Chapter Twenty-Eight: Changing Faces

Winter and summer vacations are the happiest thing for every child, including Xiaoxi, of course, (cut, rolled his eyes and said arrogantly: who is not a baby anymore).

Winter has the fun of winter, and summer has the beauty of summer.

The weir pond in front of Xiaoxi's house, because most of the water in the weir pond was put when the seedlings were planted in June, for more than a month, although it rained, it only wet the ground, and did not collect much water. The water in the paddy field also evaporated and dried up, so the residents who were in charge of the water in the paddy field by this weir sat down together and discussed, set a date, and pulled out the tube to release the water.

The creek and the weir pond reservoir here are all safe with tubes (that's how it is read anyway). When digging a weir pond to repair a reservoir, dig a tank that drains to the outside at the lowest water level, which is used for drainage. Find a log that is slightly higher than the depth of the weir pond or reservoir, and when the water is not used, use stones and wood to block the drainage, and when the water is used, pull out the tube, and install it again when the water is used up, which is very convenient.

At that time, there were no pumps, and outside the drainage trough, there were canals that people had dug to the edge of every field. When draining, dig up the mud blocking the main canal at the edge of the field to let the water flow in, and when the water is enough, plug it with soil.

In the summer, Xiaoxi likes to take off his sandals, play barefoot, and step on the canal, so that the cool water washes his hot feet, which is very refreshing.

The water in the paddy field is almost dry, and the seedlings are now in a critical period of growth, and they need water very much, so everyone discussed and felt that the water should be released.

In the end, when the cylinder was plugged in, the water in the weir pond was only a bottom. Because of the big summer and the big sun, if there is no water left at the bottom of the weir pond, the bottom of the pond will be cracked and the water will not be able to store water.

Because there was only a little water left in the weir pond, Zhao Bo and the others were happy, and they were looking forward to the stars and the moon finally looking forward to this day.

In the morning, as soon as the people put the water out and had lunch, Zhao Juan came to find Xiaoxi and the others. Then, the four of them didn't sleep in the afternoon, and they set off with buckets of water to the weir pond regardless of the big sun outside.

When I arrived at the place, I looked at the stream, and sure enough, the water was much shallower, and I could see the bottom. A few ducks floated on the water, "quacking", happily piercing the fierce son. Under the shade of the tree on the edge of the weir pond, a buffalo was leashed, which was lying in the puddle leisurely with its tail flicking, rolling from time to time, and applying wet mud to its body. The flies "buzzed" around the cow's eyes, because there was really nowhere to put their mouths.

took off his shoes and put them on the stones by the water, turned to Chen Yubin on the side and said, "Binbin, you are on it, don't go down, the bucket is here, and when I hold the fish, you will pick it up in the bucket." Then he pressed the plastic bucket into the water and beat a small half bucket of water up.

Because Chen Yubin was only five years old, Xiaoxi was afraid that others would go down, and what if he was pulled out of his leg by the mud, he wouldn't let him go down. After listening to his sister's words, Chen Yubin obediently sat on the stone.

Pulling up his trouser legs, the creek carefully probed the thin mud at the bottom of the pond, well, it's okay, it's not too pulling, if you can take a step, you can rest assured that the groundwater is open.

Cautiously walked to Zhao Juan, who was already in the middle of the water, Zhao Bo had already been busy, and after Zhao Juan handed her a rotten back basket (that is, a useless back basket, take it to break the bottom), she also busied.

With an open-bottomed rotten back to buckle the fish, Chen Yuxi in his previous life did a lot of work, and he also accumulated a lot of experience.

At first, the water was very clear, and you could see the fish swimming underneath. Because it was a wild fish, it was very slippery, although the creek was not slow to react, but only caught four of them and threw them to the water's edge, and then Chen Yubin quickly picked them up into the bucket.

After a while, because a few children went into the water and walked back and forth in it, they drove away the leisurely ducks on the side, and "quacked" all the way to the shore with their wings flapped and twisted their buttocks.

After a while, the water at the bottom of the pond became muddy, and the fish at the bottom of the pond could not be seen, so they could only wade back and forth in the water. Because of the movement, the water surface is no longer calm, the water is even more turbid, the fish are anxiously swimming in the water, and only the trajectory of the fish swimming can be seen on the surface of the water.

Catch the fish with one word - fast, because the speed of the fish in the water is really fast, see there is movement, quickly throw the back of the back in the hand to where to throw, the fish hit the back of the back, and so faint, the back has sunk into the mud and can not escape. At this time, put your hand into the back of the net, just in this square inch, the fish generally can't escape the palm of the hand.

Why do you say it in general, because some fish are really smart, they know that they are framed, so they drill into the mud, and after waiting for people to search a few times and fail to find them, they come out of the mud and escape.

The stream stood quietly in the water, carefully looking at the water around it, searching for the figure of the fish. Well, there was a fish hitting the instep of the foot, and then it was hit several times, Xiaoxi locked the place, buckled the back basket in his hand into the water, took a few steps, and tinkered in the back basket for a while, and then touched out three crucian carp weighing one or two, and then threw them to Chen Yubin.

