Traveling through mountains and rivers

After a day of idleness, Tao Qing was able to get out of bed the next day, so he took the three children out without stopping for a moment.

I had agreed with Ning Ze earlier that I would catch a few puppies and bring them back to raise, as well as the chicks. Now I have nothing to do, so I happened to catch them all and bring them back to raise.

But Ning Ze didn't go with Tao Qing, he didn't know how to look at these things, and he had his own things to do, so he didn't go with him.

Ning Ze wanted to see how the pond was being dug. It had been a while since the pond was dug, so it should be almost done.

Tao Wang would often tell Ning Ze how the digging was going and how big it was, but Ning Ze never had the time to check it out. He would definitely go to check and accept it when it was dug up, so Ning Ze was going to check it out. See what's going on, if there is any problem, you can fix it.

According to his thinking, the pond is very big, at least larger than his current house, otherwise it would definitely not be enough.

Ning Ze was still thinking about whether he could open a place to grow lotus roots. The lotus roots can be eaten, and the lotus seeds can be eaten and used as medicine. They are all good things, and they should not worry about selling them at that time.

Thinking about it in his mind, Ning Ze didn't stop on his feet, and he walked to the place where the pond was dug after a while. It was not far away, and he could walk there in a few minutes.

A dozen or so people were invited to dig the pond, and they were all found by Tao Wang. Ning Ze didn't interfere at all, that is, Ning Ze gave Tao Wang his wages, if Tao Wang hadn't said this before. The pond dug for Ningze's family, the people who came to work probably thought it was the pond that the Tao family was going to dig.

When Ning Ze went, Tao Wang was talking to others, and when he saw Ning Ze, he hurried over, "Yao Ze, why are you here?"

Ning Ze said, "Let me see how the digging is going, and how long will it take to finish digging?"

Tao Wang pointed to him, "It's almost done now. It's all dug down, but there are still some stones on the side to make a ladder, otherwise it will be inconvenient to go down later."

Ning Ze went over to take a look, and found that the pond was big enough, almost as he expected, and the digging was quite smooth. Although it was useless, Ning Ze felt that this was also a kind of intention.

Then he asked Tao Wang, "Third brother, have you dug the ditches for diversion?"

Tao Wang said, "This one hasn't been dug yet, so don't worry, let's put the ladder up first. This place is not far from the river, and the ditch to be dug is not too big. It will take half a day. When will you release the water?" It’s the same when you dig again.”

Ning Ze thinks about it too. After all, there are no seedlings yet, so water can be brought in without rushing.

Ning Ze nodded, "Third Brother is still thoughtful."

Tao Wang waved his hand, "Hey, what's not thoughtful there, I just ate two more bowls of rice than you. Then look again, is there anything else to be changed or added? Then let everyone Do it together, lest you have to find someone again later."

Ning Ze thought about it, so he went around and found that there was nothing to change in the end, so he said, "Third brother, everything is pretty good, there is no need to change anything, but can you dig another pond for me next to it?" ? I want to use it to grow lotus root."

"Lotus root? Are you my lotus root?"

Ning Ze nodded, "It's lotus root. I can eat it and sell it for money. I plan to grow some. I will have to ask my third brother to help me take care of it."

Tao Wang waved his hand and said, "That's not a problem. Since you've decided to plant lotus root, I'll let the big guys dig another pond next to each other. Just block some in the middle and don't need to separate them all. "

Ning Ze thought about it and thought it would work. In this way, the water can be shared and there will be more places for fish to move around. Ning Ze thinks it is good.

He said, "In this case, the third brother can help make up the mind. The salary is still the same as before. Let them dig it out first, and I will plan the rest."

Tao Wang nodded happily, patted his chest and assured, "Succeed, it will be fine if you leave this matter to me, so don't worry!"

Ning Ze patted Tao Wang's shoulder with a smile, agreeing with his words.

Then Ning Ze went to say hello to the workers and left.

He finally went home to have a look, and seeing that Tao Qing and the others hadn't come back, he went out again to find Ning Dong.

I don't know how the situation of finding crabs in Ningdong is going. Now I have to find lotus root again, and there is another task.

But when Ning Ze arrived, Ning Dong said that he had gone to the river, so Ning Ze had to go to the river to find someone.

The Xianning River is so long that it completely circles the village, so even when Ningze gets to the river, he doesn't know where to find someone.

I can only walk along the river, pick up snails while walking, and check for small fish and crabs by the way.

The water in the river has not been polluted. There are quite a lot of these things, even if someone catches them to eat, but there are not too many. The speed of reproduction is far faster than the speed of being caught.

Ning Ze walked all the way along the river, and finally saw Ning Dong's figure when he reached the place where he entered the mountain.

