47. Returning Home for the New Year (4)

Early the next morning, Fang Bin was woken up by the chirping of birds behind the house, and when he got up, he saw that Yu'er had gotten up early and was washing her face. Rubbing his eyes, he walked to Yu'er's side and asked, "Did you sleep well?" Cold or not? Yu'er smiled: Okay! Your mother covered us with two quilts. Yu'er slept with her niece Sun Ying, and laughed: Sun Ying is so naughty when she sleeps. Fang Bin made a grimace, as if to say, naughty than me? Yu'er knew what he was thinking, glanced at him, and pushed the basin to his hand: pour water! Fang Bin grinned and washed his face with the basin of water.

Climbing up the embankment behind the house, the cold wind blew in the face, swollen the clothes, and blew Yu'er's hair, the river was foggy, and the misty milk flowed in the fog, rising from the river, and the breeze blew, floating in all directions, reaching out and grabbing it, but there was nothing, like a huge gauze tent, covering people, trees, and all together. Yu'er had never seen such a beautiful scenery, she was very surprised and surprised, she ran forward with her arms open, Fang Bin followed behind, her hands into a horn, and shouted loudly: Ahh---h---,h Yu'er also ran out of breath, pounded her waist, stopped, and glanced at Fang Bin gently: It's so beautiful! It's so much fun! I didn't expect the morning in the countryside to be so refreshing. Fang Bin smiled, Jing was born from the heart, you are in a good mood, and you feel beautiful. Reach out and stroke her hair, the fog makes [***].

Sun Ying, call your uncle and them to eat. Sister Xiao Ju stood at the back door of the house and shouted loudly. Fang Bin heard it and walked back with Yu'er's children. When I got home, there were many people standing in the field, all relatives and neighbors, holding a few eggs in their hands, or a few self-made baba, or a piece of meat. Yu'er wore a blue down jacket, jeans, and white sneakers today, standing in the crowd like a fairy. Mother and Sister Xiaoju, with smiles on their faces, took the gifts and invited them to sit in the hall. In fact, the neighbors and relatives just wanted to come to see the daughter-in-law of the Fang family, and compared it with their own family, when they saw that Yurong was as beautiful as a fairy, they were a little ashamed of themselves, and they all left under the pretext that something was wrong.

Dad said that the fish will start today, and I will take you to see it later, okay? After breakfast, Fang Bin said to Yu'er. Yu'er was very curious: What is Qiyu? Fang Bin made a comparison: It is a fish pond, drain the water, and then go down to catch fish. Yu'er grinned: That's fun, will you go down later? Fang Bin smiled: If you let me go down, I will go down. Yu'er sneered: Yikes! You seem to have become a good person, huh? Go down and see if you can catch it, so that you don't have to coax me again.

A few hundred meters in front of Fang Bin's house, there is a long drainage pond, which used to be a whole, very large and deep, and then it was dried up to the household, separated into a block by a dam, dozens of acres of large ones, and a few acres of small ones, every family has it. Planted lotus root, red lotus in summer, bee fly butterfly dance, breeze blows, lotus moves, squeezed one after another, very beautiful. On the ridge overgrown with weeds, Sun Ying ran wildly with her two younger brothers and pulled down Fang Bin and Yurong. Fang Bin described to Yu'er as he walked, and Yu'er was very fascinated: Then let's find a summer to take a look, okay? Fang Bin was overjoyed when he heard this, and said again and again: Okay, okay, as long as you want, I can bring you here at any time. Yu'er grabbed the hair that was scattered on her forehead with her right hand, looked up and smiled, and looked at him coquettishly: I do. Fang Bin's soul was about to be swept away by her, and there happened to be a water crossing at Yu'er's feet, Fang Bin shouted: Look at your feet! The hand involuntarily reached out and took her hand. Yu'er was startled, almost stepped into the air, was held by Fang Bin with one hand, leaned over, and a familiar fragrance of hair and milk passed to Fang Bin's nose, Fang Bin could barely hold it, and took the opportunity to kiss her on the hand: Yu'er, I want to go back! Yu'er's face turned crimson, knowing what he was thinking, but she grinned: Go back? Where to go? Aren't you home? Fang Bin gritted his teeth hatefully: Hmph! Turn a deaf ear to! Twisted it lightly in her hand, wanting to hug her over and kiss her, but didn't dare, now the two of them are by the lotus pond, and I don't know how many neighbors are hiding at the door of the house to watch.

