Niu Xiaodong saw Niu Xiaoqiang hesitate, and immediately opened his mouth to persuade: "Brother Qiang, you are a smart person, there must be a way, right?" You can rest assured, we will definitely go all out to assist you this time, and we will never let you take the blame alone, as long as we can get meat, we will listen to you in the future, it's really not good, let's lead the sow to the mountain again." ”

"Nonsense, this will never work, and if I use this method again, I will be beaten to death by my father. Niu Xiaoqiang looked at his parents who were chatting with the neighbors, and said in a low voice: "Let's go, let's find a place where no one is talking." ”

Soon, the four of them came to the grove behind the village, Niu Xiaoqiang looked at no one around, and then spoke: "I have thought of other methods, but it is a little tiring, I am worried that you will be reluctant." ”

Niu Xiaoyong licked his lips: "Brother Qiang, if you have any ideas, just say it, we will definitely listen to your orders." ”

Niu Xiaodong and Niu Huahua echoed in unison, Niu Xiaoqiang no longer concealed it, and said the idea he came up with: "You all know the wild pond in the back mountain, right?"

"Yes. ”

"I went there a few days ago when I was herding cattle, and found that the water in the pond is very muddy, and the book says that if the water is clear, there are no fish, since the water in the wild pond is very muddy, it means that there must be fish in the pond, and we can start from here." ”

Fish is also meat, and if you boil soup, it is much more delicious than pork, but when they think of the scale of that wild pond, Niu Huahua and the three of them all showed hesitant looks.

The area of the wild pond mentioned by Niu Xiaoqiang is quite large, with more than ten acres. Because it is deserted and there is no mountain road, the mountain people did not pay attention to this wild pond, and many people would not remember it unless someone specifically mentioned it.

"Brother Qiang, how should we fish in such a big pond?"

"It would be much more convenient if we had fishing nets, but we're all poor and can't even afford a popsicle, let alone a fishing net. ”

"Brother Xiaoqiang, do you want to dig a gap and drain the water before fishing? How much labor does this cost? Just the four of us, can we do it?"

Niu Xiaoqiang shook his head: "It's not the four of us, but the three of you, as for me, I'm mainly responsible for commanding, and you will do the specific things, if it really doesn't work, I will help." ”

The three of them were all stunned and speechless when they heard this.

"Don't worry, I will definitely think of the most time-saving way, I won't tire you to death, let's go over tomorrow morning to have a look, and then do it after determining the specific method." ”

After Niu Xiaoqiang finished speaking, he turned around and went home, leaving Niu Huahua, the three of you, look at me, I look at you. In order to be able to eat meat, the three of them gritted their teeth and decided to fuck him.

Early the next morning, as soon as the fish belly appeared white on the horizon, Niu Xiaoqiang and the four of them coincidentally rode their cattle towards the wild pond behind the mountain.

Since there are no mountain roads to connect them, the four of them can only find their way through the thorns. If it weren't for the oxen ride, it would have been much more difficult for them to climb over the mountain.

After walking for nearly an hour, the four finally arrived at their destination. The grass near the pond was so abundant that the four threw away the rope and let the cow graze on its own, while they walked to the pond with their trouser legs up.

Although Niu Xiaodong and the others had already estimated the difficulty of the project, after seeing the area of more than ten acres with their own eyes, they still felt powerless.

Some people may think it is strange: Isn't it enough to dig a hole and release water? This doesn't seem to take a lot of effort, right?

In fact, this wild pond is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and only one side can be excavated. And the terrain on this side is very high, more than five meters higher than the level of the reservoir, and it is not a small amount of work to dig a gap from here.

Niu Xiaoqiang didn't need to look at the faces of the three people to know what they were thinking, he spoke first: "Don't be frightened by the size of this wild pond, in fact, the water here is not too deep, and the amount of work we need to complete is not too large." ”

Niu Xiaodong couldn't help but ask, "Brother Qiang, what do you want to do?"

Niu Xiaoqiang took out a simple drawing drawn last night from his pocket, on which the outline of Yetang was drawn, and divided it with dotted lines: "Do you see these dotted lines?" This is the dividing line I planned, let's start according to the dotted line, take the way of cofferdam to divide the wild pond into two parts, first dig the gap in the outer part, drain the water inside to fish, after fishing, the remaining half of the water in the wild pond can be put in the outside of this part, that is to say, we must build a dam in the middle of the wild pond. ”

Niu Xiaoyong immediately put forward a different opinion: "Brother Qiang, why don't we just drain the entire pond and build a dam to divide it? Wouldn't this increase the workload?"

Niu Xiaoqiang explained: "Of course, there is a reason for this, first of all, it is summer, such a hot weather, if we dry the water at one time, what will happen to the fish inside?

All three of them showed a look of sudden realization, and nodded in agreement.

Niu Xiaoqiang continued: "Secondly, I have other ideas. ”

"What thoughts?"

"I think this place is very hidden, we can try to raise fish here, and if we can succeed, it will be easy for us to eat fish in the future. ”

Ponds in this mountainous area are rare, and there is only one reservoir in the valley in front of the village near Niujia Village, which was dug out manually when the large collectives were organized, mainly to facilitate the villagers to store water for irrigation.

In addition, the nearest pond is this wild pond behind the mountain. Because there is so little land to cultivate near this pond, and the roads are not passable, no one comes to reclaim the land, and it has been forgotten.

Because of the lack of necessary basic conditions, the people of Niujia Village have never thought about fish farming, Niu Xiaodong and the three of them were stunned for a moment before they reacted, and they slapped their hands and said:

"That's right, if we raise fish, we will be able to eat fish meat often in the future!"

"Yes, yes, that's a very good idea, I agree!"

"I agree too!"

Seeing the happy looks of his friends, Niu Xiaoqiang smiled and threw out a more ambitious plan he was conceiving: "Everyone, in addition to fish farming, I actually have a more daring plan. ”

The three of them were basically convinced of Niu Xiaoqiang, and when they heard this, Niu Huahua immediately asked, "Brother Xiaoqiang, what other bold plans do you have?"

Niu Xiaoqiang glanced at the environment near the pond and said with a smile: "I think if I can build a farm here, I think the income will be very good." ”

"Farm......? Isn't that an exaggeration?"

"Is it the same model as the cooperative?"

"Brother Xiaoqiang, are you sure you're not joking?"