The next day, it was a rare sunny day, although the weather was cold, the children ran out early in the morning, Geng Qiu and A Hao fell asleep in the middle of the night because of the quarrel, and they got up late in the morning.

"Ah Niu, what are they going to do?" Geng Qiu asked the third aunt while drinking porridge.

"Aren't you playing with the children of the Zeng family?" The third aunt replied.

After Geng Qiu finished breakfast, he went to the adjacent Zeng house to see what the children were playing, but there was only one Xinghua left in the house, and she was sweeping the floor.

"Xinghua, what about the others?" Geng Qiu asked.

"Brother Qiu, they're going to smash the ice and touch the fish." Apricot blossom crisp answer. The other adults only cared about their own work, and there were too many chores to clean up, and no one cared about the children. This time, when she heard that she was smashing the ice and fishing, the third aunt's face immediately turned white with fright.

"Quick, Ah Qiu go and get the children back, Ah Niu is only a little older, so he dares to follow to touch the fish." The third aunt put down the broom in her hand and shouted repeatedly. In this winter, if you fall into the water, you will be in big trouble.

"Don't worry, it's okay. I'll take a look. Ah Hao comforted, but the soles of his feet increased his steps.

About two miles away from home, there are patches of swamps, and there are many large and small water pools, and the children of Zeng Dashan's family used to eat here. This time, in the winter, I dared to run here with a group of children. Because in winter, there are very few fish to eat, and the New Year is approaching, and every family has to get some fresh fish on the table, so a few older children decided to take advantage of today's good weather to start fishing.

Both of them were fast, but for more than a quarter of an hour they could hear the lively laughter of the children, and there were not only a few children in their own family, but also many children from the tenants' families, and adults on the side, and from a distance, there was a large group. Only then did the two of them relax and slow down.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd, and then there was a loud noise, because it was too noisy, and they didn't hear what Chu said, Geng Qiu and Ah Hao were anxious, for fear that a child would fall into the water, so they sped up and ran.

As a result, when the two of them ran closer, they found that this group of people actually pulled a net of fish up. Fish of all sizes and colors were bumping around on the ground, and some children were quick to pick up the fish and throw them into the basket. His little Niu was screaming excitedly, and he pounced on a big carp weighing about five or six pounds. Chunhua, the eldest girl of the Zeng family, stared at him on the side, not doing anything, obviously coming to take care of him.

Ah Niu took a lot of effort to finally hug the big carp, and regardless of the fish getting dirty and wet, he hugged the fish vigorously and walked to the basket on the side, obviously trying to throw the fish in the basket. But the fish writhed its body vigorously, with great strength and slippery, and it was only a blink of an eye for Ah Niu to get started, and the fish fell to the ground with a "plop" sound, turning over on the ground, wanting to return to the water. Ah Niu didn't care that he was covered with muddy water, and he pounced on it vigorously. The two of them burst out laughing.

Seeing Geng Qiu and Ah Hao, Chunhua hurriedly said, "I looked at Ah Niu, it's okay." ”

Several other people who specialize in picking up fish, and the children of the tenant families also greet them one after another, but Geng Qiu and Ah Hao are quite interested in going to see the crowd of people fishing around the river, except for the adults, these children are relatively old, and it seems that they have also divided the labor, specifically for the smaller children to pick up fish. The two followed to watch the excitement, and after a while, they actually pulled up a net of fish again, and this time there were more fish. The children on the shore were shouting and laughing, picking up the fish one by one. This excitement has caught up with the northern winter fishing activities that Geng Qiu had seen on TV before.

After this net, they changed to a small net, and someone smashed open the frozen water, ready to pull the net again, Geng Qiu and Ah Hao also followed them all morning. In the end, more than 1,000 catties of fish were caught, but they were not too big, and the largest was only five or six catties, mainly carp and white-scaled grass carp, and there were many crucian carp, but they were only the size of a palm, and there were many other kinds of small fish, and there were countless of them.

Geng Qiu and Ah Hao first selected a few big fish with good quality and ordered someone to send them to the Yu family. The rest of the fish, they gave them directly to the people on the shore. The fishing nets belonged to the Zeng family, and they were also started by the children of the Zeng family, but there were many people who came, and basically every tenant family came. So each family got about fifty pounds of fish, three or five big fish and a bunch of small fish, very fair, everyone was very happy, happily carrying the fish basket to go home.

Before the snow, Zeng Dashan took people to hunt, he chose some bold and strong children among the tenants, and usually practiced with him every day, and when hunting, he also took two people to actual training at a time. Therefore, the tenants of the entire Yujiazhuang have a share of the prey, and this time they have a share of the fish. Everyone is happy, there is a life of fish and meat, they didn't dare to think about it before. Especially half a year ago, many people were dying of starvation. Now that they are living such a good life, they are more and more grateful to the Lord's family.

As soon as Xiang Ah Niu and Ning Ge'er came back, people from every household would take special care of them, and wherever they went to play, someone would take special care of them, and they would stuff some snacks from their own homes for them to taste. The two children did not recognize birth either, nor were they shy, and soon became one with these people.

