Chapter 636: My Luck to Get, My Fate to Lose

One has to admit that the fish harvest from this net was truly quite a lot, at least four hundred *jin* or more.

It was just that pulling things out of the water was completely different from lifting things up on the ground.

Perhaps this kind of thing was something that fishing enthusiasts felt most deeply. It was like fishing for a fish that was only 2 *jin* or so, but when lifting the rod, one would feel that this fish was quite heavy.

Although the fishing rod belonged to a force-multiplying lever and had the power of the fish itself swimming, in reality, the main reason was that the force of the water was relatively large.

It was also because of this that Wang Dazhu, Wang An, and a horse were so struggling to pull.

After catching their breath, Wang An said with a smile: "Dad, look at this fish harvest, is there still any feeling that that bit of cornmeal was wasted?"

Wang Dazhu rolled his eyes at Wang An:

"I said that that liquor and brown sugar were wasted, I didn't say the cornmeal was wasted?"

Looking at his old man who was being serious, Wang An laughed: "I tell you, Dad, money is not spent in vain. If there were no liquor and brown sugar, just relying on that little cornmeal, the fish in the bait wouldn't be able to be that many."

After a pause, mainly because he found that Wang Dazhu's expression didn't change, Wang An continued:

"I just feel that in everything, you have to give to get. This stingy thinking of you guys really needs to be changed."

Wang Dazhu revealed a thoughtful expression upon hearing this. After a while, Wang Dazhu said stubbornly:

"You little rabbit, you're even educating your father. I'm your father, I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice, can I not know this little thing?"

Wang An looked at his old man's face full of indignation and subconsciously laughed loudly, laughing while prevaricating:

"Yes, yes, yes, you are my father, you don't eat every day, you just gnaw on salt every meal."

Wang Dazhu looked at Wang An's appearance, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but slightly lift, then rolled his eyes at Wang An:

"Okay, stop laughing foolishly, quickly pour out the net, isn't there another bait?"

After saying this, Wang Dazhu walked toward the fishing net, and Wang An also followed behind with a smile.

The grandfather and grandson worked together to open the fishing net and then poured it onto the land on the bank, and the fish started jumping.

One has to admit that the fish in the river were truly lively, and their energy was also quite vigorous.

Three sturgeon fish, the largest was sixteen or seventeen *jin*, and the smallest was three or four *jin*. A large taimen was also about ten *jin*.

There were also quite a few *ao* flowers, crucian flowers, and bream flowers, all ranging from two or three *jin* to four or five *jin*.

A large mountain fish was about 20 *jin*, and there were quite a few ordinary catfish and *gaya* fish.

And the fish with the largest quantity was carp, grass carp, crucian carp, and some small miscellaneous fish. These fish accounted for more than half of the weight.

One has to admit that this net of fish had quite a few varieties.

Not caring about this pile of fish, the grandfather and grandson folded the net, then led the horse and carried the shaft, and walked toward the next bait.

At this time, the water splashes on the second bait were no longer very large, which proved that the big fish in the bait had run away quite a bit. Actually, this was also normal.

Because baiting with liquor and brown sugar was like this; gathering bait was relatively fast, but when the liquor and brown sugar were completely washed away by the water, the fish school would follow the smell of liquor and swim downstream.

Seeing this situation, Wang Dazhu didn't say a word and performed the same operation to cast the fishing net.

There were few fish, so there were few fish pushing the net up, so the net sank in the water quickly. After the rope in Wang Dazhu's hand no longer sank into the water, Wang Dazhu started retrieving the net. Just as Wang Dazhu was retrieving the net, he complained to himself: "This is annoying, this is annoying, came late, the big fish have all run away."

Wang Dazhu retrieved the net, and Wang An naturally stepped forward to help. With one touch, Wang An felt that there weren't many fish in this net.

To tell the truth, although Wang Dazhu had a very regretful look, Wang An didn't have any feeling.

Whether hunting or fishing, it was actually the same. It was my luck to get, my fate to lose. Just have a harvest, how could it always be full of harvest?

The grandfather and grandson didn't use the horse to help pull, and pulled this net of fish out. It was about several dozen *jin*, less than one hundred *jin*.

Looking at the not-so-many fish harvest in the net, Wang Dazhu sucked his teeth again and said annoyedly again:

"Oh, came late, otherwise it would definitely be much more than this."

Wang An saw this and comforted:

"That net just now was enough. There's no way to eat so many fish, and it will smell in two days. If you want to eat, come back for another net in two days."

Wang Dazhu retorted:

"Why can't it be kept? This fish is easy to raise in spring. Those large vats in our house are all idle. Just fill them with water and put the fish in, and they won't die for a month."

Wang An instantly lit up upon hearing this. How could he have forgotten those large vats?

Thinking of this, Wang An subconsciously asked: "The pile of fish just now is just drying there. By the time we get home, won't those fish all be dead?"

Wang Dazhu said indifferently:

"It's okay, it's not that easy to die. They won't die even after another two hours."

Although Wang An still had doubts, he nodded. The main thing was that the question of how long fish could live after leaving the water was something Wang An had never studied, whether in his past life or this life.

Don't express your own views randomly on things you don't understand; this was something Wang An had always advocated.

As they spoke, the grandfather and grandson worked together to start loading fish into the sack.

This time, whether it was big fish or small fish, Wang An didn't let go of any of them. The key was that there were still dogs, lynxes, and wild boars at home that needed to be fed, and for them, fish was the best food.

After loading the fish and hanging the thousand-catty hook on the harness back on the lower beam of the cart, the grandfather and grandson drove the cart toward home.

When the grandfather and grandson, Wang Dazhu and Wang An, returned to their own courtyard, Wang Dazhu's family was also there.

It could be seen that the second aunt, Yao Ping, had just cried, and her eyes were still red and swollen. However, seeing the grandfather and grandson driving the horse cart into the courtyard, Yao Ping walked a few steps toward the horse cart with a face full of smiles.

While walking, she said: "Look at my eldest nephew, he is so sensible. As soon as he returns, he helps send manure to the fields."

After saying this, Yao Ping turned her head and said to Wang Dazhu with a complaining tone:

"Dazhu, you too. If you are too busy, call your second brother and me. Why let the child do work as soon as he returns?"

At the very least, what she said sounded particularly pleasant to the ear.

At the very least, the words she said made people feel particularly pleasant.