Chapter 30: Underground Trap

Chapter 30: Underground Trap

Chapter 30: Underground Trap

"Stop talking nonsense." Li Changle stuffed the money into his hands. "You are stronger than me and you made more money than me. I'll give you half. I'm taking advantage of you."

Ah Wei's face flushed. "Brother, that's not how it's calculated. If you hadn't said to put the fish in a net bag and put it in the pond, the fish would have died long ago. How can dead fish be sold for so much money? If you want to give me, just give me fifteen dollars. I don't want a cent more."

Grandma said that he only had a lot of strength but didn't use his brain when doing things. Although Ale was a little lazy, he had a good brain and a kind heart. As long as he really changed, it would be best if he worked with her, with one of them using the brain and the other using the strength.

Seeing this, Li Changle had no choice but to take out two dollars and fifty cents, "Okay, we'll divide the money as you said, but you have to carry a bag of those fish back, otherwise we won't work together anymore in the future."

"Oh!" Chen Yongwei took the money, "I'll carry the fish back, you wait for me in the alley."

"Okay!" Li Changle took out the money from his pocket and handed it to Zhou Ruonan, then picked up the trap and put it in the backpack, "Anan, I'll go put the trap down and be back soon."

"Be careful!" Zhou Ruonan warned gently.

"Don't worry!" Li Changle smiled at her, picked up the backpack and left.

Zhou Ruonan watched him walk into the alley before she went back to work.

Mrs. Li kicked Zhou Ruonan and said with a smile, "Anan, it's like Lu Pan has replaced Ale's brain. He has become a different person in an instant."

"Today, I felt like I was dreaming. I felt like I was back to the time when I was looking for a partner with him. Ah Le was the same at that time." Zhou Ruonan sighed, "I'm afraid that when I wake up from the dream, he will become the same as before."

Mrs. Li thought about it and stretched out her hand to twist the back of her hand, then asked with a smile, "Does it hurt?"

Zhou Ruonan retracted her hand and glared at her in reproach, "It hurts, why doesn't it hurt?"

"Pain is not a dream." Mrs. Li said with a smile, "Ah Le is lazy, but his brain is more flexible than Ah Ping, Ah An and Ah Huan. Now he can calm down and do things steadily. You will have someone to rely on in the future."

"Yes!" Zhou Ruonan nodded. In the past few years, her parents-in-law have privately subsidized the third room a lot, and her two sisters-in-law also secretly complained about her parents-in-law being partial.

Even if A Le didn't go fishing, as long as he didn't go out to hang out, his salary of ten yuan a month, plus the money he earned from handicrafts, would be enough to support the family without the need for subsidization from his parents-in-law, and it would also save his eldest and second sisters-in-law from feeling unhappy.

Li Changle and Chen Yongwei walked to Changtang and found that there were still people searching and fishing by the pond. They didn't think that the water chestnuts in Changtang had been picked up by the fishermen with bamboo poles and scattered everywhere. The Changtang was no longer covered tightly and there was no lack of oxygen in the pond. How could the fish float to the surface to breathe?

The two walked along the bank of the pond, passed the saline-alkali land and reached the end of Changtang. A sluice separated Changtang from the sea. Water was still flowing out from under the sluice gate, and when the tide rose, the water would rush into Changtang again.

After passing the sluice gate, there is a ditch about 10 to 20 meters wide with woods on both sides. The ditch gradually widens until it connects to the sea.

The water in this area is very shallow in many places, and they plan to place crab pots and ground traps in shallow water areas.

Chen Yongwei put down the backpack, took out the ground trap and crab cage and placed them on the ground. Li Changle stepped forward and opened the ground trap net. The ground trap was made of No. 8 iron wire as the frame, and surrounded by a three-finger-wide mesh to form a square, about 2-meter-long foldable cage net.

There are interval-type fish-attracting holes on both sides of the cage net. The fish-attracting holes are trumpet-shaped inverted net mouths (fish and shrimp can only enter but not exit), and both ends of the ground cage net are conical fish collecting net bags.

