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Text Chapter 5 Going down the river

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    He was about to turn on his portable lamp when he suddenly heard a splashing sound in the river. Looking along the sound, he found a gray-black body swimming in the river under the willow tree not far away.  , like a fish swimming in the waves.

    It can't be a water ghost. Liu Junhao looked at such a ghostly figure and felt a little shocked in his heart. Although the river usually looks very docile, like a dignified and virtuous young woman, but in the rainy season, when flash floods occur, it immediately turns into a water ghost.  The shrew is so powerful that people die every year in the river.  The old people said it was a water ghost who did it.  Although Liu Junhao had never seen it before, he was still quite frightened because he had been exposed to it since childhood. He subconsciously clenched the net bag in his hand.

    Although this is not a weapon, when people are afraid, they always involuntarily find something around them that they can rely on, as if this can make them feel at ease.  Hearing the sound of running water ringing in his ears and seeing the gray-black figure swimming towards him, Liu Junhao's heart tightened even more. The sound of running water sounded creepy in his ears.

    "Who?!" He finally couldn't help it anymore and shouted. He turned on the portable lamp in his hand, and suddenly a naked figure appeared a few feet away. The figure was illuminated by a white light and he covered his eyes with his hands.

    "You little bastard, what are you taking a picture of? Have you ever seen anyone going down the river to catch turtles?" A loud voice rang out from the river.

    "Fifth Master, you were still in the river in the middle of the night. You scared me. I thought you were a water ghost." Liu Junhao also recognized who he was and secretly laughed at himself for becoming less and less courageous.

    This person¡¯s name is quite funny, so he is called Liu Wuwa. He is an old fisherman in the village. He is Liu Junhao¡¯s grandfather according to his seniority. Because he is the fifth eldest, the younger people call him the fifth master.  Almost all men in Liujiagou are fishing masters, but the master among masters must be Mr. Wu. He has been familiar with fish all his life. Is there any fish under the water? What kind of fish is it?  You can see it just by looking at it.

    Fish spearing is his unique skill. In the past, you could often see him wearing shorts, holding a harpoon in his hand, and making a bamboo raft floating on the river.  When he encountered a big fish, he stretched out his hand and the harpoon flew into the river, splashing water. When he put it away, a big fish weighing ten kilograms was nailed to it.

    It¡¯s just that in Qingshan Town, fish and shrimp are not valuable at all. He is a hero and has no place to play. Therefore, fishing does not bring him much profit, and he only does it as fun.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????? Five Masters have gradually grown older and rarely go out to play. I don¡¯t know why the old man thought of catching turtles tonight.

    "Are you cursing me? What are you doing here? It's not just to take a bath. Go somewhere else. I'll hold on to the bridle of the net I just lowered. Don't disturb the old turtle." The old man said, lifting the wicker beard cage in his hand.

    "It's okay. I was going to catch a few frogs by the river for frying. Since you're always here to catch turtles, I won't go into the river. How about I get half a catty of fish from the cage later?" Liu Junhao said.  The ground tools were thrown carelessly on the ground.  Watching him lower his body with interest.

    The beard cage is a specialized tool for catching turtles.  In rural areas, the ground is usually made of wicker or bamboo.  The shape is a bit like a wine bottle with a big belly.  The opening at the neck is very thin.  There is also a funnel-shaped beard bridle.  There are sharp bamboo strips inserted into the inside of the funnel.  It is used to prevent old turtles from escaping.

    The bait used to attract old turtles is specially prepared food.  Soak the bean cake or bran in fresh chicken blood and wrap it in gauze.  Then secure the gauze ball inside the cage.  But the food where the old man catches turtles is not these things.  Instead, he uses his own unique secret recipe to prepare the bait.  Old turtles seem to be particularly sensitive to this kind of bait.  Once they smell this smell, all the old turtles within half a mile will come rushing over.  The old man was most proud of catching most of the turtles in one night.  During that time, almost all the turtle children and grandchildren within a radius of more than ten miles were captured.

