Apocalyptic Tundra Age

Of the five fish sent by Zeng Cheng, three of them were stewed in a fish hot pot by Cheng Yuming, served with tofu, bean sprouts, mushrooms, kelp, bean sprouts and tofu skin, and the three of them ate to their satisfaction.

The remaining two are stored in the natural freezer outside, waiting for tomorrow's grand funeral with shredded ginger, garlic and steamed fish in soy sauce.

After eating, Xu Zhonglei sat cross-legged on the ground and planned his next meal.

Xu Cheng was scribbling with a pencil, accompanied by two big dogs. Huskies and Alaskan are naturally relatives' dog breeds. Playing, bah, playing with a little girl is a matter of course.

"There is nothing special about us in the south, except that there is a lot of water." Xu Zhonglei drew pictures with Xu Cheng's pencil, and kept talking endlessly.

"What? How much? Brother, I suspect that you are... I already have evidence." Cheng Yuming leaned over, feeling that what Xu Zhonglei said just now really suits his heart.

"Bah, water is just water, the kind of water that flows in rivers!" Xu Zhonglei changed the subject and began to write and draw, "We have a lot of big rivers and brooks here, all of which flow into Lianshui, and the Lianshui flows into the big river. Entering the sea, you see, our provincial capital is to the north, and it was originally built on the wharf of Lianshui."

"The water in Lianshui is wide and fast, the kind that can pass [-]-ton cargo ships, and it's too far away from us, so it's not suitable for us to catch fish. There is also a big river here, which is the one that passes through the town. , dozens of meters wide, and we both have no boats, so we will pass.”

Cheng Yuming came to his senses, looked at Xu Zhonglei's sketch and said, "Want to catch fish in the river? Neither of the two big rivers will work, so what river is there?"

"To the west of us, there is a small stream originating from the Jiuyi Mountains. It may not be correct to say that it is a small stream about four meters wide. I don't know the name, but it is here!" Xu Zhonglei simply drew the mountain range , a small river spread out from the mountains, and finally merged into the big river in the town.

Xu Zhonglei continued: "Xiaohe is not far from our village in a straight line, and it is only an hour's journey by motorcycle, about [-] miles, but now I can't go back within a day without a car."

"In order to eat a fish, you have to spend the night outside? I don't think it's worth it, the income is too low. There are small ponds everywhere, can't we just catch them nearby?" Hearing this, Lu Yuming gave up, it wasn't him Afraid of hardship and tiredness, the main reason is that it is really not worthwhile.

"Hahaha, no, we have to catch fish in the ponds around the village, and we can also prepare for the small rivers further away."

Xu Zhonglei returned the pencil and paper to Xu Cheng, feeling that his ambition was really great.

Xiao Cheng is still on the first floor, only thinking about hunting small fish in the nearby pond, how can he understand the depth of thought of a person standing on the fifth floor like sea water?

Cheng Yuming rolled his eyes, raised his hand in surrender and said, "Then prepare well, I'll get a few fish to test the water tomorrow... Zeng Cheng's brain is still flexible, I'll just let the fishing net in the tool room stay like this! Too wasted!"

Xu Zhonglei didn't answer, he stretched his hands and recalled a kind of magic tool for catching fish - fishing water wheel, that was a big thing.If you get it out, you can fish 24 hours a day without stopping and without effort.

Not to mention meeting the protein needs of his family, it is no problem to feed the entire village.

The question now is, how to do it?

Xu Zhonglei has seen a fishing waterwheel in a documentary. The prototype comes from a traditional Chinese waterwheel. It is driven by the power of water flow and rotates continuously.The blades of the fishing waterwheel are widened, and barbed wire is drawn between the gaps between the blades. As soon as the river flows, the blades can fish out all the fish that pass by the waterwheel, and then collect them into the waterwheel through the preset track. in the basket.

However, these days, which pump or water pump is not as easy to use as a slow water wheel?Who knows how to make a waterwheel?

You have to ask the old man!

Xu Zhonglei secretly made up his mind, this year at least he will make a small water truck to try his hand.

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With something on his mind, Xu Zhonglei woke up early in the morning and asked several old people in the village. As expected, he had seen waterwheels before, but when asked how to do it, everyone shook their heads.

"Where would you tell anyone casually about the ability of a carpenter to take care of the house?"

Think about it, too, this thing is too technical and has too little use, maybe ordinary carpenters don't even know it.

But anyway, these old people still remember where the waterwheel they have seen is.

"Our village, go north, bypass Baiyang Village, and then go east for dozens of miles. There used to be a brick factory over there, and it was necessary to pump water from the canal, so we built the waterwheel you mentioned... no I don’t know if it’s still useful now, the waterwheel I’ve seen is there.”

"There was a waterwheel in the town before. It hasn't been used for a long time. It's just under the town, four or five miles above the river..."

Xu Zhonglei silently wrote down the location of the two waterwheels in his heart, and walked towards the old pond without returning home.

Cheng Yuming took Xu Cheng and Zeng Cheng to set the fishing nets there early in the morning, so he should still be there now.

On a day with a degree of minus ten degrees, the water in the small pond hovered on the verge of freezing.The wind by the water is also blowing into people's necks, but the yearning of the people on the shore for delicious food can make people endure all difficulties.

