Time flies so quickly for such a warm scene, especially now with your beloved.

Before we knew it, the sun had quietly set and night had completely fallen.

"It's dark, let's go back!"

Ye Rongyao looked up at the sky and said gentlely to his wife.

"Husband, this moonlight is good, let's take a walk with me again!"

Liu Qingqing didn't want to go back so early, and wanted to continue strolling in this moonlight with her man so warmly.

"good!"

Ye Rongyao nodded.

In fact, Ye Rongyao also enjoys this kind of warm moment with his beloved woman.

I don’t know if it’s a psychological effect, both of them think that the night tonight is also very charming.

A bright full moon in the sky is shining on the earth. Even if there is no sunshine, it can be seen clearly. Lights are emitted from every household in the village, dotted with this quiet night, and there is an indescribable beauty.

Many people say that the night in big cities is very busy, and there are eye-catching neon lights everywhere.

In fact, Ye Rongyao likes this rural night more, which is natural and simple, making people relax their body and mind.

The sound of insects and frogs cries came from the edge of the field. Although it sounded a little messy, it was so pleasant to hear.

"Second baby!"

Liu Qingqing watched Erwazi walking around the field with a flashlight, and shouted to him curiously.

"Aunt Qingqing, Uncle Rongyao, you are taking a walk!"

Erwazi ran over from the edge of the field with a flashlight and burning tongs in his hand, and said excitedly to Ye Rongyao and Liu Qingqing.

"Erwazi, what are you doing?"

Liu Qingqing looked at Erwazi in confusion and asked.

"Aunt Qingqing, I'm catching loaches."

Erwazi said excitedly.

It is May now, and it is the season when rice ripens in the fields. At this time, not only are there insects, but also frogs in the fields, but also many loaches.

Every year during this season, people in the village will come to this field to catch loaches at night. If you are lucky, you will be busy for three or four hours at night. One person can catch a bucket of loaches, and of course, you can catch a few eels by the way.

Of course that was the situation more than ten years ago, but it is not possible now. As the frequency of farming and using pesticides is getting higher and higher, the loaches and eels in the field are much less than before. It is already quite good to catch three or five kilograms of loaches and eels in three or four hours.

"Catch loaches, how are you harvesting?"

Liu Qingqing asked with a smile.

"Aunt Qingqing, please wait."

As he said that, Erwazi ran to the field and soon ran over with a plastic bucket.

"Aunt Qingqing, Uncle Rongyao, you see, this is what I will catch tonight."

Erwazi pointed to the loach in the plastic bucket and said happily.

"Good, I've gained a lot!"

Ye Rongyao looked at the loach in the bucket, with several large eels mixed in the middle.

The eels and loaches in this bucket together look like five or six pounds, which is a lot of gains!

"Well, this year's loaches are much larger than last year, and this head is bigger than last year."

Erwazi pointed to the loach in the bucket and said happily to Ye Rongyao.

"This is a good thing!"

Ye Rongyao said with a smile.

There are more loaches and eels in this field, which means that the soil in this field is improving.

This is due to the fact that the country has banned the use of highly toxic pesticides such as "DDT", "Wan Ling Water" and "methyl parathion" in recent years, which has allowed the soil to improve.

"Erwazi, do you just use this burning tongs to catch loaches and eels?"

Liu Qingqing looked at the burning tongs on Erwazi's hand curiously and asked Erwazi.

Loaches and eels are both slippery and difficult to catch with your hands. Liu Qingqing has experienced this personally. Can you catch these loaches and eels by using these burning tongs?

"Aunt Qingqing, don't underestimate the burning tongs. The burning tongs are very useful. Catching loaches and eels in the field is to catch one by one. As long as the burning tongs are clamped, the loaches and eels will definitely not be able to escape."

Erwazi said proudly, holding up the burning tongs in his hand.

As a fire-burning tong that basically has fire-burning tongs, rural people have discovered many uses of fire-burning tongs.

In addition to adding firewood to the stove at most, these fire-burning tongs can be used to clamp the tail end of the screws, and can also be used to catch loaches.

"Can the loach and eel run away, are you just being caught so stupidly?"

