Chapter Forty-Seven: Old Age Comes to Happiness
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After catching your first fish.
Fishing and fishing, it turned into Tianming playing with his mobile phone on the side. The fishing rod was held by Grandpa Cheng and fished aside.
"Why don't I help you watch the fishing rod and you play with your phone?" After proposing this to Tianming, Cheng Qinghua clenched the fishing rod in both hands and stared at the water with excitement.
The sovereignty of the "I ......" fishing rod was lost unconsciously.
Forget it, there aren't many fish anyway, and I won't be able to catch a second fish for a while, so let grandpa play with it.
In this way, Tianming was playing with his mobile phone on the side, and Grandpa Cheng was fishing on the side.
"The fish is hooked!"
"It's on again!"
"Almost, almost caught."
I don't know why, in the next half hour, luck seems to have improved, and the fish are frequently hooked. After learning how to put on the bait, Old Man Cheng had to shout every few minutes, and every time Tianming, who was hurt, suddenly got up and was ready to take over the fishing rod and pull the line.
Grandpa Cheng's fishing skills are too bad, several times he bites the hook, the fish smacks a little, the buoy sinks half, he also pulls the line up, the hook is not solid, of course he can't get on the hook.
There were a few times when the fish did take the bait, but Grandpa Cheng's response was too slow, and the line was only half pulled down, and the fish broke free and ran away.
Tianming, who was careful of the tickling of his liver, couldn't hold it back, and said to him: "Grandpa, let's come on, your starting rod is too slow, so you can't catch fish." ”
The little old man was quite stubborn, and he was still unwilling: "You wait, wait until I catch one and then give it to you." ”
How long will that have to wait?
But Tianming still didn't say anything, if people like to play, let him play, forget it, and don't rush for a while.
Cheng Qinghua's luck is still quite good, after putting down the fishing rod this time, another fish will bite the bait after a while.
"Grandpa Cheng, hurry up!"
"The pole was started too early, and the buoy didn't even sink."
"It's time to pick up the pole."
Under the guidance of Tianming's series of prompts, Grandpa Cheng finally caught the first fish in his life: a palm-long little yellow croaker.
This small yellow croaker is not the kind of sea and has a knife-cut face-like body with yellow stripes on the abdomen, which is quite common in the Inner 6 Lake.
"Grandpa, you've caught one, it's my turn, right?" Seeing that Grandpa Cheng is happy, Tianming asked.
Cheng Qinghua glared at his beard and straightened his face: "Why are you so rude, this young man, grandpa, I caught a fish, so I can't be happy, so you come and grab it?" No, I'll wait until I catch a big fish weighing 4 or 5 pounds, and I'll play with you. ”
Tianming is speechless, don't bring such a play, right? I wouldn't have taken you out to play.
There is no way, the fishing rod is in the hands of others, and Tianming can only watch the sovereignty firmly in the hands of others, and he stares dryly on the side.
At this time, my grandfather's words came from afar: "Tianming, it's time to cook." ”
Time to eat...... Sure enough, my grandfather had already propped up the aluminum pot and killed fish by the lake.
"It's almost time to eat." Tianming said happily.
For hardcore fishing enthusiasts, they will carry an aluminum pot on their bodies, and if they catch a fish, they will eat the fish. If you can't catch it, you still don't have a pot on your body, you don't have enough confidence to catch a fish, bring rice and oil, and you will only make jokes in the fishing circle.
Today's lunch is the big fish that my grandfather caught weighing 5 catties.
Tianming picked up some dry weeds and small branches around the area. It takes a lot of firewood to boil a pot of boiled fish, so Tianming deliberately ran a little more and went to the nearby mountains to pick up a lot of dry branches.
After the fish was put into the pot, even if no condiments were added, the smell of the fish still floated far away, and the anglers next to them were all agitated and restless, without any thoughts.
A few of them even ran over and craned their necks to look at the steaming white aluminum pot. Out of the sigh of sighing.
A small handful of fine white salt, yellow paprika, red sesame oil.
I put in the seasoning in turn, scooped a little with a spoon and tasted it, and my grandfather nodded. The fish soup is ready.
"Tell them all to come and taste some. That Brother Cheng, give him a bowl, well, remember to pick out the thorns. ”
asked Grandpa Cheng to come over for dinner, he was still a little embarrassed, he asked him to eat fish, and he was still sitting at the fishing spot.
The bowl that my grandfather brought was a small wooden bowl, the size of an ordinary medium bowl. It is light and easy to carry, and my grandfather brought a total of four of them, but there are so many people who drink fish soup that they can only share a bowl with many people.
The aluminum pot is not small, 5 liters of water can be poured into it, and after boiling, less than 4 catties of fish are not pressed. In order to make the fish soup more flavorful, my grandfather also sprinkled some chopped green onions and a little bean bubble in it, which was fragrant. Tianming tasted it, and his hot tongue rolled, but he was reluctant to spit out the fresh fish soup.
"Grandpa Cheng, drink some soup, be careful not to burn it." Tianming came over with a bowl of fish soup and handed it to Grandpa Cheng.
Although Cheng Qinghua is more than 8o, he still has the strength to eat with a bowl and chopsticks, even if he is a little shaking, but the fish soup finally did not spill out.
