Summer is scorching and the heat is blowing.
The rice in the bathing ditch is also ripen rapidly, the leaves are turning yellow, and the chaff is also turning yellow.
The Li family also began to make the final preparations before harvesting, opening up the paddy fields and releasing water, digging drainage ditches to dry the fields.
"Catch a Fish" Before releasing the water, the Li family had to catch all the fish in the field, and these fish had been raised for half a year, and they all had one or two catties each, which was quite fat.
It is suitable for pickling rice and fish, and some will be salvaged and sent to Chang'an every day during this time.
Now there are not many fish in the field, and this time I have to catch them all at once.
The steward shouted loudly in the town.
The Li family fishes, but only those that are more than half a catty, and those that are smaller will not be able to catch them.
Therefore, by the way, I informed the villagers in the town and asked them to go if they wanted to fish.
As long as the Li family finishes catching the big fish, they can go down to net the small fish.
After the fish is fished, it is necessary to dig a ditch to drain the land and dry the field.
Li Chao usually likes to eat fish and also likes to catch fish.
Fishing nets are loved by fish, and catching fish is also a pleasure.
The sun was just a little westerly, and it was not so powerful, Li Chao couldn't wait to put on short sleeves, vests, and straw hats, and then held a triangular net pocket in one hand and a wooden barrel in the other.
Cheng Qian was dressed up like Li Chao and was eager to try.
In the town, villagers and merchants also carried buckets and nets to participate.
It's not that you can't afford to buy a few fish, but it's a real pleasure.
When the sun was not so strong, when Li crossed the door, at least thousands of people followed him to the bathing ditch.
More than 3,000 acres of terraced fields, the place is very large, there are a lot of fish, even if there are 100 catties of fish in one acre, this can at least catch more than 300,000 catties.
What's more, according to the previous fishing situation, this year's fish harvest is a lot, and one mu is more than 100 catties.
If you feed some feed or something, dig a few more ditches, make two more pools, and raise seven or eight hundred catties of fish in an acre of field.
It's just that this year is only the second time to raise, so the fry are less released, after all, there are more fish raised, and a marketing problem has to be considered.
The fish raised in the rice fields of the Li family usually sell well, and they are used a lot in their own restaurants and restaurants, and they are often bought in other restaurants in Beijing.
Because the Li family's fish are raised by themselves, they are all fresh, and most of them are alive when they are sent to Chang'an, so they have a good reputation.
Moreover, the service of Lijia Fish Shop is also good, it will help people deliver fish to their doors, and even kill fish for customers, which is highly praised.
However, now, disposable dried fish can't sell so much, and most of them have to be made into pickled fish.
"Vacancies" Lao Zhuang gave the first order, so the long-term workers of the Li family began to hold the hoe to open the gap in the ridge, the water was released loudly, and flowed into the ponds through the canal, the water is still useful, and after the rice is harvested and soybeans are planted, you can also put water into the field to water the ground.
There are many reservoirs along the terraces, and at intervals, there are many reservoirs to store rainwater, and it is not necessary to rely entirely on waterwheels to carry water.
When digging the gap, some people put their net pockets in the gap to block them, and small fish and shrimp will also catch them.
The long-term workers continued to work with their hoes, digging a few more drainage ditches in the fields, and the rice was already ripe, and it was okay to dig the mud and soil to the side.
The water slowly decreased, and the fish in those ditches began to swim non-stop, waving wave after wave.
The catch of the fish began.
Li Chao took the lead, went down to the ditch barefoot, fished with a net, and Cheng Qian followed.
One will be one, one will be another.
The water became more and more watery, and the ditch soon became muddy.
Some of the fish have already swam into the puddle in the corner of the field, and some fish are stranded in the ditch, and at this time they don't need to use a net, just reach out and catch it.
There are not only carp and crucian carp raised in the ditch, but also some other fish, which swim in from the pond when the water is released, such as black fish, catfish, yellow thorn fish, white stripes, and loaches, yellow eels, as well as snails, and river mussels, as well as mud snakes, water snakes, etc.
Cheng Qian shouted in the back, all kinds of enjoyment.
Li Chao swept the ditch a few times, the big fish were gone, and there were a lot of small fish and miscellaneous fish, so leave it to the villagers.
"Let's go, go to the puddle."
"Come and pick up the fish, the big fish is finished."
Li Chao shouted, so groups of old men, old women, children, and daughters-in-law immediately laughed and went down to the field.
Everyone was careful not to destroy the rice, but just walked through the ditch and reached out to touch the small fish left in the muddy water.
Occasionally, someone will touch a big fish weighing one or two pounds and be happy.
In this regard, the Li family will not come to collect the fish, whoever touches it is lucky.
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Many fish enter the puddle, which is not deep, and when the water is full, it is about a meter deep.
Only a little water was discharged, and the water in the puddle could not be discharged.
However, the Li family does not plan to drain the water of the puddle, leaving some water, which can ensure small fish fry, and when the rice is harvested, the beans will also need water, and the fish in the puddle will be caught directly with nets.
Drag it back and forth a few times.
The size of the mesh is just enough to pick up more than half a catty of fish, and the less than half a catty is kept.
As for some of the big fish that slipped through the net, forget it, and keep it for next year.
Some of the children jumped into the puddle and swam up.
These puddles specially dug for raising fish are generally about ten square meters, and the children toss in the water for a while, and the fish begin to jump out of the water.
"Touched a shell."
Cheng Qian was also in the water, and then he actually touched a soft-shelled turtle, at least two catties or more.
"Stew soft-shelled turtle soup at night and eat it."
In the field, there are buckets of fish in large wooden barrels.
When a bucket is filled, someone carries it downhill, and in the bathing ditch, there are several large water net boxes, and the fish can better survive when they are put in.
Even if it's processed rice cured fish, it's still alive and delicious.
In such weather, as soon as the fish dies, it will stink after a while, and it will be wasted.
Li Shimin took Hou Junji and Zhang Liang to Ba Shang and found that Li Zhen had significantly fewer people today.
As soon as I inquired, I went to the bathing ditch to fish.
When they came to the bathing ditch, they found that it was called a lively one.
In the terraces on both sides of the ditch, there are figures everywhere.
"I actually fished here and called Li Chao up."
Li Shimin was very unhappy.
Li Chao heard the housekeeper say that the emperor was coming, so he washed his hands and feet by the puddle without hurrying, and then pulled Cheng Qian back.
"Your Majesty."
Li Shimin did not speak.
Li Chao looked at Hou Junji with a black face again, and said with a smile, "Hou Da Fool is also here." ” Hou Junji's face immediately darkened, "Who do you say is Hou Da Fool?"
"Is there a second one surnamed Hou here?"
Cheng Qian mended the knife on the side, "What the prince said is really right, Hou is a fool." ” Hou Junji's eyes erupted with fire, but he didn't dare to spray at the prince, so he could only stare at Li Chao fiercely.
Li Shimin's face also darkened, he didn't say anything about Li Chao, but turned his head to the prince and said, "Presumptuous, how can you talk to the general" Cheng Qian pursed his lips and stopped talking.
"Your Majesty, are you here to eat fish?"
asked Li Chao with a deliberate smile. t1706231537: