Chapter 5 Fish, Shrimp and Turtles
When I got up in the morning, I found that it was raining last night, and my grandfather didn't know what he was doing with the shrimp basket? Walking over and looking, (⊙.⊙) "Grandpa, where did you get so many eels?" ”
"I don't know, I got up and found that the drying yard was crawling with lobsters, and the ditch was also densely packed with loaches and eels." Quickly ran to the kitchen to see that the bucket contained most of the lobsters, and the other bucket contained loaches and eels.
"Has Grandpa been in such a situation before?"
"No, when I woke up in the morning, I saw that the ditch was black, and whoever knew how to come over was an eel and a loach." Qingli thought about it carefully, it seemed that everyone drank space water yesterday, and the unfinished ones were poured into the ditch, could it be that they were attracted by the space water?
I thought about it for a long time and couldn't figure it out, no matter where it came from, it was cheap for me anyway. Think of spicy crayfish, loach rolled tofu and delicious eel (?▽?), and saliva is dripping.
"Sister, what do you eat in the morning?" Qingli looked back, Qingle and Qingxi were standing together, and Doudou was standing next to him, his big tail wagging and shaking the ground, and his expression was synchronized (?≧?≦)?
"Eat porridge and eggs in the morning, side dishes with pickles and pickled artichoke, and go brush your teeth and wash your face. There is still something to do after a good meal. Qingli smiled Mimi.
"Okay." Qingle hugged Qingxi, who was still confused, and left.
"Sister looks at my teeth, is it fragrant, white or white?" Qingxi's little face leaned over, and when she saw Qingxi's two deep dimples, Qingli finally couldn't help but poke (o??? o)。
"It's so fragrant and well-behaved, sister kisses." "Go and call grandpa for dinner."
"Got it!" The little guy dragged a long tail and ran away with Doudou's tail in one leap and another. After eating a good meal, grandpa smoked a cigarette and took Qingxi and Doudou to the village chief's uncle's house to talk about contracting the mountains and forests.
"Qingle, I'll go to the back mountain, will you go?"
"Sister, what are you going to do?"
"It rained last night, and the mushroom fungus came out, so I'll pick some."
"Then I'll go too, you wait for me." The two siblings went up the mountain with a basket on their backs. All the way to the mountains and rivers (what the hell, the road is slippery in the rain, it's not easy to walk) The legs are sore, and I hear the sound of rushing water, "Qingle, is there a river here?" Why is there such a loud sound of water? ”
"Sister, you forgot, there used to be a waterfall dozens of meters high in the peach blossom forest in front, and there is a lake below, very beautiful! You used to run away when you were unhappy! "I searched for memories, there is such a place.
Listening to the old people in the village, I don't know when there was a large peach blossom forest, hundreds of peach trees, red, pink, white peach blossoms every spring, like a fairyland. It's just that the fruit of the peach tree is all hairy peaches, small, when it is not ripe, the sour people lose their big teeth, and when they are ripe, they are very sweet, but unfortunately they are eaten by birds, monkeys, squirrels and the like.
"Shall we take a look, then?"
"Go ahead, I'll finish picking these mushrooms, stay safe, don't play in the water, you won't know how to water." I heard that there are water monsters in the water. ”╮(???????) ╭ Take out the black history table and say, stinky boy......
When you come to the lake, the water is so clear, the scenery is so beautiful, but unfortunately the peach blossoms are gone, and there are many birds resting on the trees, including egrets, cuckoos, thrushes, magpies, and wrens (like parrots, they can learn to speak, but they have to trim their tongues when they are young, and their whole bodies are pitch black, and there is a poke of hair on their heads) and many birds that they don't know. Squirrels are jumping around the trees, monkeys are probing their brains from a distance, and this place is like a paradise.
Qingli took off her shoes and soaked her feet in the lake, it was so comfortable! Take out a bunch of grapes from the space, swing your feet in the lake, and "steal half a day of leisure" Such a leisurely day is only available when I was a child.
I threw a grape after eating a grape, hehe...... "whoosh" water waves rippled, and one after another silver-white fish jumped and fell in the distance, as if something was chasing.
What's the situation? Qingli picked up her feet, put her hands on the pergola and looked: I'll wipe it, what the hell is that? Mom, it's so big, what is it? Are there any dangers? Let's take a look at what I'm saying. It's close, it's close, it's so nervous, Qingli swallowed her saliva.
The head is exposed, and it looks like a turtle, but is there such a big turtle? Since it is a turtle, it should not be dangerous, the turtle is timid, and the slightest movement will make it retract its head in fright.
Use the space water to see if you can draw it over, Qingli flowed the space water into the river, and watched the big turtle slowly swim over.
"Big man, come here, I have good water and delicious fruit here, do you want it?" If you want, climb up and follow me home! Qingli retreated step by step, and the big turtle followed Qingli to the shore little by little. Seeing the turtle, Qingli's expression was like thisΣ(°△°\|\|\|) ︴。
"Brother, what breed are you, what did you eat and grow up, it seems that we don't have a turtle as big as you here, right? How old are you? I'll go, it looks like you have at least more than 150 pounds, so how much do you have to eat every day? Can I raise you? Ouch, so grumpy. The big turtle stared at Qingli with two small black and shiny eyes innocently, and Qingli was sweating when he saw it.
"Okay, okay, I'll raise you, let's eat bunches of grapes first." took out a large bunch of grapes from the space and handed it to the big turtle's mouth, and the big turtle opened its mouth wide and swallowed it all, embarrassed......
