Fisherwoman: After my divorce, I became rich by fishing at sea

Chapter 824: Nighttime Farm Visit

"Watch your step when you go out. It's warm now, so it's inevitable that some foolish creatures will come out..."

Li Chunhua was muttering at the door of the room. Fu Wan immediately understood that her aunt was talking about the snakes in the field.

Ye Lin felt a headache after listening to this. They were not children anymore, so why was his mother still nagging like that!

"Oh, Mom, we got it. Don't worry. Besides, I have a knife with me. If I really encounter a snake, I will definitely catch it and bring it back to make soup for you!"

Li Chunhua rolled her eyes at him and said, "Pah, pah, pah, I don't need this stuff to make soup, it's best if you don't encounter it!"

After saying this, Ye Jianguo came out of the room dressed neatly. He patted his pockets to comfort his wife.

"Don't worry, I brought some snake repellent. I knew they were going out tonight, so I asked the village doctor for a lot of powder yesterday."

Li Chunhua was relieved after hearing this and immediately waved his hand and said, "Then hurry up and go. The sooner you go, the sooner you can come back."

As a hunter's wife, it was common for her husband and son to go hunting at night.

But just like Ye Xiaocui who married a fisherman, as long as they go out, those waiting at home can't expect to sleep well.

Li Chunhua watched them leave, then closed the door of the main house and went back to lie down, fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan.

There was a faint scent of mugwort in the room. It was made from moxa sticks made by grinding old mugwort into powder. As the weather got warmer, mosquitoes came out.

This kind of moxa stick is inexpensive and is very effective in fumigating mosquitoes.

Seeing that they were about to reach the field, Ye Jianguo sprinkled a circle of medicine powder on their legs, bodies and hands.

Fu Wan smelled it carefully and found that the powder had a smell of sulfur, but she couldn't smell anything else.

"Uncle, does this powder really repel snakes?"

While Fu Ming was applying medicinal powder on Qin An Ning's body, he asked Ye Jianguo in a low voice.

Ye Jianguo nodded, "It's useful, but you can't deliberately provoke it. A brave person like the Eye King is not afraid of this."

If it is a timid snake like the silver ring snake, it usually will not come out when it smells this smell.

Fu Ming felt regretful after hearing this. He thought he would be invincible after applying this stuff!

While everyone was applying the powder, Fu Wan looked up and looked around.

The area of ​​farmland in Qingshan Village is much larger than that of seaside fishing villages like Fujia Village.

They were standing on the path at this time, and looking out, there were acres and acres of rice fields.

The rice fields at night are more lively than during the day, with all kinds of frogs and toads croaking and various insects chirping.

In addition to Fu Wan and her friends, there were several other villagers in the fields carrying flashlights or kerosene lamps.

Most of these people were about the same age as Ye Lin. Among them was a young man who greeted Ye Lin and Ye Jianguo in a low voice when he saw them.

"Uncle Jianguo, Brother Alin, are you guys out catching eels too?"

"Haha, yes, I came out to play. How about the stones? Did you get anything?"

Ye Lin responded with a smile. Shitou's brother Ye He was his good brother. Shitou was more than ten years younger than his brother and was just fifteen years old this year.

The young man named Shitou did not hesitate and immediately opened the lid of the backpack tied around his waist to show everyone.

Fu Wan leaned over to take a look and saw about five or six eels twisting their bodies and huddled together in the backpack. These eels were not particularly big, but each one was as thick as an index finger.

"Damn, you've got quite a good harvest, a pound!"

Fu Ming praised, and Shitou nodded proudly, "It should be more than a pound. You guys hurry up, there are a lot of eels at this time!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Fu Ming and Ye Lin suddenly became full of energy. Knowing that there were eels in the field was one thing, but seeing them with their own eyes was another.

"Let's go, let's hurry up. Whether we can eat meat tomorrow depends on tonight!"

"Yes, hey Dalinzi, do you remember that time we went out a few years ago? We caught more than ten kilograms in one night, right?

Oh, I made a lot of money that time! "

Ye Lin and Fu Ming talked as they lowered their heads and began to look for eels on the edge of the field, muttering to themselves.

Bai Qianzhou, who was listening nearby, couldn't help but ask curiously, "Are yellow eels expensive? How much does it cost per kilogram?"

Ye Lin looked up in shock, "You don't even know if eels are expensive?"

Bai Qianzhou touched his nose and nodded very honestly.

He really doesn't know.

"Hey, Brother A-Ling, how does he know how much a pound of eel sells for?

If you ask him about treating illnesses, he'll definitely know. Every profession has its specializations. When we were catching eels everywhere, Bai Qianzhou was still diligently memorizing medical books!

After hearing Fu Wan's words, Ye Lin suddenly understood and immediately showed some sympathy for Bai Qianzhou.

"Thank you for your hard work, bro!"

Thinking about the books that were thicker than bricks that he had seen at the old village doctor's place, he felt dizzy just looking at them, let alone memorizing them.

But Bai Qianzhou had no time to care about Ye Lin's words. Fu Wan had just explained it to him, and he was very happy at the moment!

Shitou and his companions searched the area, but there was no trace of the eel.

Ye Jianguo thought about it and immediately took them to another deserted ridge.

On the way, Ye Lin talked about the recent price of eels.

Yellow eel is also called earth dragon. Compared with loach, yellow eel does not have that obvious earthy smell.

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The medicinal value of eel is very high, especially eel blood, which has the effects of promoting blood circulation and detoxification.

So here, apart from soft-shelled turtles, eels are basically the most valuable.

But it has to be sent to the county town. If it is sold at the market in Qingshan Village, it can probably be sold for about one yuan and fifty cents per pound.

But if it is sent to the county town, the price will double.

Fu Wan prefers eel meat to pork.

The meat of the eel is very tender and smooth. In the past, when they caught eels, they would sell the big ones, which were thinner than a little finger. Ye Jianguo would find a nail to fix the eel, then directly cut out the internal organs with a knife and let Li Chunhua make it into an eel plate for the children to eat.

It is no exaggeration to say that the fried eel is stir-fried with dried chilies and garlic, and then drizzled with some rice wine brewed by Li Chunhua herself. The taste is enough to make Fu Wan and Fu Ming drool just by thinking about it.

When it comes to eating, everyone becomes interested. Eels like to hide in the small ditches between the ridges of the fields, and the mud under the ridges is their nest.

Ye Jianguo and Ye Lin are both veterans at catching eels. In just a few minutes, Ye Jianguo pulled up an eel that was more than half a meter long from the field with his bare hands.

"Damn, my uncle is still awesome!"

Fu Ming sighed inwardly, but before he could envy him for a few seconds, Bai Qianzhou, who was following him, followed suit and quietly approached with a flashlight.

He patted Fu Wan and signaled her with his eyes to look at the field.

Fu Wan took a look and saw an eel at least as thick as a thumb quietly poking its head out.

They all brought tools, and Fu Wan immediately reached over with a pair of tongs.

With a lightning-fast strike, he quickly and accurately clamped the eel.

"Haha, the first one of the day!"

Fu Ming turned around and took a look, and was immediately filled with envy.

"Fuck, why are you guys open too?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin An Ning's eyes lit up, and he grabbed Fu Ming's clothes and pointed at the ditch and shouted anxiously.

"Brother A Ming, hurry up!"