Chapter 23: Surprised

But not now, he was too short, and the water in the reservoir was still a bit deep for him, so he didn't expect to go into the water, so he had to use arrows. When he arrived at the reservoir www.biquge.info, there was no one around the reservoir at this time, and the fishing nets had been taken away. He slowly spun up along the edge of the reservoir, staring carefully at the movement in the shallow water.

He didn't go far before he saw a fin protruding from the water, and the size of the fin showed that the fish in the water weighed a lot, estimated to weigh several pounds. Zhang Tao didn't need to pay attention to his movements at all, so he walked near the fins, and the fish in the water were a little sluggish at this time, plus it was winter, so they wouldn't run. After reaching the nearest distance, Zhang Tao pulled the bow away with all his might, let go, and the arrow pierced the fin like lightning.

Soon a patch of red stained the water, and the fish in the water struggled a little and did not move. Zhang Tao pulled the fishing line tied to the bow, and the fish in the water were quickly pulled to the shore by him. Luckily, a grass carp estimated to weigh four or five catties is no longer moving at all. Taking the arrow out of the fish, Zhang Tao threw the fish on the shore and walked to another place.

Zhang Tao saw this method when he watched the movie in later generations, and I remember that it seemed to be in a movie called "First Blood IV", Zhang Tao was very impressed by this, and he himself tried it when he came back from the army, and the effect was good. However, the depth of the water is not so accurate, and after the arrow is shot into the water, due to friction and buoyancy, and water refraction will also affect the accuracy. Although Zhang Tao understands the truth of water refraction, it is not the case when it is really analyzed, so Zhang Tao rarely shoots deep-water fish, and at this time, the water in the reservoir is also turbid, and the deep-water fish cannot see clearly.

It didn't take long for him to shoot two grass carp of three or four catties, and he also harvested a three- or four-pound big-headed fish -- this kind of fish was still relatively disliked at this time, the head was too big, there was no meat, and most people did not want to ask for it. felt that his harvest was enough for the fish used by the family for the New Year, so Zhang Tao did not continue, if it can't be too much, too much is not good. I found a handful of straw from the rice field on one side, skewered all the fish, then put the bow away and put it on my back, and quietly walked home with two in one hand.

At this time, it was already dark, and before Zhang Tao reached the door of his house, he heard his mother standing at home shouting his name loudly. He frowned, didn't say a word, but quickened his pace and walked towards his house. At this time, people in the countryside are like this, as soon as the sky is dark, or when you don't see your own children at dinner, they generally won't go out to look for them, just stand at the door of their own homes and shout a few times, there is no noise in the countryside, children are generally playing in their own villages, even if they are a little farther away, it doesn't matter, a throat can be heard several miles away, so it is easy to hear the sound of their own adults shouting, and immediately respond loudly while pulling their legs and running home, and they will be beaten if they are late.

After arriving at his house, Zhang Cuihua was still shouting loudly, and Zhang Tao immediately answered softly when he saw that there was no one around. Because it was already dark, and the distance between the two was a little far, Zhang Cuihua couldn't see Zhang Tao's current situation, so she didn't know what Zhang Tao was doing, she just said in a stern tone: "It's been a few days since the end of the year, and you are sensible now, I won't say that you are too much, and you don't care about going home and playing there so late?" ”

This is the first time Zhang Tao has spoken to him like this since he was reborn, and they pay attention to a good end and a good start, that is, the few days at the end of the year and the first few days of the year will generally not beat and scold children, and at the same time, adults will also ask children to be self-conscious during this time, don't make anything out, don't go home too late or something. So today Zhang Tao hasn't come back after dark, which makes Zhang Cuihua very dissatisfied.

Zhang Tao didn't say anything, and when he got closer, he saw the look on Zhang Cuihua's face clearly, and he looked very anxious. Zhang Cuihua originally wanted to complain about Zhang Tao, but after seeing what Zhang Tao was carrying, all that was left on her face was shock. And looking at Zhang Tao's neatly dressed appearance, he has never been in the water at all, where did he get a few big fish back?

"Where did you get this fish?" Zhang Cuihua's voice became much smaller for fear of being heard by others, and her tone was full of doubts.

"In the reservoir of our village, after pulling the net, I saw a big fish on the side, so I went over to take a look." Zhang Tao didn't tell the truth, in fact, this kind of thing happens every year when the net is pulled, but no one notices this, and no one will notice it until a few years later.

"You kid, you have to tell us when you go to catch fish, it's gone so quietly, let's all worry about you, don't do this in the future." After listening to Zhang Tao's words, Zhang Cuihua's tone became a lot more relaxed, and she didn't blame Zhang Tao anymore, as long as he didn't go into the water to catch fish. Then he took two fish from Zhang Tao and went back with Zhang Tao.

When the two returned to the room, Zheng Hu and Daniel Zhang brothers and sisters were shocked when they saw all the fish they were carrying, especially Zheng Hu, who was still discussing with his wife yesterday about buying fish for the New Year, but he didn't expect Zhang Tao to get the fish back in a blink of an eye, which was enough for their family to have a lively New Year.