When fish and shrimp enter the ground trap net from the fish luring hole, they are misled and crawl to the fish collecting bags at both ends and are caught.

The mesh of the nets is woven into a size of three fingers, about four centimeters. Any fish with a diameter of less than four centimeters can escape directly from the mesh. This kind of fishing net only catches fish with a diameter of more than four centimeters, and small fish and shrimps are not allowed to escape.

In addition to the three-finger mesh, there are also one-finger, two-finger, three-finger, and four-finger meshes. One-finger is about one centimeter. Small fish and shrimps can't escape after entering the net. The most important thing is that most of these small fish and shrimps will be thrown away directly after the net is lifted, which is very destructive to the regeneration of fish and shrimps. This kind of net is called a "catch-all net" that can catch everything.

Chen Yongwei took out the bait, not minding the strong smell at all, and put it into the bait bag in the crab cage net and the ground trap net. "Brother, follow me with the bamboo pole. I'll put the cage down and you fix the ground trap."

Li Changle picked up the cage and said, "I'll go with you."

Chen Yongwei smiled and said, "Don't you find it smelly?"

“If you’re afraid of stinking, you won’t make any money!”

Li Changle picked up the trap and walked into the water. While lowering the trap, he touched the bottom of the trap with a bamboo pole to prevent any tree trunks or stones from scratching the trap.

After the trap was lowered, we went ashore and found a small tree to tie the rope to to prevent the trap from being washed away by the water.

After he put down several traps, he squatted there to clean the mud off his legs. After a short while, he was bitten by mosquitoes several times, and the bitten areas suddenly became itchy.

"Fuck! It's so poisonous!" Li Changle took out the cooling oil, twisted it open, scooped out a little and applied it to the bitten area. There was a hot and cool feeling, and the bitten area felt a lot more comfortable.

He had just wiped his arms when he was hit a few more times on his butt and legs. He thought that if a person was tied to a tree overnight, all the blood in his body would be sucked up by mosquitoes.

After looking around for a while, I broke off a branch and waved it back and forth to drive away the mosquitoes, and I felt better.

Over there, Chen Yongwei carried the crab cage and walked to the edge of the trench. He looked there for a long time, put the crab cage net in place, and then walked out in the mud, taking one deep step and one shallow step.

When I got to the shore, I saw Li Changle standing there and walking around. He said with a smile, "Brother, I didn't lie to you. The mosquitoes here are terrible!"

"It's too much. My ears are buzzing all over when I stand here." Li Changle felt that the place where he applied the cooling oil was still a little itchy. "Damn it, even the cooling oil is useless!"

"I've used the cooling oil and it's much better. The last time I came here, I was bitten all over." Chen Yongwei went ashore and said as he cleaned the mud, "I found a few crab holes and put the crab cages at the entrances. I should have some when I come tomorrow morning."

"Yes!" Li Changle saw that he had finished washing, picked up the backpack and walked towards the gate, "Hurry up, don't delay for a second!"

"Okay!" Chen Yongwei thought about how he slept until noon every day, so he put on his plastic sandals and chased after him.

"Brother, you should sleep a little longer tomorrow morning. I will collect the crab cages and ground traps. If it's still early, I will borrow a boat to take you to the island to pry open the Buddha's hand snails."

Li Changle looked at A Wei who was looking at him eagerly, hesitated for a moment and said: "If I can wake up tomorrow morning, I will go with you. If I can't wake up, you go first!"

He had originally planned to go to the cave at four o'clock tomorrow morning and then go collect the traps.

Now when he heard that Awei was going to take him to the small island with the big Buddha's hand to dig for Buddha's hand, his face suddenly felt hot when he thought about the fact that he had been hiding the cave from him. He wanted to take him with him, but he was worried that it would be like the incident of the fish turning over in the pond just now, which would alarm the villagers.

After hesitating, I decided to go back and discuss it with my wife.

(End of this chapter)