poor family prodigal

Wang Sihai stood in front of Wang Yuan's house with his hands in his sleeves and drooled.

Wang Yuan said: "What are you doing?"

Big Tiger and Two Tigers stepped forward, one on the left and the other on the right, surrounding Wang Sihai.

Drooling over Brother Yuan's house early in the morning, this gangster must have no good intentions!

Wang Sihai was startled and quickly backed out of the door: "I, I want to eat fish!"

This face was so direct that Wang Yuan shook his head: "You're late, the fish has been eaten!"

Wang Sihai said with a smile on his face: "I've finished eating in the morning, why don't I have dinner in the evening? As long as there are fish to eat, it doesn't matter if I dig grass roots with you for a day."

Last night while walking around, I found that Wang Yuan’s family was eating fish, and Wang Hanshan’s family was also eating fish.

I took a walk in the morning and found that Wang Yuan's family was eating fish again, as well as Wang Hanshan and his son.

Thinking about the benefits Wang Yuan said yesterday, he understood what he had missed.

Two meals of fish!

Wang Yuan blinked: "Then you go get two eggs first."

In rural areas, although many people raise chickens, they all save their eggs and sell them to make money.

It's not easy to get two eggs.

"……okay!"

Wang Sihai gritted his teeth and turned around.

Wang Hanshan reminded: "Wang Yuan, you want to use eggs to make Sihai retreat, but he is a thick-skinned person, so he might actually find eggs. If he joins the chatty people, the secret fishing method will be easily leaked."

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Uncle Shanshan, we need eggs for fishing. If he can really get them, let him join. There is strength in numbers!"

The secret method of fishing is just a transition, and he has no hope of settling down in this way.

The four set off.

Soon.

The lion's roar from Hedong sounded in Wang Sanhai's house: "Wang Sihai, you freeloading gangster, I'm in charge of your food and drink all day long, and you dare to steal my eggs. If you have the guts, don't come back to this house again, or I'll give you a hard time."

"Hey, I got the eggs. Join Wang Yuan's fishing team. We will have fish to eat at night."

Wang Sihai ran with an egg in his hand and met Wang Yuan outside Dawang Village.

Two eggs were used as investment certificates, and Wang Sihai officially joined the fishing team.

Starting from digging the grass roots, Wang Hanshan and Erhu are in a group, and Dahu and Wang Sihai are in a group.

Wang Yuan was responsible for washing the roots and pounding them in a stone mortar.

Seeing that he was working too slowly, Dahu and Erhu took away this bit of work.

Some villagers watched curiously during the process, but after watching for a while they felt bored and left.

For lunch, he had the pancakes baked in the morning, which made Wang Sihai a little disappointed because he didn't get any fish.

After working hard until the afternoon, the five people arrived at the Jing River carrying ten buckets of grass root liquid.

Find an area with deep water and fish.

Wang Yuan broke the eggs into the bean and wheat noodles, stirred them into a paste and sprinkled them into the river.

Wang Hanshan and the others felt distressed when they saw it: No one was willing to eat the egg noodles, but they threw them into the river without blinking. He was indeed a prodigal.

With eggs as bait, there are already fish swimming on the river bottom, and there are more and more fish!

Dahu and Erhu listened to Wang Yuan's command and poured all the grass root liquid into the river.

Soon, as the grass root liquid spread, fish turned white and floated.

The four of them breathed rapidly and were surprised.

This is Wang Yuan’s secret fishing method, which is so simple, easy to learn and easy to use.

"Hurry up and catch the fish. Once the anesthesia wears off, the fish can swim again!"

Wang Yuan urged.

Buddleia root is toxic and can anesthetize fish in large amounts.

No one in Daye has discovered its use yet.

Villagers usually dig up buddleia and throw it into the water.

However, it is not mashed, the toxicity is not completely released, and the amount of medicine is not enough to fish.

Everyone hurriedly caught fish.

The big fish filled ten wooden barrels, and the small fish covered four poles with vines pierced through their gills.

Wang Yuan began to divide the fish: "Uncle Shanshan, Dahu, Erhu, Sihai, I will sell the big fish to pay off the debt, and share the small fish with you?"

Wang Sihai nodded quickly.

The small fish weighs hundreds of kilograms, but he can divide it into twenty or thirty kilograms. This is a huge harvest.

Wang Hanshan shook his head: "It doesn't matter. Although the small fish are not valuable, if you sell so many of them, you can still get two or three guans. You owe forty guans. Even if you sell these big fish, it may not be enough." ah!"

Erhu waved his hand proudly: "Brother Yuan, sell the small fish as well, and also sell the two big fish you gave to my family yesterday. With your fishing method, we will have no shortage of fish to eat in the future!"

Dahu nodded in agreement and looked at Wang Sihai.