    These old turtles are gradually declining.  The fifth master also began to wash his hands in a golden basin.  Even if others paid him to catch him, he would refuse because he was old.  Can't catch it anymore.

    "Okay. I just need to catch two old turtles. If you want any other fish, I'll give it to you later. But I'm afraid there won't be many. I don't have any sheep bones in the cage." He lowered the cage and got up to go ashore.  Then he picked up a towel and wiped the water off his body, put on his clothes and said.  "Let's go over there. I'm always timid. I won't come over if there's any trouble."

    "Fifth Master, what's going on with you today? Did the veteran personally take action?" Liu Junhao asked out the confusion in his heart.

    "It's not like your fifth wife has been complaining about stomachache these days. I'm thinking of getting two old turtles to supplement her." The old man sat on the stone, took out the dry pipe and lit it. The big flame kept flashing in the dark night.  Without moving, he handed it to Liu Junhao, "Would you like a bite?"

    "It's better to forget it, I can't stand the smell." Liu Junhao quickly declined.

    "I don't know how lucky you are."Enjoy, a pack of cigarettes after a meal, I am as happy as a god. I dry my dry tobacco at home, so I won¡¯t give it to others if they want to smoke it.  "He said, holding a dry pipe in his hand, taking a breath of air, then coughing twice.

    "Are you okay, my fifth wife? A few days ago, I saw her carrying half a basket of eggs on the road while going to the market. She refused when I asked her to put the eggs on her bicycle, for fear that I would touch them.  It¡¯s rotten.¡± Liu Junhao asked casually.

    "It's nothing, maybe it's because the food accumulated in the stomach hurts the food,"

    The two of them just chatted and waited for about half an hour. The old man also smoked all the pot of dry tobacco. He knocked the pot on the stone and said, "It's almost time. Let's go collect the beard cage?"

    "Fifth Master, you are too anxious. Why don't you wait a little longer? Maybe the old turtle hasn't even entered the cage at this moment." Most people put the beard cage in at night and collect it in the morning, so as to leave enough time for the turtle to go inside.  The old turtle came.

    "It's okay, I have concerns," he said, getting up and walking towards the river.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????It seems that the old man is still young. At this moment, two large, two small, and four old turtles have been crawled into the two beard cages, and they are crawling around in panic at the moment.

    Liu Junhao also stepped forward to lend a hand and opened the beard cage. Seeing that the old turtle was about to run away, he stretched out his hand to grab it, clasped the old turtle's hind leg sockets on both sides with his thumb and index finger, and then took it off the beard cage with his other hand.

    "Well, he is a child of Liujiagou." The old man saw that his turtle catching skills were very authentic, so he couldn't help but nodded.

    Be careful when catching old turtles on the shore. If you are not careful, they will bite you.  That would be troublesome. This thing will never let go unless you put it in the water or cut off the turtle head.  Therefore, catching old turtles also requires certain skills.  Liu Junhao has been exposed to it since he was a child, so he naturally knows how to catch it.

    There are quite a lot of fish in the fish cage, but they are all small fish and shrimps such as crucian carp and meat and wheatgrass. He is also a little disdainful. These fish can be found everywhere, and there is no need for him to be busy most of the night.  But after this incident, his thoughts on catching frogs have faded a lot. Now that the heat has dissipated, he is ready to go back to sleep later.

    "Pa" the old man threw the two half-grown turtles into the river.

    "Fifth Master, what are you doing?" Liu Junhao asked in confusion. He didn't know what the old man was up to. He had been busy for most of the night before catching a few old turtles, and he just let him throw two away.

    "Leave a seed in the river. If you catch all the old turtles in one go, they will be gone if the villagers try to catch them. If your fifth wife hadn't been unwell, I would have wanted to let the turtles go." The old man said  It has a long-term perspective and knows about sustainable development.

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