"Thank you so much, old man.If you hadn't told me about such a place, I don't know how long it would have taken me to find such a suitable location. ”For this kind of help, Yang Jing naturally will not be stingy with respectful praise.The old man waved his hand with a smile and said, "My old man is fifty-nine years old this year, but he has lived on this big river for fifty-six years!"
I followed my father on a boat when I was three years old, and at the age of six I started helping my family with fishing, so to speak, I have lived on this big river all my life.Even though the dam in front of me started more than 20 years ago and it started to store water, I have lived on this reservoir for more than 20 years, so I am naturally familiar with every inch of this place.It's not my old man who blows, if you want to find a place here, there's nothing my old man doesn't know.It doesn't matter if it's above or below the water's surface. ”The old man said with great confidence, as if a carpenter lived for Master Luban and programmed for Brother Gates, obviously this old man was really familiar with this place.The little guy next to him also shouted, "And me!"
I go fishing with my grandfather every week on vacation, and I'm familiar with this place!
”The old man touched the little guy's head affectionately, smiled and did not refute, obviously very fond of this eldest grandson.Hearing what the grandfather and son said, Yang Jing's heart moved, and then he said: "Old man, is this carp crutch you brought up for sale?"
”"Sell, if we don't sell it, we can't afford to eat it if we keep it ourselves, this thing is now more than a hundred pounds!"
The old man was stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face.He fished here all day, and of course he understood what the young man in front of him meant by asking.Authentic Yellow River carp is basically not seen on the market now, there are fishmongers in their area every day to collect fish, as long as there is authentic Yellow River carp, the current purchase price has reached one hundred and sixty-one catties, as for how much these fishmongers sell out, it is not for the old man to know.Of course, if he happens to catch the Yellow River carp and happens to meet tourists, then the old man will also sell it to tourists at the price that fishmongers buy.It's all the same money, and it's not for anyone to sell it to."
What?
Do you want to buy?
”The old man asked with a smile.Yang Jing nodded and said: "My family is from Lu Province, and when I was a child, I ate the Yellow River carp once in the Qi River on the bank of the Yellow River, and then I have never eaten authentic Yellow River carp again."
So seeing that you hit three carp crutches, I'm hungry here. ”The old man laughed, "Young man, the price of those fishmongers collecting carp is one hundred and sixty-one catties, and I won't ask you for more money, so I will get it at this price."
I have three here, one is five and a half pounds, one is seven pounds and four taels, and one is a little more than ten pounds, I can count ten pounds for you, which one do you want?
Or are they all in place?
”Yang Jing put the boat on the old man's fishing boat, thought for a while and said, "Old man, I bought the fish and ate it myself, and I can't eat it if it's too big." ”The old man nodded and said, "Well, that's just as well.In fact, this carp crutch is not the bigger the better, and the best carp crutch is between three catties and five catties.You buy this small one, this fish is five and a half pounds, eight hundred and eight. ”"Yo, this number is auspicious, but I don't have any change here, old man, such a good fish, I'll make it up for you!
It's not bad to be perfect, you say?
”Yang Jing said as he took out his wallet, took out ten red sheets of Grandpa Mao from it and handed them over."
Oh, how does this work?
My old man can't charge you more!
Wait, I'll find you. ”"Forget it, old man, it's not easy for you and your son, you come out to fish when it's so cold.Besides, this price is already very cheap, this is an authentic Yellow River carp, you can't buy it with money outside, I know this.So, you've been thinking about this amount of money for a long time, and I'm still dipped out.And I'll have to stay here for a long time, or you can give me a bucket and a net, and I'll put the fish in there, and at least I won't die." ”The old man was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "Zhong, just do as you say."
I have a spare bucket here, I give it to you, you fill half a bucket of water and put this carp crutch in the net pocket and then put it in the bucket, I will make sure you are okay for half a day. ”As he spoke, the old man picked up a plastic bucket with a diameter of 40 centimeters, bent down and scooped half a bucket of water in the lake, and then fished out the Yellow River carp that was still alive and kicking out of the water tank, and threw it directly into the bucket with a net bag.This half bucket of water with this fish is more than 30 catties and close to 40 catties, but this old man easily lifted the bucket over like carrying five or six catties of things.Yang Jing took the bucket with one hand, and gave a thumbs up with the other hand and said, "Old man, your strength is really not small, I think few people can compare to your strength, even if you are young." ”The old man smiled proudly, "What you said is not bad, my old man fishes all day long, when there were many fish in the past, this net was one hundred and eighty catties, and I am alone, this strength has long been practiced." ”Seeing Yang Jing put the bucket in the corner of the speedboat, the old man said again: "You'd better put something heavy on the cover."