The children were detained in the weir pond for more than two hours, and they couldn't stand the poisonous sun, so they went ashore to wash their feet and put on their shoes, and prepared to go home.

After going ashore, several heads got together and began to share the results. The creek caught more than 30 fish, more than 10 of which were heavy fish of one or two, and the rest were all small fish; Zhao Juan's brothers and sisters caught more than 50 fish, two of which were two or two of them, and a dozen of which were of one or two weights, and the rest were all small fish.

In the weir pond, wild fish have grass carp, crucian carp, and occasionally a carp, and the one that can be caught is generally crucian carp, and grass carp can not be caught in the aquatic weeds. It is already very good for wild crucian carp to grow to one or two, and it is considered big in the weir pond when it grows to two or two.

Zhao Juan pulled the fish in the bucket of the creek, and then said in surprise: "Xiaoxi, why are you so powerful, you have caught so many big ones." She only deducted three one-two and one two-two, and the rest of the one-two and one two-two were all deducted by her brother.

Although I was very happy in my heart, I couldn't be proud, so I complimented: "Where are you powerful, don't you catch two or two." ”

Zhao Juan, who was a sycophant, was very comfortable, "Hahaha......" looked at the fish in the bucket of the creek a lot less than her own, and then secretly looked at her brother, and found that she didn't look at this side, so she quickly grabbed a few one or two heavy ones from the bucket and threw them into the bucket of the creek, leaned in and whispered: "Xiaoxi, I'll give you a few, don't tell my brother, I won't give you the big one, give it to you and he will definitely find out." ”

Alas, the old glass heart of Xiaoxi was so moved, the corners of his eyes were wet, and his heart was red, so he just held Zhao Juan's little hand to express his love.

"Alas, who made me like to rob you of food since I was a child, so that you looked so dark when you were a child, I have to let you go. ”

Instantly silently picked up the broken glass on the ground and put it together, withdrew the tears, pressed down the red heart, put down the claws, and could not play happily.

When I was a child, about a year old, Zhao Juan liked to grab snacks from Xiaoxi, as long as she saw snacks in Xiaoxi's hand, Zhao Juan would rob them, she was robbed, Xiaoxi didn't cry, she went home and took the snacks and continued to dangle in front of Zhao Juan. One took and one grabbed, and the two of them had a lot of fun.

As for black, this is simply black history! Because Chen's father is black, Xiaoxi was really black when he was born! When he was about half a year old, Xiaoxi was placed behind a tape recorder in the house and took a commemorative photo. When he grew up, Xiaoxi didn't know how many times he refused to admit that the person in the photo was him, and he had to destroy the evidence. Every time someone talks about something with a photo, Xiaoxi will say: "That's not me, it's definitely not me, am I so dark, so fat, this must be my brother." ”

Madan, I'm going to let you do it, or you'll rob me with your little body. I'm black, I'm not genetic, it's related to you, and I'm not, black, okay!

Then, it will be strange to find that all three people on the road are smiling, only one girl has a dark face, but the girl next to her keeps talking to her with a smile, and the girl's dark face is silent but it does not discourage her enthusiasm to speak at all.

Shangkan'er is the courtyard dam of Xiaoxi's house, Zhao Juan's family has to go forward, after breaking up, looking at Xiaoxitou and not going back, and leaving without saying hello, Zhao Juan wondered: "Xiaoxi, what's wrong, why do you feel a little unhappy, your face is so dark." ”

Xiaoxi listened, staggered under his feet, and said in his heart, girl, you can have a snack, you don't know all the way with a black face, and you still talk and laugh with me, I don't know why I'm unhappy, alas. I couldn't help but wipe my face, put away my emotions, and put a smile on my face again.

After experiencing her sister's several changes in face, Chen Yubin couldn't help but tremble on the side, but she was also very curious about how she did it, if it weren't for Xiaoxi's black face just now, it was still vivid, it was terrifying, Chen Yubin wanted to ask.

After returning home, the grandparents had already taken a nap, and after Xiaoxi handed the bucket to the mother-in-law, she took her younger brother to take a nap.

When I woke up, the sun was setting. When I entered the kitchen, I looked at the crucian carp that had been cut under the lid of the pot, and Xiaoxi found that those small fish had not been cut, could it be that my mother-in-law disliked it too little?

I found Granny Chen who was weeding in the vegetable garden, went up to the creek to help, and then asked curiously: "Granny Mama, why didn't you see the little fish I got back?"

"Oh, tell me to throw me into the pit in the back. ”

"Thatched pit?"

"Well, I saw that the fish was too small, full of spines, so I fell into the pit and raised it. ”

There is a thatched pit behind the house of the creek family, but it has not been used, and it is clean and clean water, and it is also possible to raise fish in it.

There is also a thatched pit in Xiaoxi's house, which is next to the pigsty next to the stove of the old house. The pigsty was built with several pieces of complete stone slabs, and deep pits were dug underneath, and several stone pillars were buried to support the pigsty.

The pigsty made of stone slabs is very convenient and clean. After the pig pulled the, it fell into the thatched pit under the slate with water, which was stored as a good farm fertilizer, and Grandpa Chen used it to water the corn, peanuts, potatoes, pumpkins, winter melons, peppers, etc., all of which grew well and harvested very well.