Liu Qingqing asked curiously.

You should know whether it is loaches or eels, even though they are still motionless, they are very vigilant. Once they feel danger, their bodies will swim far away.

"Haha, of course, this loach will not be stupid enough to be caught. This loach is a technical job, you must be fast, accurate and ruthless."

Ye Rongyao said with a smile.

Although Ye Rongyao's life in the countryside was hard when he was young, his lifestyle was still rich and colorful.

This "catching loaches" is one of the very interesting activities.

Every summer and autumn, children like to "catch loaches".

Loaches are delicious, rich in nutrients, high in protein and low in fat, and can lower lipids and blood pressure. They are both delicious and popular food. They are known as "turtledoves in the sky, loaches under the ground" and "ginseng in the water".

When Ye Rongyao was young, the breeding industry was not very developed at that time, and there were no professional loach farmers, and all the loaches grew naturally.

At that time, if everyone wanted to eat loaches, they would be caught in the fields.

Usually, there are four ways to catch loaches.

The first is "dry learning", which has the lowest technical content.

It means to put the fields dry and use tools such as hoes to turn over the soil, so that the loaches have nowhere to hide.

This method is particularly effective when digging dry fields in winter.

The second type is "kicking loaches", which has high technical content. In a clear water field, use your feet to drill into the soil and kick hard in the direction visible to the field. The loaches cannot resist the vibration and will reveal the surface of the earth. At this time, take a harpoon and quickly pass by.

The reason why the technical content is high is that the skill is on the fork, and it must be "fast, accurate and ruthless".

The third type is "touching loaches", which has the highest technical content. Even the serious rural children may not master it.

It is in deep fields, no matter whether it is sunny or rainy, no matter whether it is clear or turbid, just use your hands to lift the water and see if water bubbles appear on the water surface, you will know if there are loaches in the soil. If there are, use both hands to touch the loaches out of the deep soil.

The last one is "Zhao Niu", which is the method Erwazi uses now. This is also the main way Ye Rongyao caught loaches when he was a child.

On summer and autumn nights, due to the stuffy weather, the loach will come out of the soil and cool down. When you sleep, you can shine the loach with a flashlight and use a fire tong tong tong tong tongs to hold it.

This job requires not very high technical requirements.

"Shooting" has two methods: "dry road illumination method" and "water road illumination method".

"Dry road illumination method" means walking on the ridge of the field and not going into the paddy fields. "Water road illumination method" means walking into the paddy fields and not moving too much to avoid disturbing loaches that have not reached the water.

When Ye Rongyao was young, he basically used the dry road method so that he would not get dirty.

When night falls, Ye Rongyao and a few children will come to the field with buckets, burning tongs and flashlights, walk along the ridge road beside the fields, and use the flashlight to shine on the paddy fields beside them.

Because this loach is like a fish, with myopia in my eyes. As long as you don’t move too much, you won’t be alarmed. Once you find that there are loaches by the field, use this burning tong to quickly pinch the loach.

This attack should be fast, fierce and accurate, because once the loach is not clamped, it will run away quickly, and basically don't want to catch it again.

"That must be quite fun."

Liu Qingqing immediately said with interest.

"Funny?"

Ye Rongyao was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but shake his head.

In fact, "Zhao Niu" is really not very fun.

You should know that summer and autumn are the hottest period of the year and the season with the most mosquitoes. When you come out of your home at night and go to this field to "show loaches" and not only have to survive the heat, but also have to deal with the bites of many mosquitoes in the field. It is really not that fun.

In fact, children were so keen on "showing loaches" at that time. At that time, because their families were poor, they could catch fish and birds, which were good ways to make up for the lack of meat dishes at home.

Imagine on a dark and windy night, you walk in the field where frogs and insects are chirping. When you cross one fat loach after another, the feeling of harvest is like the spring breeze warming your whole body, and your whole body is happy and happy.

When you are lucky, you can still shine with yellow worms. Not only is it bigger than a loach, it tastes particularly delicious, but it also replenishes yang.

"Husband, I want to catch loaches too!"

Liu Qingqing suddenly became interested and looked up at Ye Rongyao and said.

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Chapter completed!