Author: Zhijianling

The meal was very exciting and the commotion lasted until midnight.

In the end, the two girls of the Raymond family couldn't stand it any longer. They dozed off against the wall, their heads pounding, and they woke up from time to time.

A group of people were also drunk and had enough noisy. They left Raymond's house and returned to the hut, where they fell asleep and fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, they miraculously got up early and were busy tidying up the unfinished netting the day before, until Xue Shuqin came over to order breakfast.

After filling their stomachs, several people got into the car and were driven by Lu Lu to the fishing team.

When I arrived at the place, I saw, my dear, there were more than thirty young people in front of the fishing team's station, and small boats were also prepared, swaying with the water waves in the river next to them.

After Lu Lu got out of the car, he saw many familiar faces among them and greeted everyone one by one.

"Xiao Lu, how are you going to catch this little wild goose?" Dong Chenggu asked immediately.

Regarding this point, Lu Lu had already had an idea.

He asked Chen Xiuqing and others to take out the gauze-covered frames that had been nailed to Songling's home in Xiushan Tunzuo: "These frames are used to hold small geese, and each boat carries four. Everyone."

Everyone knows that after the little goose hatches, it can follow the big geese into the water within a day.

Most of these wild geese's nests are hidden in grass mounds, grass mounds or reeds, in swamps, near water or among large reeds in the water.

However, the water and grass are deep here, making it difficult to catch them. Getting into the reeds is also laborious.

Fortunately, their wing feathers have not yet formed and they cannot fly, so we will capture them together with netting.

The hatching speed is not that fast, and many of them are still in the nest. We first choose a field, lay a net around it to create a trumpet-shaped opening, and then go into the surrounding reeds and aquatic plants to catch them.

While driving the encirclement.

In this way, the young geese in the nest can be caught, and the ones that have grown a lot can also be driven into the net pen. You should be able to catch a lot in one go. But I have to borrow a lot of your fishing nets."

"This is a good idea! As for fishing nets, the most indispensable thing for our fishing team is fishing nets."

Hearing what Lu Lu said, Dong Chenggu still didn't understand what Lu Lu meant.

"I'm in a hurry to go back now. It only takes about ten days. During this period, I hope you can help me arrest as many as possible. Of course, I won't treat you badly. The three yuan a day salary...

What do you guys think?"

When they heard the wages offered by Lu Lu, everyone became excited.

Just kidding, a day's work now only costs more than one yuan a day on average, but if Lu Lu drove it, it would be twice as much.

Where can I find such good things?

Everyone agreed with a roar.

In just ten days, I can almost earn a month's wages.

"In addition, there are a few brothers who are coming with us. They are not good at rowing. They have to help you, and I have to ask you to take care of them." Lu Lu added: "Catching wild geese is important, but people's

Safety is more important, so I’m troubling everyone.”

"no problem!"

"It's a matter of course."

"Don't worry! Take good care of them!"

Everyone responded one after another.

That's how things settled.

The number of people Dong Chenggu called, plus Lu Lu and others, were forty-three, an odd number was given. Meng Zhaohua was simply called by Lu Lu to prepare meals with Xue Shuqin, and the remaining forty-two people were divided into twenty-one.

The boat paddled along the current into the swamp.

There are two people in the boat, carrying sickles and long wooden sticks.

As for nets, the fishing team is indeed not short of them. The big nets used during winter fishing are all long, and a few nets can cover a large area.

In many places, the reeds were so dense that it was impossible to pass through, so sickles had to be used to clear the way.

As for the long wooden stick, it is more useful.

This is to catch young geese. The wild geese protect their young very well and are extremely ferocious. With a stick in your hand, on the one hand, it is used to drive away the flying geese. On the other hand, it can also be used to beat the reeds and grass to drive the young geese away.

Drive out of hiding places.

Everyone slid on the boat and slowly went deeper into the swamp.

Wild geese live in groups and usually move in groups. Whether they are resting or foraging, there are wild geese on sentry duty. They are very vigilant and will fly at the slightest movement. Therefore, along the way, you can often see groups of wild geese taking flight.

I got up, but there were small geese hiding in the grass, so the geese kept circling in the sky and quacking non-stop.

As if there was a chain reaction, geese were flying in the distance and beyond.

For a time, wherever the group of people passed, there were constant rattling sounds above their heads.

Lu Lu and Zhang Shaofeng were on the same boat, followed closely by Lei Meng and Zhao Yongke, followed by Dong Chenggu and Liang Kangbo. After some discussion, they selected a place in the swamp with many willow trees.

