Behind a small tree, Lao Liufangwen walked out with his toes exposed and a playful smile on his face, and said with a smile, "Fourth brother, you see I helped you dig up earthworms yesterday, you can take me with you."

There are seven brothers and sisters in my family, the eldest brother Fang Chen, the second brother Fang Yu, the third sister Fang Ting, I am the fourth child, the fifth child is Fang Hao, the sixth child is Fang Wen, and the youngest girl Fang Yao is the youngest in the family.

The eldest brother Fang Chen and the second brother Fang Yu are both married. The eldest brother is thirty-two this year, while the youngest Fang Yao is only five years old, only one year older than the eldest son of the eldest brother.

Nowadays, every family is like this, and it’s a terrible thing. If you have more children, you won’t be bullied, but if you have a small family, you will definitely be plotted by others.

Secondly... these days, people blow out lamps and pull out wax at night. There are no entertainment options and no safety measures, so the probability of pregnancy is naturally ridiculously high.

Lao Liufangwen is twelve years old this year, which is the age when people hate dogs. Just like ADHD, every dog ​​that passes by him will be slapped twice.

"I'm going to the edge of the ditch. It's full of water. It's very dangerous. You little brat, what will you do if you fall?" Fang Yuan said angrily.

Lao Liu hurriedly said, "If I don't come closer, why not stay further away?"

Fang Yuan saw Lao Liu's begging look and saw that it was getting late. Even if he drove this kid back now, he might sneak up and follow him later, which would be even more dangerous.

Fang Yuan thought for a while and could only say, "That's what you said! If I see you approaching the edge of the ditch, just wait to be beaten!"

"I promise not to come forward." Lao Liu's eyes flashed and he hurriedly ran to Fang Yuan and asked, "Brother, can there really be eels in that cage of yours!?"

"Eel? Not only eels, but also monkeys, river shrimps, loaches, and maybe even snakes!" Fang Yuan said with some expectation. Damn it, why did he get hungrier the more he talked about it?

The two brothers came to the edge of the ditch. Fang Yuan had been hungry since he was reborn. It was not easy to have enough food these days, so he had to find a way on his own.

At that time, I saw a lot of bamboo strips at home, so I simply used them to make eel cages, and then dug up earthworms to use as bait. I sewed them in the ditch at night last night, and came here early this morning to check the harvest.

Fang Wen followed his fourth brother like a follower, and the two of them followed the edge of the ditch to look for the eel cage that Fang Yuan had put in last night.

The eel cage must be lowered into the aquatic vegetation on the shore. The eel's habit is to dig into the mud and build a nest on the dam, so the cage must be lowered close to the shore.

"Fourth brother, won't the things you put down be washed away by the water?" Lao Liu asked.

"I tied it up with a rope, how could it run away so easily?"

"Then it won't be found, right?"

"I made a mark."

"That……!"

"Lao Liu, shut up. Why are you talking so much? Are you not hungry after talking too much?" Fang Yuan said angrily, motioning for Lao Liu to shut his mouth. This kid has quick hands and a quick mouth, and sometimes he can kill people.

The question collapsed and I just asked a hundred thousand whys.

As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Yuan found a mark he had made. He quickly went over and took a look. After confirming that it was the cage he had placed, he took off his shoes and threw it directly to Lao Liu. He went down barefoot to remove the cage.

Pulled up.

The eel cage looks like a vertebral body from the outside, like a cannon barrel, with openings at both ends, but there is something inside. There is a pouring spout made of bamboo strips, which becomes narrower and narrower as you go inward, until finally it suddenly becomes clear.

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The eel can only swim forward, it cannot reverse. In fact, it is not only the eel, but also loaches and snakes, and even some fish. So once it enters the mouth, it is impossible to get out again, because

It gets narrower and narrower as they go inside. There is no place for them to turn around, so they can only go in, and the exit has been covered by Fang Yuan.

There was also smeared with stinky mud mixed with minced earthworms. It smelled bad, but it was the favorite of river delicacies such as eels and loaches. It tempted the eels to go in. When they got to the place, they couldn't get out no matter how hard they tried.

