Chapter 44: Village Life
After the wheat harvest ended, Lin Xiaochuan and Meizi returned to school, the sister read books in the boudoir at home every day, Teacher Ding did not come back to the Lin family for a long time, Ma Shihua did not trouble Lin Xiaochuan again, and the life of the Lin family was relatively quiet during this time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
This day happened to be Sunday, Li Erdan came to visit Uncle Fat's family, and also bought snacks for Lin Shuqing and came to Lin's house accompanied by Aunt Fat, Lin Shuqing was very happy, asked Erdan about some life and work in the mine, and greeted Grandma Qinying, Erdan said: "Teacher Lin, don't worry!" I take your words to heart! At noon, Lin Shuqing wanted Erdan to eat at his house, so he said to Erdan: "Erdan! Let's have a simple meal at my aunt's house at noon! Without waiting for Li Erdan to speak, the fat aunt hurriedly said: "Come to my house today!" Erdan, Xiaochuan go! Come to my house! Girl, do I think you're going? "The fat aunt has this kind of character, so she has no choice but to go to Wu's house for lunch.
After lunch, Erdan took a big net and took Xiaochuan and Meizi to the reed pond in the north of the village, saying that he was going to catch the "Magu Oil" birds, and there were countless "Magu Oil" birds inhabiting in the reeds after arriving at the place, and there were too many dense ones! Erdan instructed Xiaochuan to help him spread the large net on the ground near the reeds, and he and Xiaochuan grabbed a long bamboo pole tied to the corner of the net, squatted on the ground and waited quietly......
Li Erdan also arranged for Meizi to hold a long stick and turn to the other side of the reed pond, so that she could hit the reeds with a stick, and the "Magu Oil" inside was frightened by the blow, and flew towards Erdan's ambush point with a "buzz", and then Erdan saw the right time and shouted: "Get up!" Erdan and Xiaochuan opened the net together and stood up suddenly, and the flying "Magu oil" fell into the big net one after another.
Hey! I really caught a lot of birds! There are dozens of them, Xiaochuan and Meizi jumped and jumped happily, took them out of the net one by one and put them in the cloth bag, carried the cloth bag home, and after arriving at the Wu family, Erdan helped boil water, scalded hair, selected clean and then salted, a few people were busy for a long time, and at night the fat aunt used a big condiment, and the heavy chili pepper was boiled in a big pot, that taste! Ah! Not to mention how spicy and delicious it is! It's just that Brother Erdan, the biggest hero of "Magu Oil", returned to the mine in the evening, and he didn't eat a bite of such a good delicacy.
At that time, the countryside was full of water, not as severe as the drought now, the water level of the small river was low in May and June, and the depth in some places was only to the crook of the child's leg, and the weather was not cold and just went down to the river, Meizi and Wu Xiaochuan sometimes carried a small clay pot to catch fish and shrimp in the small ditch, and the big red sea shrimp that they saw now was digged. That scene is now recalled by people, just like a picture: under the blue sky, above the wilderness, on the shore of the clear stream, a pair of young boys and girls leisurely frolicking and humming by the water, they talk to the fish, and the birds are singing, they do not hinder anyone, do not destroy any scenery, their existence and nature are so harmonious and intimate, the heaven and earth seem to be integrated, do we have such a picture in our hearts now? Or have you ever been?
It really responds to the old saying in the countryside: "Where there is water, there are fish!" "So every time their little clay pot is not empty. After every June and July, the rainfall increases greatly, the water level of the Xiaoliang River at the edge of the village soars, and the flat slope is flooded, this is a good season for fishing grass shrimp, the fat uncle carries a net pocket with Xiaochuan and plums, and rakes back and forth along the slope grass with a net pocket, and can catch more than ten catties of grass and shrimp in the morning. Although the shrimp is not big but crystal clear, go back to the house with boiling water, put it in the courtyard book to dry, red and dazzling, very gratifying, that is really pure green food, when eating, mixed with leeks to fry mellow and delicious, is to boil soup with winter melon or wild vegetables is also delicious.
Sometimes Wu Xiaochuan saw the little shrimp jumping around in the frame and asked the fat uncle: "Uncle!" What is this shrimp called? The fat uncle replied: "Grass shrimp!" Xiaochuan asked again: "Why is this shrimp called grass shrimp?" The fat uncle couldn't answer, and when he saw the child's expectant face, he had to perfunctory him and said: "Because it is grassy, it is called grass shrimp!" "This ......?" Lin Xiaochuan was a little confused, ah! Lovely little cool river in the countryside!
The production team planted a large piece of white peony in the field, whenever the flower buds bloomed, the flowers were huge and bright red, Meizi and Xiaochuan discussed pinching the buds of the peony, and took them to the workers' new village eight miles away to sell, two cents a piece, so that they could be exchanged for pocket money, I was afraid that Lin Shuqing would not agree, afraid that she would think it was a shameful thing, the two children carefully discussed with Lin Shuqing, but I didn't expect Lin Shuqing to agree very much, saying that this is a good thing, and praising them for being sensible children! Kids are encouraged to act now!
Picking peony buds is very particular, to take advantage of the morning dew is not exhausted when picking, so that the buds are particularly fresh, the picked buds are gently put into the bamboo basket, in order to keep fresh to sprinkle water, at the same time, in order to keep the water, cover the buds with a layer of plastic film. After arriving at the place, the division of labor is carried out, Xiaochuan is shy and guards the pile in a secluded place, and Meizi comes forward to solicit customers, of course, this is all learned from the movie, in order to prevent the market managers wearing red armbands from catching and confiscating their buds, but they all put the money from selling flowers in Meizi's place!
It's just that one day Meizi's "business" was not smooth, it was almost evening, and less than ten flowers were sold, and after nearly a day, the flower buds were already half-opened, and the market had dispersed......
At this moment, a big sister dressed as a city person came to buy flowers, she squatted down and carefully selected ten, and then paid Meizi, Meizi took the money and looked stupid, Xiaochuan was also stunned, it turned out to be a one-yuan "big bill" Meizi and Xiaochuan were speechless, and their palms subconsciously opened up, meaning that they had no money to return people! But the flowers bought by the big sister are worth a lot of money!
The big sister saw the faces of the two of them flushed with embarrassment, nervousness, and expectation, and seemed to understand something, smiled slightly, and picked out more than a dozen flowers, and then slowly stood up, Meizi and Xiaochuan stared at the girl's face and slowly moved up as she stood up, and suddenly the girl's eyes closed slightly, kissed the bouquet, and said softly: "Don't look for (money)" and then went west and quickly blended into the brilliant afterglow of the sunset.
Oh my God! Meizi and Xiaochuan jumped and cheered happily for a while, forgetting their fatigue and hunger, and "flew" home like swallows. The "business" of buying flowers has been going on for many days, and Meizi and Xiaochuan used the money from selling flowers to buy a beautiful fountain pen each.
Lovely country life!
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