I asked about the fragrance, tasted it carefully, and sure enough, it was scalded. After blowing cold, he drank it in a big gulp and kept saying, "It's delicious, it tastes really good." ”
A pot of fish soup, say not too much, say a lot less, the surrounding anglers, are very familiar with grandpa, basically have a few bites.
The elders come first, and Tianming is the last to take a bowl of soup. I only drank one bowl, and I was half full, but Mr. Cheng was lucky, the first bowl was drunk quickly, and Tianming added another bowl to him.
In the afternoon, I thought that the fishing rod should belong to me, but I didn't expect that Mr. Cheng was not yet happy, and he really wanted to catch a big fish. Tianming really didn't know what to say, he happened to be a little sleepy, found a clean place, and slept for a while.
Tianming was woken up by Old Man Cheng: "Hey, I've caught a fish, take a look." ”
Rubbing his eyes, he reluctantly got up, and when he saw it, he really caught another one. A small carp, in its early fours, is a little bigger than the previous small yellow croaker.
"I'm a little tired, you can come fishing." Returning the fishing rod to Tianming, Grandpa Cheng was still a little unsatisfied: "Next time, I'll buy a fishing rod too." ”
Looking at my grandfather's side, it seemed that he had caught a big fish again, and a group of people ran over to see it again, and there were many discussions. Old Man Cheng couldn't hold back the past. Seeing that he walked staggeringly and slowly, he always felt that he was not as hot as his grandfather.
People are old, but their hearts are young. At dawn, the two old men began to chat.
The first to break the silence was my grandfather: "Where are you from?" "What are you doing?" and "What about your children?" "One question and one answer, my grandfather's big voice full of energy, a strong local atmosphere, can be heard clearly in Tianming, which is 2o meters away.
What Old Man Cheng said, Tianming didn't hear it too clearly, and went to catch his fish, but seeing that the two old men were getting happier and happier the more they talked, it was estimated that they were looking at each other.
It's past 4 p.m., it's not early, it's time to go home.
I looked at the fish basket, 2 grass carp of more than 1 catty, 3 small carp, this is the harvest of Tianming afternoon, quite good.
"Grandpa, it's not too early, I'm going back." Then he said to Cheng Qinghua: "Grandpa Cheng, you can go back." ”
"It's so fast, haven't you talked to Brother Liu enough?"
Grandpa stood up and began to pack up the fishing rod and basket, he had the biggest harvest today, 4 big fish of more than 3 catties, all of which he caught. However, he felt that his biggest gain was to make friends with this very knowledgeable brother Cheng. Although I came from the city, I knew a lot about the countryside. Slowly, the two chatted about their experiences.
An agricultural expert in the city, an old farmer with a low level of education, two different life trajectories converged at this time.
After a long chat, the two actually had a sense of sympathy. The mutual title has also become your "brother" and my "brother".
"Brother Liu knows a lot of things, he has worked as a machine tool operator in the city, pressed peanut oil, can repair the motive, and can drive a combine harvester...... Cattle! That's awesome! Old man Cheng, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, praised his grandfather a lot along the way.
When did my grandfather learn to brag? Although it's all true, it's not as mysterious as Grandpa Cheng's mouth, right? Although my grandfather has done many trades, at most he knows a little bit about each trade.
In fact, it should be you, a national agricultural expert, who is more awesome, right?
"I've decided, I'm going to buy a better fishing rod tomorrow and learn to fish with Brother Liu!"
At dinner, at the dinner table, Mr. Cheng told the few people at the table his decision.
Cheng Dong's chopsticks fell into the bowl, his jaw fell off in surprise, and he said deliciously: "Grandpa, I'll buy you some brush and rice paper, don't you like calligraphy?" It's good to practice calligraphy. ”
Old Man Cheng didn't care, pointed to a plate of fish on the table with chopsticks, and said, "Look at this plate of fish, it tastes good, right?" But the fish soup I drank at noon today was ten times more delicious than this! Brother Liu drinks fish soup every day, and have you seen this fish? This one is a little smaller, I caught it, well...... I'm going to eat it myself. ”
After sandwiching the fish into his bowl, Old Man Cheng still couldn't get enough of it: "Don't look at Brother Liu, who is 86 years old, but he looks less than 7o, and he walks in a hurry." I also have a wide range of knowledge, and compared with him, I am a living dog at my age. ”
Tianming's facial expressions were no worse than Cheng Dong's, and they looked incredulous.
In just two or three hours, what kind of ** soup did my grandfather pour him? So he admires it, one bite of Brother Liu, how can there be any expert demeanor.
This is Xiaojuan's words: "Grandpa, you are more than 8o years old, just take a walk around the neighborhood and take a look, there is no need to go fishing at the water's edge, it's too dangerous." ”
Old Man Cheng waved his hand and said undoubtedly: "I understand that life lies in movement." After your grandmother went, my health was not as good as day by day, and now I have a hard time getting up, and sometimes I want to sleep in a night...... It's boring, it's boring. But today, I understand that there are still many wonderful things in this world waiting for me to experience and explore. It's not worth dying early! Brother Liu said that Jingbo Lake in Qingyuan Mountain has more and bigger fish in it! I'd love to see it. ”
Look at the old man's radiant looks, not like a joke. Coupled with some heart-to-heart words, everyone fell silent and did not say anything to stop them.
"Grandpa, you can go if you want. As long as I have time, I'll take you there. Tianming took the initiative to ask.
"Good! That's it. ”