Claude came home first after school on Saturday afternoon, changed into light clothes, and after thinking about it, he brought a set of underwear and underwear and stuffed them into his backpack. After spending a night and a day on the boat, no one could tell whether he would go into the water.
, bringing a change of clothes was also a good idea. Then I put on my matchlock gun and checked what I needed to bring again before going downstairs to go to the dock.
Downstairs, Claude was pestered by his brother Little Booker again, and even the little snow dog came over to join in the fun. After playing with Little Fatty and the puppy for a long time, Claude finally got away and said hello to his mother.
He called a carriage and left.
But after arriving at the dock, Claude was a little dumbfounded: "No, Erikson, the boat is so full, do we still have room to stay?"
Erikson was quite convinced, and the old god replied: "No, I just brought two nets and a seine net. Don't look at the piles so high now. When you get to the place and throw them down, the boat will be empty."
, there is plenty of room for us to toss around..."
Claude shook his head and smiled bitterly: "What you said is very simple. These are the block nets and seine nets used by your father's ocean-going fishing boat Red Sea Shark at sea. These nets are too big for use in the lake. Like
We were lucky to get that big black tiger fish last time. You can't think of catching another one...it's impossible..."
"It's not the sea blocker my father used. Don't worry, I won't make that mistake." Ericson said with a smile: "It belongs to Mrs. Welin's family next door. They are all new nets. They lent them to me for free to try out.
That’s why I took so much.”
Claude understood that Aunt Verin's house by the private dock of Erikson's family was a small workshop specializing in making and repairing fishing nets. Erikson had been among the group of aunts who darned fishing nets some time ago.
Familiar. The fishermen in Bailu Town have a custom. After weaving a new fishing net, they should throw it into the lake and soak it for three days. One is to test its firmness, and the other is to get some fishy smell in the lake, so that it will not smell like fish.
It will alert the fish in the water when hunting...
So Erikson was going to go fishing on the lake at night, so Mrs. Verin asked him to take a new fishing net over and try it out. If a new net is put into the water for trial use, if there is a catch, then this
The new net is more favored by those fishermen. They don't have to worry about not being able to sell it, and they can even raise the price...
"Then where should I go?" Claude looked at the small fishing boat.
The hull of this small fishing boat has been piled with fishing nets, leaving only the bow and stern that are a bit empty. The bow is only enough space for one person to sit, and the stern is where the helm is. It would be impossible if they were all crowded in the stern...
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"Just wait a minute. I'll ask Boa to go find Uncle Peg and ask him to bring an oilcloth from the warehouse. Then he will spread it on the fishing net and you can sit on the oilcloth." Erikson said.
It’s not that people can’t step on fishing nets, but people walking on them can easily fall into the mesh of the fishing nets, which will easily mix up the neatly stacked fishing nets, and it will be very troublesome to dismantle them. Secondly, the materials of these fishing nets can
It is not the acrylic and nylon of the time traveler's previous life. Trampling on it can easily cause wear and damage.
Erikson was quite thoughtful and laid a tarpaulin on top to avoid these troubles.
"Okay, I'll wait a moment then." Claude said, "Boa is the only one, hasn't Vero come yet?"
"I should be here soon. His home is the farthest."
After waiting for a while, Bockar came over with a roll of oilcloth on his back. He was overjoyed to see Claude: "Come and help me, I'm exhausted."
Claude first put the matchlock gun on the ground, then ran over to take it, and complained: "Why don't you ask Ike to go get it with you?"
Bokoal cursed: "This guy said he was exhausted carrying those fishing nets onto the boat, and now he's stuck at the stern of the boat making it inconvenient to get up."
"You're stupid!" Claude took the oilcloth and put it on his shoulder: "Can he get so many fishing nets onto the boat by himself? Someone else obviously helped him. Do you really believe what he said..."
At this time, Viricero also came over. When Bockar saw him, he shouted to him: "Don't come over yet. Uncle Peg also has a bucket of red worm bait in his room. You can bring it over by the way."
Finally, the tarpaulin was laid out, and everyone got on the boat. Verricro stuffed the small wooden barrel containing red worm bait into the gap between the fishing net and the side of the boat. Then he sat on the tarpaulin. Not to mention, there were fishing nets piled under the tarpaulin.
It's quite comfortable to sit on.
"Let's set sail, it's almost dark," Bockaar said to Erikson, who was untying the mooring rope at the stern.
Erikson pointed to a long pole hung on the bow of the boat: "Go and help me hold the boat open first. It's windy today, so there's no need to row. When we leave the dock, Boa, you can help me raise half the sail. That's right.
Yes, there is a fish skin lantern hanging on the bow of the boat. Claude, go and light it and hang it on the mast."
After a lot of busy work, the small fishing boat finally left the pier slowly and leisurely.
"The wind was a bit strong at night." Bockaar was now lying on the oilcloth: "The boat is swinging so much that it doesn't feel very stable. It feels like it will capsize..."
"Shut up!" Erikson was furious: "Fat man, can't you say something nice! You just started sailing and you talked nonsense, can't you say something nice?"
This was Erikson's favorite little fishing boat, and he couldn't bear to be criticized by others, especially when he heard Bockaar say that the boat was going to capsize. He even blurted out Bockaar's most taboo nickname, Fatty.
"Why, I'm just talking about my own feelings! I didn't curse your boat. It's really going to capsize. Are you so proud that you want to quarrel?" Bockaar was not to be outdone.
"Okay, stop arguing. Boa, please pay attention. After all, this fishing boat sets sail for the first time today. We have to say auspicious words, understand." Claude stopped their quarrel and then asked: "That's right.
