Back home to start a farm

Before it was dark that night, Qu Chi was hinted by the curious Zhang Wenbin that he wanted to go to the fields.

Qu Chi saw that the sun had sunk to the west, leaving only the gorgeous sunset glow in the sky, and the gentle wind was blowing, driving away the sweltering heat of the day, so he nodded and went out.

First go to the storage room to find rakes and hooks that have not been there for a long time, and then take out the bamboo baskets that will be used to hold the eels immediately, and the flashlights that will be used after dark. The three of them each prepared a copy.

"Get everything well, but Zhang Wenbin's shoes may not be very good, don't slip into the paddy field for a while." When Qu Chi handed the things to Qin, he glanced past Zhang Wenbin's shoes inadvertently, and kindly reminded him.

"It's okay, I'll pay attention later." Zhang Wenbin waved his hand indifferently.

The three of them went out without further delay. Before going to the paddy field, Qu Chi ran to the vegetable field next to him and gently pulled the branches that fell on the ground a few times, and he could see the fat and big ones rolling in the soil earthworm.

"These earthworms have grown too big. They tried it with a little snake." Zhang Wenbin said in surprise, and silently moved two steps back.

These earthworms are almost longer than the palm of your hand, and they are also very thick. The fertile soil of the vegetable field is also due to these earthworms.

"It's not dark yet, and the eels are hiding in the caves. If we want to lure them out, we need to lure them out. But when it comes to snakes, there may be situations where the eels are not caught, but the snakes are caught instead." Qu Chi moved swiftly. Without hesitation, he hung the earthworm he caught on the hook and explained casually.

"No way? Will there really be snakes in this paddy field?" Zhang Wenbin's face was a little worse than before. He just didn't like creatures like snakes, so he moved to Qin Shi's side.

"Are you still going?" Qin Shi asked.

A tangle appeared on Zhang Wenbin's face, but his curiosity about the activity of catching loach that he had never tried before prevailed.

He said categorically, "Go! Boss, you must protect me well..." The style of painting changed in the next second.

Qu Chi stood by and witnessed Zhang Wenbin's performance, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart.The lawyer was trustworthy when he first came here, but after staying here for a few days, his initial image completely collapsed in front of Qu Chi.

"There used to be snake disasters in the village, especially the old ditches over there. When I was a child, I took a flashlight at night and saw snakes entangled in it." Qu Chi recalled the experience when he was a child, and couldn't help looking at Qin Shi.

The experience of sneaking around to watch the adults who caught the snake in the middle of the night, only to be so scared that they ran to look for Qin Shi, was completely black history.

Qin Shi seemed to have remembered this too, and looked at Shang Quchi with a teasing look.

Qu Chi packed the earthworm he had caught, and took the lead to walk towards the paddy field

Fortunately, however, he did not leave behind the psychological shadow of snake phobia.

"Don't tell such a scary story with such a calm expression!" Zhang Wenbin complained fiercely, "Hey, wait for me."

During this period of time, there was no rain and the weather was hot. Qu Chi pumped a lot of water from his home to the paddy fields with water pipes to ensure the moisture needed for rice growth.

While releasing the water, Qu Chi found that there were many holes drilled by loaches or eels on the ridges of the fields, allowing the pumped water to flow into the surrounding paddy fields.

The surrounding fields are not only Qu Chi's fields, but also barren fields. It is useless to pour water into them, and it is a waste of electricity costs for pumping water.

Therefore, Qu Chi pulled Qin Shi and Zhang Wenbin to mend the holes on the ridge of the field, and planned to find time to catch the eels and loaches that were raging in the fields.

It's just that he hasn't mentioned it yet. After chatting with Uncle Yongqiang, Zhang Wenbin brought it up.

Weeds grow on the high-pile ridges, and the soil with a lot of water is a bit soft. Shoes can only be stepped on the grass to prevent the soil from sticking to the soles of the shoes, and the walking becomes heavier and heavier.

There was no one around, and there were far fewer people going to catch eels in the rice fields than before, and Qu Chi hadn't tried it for several years, so he could only recall the previous steps to explain to Zhang Wenbin, a novice.

"During the day, rice field eels are hidden in holes. If you look carefully near the field ridges, the holes of rice field eels are all hidden under the water surface and are round. When you see a similar hole, you can put a hook filled with earthworm bait inside, which is different from fishing. , You have to move the fishing rod or bounce the water surface to attract the attention of the eel, and if you feel something biting the hook, pull it out quickly.”

As Qu Chi spoke, he identified a hole where the eel was suspected to be. He looked back and asked Zhang Wenbin to stand here to try. He and Qin Shi continued to look forward.

"Qin Shi, do you want to have a competition?" Qu Chi turned his head and proposed to Qin Shi who was following him with a smile.

Although Qin Shi didn't talk much in the past, it wasn't like what he is now. It made people feel that he was not very interested in the outside world.Qu Chi was a little worried, and wanted to try to make Qin Shi show more emotions.