After climbing up, use a sickle to clear a large open area, and connect and erect the fishing nets.

Then the twenty-one small boats returned to the outside of the reed marsh and drove inward to encircle them.

Wherever there is water, row a boat, and where there is no way to use a boat, just go there.

Someone who is familiar with the terrain will step forward to cut down the reeds, and lay the reeds directly under their feet to provide a place to stay to prevent them from sinking. At the same time, they will put the little geese found in the bird's nest that have not yet entered the water into the frame, and another person will hold the pole.

, beating the reeds on both sides, constantly driving the geese closer to the direction of laying the fence.

The situation is different now than before.

In the past, the geese were just frightened and flew up, but now the nest is destroyed, the young geese are driven away, and they start to protect their young.

Geese that live in groups often build nests and lay eggs in an area. When you find a goose nest, there are often dozens or even dozens of geese around it. That is what a person holding a pole can do now when dozens of geese are constantly flapping around.

Just wave the pole to repel the wild geese until they dare not come near.

Then again, no matter how ferocious it is, it is just a bird. Facing humans, it can only make one or two successful sneak attacks when it is caught off guard. It is nothing to the prepared fishing team.

threaten.

Amidst the constant slapping, there are even more troublesome mosquitoes and flies, which are simply overwhelming and lingering around like bees.

Among them, in addition to mosquitoes and gnats, which are powerful biting insects, there is also a kind of chaff that is smaller than gnats. This thing is more powerful than gnats. When it bites people, it is painful, itchy, and...

It's really hard to guard against it if you pick up a big bag.

If you don't pay attention, you will be pinched by the wild geese, and coupled with the infestation of these mosquitoes, it is actually quite difficult to do. Lu Lu's salary of three yuan a day is really not much.

The first encirclement went smoothly. It took two hours to drive the geese ashore. In the circle formed by the fishing nets, there were two to three hundred geese, large and small.

In addition to the small geese caught on each boat and put into gauze frames, there must be four to five hundred at once.

At this pace, it won't be a big problem to get more than a thousand in one day.

Looking at the geese chirping in the fence, Zhang Shaofeng and others were also extremely excited.

If, as Lu Lu said, these little geese are brought back to the meadow to be free-range, and fed with grain supplements, they will grow up in a few months. By then, the wild geese in the wilderness will have completely flown away. If these wild geese are taken out, then it will be terrible.

It's all money. A wild goose costs at least four or five yuan. I can make a lot of money this way...

Just thinking about it makes a few people feel happy.

The next step is to catch the geese and put them into the cage. Half of the people are left behind to close the net and drive away the geese that want to attack. The rest enter the net and put the little geese with their heads in the gauze frame.

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After working for more than an hour, I put these escaping geese into different frames according to their sizes to avoid stampedes.

After catching the geese, load them onto the small boat and let a few people paddle them back to the fishing team, unload them, and temporarily imprison them in a nearby water meadow with a seine net. The rest of the people will set up the net again and start fishing from the other side.

Encircled and driven away.

It was at this time that something happened.

Hidden beneath the large reed swamps are invisible swamps and dotted blisters.

Chen Xiuqing and another person walked on the relatively dry ground, cooperating with the people not far away on both sides, zigzagging forward, which felt a bit like trying to catch a trip with a stick.

The outer area is large, and people are farther apart. The closer you get to the central fence, the closer you get.

Just on the periphery, they saw a large water bubble. There was a goose nest in the grass in the center, and dozens of geese were hatching eggs inside.

To be honest, if it were Lu Lu in this situation, he would not provoke it and would choose to avoid it.

When geese lay eggs and hatch them, the earlier the better. Only the earlier they hatch can give the geese enough time to grow. When the time comes to migrate south, the fully fledged geese will have enough ability to follow them.

A flock of geese perform long-distance migrations.

It's already July, and they haven't hatched yet, so it's already a bit late. Therefore, when catching the little wild geese, Lu Lu almost didn't touch the eggs. When selecting them, he tried his best to choose a little bit.

Go catch the bigger geese.

Since they are still hatching, most of them are still eggs and have not yet hatched.

Those that have emerged from their shells will be able to get into the water as soon as the fur on their bodies dries. Those that are still hatching, there is no need to disturb them. Moreover, the area in the center of the bubble cannot be entered by a small boat, so it will be troublesome to get there.

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To be continued...