Rows of ponds are separated by embankments three or four feet wide. The embankment is uneven, overgrown with withered grass, the lotus leaves in the pond have long been exhausted, leaving only the withered yellow lotus stems, row by row, clump by clump, into pieces, looking from a distance, like the gun halberd forest of the ancient battlefield. Dad, his brother Fang Jun and his brother-in-law were all standing on the embankment, the small pumping machine was still ringing deafeningly, the water line in the pond was falling in circles, and some fish were swimming around wildly, soaring up and falling, splashing in all directions, causing Sun Ying and several of them to scream wildly, and constantly pick up small stones and throw them into the water.

Fish! Fish! Fang Bin, here! Yu'er pointed to the pond, there, Fang Bin, the fish jumped up! Maybe it's because I haven't seen the scene of fish in the countryside, maybe it's because of the influence of children, seeing the fish jumping around, Yu'er is very excited and dancing. Fang Bin sleeved his hands and smiled evilly: Teacher Huang, be a little lady! Yu'er pursed her lips and was happy! It's all taught by you!

The water became less and less, Fang Jun and his brother-in-law put on waist boots and went down to the pond, and his father was also ready to change his clothes. Fang Bin said: Dad, let me go down, right? Dad: Okay! I'll hand you baskets of fish on the shore. Fang Bin took off his coat and handed it to Yu'er, took off his leather shoes and put on his waist boots, and when he stepped down, the mud did not reach his knees, Fang Bin put all the weight of his body on his left foot, forcefully pulled out his right foot, moved one step, and then took out his left foot, dragging the fish basket, and moved one step at a time.

Fang Bin! There's a big fish in the back! Yu'er stood on the shore and shouted loudly, Fang Bin turned around, a grass carp more than two feet long, covered in mud, jumped up, caught it with both hands, didn't catch it, splashed Fang Bin's body and face. Yu'er smiled when she saw it: Fang Bin, are you okay? Fang Bin didn't speak, but he was ruthless, his right hand grabbed the head of the fish first, and grabbed the middle of the fish with his left hand, jumped as much as he could, lifted it, shook it at Yu'er, and threw it into the fish basket. The three children on the shore shouted in a gossiping voice: Uncle, the back! Uncle, on the left! Right! Fang Bin hurriedly picked up most of the basket of fish, and he couldn't drag it anymore, Fang Jun hurried over, and the brothers dragged it to the shore together.

The water is almost drained, Dad stopped the pumping machine, piles of big fish and small fish are crowded together, jumping around, flying up and down, there is no water, in the end it can't swim, squeezing next to each other, long and short, white and shiny dazzling, black black as lacquer, the countrymen call it Caiyu, very spectacular, a bumper harvest scene. Each of the three dragged a basket of fish, and no matter how big or small, they picked it up together. Roughly calculated, there are about three or four hundred catties, which is also a big income for the family. Don't put water in the pond first, dig the lotus root in a few days, the lotus root here is a big and thin skin, sweet and juicy, suitable for raw eating, can also be mixed with sugar as a dessert, can also be stir-fried, can also be stewed.

After catching the fish, Fang Jun and his brother-in-law each took a shovel and turned over the silt under the lotus stalk, and the prawns jumped out one by one, and Fang Bin followed behind to pick them up one by one. Uncle! Uncle! Water Fish! Water Fish! Yu'er didn't know what the water fish was, and saw Fang Bin dragging the fish basket and moving over, and a big thing crawled out of the silt, round and round, Fang Bin carefully caught it, and held it up for Yu'er to see, it turned out to be a soft-shelled turtle, that is, Wang Ba, wild, very precious. Caught several in a row.

When he went up to the shore, Fang Bin's face was covered with mud, even the tips of his hair. Yu'er grinned: Look at you! Became a mud monkey. Fang Bin grinned, opened his teeth and danced his claws, raised his mud-stained hand to grab her, Yu'er glanced at him, and Ying Ying smiled: Don't be stupid! Tilt your head and dodge, and you will have to pay for it if it gets dirty.

When she got home, her mother had already boiled a large pot of hot water, Fang Bin took off her waist boots and shirt, leaned over the big foot basin, Yu'er rolled up her sleeves, her hands were covered with soap bubbles, and she picked Fang Bin's dirty head, and the heat rose from Fang Bin's head and spread to Yu'er's face. Seven or eight-year-old Sun Yang, who looks pink, smart and naughty, very sticky Yurong, stood next to him and pouted: Aunt Rong, I also want you to wash my hair with me! Yu Rong smiled: Sun Yang is good! You stand away, don't get wet, Aunt Rong and Uncle Rong will wash you after washing.

In the evening, the mother stewed a big pot of fish, fish head, fish tail, fish fat, miscellaneous fish roe, tossed in the pot, the soup stewed milky white, fragrant and attractive, Yu'er ate sweaty.

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