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　　 Shrimp rake and fish basket were all left by Grandpa Xu Tongdao.

　　 Shrimp rake, as the name suggests, is the rake used to fish for shrimp.

　　It consists of three parts, a bamboo pole...a half-moon-shaped net bag, and a half-moon-shaped mie bow.

　　 The net bag itself is soft. The reason why it can be in the shape of a half moon is because the mouth of the net bag is fixed on a half moon-shaped frame.

　　 This half-moon-shaped frame has a steel bar on the straight side, which is bent into a half-moon shape... it is made by bending a wooden stick.

　　 a net bag, a bamboo pole, and a half-moon-shaped stick bow, the three things are tied together with a rope to form a stable triangle.

　　 The mouth of the net bag faces the bamboo pole.

　　 is formed a bit like a large dustpan with a pole.

The 　　 fish basket is made of bamboo strips. It has a big mouth and a big belly, but there is a slender "neck" between the mouth and the belly.

　　 When Xu Tongdao went out, he tied a cloth belt around his waist, and the fish basket was hung on the cloth belt around his waist.

　　 The direction he went was Xihe on the other side of the village.

　　 There are farmland on both sides of the long West River.

According to his experience, in recent weather, the water in the farmland must flow into the West River day and night. Under the impact of this kind of water, the fish and shrimps in the West River will gather at the outlets, ready to go upstream at any time. And up.

　　 When he was young, during the rainy season like this every year, his grandfather always took shrimp rakes and fish baskets at dawn after heavy rains to the outlets by the West River to rake fish and shrimps.

　　The harvest is often good.

　　 When Xu Tongdao left the house, the sky was still dark, visibility was very low, and the village was very quiet. Walking in the village, no one was seen.

　　 only startled a few dogs barking from time to time.

　　...

　　 "Wow..."

　　 At the mouth of a drainage ditch that flows into the West River, Xu Tongdao skillfully threw the shrimp rake in his hand into the water, and then quickly pulled it up.

The sound of 　　 crashed, made a smile appear on the corner of his mouth.

　　 Because of this clattering sound, three slapped crucian carp and two thorny fish struggling in the shrimp rake.

　　 This is the first rake, and there is such a harvest, which is really gratifying.

　　 He quickly picked up these fishes and threw them into the fish basket around his waist. Then he got up and raked a few more times in this drain.

　　 The harvest dropped sharply, but two crucian carp and four or five finger-long meal fish were still raked.

　　In other words, using shrimp rakes to rake fish, in fact, there is no technical content.

　　 If you want a good harvest, the most important thing is to be diligent.

　　 For example, in weather like this, if you want to harvest more, you have to get up early, because after dawn, the fish and shrimp under the drain will be scattered.

　　 is probably because the technical content of using shrimp rakes to make fish is not high enough! Anyway, although Xu Tongdao's younger brother Xu Tonglu likes to engage in fish and shrimp, he has never liked to do it with shrimp rakes.

　　 In contrast, Xu Tonglu prefers to use his homemade harpoon.

　　 Saw the fish... After aiming, he crossed over. If the fish caught is big enough, the struggling force will make the several-meter-long harpoon rod tremble, and it makes people happy to look at it.

　　 A sense of accomplishment.

　　 Harpoon, Xu Tongdao can also use it, and the technique of harpoon is also okay.

　　 But he has to go to the polder for his mother to be on duty later, so he can only do it with a shrimp rake before it’s bright.

　　Walking all the way, when you see a drain into the West River, Xu Tongdao will throw it down with a shrimp rake. When it is pulled up, there are sometimes gains, sometimes empty, which is a test of patience.

　　 And he has no lack of patience.

　　 Half an hour...an hour has passed, and seeing the sky is already bright, he has harvested more than half of all kinds of big fish and small fish in the fish basket around his waist.

　　 The big one is more than two catties, it is a black fish.

　　The smallest...they are the little fish that are as long as his index finger.

　　 Time to go back, the last rake...

Xu Tongdao glanced at the other drain not far away, and decided to go there and rake and go home. The drain not far away looked like a fish because it was on the left and right sides of the drain. , There are a lot of aquatic plants.

　　According to his experience, there are usually fish in such places where there are water plants.

　　 He strode over, took a breath, skillfully threw the shrimp rake down, and then hurried up.

　　 There was a feeling of struggling shaking from the net bag, and the movement was quite loud.

Xu Tongdao was overjoyed and thought he had caught another big fish, but... when the shrimp rake was pulled up to the surface, he was in a daze. In the net bag of the shrimp rake... In addition to a small crucian carp, there is actually an old turtle. It weighs two or three catties.

　　 This hapless old turtle is trying to climb up in his shrimp rake net bag at this time, trying to climb out.

　　 But is it possible?

　　 Xu Tongdao, who came back to his senses, quickly pulled the shrimp rake to the shore as quickly as possible, and quickly moved away from the river, with a joyful smile on his face.

　　In his eyes, this old turtle...is the shape of a banknote.

　　 Such an old turtle may not be able to sell for a high price this year.

　　 But compared to the average labor force who can only earn 20 to 30 yuan a day, this old turtle is definitely worth more than 100 yuan.

　　 may be enough for my sister's registration fee for the next semester.

　　 Collected the old turtle in the shrimp rake, and the little crucian carp, Xu Tongdao went home.

　　 There was a smile on the corner of his mouth along the way.

When 　　 came, because he had to rake the fish, it took a long time, which was more than an hour.

　　 It’s much sooner to go back. UU read www.uukanshu.com for about twenty minutes, and the entrance of the village is just around the corner.

　　Before entering the village entrance, from a distance, he saw that the village had smoke rising everywhere. Obviously, many people in the village had already got up to make breakfast.

　　 When he reached the entrance of the village, he saw a familiar figure.

　　 is Ge Xiaoyu.

　　 She is wearing a pair of water-washed blue jeans, a pink T-shirt on her upper body, a pair of red rubber boots on her feet, and a vegetable basket made of bamboo strips on her arm. She seems to be going to the vegetable field to pick vegetables.

　　 Xu Tongdao, who just came back from fishing, naturally knows that although the fields in the village are flooded, the topography of the vegetable fields is higher, so most of the vegetable fields are not flooded.

　　 Ge Xiaoyu was as young and beautiful as he remembered.

　　 The moment he saw her, he also remembered that he once liked her.

　　 The two met head-on, and Ge Xiaoyu also saw him. She looked at him a bit strange, no longer the bored expression in Xu Tongdao's memory.

　　 He also noticed that she wanted to talk and stopped, as if to say hello to him.

　　 But he didn't move, he just smiled faintly, feeling the wonder of fate, original time and space... Every time Ge Xiaoyu looked at his eyes, he was bored.

　　Later...Many years later, when we met again, Ge Xiaoyu, who had already graduated from university, looked no different from seeing a stranger every time she saw him.

　　 Therefore, Xu Tongdao had no idea about her a long time ago.

　　 But at this time, the faint smile on his face fell in Ge Xiaoyu's eyes, but she immediately showed a kind smile, she seemed to be willing to make friends with him.

　　 But Xu Tongdao has passed her by, the fish basket on his waist is rustling, and he doesn't mean to send her two fishes...