Chapter 5 Catch shrimp and eat
The Du family sells grain every year for more than 100 yuan, but also to leave the rations to eat on weekdays, a year is busy to the end of the hand can not hold the money at all, but also have to eat coarse grains at home every day, now the white flour is a dime and eight per catty, vegetables are planted in the ground without spending money, there is a subsidy of five yuan per month for Su's mother to buy fine grains, and then mixed with some of their own leftover coarse grains, enough for the family to eat and drink, and occasionally open a meal of meat, in the countryside, the family only eats meat during the New Year, and a few meals of fine grain on weekdays are good things.
The most important thing is that most of the money from selling grain at home can be saved, if Su Rui is really not here, won't they have to live a tight life again?
Du Zhong slammed the cigarette stick, "Stinky old lady, what are you talking about when you want to cook, don't hurry up and go to the kitchen." ”
Liu Fengxian eats soft and is afraid of hardness, and she doesn't dare to say anything when she is scolded by a man at this time, so she whispers as she walks, "It's really a stirring family, and the family is not at peace." ”
The small mountain village is not big, and a few households next to the Du family listened to the matter, shrunk their heads, and no one dared to intervene, but secretly they were very happy.
Originally, everyone's living standards were about the same, because Su Rui arrived three years ago, so that the Du family had more "income", and then Su Rui from the city was a good one, Liu Fengxian was very embarrassed, and she always looked superior when she saw people, which made Su Rui go crazy, and really responded to the old saying, the dog that barks doesn't want people, and the dog that bites people can't bark.
"Dad, I'm back." Chung Chung whistled and stepped into the house leisurely.
The Du family was not in good condition in the past, and Du Cong grew much thinner than his peers since he was a child, so Liu Fengxian dared to ask Su Rui for clothes for his son to wear.
Liu Fengxian stretched her neck from the kitchen, and only smiled when she saw her son come back.
Du Zhong said with a dark face: "What are you doing, why did you come back!" ”
"I played with my classmates after school for a while, and my mother served me food, and I starved to death." Chung Toh took off his dirty clothes and threw them into the basin, leaning on the table and waiting for dinner.
Thinking of the number of daughters-in-law just now, Du Zhong held back the fire in his belly, "I want to eat my own food, and wait for someone to serve me all day long." ”
"What are you angry at my son, do you have the ability to send it to the one in the house." If you want to talk about other things, Liu Fengxian is afraid of her husband, but when it comes to her son, she has endless courage.
The hot dish was brought out, a small plate of dry fried potatoes, and three multigrain nests.
Du Congcai didn't care about this, and when he saw the things in his mother's hand, his face suddenly showed dissatisfaction, "Mom, why do you eat this, I knew that I had eaten with my classmates outside." ”
Now he has a meal of fine grains, which have long been unsightly.
"This is yours." Liu Fengxian glanced at his son, "Wait, Mom will bring you rice, and I'll fry you an egg later." ”
Today I copied a pot of potatoes, put a few slices of meat in it, the Du family was reluctant to eat, and they all allocated to their son in another bowl, and left two white flour steamed buns.
The people in the village don't look at the Du family to raise Su Rui, and they work and give money, and they don't fight back and scold or squeak.
Liu Fengxian dropped the bowl and turned around and entered the kitchen again, Du Zhong just wanted to shout, Su Rui pushed open the door and hugged back the bedding that had been cooled, and then turned back and took the meal back to the house, Liu Fengxian saw it and scolded again.
Chung To watched this scene with some schadenfreude.
He wasn't at home for a day, but he didn't think there was any change in Su Rui, she didn't look down on Su Rui in the past, and she didn't come from the city to be a girl for his family?
Su Rui was not annoyed when she heard this, nor did she care about the disdainful eyes of others, let alone get along with her body because of this setback.
It's just that after eating multigrain wotou and sweet potatoes for half a month, Su Rui finally felt a little dizzy.
She had never missed the taste of meat so much as she did now.
It's time to go out and find something to eat on your own!
As soon as she said it, she found a wire that was not thick or thin all over the yard, held it in a circle in front of her, cut an old sock and put it on it, and made a simple net pocket.
Thinking about it, she doesn't have that skill in hunting, fishing needs bait and fishing gear, and all she can do at the moment is catch shrimp.
It's just that the bucket has become a big problem, and after pondering for a long time, Su Rui ran to the field and hugged a handful of wheat straw, recalling the steps of weaving a storage basket that she had seen on the Internet, and finally made a decent straw basket in the afternoon.
The next day, before dawn, with her equipment, Su Rui rushed to the river in high spirits.
Catching shrimp is not complicated, but it also requires the right tricks.
Tie the grass basket to the water's edge and fix it with a few stones, Su Rui found a pond with abundant aquatic plants, tried to play with it a few times, and sure enough, there were several transparent figures perched on the stone wall and hurriedly swam up, the small shrimp swam very fast, and must be quickly picked up at a very fast speed, and cannot hesitate to let it escape.
Her expression was serious, her eyes did not blink, and after a while, her arms were quickly raised, and she only stretched her brows when she saw the harvest in the net.
There are three small shrimp about 2 centimeters in one net!
No matter how small it is, it is meat, and wild shrimp are rich in nutrition, she is a little dizzy at every turn now, and she needs to supplement nutrition the most.
Except for going back to get lunch at noon, Su Rui soaked by the pond all day.
It wasn't until the shadows of the trees by the river were stretched out that Su Rui estimated that it should be six or seven o'clock, and then she returned to the village.
However, she did not go back to Du's house, but went to Aunt Wang's house.
"Aunt Wang, are you there?" Su Rui pushed the rotten wooden door and walked into the dilapidated courtyard, which was a little dark, and if it wasn't for the fact that someone lived here, it would have felt eerie.
"It's a girl." Aunt Wang was a little surprised, how could this little girl come to her? To be precise, no one in the village likes to approach her, and the last time I talked to Su Rui, it was just a normal greeting about her injury.
"Aunt Wang, I caught a basket of shrimp and want to borrow your fire, let's eat together."
Su Rui shook the straw basket in her hand, instead of cheapening the Du family, it is better to help Aunt Wang.
"My good man, I caught so many." Looking at the dense straw basket, Aunt Wang exclaimed.
The last time she ate river shrimp was when there was a famine twenty years ago, when the hungry even gnawed on the bark of trees, not to mention shrimp.
However, over the years, everyone has been working honestly in farming, and the old and young masters have been busy in the fields all year round, so no one has to tinker with this.
In the countryside, there is nothing to fish and catch shrimp, which is the only thing that idle idlers and ignorant babies do, and no one wants to be talked about as gangsters.
So over time, even if the old man would rather do what he can at home, he would not go to the river to catch shrimp for a day like Su Rui.
So in Aunt Wang's opinion, Su Rui was afraid that the Du family was hungry and had no choice, so she went to catch shrimp, but she didn't dare to take it back to eat, so she found her here.
What a poor child.