[***]'s cousin is called Tao Haisheng, and it is said that his parents were born on the boat when they went out to sea to fish.

Tao Haisheng's home is very simple, but after Jiangbian walked into Tao Haisheng's home, there was a sense of intimacy.

There is a table and several wooden stools in the hall.

Tao Haisheng's children all went outside, and there were only two old people left in the house.

"You sit down for a while, and I'll go to the kitchen and help your cousin." Tao Haisheng poured a glass of water for everyone and went into the kitchen.

After a while, the sound of a chicken neighing could be heard inside.

[***] got up and walked into the kitchen of Tao Haisheng's house, Tao Haisheng was holding a Luhua chicken in his hand, and a bowl was placed on the ground, which had been dyed bright red by the blood of Luhua chicken.

"Uncle Cousin, what are you doing all this? We just had lunch. [***] asked with a frown.

"What are you talking about! It's rare for you to come to your cousin's house once, this chicken is home-raised, and it's rare for you to eat it outside. Lijun, you go outside to accompany the guests, and the meal won't be long after! Tao Haisheng and his mother-in-law were busy in the kitchen.

The riverside looked around the house, and there were some yellowed paper paintings pasted on them, which should have been on the wall for decades, and although they were a little yellow, the images were still very clear.

Jiangbian walked into the kitchen casually and saw Tao Haisheng and his wife busy inside.

"Uncle and aunt, I'll help you!" Jiangbe said.

"Don't, don't get your hands dirty, go sit outside, we'll be here soon." Tao Haisheng said.

Jiang Bian smiled, "I'm still in the countryside in the first half of the year!" I've done this work very neatly, don't worry! ”

Jiangbian squatted on the ground with a smile and cleaned up the Luhua chicken with Tao Haisheng. Tao Haisheng is old, his eyes are naturally a little worse, and when he gets to work, he naturally doesn't have a young man.

When I got to the back, there was a person by the river who cleaned it up.

"Uncle, I'll just be alone. I've been a chef, and I've done this job so well! Ebebe smiled.

"Well, the young man is good, and he does this job really neatly. At a young age, he was already a chef. Tao Haisheng's mother-in-law also praised.

Jiangbian's hand does have some professional level, and after three or two clicks, he cleaned up the reed chicken, and he couldn't find a single residual hair with a magnifying glass.

Then it turned out that the kitchen knife handed over by Tao Haisheng broke the chicken very lightly and took out the internal organs in the chicken's belly. The internal organs could not be thrown away, so I washed them carefully and filled a large bowl.

"Housheng, wash your hands and go out to play with them, you come to your aunt's house, but you are a distinguished guest, how can you always work?" Tao Haisheng's mother-in-law said apologetically.

Jiangbe smiled, "It's okay!" Anyway, being idle is idle, Brother Wang, I am not very familiar with what they said, so I can't interject. ”

It is also true that [***] and Li Huixing have a common language except for fishing and the riverside, and it is rare for them to have any common language in other aspects. Jiangbian usually doesn't watch TV or surf the Internet, and the things he comes into contact with are fundamentally different from [***] and Li Huixing.

Jiangbian is also embarrassed to let [***] them talk about fishing in order to accommodate themselves. Besides, the topic of fishing is not new to the riverside at all.

Tao Haisheng's mother-in-law glanced at the riverside, and said with a smile, "You are a good baby, do you have a partner?" ”

"Old woman, are you going to introduce someone to someone indiscriminately again? People work as cooks in big cities, can they find our mother-in-law in the township? Tao Haisheng muttered.

"What's wrong with the village mother-in-law? The village lady is not worthy of you? Tao Haisheng's mother-in-law snorted.

Tao Haisheng was silent. It seems that there is some story in this topic.

[***] poked his head in, "Jiangbian, you are here!" I thought you had gone somewhere! If you're doing it yourself, we're in for a treat! ”

[***] You're not welcome at all.

Jiang Bian smiled, "As long as you don't think I'm not good at my craft at that time!" ”

"That's not going to happen, the local chicken in this township, just fry it, the taste will definitely not be wrong!" [***] laughed.

Jiangbian has been practicing hard in the fish restaurant for so long, and the effect is still good. Although the conditions here are simple, there is no difficulty in the eyes of the riverside. It didn't take too long to make a few dishes.

In order to welcome the arrival of a few people, Tao Haisheng made sufficient preparations, weighed a few catties of meat, killed a chicken, and then prepared some side dishes, which were fried to a very rich table.

The time is just right, it's almost time for dinner.

Tao Haisheng and his mother-in-law took all the dishes out, while the river looked for a faucet to wash their hands, found a towel to wipe their hands, and also walked out.

At this time, I heard a boy outside shouting loudly, "Third grandfather, third grandfather, your family is so fragrant, are you slaughtering chickens again?" ”

"This kid really has a good nose!" Tao Haisheng scolded with a smile.

"Handsome, you cub went to my house to eat again? The third grandfather told you that there were many guests today, and the pot of the third grandfather's house was too small, so he didn't cook for you. "Tao Haisheng has a way.