Wang Sihai sneered: "Okay, but I have to take two small fish back. I stole two eggs from my sister-in-law in the morning. If I don't bring her something at night, she won't let me sleep in the cowshed."

Hahaha!

The two tigers laughed, while Wang Hanshan and Dahu suppressed their laughter.

It's not easy to be a gangster. Sihai lives in Sanhai's house. He is scolded by his sister-in-law for not eating enough on weekdays. He can only sleep in the cowshed at night. He looks cool but is actually extremely miserable.

"No problem, the remaining fish will be sold together tomorrow, and the money will be divided among you then!"

The corners of Wang Yuan's lips raised, and he changed the topic: "But selling fish tomorrow will have to be hard work for everyone!"

Dawang Village is forty miles away from the county seat, and the roads are bumpy and bumpy. If he had to transport hundreds of kilograms of fish by himself, he might not be able to transport them in ten days.

Wang Hanshan frowned: "My family, what kind words can I say? I will go back to borrow a mule cart in the evening, and we will go to the county seat before dawn to try to sell it at a good price."

Wang Yuan added: "This fishing method will not be spread to the outside world for the time being. I have arrangements."

Wang Hanshan nodded: "Understood, there are only so many fish in the grass and river. If one more person knows this method, it will be less and more difficult for us to catch fish!"

Wang Sihai reminded: "Uncle Shanshan, if I don't tell my brother, don't tell Aunt Hong. Otherwise, my brother will tell his sister-in-law and Aunt Hong will tell his family. Then this secret method will soon spread throughout Beiping Township. We will arrest him then. Even if you catch fish, you won’t be able to sell it for a high price. Let’s keep the secret of fishing secret and keep it secret. If we work for two or three years, we can buy land and become a local owner.”

The eyes of the big tiger and the second tiger are bright.

As a landlord, others will do the work and harvest the food yourself, and you will never go hungry.

Wang Hanshan nodded: "The five of us can do it. Wang Yuan came up with this secret fishing method. He takes the big head and we take the small head."

Wang Sihai nodded in agreement.

Although Wang Yuan had little work to do, without his secret fishing skills, it would be useless for the four of them to have more strength.

Wang Hanshan said again: "Sell the fish tomorrow to pay off the debt. Wang Yuan, you continue to study! The majority of the fishing is still yours. Only by studying and becoming an official can you honor your ancestors."

Dahu, Erhu, and Wang Sihai looked at Wang Yuan with awe.

In several nearby villages, Wang Yuan was the only boy student who could pass the imperial examination and become an official!

This secret method of fishing seems to have no worries about food and clothing, but in fact it still requires digging in the ground.

Wang Yuan smiled and said nothing.

The five men picked fish and returned to the village.

Wang Yuan took two steps and couldn't stand the pain in his shoulders and stopped.

Erhu directly picked up the pick with one hand, carrying four buckets of fish each and walking as fast as flying.

When the five returned to Dawangzhuang, the ten buckets of fish caused a sensation and many villagers gathered around.

"So many fish?"

"It can be sold for a lot of money!"

"Wang Yuan's ancestral home, wife, and fields can be saved!"

"Not necessarily. Forty dollars may not be enough after selling these fish!"

"How did you catch him?"

The villagers looked envious, talking about Wang Yuan's debt, and some asked about the secret method of fishing.

Traditional fishing methods: casting nets and fishing.

Nets and hemp ropes are easy to rot if soaked in water for a long time, so it takes three days to fish and two days to dry the net. If you can catch a few small fish in one day, it will be good.

If the fishing line is not strong, big fish will fall. The line will break easily and only small fish will fall.

The five of them greeted each other with smiles, and didn't talk to anyone who asked about the secrets of fishing!

"Wang Yuan, you have so many fish and you still haven't given one to each family. The Jinghe River is everyone's Jinghe River. You can't eat alone!"

Suddenly, an old man walked over with his hands behind his back.

He has fleshless cheeks, triangular eyes, and a goatee beard. He wears a white gown and a kerchief hat, which is different from what the villagers wear. He is dressed like a scholar.

Wang Bizhong, the head of the Wang clan in Dawang Village, is a landowner with [-] acres of land.

"Yes, one for each family!"

Some people echoed, but the number was very few.

It is true that Wang Yuan had plenty of fish, but with a debt of forty dollars, even selling the fish might not be enough.

Wang Yuan frowned and looked at Wang Bizhong.

This is the clan leader. He has been studying for forty years and has not even passed the exam.

When my predecessor was admitted to the Tongsheng Examination at the age of fifteen, it was like a slap in the face.

He has always said bad things about his predecessor openly and secretly, and he has been arranging it for the past three years.

Wang Hanshan reminded in a low voice: "The patriarch likes to take advantage, so I gave him two small fishes to send away. Don't let him mess with everyone and make you have a bad reputation."