After fishing for about an hour, Fatty Gao and Wang Jian caught two and one large crucian carp respectively. They were quite big, enough to weigh over half a catty, but Hong Tao didn't catch a single fish. This was mainly due to Hong Tao's unwillingness to do so.
It has something to do with changing earthworms frequently. Earthworms are full of mud. Every time you change the bait, you will get sticky things on your fingers, so Hong Tao is too lazy to change. But when he saw that both of them were catching fish, it was just a small talk in his mouth.
There were more of them, so Hong Tao decided to try to see if the special-effect bait he had brought would work in winter.
Seeing Hong Tao take out the bait basin, Fatty Gao and Wang Jian burst out laughing. They all accused Hong Tao of being impatient and starting to play tricks before catching fish. There is no way to catch winter fishing with a vegetarian diet. But Hong Tao ignored the ridicule of the two of them.
I opened half a bag of fishing bait on my own, of course it was the old formula and highly effective one.
After opening the bait, without even waking up, I pinched a small piece on the hook and threw it into the water. At the same time, I also picked up the other fishing rod and replaced it with new bait.
"I said, can you catch fish here? I've already caught three. Hey, this big crucian carp is quite powerful." Fatty Gao looked at where Hong Tao was busy, and he was very sarcastic and ridiculed.
"If your earthworms have been left in the water for too long, you have to bring them out and replace them with fresh ones. You are in a trough, so why don't you just throw them in there and ignore them?" Wang Jian also expressed his opinion.
"I'm happy to. Let's agree first. Whoever catches the least will buy dinner. It's 1 o'clock now and we'll finish fishing at 4 o'clock. You can't cheat." Hong Tao is still stubborn. It's not that he has confidence in his bait. It's just that he has confidence in his bait.
To scare those two arrogant guys.
"Okay, we won't bully you. From now on, the fish we caught just now don't count." Fatty Gao was the first to respond.
"If you want to invite us to dinner, just say so. It's so hurtful to engage in such little tricks, isn't it, Brother Gao?" Wang Jian became even more embarrassed.
After fishing for another half an hour, I don’t know if the new bait Hong Tao changed worked or if the wind and water turned to his side. The first fish caught was actually Hong Tao. A crucian carp weighing more than half a kilogram was honestly caught.
The ice cave was proposed. More than ten minutes later, another large crucian carp was caught by Hong Tao.
This is when Fatty Gao and Wang Jian can't sit still. Fatty Gao is the oldest and is too embarrassed to ask Hong Tao for bait and insists on fishing with earthworms. But Wang Jian doesn't care about that. It's all about losing face. Catching fish is the most important thing.
, but he was just a wallflower, using earthworms on one pole and pellet bait on the other, which made Fatty Gao and Hong Tao despise him.
We continued fishing until 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Hong Tao caught 7 crucian carp, Gao Fatty caught 3, and Wang Jian didn't catch any. The cruel fact forced him to abandon Gao Fatty and started fishing with Hong Tao's bait.
Needless to say, not long after I changed the bait, I caught a big crucian carp.
"Let me tell you guys, this little tent of yours is really nice. It blocks the wind and doesn't block the light." Just when Wang Jian was about to catch up and wash away his shame, there were voices outside the tent, and the tent opened to the south.
When the door opened, an old man in his 50s was standing outside the tent, looking around.
"Hey, you come in and sit for a while. I'll go out and get some fresh air. The place inside is a bit small and it's too stuffy." Wang Jian, who was feeling that there was no hope of victory, saw someone, dropped his fishing rod and got out.
"Then I'm sorry to bother you." The old man lowered his head and got into the tent, carefully looked at the furnishings inside the tent, and admired the opening at the bottom of the tent to expose the ice cave for fishing.
"Are you fishing with plain bait?" Hong Tao caught another crucian carp while chatting. When he baited again, the old man discovered the bait he used.
"Oh, it's very useful. It's faster than an earthworm." Hong Tao said casually.
"No way, we all use live bait for winter fishing. It's still not easy to catch fish like this. How can you do it with plain bait?" The old man didn't believe it.
"Hey, this is the first time I've seen people fishing with plain bait today. Not to mention, they caught more fish than I did with earthworms. No, most of them were caught by him. He prepared the bait himself. It's very good in summer.
It works, I didn’t expect it to work in winter too.” Fatty Gao said from the side.
"Can you show it to me?" The old man was curious.
"That's it." Hong Tao handed over the remaining half bag of bait.
