Chapter 3 The Ferryman
When the boat slowly approached, it was a young man, who seemed to see Le Lang, and slowly rowed the melon skin boat and approached.
"Brother Lelang, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come unharmed." That person was none other than Naruto the Watari, one of Rakulang's friends who stole chickens and dogs in the past.
"Don't be five or six, are there any fish?" Le Lang asked while pulling the rice. Although I haven't seen him for a long time, Le Lang didn't have any politeness or anything, and for these friends in the past, he said that those were obviously pale and weak, because some things had been engraved in the depths of his mind at a very young age.
"Fish, there's a lot of it." As he spoke, Naruto picked up a large grass carp from the boat, which seemed to weigh seven or eight pounds.
Le Lang took a look at it and thought about it: "Forget it, there is still a mess in my house, and there is no place to put it, you bring it tomorrow night, I will make a sauerkraut fish, and everyone will drink two cups." ”
"Why, I'm not available tonight."
"I just came back, I'm going to my uncle's side and get San Lang's household registration."
"Your son?" Naruto the ferryman looked at Saburo with a strange look in his eyes.
"No," Le Lang shook his head, "Speaking of which, Saburo is also to blame for poor ······" Le Lang told Saburo about his life experience with Naruto the ferryman.
"It's strange and pitiful, I really have to find your uncle for this matter, you don't know yet, your uncle is now the head of our village, and he has a bull's nose. By the way, have you cooked more porridge, I haven't eaten yet? Seeing the fragrance of the two of them eating, Naruto unconsciously rumbled in his stomach.
Naruto was also a hard worker, and was abandoned in the grass at birth, and was picked up and raised by the old man who supported him in the village, who also named him "Naruto" because he cried loudly. Naruto didn't follow the old man's surname, but took a "ferryman" himself, on the grounds that he had taken over the old man's work. For the bloodline inheritance, the Ziche people are very important, they can take in some wandering and lonely people, but they will not let them follow Xinziche.
After the old man died, the village gave him all his fields and houses, but he didn't live in the old house much, but built a house on the mountain peak opposite Le Lang's house.
However, this person is also surprisingly lazy, if it is not necessary, he will never cook by himself, he used to go to Le Lang's house to eat. He fishes, farms fields, and lives a leisurely life, but he is still twenty-eight years old like Lelang but has not yet started a family, which makes people feel a little hanging.
"No, I cooked it just right, but there are instant noodles in it, or you can cook it yourself." Le Lang is actually too lazy to die, maybe this is a common problem of men.
As soon as he heard about eating instant noodles, Naruto's face suddenly turned green, and he didn't eat less of that thing, "Forget it, I'll go back and cook it myself." With that, he was about to row away.
"By the way, do you want to sell fish tomorrow?" Seeing that he was leaving, Le Lang hurriedly asked.
"What?"
"Let you buy something."
"What to buy?"
"You wait a minute." So saying, a gust of wind ran back to the house, and after a while ran out again, and gave him a piece of paper full of dense things.
"Heh, it's a great chef, and I wrote a list, but I don't need to buy some of these things, I have them there, and I'll bring them to you tomorrow." That's it, gone. After saying that, he rowed the boat slowly to the opposite side. The mountain was so steep that he made a path from the stream.
After eating, it was already dark outside.
A crescent moon slowly rose from the side of the mountain, casting a faint glow in the sky.
Le Lang took San Lang to his uncle's house, San Lang was still holding three points in his hand, although three points were slowly growing up, San Lang couldn't hold them slowly, but he still liked to hold three points, holding it and feeling its heartbeat, very quiet and reassuring, he liked this feeling when he was a child.
Walking down, the four fields were pitch black, and the chirping of crickets was heard in my ears from time to time.
After walking for a while, I saw a person holding something by the stream in the distance. Le Lang's eyes have always been sharp, and if he looks closely, that person seems to be an old taro who used to fish. Although it is autumn now, the weather is still quite hot, some silly fish will stay quietly on the bank of the mountain stream at night, the stream water on the bank is crystal clear, as long as the flashlight shines, the fish will have nothing to hide, as long as the hands are fast and the eyes are fast, it is not difficult to have a harvest.
Le Lang slowly approached, the old taro turned back suddenly, the flashlight shone sharply, and he shouted: "Who?" ”
"It's me, Ah Lang, old taro, don't look at my face." This old taro used to like to go to his house to drink two cups when he had nothing to do, and the two of them were also familiar with each other.
The old taro obviously didn't take his words seriously, and used a flashlight to shine Le Lang and San Lang inside and out, "You kid is willing to come back, I thought you wouldn't come back?" When did you come back? Where to go? Is this your son? ”
Before Le Lang could say anything, the old taro asked a lot of questions, which made him cry and laugh.
"I just came back today, I'm going to my uncle's side, and besides, this is not my son, this is San Lang, San Lang is here, call grandpa."
"Hello grandpa," San Lang called sweetly at the old taro with three points in his hand.
"Okay, San Lang is a good boy, when I catch a big crab, I'll send you a few tomorrow." The old taro was holding a flashlight in one hand and a net fish in the other, and there was a plastic bucket beside him, which seemed to be fully armed, but the bucket seemed to be empty.
The crab mentioned by the old taro is not a small river crab like the hairy crab in Yangcheng Lake, which is called a hairy crab locally. The crabs he said are locally called "red cockroaches", that is, sea crabs, which are more than hairy crabs, and some have half a catty, a catty, or even more.
Le Lang glanced at the bucket next to the old taro and said teasingly:
"Come on, there are no big crabs in the creek and river on our side, let's go back and wash and sleep, old taro."
"You kid don't know, the day before yesterday, Naruto's kid caught two palm-sized crabs, which were caught here, there's no reason why he can't catch me." Old Taro was obviously stimulated by Naruto, and was a little unconvinced.
"Yes, then you can catch it slowly, I'll go first." After saying that, he took Saburo and left.
"Let's go, let's go. By the way, your uncle moved to a new house, the third room on the left, a three-story building, with two osmanthus trees planted in front of the door, which is very recognizable. The old taro waved his hand at Le Lang, and then remembered something and said to Le Lang.
"Got it," fortunately I met the old taro, otherwise I would have run in vain.
"I caught crabs in the evening, and I'll send you some tomorrow." Old Taro shouted from behind.
Le Lang thought to himself in the back: This old man is full and has nothing to do, crabs, crab hairs are almost the same.
The Hokkien proverb is good: autumn cockroach (crab) winter hairy crab. Now is the time when the crab meat is full of cream, but Le Lang has never seen any crabs here, remember that the crabs seem to be saltwater, and this side is all fresh water, how can there be any crabs, not to mention that they are still palm-sized. There are a lot of hairy crabs, but by the time he catches them, they will be gone. Le Lang has no hope for the crab promised by the old taro.
(I'm a little slow to update.,Usually one chapter.,Two chapters on Saturday and Sunday)