Everyone thinks that weaving eel cages is a great science.

Wait until you follow Lu Quan for a walk, and lower the right-angle cage and horn cage to the river beach, beside the ditch, in the rice field...

Only then did everyone realize that there is so much knowledge in eel cages.

Early the next morning, before Lu Quan could get up, several men who had gone to lower the eel cage with Lu Quan yesterday gathered together to collect the eel cage from the Lu family.

If you take it back earlier, wash and dry it, you guys can go cut bamboo with Lu Quan earlier and learn the art of weaving eel cages.

You all learned how to weave an eel cage yesterday, and also learned how to lower the eel cage. You are just waiting to show off your skills when you come home from cutting bamboo.

And the one who was skillful with his hands was filled with pride, always feeling that he must have learned it first so that he could catch fish earlier and earn money.

Those with a flexible mind have already begun to think, is there any other place around Jiangjiaba that is suitable for setting up eel cages and where fish can be found?

"Crackling..."

One by one, long fish fell out of the eel cage and into the large wooden basin filled with water.

"This horn cage is great. There are three long fish of the same size here."

"I think this kind of right-angled cage is better. It's simple and saves trouble. You can see that there are many fish in it. There are long fish in each cage."

"I think when my family knits it, it will be the same as Brother Lu's family, with some right angles and horns."

"That's what I think too. I'll make up some of them so I can know which one is better."

Watching the thick and thin long fish clattering into the big wooden basin of the Lu family, whether it was the men participating, or the women and children watching on the sidelines, everyone's faces were filled with joyful smiles.

There are so many long fish, how much money do they cost?

From now on, this will be their own craft.

This was also the first time that when they saw that the Lu family had caught so many long fish, they did not feel jealous, but were filled with joy.

It's like seeing that your own home can get so many long fish just because you know how to weave eel traps and how to lay eel traps.

The men collected the eel cages and immediately sailed the boat to chop bamboo.

One fishing boat after another went to the bamboo forest where Lu Quan went last time.

Because it was a bamboo forest not far from the Guanyin Temple, everyone’s mood was a little complicated.

There is happiness, sadness, and memories...

The children are okay, some of them were still young when they left the village, and more were born after they left the village.

Because they were young, they had little memory of this river beach.

Only during the Qingming Festival every year, they would be brought here by their father and brothers to find a place to stay and kowtow a few times in front of a deserted swamp.

It is said that in this lush underground area, there are their ancestral graves, their relatives and villages swept away by the flood, and large fields.

For adults, the place that almost turned into a swamp was the place where they were born and grew up.

There is their childhood there, their brothers and sisters who grew up together, and their grandparents.

But now, everything is gone, leaving only the seven families living together in Wild Pier.

Everyone bought paper money at the same time, and agreed to go to the bamboo forest to worship first.

They come to this waterway several times a year, but they can't find the bones of their relatives or the location of their ancestral graves. They can only burn paper on the small soil slope near the bamboo forest.

It was only when they arrived here that they remembered that although they and Lu Quan had different surnames, they escaped from the same village.

They are seven families who have been with each other through ups and downs over the years, and they are no longer more than relatives.

At the wild pier, seven fishing boats left the water, and the pier immediately became empty.

The women and children who stayed at home did not go home. They all crowded in front of the Lu family's shack.

The children do not understand the joy of adults, but they are happy because of the joy of their parents. They were held down by their parents at home and told them to be good to the little sisters of the Lu family and not to fight with the children of the Lu family. See

Auntie Lu wants to call someone...

Even so, no one in this group of children was unhappy and wanted to go against the grain.

My parents told me that the Lu family's uncle taught the family how to weave eel cages with fish under them, which was to save everyone's life.

Of course I want to be kind to the child of my savior.

This is something that even children understand.

The men all set up boats to cut bamboo, and the women were reluctant to leave.

This time, not only were they not jealous of the Lu family for getting so many long fish, they even rushed over to help Qiu wash the eel cages.

Even Lu Xiaowu was picked up by Aunt Li first: "You two, just go to Fushun to deliver the long fish. It's better to send the long fish earlier. Keeping it at home will make you lose your weight."

It doesn't matter if we come back sooner or later. If Xiaowu is hungry, I'll make rice cereal for him to drink."

Seeing that Lu Xiaowu was snatched away by Mrs. Li Cangan, the other aunts could only roll up their sleeves and help the Lu family pack up the loaches they had been raising in wooden barrels for the past few days.

"We will kill this loach for you. Once you deliver the long fish, we can cook it at noon, and give it to Uncle Lu just in time to drink when he comes back."

Ms. Qiu couldn't stop her even if she wanted to. She could only watch as everyone unceremoniously took away her daily work.

Even the clothes Xiao Qing was mending and the soles of Xiao Li's shoes were snatched away.

Two aunts actually took brooms and started cleaning even her shack.

Mrs. Qiu stood in front of the shack helplessly: "What are you doing!"

She had never been treated so politely before, so she was frightened and at a loss!

"Go quickly, go quickly, you don't have to worry about things at home, we promise to clean up everything neatly for you when we come back."

"That's right, go quickly. When the men come back later, they will be busy."

"It's good to be busy. It's better to be busy and earn money. It's better not to be hungry."

While saying this, some aunts even raised their sleeves to cover their eyes.

They are so poor and scared that even if they are given a little bit of hope, they would rather risk their lives.

"Mom, don't take it to heart."

On the way, Lu Sheige comforted Mrs. Qiu: "The aunts are so enthusiastic today because Dad is willing to teach them how to weave eel cages and make fish grow. They feel they owe us family favors."

"I understand the truth!" Mrs. Qiu sighed, "But what should we do if we make eel cages and the fish grow and we can't make any money?"

When the time comes, I'm afraid that I will be blamed by everyone again.

"How come you can't make money? If you don't pay, you'll just earn more and less. We've taught them their skills. Whether they can make money or not is their business." Lu Sheige felt that Qiu's worries were unfounded.

Mrs. Qiu lifted up the bamboo basket with the long fish on her back and did not continue talking.

Because of the bamboo basket, Lu Quan didn't have to carry the wooden bucket of water when he went to Fushun to deliver long fish.

The bamboo baskets are carefully woven but do not retain water, and the eels cannot get out. Just put a thicker oilcloth on the back. Even if they weigh twenty or thirty pounds, whether it is Lu Quan or Qiu, they have to go to town.

Send long fish and you won’t be tired.

This time, it was Mrs. Qiu who was going to deliver the long fish and calculated the money. Mrs. Qiu was also invited by the chef from Lai Fushun to taste the dishes in the back kitchen.

By the time Mr. Qiu was in the back kitchen, trying out the dishes, Lu Xiangge was already sitting in the shop listening to shopkeeper Li chatting with the diners in the shop for a long time.
Chapter completed!