Chapter XVII

As soon as his father's modest words fell, Zhang Xinrong flattered loudly: "Look at what you said, principal, who doesn't praise and envy?" You and your sister-in-law are talented and beautiful, and they are the perfect couple in the world! We're just ugly ducklings who like to have fun. If you have to say that your mood has been affected, it is also edified, do you say yes, Mingzhu. ”

Before Ruan Mingzhu, who was more eloquent, could open his mouth, his father had already stood up and greeted Qin Guangyao and Duan Jiayu: "Guangyao, Jiayu, it seems that we have to give up the place." It is estimated that Qiu Yun has almost prepared the study, so let's go. ”

"Sister-in-law," Zhang Xinrong and Ruan Mingzhu saw Aunt Qiu Yun walking out of the study, they both stood up, and greeted them cordially: "Look at you, you are tired, as soon as we come, we will cause you all trouble, come and rest first." ”

"Not tired, not tired." Aunt Qiu Yun replied while inviting the guests to sit down, "Aunt Zhang, Aunt Ruan, you can just call me by my name, so that I can feel more at ease." ”

Zhang Xinrong and Ruan Mingzhu were saying almost at the same time, but they just said, "Don't be upset, if you don't call it that, we won't be at ease." The other said, "It stands to reason that you can call us brother and daughter-in-law, but we have a cheeky face and are called aunts, if you are uneasy, we can only call you my wife." ”

"I can't talk about you alone." Aunt Qiu Yun stood up and said politely: "You sit down for a while, wait for me to cook lunch, and everyone will have a light meal here in a while, but there is nothing to prepare, I am very embarrassed." ”

"Sister-in-law," Zhang Xinrong and Ruan Mingzhu immediately stood up, grabbed Aunt Qiu Yun, and said euphemistically, "Don't bother." When we came, we were all steaming on the fire, and we had to leave after sitting for a while. I came today to see your wedding album with the principal, and when the weather warms up, we have made an appointment to make up a set of photos. ”

Aunt Qiu Yun went into the big bedroom and took out a thick wedding album for Zhang Xinrong and Ruan Mingzhu to look through. Because the photos are all colored, they are very glamorous and dazzling, and Aunt Qiu Yun and her father are standard beauties and handsome guys, and the whole album makes Zhang Xinrong and Ruan Mingzhu look excited. After looking at the photos, everyone drank tea and chatted for a while, and the father and they came out of the study.

Enthusiasm failed to keep the crowd, and our family sat down by the fire again. Aunt Qiu Yun knew that her father's tea had not yet been drunk, so she took out the tip of the cloud and mist to prepare a new pot, and asked Ge Hailiu to go to the kitchen to scoop a bowl of hot porridge and take some pastries bought yesterday in the pot, and asked her father to pad it first, so she chatted while washing tea: "Brother Daren, your eyes have rods and scales, and you can know how heavy the big herring weighs at a glance." ”

"Feel it. Look at this big fish to torture your tender hands rough, apply more alabaster maintenance, maintenance, winter is prone to cracking. ”

"It's okay now, but yesterday it was a little sour. The strength of this fish is also too great, if it is not for the help of the current, the little sister is really no match. ”

"It's pretty neat." The father took the hot porridge from Ge Hailiu, and continued: "Of course, a big fish of twenty catties has a strength of sixty catties, even if I have to work hard to lower it, the good news is that the weak side of the two of you has become the final victor." ”

"That's all because of my currents." Aunt Qiu Yun set up the three small purple sand cups, prepared to pour tea, and asked puzzledly: "Brother Daren, what do you mean when you see the big fish, why don't you rush back to the county?" Xiaomei still thinks it's weird. ”

"Oh," said the father, taking a sip of the porridge and thinking for a moment, "it doesn't hurt to talk about this at home. This time I went to the county for a meeting, and the district also sent leaders to attend it, and they talked to me, saying that they wanted to transfer me back to the county to work. After wearing out the skin of my mouth, I agreed to let me first complete all the finishing work on the construction of Siyuan Middle School, so as to fulfill my wish. ”

"Brother Daren," Aunt Qiu Yun saw that her father only drank porridge and did not move the pastries, so she hurriedly asked with concern: "Let's add some more porridge to you, a bowl may be a little less." ”

