Golden Fishing Village

Ao Muyang claimed that he had other things to do and left the office. Director Gao hurried in and asked, "Leader, how is it?"

Dean Tie looked helpless and shook his head, saying, "We still need to communicate with the young man."

Director Gao understood what he meant, thought about it, and said fiercely in a low voice, "He's just a village chief, or do something else?"

Dean Tie glared at him immediately, "Other means? What other means? Are you a doctor or a gangster?"

Seeing the leader angry, Director Gao was a little scared. He smiled and said, "No, you misunderstood me. I mean to find a superior leader to pressure him with the future..."

"Don't do these things." Dean Tie said angrily, "I have a plan in my mind. I will lead this matter. You just pretend you don't know and don't say anything."

Director Gao continued to smile, "Okay, leader, I know."

Ao Muyang didn't give these people the opportunity to entangle him, but he didn't go out to sea, because it would make the other party feel guilty and deliberately want to avoid them.

He returned home and continued his daily operations, packed up his things and went to Longxiang Lake to dig water chestnuts.

Water chestnuts are found in different depths, and their vines can expand and often form a continuous piece, especially in deep water areas. In such cases, it is not easy to obtain water chestnuts.

Because you have to row a boat to enter the deep water area, the continuous water chestnut vines are like endless spider webs, and the small raft can hardly move in it. Once entangled, it is difficult to leave.

However, the wisdom of the working people is infinite. In this case, a small boat specially used to harvest water chestnuts was born, and its name is a barrel boat.

The boat is made on the spot, and it is very simple to make. It is to tie two wide wooden boards into a cross, and then tie a wooden barrel to each of the two short handles of the cross. The bottom of the wooden barrel faces down, and it provides buoyancy.

Such a small boat also has a nickname. Because of its shape, it is also called a chirping boat.

Ao Muyang made a barrel boat in no time. This is a necessary skill for the children of fishermen. He learned to make this kind of boat from his father when he was very young.

He carried the wooden frame and bucket like a shoulder pole and walked slowly to the lake.

The villagers knew his purpose when they saw his equipment. Someone laughed and said, "Village chief, what's delicious about water chestnuts? I have plenty at home. I went to catch them a few days ago. If you want to eat them, I'll send you a bowl."

Ao Muyang waved his hand and said, "You can have enough food and clothing by doing it yourself. The harvest obtained through your own labor is delicious."

On the way, Ao Xiaoniu and his group of teenagers met him and followed him and volunteered, "Uncle Xiaoyang, I will row the boat for you later. I'm light and stable."

Ao Muyang waved his hand, "No need, no need."

Zhu Zhu was very curious: "Uncle Xiaoyang, are you going to pick up manure? I've seen it on the computer. People in the city used to pick up manure like this."

Sixth sister helped explain: "This is a bucket boat, specially used to dig water chestnuts. Your uncle Xiaoyang is going to dig water chestnuts."

At this point, she gave Ao Muyang a disdainful look: "Do you need a bucket boat to dig water chestnuts? Just take a wooden basin and swim to get them."

Ao Muyang gave a thumbs up and said: "You are awesome!"

It was already very cold that day, and the water temperature was low. Swimming in the lake at this time was just torture.

But Sixth sister did do this before, or she used to swim to get water chestnuts. In the past few years, she would go to the lake every autumn to get water chestnuts. This was her winter food.

Even using a bucket boat to get water chestnuts was not comfortable. In order to maintain the stability of the boat, Ao Muyang had to fill the bucket with lake water so that it would be stable when standing in the water.

Controlling a barrel boat is a technical job. Ao Muyang put the boat on the lakeside, stood barefoot on the cross-wide wooden board, and then used a bamboo pole to insert into the lake bottom to provide power, just like rowing a boat, and slowly sailed into the water chestnut bush.

Two wooden barrels were placed on both sides to maintain balance, and a wide wooden board pointed forward like a sword. After entering the water chestnut bush, it really turned into a sword, piercing the tangled vines and sailing in.

At this time, Ao Muyang squatted down, grabbed the water chestnut vines with his hands and pulled them up. When he found water chestnuts, he picked them up and threw them into the bucket.

There were fish and shrimps hiding under the vines. When he pulled the vines, the hidden fish fled in fear, and the swimming fish could be seen from the clear lake surface.

Ao Muyang picked up the bamboo pole beside him and saw a fat crucian carp appear. He quickly smashed the bamboo pole down.

The bamboo pole hit the crucian carp's head, causing it to have a concussion, and it floated to the surface with its belly turned over.

Ao Muyang picked it up leisurely and threw it into the bucket, so that he could have a fish soup in the evening.

The further in, the more obvious the advantage of the barrel boat.

There are not only water chestnut vines in the lake, but also patches of reeds. It is difficult to move after rowing into the lake, but there is no such difficulty with the barrel boat.

Moreover, there are wooden boards extending from the front and back of the barrel boat. If you want to retreat, just turn around carefully.

This is the difficulty, because there are only two wooden barrels to maintain balance. Once the force is uneven, it is easy to capsize, especially when using the bamboo pole to push the boat. The bamboo pole is inserted into the bottom of the lake from the side, and the thrust also comes from the side, which can easily overturn the boat.

Ao Muyang has not controlled this thing for some years. After entering the reed marsh, he saw that the boat was about to capsize.

The situation was not good. He looked back and saw the general swimming behind him, and waved to him quickly.

The general swam over quickly, and Ao Muyang grabbed its two front legs and let it put its front limbs on the wooden board behind it, pushing it forward.

This is much better. The power comes from the general behind, and the boat is balanced immediately.

Ao Muyang turned around in the reed marsh. When he came out, there were more water chestnuts and crucian carp in the wooden barrel.

Back to the shore, he washed the water chestnuts and put them away, and then strung the crucian carp together with a straw rope.

Several teenagers came up with a smile and asked: "Uncle Xiaoyang, don't you need the rowing bucket boat?"

Ao Muyang knew what they were planning, and specifically reminded them: "You can use it, but you must be careful. It's easy to catch a cold if you fall into the water on this day."

Ao Xiaojun smiled slyly: "It's good to catch a cold, so you don't have to go to school in town."

The other teenagers showed expressions of deep agreement, and then rushed to squeeze into the rowing bucket boat.

Zhu Zhu's eyes lit up when she heard Ao Xiaojun's words, and she also wanted to squeeze in: "Let me come, let me come, I don't want to go to school either."

She didn't hate studying, but she hated going to school to be governed by rules and regulations. After all, because of physical reasons, she had never been to school since she was a child.

Seeing Zhu Zhu was interested in the barrel boat, the sixth sister stepped forward and stretched out her hand to stop the others: "Let Xiaozhu go first, you guys go aside!"

"Fuck!" Ao Xiaojun was angry, "It's okay to let Xiaozhu go first, but what does this have to do with you? What right do you have to order us around?"

The sixth sister didn't say a word, and kicked Ao Xiaojun to the ground with a whip kick, and said proudly: "Just for this!"