Eight nets. Comparing them with yesterday's catch, Li Long reckoned today's fish could reach eighty kilos-one Four-Finger Net alone held at least seventeen or eighteen kilos of slab crucian carp!
Had he stumbled into a fish nest today? He didn't remember slab crucian carp liking to swim in schools.
Of course, whatever the reason, this was good news!
Li Long was excited, but he was also very careful. He had to work hard to keep the tire balanced so the three Urea Sacks dragging behind him wouldn't pull him under.
Now Li Long was starting to regret it. He should have come back after retrieving four nets, then gone out for the rest. Getting too greedy could easily lead to trouble.
He finally paddled to shore. Before he could speak, Tao Daqiang excitedly said as he helped haul the fish onto the bank:
"Brother Long, I found another water rat burrow. Shall we come dig it out this afternoon?"
"Sure." Li Long smiled. "Once I bring the fish back, we'll dig for water rats. This time, we'll split the money from selling the pelts half and half."
"All right." Tao Daqiang grinned happily. "There are plenty of fish today, too."
"There sure are, and lots of slab crucian carp. Once we've picked the fish out, take a few home. Slab crucian carp make a tasty stew!"
"Will do."
The two carried the fish on their backs and shouldered the tire back to the Li Family home, then started picking fish out of the nets without taking a break.
More than half the fish in the nets this time were crucian carp. The slab crucian carp weighing over five hundred grams alone amounted to more than twenty kilos, and they looked beautiful. Even Li Jianguo couldn't help saying:
"This is the