"That's enough." The father wanted to drink the rest of the porridge in one gulp so that Ge Hailiu could put away the dishes and chopsticks, but it seemed to be too much, so he stopped and said happily, "It's too greasy to eat too early in the county, and besides, I want to leave some space to share the grilled fish with the two cute 'gluttonous cats'." Aunt Qiu Yun pondered for a while before she said in a worried tone: "Brother Daren, my little sister is a female streamer, she doesn't know how to analyze and judge, and she only hopes that you will stay in Siyuan, although it is not as good as Tao Yuanming's Peach Blossom Spring, but there are also mountains, rivers and scenery." You have experienced so many years of displacement, just live a quiet life, although you are poorer, but your little sister feels down-to-earth. ”

"Heh," my father smiled and said wittily and optimistically, "how can Mr. Tao have a comfortable life as 'Mr. Beauty'?" How can Peach Blossom Spring have more popularity and atmosphere? Qiu Yun, your mood is completely understandable, why don't you think like this as a brother? However, if you have already been involved in politics, you must be chosen by politics, and you can't avoid it, of course, this is just the understanding and process of raising a profession to a belief. In fact, whether a person is in words and deeds, work or life, it is related to politics, otherwise, he will really become a resident of Peach Blossom Land. ”

"Well," Aunt Qiu Yun thought for a while and said, "Brother Daren, you are the support of Xiaomei and Hailiu, Xiaomei believes in your decisiveness, you are going to the end of the world, and we will move forward together even if we are barefoot and hungry." ”

"Relax." The father paused for a moment, and then said: "Qiu Yun, we are both indispensable parts of life and life, but the phenomenon of being barefoot and hungry is quietly passing away, and as long as the country's economic policy can be substantially adjusted, the improvement of material and cultural life will be unprecedented in history, although it cannot be said to be the last one." Of course, this requires wisdom and courage, and more importantly, the courage and determination to carry out reforms. ”

"Daddy," Ge Hailiu felt that it was not to his taste to talk about national affairs, so he interjected: "Let me ask you a question, do you say that the big herring in the pond will grow bigger if you keep it like this?" ”

"Well," the father deliberately thought for a moment before replying, "Emotionally speaking, it took a lot of effort for you and your aunt to rejuvenate the big fish, and we want to see it for a longer time." However, the space of this pool is too small, even if the water is changed frequently, the longer it is raised, the thinner and lighter it will become, and finally it will become like a sword, which is not raising, but destroying. ”

Aunt Qiu Yun saw Ge Hailiu showing a look of pity, but instead smiled happily and said, "Hailiu, isn't Mochizuki Lake a natural super pool?" If you want to eat fish, you can go fishing with a fishing rod, and if you want to see fish, you just need to walk around the lake and see, everything will be done. Don't be sorry, we both follow Daddy to 'salute' the big herring! ”

After the father scraped the scales of the herring, disemboweled, and cleaned, the head and tail of the fish were cut off, and left for the soup to be made at night, and then the fattest part of the middle part of the fish body was about four catties, and the whole slice was half a finger thick and three fingers wide on the cutting board with a kitchen knife, and various spices were added to marinate, and finally the remaining part was smeared with salt and put into the glass jar for fresh storage.

After the big herring was cooked, my father took out the wire holder in the steamer, took it to the pool to wash it and smeared it with oil, and then placed it on the burning stove, and then used bamboo chopsticks to hold the pickled thin fish fillets, evenly spread them on the iron frame and slowly grilled them. Ge Hailiu and Aunt Qiu Yun naturally competed with each other to honor their father with grilled fish. After tasting a few bites, my father picked up the teacup and tasted it and asked, "Two gourmets, is this more delicious than roasting it on a wood fire by the lake?" ”

Aunt Qiu Yun and Ge Hailiu smiled beautifully at first, and then replied in unison: "Daddy is so bad, only now have the two 'gluttonous cats' tasted the real grilled fish!" ”

"Is this the real grilled fish?" My father deliberately took a slice of grilled fish and looked at it, and said mysteriously: "Regardless of the difference in the type and size of the fish and the marinated seasoning, the taste of the grilled fish will be very different if you just replace the rapeseed oil with sesame oil." Of course, this is already the best quality of grilled fish. ”