"Haohao, what animal do you like the most?" asked Li Liang.

"Giant panda!"

"Why?"

"Because it's so chubby and cute!" Li Hao continued, "Brother Liang, what about you?"

"Me!" Li Liang thought for a while and said, "I like kingfishers!"

"Kingfisher, we have the most of this kind of bird here, why do you like this kind of bird?" Li Hao was a little puzzled.

The animals that children like in general are not common. Kingfishers are commonly known as kingfishers because of their emerald blue feathers on their back and face. This bird is very small, generally inhabiting branches and rocks or cliff holes near the water, and can be seen everywhere in the countryside, Li Hao is not too rare this kind of bird.

"Because it's focused and serious!" Li Liang said.

The kingfisher lives on small fish, and it is very tolerant of loneliness, tasting the branches that stand alone at the water's edge for a long time, staring at the water like a lion patrolling its territory with a pair of bright eyes, and once a small fish is close to the water, it swoops down from the branches to the surface of the water to prey on delicious fish.

But the process of its predation is by no means smooth, and after each failed predation, it does not complain, but returns to the branches, and continues to repeat its gaze, over and over again.

The kingfisher is known for its fast low-altitude flight and patient wandering and waiting, and Li Liang likes this quality the most.

"Then I'll help you catch one another day and take it home for you!" Li Hao said.

"Forget it, don't catch it, this kind of bird can't be raised!" Li Liang said.

"Why?"

Li Hao often went to the forest in the back mountain to find a bird's nest, and when he met a young bird, he would catch it home and put it in the birdcage made by his grandfather for a period of time.

"Because it's so temperamental! If you catch them, you usually don't eat or drink, so don't catch them, and let them live their lives freely!"

"Oh!" Li Hao seemed to understand.

I stayed at my grandfather's house for one night, and the next day my grandmother Qian Sanmei packed up some of the family's specialties, including wild dried mushrooms and dried fungus picked from the woods in the back mountains, as well as some local specialties such as shredded taro and dried sweet potatoes dried at home. Aunt Meng Qingxiu also went to the forest in the back mountain at night to catch two female chickens, tied their wings and feet with ropes, and packed them in snakeskin bags.

There are many things at home, and the uncle and aunt can't leave, so the grandfather carries a basket on his back and personally sends Li Liang, Li Hao, and Li Yin back to the city.

"Grandpa, I'll carry it!" Li Liang saw that the basket that his grandfather was carrying was stuffed with things, and wanted to help his grandfather carry it.

Old man Li Chengxi refused: "You are still young, it is the time to grow your body, don't be suppressed! Grandpa has carried it all his life, don't look at grandpa now that he is old, 70 or 80 pounds of grain, grandpa can still bear it." ”

Before Li Chengxi retired, he was a teacher in a rural elementary school, and his wife and children worked as farmers in the countryside at home. Usually during the day, he picks up the whip to teach, and at night and holidays, when he returns home, he is also busy in the fields. Although he is a teacher, his skills in farming are no worse than those of other farmers.

Back to his home in Liliang County, it was just noon. Li Liang opened the door with the key hanging around his neck, and asked his grandfather and Li Hao and Li Yin brothers and sisters to sit in the house and drink water and rest their legs.

"Grandpa, Haohao, Yinyin, let's sit down and sweat first, and we'll go to Wangke to eat in the store later!" Li Liang poured water for everyone and beckoned.

At noon, Li Shuangzhu and his family usually eat in the staff canteen in the textile factory, and they usually do not go home at noon unless there is any special urgency at home.

Sister, there is also a staff canteen in the hospital, Li Meng eats in the canteen, and she can squint in the duty room of the department for a while at noon, and she usually doesn't come back.

"Liangzi, if there is any food at home, let's eat it at home, grandpa will cook!" Li Chengxi said.

"Grandpa, it's 12 o'clock now!" Li Liang looked at the table clock in the living room, the hands were already past 12 o'clock, "If you cook now, you may have to wait until one o'clock to eat." You're carrying a basket on your back, and you're tired.

Besides, our restaurant has been open for so long, you haven't eaten it once, have you? ”

It's late June again, and it's officially the season to eat crayfish.

Li Liang led his grandfather, Li Hao, and Li Yin's brothers and sisters to the main store of Wangkelai, and the store was already full of customers eating. These customers include people from state-owned enterprises and government agencies, as well as people who come to the city to shop.

Chen Chunhua was counting the accounts behind the counter, and Li Liang's aunt Wang Xiuyan saw Li Liang leading his grandfather and Li Hao and Li Yin brothers and sisters in, and hurriedly came over to greet her.

She is Wang Xiulan's younger sister, her sister has been married to the Li family for many years, and she naturally knows Li Liang's grandfather and Li Hao and Li Yin's brothers and sisters.

She greeted: "Father-in-law, you have entered the city, what do you want to eat? We have a lot of signature dishes in our store, fried crayfish, boiled pork fillets, fish fillets, hometown fish, tamales and so on!"

Li Chengxi rarely goes into restaurants to eat, he said with a smile: "Xiuyan, you look at ordering two dishes, don't order more, save yourself from eating and wasting!"

Li Liang hurriedly said: "Auntie, let's bring us a pot of spicy crayfish first, and then a boiled pork slices, fried peanuts and fried water spinach." ”

Spicy crayfish is the signature dish here, and Li Liang has not tasted it this year! He knew that his grandfather liked to eat meat and peanuts, so he ordered two boiled pork slices and peanuts.

"Liangzi, it's too much, just order two dishes!" said Old Man Li Chengxi.

"Grandpa, four dishes are not much, not too much, just right. Li Liang said.

"Okay, soup or drink?" asked Wang Xiuyan again.

"Bring me two taels of rice wine, and the three of us can drink some cold soda, right?" Li Liang looked at Li Hao and Li Yin's brother and sister and said, "Haohao, Yin Yin, how about we drink soda?"

"Good!"

The dish is fast, and the fastest on a large pot of spicy crayfish. This dish has now become the signature dish of the store, and the chef of the store will prepare a large pot for backup every morning. When the customer orders, it can be served as soon as it is hot, and it can be out of the pot, which is the fastest on this dish.

Wang Xiuyan personally went to the small wine vat behind the counter to give Li Chengxi two taels of good rice wine.

There are now three wine tanks in the store, two large wine tanks, one for liquor, one for ordinary rice wine, and a small wine tank for good rice wine, Wang Xiuyan has the best rice wine.

Li Liang, Li Hao, and Li Yin, brother and sister, drink the cold soda in the store, and the ice used in the main store is a large ice brick purchased from the ice factory in the city, so there is no need for the staff in the store to get up early every day to make ice with saltpeter.

In fact, there are household refrigerators on the market now, but Chen Chunhua thinks that the price is expensive, and now the electricity bill is also expensive, and the power supply is not stable, and there are frequent power outages in the city, so he did not buy it.

"Grandpa, let's have a drink!" Li Liang suggested.

"Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

"It's delicious!"

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