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Chapter 119 Harvest
Chapter 119 Harvest
"Once we're on the boat, I'm going to eat two big bowls of noodles." Ding Yu pushed the cart carefully, walking down the dirt road that had been trampled so many times that all the grass was gone.
While walking, he was still thinking about his breakfast.
They followed Chunsheng and walked towards a fishing boat in the middle. The paint on the hull had faded, and one could vaguely see that it was originally red. A young man was squatting on the bow, and smoke was floating in the air.
"Taozi!" Chunsheng shouted as soon as he stepped on the boat.
The man who was lighting the fire at the bow stood up. He was short, dark and thin, barefoot and wearing a pair of large shorts. He walked over carelessly, "Come on, come on. We're waiting for you to come and start the boat."
Another head popped out of the cabin, looking a little younger than Taozi, "Brother Chunsheng!"
"Hey, little bastard, are you going to drive the boat later?"
"I'm the one who opened it. My brother prepared the food." He was dressed the same as Taozi.
Chunsheng pushed the car to the place where miscellaneous items were piled between the cabin and the stern, laid the car down, and then took out a bucket of cooking oil and a large bag of bulk noodles from the green satchel at the back of the car.
Qiu Huoming and Ding Yu also followed his example and parked the car.
"Chunsheng, come if you want, bring whatever you want." Taozi said this, but his hands did not hesitate and took everything in his hands.
"Hey, there's a pretty girl here. Why don't you bring your girlfriend?" Taozi took a glance and walked towards the front of the car with his things.
"She can't ask for leave. These are my brothers and sisters. Don't talk nonsense and scare them."
"Okay, let them find a place to sit first. The boat will leave now. I'll go cook noodles."
"Chunsheng, I specially made fish soup last night. I'll serve you some more later. Hey, wait a minute. There are not enough bowls. I'll go borrow two from next door."
As soon as he finished speaking, Taozi was seen jumping barefoot onto the next boat. A moment later, he jumped back with three large bowls and a pair of chopsticks in his hands.
The second boy over there has already gone to weigh anchor.
Qiu Huoming and his group staggered and followed Chunsheng into the cabin. The cabin was divided into two parts, separated by a bamboo curtain. Chunsheng handed a small stool to Gu Xiaoran and sat directly on the floor.
The others followed suit and sat directly on the deck.
The aroma of fish soup hit him, and Ding Yu touched his stomach.
Chunsheng said, "The noodles will be ready in a moment."
The hull suddenly vibrated, and then the sound of the motor was heard, and the whole ship made a "da da da" sound, slowly moving away from the original place...
Under the bamboo shed in front, Taozi, who was squatting on the deck, had already put the noodles down and was stirring the soup pot with chopsticks. Not long after, he covered the lid and took the whole pot down.
"time to eat."
Ding Yu stood up suddenly.
Each person was served a large bowl of noodles, topped with fish soup, sprinkled with chopped green onions, and served with salted fish and pickles picked on the boat.
"It's delicious and smells really good." Ding Yu praised.
"Of course, Taozi's cooking skills are first-rate." Chunsheng said with a smile after taking a sip of the soup.
The boat was not going fast and was sailing along the inland river towards the Yangtze River.
There was a thin mist near the river, which was soon dispersed by the sunlight.
"The Yangtze River is so wide." Gu Xiaoran stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the wide river.
"Don't you also have a river in Shenhai?" Qiu Huoming walked up to her side and asked.
"The river where we are is too delicate. It's different from here. This part is more like the section where it meets the sea..." The wind lifted the ends of her hair, and the sunlight made the surface of the river sparkle.
The young man who was in charge of the boat, holding the rudder in his hand, asked loudly: "Brother, where do you put the trawl net?"
"A little further forward." Taozi, who was standing on the side of the boat and looking at the river, responded.
Chunsheng walked to the bow and said, "We'll be putting out the trawling net soon. Do you want to go and have a look?"
"Okay, how long is this trawl net?" Qiu Huoming turned his back and looked at the nets piled up against the side of the ship.
"Taozi! How long is this net?" Chunsheng shouted.
Taozi chuckled, "About 400 meters, our net is considered medium-sized, not too big or too small. The trawl nets at the seaside are even bigger."
Chunsheng then dragged Qiu Huoming to introduce him to Taozi: "His name is Qiu Huoming, the writer I told you about last time. These are his classmates, all top students."
"Wow, you are all Wenquxing, so I have to take some of the credit." Taozi came over, "Mr. Qiu, point out a place and I'll cast the net."
Qiu Huoming's expression froze. If you asked him to fish in the river, he could still explain it, but he knew nothing about trawling in the Yangtze River.
Chunsheng patted his shoulder and said, "Just fool him casually. It only takes 30 minutes to drag the net once. If it doesn't work, just change the place. There's no loss."
