Alpine pasture

Chapter 275 What a big slap
At [-]:[-] in the morning, Zhuang drove Ju An to the gate of the ranch with two dozen beers in his car, helped unload the beer, and then turned back.Ju An only carried a long bag with a bow, two dozen arrows and a camera in it. He stood alone at the gate of the ranch, looking in the direction of Taylor's house.

It didn't take long to see Taylor's old pickup truck coming out from a distance, and when he approached Ju'an, he found a trailer hanging behind the pickup truck with a boat about five or six meters long on it. The car arrived in Ju'an He stopped beside him, and the old Taylor stuck his head out of the car window: "Come up quickly, you have been here for a long time, and I saw you at the door from afar."

Ju An picked up a dozen beers at his feet, opened the back door of the car and put them in: "I just arrived for a while too! Er Zhuang just went back."As he spoke, he put two dozen beers in the car, got into the car and closed the door.

Thornton sat in front and said to Ju An, "Let me see the new bow you bought."After hearing what Sander said, Ju An took off the backpack he was carrying and handed it to Thornton.

Thornton opened the zipper of the bag, looked at the bow inside, and said, "The bow in the middle of the guy doesn't look light, how heavy is it?".

"The [-]-pound pull weight is the biggest you can buy in the town," Ju An said with a smile.Now the bow is disassembled, the bow handle and the bow blade are now separated, and they can be combined together when in use. It is very convenient to disassemble and take it with you. It is a small long bag : "Have you two brought bows?"

Thornton nodded, pulled the backpack and handed it to Ju An: "I brought my own compound bow, and a dozen or so arrows. Taylor can share one with me. After all, someone needs to drive the boat."

Taylor glanced at the bag in Ju An's hand and turned his head to look at the road ahead: "I am in charge of driving the boat, and there is no need to catch fish in the river. You can catch more than a dozen fish in a circle by sailing the boat. It’s the first time to shoot fish in the river, and you must pay attention to your own safety. Last year, there was a report that a person was killed by an Asian carp.”

Ju An was taken aback when he heard this: "I was killed by a fish, how big is the fish?".

"The one-meter-long fish jumped out of the water, hit the person's face and killed him," Thornton explained and pointed to the temple on his head.

It turned out that it hit the temple, no wonder it can kill people: "Then I will pay attention, don't miss the fish and get slapped twice by the fish instead."

Thornton and Taylor laughed twice after hearing this, and Thornton interjected: "This is really not a joke, you will know when you get to the place, it is very common to be slapped by a fish."

Ju An smiled and didn't speak, but he didn't care at all, how big the fish in this river can be, can he still be slapped by the fish with his current skills.

The three of them drove around the town and walked for about ten minutes, and then they got on a small path, which was basically like what Mr. Lu Xun said, a dirt road that became a road when people walked too much. There were big trees and shrubs on both sides of the path. .Fortunately, the road is relatively flat and there are no ups and downs. If it is uneven, the boat on the trailer behind may not be able to bear it.

After driving for an hour on the dirt road, we finally arrived at the river bank. As soon as the car stopped, Ju An jumped out of the car and looked up at the small river in front of him. The river surface is slightly narrower than the canal in Ju An's hometown. Just standing on the bank can see fish jumping from the river from time to time.

"Ann! Come here and help push the boat into the river." Thornton greeted Ju An who was enjoying the river view.

As soon as Ju An turned his head, he saw that Taylor had turned the pickup truck around, the trailer had been placed by the river, and Thornton and Taylor were untying the cable on the boat.He hurried over and untied a few ropes, and the three of them pushed the boat down together. The whole boat was much lighter than Ju An imagined. After knocking twice, he realized that the hull was not made of steel. It should be something like fiberglass. It is very light. Three people easily pushed the boat into the river. There is also a small wooden artificial pier by the river. It looked like five or six meters in the river. As soon as the boat entered the river, Taylor dragged the boat to the front of the pier by dragging the cable that was put on.

Thornton greeted Ju An: "Put all the beer and everything on the boat, now the water is deep enough to put down the propeller."Seeing Taylor board the boat, Ju An quickly put his backpack on his back, carrying a dozen beers in his hand and followed Thornton towards the pier.

When they arrived on the boat, Juan took off his backpack and started to put on the bow. Thornton and Taylor went back to the car to move things again, and then returned to the boat. Seeing that Juan had already put the bow on, they went He handed Ju An a life jacket, and all three of them put on the life jacket. Then Taylor put the propeller behind the boat into the water, walked to the driver's seat and started the boat. On the side, there are leaping fish everywhere.

Along the waterway, the speed of the boat became faster and faster, and densely packed fish jumped out of the water everywhere the boat went. Ju An was stunned to see the leaping fish reflected on the glimmering lake surface under the sun. What kind of intensive phobia probably lay directly in the cabin at this time, shivering.Looking at the scene in front of him, he blurted out the words "I rely on you!" in Chinese.Five or six minutes into the boat, a dozen fish jumped into the cabin, and each one was not small, the smallest was fifty or sixty centimeters long. Let alone fishing, I just drove the boat for a while in the river. Circle on the line.

