Chapter 236 Three Days in the Sky
The sky is gloomy and rain is falling.
The boat swayed up and down with the waves. Liang Qu stood at the bow with his hair flying in the river breeze.
Looking around, you can see large numbers of big fish jumping on the water, with a few big crocodiles occasionally mixed in.
As the water beasts and porpoises rushed forward, the size of the entire fish school continued to expand, extending visibly into the distance.
Small fish, big fish, giant crocodiles, whether carnivorous or herbivorous, all gathered together harmoniously at this moment, stirring up endless waves.
If there really is a water god in the world, it should look like this, right?
Liang Qu was in high spirits.
It’s a pity that beasts are beasts after all, and their brain capacity is limited.
The tens of thousands of big fish in front of us are completely unable to understand the complex instructions that require subjective initiative.
Searching, investigating, and communicating are all impossible.
Moreover, once they are out of sight, they are likely to rebel and once you let go, you will never be able to find them again.
It is suitable to be used as cannon fodder.
In addition to the ability to control ordinary water beasts, Liang Qu conducted repeated tests in the water and discovered the second ability of the Golden Eye - night vision.
It is a cloudy day today and the light is not very good. It is pitch black under the water more than a hundred meters below.
But he had no visual impairment and could still see underwater just like during the day.
Liangqu's underwater perception has a radius of 130 meters and is very insightful. It is not very useful, but it is in great demand on shore and is very useful.
Schools of fish swam around the barge, raising large patches of white foam.
Looking at the groups of animals swimming along the undulating water, Liang Qu waved his hand and asked the fat catfish to stop driving them away.
Even though the number of people subdued reached 30,000, he still didn't feel any physical burden. He was physically and mentally strong, which was enough to prove that Jinmu really didn't consume any energy. Continuing the experiment would only be a waste of effort and there was no need.
It's a pity that even if a fish was sold for three or four copper coins, the huge number of more than 30,000 big fish would be nearly one hundred taels of silver.
A harvest of one hundred taels in one hour is almost equal to the output value of all the fishermen in Yixing Town for two days!
But I can’t sell it.
Liang Qu was about to disperse the school of fish, but his eyes suddenly fixed.
With tens of thousands of fish facing him, the two big fish with completely different body shapes from ordinary fish and swimming around were particularly conspicuous.
A golden rainbow trout and a red blood bass were driven into the school of fish by several water beasts at some point.
"Fishing in troubled waters... just filling in the gaps?"
Liang Qu couldn't think of the right words to describe it for a moment. The shadow of a white ape flashed behind him, and a vast pressure crushed him. The precious fish, which was squeezed by the school of fish and running around like a headless fly, froze all over.
The tentacles of the water flow emerged from the side, passed through the gill cover of the treasure fish and lifted it onto the barge.
Liang Qu threw out the Qinglang, and the current wrapped around the handle of the knife, and he gutted the two fish with a bit of awkwardness.
In recent days he has been practicing manipulating the water flow in the vortex, and now he can complete a lot of more complex actions, such as cutting a fish with a knife.
The golden eyes narrowed and the fish disappeared.
Liang Qu fed the offal and bones to the animals and stuffed the processed fish meat into the fish basket.
I'll make some fish casserole porridge tonight for a lighter meal.
Always eating big fish and meat, it’s greasy.
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The dense reeds are lush and green, and the open river bank is bustling with fishing boats, creating a busy scene.
There were people walking on the bluestone street. When I returned to Liangqu in Yixing Town and reached a certain section, I found that the crowd had become denser. At first I thought a store was opening, but then I heard a gong sound.
When I went in, I found two clerks gathered in the crowd, one was beating a gong and the other was posting notices. The one beating the gong would shout loudly every time he struck it.
"Starting from July 6, a curfew will be implemented from 7:45 pm to 7:45 pm for a period of one month! If you hear this, please go back and tell your relatives and friends. Do not wander around outside and miss the curfew, otherwise you will be arrested and thrown into prison without anyone else's fault!"
"On July 6, a curfew will be imposed..."
Passersby are used to it.
Every year when the hottest days are approaching, there is a curfew, and no one thinks there is anything wrong with it.
"It's going to be the hottest time of the year. I wonder how hot it will be this year."
"Time flies by so fast, another year has passed."
"I wonder how many there will be this year?" "Two, usually two."
"I saw three once when I was a kid!"
"I remember one time, too. That guy was salted fish dried in a day."
"Three days are rare. I heard that it only happens once every 20 to 30 years. Basically, it's two days."
Is there going to be a curfew?
Liang Qu, who was standing outside the crowd, had a flash of light in his eyes.
Count the days.
It’s less than half a month away from July 6th, and the time is indeed approaching.
I wonder if it’s really as magical as it’s described in the books?
Seasonal learning is a "compulsory course" for enlightenment in academies, and Liang Qu naturally learned it.
The entire twenty-four solar terms were almost no different from the ones he was familiar with, except that there was a period of red cinnabar around the Great Heat that was specially marked as Bing Fire.
When the Bing Fire starts to run wild, the three stars will be engulfed.
At first glance, he was puzzled, but later Liang Qu flipped through the ancient books and discovered an astonishing phenomenon in them.
Around the Great Heat every year, more than one sun appears in the sky!
Most of the time there are two, but in a cycle of every twenty-three to twenty-five years, a third one appears!
The Great Heat is the middle of the three hottest days of summer and the hottest period of the year.
Since there is more than one sun, of course it is the hottest.
The cognition that people all over the world are accustomed to seems incredible to Liang Qu.
Two are understandable, but how can three celestial bodies form a stable system?
Moreover, Binghuo days do not appear throughout the year, but only a few days before and after the Great Heat, and the number of days they appear does not exceed one month.
If the sun rises for two or even three days, everything will become restless and aggressive, and many creatures will break into people's homes to escape the heat and ward off disasters.
Not only animals, but humans can also be impulsive and irritable, and fights often occur. This is how curfews were created to prevent trouble.
You have to see it with your own eyes to know whether it is true or not.
Liang Qu noted the curfew time and hurried home. Just as he brought the fish basket into the kitchen, he heard bursts of dogs barking in the garden.
"Oolong? Someone's coming to the house?"
If it was an acquaintance, Wu Long would never call out randomly.
By the pond, Fan Xinglai and Aunt Zhang were standing aside watching the strange thing. Wulong kept running and barking along the pond, obviously seeing something.
Liang Quna was surprised: "Ah Fan, what's going on?"
Hearing the sound, Fan Xinglai turned around and pointed to the other side of the pool.
"Something came into the pond, as if it had emerged from an underground river, brought over a few pieces of wood, and then disappeared again.
Wu Long was the first to discover it. We heard it barking and came to see if there was a thief."
Liang Qu looked in the direction Fan Xinglai was pointing, and saw that a pile of wood had appeared by the pond, stacked neatly and orderly on the shore.
Absolutely not before.
"Did you see what it was?"
"No, I only saw a dark figure, like a big rat, with a butt as big as a pig's!"
Fan Xinglai described the story vividly and excitedly, while Aunt Zhang looked worried.
"Okay, got it. Go ahead and do your work. I'll be watching over here."
Liang Qu calmly asked the two men to leave, and called Wu Long to stop it from barking.
When the pond was completely quiet, he looked at the old giant clam lying motionless at the bottom of the water.
"Old Bei, what's going on with the big rat?"
The old giant clam, disguised as a stone and motionless, opened its shell and spit out a series of bubbles.
"Your family has introduced beavers."
(End of this chapter)
