Chapter 90 Preparing for Fishing
The Yue Family's fish pond was ready for harvesting, and the news spread quickly throughout Daye Village.
Now that the busy farming season had passed, many people headed toward the pond after breakfast to watch the excitement unfold.
There were two most common methods of fishing from the pond.
Previously, most would drain the water from the pond and catch the fish directly from the dried bed.
The advantage of this method was convenience and speed; after selling the fish, the pond would freeze over in winter, and they could refill it with water and stock it with fish fry the following spring.
However, the Yue Family planned to use another method, encircling the pond with a large net from one end to the other, with several people on each side pulling the net, "scooping" up the fish inside.
This method was much more troublesome, involving not only many preparations beforehand but also continued maintenance of the pond during the winter.