Chapter 52: The Fathead Fish
Bai Ke's aunt is the eldest of the Qin family's female sisters and the second among all the brothers and sisters.
Speaking of which, the Qin family is not very prosperous.
Maybe Bai Ke himself also has a big brother, so he regrets his uncle the most.
After the liberation of the Qin family, they could be rated as rich peasants, and their family background was naturally not the worst.
But as the eldest in the family, the uncle went out to work early to make money.
He helped the little devil repair the reservoir, and gave him some money for food and shelter.
In the winter, he accidentally got a nail in his foot, and he didn't pay much attention to it at the time.
By the time the spring came, the wound had worsened.
I had a high fever and talked nonsense all day long, and when I was dying, my uncle muttered: "Grandma came to pick me up, grandma came to pick me up." ”
He died soon after.
People say that the uncle was picked up by his grandmother.
After the uncle left, the aunt became the eldest and took on the responsibility of taking care of the family.
Even after she got married at the age of sixteen, she still had to take care of her mother's family.
At that time, Qin Yongmei was only five or six years old, and she was often taken home by her aunt to raise her.
Soon after, the aunt's own children were born one after another.
The aunt gave birth to seven children in one go.
First four sons, then three daughters.
My aunt is a carpenter, and she works as a carpenter to support the family all year round.
To put it mildly, it's just a seeder, and I don't have time to take care of my family.
At home, the aunt not only has to take care of the seven children who have appeared one after another, but also has to take time to take care of her younger siblings, and she also has to raise pigs, chickens, ducks, and do all kinds of farm work.
There was originally a brother under the aunt, that is, the second uncle.
But the second uncle participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, but did not die on the battlefield, but died of cirrhosis of the liver after returning home.
The aunt often has to help take care of the third uncle and Qin Yongmei.
The aunt's hard work has affected her three daughters, and they have been extremely envious of Qin Yongmei since she was a child.
felt that Qin Yongmei married a good person, so she didn't have to work as hard as their mother.
Therefore, they are bent on marrying a soldier or marrying into the city.
At present, the eldest is 22 years old, the second is 21 years old, and the third is 19 years old.
The three sisters hugged Bai Ke and Bai Ning affectionately, took Qin Yongmei's hand, and walked to their house together.
My aunt's house is a little far from the railway, and it took me more than 20 minutes to get there.
Whether it is in the southern countryside or the northern countryside, everyone seems to have a habit of building a house and likes to be superior to others.
Be sure to stay at the highest point of the slope.
My aunt's house is no exception, and when I get to her house, I have to walk up a big slope.
Many years later, my aunt lost her life because of this big slope.
In winter, the slope is covered with snow and ice, and if you are not careful, you will fall.
When my aunt was in her seventies, she fell in front of her house and broke her pelvis.
He was bedridden and died a few years later.
The three sisters led the white guest and the three of them walked cautiously, but they still fell twice along the way.
When she walked up the slope, the eldest sister pointed to a new house not far away and said, "That's the eldest brother's new house." ”
The eldest cousin's new house is seven or eight meters east of the eldest aunt's house.
Tomorrow the eldest cousin will have a wedding.
The eldest cousin is the eldest of the aunt's family, but he got married quite late.
At present, among the four sons of the aunt's family, the second and fourth are married.
Only the eldest and third are left.
The third child is a soldier outside, so he will naturally get married later.
The eldest got married late because he was very picky.
The eldest cousin is a famous beautiful man in ten miles and eight towns.
He is 1.8 meters tall, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a high nose, and a mouthful of white and neat teeth like a black man.
Therefore, like his three younger sisters, he also has a firm goal and must find someone to eat the imperial food.
Now, at the age of nearly thirty, he finally found it and found a private teacher who was a year older than him.
In the courtyard, except for the third child who was a soldier outside, everyone else arrived and stood in the courtyard.
The second cousin and the fourth cousin also brought their own children.
The aunt doesn't look very similar to Qin Yongmei, but she looks quite like her grandfather.
It's also the kind of way that you smile when you see someone.
The eldest aunt is a man in his fifties with a long face, thick eyebrows, large nostrils, and nose hair.
The two pulled Qin Yongmei, Bai Ke, and Bai Ning and walked towards the house together.
The aunt's house is also very cold, but perhaps because of the popularity, Bai Ke doesn't feel cold at all.
On the kang, on the ground, there were people everywhere.
Bai Ke roughly counted, adults and children added together, a total of fifteen people.
It was still early to leave the meal, and the white guest was a little bored.
Although he is married, the fourth brother, who still loves to play, pulled up the white guest: "Go! I'll take you fishing!"
The aunt and the aunt couldn't help but reprimand: "You don't care about it, your ass is just hot, and you lead people to the Hetao to play?"
Qin Yongmei smiled and said, "It's okay, I like to play outside." ”
Bai Ke also shouted: "Yes, yes, I always like that loop." ”
The eldest aunt was a little surprised: "How do you know that Hetao?"
In fact, Bai Ke knew it in the previous life, and now he can only be sloppy: "Listen to what you say." ”
The fourth brother picked up two pairs of cotton gloves, two small benches, ice picks, fishing rods and bait and set off.
The Hetao is not far from the aunt's house, and it is two or three hundred meters along the path behind the house.
The reason why Bai Ke was deeply impressed by this river loop was because this river loop was amazing, and it turned out to be fish in the sea!
Some people say that it has an underground passage with the sea, and others say that when there was a big flood in the past, the sea flooded over.
The river is less than a kilometre away from the nearest sea, and it is possible to flood it through an underground passage or seawater.
When I came to the creek, there were already three people sitting in the middle of the river fishing.
One of them got up and was packing up his things to leave.
Seeing the fourth brother leading Bai Ke over, he hurriedly greeted: "Fourth, I gave you this pit." ”
The fourth brother pouted: "It's all fished and left to me." ”
"Hmph, yes, enough for you to catch. ”
The white guest looked at the small bucket that the guy was carrying, and there were five or six fish in it.
He carried the fish home in this small bucket, although the surface would freeze halfway, but when he arrived at home, the small fish were still fresh, and he cooked them directly at home, which was called fresh.
Bai Ke and the fourth brother carried a small stool and sat down in front of the puddle.
The white guest got the bait, carried the rod and sank into the water.
His fishing rod is not actually a fishing rod, it is just a small wooden stick with a bit of elasticity tied to a fishing line.
However, you can't use a serious fishing rod to shake off such a small puddle.
Afraid that Bai Ke would freeze, the fourth brother picked up a cotton hat and buckled it on his head, and the white Ke was almost out of sight.
But it's not bad, there's not much wind, and it's sunny.
The sun shines warmly on the face.
The small fish also seem to be coming for the sun.
Ten minutes later, there was a fish bite.
Bai Ke hurriedly shouted: "I'm coming! I'm coming!"
"Be careful!" the fourth brother carefully instructed from the side.
In fact, Bai Ke is much more proficient in fishing than the fourth brother, which is his innate skill.
He carefully shook the line and dragged the fish up little by little.
This is an adult-sized sea catfish, and the locals call it fathead, but it is not the fathead fish in freshwater.
In this loop, there is basically only this kind of fish.
Although this fish does not look fat, and the head is a little big, the taste is extremely delicious, and it is just as delicious as it is to throw it into the pot and stew it without seasoning.
Four or five minutes later, another fish was caught.
This one is as long as chopsticks.
Bai Ke just got carried away and fished, and in the blink of an eye they caught seven or eight, until the eldest cousin came to shout, and they got up and went back.