lcionline Chapter 253 Winter Fishing (1)
Chapter 253 Winter Fishing (1)
Zhang Yingchun held Xia Lan's hand and said, "Xia Lan, have you seen winter fishing last year?"
Xia Lan nodded and said, "I saw it in the river where we skated during the winter fishing.
But tomorrow's winter fishing will be in another place, which I have never seen."
"Then let's go and take a look tomorrow and see for ourselves," Zhang Yingchun urged.
Xia Lan shook her head and said, "Didn't you hear what the captain said? We have to assemble at four o'clock, so we have to get up at three o'clock.
It's so cold, I can't get up at three in the morning."
"Are you going or not?" Zhang Yingchun asked others.
The others shook their heads.
Yu Li advised, "If you want to experience winter fishing, you can do so next year when the team fishes in that river. There is no need to go and suffer.
Don’t you see that Zhou Wenbing, who always values work points and money and grain, doesn’t dare to go, and you still want to suffer.”
When Zhang Yingchun heard her say that, she immediately backed out, "Then I won't go either."
Turning to look at Liu Jingxue beside him, "Xiaoxue, tell me about winter fishing when the time comes."
Liu Jingxue readily agreed.
At around three in the morning of the next day, Tuanzi woke Liu Jingxue up after the alarm clock placed outside rang.
Fortunately, she had already slept for eight hours in the time formation, so there was no possibility of her not being able to get up.
After moving around in the space and washing up, Liu Jingxue ate her fill and left the space.
Thinking that she would have to spend a long time outside today, Liu Jingxue wore a down jacket and down pants inside, and then put on a military coat and military cotton pants outside.
Standing on the ice all the time, the coldest part is probably your feet.
Liu Jingxue put on a pair of thick woolen vests, a pair of cotton socks on the outside, and then put on furry boots.
Fortunately, Aunt Sufen and Sister Guiying made the boots for me bigger. Otherwise, I might not be able to wear them even with two pairs of thick socks.
Putting on a hat, a scarf and leather gloves, Liu Jingxue set off.
When we arrived at the drying dam, there were already quite a few people waiting there.
It was still dark, and with the light from the snow, and everyone wrapped up so tightly, it was hard to tell who was who.
When Liu Jingxue shouted where the fourth group was, she finally succeeded in finding the organization.
Li Jun led the other members of the fourth drilling team and looked at Liu Jingxue, who was wrapped up so tightly that only her eyes were exposed, and joked, "Xiaoxue, you are wrapped too tightly.
If you don't say anything, you won't even be able to tell whether you are a man or a woman in this military coat of yours."
"Didn't Zhou Zhiqing say that he was sick with cold last year, so I had to wear more clothes and wrap myself up warmly," Liu Jingxue explained.
Although she has an aura shield to resist, her cultivation is still too low and it is impossible for her to maintain the shield all the time. It is better to wrap herself tightly.
These days, she has been trying to draw the Sun Talisman, which can maintain the temperature within a certain range and resist the cold.
If she is given some more time, she will be able to successfully draw the symbol.
At that time, there would be no need for Tuanzi to keep an eye on the stove all the time to prevent the fire from going out, the kang from becoming cold, and being discovered by sudden visitors.
As long as you stick a talisman, you don’t have to burn the kang, which saves time, effort and firewood.
After waiting for about ten minutes, the captain announced the departure.
The snow was too deep and everyone moved slowly. Liu Jingxue followed the main group for forty to fifty minutes before reaching their destination.
Once we got there, everyone waited quietly on the shore.
At this time, lights were already on on the river.
Liu Jingxue used her spiritual sense to investigate and found that the militia captain Ge Dazhuang was leading a few villagers from the village, following a slightly hunched man, and no one knew what they were doing.
I remembered what the captain said yesterday, asking Ge Dazhuang to take over the fish boss, so this should be the person.
Liu Jingxue pulled Li Jun's clothes and asked in a low voice, "Captain, what does a fish head do?"
"Not everyone can be a fish boss. It requires talent and years of experience.
By understanding the water conditions and listening to the sounds under the ice, we can determine the distribution of fish and their movement trajectories.
These are used to decide where to place the net and the direction of the net to get the most fish." Li Jun explained in a low voice.
Liu Jingxue nodded in understanding.
In her consciousness, the villagers following behind the fish boss were holding sticks with cloth strips wrapped around them, some red and some green, with the green strips mostly.
The fish head will point out a place at regular intervals.
The people behind him would come forward and skillfully clear the snow on the ice surface where he pointed.
The fish boss would kneel down, put his head close to the ice, and listen carefully.
None of these other people made any sound.
After the fish head confirms the position, the people following will use snow to put a wooden stick on it as a mark.
A lot of marking was done.
However, Liu Jingxue noticed that the initial markings on the wooden sticks had red strips of cloth, and the strips in the middle were all green.
Following the principle of asking when one does not understand something, Liu Jingxue asked Li Jun beside her what these marks of different colors were used for.
“The red strips are the network inlet and outlet at both ends.
These two holes in the ice should be made bigger so that they can be used to lower and take out fishing nets.
The ice hole in the middle only has a small opening to guide the direction of the long pole."
"What's a long pole?"
Li Jun patiently explained, "A long pole is a very long pole with a rope tied to it, and one end of the rope is tied to the fishing net.
The person in charge of lowering the net will carefully insert the long pole into the net through the entrance.
There were many green marks just now, which would have created many small ice caves.
At that time, someone will stand next to the ice hole, holding a long hook, hooking the long pole under the ice, and guiding it in the direction of the exit of the net. "
As he spoke, Li Jun pointed to the long hook in the hand of the villager next to him.
“After the fishing nets are spread out, we wait for a while before we collect them.
When the time comes, the person leaving the net will first pick up the long pole and drag it onto the winch," Li Jun said, pointing to the winch next to him.
This winch was dragged over by the villagers using a large sled.
"Then we will untie the rope from the long pole and tie it to the capstan. We will then use a few borrowed horses to pull the capstan until the net is finally pulled up."
Liu Jingxue had seen people using fishing nets to catch fish in the river before. After putting the nets down, some people used sticks to knock on the water surface to drive the fish away.
It is impossible to drive fish during winter fishing, so the amount of fish you catch really depends on the fish boss.
No wonder the captain ordered Ge Dazhuang and others to take good care of Yu Baotou yesterday.
If they really offended this person accidentally, and if he was petty and vindictive, and secretly made trouble for them, then their production team's winter fishing would be in jeopardy.