There were already five or six people around the water, all of whom knew each other. They were very excited, but they lowered their voices, for fear of disturbing the fish that entered the net.

Cheng Yuming heard the footsteps of someone coming, turned his head and saw that it was his family, and shouted happily for a moment:

"Brother! Come and see, the fish is harvested!"

"Keep your voice down, don't let the fish run away..." Xu Chunjuan rolled his eyes at him and greeted Xu Zhonglei.

On the semi-frozen water, the plastic water bottles and foam boards floating on the fishing nets moved with the wind, and were pulled below the surface by some creatures from time to time, which made the big guys feel tight and raised their throats.

Zeng Cheng put on rubber gloves and a one-piece rubber suit, and stood underwater to pull the net.This set was found for him by Xu Zhonglei yesterday. With the new equipment, Zeng Cheng's movements became more agile.

"Sister Chunjuan, don't worry. This is not like fishing. Now that the fish are all entangled in the net, they will definitely not be able to escape." Zeng Cheng retracted the net at once, and suddenly said excitedly: "Yes, yes!"

Because the weather was too cold, and he was not an experienced hand, Zeng Cheng's hand movements were very slow, but after a while, he still helped the silver-white fish out of the predicament, and said happily:

"It's a small grass carp, it's heavy! Another one will be enough to eat, Cheng Cheng, go on!"

He threw it to the shore, and just landed on Xu Cheng's feet, making the little girl laugh.

"Only oranges? Are we not human?" Xu Chunjuan said narrowly, looking straight at Fan Yu who came to make soy sauce.

"Sister! Here's another one, catch it!" Zeng Cheng blushed, and threw another fish at Xu Chunjuan's face with his backhand. into her hands.

Xu Chunjuan didn't think it was fishy either, as if she was hugging a fifth-generation baby, she said with bright eyes: "It can be regarded as touching the flesh..."

The old pond in the village is also contracted by someone. Generally, the contractor will put fish fry in it, and wait for a wave of harvest in autumn and October to make some money.But this year, the earthquake came before the time to throw fish fry, so the fish in the old pond are actually neither big nor many.

The fishing net that Zeng Cheng set up for a long time finally harvested six fish, all of which were the size of a palm, enough for an adult to eat two meals.

Xu Cheng has been playing with the fish. She wrapped the snow on one side of the fish, and finally wrapped the fish into a big ice cube, and sent it to Cheng Yuming, saying:

"Little Daddy, eat fish."

Xu Zhonglei hugged Xu Cheng's ice fish together, imitating the little girl's soft tone, and coaxed: "I still have some at home, give this back to Brother Cheng, let's go home and let little dad cook delicious fish." OK?"

In Xu Zhonglei's arms, Xu Cheng threw the ice fish into Zeng Cheng's iron bucket, obediently begging for praise: "Give it back to brother!"

"Awesome!"

"Oh, I also want to return this fish to you, Zeng Cheng, but my hand keeps moving... I keep shaking. Otherwise, Xiaoyu and I will take it away today, and return it to you when we catch the fish Hahaha……"

Xu Chunjuan also wanted to send back the beautiful blue-glowing tilapia in her hand, but her brain controlled her hand, but her hand just didn't obey her control, so she could only say embarrassingly.

"Sister, you can eat as much as you want. I have enough, so you don't have to return it." Zeng Cheng took off his rubber gloves, packed his things, and said nonchalantly.

"Well then..."

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Xu Chunjuan used [-] techniques to cook this fish. Saute the ginger and garlic until fragrant, fry it slowly over low heat, stir-fry the fish oil, and finally add water to boil it into a large pot of fragrant fish soup.Although the soup looked very clear due to the absence of oil, Xu Chunjuan and Fan Yu still had a good drink.

Even the little remaining soup in the pot is covered with potatoes and eaten clean.

Through the dark chimney, the aroma drifts with the north wind to every villager who goes to bed hungry, dreaming of braised pork and sweet and sour fish.

"It smells so good~"

The news spread so fast that only the next day, when Zeng Cheng went to collect the fish, the shore was full of people.

Talking about it, let's take a look, but the brain is quickly stealing the teacher.

Lao Tzu (grandmother), we never thought that there are still fish that have been growing for half a year in the pond?It's just that the weather has froze my brain, and I can't even figure out where there is meat to eat.

Food is the primary productive force. After Xu Zhonglei's family packed up their household chores, they dragged their fishing nets to the shore of the big pond.

"Shitou, why did you come here? Uncle Jiang collected a net and went back!"

"Late, late, our internet is almost ready!"

The two groups of the other group are casting nets in full swing, and they are still warmly greeting them...

"Brother, why don't we go to Laotang to have a look?" Cheng Yuming was stunned by the scene, and suggested.

A group of people turned around and walked towards the old pond. Before they got close, Cheng Yuming saw people from all walks of life going back and forth. Colorful clothes were placed on the shore, and some young or old bodies were moving back and forth in the water.

He clenched the fishing net tightly in his hand, covered the little girl's eyes, and said helplessly, "The old pond is going to be more lively, forget it, let's go back..."

In such a day with dozens of degrees below zero, some people took off their clothes and went into the water to fish, what kind of people are these people!