Chapter 3: Luo Tie
The two finished their dinner in silence. Liu Tong didn't bother to watch the red carp eat wild vegetables, so he picked up the meat bowl, pulled half of it into the red carp's bowl, and ate the other half himself. After the meal, the red carp served Liu Tong to drink the decoction, and helped Liu Tong to recompress the wound with the medicine bought in the medicine hall, and rubbed the lump on his head for a while.
At this time, Liu Tong heard the coughing sound at the door again, and knew that the third grandfather of the red carp family was coming, and the red carp went out to talk. Liu Tong called the red carp into the house and asked what the old man was doing.
The red carp said timidly: "The third grandfather knows that I have repaid the money of Chen Yaren, and also bought you medicine and rice meat, and came to ask for the money that my family owes him." ”
"How much do you owe his family?" Liu Tong said as he grabbed the money on the side of the pillow and handed it to her. The red carp bit its lip, and its eyes kept falling. Liu Tong said angrily: "You are all my people, why don't you listen to me?" ”
"I don't need so much, my mother paid back some of the medicine and rent before grabbing it, and I still owe his family 380 money." When the red carp heard Liu Tong say that he was his person, his face turned red again.
Liu Tong stuffed the money into her, "Go, send him away, I don't want to see him!" ”
Soon, Liu Tong heard that the old man had taken the money and walked briskly.
Liu Tong touched the clean clothes on his body very strangely, he was fished out of the water, he should have been soaked in the water for a few days, why are the clothes so clean? Liu Tong grabbed the little hand of the red carp who put money next to the pillow, pulled her to sit on the edge of the bed, and asked, "Red carp, why are the clothes on my body so clean?" ”
After hearing this, the red carp buried his head in his arms and said in a mosquito-like whisper: "Two days ago, my father was buried and didn't have time to serve my son, so I helped my son wash and dry it last night." ”
Liu Tong saw the red carp squirming and laughed, "Oh, the clothes and pants you helped me change." Seeing Liu Tong laughing, the red carp got up and left.
"Red carp is back!" Liu Tong shouted: "Is there a quilt at home, it's too cold." ”
The red carp stopped and said, "Childe, I'll give you my quilt, I'm not cold at night." ”
"There are only two quilts at home?" Liu Tong shook his head and said.
No matter how pampered Liu Tong is, he will not take away the quilt of the red carp. Liu Tong was not lightly frozen that night, but fortunately he was really strong, but he still fell asleep.
Early in the morning of the second day, Liu Tong was woken up by a babbling voice.
"Red Carp Girl! Hurry up, go fishing! ”
Liu Tong opened his eyes in a daze, and saw the red carp coming to the room and putting the boiled decoction on the head of the bed. Seeing Liu Tong wake up, the red carp said, "Childe, you drank the soup after you got up, there is rice porridge in the pot, and I went fishing." As he spoke, he took off the wall and went out.
Liu Tong saw the fishing gear and knew that this thing must not be easy to use for fishing, if it was in the future generations, how could he not catch fish, it was estimated that there were too many fish in this era.
Liu Tong saw that the red carp was about to go out, so he hurriedly said: "What kind of fishing, red carp, you have to stay and take care of Young Master Ben!" We still have money these days, you go buy rice and meat, and use all the money! I'll figure it out without that. ”
At this time, a pair of big eyes looked from behind the door, and Liu Tong saw that it was a black and thin seven or eight-year-old boy, and he probed over.
Seeing this, the red carp hurriedly said, "Tietou, my aunt has something to do today, so I won't go, and my aunt will send you some corn later." ”
The iron head made a grimace at Liu Tong, stuck out his tongue and shook his head, and turned it upside down.
The red carp looked embarrassed and explained: "This is Luo Tie next door, we often fish together." Seeing that Liu Tong was expressionless, he had to put down his flirtation and take the money to buy rice and meat.
In the following days, Liu Tong ate and slept, slept and ate, and sometimes woke up and let the red carp take him around the village to move his muscles and bones, Liu Tong was very attached to the soft little hands and faint body fragrance of the red carp, so he kept letting the red carp support, in fact, he could already walk alone.
On the first seven days, the red carp went to Luo Hu's grave, Liu Tong insisted on kowtowing to him, this unknown disabled veteran took his life in order to save himself, this head, no matter what!
Luo Hu was buried on a small piece of flat land on the mountainside, and the grave was very simple, just a pile of loess, and there was no tombstone. The red carp tidied up the grave soil, and there was no paper money, so he brought a bowl with half a bowl of corn and a few pieces of meat in it, and knelt on the ground and wiped his tears for a while.
Descending the mountain or the red carp support, just into the village, the village children, saw two people from a distance, shouted: "Fishing, fishing, hit a male donkey!" ”
Liu Tong laughed after hearing this, the red carp was hot, let go of Liu Tong's hand, Liu Tong pretended to be crooked, and the red carp had to hold Liu Tong again.
At this time, the child next to him coaxed, "Red carp, red carp, squeezed in my arms!" ”
With that, the children suddenly dispersed and went to the front.
"Hit him, hit him!"
Because at this moment there was the shouting of several boys.
"Iron Head!"
