Chapter 7 The Big Fire
Maogu eggs are a common tree here. Liu Junhao doesn't know what the scientific name of this tree is. It is tall shrub, covered with fur, leaves as big as palms, and heart-shaped; the fruit is bright red, the size of a fruit core, and the core is like a cactus, full of red mitochondrial substances, full of sweet juice, and the taste is sweet and slightly sour. Rural children like to eat it very much, but because of this, Maogu eggs are particularly easy to provoke flies, which is really annoying. This kind of fruit has no use in the countryside, it is just a life of burning fire. Because as long as this tree grows up, the trunks of ten thousand trees have been hollowed out by insects such as longum.
However, this tree is useful for children. Its trunk is made of a resin. Cutting its skin with a knife will cause a white juice to flow out. The soil is called Maogou Tendon. Rural children do not have toys and deal with mud all day long. Therefore, most children can make mud into kittens and dogs, mules, cows and horses. However, the mud is fried when dried by the sun before it is burned. I don’t know which predecessor discovered it. After the mud toy is finished, it becomes extremely tough after applying Maogou Tendon Tendon. Even if it is a big stone slab, it cannot be broken.
Although Liu Junhao was impatient with this little guy making trouble beside him, he couldn't drive him away, so he simply ignored him and caught a few more crucian carp in a short while. This kind of fish is very common in the countryside and has nothing to like, so Liu Junhao didn't care. He was chatting with Maocai while watching the fishing float. As he was talking, he suddenly saw a group of black small fish fry running over from a distance. He was delighted and quickly made a gesture to Maocai stop.
"Is it a hot-headed seed?" Although Mao Hai was young, he had a wide range of knowledge and asked in a low voice with some joy in his heart.
"It should be" Liu Junhao answered with some joy.
As mentioned above, fire heads can easily avoid shallow water areas on the shore, but there is an exception, that is, when fish frying is produced.
The temperature in deep water is low, and freshly born small fry can't stand it at all, so the fry is active in shallow water, and at this time there are usually two fire heads to protect the seedlings.
Sure enough, Liu Junhao soon saw a black thing floating under the water, which should be a fire.
Usually, the fire head is very clever. As long as someone passes, it will immediately get into the water and cannot come out. The fire head during the seedling protection period is very irritable and fierce. If there is any movement, it is considered to be a provocation of the fish fry and will launch a fierce attack. Therefore, people are fishing for fire heads at this time.
Sure enough, Liu Junhao just shook the hook above the fry a few times. The fry immediately rushed over in panic. The firehead rushed over impatiently, swallowed the hook in one bite, and then suddenly pulled Liu Junhao down from the willow tree.
"It's a big guy!!" Liu Junhao was shocked and jumped off the willow tree in a hurry.
"Everyone, come and see. Uncle Xiaohao caught a big fire!!" At this time, the Mao kid also shouted at the top of his throat.
Not far away, there were cool places, card games, and fishing places, and they rushed over and surrounded Liu Junhao's land.
I saw the fishing float floating and sinking. The cotton thread was tightly stretched. At this time, everyone could see that the guy in the water should be quite small. I don’t know who shouted: “Xiao Hao. Don’t use brute force to pull this thing. You can’t be too anxious.”
Liu Junhao naturally understood this truth. He put the fishing line a little bit. He felt that the fire head was not struggling vigorously and carefully pushed the fishing line back. The fire head immediately struggled fiercely again. A wooden basin splash appeared on the water surface. Liu Junhao hurriedly let go of the fishing line again.
It just floats and rises like this, loose and tight. People and fire heads are like two opponents fighting wits and courage. They keep coming and going in the water.
However, Liu Junhao, a man from half of his land, naturally had a better advantage and always controlled the situation.
"How old is it?" Liu Laosan asked behind his back. Since he was hit by the fire head, he has been in a state of excitement with the fire head.
"I don't know, I feel that it's not small, it should be twenty or thirty pounds. It's still very strong now, so I have to consume its physical strength first." This was the first time Liu Junhao caught such a big fish. I don't know how big this group of people is, so I can only roughly estimate it.
After half an hour, the fire head finally showed signs of exhaustion. Liu Junhao also pulled it to the shore little by little. At this time, he could already see its appearance blurredly. A dark figure appeared in the water, with black and white patterns on its body shiny. The pair of protruding and luminous eyes emitting a fierce luster, and the teeth were also exposed under the pulling of the fish hook. The fire head was like a small monster, looking quite terrifying.
Although more than half an hour has passed, the people in Liujiagou have time and are patient enough. They wait calmly and sigh from time to time.
"I'm afraid it's more than twenty kilograms, at least thirty kilograms. I haven't caught such a big fire for more than ten years. This guy's luck..."
"Xiaohao, how about you coming to my house tonight? You don't have to give up anything, just carry this fire..."
Seeing that Liu Junhao was pursing his lips and didn't say anything, someone shouted again, "Xiaohao, I want to taste something fresh. How about selling this hot head to me for fifty dollars?"
"Fifty? Such a big fire is worth at least 100 yuan. Last time Ergou caught a 8-pound pound and sold it in the town for more than 40 yuan."
Liu Junhao did not respond to these words, but he just relied on his energy to catch the fire in the water. He could not stand it anymore, and his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.
"Xiaohao, are you tired? How about I let you help me and how many pounds of fireheads will be given to me when I catch them?"
Liu Junhao still did not answer, but slowly pulled the fishing line. The fire head seemed to realize that it was not far from death. He began to make a final struggle in the water, thumping, and excitedly splashing more than three feet high, but it was obviously at the end of his strength and could no longer make any tricks.
In the envious eyes of the people of Liujiagou, the firehead was finally pulled up by Liu Junhao, while the children were excited and shouted and danced.
At this time, Liu Junhao found that almost all the idle people in the village were surrounded by him, and there were 200 or 300 people watching him catch fire. This scared him and found that someone had already prepared a large scale and a leather tape measure, pressed the fire to the ground and measured one meter three meters, and then put it in a long insect leather bag and weighed it thirty-one pounds.
This data made people exclaim again and talked about it again.
"It's really a blessing to have a dog's life. This thing is enough to eat for a few days, but unfortunately I can't put it in summer..."
"It's a pity to eat it. Of course I got it sold in the town. I guess it can be sold at least 100 yuan. If I encounter a suitable first 15, someone will ask for it..."
"Xiaohao, I'll pay one hundred and five, you sell it to me, I'll be generous for a while..."
"I won't sell it, I won't sell it, I won't sell it for much, I'm going to raise it..." Liu Junhao suddenly had his own plans, and he was really going to raise this hothead. After all, this thing is hard to come by.
"What, goddamn, where do you raise such a big guy? I said Xiaohao, fish eat fresh shrimps and jump, this fire head is still valuable when it is alive. In such hot weather, it will smell less than half a day after death. That's not worth a penny?" Village Party Secretary Liu Guangju dissuaded, "It's better to sell it to me for 200 yuan, how about it?"
Seeing that Liu Junhao didn't say anything, he added: "I'll give you another thirty, okay?"
The 230 yuan made the people surrounding the fire gasp, which was basically worth a month's salary for rural construction workers. Although Qingshan Town is very poor, the county town is extremely prosperous after leaving the mountains. Many villagers in Qingshan Town work in the county town with construction teams during slack farming. They work hard every day, which is only ten yuan, and three yuan of food is deducted every day. In other words, one construction worker will not add additional expenses per month, which means that 270 yuan can be lost.
Seeing Liu Guang gathering for more than 200 yuan, some people began to curse in their hearts, "Your uncle, you are the one who sells your wife, you will know how to eat it, you will die."
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