In Jiangcai Campus in the early 1980s, not everyone studied hard for the rejuvenation of China, or some people lived a colorful life in the ordinary and boring university campus after studying. Our old Rui belongs to the latter part. It is said that one afternoon in the autumn of 1983, due to the temporary adjustment of the course, the afternoon was self-study time, and most of the students stayed in the dormitory bored and stunned. Rui, our old classmate, grew up in the rivers and lakes of Yunnan and was good at catching shrimp and fishing. He loudly put forward an incredible suggestion for all of us: "Go fishing." Although the school is located in the northern suburb of Nanchang, on the bank of Ganjiang River, with dense water networks and numerous fish ponds, it is unthinkable to go fishing. Therefore, Laurie's suggestion didn't get everyone's response, and only Lei Jianping agreed to consider it. So, our old Rui opened the box and took out the hook and fishing line, and then went out with Lei Jianping.
At that time, the scale of the school was not as grand and prosperous as it is now. Outside the wall is the site of Zhangjiacun, full of rice fields, vegetable fields and ponds. There are two railways between the school and East China Jiaotong University, one is the present Beijing-Kowloon line, and the other is the factory line between Nanchang Gear Factory and Cement Factory. After leaving the fence, Laurie and Lei Jianping walked along this railway line without trains at ordinary times, facing the cool autumn wind and enjoying the afternoon autumn without classes. After passing through many large and small fish ponds along the way, Lei Jianping, who looked excited, suggested not to go, but to go fishing. Lao Rui said, no, no, these waters can tell that there are no big fish. When passing a hillside, Laurie observed it for a few minutes, then jumped off the railway and trotted over. After a little repair, he smiled and said to Lei Jianping that the fishing rod was there, and then walked down the hill along the vegetable field. Standing by a green pond at the foot of the mountain, he said to our lovely classmate Lei Jianping, Come on, let's start fishing. I don't know if our old Rui is really good at fishing, or if there are fish in this green pond. After the earthworm on the hook was stolen several times, Lao Rui carefully put the fresh earthworm on the hook again, then muttered something in his mouth and threw the fishing rod far away. Then, he stared at the fishing rod without buoy and the fishing line vertically into the water. Not long after, with the blog on the water, Lao Rui. This rejection made our classmate Lei Jianping feel excited and proud. He looked at Laurie admiringly, tore off two thatchs from the grass, skillfully put the thatch through the fish mouth and gills, made a joint, and then threw it to Lei Jianping, then skillfully unloaded the fishing line, wrapped it into a ball as he walked, and stuffed it into his trouser pocket. He laughed and said to Lei Jianping, let's call it a day.
In fact, at that time, it was really unclear whether there were any owners on these waters in the suburbs or whether the fish in the pond were free-range or wild, but the experienced old Retty was holding a foot-long red carp, and he really didn't dare to go back the same way. So Laurie took Lei Jianping and Red Carp to Jiangxi Agricultural University. At the crossroads, he walked into a small restaurant on the side of the road and said to the restaurant owner, have dinner and help me stew this fish. Carp is one of the four famous fish in Jiangxi, and braised carp is also a home-cooked dish in Jiangxi. However, Laurie, a red carp, is really rare. Restaurant owners have repeatedly said that it is an ornamental fish and it is not delicious. But our old Rui knows very well that this is the wildest red carp in more than three years, and insists on processing it, and promises to pay more processing fees. The next thing is simple. Two people ate a fish and bowls of rice and had a full meal. Then Laurie asked the boss to pay the bill. To the surprise of Laurie and Lei Jianping, the restaurant owner waved his hand in despair and said, "No money, no money." After several concessions, Laurie, who had little money in her pocket, really swaggered out of the restaurant with Lei Jianping, and walked along the path beside Jiangxi Agricultural University, smelling of braised carp, and returned to school and dormitory with satisfaction, bragging to us. Of course, we always regard them as bragging.
Last September, when our lovely classmate Laurie sent his daughter to Jinan University in Guangzhou, he invited Laurie to have dinner in Guangzhou. After dinner, we told him the story of fishing in those days. In fact, on the way back to school after eating fish, both he and Lei Jianping were puzzled by the boss's "spare money". The two of them analyzed it and agreed that according to their clothes and thatch, I asked him why he didn't speak in the dormitory at that time and replied with a wry smile. I was afraid that you would tell the class teacher, Mr. Tang, and make us laugh. Yes, there was only one braised pork or Sichuan-style pork a week at that time. If we know that they really caught a red carp more than a foot long in someone else's fish pond, and that it was really eaten by two people, and we didn't pay for it, maybe we will really report it to Teacher Tang and ask them to make a review at the class meeting on Sunday.