The Big Landlord

Pushing the sold-out unicycle, Wang Ben walked powerlessly on the machine-farming road back to Xiushui Village. He didn't even agree to Xiao Linglong's request for a ride. He really wanted to throw away dozens of catties of buckwheat seeds.

"Brother Ben, look, there are people fishing there," Linglong pointed out her pink finger and pointed to the Mengxi River not far away.

Looking in the direction of Linglong Finger, next to a bunch of thatch by the river, an old man was fishing. The fishing rod in his hand kept shaking. The tail is swaying from side to side, it is really good-looking, and there is a feeling of wanting to catch it.

Seeing this scene, Wang Ben rolled his eyes and slapped his forehead fiercely, and he was instantly happy. Since there is no land to grow vegetables, it is better to go to the river to feed the fish in the cages. Anyway, this is a public river, and no one has contracted it. There is no need to worry about being robbed by others. It is safer and more secure than growing buckwheat by the road.

"Little Linglong, come and get in the car, I'll push you home!" He waved his hand and took the initiative to invite.

"Okay!" Linglong grinned, jumped, and happily climbed onto the unicycle.

"Sit firmly, let's go!" Wang Ben greeted cheerfully, raised his arms to support him, and ran forward quickly, not only on the machine farming road, but also on the field ridge in the village, walking like flying, very stable. Linglong, who was sitting in the car, laughed and laughed, and was shaken all the way, just like sitting in a cradle as a baby.

The buckwheat seeds were useless, so he simply gave it to his neighbor, Zhou Niang, as a favor, thinking about fish farming.

After lunch, ignoring the scorching sun and canceling the long nap time, Wang Ben rushed out the door and began to ask where he could buy fish-feeding cages.

Yongfeng City is a typical inland city. There are no major rivers and oceans passing by, and there is no large-scale promotion of cage fish farming. This trip is really not easy for him, from Xiushuiwan to Xiaoxing Town, and then to the provincial capital. In Yongfeng City, Datong wandered around and spent most of the day before finally finding it in a flower, bird, fish and insect market.

There are three kinds of cages, including fixed, submerged and floating. Under the guidance of the boss, and considering economic reasons, I spent more than 300 yuan and bought a cage with a length and a width of 5. The small cubic metal floating cage with a depth of 3 meters and a depth of 3 meters is especially suitable for feeding fish in rivers where the current is not urgent. The mesh size is one centimeter. As long as the fish are not too small, there is no need to worry about running out.

He rushed back to Xiushui Village without stopping, walked along the bank of Mengxi River, and chose a place that was not blocked, with plenty of sunshine and lush water and grass. The gasoline drum is used as a float to prevent the cage from sinking, and then a few stones are tied to the bottom as a sinker, and the cage is pulled open to fix it. , and then fixed on the ground. At this point, a cage that can feed fish is completely completed.

The fish fry cannot be placed immediately in the newly purchased cage, and it needs to be soaked in water for a few days until the new thin metal wires around them have grown slippery moss, so that the fish will not be scratched. Wang Ben didn't know much about fish farming, so he just took advantage of these few days to buy some books at the bookstore, plus find the old villagers who have fed fish in the team to actually study and learn.

A few days later, he excitedly rushed to the Xiaoxing Town Fish Market to pick up fry. The crucian carp and carp grow too slowly. Normally, they have to be fed for a year or two. Even if the nutrients from the space are used, it will take at least several months. Wang Ben did not consider it; mandarin fish, tilapia, black carp and other species are too expensive, and the market is not sold in batches; silver carp and silver carp need very fertile water and soil,

Mengxi River is not suitable. After some comparison, Wang Ben finally decided to use grass carp as the feeding object, and this kind of popular fish will not be difficult to sell in the future.

Small grass carp fry is not cheap, it is as high as 10 yuan per catty, and the adult fish now sells for about six yuan per catty, almost twice as much. After spending seven hundred yuan, Wang Ben bought seven hundred grass carp fry, each about the same size. , the weight is about one or two. In fact, he can still feed more in his cage, at least five or six hundred, but he really dare not buy any more. The food for the fish will not cost less than this fry, and the money will be turned around. But come.

"Raise fish!"

In the evening, with Xiao Linglong's cheers, the fish farming work officially started. Linglong couldn't wait to stretch out her little hand and took the lead in picking up a slender little grass carp and gently put it into the water, watching the little fish wagging its little tail with a smile. , until it disappears. During this time, the temperature is not so high, which is very suitable for fry.

After disinfection one by one, the small fry that had been injected with grass carp vaccine slowly entered the cage, and immediately gained more space to swim in the river. Wandering gently and regularly along the walls of the box, it looked very pleasing.

Feeding the fish is not like letting go of the buckwheat before. You have to feed it every day, neither too much nor too hungry. The grass carp's feed is mainly grass, supplemented by concentrated feed, so that from the fry Since the day it was fed, mowing the grass has become one of Wang Ben's must-do activities every day.

"Come on, let's go uphill to mow the grass!"

Taking advantage of the evening when the weather was not hot, with the basket on his back and the sickle on his back, Wang Ben waved his hand and said cheerfully, and led Xiao Linglong to start walking among the mountains, cutting a few grasses without hesitation, and more. Most of the time, I feel the breeze and look at the green mountains. Linglong was also unwilling to be lonely and carried a really cute backpack on her back, holding a sawtooth sickle in her hand, and followed her all the way, but she seldom did her work, and there was no grass in the backpack. I went to catch dragonflies and butterflies.

"Brother Ben, there are eels in the water!" Linglong said excitedly, pointing to a sand ditch with a shallow layer of water on the edge of the soil.

"How is it possible," Wang Ben didn't believe it at all, ignored the child's nonsense, and without turning his head, he mowed his grass.

"I saw it come out," Linglong said with certainty, and ran over, a pair of pink feet and the beautiful crystal sandals submerged in the water.

"Where will the yellow eel come from this hillside?" Wang Ben replied, just after saying this, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly turned his head to look.

"Shh!"

A snake was stepped on by Linglong, and it emerged directly from the water. Its body stood upright, its bloody mouth opened wide, and a long letter was swaying!