As noon approaches, the sun shines on the earth, and the withered reeds on both sides of the Po River bathe in the sun, emitting a different kind of golden color.

On the water surface, a small boat went upstream and slowly sailed in the nearshore waters.

There were three kettle boys on the boat, one of whom was rowing at the stern and the other stood at the bow of the boat, looking around from time to time.

The corner sitting in the cabin in the middle was Li Li. Today he brought two friends to catch black birds and wanted to catch twelve tails today.

It is difficult to find black birds in winter. If you catch twelve black birds in one day, you will not be able to complete them unless you are lucky. The county court will be the deadline for fishing tomorrow morning.

Once the deadline is up and if you don’t pay enough, Li Li will be hung up and beaten.

He had just recovered from a serious illness. If someone was tortured like this, his life would be lost.

At this moment, Li Li was not in a hurry, lowered his head and carefully sorted out the fishing car in his hand.

These days, people call equipment equipped with wheel-shaped movement devices "cars", such as spinning wheels, and fishing cars are fishing rods equipped with fish wheels.

The fishing wheel is used to store long fishing lines and is installed at the end of the fishing rod. The angler holds the fishing rod (usually right-handed) and can use the right thumb to twitch the fishing wheel and retract the fishing line.

Fishing rods equipped with fish wheels are very common in later generations and have become popular in this era, but the material is very "environmentally friendly" and are made of bamboo and wood. They are like small wheels, usually with eight fork-shaped spokes.

Fishermen are basically familiar with the use of fishing cars, and Yuliangye is no exception. However, for people who make a living by fishing, fishing is not as efficient as fishing on nets, so fishing is less used.

Li Li was lying on the fishing car, and the young man rowing the stern looked at it and found it quite strange because he saw Li Li tied frogs to the fishing line.

You can use live bait such as frogs, small fish and shrimp to catch black birds, which is common sense for fishermen, but after winter, black birds have a bad appetite and are almost stopped eating, so they basically do not eat bait.

Even live bait is not eaten, so it is difficult to catch black birds in winter and it is also difficult to catch.

At this time, if you want to catch black birds, you can only do it recklessly, find a water area where black birds may be hidden, set up a net, and then use a bamboo pole to stir the bottom of the water, in order to alarm the black birds, let them escape everywhere and crash into the net.

Even so, it is very troublesome to catch black birds, and it basically depends on luck.

Previously, Li Li had been struggling for a few days and only caught three black birds. Li Li also got a fever for this and almost died.

Thinking that tomorrow was the deadline, the boy looked at Li Li with some concern.

But Li Li was not worried because he was not cold yet, and it was sunny for two consecutive days, the sun was good and the conditions were ripe, so he was confident that he could use a "secret technique" to catch black birds.

The rowing boy had big eyes, looked at Li Li preparing to fish for bait, and asked in a low voice: "Cunbo, frogs are not good at this time... Where did you catch frogs? Haven't all the frogs hidden?"

"Cunqian" is Li Li's nickname, and he nodded: "Yeah, but this is not a frog."

After saying that, he raised his hand and showed the things in his hand to the other party: "Look."

The big-eyed boy looked carefully and his eyes widened:

"This, is this a fake frog? Is it a fish maw... made of fish maw?"

A two-fold double-bearing swim bladder with a few dead leaves covering the outside. The two form an object similar to the body of a frog. From a distance, it looks like a frog, and there are two frog feet made of grass leaves.

There are also two iron fish hooks at the tail of the "frog", which are separated by "left and left", and the "frog" has a fishing line tied to the mouth.

The boy felt incredible: At this time, you can’t catch black frogs with real frogs, let alone fake frogs?

Seeing that his friend had a disbelief expression, Li Li didn't say much, and smiled, stood up with the fishing car, and whispered to the young man standing on the bow of the boat, "It's all here."

The boy on the bow nodded when he heard this, and inserted a bamboo wormwood through the bow hole straight into the bottom of the river, allowing the ship to "fix" on the river surface.

At this time, the waters where the ship is located is the intersection of an unknown river that flows into the Po River. There are large reeds on the shore, and there are aquatic plants at the bottom of the water near the shore.

The aquatic plants are not very dense and sparse.

This water area is suitable for fish to bask in the sun, and it is not bare and unobstructed. Li Li judged that it should be a place where black birds like to stay.

He knew that when the weather was constantly clear and the water temperature rose slightly, the black bird in hibernation had a certain chance of getting out of its hiding place and basking in the sun.

There were white clouds in the sky. Li Li felt the warmth of the sun, took a deep breath, raised the fishing car upwards, leaned back, and then swung it forward.

The "frog" drags the fishing line and flies forward, the fishing wheel spins, constantly releasing the fishing line.

In a moment, the "frog" fell into the water, stirring up some splashes, and then floated on the water.

The two teenagers stared at the "frog" and wanted to see how Li Li would catch black birds.

The critical time has come, and Li Li has begun to use secret techniques that do not exist in this era:

Use the thumb of the right hand to tick the fishing wheel. The Luye fishing technique in later generations operates the "frog" to 'swim' on the water.

