From the first to fourth grades of elementary school, I went to the ancestral halls in the village. As I grew older, our game projects began to be more than just paper cannons, cigarette shells, cow rubber bands, battery shells, marbles, match guns, wooden carts, steel rings, etc. Our hobbies began to extend to secretly fishing in the ponds contracted by others, digging loaches in small ditches and small canals, and going out to wear earthworms and putting eels with embroidery needles at night. These things made us feel even more exciting and fulfilling!
To be honest, I can’t fish. Fishing requires patience and some skills. When I saw the float in the water sinking, I always pulled the rod too fast, or I would just pull it too late, so I couldn’t fall any big fish. Once I remembered it very clearly that a large fish was hooked. I pulled it hard, and the float still sank hard. The fishing line ran around in the water. I thought, good guy, I finally caught a big one, and pulled the rod up with all my strength. I sat on the ground. When I saw that there was only the bamboo pole and the fishing line were left, and the hook was gone!
Another time, I finally successfully fell on a small warehouse of flat fish. I was excited and quickly put it under the watermelon boron that I looked at. After a while, I looked back and saw that the fish disappeared. Later, I found that there was a mouse hole under my watermelon boron. The fish was probably taken away by a mouse. From then on, I gave up the idea of fishing through bamboo poles. I went to the small ditch and the small canal wouldn't catch fish?
I like to go to small ditches and small canals to catch fish and loaches, and I am also good at doing this, which is so full of endless fun!
I remember it was a summer afternoon. The sun was lazily sprinkling on the lake in the farmland, and colorful light was reflected on the lake surface. A few fish were bubbled and breathing open on the lake surface. Three or two dragonflies were flying happily in the air, chasing them for mating activities. There were a few yellow cows eating grass on the ridges of the farmland. Some uncles and uncles in the village were burying their heads in the orange fields. The rice was growing green in the paddy fields. Walking past the rice fields would alarm the cute frogs. Bunches of full corn hung on the poles in the cornfield, and snow-white cotton was blooming violently in the cotton fields. This was a harvest farmland, and this was a beautiful home in my mind!
There is a big lake next to my orange field. Whenever it doesn’t rain for many days and water is needed in the orange field or rice fields, I pump water from this lake with a machine. The water leads to the fields of each family through several ditches. The ditches are not cement, but soil. Whenever I don’t pump water, I can dig loaches into the soil of these ditches!
The steps and processes of digging loaches are roughly like this. Experienced people can tell which areas are haunted by loaches from the color and texture of the soil. Loaches generally like fertile mud, and those that look dark and have some small holes on the surface are more loaches!
The work of digging loaches begins like this. First, you need to enclose both ends of the area you think is suitable with soil, and then, you need to scoop the water in this enclosed area with a face plate. Some areas may have more water, but after the water is scooped, you may have unexpected harvests. For example, you may see several crucian carp, or even more unexpectedly, I once caught a turtle, which weighs about half a pound, making my mouth so big that I am so happy that these are just unexpected harvests. The purpose of scooping the water is to dig loaches in the dredge. When the water in this area is scooped, you can dig loaches in the mud!
Put your hands into the mud and then flip out to see if there is any loach in the mud that has been turned over. If there is, grab it and put it in a bamboo basket. The loach is slippery. People who have never caught the loach may have to work hard. Of course, people like me who enjoy digging loaches are all side dishes.
If there are a lot of loaches in the mud, then I feel so excited when I dig it up. I turn the soil with my hands and reveal several loaches from the mud. This feeling is like hoeing the field in the field, digging two gold bars with one hoe. That kind of mood can be described as ecstasy. Finally, I dug half a bamboo basket of loaches and took them home happily. My mother cooked them to eat at night. It was so delicious. The things I caught with my own hands tasted delicious!
Of course, when digging loaches, sometimes it is inevitable to dig snakes. Experienced people know that snake holes are generally deeper and look a little dry, but some idiots don’t care about these things and dig them inside when they see the holes, so sooner or later they will dig out snakes!
One time, Boss He dug a snake, and this guy tried it with his fingers into the hole. He was so excited that his eyes were big that there was a big eel!
I dug it out hard and saw that it turned out to be a big water snake that was not bitten. That was because this guy was lucky!
I have heard of this story. Two brothers in their teenage years old were digging loaches like us. After digging for a while, my brother suddenly felt a pain on his finger, as if he had been stabbed by a needle. There was a small blood mark on his finger. The younger brother thought it was nothing, so he put his finger in his mouth and sucked it a few times. As a result, he died the next day!