"Let's go, brother, it's time for us to go home. From today onwards, you will be called the Big Turtle. (Your name is wasted)" patted the back of the big turtle, Qingli walked in front, and the big turtle followed behind.
"Qingle, have you picked it up? We're going back!" Far away, Qingli asked.
"Picked up, why have you been around for so long? Ah~~~ What is that? Be careful! Qingle ran over and blocked Qingli in front of him.
"Well, turtle. I'm going to take it home, big, right? I was taken aback by this big guy by the lake. ”
"But what do you take home and what does it eat? And the turtle bites. Seeing this unreliable sister, Qingle wanted to scream.
"Don't be afraid, there are many small fish and shrimp in the ditch, and they can eat grass or anything, and turtles are omnivores." patting Qingle's head, Qingli left first. Looking back, Qingle found that the turtle had also followed Qingli.
Shaking his head helplessly, Qingle also went back with a basket of mushroom fungus. "Uncle, come and see, what are Qingli and them following?"
The uncles and aunts under the old locust tree heard Brother Dongzi's cry and ran to the back door at once. "Oh mom, such a big old turtle, where did you come from? I must have lived for many years! Looking at the old turtle crawling over, everyone was dumbfounded.
~Wow wow~ A crisp cry sounded, and it turned out that Qingxi was crying. A few friends looked at each other around Qingxi, and Doudou squeaked anxiously.
Qingli hugged Qingxi, "What are you crying about?" Wasn't it okay just now? ”
"Sister, big, cannibalistic, scared." Qingxi nestled in Qingli's arms and said with a sob.
Haha, hearing Qingxi's words, everyone burst into laughter. "I'm not afraid, the old turtle was brought back by my sister, and like Doudou, I'll be good friends with Xixi, you see that it can also play with you, and it doesn't eat people, you see everyone laughs at you!" Qingxi looked up and found that everyone was looking at him, smiling shyly, with tears on his eyelashes, and Qingli was distressed to see it.
"Girl, didn't you go mushroom picking? How did you get an old turtle back, where did it come from? The third grandfather patted the hard shell of the turtle.
"Where in the peach blossom forest, I used to soak my feet in the lake, and then this old turtle was chasing fish, and it almost scared me to death."
"Ping'an, were you scared by this old turtle last time to pee your pants, and you said that it was a water monster, haha you are not as bold as a glass girl." Uncle Ping'an's face was red and white for a while.
"How do I know it's an old turtle, the last time I went there it was almost dark, the old forest was dim, who knew that this big guy suddenly appeared, and he couldn't see what it was when it was black, so he thought it was a water monster."
"Look there's a word on its back." Dun Dun shouted.
"There really is, it seems to be a word for blessing and longevity. Uncle, you are blessed, such an old turtle is here. Everyone said gossiping, and grandpa's happy mouth couldn't close.
"Don't go back today, big guy, I'm going to cook, and I'll have dinner at my house in the evening."
"What to eat, we don't eat if it's not delicious. Yes, if the girl doesn't let us eat well, we won't agree. ”
"Don't worry, I will definitely satisfy you, Qingle, you ride a bicycle to buy wine, Aunt Xiuying will help me!"
"Okay, what do you want me to do?"
"Auntie, you can help me kill the eels and loaches, and I'll go brush the lobsters." "Good fellow, so much, what are you going to do? The lobster doesn't have anything to eat. ”
"Don't worry, I guarantee that the big guy thinks it's delicious, and the lobster will be of great use in the future." It took a long time to brush the lobsters one by one, remove the intestines, and remove the three tails of the shrimp. Prepare garlic, star anise (large seasoning), cumin, cinnamon, white cardamom, cloves, bay leaves, etc.; Ginger and green onions, chili, peppercorns, beer, all kinds of condiments, half an hour later, a pot of bright and durable, spicy and fresh flavors are all made of braised prawns.
The eel Qingli made a drum pepper eel, which cleared the heat and removed the fire and lowered the finger pressure. There are also spicy and delicious dry stir-fried loaches, cold tomatoes, garlic choy sum, white edamame, dried beans and fried meat and the old mother's ** dish stewed on the stove for a day.
"It's time to eat, Dongzi, you go and move the table out and eat out today. You're blessed, I smelled the smell of food in the kitchen, and my saliva was about to flow out, and I never knew that shrimp could be burned like this. In the future, shrimp are not afraid of waste. Aunt Xiuying said.
"Yes, glass girl, how do you know that shrimp are so burned? It's delicious, especially in summer, and it's delicious to eat prawns and have a little wine. ”
"There are a lot of lobster practices, you can go to the shell and burn shrimp, spicy crayfish, spicy crayfish, braised prawns can be used as a big dish, some places sell a plate to more than a hundred, those shrimp are still dirty, I heard that they are all grown up in stinky ditches. The lobster we have here is very clean, and this can be used as a staple dish when we open a farmhouse in the future. ”
"Sister, I want prawns tomorrow." Qingle's spicy lips were red. "Okay, you go catch it tomorrow, I'll burn it." "I'll help my brother catch it too." Qingxi held up a prawn and spoke with wide eyes.
"Okay, let my brother dig earthworms for you tomorrow to hang. Eat quickly. "Okay, eat and grow meat."
After the wine and food were full, everyone dispersed in twos and threes, came to the backyard, the old turtle was still lying in the yard, Qingli took a pot with some melons, fruits and small fish, put it in front of the old turtle, patted the old turtle's legs, big guy, you will stay at my house in the future, there are fish and shrimp in the ditch, catch it yourself, this will be your rice bowl in the future, take care of it yourself. Seeing that it was almost 9 o'clock, I stretched my waist and went to sleep.