The red carp let go of Liu Tong, ran over, pushed away a few children who were around, pushed away a ten-year-old boy who was kicking people, helped Luo Tie up from the ground, and patted the dust on Luo Tie's body.
"Da Lang, why are you bullying Iron Head?"
"Red carp, you help him again! He robbed my brother's grasshoppers! Da Lang pointed to the six-year-old boy with snot and tears on his side and a grasshopper in his hand.
The brothers were neatly dressed, not like other children with patches, obviously the family was wealthier, Liu Tong took the grasshopper from the child's hand, only to see that it was made of reeds, and the handiwork was rough.
"Kid, where did this thing come from?"
The child proudly said, "My father bought it for me!" ”
Liu Tong handed it to the red carp, "Can this thing also be sold for money?" ”
"Well, how many bucks? I wanted to buy it before, but Daddy didn't have the money to buy it for me. It's all stuff bought by rich people. ”
Red carp replied. "Are there a lot of reeds here?"
"Well, now there are dry reeds and green reeds by the Zhaofu canal."
Liu Tong saw the red carp looking at him strangely, so he smiled and said, "Red carp, we have something to eat!" ”
Liu Tong was very interested in the weaving of reeds in the manual class in his previous life, and Liu Zhen deliberately searched for the weaving methods of various animals on Baidu, and a family of three often compiled some animals.
The Baidu video of later generations concentrates the excellent ideas of ancient and modern China and foreign countries, up and down for 5,000 years, and Liu Tong compiled ponies, grasshoppers, dragonflies, frogs, etc., all of which are vivid.
The red carp didn't understand what Liu Tong meant, so he took Luo Tie home, and Liu Tong returned the grasshopper and went back with him.
The three of them came to a mud-walled yard to the west of the red carp's house and saw a little girl aged five and three sitting on the ground playing with small stones.
"Big girl, send this to your mother." The red carp handed the bowl to the older girl, and the girl's eyes lit up, and she got up, took the bowl, and ran into the house.
Liu Tong probed in, and saw that it was dark inside, and a tall and thin woman was carrying a baby on her back to brush the pot by the stove, and she was so smoked by the house that she coughed while shouting: "Red carp, you have to go fishing, you look at the iron head waves." ”
"Okay, third sister-in-law." The red carp replied and pulled Liu Tong to run home, as if he owed money to his third sister-in-law.
"The third brother went to Xinye to do labor, and the family can't open the pot." The red carp walked as he spoke.
After a while, Luo Tie came over with an empty bowl in one hand and a fish basket in the other, put the bowl down and went to take the flirtatious pot on the wall.
"Auntie, I went fishing, and my mother scolded me again!"
Liu Tong glared at him, "You just use this to catch fish?" ”
Luo Tie nodded like a rattle, "I'm so good, I can often fight!" ”
Hehe, Liu Tong is speechless, this is also ancient times, there are a lot of fish, right? When I went fishing with Liu Zhen when I was old, I drove more than 100 kilometers into the wild, and I couldn't catch a few catties a day, okay, if I had a more than half a catty, I would be excited for a while. That's well-equipped!
"Soldering iron, go, go to the mountains to cut some bamboo and sticks, prepare some strong ropes, uncle will get you a fishing artifact, and there will be fish to eat tomorrow morning." Liu Tong saw that they could catch fish with this thing, and said confidently.
Luo Tie had inexplicably admired this noble son, and when he heard this, he put down his teasing, picked up a firewood knife from the red carp kitchen and ran out.
Liu Tong saw Luo Tiefeng running away, and he also aroused his enthusiasm, "Red carp, go get some reeds, and call your father to have it, right?" ”
When the red carp heard that Liu Tong had a way to fish, he thought that the reeds were also used for fishing, and although he didn't understand, he still left happily.
Luo Tie's speed and strength were amazing, and Liu Tong looked at the bamboo that almost covered the yard and nodded approvingly at him. In fact, less than a third of it will be used.
What Liu Tong has to do is very simple, it is a cylindrical fish cage, the fish in and out of the water needs to be large on the outside and small on the inside, the key is elastic, and the bamboo strip just meets this requirement.
The big fish enter along the wide mouth of the large trumpet under the lure of the bait, squeeze it through the small mouth, and then think about coming out of the small mouth.
Liu Tong found that he had a lot of strength, the firewood knife in his hand, swaying freely, flowing water, martial arts, he had superior martial arts, Liu Tong saw that the bamboo was open, and he was even more convinced of this.
When Liu Tong made it, he found that the red carp also came, and the reeds were dry and yellow, and some were green and tender, which was in line with the characteristics of this season, but, well, like Luo Tie, he was carrying a large bundle full of shoulders!
The two surrounded Liu Tong and witnessed a fish cage beginning to take shape.
"Soldering iron, go, get some pigs or chickens and ducks into the water. Leftovers are also available. Luo Tie looked at Liu Tong with wide eyes and surprise.
What's hard? Yes, it should be hard! Who in the village can eat chickens, ducks and kill pigs? Liu Tong was a little disappointed.
"If you are looking for a restaurant, you can find it in a restaurant, or a large family!" Luo Tie suddenly realized, jumped up, and ran away with another gust of wind.