Obediently wait inside for someone to harvest.

As soon as Fang Yuan grabbed the eel cage, he knew that there must be goods inside without opening it. The weight was different when he held it in his hand. It was heavy, which meant that there might be a lot of goods inside.

It was difficult to walk in the water, so Fang Yuan struggled to pull the eel cage ashore, mainly because he was hungry. If his body wasn't used to being hungry, and if it was replaced by his previous one, he might not be able to pull the eel cage up.

The kid Lao Liu was very discerning and immediately brought the bamboo basket over.

Fang Yuan stepped ashore and wet the mud on his feet in the water first. There was a lot of mud in the ditch, and when he put his foot down, even the gaps between his toes were covered with mud.

After washing, Fang Yuan was ready to open the cage. Fang Yuan wrapped the exit end of the eel cage with a plastic sheet and tied it with a thin rope several times.

At this time, just untie the thin rope and pull the plastic sheet to pour the contents of the cage out through the exit.

Fang Yuan untied the plastic sheet and raised the tail of the eel cage. He heard a popping sound and the contents of the eel cage fell into the bamboo basket like dumplings.

Lao Liu's eyes widened when he saw it. He didn't expect that there were so many things in the small eel cage.

And Fang Yuan was also happy. It has to be said that this undeveloped land is really rich now. Although it has not reached the level of beating roe deer with sticks and scooping fish with ladles, compared with a few decades later, it is still very rich.

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Not only were two large eels poured out of a cage, there was also a loach and a few river shrimps. The two eels were both big, about sixty centimeters long. Judging from Fang Yuan's experience, one of them was at least

It must weigh eight liang.

The two eels are fat and big. If you are inexperienced, you might think they are snakes at first glance. They are so plump and greedy. However, if you want to make this delicious, you need heavy oil and heavy ingredients.

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For example, the famous dish shredded eel in oil is fried quickly with hot oil. These days, ordinary families do not have this condition. Oil is a precious commodity. Who can pour half a pot of oil just to fry a dish? But eel in oil is really good.

To eat, Fang Yuan thought that if he could get gas coupons, he would definitely let his wife try it.

Fang Yuan looked at the eel poured out, and the more he looked at it, the rarer it became. Wild eels of this size would be too rare decades later. It is difficult to find a wild eel of half a catty, let alone eight taels.

, unlike my own cage, there are actually two of them weighing almost one pound.

But the loach was unlucky. Eels are ferocious and will bite people when they are in danger. Even when someone chops off the eel's head, the severed head can pop up and bite the chef's finger.

His ferocity is evident.

These two eels, probably after discovering that they were trapped, were aroused and attacked the things around them. As a result, the loaches were unlucky and were bitten to death.

After harvesting the first cage, Fang Yuan felt confident, so he took the bamboo basket and quickly found other cages, otherwise it would be bad if the eels died over time.

Dead eels cannot be eaten. Once they are dead, they are very easy to breed bacteria. They must be killed and eaten immediately, or cooked and then stored.

In general restaurants, fish and meat are kept in the freezer for ten days and a half, and they can be used without fail. But I have never heard of anyone who is brave enough to handle eel in this way. Otherwise, it will cause problems for the guests, and it will not be a matter of earning two dollars less.

That means going to jail.

Fang Yuan suddenly discovered that opening the eel cage was actually a kind of addictive feeling. It was like opening a blind box. You would never know what was inside until you opened the cage.

Fang Yuan opened seven cages at once, and there was at least one eel as a guarantee. The smallest among them was just over half a catty. Besides the eels, there were also river shrimps and a lot of loaches. The eels that came out of the last thirty-two cages were,

Fang Yuan estimated that the little one weighed at least fifty kilograms, and the largest one weighed more than a kilogram, and its body length was eighty centimeters. When Fang Yuan poured it down, its tail was still outside the cage and had not fully entered.

Scary.

"Lao Liu, tidy up the cage, let's go home quickly, otherwise these eels will suffocate to death." Fang Yuan strung the eel cages with ropes, and the two of them carried them separately. A dozen cages are not heavy for one person.
Chapter completed!