Luya fishing is a fishing technique that has only appeared in modern times. "Luya" is transliterated, meaning bait. This fishing method is to use bait to catch carnivorous fish.

The lures used in the lure fishing method are mostly fake fish and fake insects, and there are also frog-shaped lures called "Thunder Frog", which are specially used to catch black birds (black fish).

However, black birds are not active in winter and are even in hibernation. Therefore, it is recognized that it is not very difficult to catch black birds in winter, and even the lure fishing method is no exception.

But it was not difficult for Li Li to learn how to use the Lure Fishing method to catch blackfish, and he also has rich winter practical experience.

At this moment, the "frog" he controlled "swimming" towards the ship, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, creating ripples and stirring the water surface.

The other two teenagers watched the "frog" wandering on the water and slowly approached the boat.

If they hadn't known beforehand that this thing was fake, they would have thought that frogs would not hibernate in the cold weather and ran out for a walk.

And the "frog" strolled back to the side of the boat, nothing happened.

Li Li raised his rod and put the wheel, threw the "frog" into the water again, and then continued to control the "frog" and swam towards the fishing boat.

After repeating this several times, nothing happened.

On the contrary, the arrogance of the "frog" could not even stand the two teenagers, and muttered in their hearts: It's a cold day, where will the frog come out to jump around?

Is black bird that stupid?

Just as he was trying to persuade Li Li not to be foolish, he tried to catch black birds in a cold weather, but with a "slam" sound, a splash suddenly exploded on the water surface.

The "frog" swimming happily disappeared into the water splash. At the same time, the fishing line suddenly stretched out, and the fishing rod suddenly turned: something was biting the hook!

The two of them were excited. Before they could shout, they saw Li Li constantly plucking the fishing wheel with his thumb, and at the same time, he continued to lift the rod and pulled the objects in the water to the fishing boat.

The splashes became bigger and bigger, and there were obviously big fish struggling, and their figure gradually emerged: it was a large black bird.

The movement on the water was getting louder and louder, and the black fish was pulled towards the fishing boat by the fishing line, and the hearts of the two teenagers also reached their throats.

One of them picked up the copy net and the other one picked up the small throw net, making preparations for remedy.

Li Li focused on operating the fishing car, competed with the black bird, and tried hard to pull it over, not daring to relax at all.

He knew that the key point of fishing blackfish is that once the fish is hooked, the fishing line must be straightened and pulled up the whole process, so that the blackfish will not be given a chance to break free.

After a moment, a black shadow was pulled out of the water by Li Li. The young man holding the copy net was waiting, and he used the copy net to hold it in the cabin. When he saw that it turned out to be a fat black bird.

Another man stepped forward, grabbed the black bird skillfully, and exclaimed: "What a big fish, weighing at least six pounds!"

The twisting black bird struggled meaninglessly, giving hope to the three fishing boys with their own despair.

It was a cold weather, and I actually caught black birds with fake frogs. It was so amazing!

This idea came to the two teenagers' minds at the same time, and their eyes were full of admiration.

Seeing his friend's "star eyes", Li Li smiled slightly and took out another fish maw and fake frog.

The previous fake frog was bitten by the black bird, and the fish bladder was shrunk and could not float, so it naturally could not be used anymore. However, Li Li was ready and stabbed several fake frogs to set aside.

"Cunbo, how can you catch black birds with a fake frog?" The big-eyed boy asked in surprise. He couldn't believe his eyes, but the fact that such a big black bird was struggling in front of him.

Li Li replied: "Because when the weather is good, the water in the shallow water will warm up, so the black birds in the mud will wake up, come out to bask in the sun, and have enough sun, and then go back to sleep."

"It was comfortable in the sun, and suddenly it was ruined by the passing frog. It was so angry that it naturally pounced on and bitten, not necessarily because it was hungry."

The two teenagers couldn't believe this incredible statement. Li Li stopped explaining it. After changing the bait, he waved his hand: "Change the position and we will continue!"

The big-eyed boy said happily: "If it's too early today, I'll definitely catch enough black birds. Tomorrow I really want to see what Wu Paipi's face looks like!"

"Face?" Li Li murmured. Seeing his friend looking at him, he shook his head: "Full hand over, at most, Wu Paopao's word "good". How can he be angry? How bad can his face be?"

This is reasonable, but the big-eyed boy still said: "Even so, he can't beat you, it's always good."

The big-eyed boy is named Liang Sen and the other is named Wu Xiang. The two are about the same age as Li Li. The three are in the same village and are childhood friends, and they have a good relationship.

‘If you don’t be beaten by others, you will live a good life? Wouldn’t this kind of life be too frustrating?’ Li Li thought so, without saying a word, looking at the river bank and thinking.

The sun is good today. From noon to before the sun sets, because the water temperature in shallow waters has slightly increased, the chance of black birds running to the shallow water grass area is very high.

This golden period cannot be wasted, so of course you have to continue fishing for black birds.

But whether you can catch twelve tails depends on luck.

In that life, he broke into society and was beaten by society for many years. He knew that his luck was unreliable, so he had already made other preparations to prevent it.

He believes that he and his friends should not only get the reward of the word "good" after suffering in the cold wind for many days.
Chapter completed!