"Sister, where are we going today?" Chen Qiusheng asked, a little reluctant to go together.

Chen Qiuniang said "um" suspiciously, and then she realized that a few days ago, Chen Qiuniang and Chen Qiusheng always carried clay pots to each house to ask for leftovers. She felt sour and said, "Today we will go to the river to catch fish." ”

Going down to the river to catch fish and shrimp, and going up the mountain to catch birds and hunt, Chen Qiuniang didn't know what to do in the past. After all, she lived a wealthy life and was raised in the city. She can't do this kind of fun of forcing the mountain baby. But Jiang Yun is different, her grandmother was pregnant with her mother to marry a village husband, so her grandmother has lived in the countryside all her life. And after Jiang Yun's mother died in childbirth, her grandmother raised her. Dad also died of depression four years later.

Therefore, Jiang Yun is a standard mountain village baby. Temperament and skin, a lot of activity, like a boy since childhood. Stealing other people's fruits with their friends, catching yellow eels with flashlights at night, making slingshots to hit the fruits on tall fruit trees, trying to clean up the hated dogs in the village, and roasting corn on the cob on the top of the mountain, almost burned the mountains and forests.

When she was a child, she was almost the demon king of that area. If my grandmother doesn't give me food for a few days, she won't go hungry. Therefore, going down to the river to catch fish and shrimp is really nothing to her.

"But, I, I'm not going to do that. Brother Ergou said to teach me, but he hasn't taught yet. Chen Qiusheng's face flushed, and he pursed his lips tightly, feeling that his eldest son in the family was very useless. Originally, even in this rural area, going down to the river to catch fish had to be a boy's business.

"It's okay, what do you want to learn, my sister will teach you." Chen Qiuniang patted him on the shoulder.

Chen Qiusheng was stunned for a moment and asked, "Sister, will you?" ”

"Definitely." Chen Qiuniang replied while looking around. She will not let go of anything that can be eaten, birds, animals, fish, shrimp, crabs, leaves, roots, bark, flowers, insects, mosses, etc. Be sure to observe carefully.

"But I haven't seen it." Chen Qiusheng was still skeptical.

"Before, my mother didn't allow it. Said that girls want to be ladies. Chen Qiuniang was talking nonsense, and then lied and said, "You are still young, you may not remember our Chenjiazhuang in Qingcheng County, don't you have a small village in the countryside?" I often go to live and learn a lot while studying. ”

Chen Qiusheng thought about it, and it seemed that he really didn't remember such a distant memory of Qingcheng County. He said, "That sister will teach me, and I will get it, lest my father know about it and he will beat you again." ”

Chen Qiuniang touched the face of this sensible child and said, "It's not in the way." We are adults in the family, and we want younger brothers and sisters to take care of grandma. Isn't it? ”

"Hmm." Chen Qiusheng nodded vigorously and said very calmly, "Sister, I will work hard." Also, I have to protect my sister. ”

Chen Qiuniang's nose was sour, and tears rolled in her eyes. At that time, her parents died young, she had no brothers and sisters, and her grandmother only liked to embroider flowers, make clothes, and cook all kinds of food, and did not talk to her much. Temperament is like a boy, even in junior high school and high school, some boys say they like her, but they don't feel that she needs protection. Until he met Dai Yuanqing, he wanted to protect her, but he was really her brother.

Alas, the past is unbearable. Chen Qiuniang smiled vigorously, shook off those unpleasant pasts, and said to Chen Qiusheng: "Then Qiusheng must work hard to protect us." ”

"Hmm." Chen Qiusheng carried the bamboo basket and replied categorically.

The sisters and brothers came to the river, talking and laughing. This river is a big river under the Er'e Mountain, called Fenshui, the river is turbulent, but it is very clear, and there are many fish in the river.

In her previous life, she traveled north and south to look for ingredients, and she also knew that in the deep pools of this river, there would definitely be high-quality fish with delicious meat, and this kind of fish basically only existed in one place, which is unique in the world.

But to catch that kind of fish, for the two children, it is unlikely, first of all, there are not enough tools. The only way to do this is to fish, but fishing is one of the most difficult things in the world, let alone catching a fish whose habits you don't even know. Not to mention the difficulty of the fishing gear problem, it is also unknown what kind of bait this fish likes to eat, and it can only be tested one by one. However, in this era of war and chaos, people are almost unable to eat, how can there be so many bait to test.

However, if the judgment is correct, these fish should be her first pot of gold. This is definitely a way to make money, and she will never give up. As for the method, she always thinks of it.

"Sister, it rained a few days ago, and the river has risen, and the water is urgent." Chen Qiusheng was very worried, standing far away, for fear that he would fall into the river.

"yes. Today we are not fully prepared, so we will stop fishing, go catch something else. Chen Qiuniang said, carrying the basket and going back, to catch frogs in the rice field.

During these three months, there are still few frogs, and they are not fat enough, but fortunately, the meat is tender and stewed into gravy, which can be fed to the two smaller ones, and the meat can be eaten by the larger ones.

Chen Qiuniang stood on the ridge, the cat leaned over, observed carefully, and saw a frog, slowly approaching, at a possible distance, quickly jumped up to cover it, and grabbed it in her hand. Then throw the caught frog into the basket and close the lid. Chen Qiusheng was dumbfounded, and said with a sigh: "Sister, you are so amazing." ”

"You can do it too, try it yourself." Chen Qiuniang encouraged him, anyway, these things will be left to him in the future. She couldn't be busy alone.

Chen Qiusheng followed Chen Qiuniang's guidance and quickly learned. The siblings caught a lot of frogs and went back slowly. On the way, I met Li Yinyang, a thin old man, dressed in a dark blue robe, with a sinking face, and when he came over, he sprinkled Chen Qiuniang's body with runic water.

Chen Qiuniang was helpless, who let herself not cross into a princess and a sister-in-law, not only did she have no background, but she was also so poor that she went crazy. In addition, the way he appeared was too earth-shattering, and in this superstitious era, he could only endure it.

"What did you catch?" Li Yinyang asked.

"Frogs." Chen Qiusheng replied timidly.

"Catch it?" Li Yinyang asked again.

"Yes." Chen Qiusheng clutched the basket tightly, afraid that Li Yinyang would let it go.

Li Yinyang glanced at it and sighed: "Sin." Then he turned and walked away.

The siblings breathed a sigh of relief and went home.

Chen Qiuniang took care of a dozen frogs, and there was not much meat. She took the grapefruit leaves and soaked them in water to remove the fishy smell of frog meat, and then took a small piece of salt from the small piece of bad salt and threw it into the water to soak, and when the salt completely dissolved, she poured a small half of the water into the pot, and carefully put the other salt water up, the salt is very precious, and it is scarce, so it must be saved.

After that, she grabbed a few more grains of rice and frog meat, threw the blanched hibiscus sprouts into it, and boiled them together on a slight fire. After a while, the room was full of the smell of meat, and Chen Qiusheng and Chen Qiuxia couldn't sleep all night.