The fish at night had opened their mouths and were easier to catch than during the day.
Li Xia, who had excellent fishing skills, quickly connected the fishing rod.
Li Xia smiled. At this rate, the big bamboo basket that he had made during the day should be filled in less than three hours.
Time passed by.
Li Xia kept repeating the actions of throwing the fishing rod, pulling it back, unhooking the fish, and throwing the fish into the bamboo basket.
Until the last dark cloud covered the moonlight.
Li Xia felt that it was about time.
He bent down and pulled the fish basket out of the water.
Crash!
The water in the bamboo basket flowed out through the gaps.
Pa! Pa!
The fish in the bamboo basket started to stir.
Li Xia weighed it in his hand. Wow, he had caught quite a lot in one night. It should be about 80 pounds.
He looked up at the sky. It was past six when he left the house, but it was only around nine now.
In this era, especially in the countryside, there were no entertainment activities at night. Every family went to bed early.
In the later world, the night life had not even begun at this time.
Li Xia didn't want to waste his time sleeping. He still had a lot of things to do.
He touched the raised mud road and walked forward for dozens of meters. It was the place where he went to the cage during the day.
The lighting was a little dim.
Li Xia kicked two small wooden stakes with his foot. He squatted down and reached out to untie the ropes on the small wooden stakes.
He grabbed the rope in his hand and slowly pulled the cage up.
The fishing cycle of the underground cage was generally more than twelve hours. For such a wide river, it was best to fish after twenty-four hours.
That way, they would be able to produce the most.
Hualala!
The cage was pulled ashore by Li Xia.
Li Xia used the kerosene lamp to light up the cage. The three layers of the cage were filled with fish, prawns, and crabs.
The shipping rate was really high, but the variety was very varied.
Shrimps, eels, loaches, small blackfish, grass soles, sticklefishes…
Li Xia poured them all into the plastic bucket.
Then, he began to pick and choose.
Shrimp, regardless of size.
The eel and loach only wanted the big ones, and the small ones were thrown back into the river.
Some small fish were the same.
The " grass sole " was the later generation's fighting fish. It was inedible and belonged to the ornamental fish category.
Li Xia poured out the seaweed and other miscellaneous items from the cage and then put in the bait again.
Earthworms, a frog with its internal organs cut open, and the remaining vegetable oil and rice bran used to build the nest.
He entered the cage again.
Li Xia did the same for the second cage.
The goods were almost ready.
The nearly 20-liter plastic bucket was already half filled.
Li Xia estimated that there were at least five catties of river prawns, three catties of eels, and three catties of loaches.
The other small fish added up to about two catties.
In the future, these wild river prawns, eels, and loaches could be sold at a high price. In some places, they could even be sold for two to three hundred yuan per catty.
However, in this era, there were many eels and loaches in the river.
However, no one was interested in these things.
Li Xia shook his head. What a waste.
He returned home.
Li Xia carried the heavy bamboo basket, the plastic bucket, and the fishing rod and went home.
Inside the house.
Chu Mengxi lay on the bed and gently patted the backs of the two children.
The two milk dumplings had eaten and drank their fill and were already fast asleep.
Chu Mengxi did not know why, but she did not feel sleepy.
It was too dangerous to go fishing by the river at night!
He had not returned yet?
Chu Mengxi's heart started to worry.
However, when she realized this, she was shocked.
She shook her head violently.
Why should I worry about that street scoundrel!
Squeak!
The courtyard door was pushed open and light footsteps could be heard.
Liu Mengxi's heart skipped a beat. In the dark room, she stood up and looked out of the window.
Under the hazy moonlight.
The man's tall figure appeared in the courtyard, and the fish basket on his back was still dripping water.
His movements were very light, as if he was afraid of waking someone up.
After hesitating for a moment, Chu Mengxi got up and got off the bed. She put on some clothes and tiptoed into the courtyard.
Li Xia grabbed a large handful of pigweed and spread it on the surface of the water in the tank. This was to prevent the fish from making too much of a commotion when they were pouring the fish out and waking up Chu Mengxi and the two milk dumplings who were already asleep.
He took out a basin and placed the eel, loach, and prawns separately. Then, he covered it with a bamboo sieve and pressed a stone on it.
Tomorrow morning, he would sell them all in the county town.
After doing all this, Li Xia was about to take a shower.
He turned around and saw Chu Mengxi walking out with her clothes draped over her shoulders.
The moonlight was cold and silky.
Perhaps it was the effect of the moonlight, but Chu Mengxi's delicate face was as smooth as white jade, and she looked extremely beautiful.
In his previous life, he had come into contact with all kinds of beautiful women, so his aesthetic standards must have reached a high level.
From an objective point of view, Chu Mengxi was an exquisite-looking beauty. Her facial features were exquisitely sculpted without any flaws. No matter how one looked at her, one would not get tired of her.
Her figure was exquisite, but because she was thin, she looked a little bony.
She believed that if she replenished her nutrients, her figure would reach the point where she could not be put down.
Li Xia's eyes were burning.
This is…my wife!
Legally.
Li Xia couldn't understand why he didn't cherish it in the past.
This was a reckless waste.
"You, what are you looking at!"
Chu Mengxi spat lightly and lowered her head, not daring to look at Li Xia's fiery gaze.
She tightened the jacket around her body.
"Cough…Did I wake you up?"
Li Xia said apologetically. He was already very careful.
"No, I haven't slept yet. The two little fellows are already asleep. They're sleeping soundly than little pigs.”
Li Xia smiled.
"Why aren't you asleep yet?"
"These, these are the fish you caught?!”
Chu Mengxi did not answer Li Xia. Instead, she walked to the water tank under the eaves and saw that it was filled with fish.
The fish was huge and fresh.
Chu Mengxi opened her mouth in shock. There were a total of 70 to 80 catties of fish in the water tank!
This, this was too much!
She found it unbelievable.
Although the river in Shangrong Village was big, there should be many wild fish.
However, it was publicly acknowledged that it was very difficult to fish.
Many people had tried, but they often returned empty-handed.
Everyone said that the fish in the river had all turned into spirits.
But why was fishing so easy for Li Xia?!
Moreover, he had caught so many fish in just one night?!
Chu Mengxi couldn't figure it out, but the only thing she could be sure of was that Li Xia was indeed very capable.
Fishing expert?
Li Xia opened the bamboo sieve and showed it to Chu Mengxi.""I made two cages during the day. These prawns, eels, and loaches are all from the cages.”
Chu Mengxi's chest was heaving up and down, and she seemed a little excited.
How much would it cost to sell all these aquatic products?!
Chu Mengxi turned her head and looked at the smiling Li Xia.
"In the future, I won't let you three suffer anymore.”
……
Late at night, Chu Mengxi's mood was not calm.
Her heart was in a mess.
Li Xia was lying in the room next door. They had already slept in separate beds.
Li Xia didn't fall asleep either. He was very excited.
The first day of rebirth, the first day of rebirth, he felt extremely fulfilled.
He secretly swore in his heart that he would work hard for Chu Mengxi and the two milk dumplings every day in the future.
In the end, both of them fell asleep in a daze…
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