This story sounds really scary, especially for us loach-digging enthusiasts, it seems even more scary!
To be honest, I can’t fish. Fishing requires patience and some skills. When I saw the float in the water sinking, I always pulled the rod too fast, or I would just pull it too late, so I couldn’t fall any big fish. Once I remembered it very clearly that a large fish was hooked. I pulled it hard, and the float still sank hard. The fishing line ran around in the water. I thought, good guy, I finally caught a big one, and pulled the rod up with all my strength. I sat on the ground. When I saw that there was only the bamboo pole and the fishing line were left, and the hook was gone!
Another time, I finally successfully fell on a small warehouse of flat fish. I was excited and quickly put it under the watermelon boron that I looked at. After a while, I looked back and saw that the fish disappeared. Later, I found that there was a mouse hole under my watermelon boron. The fish was probably taken away by a mouse. From then on, I gave up the idea of fishing through bamboo poles. I went to the small ditch and the small canal wouldn't catch fish?
I like to go to small ditches and small canals to catch fish and loaches, and I am also good at doing this, which is so full of endless fun!
I remember it was a summer afternoon. The sun was lazily sprinkling on the lake in the farmland, and colorful light was reflected on the lake surface. A few fish were bubbled and breathing open on the lake surface. Three or two dragonflies were flying happily in the air, chasing them for mating activities. There were a few yellow cows eating grass on the ridges of the farmland. Some uncles and uncles in the village were burying their heads in the orange fields. The rice was growing green in the paddy fields. Walking past the rice fields would alarm the cute frogs. Bunches of full corn hung on the poles in the cornfield, and snow-white cotton was blooming violently in the cotton fields. This was a harvest farmland, and this was a beautiful home in my mind!
There is a big lake next to my orange field. Whenever it doesn’t rain for many days and water is needed in the orange field or rice fields, I pump water from this lake with a machine. The water leads to the fields of each family through several ditches. The ditches are not cement, but soil. Whenever I don’t pump water, I can dig loaches into the soil of these ditches!
The steps and processes of digging loaches are roughly like this. Experienced people can tell which areas are haunted by loaches from the color and texture of the soil. Loaches generally like fertile mud, and those that look dark and have some small holes on the surface are more loaches!
The work of digging loaches begins like this. First, you need to enclose both ends of the area you think is suitable with soil, and then, you need to scoop the water in this enclosed area with a face plate. Some areas may have more water, but after the water is scooped, you may have unexpected harvests. For example, you may see several crucian carp, or even more unexpectedly, I once caught a turtle, which weighs about half a pound, making my mouth so big that I am so happy that these are just unexpected harvests. The purpose of scooping the water is to dig loaches in the dredge. When the water in this area is scooped, you can dig loaches in the mud!
Put your hands into the mud and then flip out to see if there is any loach in the mud that has been turned over. If there is, grab it and put it in a bamboo basket. The loach is slippery. People who have never caught the loach may have to work hard. Of course, people like me who enjoy digging loaches are all side dishes.
If there are a lot of loaches in the mud, then I feel so excited when I dig it up. I turn the soil with my hands and reveal several loaches from the mud. This feeling is like hoeing the field in the field, digging two gold bars with one hoe. That kind of mood can be described as ecstasy. Finally, I dug half a bamboo basket of loaches and took them home happily. My mother cooked them to eat at night. It was so delicious. The things I caught with my own hands tasted delicious!
Of course, when digging loaches, sometimes it is inevitable to dig snakes. Experienced people know that snake holes are generally deeper and look a little dry, but some idiots don’t care about these things and dig them inside when they see the holes, so sooner or later they will dig out snakes!
One time, Boss He dug a snake, and this guy tried it with his fingers into the hole. He was so excited that his eyes were big that there was a big eel!
I dug it out hard and saw that it turned out to be a big water snake that was not bitten. That was because this guy was lucky!
I have heard of this story. Two brothers in their teenage years old were digging loaches like us. After digging for a while, my brother suddenly felt a pain on his finger, as if he had been stabbed by a needle. There was a small blood mark on his finger. The younger brother thought it was nothing, so he put his finger in his mouth and sucked it a few times. As a result, he died the next day!
This story sounds really scary, especially for us loach-digging enthusiasts, it seems even more scary!