Ju An also saw the scene of Laomei sailing in the river on the Internet, and the fish jumping up, but that was on the video after all. I experienced it myself and felt that it was really grand. The clear river water, The sparkling river surface is accompanied by silvery fish jumping out of the lake, and the speedboat draws a white water mark on the river surface. Surrounding the boat are schools of fish jumping high, facing the breeze coming from the pavement, If this is placed in China, it will definitely be a bumper harvest.

Looking at the fish jumping in the cabin, Ju An realized that the Asian carp that Lao Mei mentioned was not the carp we were talking about, twenty silver carp and carp, etc. After driving for five or six minutes, it was easy to see in the cabin. Jumped in two or three kinds of fish, the largest being a silver carp, a carp and even a slimy fathead.

After driving back and forth in the river for 10 minutes, Taylor stopped the boat in the center of the river: "It's more enjoyable to sail in the river, now you two can shoot fish, I'll have a sip of beer first."After speaking, he got down from the driver's seat, fished out the fish in the cabin and threw it back into the river, then took out a bottle of beer, unscrewed the cap and took a sip.

Hearing Taylor's words, Ju An picked up the bow and stood up from the seat, walked to the stern, put on the arrow, aimed at a jumping silver carp, and shot it out. There was a bang sound of the bow, and the fish fell in response. , Ju An happily watched the fish fall into the river, and he caught the fish up with his hand. Looking at the silver carp that was shot through by the opponent, Ju An smiled and said: "It's so easy to shoot. Basically, it is right in front of your eyes, and you can grab it with your hands if you are a little more sensitive, so let’s eat grilled fish for lunch.”

Taylor shook his head after hearing this: "These fish bones are too much, and it's very troublesome to eat. If you want to eat them, you can grill them yourself. I'll eat the burgers I brought with me. Just use an arrow. If you shoot the fish directly Throw it in the river, don't dirty the boat."

Ju An was stunned when he heard this, and then he remembered that Lao Mei didn't eat these spiny freshwater fish very much. No wonder Asian carp can be overrun in Lao Mei.Shaking his head, he secretly commented on this group of old Americans who don’t understand food. It’s the first time Ju’an has heard someone say throwing fish into the river for fear of dirtying the boat. It doesn’t need to be full, just pull it out a little bit and let the arrows go. There are fish sent to Ju’an’s arrows non-stop, and the arrows almost never fail. After a while, no less than ten fish are thrown into the river. .

Seeing Ju An kept pulling the bow with both hands, Thornton also became interested and followed Ju An to the stern of the boat and began to shoot. Seeing a big fish jumping out of the water not far away, Ju An quickly drew the bow and arrow. , the arrow stably shot into the belly of the fish, and just wanted to cheer, who knew that the big fish was not dead at all, and directly took Ju An's arrow into the water, Ju An looked at the situation and cursed directly : "Damn it! This pair is not dead yet, and it even took my arrow away."

Thornton smiled and said to Ju An: "Don't pick too big fish, just shoot some smaller ones, and you still use carbon arrows, go to my bag and get a wooden arrow, even if you die You can still float up, the fish you shot so big, even if it died, it probably swam far away.”

After hearing Thornton's words, Ju'an turned his head and found a wooden arrow in Thornton's bag. As soon as he looked up, he saw a fish flying towards Taylor. Taylor was watching with a smile on his back to the bow. Thornton shot the fish, crossed his legs against the cushion, and drank beer comfortably. Ju'an quickly called out: "Taylor be careful!".

Taylor also noticed that the fish was flying over, and turned his head to hide. Who knows, he was a step too slow and was severely swept away by the fish's tail. Taylor clutched his cheeks with an oops, and the big fish that caused the accident directly jumped over the boat and fell to the other side. in the water.

"Mother, F...!" Taylor cursed while covering his cheeks, then rubbed the corner of his mouth and spat into the river, waiting to let go, Ju An saw that the corner of his mouth was slapped by the fish tail Flushing red, this tail directly fanned old Taylor's tears.

Ju An and Thornton hurriedly walked up to Taylor and asked, "How is it, how is it?".Old Taylor continued to rub his cheeks and shook his head, saying, "Give me the bow and arrows from Thornton, I will take revenge!" Then he stood up and walked towards the stern of the boat.

Thornton smiled and gave Taylor the bow in his hand. Taylor took the bow and began to avenge the fish in the river. Ju An also took aim with the wooden arrow, and the two shot together. After more than 30 fish, Taylor put down his bow: "Let's meet again! You two sit down."

Juan and Thornton sat in their seats after hearing Taylor's words.
(End of this chapter)