,Ike, which direction are we going?"
"To the northwest, there are large reeds on the shore of the lake near the Kermida Swamp, and there are many water birds. It will be a good time for you to practice your guns tomorrow morning. In addition, there are not many fishing boats there, so we can find a good place to set the net.
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Erikson looked at the inflated sail: "The wind is strong at night. It looks like we can get there in about two hours."
There are still two hours left...Claude thought that he should take this opportunity to practice meditation?
So he said: "Then I will sleep for a while, Boa, please come over."
Bockaar moved away a little unhappily: "Claude, what's wrong with you during this time? I keep seeing you sleeping. You took a nap in class and you're still sleeping now. You're almost like a sleeping baby..."
Yeah...that's right, there's no way to catch up on sleep by going to class every day. Someone will notice something abnormal after a long time...Claude immediately became alert, what should he do? Should he practice meditation one less time every night?
Surgery and then go to bed early?
"Class is so boring that I just want to sleep. Do you think I've ever wanted to sleep in the physical science class in the afternoon?" Claude could only laugh: "Besides, I can help you stay up late at night so that you can have a good sleep.
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"Yes, those liberal arts teachers studying in class are like flies buzzing next to their ears. They make you want to fall asleep even if you don't want to sleep..." Verricro said that he had the same feeling. He used to lie down in the morning.
Sleeping on the desk, but now there is an additional friend, Claude.
Blue comes out and blue is better than blue. In the past, Viricolo only slept occasionally during morning classes, but now Claude sleeps almost every morning.
As for Bokoal and Erikson, they don't sleep but read books or play games. They can play a game of War Beast Chess all morning. The teaching in the school is generally more laissez-faire to the scumbags who sit at the back of the class, as long as it does not affect them.
Classroom order doesn't matter what they are doing.
Claude originally wanted to practice meditation, but suddenly realized that now was not the time. When he was practicing meditation, he had no sense of the outside world. Otherwise, so many people would have surrounded the big red brick house that night and pointed fingers at him.
He discovered it instead of waiting until he wakes up after practicing and then finds out that he was regarded as a thief...
Although Bok Al beside him moved a little bit, the boat is so big and there are still fishing nets piled up, so it is normal for it to get bumped by something. But when I was practicing, my friends found that they had no reaction.
Will he pinch someone, slap him in the face, and come to the hospital for first aid? Just thinking about it makes Claude shiver all over...
Should I practice meditation? Claude was caught in a conflict, and then he really fell asleep thinking about it...
No one touched Claude's body, and no one gave Claude first aid or anything. However, Claude didn't sleep for too long. When he woke up, the sky was filled with stars. Bockar, who was lying next to him, was sleeping.
Very deep and snoring slightly.
Rubbing his face, Claude sat up and found that Viricolo was steering the ship, with Ericson standing next to him.
"How long have I slept?" Claude asked.
"More than an hour." Viricero replied in a buzzing voice.
"How long will it take to arrive?"
"Come on, have you seen the reeds on the shore of the lake? We have to go a little further." Ericson pointed to the front and said.
In the distance is the outline of the mountains, and the dark jungle under the mountains should be the reeds that Erikson mentioned.
Just looking at the short distance, it was a long mileage for a small fishing boat. After driving for about half an hour, Erikson lowered the lead weight on the stern of the boat to measure the water depth. After a while, he quickly
Satisfied, he said: "Okay, let's leave it here. Claude, call Boa up. Let's put down the blocker first. After the blocker is put in place, we can then go to the front and put the fence. I think there should be a good harvest."
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Bockar was still a little confused when he was woken up. If Claude hadn't grabbed him quickly, he might have fallen into the lake. At least he finally woke up after being frightened and helped Claude.
De rolled up the oilcloth and put the two blocks into the lake according to Erikson's instructions. These two blocks were a bit big, one was eight meters long and the other was ten meters long, but they were only about three meters wide.
, just put it into a place with a water depth of more than three meters.
After setting up the block net, the small fishing boat drove forward for about ten minutes, and now it started to put out the seine net. This seine net is more than 20 meters long and only 2.4 meters wide. It stretches a long line on the water.
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The deck of the ship was finally empty. Ericson opened a hatch and reached out and took out a few linen towels: "Everyone, please wash your faces first."
Bockaar took the towel and stretched it into the cold lake water before picking it up and wringing it out. While wiping his face, he asked: "Can we start the barbecue now? I'm a little hungry."
"Be patient for about ten minutes, wait until we set up a net first to see what we can catch. Otherwise, there will be no place to put the things on the boat when we pull up the seine. We still have to see if we can get some fish."
Come have a barbecue..." Ericson said.
Vericero was not polite. He took out a paper bag from the hatch that lifted the lid: "Let's eat some honey and milk bread to cushion our stomachs first."
A bag of twelve fist-sized breads was devoured by four people. Seeing that it was almost time, Erikson ordered the boat to be hauled up.
Raising a seine is very labor-intensive. Unlike blocking a net, you only need to pull one end to get on the boat. When pulling the seine onto the boat, you need to pull both ends so that the seine forms a circle on the water surface, and then pull the rope that lowers the seine into the water.
This is to close the net. When the rope below is tightened, the whole seine becomes a fan shape, so the fish within the scope of the seine cannot escape.
It took more than half an hour to seize the fish before they were pulled onto the boat, but the harvest was not much, only seven or eight fish. However, there were three long-tailed saury fish that were more than one foot long. There was no shortage of fish for the evening barbecue.
After the seine was put into the water again, the barbecue party on the boat finally began.