Geng Qiu twisted his little mud monkey-like little Ah Niu home, immediately stripped naked, locked in the house to bathe him, this child only put on a new set of clothes yesterday, but all dirty. Fortunately, Geng Qiu specially explained that he had to give him an ordinary coarse coat here, otherwise he would have to wash the cotton clothes this time.

Not to mention Ah Niu, even Brother Ning has to go to the shower and change clothes. The third aunt took the two children's cotton clothes, boots and other things, first brushed the dirt outside, and then dried it, and complained in her mouth: "This cotton clothes are wet, don't you dare to let them play next time, what if they freeze?" ”

Ah Hao had already seen that these cotton clothes were only wet outside, not completely soaked, and they were wearing jackets inside, so they would freeze somewhere, so he hurriedly said, "It's okay, we're watching from the side." ”

"That being said, I don't dare let them play in the water anymore." The third aunt said uneasily.

"It's rare to have a good weather, don't let them go out to play, and they can still be locked up at home." Geng Qiu said with a smile.

He was followed by the little Ah Niu, who was cleaned and dressed roundly, and Ah Niu asked with a smile: "Father, let's go eat fish." ”

"Okay. Today we eat fish pots. Geng Qiu responded. Ma took him to the kitchen, cleaned up two big-headed fish, cut off the fish heads, removed the fish steaks, and selected several small trash fish, ready to stew a fish pot.

The third aunt followed in and asked: "These fish, do you want to keep some of them, and eat all Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

"Leave these three." Geng Qiu said. He pointed to two carp, about a pound and a half in size, and a large crucian carp. In this kind of weather, the fish will freeze to death when they come out of the water, and it is impossible to stay alive. Just kill them all and marinate them. It's just that if the three fish left are whole fish, they can't cut off the head and tail.

While a few people were talking, Zeng Changping actually came over with a basket and said, "Brother Qiu, there are still some good goods here, keep them for your family." ”

When everyone looked at it, it turned out that there were two turtles the size of a basin in the basket.

"Ouch, where did you get that?" Geng Qiu asked in surprise. That's a good thing, a big supplement. Although you can usually eat it, it is rare to see such a large one. Ah Niu and Ning Ge'er stared at the two motionless big guys even more curiously.

"Hey, we eat a lot of this kind of thing." Zeng Changping said with a smile. They usually go up the mountain and down the river, and they haven't touched any place within a radius of ten miles around here, so it's not uncommon to be able to leave two big turtles.

"Go and talk to Chunhua, your whole family will come over for dinner, and I'll cook today." Geng Qiu said with a smile. Miss Chunhua always wanted to learn cooking from him, but he now spent less time in Yujiazhuang and cooked less often. I can teach her both hands today. After eating Geng Qiu's food, the Zeng family was not very interested in Chunhua's cooking.

"Okay." Zeng Changping was very happy and went home to call someone.

"Send this turtle to Yu's house." Ah Hao said. He heard Dr. Li say that eating soft-shelled turtles is better for children, so he wanted to send them to Ah Wan to eat.

"Well, I'll send it over tomorrow, just go to the shop to go around, and the shop should be closed in two days." Geng Qiu said.

Soon, Chunhua came over with Xinghua, rolled up her sleeves and prepared to work, Geng Qiu said: "I'm going to stew fish in a pot today, this is very simple." You're guaranteed to learn right away. ”

As he spoke, he began to instruct her personally, first put the two fish heads into the oil pan and fry them, fry them on both sides, put boiling water into them to cook the soup, and throw a few slices of ginger into it. In another pot, still drop the fish steak and small trash fish, and fry both sides. When the fish head soup is almost cooked, you can put the small trash fish in and cook it together.

Then I chopped a large piece of wild boar chop with meat, blanched it and put it into a clay pot to stew, and then began to wash all kinds of vegetables, cut the white radish into hob pieces, wash and tear the cabbage into large pieces, and chop the dried bamboo shoots of the sauerkraut.

Then while the fish soup and pork chops were stewed, a few bowls of peanuts were fried, and a pot of marinated fish pieces was fried.

These dishes, in fact, are very simple, that is, the ingredients are sufficient, and within two quarters of an hour, the kitchen will be full of aromas.

All the dishes were made by Chunhua under Geng Qiu's guidance. Although this girl's cooking skills have made great progress now, she still can't catch up with Geng Qiu and the third aunt. Mainly because I was too poor since I was a child, I haven't seen much of it, and I know how to mix it with boiled salt. Slightly more complex and upscale dishes will not.

During the meal, the Zeng family said: "The dishes made by Brother Qiu are delicious." ”

"Hey, don't make me mistake, this meal was made by Chunhua." Geng Qiu smiled.

"Really? It seems that we will have a good mouth in the future. Zeng Dashan said with a smile. He doesn't really pay attention to eating. But these dishes are obviously better than the usual spring flowers, not to mention that she has never seen such a pot at home.

"Eat the vegetables, eat the vegetables." Ah Hao smiled and took a chopstick of cabbage into the fish soup and threw in a few pieces of tofu. To be honest, this fish pot is the first time he's eaten it. It's very fresh and light, not to mention that he likes to eat it, other people also like it, especially for children. The fish soup was cooked milky white, and Ah Niu and Ning Ge'er drank a bowl of soup.

Two families, more than a dozen people, around the big table, crowded and lively.