Return to the small mountain village in 1981

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Chapter 531 Chapter 532: I can't take your kindness Chapter 531 Chapter 532: I can't take your kindness
After the two men went down the mountain, Zhou Yiding, Zhou Huairong and two other brothers also came here to accompany the guests.

The food and wine were soon served on the table. Yang Chunyan fried two more vegetarian dishes, and together with what Zhou's mother cooked, the table was full.

Everyone thinks that the smoked turtledove and hare have a unique flavor.

After dinner, they sat in the main hall and drank tea for a while. Zhou Huaian took boots for Wang Zhen to change into, found three crowbars, and took Wang Zhen down from the earthen kiln with Zhou Yiding to the winter paddy fields below to dig loaches and eels.

There are two fields that look relatively dry but have been dug up with potholes. It seems that there are quite a few people who come here to dig loaches and eels.

Winter paddy fields are a simple field water storage facility used to store water for rice cultivation in areas where water conservancy facilities are lacking and irrigation conditions are poor. They played an important role in agricultural production in hilly areas before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

It is a special rice field that stores water in winter in hilly areas. It not only provides self-sufficient water for rice in the next year, but also ensures spring sowing and planting, cultivates soil fertility, stores water and retains moisture, and enhances drought resistance.

Zhou Huaian pointed to the barren paddy fields in front of him and said, "These paddy fields are prone to waterlogging because of their low terrain. During the collective period, the brigade deepened them and made them winter paddy fields. In the past, after harvesting the millet, they began to store autumn rain for the winter.

When the water is full, the deepest is nearly one meter, and the shallowest is half a meter deep. One mu of winter paddy field can provide water for 2-3 mu of farmland. The deepest ones can provide water for 4-5 mu of farmland. Later, they were converted into fish ponds. "

"When I was a kid, I loved coming here to dig loaches and catch eels." Zhou Yiding put down the bucket and went down to the field. The soil in the field was still a little soft, and every time he stepped on it, a deep footprint was left.

Wang Zhen also followed the two men into the field. He felt the ground was soft, as if he was stepping on a thick carpet. A smooth hole in front of him attracted him.

"Brother Zhou, take a look, is this a loach cave or an eel cave?"

Zhou Huaian turned his head and looked, "Loach hole!" He poked it with a pry bar, "Push it in here and pry it up, and you can catch the loach."

Wang Zhen did as he was told, inserted the pry into the mud, lifted his foot and stepped down hard, then pressed the handle down to pry up a piece of soft mud. A yellow loach was struggling in the mud.

He reached out and touched it, felt it was slippery, and then pulled his hand back.

"I can tell you've never done this before!" Zhou Huaian smiled and pulled out a yellow eel clamp from the basket and handed it to him, "Just use this to clamp the eel and throw it into the bucket."

"Let me try!" Wang Zhen took the eel clamp, easily grabbed the loach and threw it into the bucket. He looked at it curiously and said, "This is easy to use, just like tweezers."

Zhou Huaian thought of the tweezers in the clinic and understood, "I was worried that you wouldn't be able to do it!"

"It should be okay to use your hands, but it feels slippery and uncomfortable." After Wang Zhen caught one, he became very interested and started searching in the field with a shovel.