragon is not a carp, but a kind of what the common people call dragon fish. This arowana is said to be born and raised by nature, and came into being in self-fortune. Arowana grows very slowly, and can only grow an inch in ten years. Arowanas that are close to the top for fifty years will grow two dragon whiskers, while those with more than one carapace will slowly grow four claws on their belly.
After the dragon's whiskers and claws are formed, the arowana's body will grow up slowly like a dragon. When the length of about ten feet, the dragon fish will experience a catastrophe.
Because this thing is born against the sky, something against the sky will inevitably be punished by heaven. If it can survive the heavenly catastrophe, the dragon fish will be transformed into a dragon fish, the longest dragon fish, the body can be as long as six or seven feet.
But this is not an easy task. Arowana itself is rare, and there are only a handful of people who can survive the catastrophe. Therefore, the Yellow River is so long and the basin is so wide. The real Jiao can be counted with just one slap.
I looked at the inconspicuous black fish in front of me, and then thinking about what my father said back then, I vaguely felt that this black fish should be an arowana. The four red spots on its belly are about to grow claws. The place.
For a while, I didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing, staying on the spot, at a loss.
"Hurry up, take me away!"
Before I hesitate, the little black fish in the dip net seemed to use all his strength and tossed up and down for a while, and the vague voice followed.
"I asked someone to kill me and eat meat, you just look happy? Hurry up..."
When the voice came again, I finally distinguished that this black fish was injured a bit, the wound was
On the fish head.
But it can speak, which is enough to prove that this is not a mortal thing. I have been on the river beach for so long, and naturally I have seen some of these strange things. Such things cannot be generalized, there are good and bad.
The little black fish clearly wanted me to save it. I hesitated. I had suffered from being a bad person before. However, I have also saved people who really deserve to be saved. After thinking about it, I still can’t bear to look at him. The black fish was thrown into the fish pot under severe injuries.
Thinking of this, I picked up this little black fish. I don't know if those fishermen have heard the legend of arowana. I was afraid that just taking such a small fish would make people doubt it, so I used a dip net to catch a carp weighing a pound.
I carried two fishes and said hello to the fishermen who were arranging the fishing nets over there.
"Big brother, I took two small ones."
"If two are enough, get another one if it's not enough."
"Enough is enough." I hurriedly thanked, and hurriedly left the beach.
I walked to the place where I docked the boat, and when I got on the boat, I threw two fish in a bucket.
The black little dragon fish kept tossing in the bucket, turning to and fro, as if unwilling to stay in the bucket. I squatted by the bucket and looked at it for a while, picked up the black fish, and took a closer look, and I found that the wound on the black fish's head seemed to be embedded with a rusty iron nail.
The iron nails are small, but they must be very uncomfortable if they are embedded in the fish's head. I understand that dragon fish is not a mortal thing. If it weren't for this iron nail embedded in its head, it would probably not be brought online by fishermen.
"Help me." Arowana twisted his body, and the vague voice came out again: "I have a nail on my head. I can't take it off immediately. Get some clean water for us. Pour out the trash fish and tell us to rest in the bucket for a day."
Although the voice is vague, I can hear every word clearly. Arowana said it clearly enough, but I was still on the spot for a while, at a loss.
"Oh, what about Moji?"
When the sound came out again, I came back to my senses. The nail on this dragon fish's head is a shackle. It is estimated that it wants to rest for a while, and then find a way to remove the nail. Although Arowana is not a human being, it must be something that has the right way and deeds. In our river beach countryside, there has always been an unwritten rule. When things like foxes and yellow skins are in trouble, people will help if they can help. Therefore, these things are all spiritual, and they are full of gratitude.
I poured the carp in the bucket directly into the river water, then carried the bucket and searched for a while on the bank. There were large and small pits everywhere on the bank. Some pits accumulated water, and the stagnant water did not flow. They all sank to the bottom, and the layer of water next to the surface of the water is still relatively clean. I chose such a puddle, got half a bucket of relatively clean water, and then brought back the boat.
I put the arowana in the bucket. This time, the arowana seemed to be at ease. My body floated gently on the water, and the faint voice came to my ears intermittently.
"Brother, chat, idle and idle."
"What?" I heard so many words from the dragon fish, and I could feel that this dragon fish was indeed a bit unusual. Generally speaking, the things in the river that are called Tao Xing by the people are still wild things after all, and they don't understand the fireworks in the world. Unless it's like Huang Lao Yi Na
A kind of old yellow skin, who has lived so long in the world, and has had many dealings with people, so that he can be like people and enjoy the world.
If there is no corresponding experience, it is impossible to say such a thing. I wondered, this little dragon fish should have been on the shore before and stayed on the shore for a long time.
"Just blow it, blow anything." The dragon fish floats on the water, spitting out a few bubbles from time to time, and the two dragon's whiskers gently dangling, just like people shaking their heads when talking: "Just talk. "
"Are you a dragon fish? Have you ever been ashore before?"
"Oh, I have some eyesight, I can see my origin?" Arowana shook his head, seeming to be happy: "These days, there are really not many people who can recognize Arowana. "
This dragon fish seems to have a very broken mouth. I only asked these two sentences and got a lot of responses. Listening to this vague voice, I heard a general idea.
This arowana is actually very old, but every time it passes, it will come to the shore to play around, go to villages and towns, and transform into a human form. After playing enough, then he returned to the river.
Arowanas, like humans, do one thing. If they don’t work hard and don’t have a little qualitativeness, they will get nowhere if they fish for three days and hang on the net for two days. This dragon fish has been mixing for so many years, and most of the time has been wasted on playing. So far, the body has not grown up, and the four claws have not grown, and time wasted.
"Isn't it a pity?" I felt a little regretful after listening to it. I calculated it based on the life of this dragon fish. If it didn't run around like this, staying in the river intently, it would have been long time ago. There are four claws, and the body must be at least three or four feet long.
"Hey, what's a pity, the fish is alive, don't you just want to be happy?" Arowana has no idea how many years he has been in the towns of the river beach, he can say anything and understand everything. , Shook his body gently in the bucket: "Stay in the river all day, even if it really becomes a Jiao, what use can it do? It's better to be happy and happy for a lifetime."
I couldn't help but sneer, this dragon fish said so eloquently, it made people feel ridiculous in words. However, calm down and think about it. What it says is not unreasonable.
Arowana is just a broken mouth, it is endless when you talk about it. It has lived for a long time, spent a long time in the river, and spent a long time on the shore. There are many people who have met and the world. . Therefore, what it said was quite interesting, and as I listened to it, the night was already deep.
"Come on, let's not talk about it for now, I have to recuperate, and I will be relieved tomorrow and get the deadly nail out of my head."
The dragon fish floated in the water and did not move. There were only two dragon's whiskers, which quivered slightly from time to time. I didn't have time to find a place to stay anymore, ate some dry food indiscriminately, and just made do with the boat and rested for one night.
The next day, as I sailed down the river as usual, the dragon fish was in the bucket, still motionless. During the whole day, I didn't find anything, but I was used to it for a long time, so I didn't care. I found a place and docked the boat.
When the night fell and there was silence, Arowana, who had slept quietly for a day in the bucket, turned over and slapped a ball of water.
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