Qin Shi really became interested, raised his eyebrows and said, "Since it's a competition, what's the reward?"

Qu Chi thought that he was responsible for preparing the three meals during this period. Although Qin Shi would help, but he hadn't actually done it. He could only see that the knife skills were not bad, so he suggested, "Today's dinner? If I win, Just reward me for ordering, how about you cooking?"

"If you don't answer, I'll take it as your agreement." Qu Chi waited for three seconds before Qin Shi could speak, and decided directly.

He looked at the edge of the field where he was staying. There was a round hole quietly under the water. Based on Qu Chi's experience of running around with his father in the field when he was a child, there must be eels in this hole.

"I'll just try here, you go ahead and find a hole." Qu Chi silently occupied a strong terrain, and even drove Qin Shi aside.

Qin Shi didn't expect Qu Chi to want to win so much, but the result of Qu Chi's victory might be a bit unfavorable.

It's better to catch eels first, and it depends on the ability to win or lose.

The three of them stayed quietly by the field, the wind blowing through the rice field brought the sound of rattling, and the faint scent of rice flowers floated around.

Qu Chi held the hook in one hand, and stretched out his fingers with the other hand to lightly tap the water surface. What is needed most to catch eels is patience, even if there is no response for a while, you can't give up.

Time passed by, and the earthworm on the hook kept shaking with the hook.

The rice field eel hidden in the hole couldn't resist the temptation in the end, and jumped out suddenly, trying to bite the fat earthworm.

Qu Chi's right hand felt the shock from the iron hook, and he pulled it up quickly.

Accompanied by the sound of splashing water, the slippery eel was pulled from the hole into the air, and its plump black tail was thrown in an arc. Qu Chi finally took it down, weighed it in his hand, and threw it into the bamboo basket inside.

This eel is not light, at least it can weigh more than a catty.

Qu Chi, who was extremely satisfied, threw a smug look at Qin Shi, who hadn't gained anything yet.

"So you caught it?" Zhang Wenbin, who heard the voice, looked over in surprise. He was just about to ask the boss for his experience when he saw this scene from the side.

Zhang Wenbin began to fall into deep thinking.

Looking at the daily relationship between the two of them on weekdays, I feel that something is not right. Now it seems that Qu Chi may be in love with the boss, but does the boss really mean it?

Zhang Wenbin was immersed in his own thoughts, completely oblivious to the slight shaking of the iron hook in his hand.

"Ah! Why are my earthworms gone?" Zhang Wenbin stood on the ridge of the field and shouted in disbelief, as if he had been betrayed by the whole world.

At this time, the sky became dark, and some fireflies flew out of the grass early, and their tails shone with beautiful lights, illuminating Zhang Wenbin's desperate face.

Qu Chi looked funny at the side, took back the iron hook in his hand and shouted: "It's getting dark, rice field eels and mud eels will climb up from the ground, and then they will be caught with flashlights and rakes."

The weather is sultry and hot at night in summer. Creatures that like to stay in the water and hide will quietly run out of the hole in the dark due to lack of oxygen and surface to take a breath.

At this time, as long as a bright light shines on it again, these creatures will freeze in the paddy field, and they can be easily caught with a rake.

Perhaps it was due to Qu Chi's proper nourishment and management. The rice in the paddy field grew very well, the weeds were not too strong due to Qu Chi's intention to control them, and the water in the field was not polluted at all, so it attracted many eels and Loach came to live.

After illuminating it with a flashlight, Zhang Wenbin saw the eel and loach poking out its head in the rice field without spending any effort.

He immediately picked up the target in his hand and fished it into the field.

Excited, he leaned forward a little bit, stepped on the edge of the field ridge, and then lost his focus when retracting the rake, and slipped his right foot along the edge of the field ridge. Zhang Wenbin only had time to stretch out his right hand.

When Qu Chi and Qin Shi looked over, they could only see a figure doing push-ups on the ridge of the field.

"Crack." The sound effect of the mobile phone sounded, and this beautiful scene under the moonlight was recorded in this way.

Zhang Wenbin, who was so frightened, didn't hear the sound at all. He put all his energy on his left arm, and his nose could almost touch the wet soil. Faith persists.

After Zhang Wenbin was lifted up, his left arm was still trembling unnaturally, and he was still holding the rake in his left hand.

"There is still an eel on this rake." Zhang Wenbin howled excitedly.

This was the harvest of a man who had been busy for a long time and almost turned into clay. Zhang Wenbin looked at the prey on the rake and smiled with two rows of big white teeth.

"I'll eat you tonight." Zhang Wenbin took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and clicked several times in a row to take an all-round shot of the only prey.

In the end, Zhang Wenbin didn’t feel satisfied, so he continued to take pictures of the rice fields. In the photos taken under the flash, the rice fields were growing brightly, and the eels and loaches were only protruding from the soil in the dark.

Suddenly, there is a feeling of horror.

Zhang Wenbin looked back and forth, and felt that the photos he took were not bad, and he proudly posted a Moments.