Soon, a mischievous little boy appeared at the door, quite tall and strong, it was the boy who ate noodles at the lotus leaf noodle stall in the morning. The child's name is Tao Yingjun, but his eyes are slippery and he looks very smart.

"Third grandfather, don't worry, I'm not here to eat at your house. I've eaten them all. At the time of the autumn harvest, you told me that if I catch worms and feed them to Luhua chicken, you will give me chicken legs. As soon as I smelled the smell of chicken in your house, I came over to see if I had killed the Luhua chicken! Tao Yingjun walked to the dining table, looked left and right, looked greedy, and choked on a big mouthful of saliva.

Everyone looked at him so funny and bent over with laughter.

"Then you are mistaken, little naughty, then you are mistaken, I am telling you that little Luhua chicken, not a big hen, the chicken has not grown up yet! But you can't kill it! Although it's a Luhua chicken today, it's not the one that ate the worms you caught. Tao Haisheng said with a smile.

"Third Grandpa Laipi! The one I feed the worms is clearly a big hen, when did it become a chick? Tao Yingjun cried and mourned, but his eyes looked into the bowl.

Tao Haisheng also wanted to tease Tao Yingjun, but let his mother-in-law beat him, "You are a death row boss, why don't you laugh and cry?" Handsome, don't pay attention to your third grandfather, the third grandmother left chicken legs, so let's eat it! ”

"It's better to be the third grandma, the third grandpa is a big villain!" Tao Yingjun's face was immediately full of smiles.

"Today's children are really evil, and they can't see their parents a few times a year. Tao Yingjun's parents went to the city to work, but they didn't hear from him, and now he is let his grandfather take him, and the family has no financial resources, so it is not easy for him to be fed. Tao Haisheng's mother-in-law talked about Tao Yingjun's family by the way.

"I don't care if I say anything, but now that the children are older, they can understand what they can say. Don't talk nonsense in the future. Tao Haisheng gave his mother-in-law a blank look and stopped her from continuing.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in society, and everyone doesn't care about it. Jiangbian glanced at Tao Yingjun a few more times, as if he saw his childhood self. At that time, wasn't it just like him, eating everywhere? If you encounter a better home, you can give some, and if you encounter a bad one, you can get it out of the door directly! At that time, I didn't understand anything, I was just hungry.

Mrs. Tao Haisheng took a big bowl and filled a bowl of rice, with two chicken legs and one or two pieces of meat on it.

"Is that enough?" Tao Haisheng's mother-in-law handed the big bowl to Tao Yingjun.

"Thank you, third grandma, enough is enough, eat two chicken legs, and I'll be full!" Tao Yingjun said this in his mouth, but he took the big bowl in his hand and ate it in a big gulp, as if he was eating the most precious and delicious thing.

"Handsome, go back quickly when you're full, otherwise your grandparents will have to come out to look for you again!" Tao Haisheng said.

"Hmm!" Tao Yingjun's mouth was stuffed full, and he couldn't speak, just snorted.

"Don't worry, don't worry, after eating, no one will rob you, you will be choked!" Tao Haisheng's mother-in-law said.

"Let's eat too!" Tao Haisheng poured a glass of rice wine for everyone.

Tao Haisheng drank a cup, sighed and said, "Lijun, you see, when you were a child, our fishing village was still better, and young people don't have to go to other places, they can live directly by guarding Qianjiang, but now, Qianjiang can't support us, and young people can't stay at home!" Staying at home, I can't even afford to support a home. ”

[***] nodded, "When we were young, the fishing village was rich. Families are singing and laughing. How did it become like this now? ”

"In the early years, I went to the sea several times a year, and every time I went out, I didn't say much, and the money I earned was okay to cover my expenses for a year. But for these two years, I didn't go to sea at all! Because not only can you not make money when you go out, but you also have to lose money on gas. In the past two years, the petrochemical company will have a big explosion, a big explosion, the coast is all polluted, even our Qianjiang River is very seriously polluted, there are a large number of factories on both sides of the river, a large number of sewage, and the insects in the water can't survive, let alone this fish! Tao Haisheng said.

"That's right, I remember when I was a child, when I came to my aunt's house, my favorite food was saury, but I didn't expect this saury to sell for thousands of yuan a tael now." [***] said.

"Hehe, at that time, it was needless to say that there were so many fish in the river that when you went to the dock to wash your feet, there were fish in your trouser legs!" Tao Haisheng said.

"Eat, eat, what are you doing with these old accounts? Lijun, your company in the city is becoming more and more prosperous! Take care of those two boys in our family in the future. Tao Haisheng's mother-in-law said.

"What did my aunt say, I am their elder brother, is there an elder brother who doesn't take care of his younger brother?" [***] patted his chest and said.

Jiangbian has some impressions of what they said, although the Lulu River has not changed as much as Qianjiang, but it is also very different from when he was a child. No one has cleaned up the silt in the Lulu River, it is getting thicker and thicker, the aquatic plants are growing wildly, and there are fewer and fewer fish in it.

(To be continued)