After Su Ermei married into Wang Wu's family, she gave birth to a male baby and four female babies.

The wing room in front of the main house of Wang Wu's family used to be lived by his four daughters, who married one after another, and now only his granddaughter Xiaofeng lives in the wing.

Among the upper and lower villages of Liantang Village, no one can afford to build a house like Wang Wu's family, and this wooden house of Wang Wu's family is the most beautiful in this river valley area. At that time, if you compare the house of Wang Wu's family with the old mansion of his ancestors or the courtyards of other rich people, although his house is not as tall and magnificent as those of those people, but at that time, it was only because the old mansion of his ancestors had already been divided into several households by the descendants of the Wang family. In this way, the old mansion has been hit by fire twice, so it has long lost its former tall, spacious and elegant style.

The house is surrounded by a large old tree, a few hardwood trees and quite a few fruit trees. Among them, the ancient tree stands next to the steps under the courtyard dam ridge, commonly known as the longevity fruit tree.

The ancient tree is several hugs thick and thirty or forty meters high, and the muscles and bones on the trunk are abrupt and strong, and the longitudinal cracks are particularly coarse. The roots of the tree are more than a foot high above the ground, and the smooth roots can be used as benches for people to sit and enjoy the shade. On the top of the tree there are two crow nests as big as firewood baskets, and in the morning and evening, when the birds leave the nest, the trees are noisy.

At the foot of the tree, Wang Wu used several bluestone slabs to build a tree god house, and the people in the village loved to burn incense and paper during the New Year's holidays, praying for the tree god to bless and be safe.

Although no one can know how many rings this ancient tree has undergone, it can be said that it is at least a witness to the history of the rise and fall of this village.

In summer and autumn, most of the fruit in front of and behind the house is ripe, and the birds often come to peck at it. Xiaofeng also likes to call Liang Shurong, Liang Zhaozhong, Wen Zai, Dashi, and the paparazzi, and they climb to the branches to pick the fruit of longevity. After picking the bamboo bag and handing it to the tree, Xiaofeng poured the fruit into the bamboo basket and distributed it to them, and took it home to quench the thirst of the family.

Sometimes a couple of birds fly between the trees, the male has a long tail called "Liang Shanbo", and the female has a short tail called "Zhu Yingtai". Their feathers are colorful and gorgeous. It is said that this bird is very emotionally dedicated, and if one bird dies, the other does not want to be left alone. Liang Zhu's story is sad and touching, and the bird's call is naturally poignant. On the spot, the two of them flew to the tree, found that there were people in the forest, and after being disturbed, they called each other "Shanbo and Yingtai" and flew away.

In the hot summer, the rice on the rice fields has grown and matured, and the shrimp in the river have become fat. Xiaofeng and the others often drove the cattle down the river and used the laogang (a tool for fishing fish and shrimp) to catch fish and shrimp in the algae bushes outside the river island.

Generally, the tree banyan, Zhaozhong, Dashi, paparazzi and Wenzai go down to the river to fish, take out the water and drag it ashore and pour it into the bamboo sieve, Xiaofeng, Xiaoqin and Xiaoying are responsible for catching the fish and shrimp into the basket, and then take it to Xiaofeng's house, and when they get together in the evening, she fried the fish and shrimp until fragrant, and brought them to the table for everyone to eat supper.

At that time, in addition to fish and shrimp, there were also yellow eels, loaches and crabs. The yellow eel and loach poured into the bamboo sieve, slippery like snakes, desperately trying to escape to the ground, trying to burrow into the grass.

Crabs also like to crawl around, sometimes with two large pincers outstretched, showing their teeth and claws.

Xiaofeng was too timid to catch the yellow eels and crabs, and when she saw that they were about to escape, she called out and said, "Brother Zhong, catch them quickly!" Catch it! ”

Liang Zhaozhong has loved to provoke Xiaofeng since he was a child and likes to mess with her. Seeing that she was afraid, while she was concentrating on catching fish and shrimp, he grabbed a yellow eel and suddenly stretched it out in front of her eyes, shook it and said, "The snake is coming!" Snake! O snake! ”

Frightened, Xiaofeng screamed. Later, Xiao Feng took advantage of Liang Zhaozhong's lack of vigilance, and also caught a small crucian carp and stuffed it directly into his vest and gown.

The fish was jumping around on his chest, and Liang Zhaozhong only grabbed a crab and shouted: "You dare to mess with me!" I'll shove it into your collar and bite you! ”

Xiaofeng was so frightened that he ran to the lawn, and Liang Zhaozhong chased after him without relaxing. Seeing that he was catching up, Xiaofeng had nowhere to go, so he squatted in the grass and shrunk his neck, and called out delicately: "Don't dare!" I don't dare! ”

Liang Zhaozhong took the crab in front of Xiaofeng's eyes and shook it and said, "No, you surrender to me!" ”

She could only obediently raise her hands.

Shu Rong and Dashi were happy to see the two of them fighting, and they both grinned happily. Liang Zhaozhong was laughing as if victorious, when he suddenly saw three men downstream, one of whom was holding a few pieces of explosives in his hand, and the other two were holding fishing nets and walking from the mountainside under Qishan Tsai to the river at the foot of the mountain. Liang Zhaozhong was the first to spot them, so he shouted, "Someone is coming over there to fry the fish!" ”

Da Shi and Wen Tsai hurriedly dragged the fishing gang ashore, threw it down and said to Xiaofeng: "You three girls watch the cows, let's pick up the fish." ”

Shu Rong, Zhao Zhong, Da Shi and Wen Tsai ran like arrows towards Qishan Tsai down the river.

The four of them took off their pants and stood on the shallows, and when they saw that the people on the other side were about to light the fuse installed on the bomb, Dashi hurriedly took two steps into the deep water, trying to prepare for the first time in the water. At this time, Zhaozhong immediately scolded when he saw this: "Dashi, don't you want to die? I'm going to blow you up! ”

Dashi took a few steps back in fear, and then only heard a loud "bang", and a splash of several meters in the river water on the spot. Before the splash fell, all the people threw themselves into the water like arrows and swam quickly into the river.

Of course, in addition to being good at diving, you also have to pay attention to luck. The tree banyan dived into the bottom of the water to look for a circle, and picked up a big fish weighing two or three catties for the first time, and then dived and swam ashore many times, and he piled the fish in one place, estimated to be more than four catties in total.

This time, the luck of the tree banyan picked up the most fish, Zhaozhong also picked up two or three catties, at that time only Dashi and the paparazzi were unlucky, and the fish picked up were only more than a catty. They went ashore and pinched a rattan or two and threaded the fish they picked up into strings. On the way back, the paparazzi looked at the fish skewers they were carrying and said, "Let's take all the fish to the oil mill and fry them." ”

Shu Rong was hesitating, and Zhaozhong preemptively said: "Ya Rong, don't believe him, last time he picked up the most alone, I asked him to take the fish to the oil mill to fry and eat, but he refused." ”

"Zhaozhong, that time you went to the oil mill to fry fish, did you eat the most?" Shu Rong thought that if she took home so many fish, Ya Niang could have a good meal. He was reluctant but embarrassed to refuse, and wanted to ask Zhaozhong's opinion, so he said, "What do you say?" ”

"The fried fish is so delicious and fragrant!" The paparazzi egged on.

The paparazzi couldn't withstand the temptation and stimulation of the fried fish because of the lack of oil and water in their stomachs, and immediately had a sour burp. The sour water welled up in his throat and he felt heartburn, hot and uncomfortable.