This time, it was purely a coincidence. On the last Monday in July, I took a break to go back to my hometown to pick longan, and visited my grandmother, parents and two lovely nephews. I didn't expect to be taken away by those two little guys before I could visit my elders. They insisted on taking me to see their new toys.
Oh! It turned out that mother got them a set of fishing gear: two fishing rods and a "hook". "Fishing firewood" is hometown slang, which refers to a fishing net bag tool used to catch shrimp or other animals (such as butterflies, dragonflies and cicadas). Baidu Encyclopedia is called "copying the net".
This is really a "wonderful" fishing gear: only the fishing net and two hooks are newly bought, the fishing rod and the handle of "copying the net" are worn-out bamboo, and the fishing line is the cotton thread used by mother to mend clothes! And it's brown! Not a white nylon fishing line! There's not even a matching float! Is this for fun? Can you catch fish here? Although the two dolls are naughty, their mother is too perfunctory!
? "Uncle, take us fishing!" "Uncle, take us to catch big fish!" I'm still sighing, and my little nephews can't wait to shout. I smiled at the thought that they pulled me mysteriously to "show off" me. It turned out to be such a "dirt-to-slag" fishing gear. Looking at their excited little eyes and chubby little round faces, I can't help but sigh the cuteness of children's faces, the wit of children's words, the simplicity of children's hearts and the beauty of childhood.
"all right! Put on your shoes, bring a pot of tea and go fishing with your uncle! " My brother and sister-in-law are at work, so I don't have time to call for instructions. This time I am really willful, running with the bull!
So I took my little nephew out. Everything is ready except the east wind. We just need bait. Earthworms are the most primitive and effective bait and the easiest to find in rural areas-at least I always think so. However, the reality is cruel, and we found nothing in our backyard! I swung my hoe dozens of times, but I couldn't dig an earthworm out of the backyard Woods! Unexpectedly, even earthworms are hard to find these days, and this fellow has become a rarity!
Trees move to death and people move to life! I quickly led my little nephew to change the venue and came to my uncle's intensive garden. Sure enough, under my uncle's longan tree and litchi tree, along the fertile and moist soil, I swung my hoe down, and I swung it very accurately! In less than a few minutes, I dug enough! There are more than a dozen!
"Look, this earthworm can be used for fishing!" -I patiently learned fishing knowledge from my nephews. This is really full of knowledge for them who are fishing for the first time! They nodded excitedly, and the three of us finally relaxed and took a sip of water, and then continued to go to the fishing holy land in the village-Jiti Stone!
At 3: 30 in the afternoon, it was sunny and calm. We are brave and energetic, waving our poles quickly and throwing them at the river bank. Here is Qujiang water, that is, Xiaohai River, the most famous natural fishing ground: lush aquatic plants, deep streams and rich fish. On both sides are lush riverside wild bamboo forests and wild banana forests, on the other side are towering crow stones and beautiful Shuikouling, and there are thousands of acres of fertile "Gao Feng Village" plain! This is really a treasure house of "birds singing and flowers fragrant, the pool is quiet"! This is a wonderful place.
Even better, I was scared silly when I threw the pole from the first shot! No time to catch my breath, one after another! Less than 15, 20 minutes, no need to float fish, actually caught 7 by experience and feel! Two little nephews, also stunned! They are all tilapia (African crucian carp)! As small as one or two fingers, as thick as four fingers, but the biggest is still a small fish! Didn't my cousin tell me that he caught a "big fish" weighing one or two pounds here last month? !
Is my hook too small? Don't believe in evil, look forward to catching big fish with small hooks! Unexpectedly, there are fewer and fewer earthworms (bait) in the bucket, leaving me few opportunities! It turns out that my nephews have been wasting bait and are absent-minded about their first fishing! They just come to play! My eldest nephew is only eight or nine years old. He was in high spirits at first, but he never achieved a zero breakthrough. So he became discouraged. My little nephew is younger. He is only four or five years old. He has been dragging his younger brother to play with earthworms, playing with sand and playing with crucian carp that I caught swimming in the bucket.
I had to reprimand them in a low voice and pay close attention to their safety. I dare not let them get too close to the river bank, and I can't let them hurt their fingers playing with crucian carp. I had to distract myself and stare at the movement of the fishing line and fishing rod. Unfortunately, in the end, all the bait was used up, only a crucian carp and a very small yellow catfish were added.
In this way, the wild fishing that lasted for about 60 minutes before and after was over, not to mention returning with full load, not to mention vigorous and touching. However, through the interactive mode of "stocking" on the spot, we finally "entertain and educate" and grow up with our nephews.
For them, this is a good "first" fishing experience, the first time in their lives, and an unforgettable childhood fun. They followed me to improve their hands-on ability, mastered the basic skills of fishing, learned that earthworms can be used as bait, became familiar with African crucian carp and Pelteobagrus fulvidraco, and experienced the charm of fishing for the first time.
For me, this wild fishing is even more mixed feelings.
From before going out to the wild, I deeply felt my little nephew's trust in my uncle, and that childlike innocence moved me. There are delicious, fun and beautiful things, and they are willing to share them with me at the first time. They are young, but also smart, lively and lovely, which is the luck of the family.
I am very pleased that I have the honor to accompany and witness their growth this time. I also benefited a lot, not only through a long-lost wild fishing, but also enhanced my self-confidence and my ability to communicate with nature and my heart. This enduring human skill for thousands of years is indeed a self-cultivation doorway for people to "overlook the mysteries of nature and realize the unity of man and nature"
But I am also worried, because through this wild fishing, I finally found that even earthworms are hard to find in the countryside; Qujiang (Xiaohai River), the mother river of my hometown, not only has the species diversity of fish disappeared, but even the dominant species, African crucian carp, cannot "chat" well and grow quietly. Over the years, illegal acts such as "electricity, poison and fish frying" have made the water environment in my hometown fragile and precarious!
My father's generation and my contemporaries were lucky enough to enjoy the beauty and pleasure of "fish swimming in spring, river fish swarming and cormorant fishing" at home, and went fishing for a wide variety of delicious river fish; Little nephew's generation, as well as their next generation, is probably impossible to experience and enjoy. ...
After returning from wild fishing, I can't be calm for a long time. It's already August 7 in a blink of an eye, hey! Beginning of autumn? I have an appointment with my little nephew, and I will go back to the "front line" to go fishing together in autumn! Now, I can't bear to leave, because I believe that my technology will naturally not go backwards, but the fish in Qujiang water will only become less and less and smaller. Almost all of them don't live long and grow up. Why should I have the heart to squander things?