The birthplace of the Xianning River, no one knows where it started. They only know that it flows out of the mountains before entering Xianning Village. When it rains heavily, it looks like a waterfall. The river falls from the sky. It looks beautiful, but it also makes people feel startling.

This is a dangerous place for the villagers, so few people come here.

The reason why Ning Dong came here is because there are many rocks here, and crabs like to drill holes, and there are many crab holes next to places with many rocks. Ning Dong decided to look for crabs in this place after observing for two days.

When Ning Ze arrived, he was wrestling with a rock. Ning Dong wanted to push the rock away, but the rock was too big, like it grew on the ground, so he couldn't push it no matter how hard he pushed.

Ning Ze walked over and said, "If you can't push it, don't push it, lest there be any danger. This stone can still block the water flowing down from it here, so let it grow."

After hearing Ning Ze's words, Ning Dong stopped his hands. He patted the mud on his hands and asked Ning Ze, "How do you know I'm here?"

Ning Ze smiled, "I didn't know you were here. I went to your house. You said you were by the river, so I went all the way to find you. I really didn't expect you to be here."

Ning Dong smiled embarrassingly, "Originally I also had the idea of ​​fishing in the river, but I couldn't find anything in the river. I fished both the top and the bottom, but I didn't catch much, so I just ran here Here we come, but it’s different if you choose the right place, there are a lot of crabs here.”

As Ning Dong said, he stretched out his hand and pointed. There was a wooden barrel behind him. There were already a lot of crabs in the wooden barrel, and he should have caught them today.

Ning Ze looked at them and saw that they were all small crabs, which hadn't grown up yet, and they were exactly what he wanted.

Ning Ze rolled up his sleeves, "I'll grab it with you and see how much we can get out."

Ning Dong said, "Okay, you see that there are the most crabs here, crawling all over the ground. These crabs are just young, and they can't go far. They are all here."

Ning Ze looked at the place he pointed, and found that there were quite a lot, so he went down with the wooden bucket, and grabbed it with his hands and grabbed it into the bucket.

This is how Ning Ze started his work of catching crabs today.

Small crabs have no lethality, as long as they are a little careful, there will be no problem, so they are very smooth to catch, and it didn't take long for the wooden barrel to be half full.

Ning Ze thought that if he packed too much, he would kill the crabs, so he didn't continue, and went back with Ning Dong with the wooden bucket.

Find a big thing and install it first.

Now in the pond, these little guys seem to be a bit dangerous to keep at home. The adults are not afraid, but they are afraid of hurting the children.

Finally, Ning Ze thought of a way, borrowed a fishing net from Ning Dong, and put the net in it.

There are so many crabs in the river, so Ning Ze doesn't have to worry about the lack of crab seedlings. Catch one round this year and another round next year, it will definitely be enough.

Crabs don't come out all at once, it takes some time.

Looking at the condition of the crabs in the river, Ning Ze reckoned that there was nothing wrong with the fish, and now only the shrimp and lotus root were left.

Ning Ze asked Ning Dong, "Did you see any shrimps in the river these two days?"

Ning Dong had seen someone selling this thing in the town, but he had never seen it in the river, Ning Dong shook his head, "No, why don't you ask the shrimp seller in the town? See if you can find a way, if you really can't find it, then probably you have to spend money to buy it."

Ning Ze said, "It's easy to spend money. What I'm worried about is that I can't buy it with money. After all, there are no shrimps in the river. Those who sell shrimps are afraid that they are transported from farther places. They can only be eaten. You can’t live long even if you keep it.”

"That's true," Ning Dong nodded, echoing Ning Ze's words, and then asked, "Then what are you going to do?"

Ning Ze said, "Can you go into the water?"

Ning Dong showed some pride, "Growing up by the river, there is no one who knows how to swim, hey, why do you ask this? When we were young, we often went to the river secretly together."

Ning Ze smiled awkwardly. He hadn't thought of this at all. He explained, "I have an idea, and I need someone who knows how to swim. If I can't buy this shrimp, I have to find another way. I can't wait."

"Then what do you want to do?"

Ning Ze said, "I won't tell you right now. I'll talk about it after I've thought it through. I'll have to travel a long way. I'm afraid you won't be able to leave by then."

"There's no reason why you can't leave. There's nothing wrong with the family now. If you go now, you can come back before the Chinese New Year. But if you haven't made up your mind yet, let's not talk about it. Wait until you think about it." Same, I plan to hang out with you, you have to drag me for the sake of our friendship for so many years."

Ning Ze laughed, "Don't worry, you must be indispensable, that is, what happened in the past few days, I will tell you when I think about it."

"Sure, then I'll go back first, and I'll take a look in the afternoon."

After Ning Dong finished speaking, he carried the wooden bucket and walked home, but Ning Ze didn't even have time to speak when he wanted to keep someone for dinner.

This harvest is good, Ning Ze is very satisfied.