The three grass carp were divided into one for Zhang Tao's grandfather's house, and Zhang Tao's grandfather was very embarrassed, after all, they were sharing the fire with Zhang Tao's family, and the other daughters didn't say anything, and Zhang Tao's family helped them prepare all the meat and fish for the New Year. The matter of family separation was not actually proposed by Zhang Tao's parents and Zhang Tao's grandfather, it was Zhang Tao's aunt and second aunt who made this suggestion.

The two of them have better conditions at home, one husband is a coal mine worker, and the other is a cadre of their village brigade, and they always bring some things to Zhang Tao's grandmother's house every year, thinking that those things are better, so they are always worried about what Zhang Tao's family will take advantage of Zhang Tao's grandparents' family, especially Zhang Tao's three brothers and sisters, who directly let this side split up.

In fact, what they give to Zhang Tao's grandfather's family every year is much less than what Zhang Tao's family gives, and they also take some advantage from Zhang Tao's grandparents' house from time to time. In addition, Zhang Tao's grandmother didn't like Zhang Cuihua so much, and many things were biased towards Zhang Tao's aunt and second aunt.

This led to Zhang Cuihua having a lot of opinions about Zhang Tao's grandmother, and also had a lot of opinions about the two big ones. Especially Zhang Tao's second aunt, she was originally asked to recruit a son-in-law, but she found someone to marry herself, but came back to Zhang Tao's grandfather's house from time to time to provoke the relationship between the two families. In Zhang Tao's previous life, as soon as Zhang Tao's grandmother and grandfather passed away, the three families completely broke off their relationship and no longer interacted, leaving only Zhang Tao's family and his aunt's family in contact.

These are the things of the older generation, and Zhang Tao shouldn't worry about it, but the problem lies with the children of his second aunt's family, because their family is a worker, so they look down on Zhang Tao's family as a farmer, especially the house where Zhang Tao's family lives is still that kind of adobe house. Their son, that is, Zhang Tao's cousin, came to Zhang Tao's house and said that Zhang Tao's house was a pig's nest every time.

In his previous life, Zhang Tao couldn't beat him, so he could only swallow this anger by himself, and he didn't find a chance to take revenge until the two families broke off their relationship. In fact, the three brothers and sisters of their family are limited because of their weak family background. And Zhang Tao's second aunt's cousin married a husband who was an officer in the army, and then took all their family out, so Zhang Tao's family has never been better than his second aunt's family.

The remaining three fish, Zhang Cuihua immediately cut the fish, left a whole fish ready to be used for worship in the Chinese New Year's Eve, the remaining two, a grass carp body was all cut into pieces and salted, the remaining fish head and the fish head of another big-headed fish remained, Zhang Cuihua also left a few pieces of fish meat, originally prepared to fry the night to eat, was stopped by Zhang Tao. "This fish head doesn't need to be fried, just stew it and eat it later."

The dish of stewed fish head is not popular in Zhang Tao's house, at this time the fish head is fried and filled with the number of guests in the bowl, otherwise the guests will come to eat during the New Year and sandwich two pieces of fish meat will be much less, and the guests who come later will not be able to entertain, which is quite embarrassing, so the average person will not have the luxury of stewing the fish head to eat.

Zhang Tao's family because of the three fish that Zhang Tao caught, there were enough fish to entertain guests during the New Year, so Zhang Cuihua was ready to make a few pieces of fish for children to eat, and now after listening to Zhang Tao's words, he didn't fry it, and directly gave the cut fish to Zhang Tao. Zhang Tao took the fish head and put it over with water, then poured an appropriate amount of water and put it in the pot to boil.

I found some ginger and cut it into slices, then I got some pickled peppers out and cut a handful of green onions. The green onion was cut into sections, and then he washed a white radish and cut it into cubes. At this time, the water in the pot was already boiling, pour the fish head into the pot, throw a few slices of ginger, then cover the pot and wait.

"Won't this fish head smell very fishy if you do this?" Zhang Cuihua was watching from the side while doing all this, and when she saw Zhang Tao doing all this, she was very curious, and couldn't help asking. She has never liked to eat fish, especially boiled fish, because the smell of fish is too strong.

"No, those ginger can suppress the fishy smell, and you have to put green onions and pickled peppers later, and the fishy smell of the fish can be suppressed." Zhang Tao looked very sophisticated when he said this, he had made this dish many times in his previous life, and he was very proficient, how to do it was naturally very confident, how could there be a fishy smell.

At this time, the fish soup in the pot began to boil, the whole soup had turned white, Zhang Tao immediately opened the lid of the pot, put the white radish cut into pieces and put it in the pot and continued to cook, and when the white radish was cooked, he put the ingredients in it in a hurry, and the green onion and pickled pepper were put in at the end, these two things can be scalded as long as the soup is burned.