Chapter 680 Catching Loaches with Bait
Since you have decided to go fishing by the river at night, you can't just fish.
After dinner, Chen Jun happily went back to his room, and when he came out, he had a basket of bamboo in his hand.
These bamboos were obtained by signing in a long time ago, and have been gathering dust in the system warehouse. This time, they can be used to weave some traps to catch some loaches, eels, river shrimps, etc.
Especially the yellow eel, which is so delicious when used to make eel noodles.
"Hey, brother, where did this bamboo come from?" Lin Yao came over happily upon seeing this.
These bamboos look like they were carved from the same mold. They are all the same in length, thickness and shape, and there is not a single worm hole to be seen.
Lin Yao reached out and pulled out one, waved it casually twice and was reluctant to put it down.
What a natural straight stick!
"I bought it a while ago. I plan to make some traps to catch eels in the river." Chen Jun looked at Lin Yao who was having a lot of fun and suspected that this girl was a boy in her previous life, otherwise how could she like straight bamboo sticks so much.
Of course, it is this kind of bamboo that is attractive. If he had such a straight bamboo when he was a child, all the weeds within a ten-mile radius would suffer.
"Eel?" Lin Yao lost interest as soon as she heard it. That thing smells very fishy and not many people are willing to eat it. Even the third uncle Yan Bugui who likes fishing doesn't want eels.
Chen Jun smiled when he heard this, but didn't explain anything.
The reason why many people don't like eels is that they don't know how to handle them. If handled properly, eels are delicious, especially wild eels, which taste even better. Large wild eels can even be sold for one hundred yuan per catty after decades.
After bringing a chair over, Chen Jun took a knife and started processing the bamboo.
The process looks simple, but it is actually quite complicated. Fortunately, Master Chen's hands are dexterous enough, and it doesn't take much time whether it is splitting the bamboo strips, picking the bamboo strips or taking the bamboo strips.
The raw materials are ready, and the next work is also very demanding of craftsmanship. Chen Jun is seen weaving a base with his hands flying, and then making a frame, and closing the edges little by little.
Lin Yao, who was tired of playing with bamboo, brought a stool and watched Chen Jun work curiously.
The bamboos were broken up and reassembled in front of her, and soon they were made into the shape of a fish basket.
Ok? ? ?
"Brother, when did you acquire this skill?" Lin Yao touched the fish basket in disbelief. It felt so delicate and beautiful that even if she sold it, someone would definitely buy it.
"Well, my family taught me since I was young that children from poor families have to grow up early, so when I, your brother, just learned to walk, I started to learn to weave bamboo secretly." Chen Jun looked at Lin Yao's admiring eyes and couldn't help but started to talk nonsense.
Lin Yao couldn't help scratching the back of her head when she heard this: "Is this true? Why didn't anyone teach me this?"
"You're a girl, it's different!" Chen Jun waved his hand, motioning Lin Yao to put the fish basket aside, then picked up the remaining bamboo strips and started working again.
This time he had to make a ground trap, which was a little more difficult than a fish basket. Not only did it have to have several layers, but it also had to be so that people could enter but not exit, thus trapping the eels and loaches inside.
In a short while, the trap was ready.
Third uncle Yan Bugui also walked to the backyard with his hands behind his back. Seeing Chen Jun sitting in the yard, he immediately asked with a smile: "Chen Jun, shall we set off?"
"Let's go!"
Chen Jun loaded the fish basket and trap onto the bicycle, packed up briefly, and set out to fish with Yan Bugui.
After the two of them left, the second aunt couldn't help but say, "Old Liu, what do you think Chen Jun did just now? Why would he, as a director, do this?"
The ground trap made by Chen Jun is different from ordinary ones. It is more complicated. Plus, ground traps are rarely used and can only catch small fish and shrimps. So not many people are willing to make these things, so Second Aunt feels uncomfortable no matter how she looks at it.
"Let's play!"
Liu Haizhong looked at the new house where Chen Jun lived with envy: "He only makes a little over 100 yuan a month, and he's not married or has kids. He has so much money that he can't spend it all. Can't he have fun however he wants?"
"Oh, he lives the most comfortable life in the whole hospital." The third aunt said with some envy.
In their eyes, Chen Jun, who is capable and can make money, is enjoying life by staying up late at night to go fishing, but it would be a different story if it were someone else.
For example, if the person who went to play like this today is Jia Dongxu, then the people in the courtyard will definitely be talking behind his back, saying that Jia Dongxu is a scoundrel with no ambition.
Of course, it is impossible for Jia Dongxu to go fishing in the middle of the night. He never goes out of the house and stays at home to take care of the children. He is more honest than a girl who never goes out.
At the same time, Chen Jun and Yan Bugui were riding their bicycles towards the outside of the city.
The place they were going to today was the Feng Shui treasure land that Yan Bugui mentioned last time. It had an excellent location and few people knew about it, making it very suitable for night fishing.
Yan Bugui looked at the trap on Chen Jun's bicycle and couldn't help but remind him, "Chen Jun, if you use a trap to catch loaches and yellow eels, you have to find something with a smell, such as chicken intestines. That stuff has a strong fishy smell, and yellow eels and loaches like to get in when they smell it."
"No need, just throw some bait in!" Chen Jun waved his hand, indicating that chicken intestines were not needed.
"Hey, using bait to catch loaches and eels?"
Yan Bugui's mouth twitched with pain. It would be great if such good bait could be used for fishing. Why catch eels and loaches? It was such a waste of resources.
"Well, that saves trouble." Chen Jun did not notice Yan Bugui's reaction.
When the two arrived at their destination, Chen Jun chose a place with lots of aquatic plants, caught a ball of bait mixed with cornmeal and threw it into the ground trap. Then he used a fishing rod to immerse the ground trap in the water and tied the rope on the ground trap to an exposed tree root.
"Chen Jun, this way~"
Not far away, Yan Bugui had already chosen his fishing spot. It was next to a reed field, so there must be a lot of fish below.
Chen Jun nodded, picked up the fishing rod and fish basket and walked over.
You know what, this Feng Shui treasure land that Yan Bugui mentioned is really quite good, with a river, woods, and reed marshes, and it's also a bend.
As he was walking, Chen Jun suddenly felt his ears move, and then he heard the sound of flapping wings.
Judging from the noise, it seemed that some animal in the reeds was startled by them.
Curious Chen Jun put his equipment next to Yan Bugui, then took out a ball of bait and said, "Uncle, you fish first. I'll go take a look ahead."
Yan Bugui couldn't help swallowing when he saw the fist-sized bait.
Good guy!
Chen Jun was very generous today and actually took out so much bait.
If we use up all these baits tonight, we can catch at least 200 kilograms of fish!
Not bad, not bad, you can satisfy your craving and save some money on the wedding banquet at the same time!