Ding Yu came over and said, "Huozi, point out a place quickly."
"Tell me, if there is a good harvest, I will share some with you." Taozi said.
Qiu Huoming was pushed to the top of the pole by them. He looked at the broad river and pointed at a random direction, "Well... I was just pointing blindly, over there... the place where the white water bird just flew away..."
"Okay, second brother, start the boat."
Taozi excitedly went to the side of the boat.
The second boy was steering the boat, and it was heading along the river toward the direction he pointed.
After arriving at the place, the two men worked together, bending down to spread the fishing nets stacked on one side of the boat piece by piece. They tossed the long fishing net back and forth for a long time before finally throwing it all into the river.
Gu Xiaoran and the three cats watched the fun from the side.
Qiu Huoming looked at the direction where the net was being lowered, feeling a little nervous.
Gu Xiaoran looked at it for a while, then he straightened up and said to Qiu Huoming: "Don't worry, you have always had good luck. Do you remember the review materials you gave Fatty and me? You guessed several questions correctly..."
Li Ming heard this and immediately started yelling, "Okay, you have the information, but you won't give it to me."
"Do you need me to provide information about your grades?" Qiu Huoming glanced at him. "I am purely tutoring Fatty. Gu Xiaoran is the one who has the advantage of being close to him. Who told you to sit so far away from us..."
Ding Yu snorted and said, "Huozi and I are brothers. His mother is my mother and my mother is his mother."
"Puchi" Gu Xiaoran covered his mouth, "Fatty, what you said is true. Fatty, if you pass the exam this time, you really have to thank Qiu Huoming."
"Why should we thank each other? From now on, you can take anything I have..." Ding Yu said, patting his chest.
"What do you have? You have a body full of fat!" Qiu Huoming looked at him with disdain.
"Hahahaha." Li Ming covered his stomach, "I do want it. My mom says I'm skinny every day."
A few hundred meters from the stern of the fishing boat, the float was looming.
Qiu Huoming asked loudly: "Brother Taozi, this buoy is for passing ships to see, right?"
“Yes, it’s a reminder sign.”
Occasionally, you can see large ships passing by on the river in the early morning. They have fixed waterways, and people who often fish in the Yangtze River will deliberately give way.
Gu Xiaoran was tired of standing, so he moved out a small stool and sat on the deck. He took out the water cup from his backpack, took a sip, and suddenly thought of a question.
She looked at the people around her, stood up, walked to Qiu Huoming's side, and asked in a low voice: "Qiu Huoming, let me ask you, how do we go to the toilet on this ship?"
Qiu Huoming laughed and lowered his voice to answer, "Everywhere you look is a toilet. You can use the restroom at the bow, but you can use any other place. There is a spittoon in the cabin, so you can use it in an emergency."
"But it's not certain about his ship. There are no women on board, so I guess this thing may not be there."
Gu Xiaoran's face changed slightly. It seemed that it was better to drink less water.
"It's okay. Do you see that area at the back of the cabin? There's a shed covering it. You can do it there. Just get a bucket of water and flush it. There's no need to be so particular on the boat."
After listening to this, Gu Xiaoran's ears turned slightly red. She glared at Qiu Huoming and walked away.
Qiu Huoming scratched the back of his head and watched her leave.
Ding Yu suddenly exclaimed from the bow, "Come and see, that fish is so big."
Several people came over.
"That's a river pig, which ordinary fishermen don't catch." Taozi said after taking a glance.
The second boy shouted from the stern, "Brother, it's almost time, let's go to the Internet cafe."
"Okay." Taozi walked over.
Chunsheng excitedly stood on one side of the boat with him on either side, and they grabbed the fishing net and pulled it up.
The boat cannot be said to be sinking, but it can be said to be heavy.
"This is a heavy catch, it looks like there is something..." Taozi patiently pulled the net up.
Qiu Huoming and others gathered here to watch the fun.
After a while, the last net was pulled up, and more than a dozen river groupers and green mullets ranging from 50 to 60 centimeters in length, and two white mullets about one meter in length were pulled up. They were jumping in the net...
"Fuck!" The second boy shouted at the stern of the boat.
Two 20-centimeter-long spotted fish were also found in the gaps of the fishing net.
"I'm in for a treat today." Chunsheng said with a smile.
"It's a pity it's not spring yet. I'll bring you here next spring to catch knife fish. That stuff is really fresh."
"Knife fish, if you catch a knife fish, just sell it. Many restaurants will buy it. It's precious if you are willing to eat it." Taozi said with a click of his tongue.
The sun was already high overhead. "Let's cast one more net and then we'll go back."
Chunsheng patted Taozi's dark shoulder with a smile, "We are not called Wenquxing for nothing."
Taozi chuckled and said nothing. He then cast the net again a few hundred meters away.
After half an hour, the net was taken up.