These wild carp crutches are so strong that they can splash a lot of water in their buckets, even with a net bag.So, you'd better add something heavy. ”Yang Jing nodded and put his waterproof backpack directly on it.That's how a deal is done.But judging from the scene, the empty lake in the early morning, a hand-cranked fishing boat and a speedboat, if you look at it from a distance, this scene looks like a scene of smugglers in the movie.Yang Jing took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out two, and handed one of them to the old man.Just now he saw the old man smoking dry tobacco, so he knew that this old man was smoking.The old man took it with a smile, glanced at the cigarette label under the cigarette holder, and said in surprise: "Oh, it's the golden leaf Tianye!"
This is a good cigarette, a box of 100 yuan, right?
”Yang Jing nodded, and the old man happily took out a disposable lighter, lit the cigarette, and took a deep breath, "Alas, the taste is very mellow, but it's boring." ”Yang Jing said with a smile: "Old man, you smoke dry tobacco, how can this cigarette not be as strong as your dry tobacco." ”The old man smiled bitterly and shook his head.Yang Jing also took a puff of cigarette, and then asked, "Old man, since you are so familiar with this neighborhood, do you know if I will ask you about a place?"
”"Say, as long as it's around here, there's nothing my old man doesn't know.""
Okay, old man, I want to ask you, do you know that there is a Taoist temple called Yuecheng Temple near here?""
Yuechengguan?"
The old man's brows furrowed, and after thinking for a long time, he shook his head and said, "I'm not impressed."
I said, young man, are you sure that is the name of that temple?
”"That's right, that's the name.""
That's not right, counting those who are submerged by the water, there are a total of seventeen Taoist temples within a radius of a hundred miles around here, and my old man has been there, but I have never heard of a Taoist temple called Yuecheng Temple."
When Yang Jing heard that the old man even said the number of Taoist temples within a radius of 100 miles, he knew that this old man was indeed not talking nonsense."
Old man, this Yuecheng Temple is an old name, I saw it from an ancient book, in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, that Taoist temple was called Yuecheng Temple.""
Five generations and ten kingdoms?
Is that more than a thousand years ago?
To say that there are indeed thousand-year-old Taoist temples in Luoyang in the south or in the depths of Wangwu Mountain in the north, but in this vicinity," the old man shook his head, "There are no Taoist temples that have been inherited for so long in this vicinity.As for underwater, I don't remember it either.After all, this reservoir has been storing water for more than 20 years, and I can't remember some of the old things in the past. ”"Okay then," Yang Jing said with some disappointment.In fact, Yang Jing did not have much hope for being able to find out the clues of the Yuecheng Temple, and it can be seen from the painting that the Yuecheng View was really not a great road view, nor was it a large-scale Taoist temple in Luoyang City or Zhongnan Mountain and Wangwu Mountain, which is a famous Taoist mountain, and it is difficult to maintain a thousand-year-old Taoist temple with such a small scale of Taoism.At this time, the sun in the east has jumped over the horizon, because of the sun's rays, the layer of mist that shrouded the lake has begun to dissipate rapidly, and it looks like another good weather today."
So be it, old man, the sun is out, and I'm going to take pictures at the location you just mentioned.Thank you, old man, for this carp abduction. ”As he spoke, Yang Jing waved his hand at the old man and the little Zhengtai, twisted the accelerator on the handle, and was about to speed out of here.Xiao Zhengtai smiled and waved his hand and said, "Uncle, goodbye." ”The old man just waved his hand and did not speak, but the frowning brow showed that the old man seemed to be thinking something.Yang Jing adjusted the bow of the boat, and just as he was about to accelerate, he heard the old man behind him shouting: "Young man, you wait a minute!"
”The old man's voice was very loud, and the sound of the engine did not cover the old man's voice.Yang Jing relaxed the throttle lever in his hand and looked back at the old man suspiciously.The old man shook two handfuls tightly, and only then did he say after approaching Yang Jing: "Young man, I thought about it just now, and vaguely remembered that there seemed to be a small Taoist temple next to the former Songjia Village with a long history, but when I was a child, the Taoist temple was smashed, and the Taoist priests inside were also driven away, and then the Taoist temple was empty for several years, until it was reopened, and several Taoist priests came to the Taoist temple to reopen the Taoist temple, but when the reservoir was impounded, this Taoist temple and Songjia Village were under the water.
So the temple moved away again. ”After a pause, the old man said with certainty: "Before Songjia Village and that Taoist temple were flooded, it was in the area where you could see the sixteen peaks of Daimei that I just told you. ”