Chapter 774 Fishing

Man Bao followed his brothers to the tomb. Old Zhou asked Zhou Dalang and the others to dig a big hole beside Zhou Yin's tomb. He put a box in it, filled it with mud, and dug some soil from nearby to raise the tomb. The big tombs are integrated into one.

Man Bao stared blankly, and asked, "Father, what did you put in the second uncle's tomb?"

Old Zhou Tou let out a "hush", looked left and right, and found that their family was still nearby for the time being, so he let go of his voice and said, "It's nothing, it's just the belt you gave me last night."

Man Bao was stunned, and asked after a while, "Father, why did you bury it?"

"Give it to your second uncle to have a look, maybe he likes it?" Anyway, it's not too expensive, and he can't wear it out, so it's better to give it to his younger brother.

Man Bao scratched his head, looked at her father and said, "Father, you and Second Uncle have such a good relationship."

Zhou Dalang and Zhou Zhoulang tidied up the grave, and they were silent for a while when they heard Man Bao's words. It's not the father who has a good relationship with the uncle, but them, okay?

But forget it, as long as you know this kind of thing, there is no need to publicize it.

Man Bao took out the meat and rice for ancestor worship, and Zhou Zhou Lang lit a handful of incense and gave Man Bao three sticks, and everyone bowed to worship.

Man Bao knelt on the ground and kowtowed after inserting the incense sticks. Old Zhou Tou said beside him, "Kowtow more."

Just as Man Bao was about to get up, he knelt down and kowtowed a few more times, "Father, is that enough?"

Old Zhou nodded with a smile, "Enough, enough."

Man Bao followed his brothers and led his nephews to kowtow to the ancestors nearby, and waited for the ancestors to eat.

Man Bao habitually pulled out three sticks of incense from his grandfather's grave, walked to a grave not far away, offered incense and invited the owner of the grave to have dinner with him.

This is what she has to do every time she visits the grave since she can remember.

People from the old Zhou's family squatted around the cemetery and watched, but did not tell Manbao that the owner of the grave had moved here, and let her go there to worship.

I have worshiped for so many years, if I don't worship now, the child will ask why, Man Bao is so smart...

On the first day of the new year, people worship ancestors, or go up the mountain to worship gods, and burn incense under the banyan tree at the entrance of the village. I don’t know what they are worshiping.

When Man Bao and the others came home, the breakfast was not ready yet, and many people hadn't gotten up yet. She squatted at the gate to let her mind go, and went to the river to play in the water, no, to look at the water.

She picked up a stick and squatted by the river to play with water.

When Bai Shan walked to the river, he saw her squatting on the ground fetching water happily, so he picked up a stone from the ground and threw it over...

The water splashed by the stone hit Man Bao's face, and Bai Shan burst out laughing when he saw it.

Man Bao looked up and saw him couldn't help laughing, and asked loudly across a river: "Why are you here?"

Bai Shan also went to the river and knelt down, picked up a stone and threw it into the river, and replied: "My family just finished offering sacrifices to our ancestors, and I felt bored staying at home, so I went out for a walk."

If you are not happy to go to someone's house as a guest on the first day of the new year, you can also take a walk on the road.

Man Bao smiled and said, "Me too, look, is the water clearer in winter? I saw a lot of small fish swimming just now."

Bai Shan looked in for a long time before saying: "It's too small to eat, I don't know if there are any big fish in the ditch, why don't we go fishing in the afternoon?"

"Today is the first day of junior high school, so it's not easy to go out."

Bai Shan said: "Let's go quietly."

It is impossible to go quietly, because Bai Shan always has a good fortune behind him.

But they didn't disturb many people, Bai Shan ran home to eat breakfast, then went out with two fishing rods.

Man Bao found a small hoe and a small bamboo basket. As soon as the two of them met by the river, they went up the river to the side of the big canal, found a piece of land that looked damp, and started digging for earthworms.

Man Bao was a little puzzled while digging, "Do all the fish in the river eat earthworms?"

Bai Shan said: "Maybe."

Man Bao: "The earthworm burrowed into the pond mud. Could it be that the fish also burrowed in like an earthworm?"

Bai Shan: "Eat vegetable leaves, aquatic plants and mud, too? Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many earthworms in the river for them to eat."

"Then if we can't dig earthworms, can we catch them by fishing with vegetable leaves?"

Bai Shan: "You can try it."

Man Bao said: "Try in a while, but we have dug up earthworms."

Daji sat cross-legged on a relatively clean piece of grass by the side of the canal, watching them squatting on the ground and tossing about boredly.

When they finally dug enough earthworms, they found a place that seemed to be rich in aquatic plants and began to tick.

Man Bao said: "My fourth brother said that there are many fish in places with rich aquatic plants, and they still like to hide under the grass roots, but it is not easy to fish, and they will always catch aquatic plants."

Bai Shan said indifferently: "It's okay, my house has a lot of hooks, if they break, we'll install another one."

Man Bao boldly hooked in the ditch.

Patience is what fishing is all about. The two of them moved and found some hay to lay on the ground and sat on the ground, waiting for the fish to bite.

Bai Shan asked her, "When shall we pay New Year's greetings to Mr.?"

"In the third year of junior high school, will Bai Er still go to his uncle's house this year? If not, the fourth and fifth day of junior high school is fine."

"Let's go to the third year of junior high school." None of his relatives are here, and he only has to go to Bai Erlang's house to pay New Year's greetings, and he is not busy.

And Man Bao only goes to Qian's house every year, and one day is enough.

The two of them just sat by the water and gossiped. After sitting for a long time, there were some fish biting their hooks, but they just couldn't catch them.

The two of them were not in a hurry, and when Xia Xiang was hungry, they took the fishing rod home.

Daji, who had already fallen asleep on the grass in the sun, got up from the ground and followed quietly.

He still prefers to live with the young master in Qili Village, leisurely, but it's not a waste of time.

Unlike in Yizhou City, it seems to be busy, but I always feel that I have done nothing all day.

Of course, Bai Shan and Man Bao, who were still in the learning stage and wished they could break a quarter of an hour into two quarters of an hour, could not experience this feeling.

They went back with empty bamboo baskets, and when they saw villagers sitting and talking in the village, they raised their hands to say hello.

Someone glanced at their empty bamboo baskets and couldn't help laughing and said, "Didn't you catch it? The remaining fish in our village are about to mature, so it's not easy to catch."

Man Bao asked, "What about the stupid fish?"

"Years ago, we told us to catch almost all fish. By the way, your family fished the most. Your third brother took your fifth brother to bring home two barrels of fish a day. Why, didn't you salt the fish for you? ?”

Salted fish is impossible, almost all the returned fish were sold by Zhou Yilang in the market, and the rest were either eaten by their own family, or made into fish sauce by Xiaoqian and sealed in jars.

Knowing that Man Bao went fishing, Xiao Qian thought she was greedy for fish, and said, "Why didn't you eat a few more bites last night? No one went to the market today. I really want to eat. I'll let your elder brother go to the river." Put it in the basket, maybe you can catch some."

Man Bao shook his head, "I either want to eat fish, or I want to fish."

Little Qian smiled and waved: "That's free, go out and play, sister-in-law will take you back to uncle's house tomorrow."

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