"...Isn't this just granular powder?" The old man took it, put it under his nose and smelled it first, then picked up a little with his fingers and rubbed it, and finally put a little into his mouth and tasted it.
"Hey, I had the same feeling when I used it for the first time, but I couldn't accept it. In the West Sea of Houhai, most fishermen know that the bait he sells is guaranteed to catch fish, and if you don't catch fish, you'll get your money back." Fatty Gao said.
Whenever I get the chance, I help Hong Tao sit in advertisements.
"You still sell fishing bait? How do you sell this?" The old man became a little interested, because Hong Tao's hook caught fish again.
"I opened a fishing gear shop on the north shore of Houhai, called Cai Lin, and this pack costs 50 yuan." Hong Tao answered while picking fish.
"I know Houhai. The price is quite high. It's more expensive than things from Japan."
"The little Japanese baits don't dare to catch fish, so I'll catch fish for you." Hong Tao promised, patting his chest.
"That's it. I'll go over and have a look when spring starts. You guys have fun while I go back first." The old man got out of the tent with a smile and walked towards a group of people in the distance. The group of people were on the ice when Hong Tao and the others came.
There were about 7 or 8 people fishing, and the old man was probably among them. He came over to take a look after seeing the ice fishing tents fresh.
"I said, Wang Jian, you are cheating. You have to treat me tonight." When Fatty Gao saw the old man leaving, he said to Wang Jian who came in.
"Tch, this is hard to say. I was about to connect the rod just now. No one is coming here. I just went out. I can treat you, but I didn't lose." This is a typical thief from his hometown who fell into the meat pot:
The meat is rotten but the mouth is not rotten!
Although Wang Jian refused to admit defeat until he died, he still had to pay for dinner in the evening. The three of them returned to the store, grabbed Gao Ming, who was looking at the store, and together they rushed to Dongzhimen Inner Street, which became the famous Beijing Restaurant Street in later generations.
, Guijie. However, Guijie has not been renovated at this time. Both sides of the road are still the facades of small bungalows. The street is not as wide as it is now, but it looks more warm.
The four of them found a restaurant that mainly served boiled fish, ordered a grass carp and a few side dishes, opened a bottle of Red Star Royal Wine, and then started eating, drinking, and chatting. Of course, Gao Ming was still young and had learned to smoke.
Don't learn to drink, just get a glass of apple juice or something to drink. And these days, there are no regulations that require you to be detained if you are caught drunk driving, so Wang Jian can still drink even if he is driving.
For fishermen, there is anticipation before going to the fishing ground, fighting when arriving at the fishing ground, and summary after leaving the fishing ground. Usually the last step is very critical. After playing for a day, everyone is sitting together and having fun.
, and after two more drinks, the people you already knew will become more familiar, and the friendship between the people you were familiar with will become deeper, and the people you didn’t know before will also get to know each other better at the wine table. Therefore, the more you drink, the thicker the wine will be, and the better your cards will be.
The bet is thinner.
"The place Xiao Hong found is really good. There are few people but many fish. I caught one crucian carp for almost 1 and a half times. It is so wide that I almost got stuck in the ice hole and couldn't get out." After three rounds of drinking,
After the dish was finished, the tall fat man stopped his chopsticks and blew out a circle of smoke.
"I'm going to play two more times before the Spring Festival. This time I don't need to bring earthworms. I just need Hong Tao's fish food. It saves trouble." Wang Jian is obviously a little addicted to ice fishing. He just finished this time and started planning the next time.
"If you want to have fun, go to an outdoor supplies store and buy a gas stove that burns methane gas, and buy a few cans of methane gas to take with you. Then we can not only drink hot tea, but also cook instant noodles and so on.
It’s all convenient. Also, do you have any old carpets in Brother Gao’s unit? Cut one and take it with you so that our feet won’t freeze as much when we sit on the ice.” Although Hong Tao is the youngest, he knows the most about this kind of outdoor daily necessities.
In later generations, he often went fishing in distant places with his fishing friends, and he brought much more complete equipment than this.
"Okay, Brother Gao doesn't need to look for it. We have an old carpet at home. It's made of pure wool. I burned a hole in it when I smoked. I kept throwing it on the balcony and it's useless. It just happened to be used. I heard you talk about that gas stove for the first time.
"Tell me, is it similar to the stove used to cook mutton?" Wang Jian agreed, but he was still not sure what kind of gas stove it was.