This time there were only a few silver carps about ten centimeters long.
Taozi glanced at Qiu Huoming. He had just casually praised the saying about Wenquxing before, but he didn't expect that now, he also believed it a little.
He was a little unwilling to close the net now.
"That writer Qiu, the literary star, can you point me to another place?"
Chunsheng responded: "Then will you share your fish with them?"
"If there are a lot, of course we will share them." Taozi said with a smile.
"Okay, Mr. Qiu, please point to another place."
Qiu Huoming smiled bitterly. What happened to him just now was just a coincidence. What would happen if it happened again?
Li Ming sat down on the deck and said, "Just point to a random place. Whether we can catch fish today depends on you."
"Okay, let's do it here." Qiu Huoming tried his best and pointed to a place about ten meters away.
Taozi looked at him suspiciously. This place was very close to where he had just cast the net. Even though he couldn't catch it, he could.
Chunsheng shouted, "Hurry up, get off the net soon, so we can go back soon."
"Okay, let's cast the net."
Gu Xiaoran sat on a small stool and asked Qiu Huoming, "What about fishing? Are we just going to watch?"
Chunsheng added: "This is my fault. I forgot about it as soon as I got on the boat. Taozi and the others never use fishing rods. I have to borrow one from a friend in the fishing village..."
"It's okay. It's worth the trip to see the Yangtze River and experience trawling," said Qiu Huoming.
Gu Xiaoran nodded, "I'm just saying that. If you really want me to go fishing, I'm afraid I don't have the patience."
Chunsheng added: "If you don't go back this afternoon, we can go fishing by the river. There are a lot of aquatic plants there, and we can catch a lot of good catches..."
"Brother Chunsheng, you only have today off. You've been with us for a long time. Go back early, otherwise your sister-in-law may not let you out in the future." Qiu Huoming said with a smile.
"As expected of a writer, he has so many words to say..."
Qiu Huoming glanced at Ding Yu who was huddled in the corner in a daze. This guy hadn't said much since he started playing.
"Fatty, what's wrong with you?"
Ding Yu looked at him blankly, "Huozi, I seem to be seasick."
Li Ming looked at him with disdain, "You've gained all this weight for nothing. You're even weaker than that little girl..."
"I don't like to hear that. What's wrong with 'little girl'? How can 'little girl' be just an empty metaphor?" This was the first time Gu Xiaoran said something against someone.
Li Ming was stunned when he heard this.
Ding Yu, who was standing by, immediately laughed and became more energetic. "That's right, classmate Gu can kill you with one punch."
Gu Xiaoran looked at him silently.
Qiu Huoming added, "Fatty, you flattered too much. Have you seen any little girl kill someone with one punch?"
Several people were chatting.
The net has already been set up over there.
They had just seen it and were too lazy to go again. They all stood at the bow of the boat, feeling the river breeze. The motor of the fishing boat under their feet was very noisy. The sound of the boat rose and fell with the waves, and their bodies swayed with it. After a long time, it was easy to get dizzy.
"Fuck!" It was Chunsheng's voice.
"Writer Qiu, please come quickly. This time, Taozi must pay for the investment. This time, we can catch more than the first time!"
The fish hold was already almost half full.
Taozi grinned and said, "Go back and each of us will carry one back."
The second boy turned the rudder and started to head back.
"Thank you very much, brothers, choose the big one." Chunsheng shouted.
Qiu Huoming and Li Ming came over. He took a fancy to the Baihun. This fish can be kept for a long time after being fried, and can be eaten for a week if cooked with snow vegetables.
"Okay, you can choose whatever you want." Taozi said. He made a good profit today and became generous.
After the boat reached the shore, Qiu Huoming and his companions each carried a fish. They were hung on the left and right handlebars of Qiu Huoming's bike with straw ropes, and they looked very heavy.
When I just got off the boat, my steps still felt floating, as if I was walking on clouds. It took me a while to get used to it.
"Everyone take the fish back first. I took one extra fish. Let's take it to the restaurant to braise it and have a simple meal together." Chunsheng took two fish and walked in front and said loudly.
"I'm fine. What about you guys?" Qiu Huoming glanced at the others.
"Okay." Several people agreed.
Anyway, I have to eat lunch at this time, so it doesn’t matter where I eat.
After Chunsheng told the address of the restaurant, he left first. He also had to go there to say hello in advance.
Gu Xiaoran was still sitting in the back seat of Qiu Huoming's car as it moved forward.
"Qiu Huoming, please give this fish to my uncle. I'm alone at home and won't cook anyway."
"Okay, mission accomplished." Qiu Huoming rode his bicycle back along the dam ridge.
Ding Yu, who was behind him, secretly released water into the river as soon as he got ashore. He felt much better. Then he rode his bike with Li Ming, following far behind Qiu Huoming, and rushed to the city.
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