Chapter 6 It's hard to be a foodie
"Where are you going?" Xia Yingxue asked. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Let's play!"
By the time his parents went out to help others, Xia Yuanding couldn't settle down that restless heart, and he was about to run away on his hind feet, and at this time his sister Xia Yingxue quit.
Before leaving, her parents instructed her to supervise her younger brother's study and practice calligraphy at home, but she didn't expect Xia Yuanding to be so faceless, and he immediately stopped listening to what her parents had just said.
"Daddy let you practice calligraphy at home!" Xia Yingxue bit her lip and said.
"I taught you all last night, I can do it, I don't need to practice, when will you practice all the words taught by your grandfather and then take care of me!" In order for this sister to concentrate on her studies, don't put too much thought into him, he has spent a lot of effort and brought back a lot of writing paper from his grandfather's house.
"But you can't run away!"
"Got it, I promise not to run around, I'll be back at noon, you take care of the house!"
After getting rid of his sister, Xia Yuanding felt so happy that he almost said "oh yes".
He's not idle these days, in fact, he's done a lot of work for his fishing plans.
Fishing rods are the best to find, not to mention anything else in the village, the bamboo forest is piece-by-piece, and it is very simple to find a bamboo rod suitable for fishing. Then there was the fishing line, using silkworm thread, twine, cotton thread, and finally he found the right length of twine. The hook was the most labor-intensive, but fortunately he solved it in the end, and it is better not to say how to solve it. By the way, there is also a drift to make, and this one is easy to find.
Of course, he is not fighting alone, the two cousins Yuan Chu and Yuan Jie are ready.
Under the big willow tree at the entrance of the village, Yuan Chu and Yuan Jie were waiting here early, and Yuan Chu looked around and didn't see the figure of the sixth brother Yuan Ding.
"Why hasn't Yuan Ding come yet, won't he fool us!" Yuan Chu said, at this time the sun is out.
"Probably not, let's wait!" Even so, Yuan Jie didn't stop looking.
"It's coming, it's there!" Following the direction pointed by Yuan Chu, Xia Yuanding really came unhurriedly.
"You're here, why are you so slow, this bamboo pole is used for fishing?" Seeing that Xia Yuanding was carrying a bamboo pole on his back, Yuan Jie asked.
In order to avoid people's eyes, Xia Yuanding didn't take the avenue, he rushed over along the path, and naturally it took a little longer, and after listening to his explanation, the Yuan Chu brothers didn't blame him.
"Did you bring everything?" Xia Yuanding asked.
As he inquired, Yuan Chu and Yuan Ding each took out a box and lifted the lid, only to see that one of them had earthworms and the other had bait.
The trio of brothers headed towards their destination, and on the way, Xia Yuanding asked a question he was concerned about.
"Third brother, fifth brother, I heard that Second Uncle Zhu married a daughter-in-law, do you know?"
"I don't know if this is true, my father and my mother have gone over to help!" Xia Yuanchu said, he was curious about what Xia Yuanding was asking for.
"Then you say that when the time comes, will we be able to ......," Xia Yuanding said hesitantly.
"What can I do, what can I do but eat?" Xia Yuanjie added.
On the way, Xia Yuanding wanted to stretch out his thumbs to praise this cousin, and sure enough, the people in my generation really had the same idea.
"Yes, it's rare to be able to eat meat at that time, but our family sent a few catties of pork, what did your family send?" Xia Yuanchu said.
I have to send something, what kind of custom is this, saying what their family sends, Xia Yuanding really doesn't know.
"This, it's almost the same anyway, let's not talk about that, let's see if we can catch a fish first!" Xia Yuanding couldn't say what his family had sent, so he quickly changed the topic.
"Yes, yes, yes, you call us over, but you can't go back in vain, otherwise don't call us brothers in the future, I haven't recognized all the words that grandpa taught me!" Xia Yuanchu said. Although people do happy events, everyone in the family can't go, Xia Yuanchu and Xia Yuanjie brothers go to one at most, no matter who they go, there is always one who can't eat.
"Don't worry, the fish will be there, and so will the deliciousness!" Xia Yuanding said, he originally only planned to come by himself, but you had to die and beg for nothing.
But for the sake of Xia Yuanchu's hard work with a bamboo basket on his back, let's follow.
"Then where is the fish, do you know Yuanding?" Yuan Jie asked.
What do you mean, he still doubts his ability, Xia Yuanding is not sure that he can spend so much effort to get these things.
"This requires experience, this is an old fisherman passed on to me, tell you, don't pass it on!" Xia Yuanding said mysteriously, in fact, he was a lie.
"Just say, we're not going to spread the word." Xia Yuanchu casually assured that Xia Yuanding suspected that he had spoken through his brain.
In his previous life, Xia Yuanding had learned how to fish well, first of all, he had to observe the water conditions, and when the water was clear, there were no fish, and the aquatic plants, water currents, and water color all needed to be paid attention to. The second is to choose the location, which should be selected according to the weather, terrain, water depth, and water surface. Of course, there are many things that cannot be said in three or two sentences.
After finding a location, step by step, Xia Yuanding made preparations in an orderly manner, and as for the two cousins, they were sent to read by him!
A quarter of an hour passed, and there was still no fish on the bait, Xia Yuanding was not in a hurry, Xia Yuanchu became the emperor and the eunuch was in a hurry, and he didn't know how to read, so he began to turn next to Xia Yuanding.
"Why hasn't this fish taken the bait?"
Regarding his question, Xia Yuanding deliberately did not answer. Fishing is the most test of patience, and impatience is not waiting for the fish to take the bait.
Every once in a while, Yuan Chu would look at the river, and the float was still not moving on the surface of the water, and he was drowsy.
Just when Yuan Chu was about to lose patience, Yuan Jie rubbed his eyes, pulled Yuan Chu, and looked at the river, at this time Xia Yuanding also noticed it, and it floated, it seemed that there was a fish on the bait.
The more you can't be excited at this time, otherwise you may fall short, maybe it's just the fish playing below, and you don't eat the hook, Yuan Chu and Yuan Jie are also holding their breath, for fear of startling the fish away.
After making sure that the fish had bitten the hook, Xia Yuanding began to lift it up.
"Look, it's a big fish!" Yuan Chu exclaimed.
In fact, if it weren't for his greed, Xia Yuanding would not be willing to come out to fish, spring is the season for fish breeding, and doing such a thing actually outweighs the loss. But it doesn't matter here, the ecology is good, it doesn't have much impact.
The three of them worked together to get the fish into the basket, and Xia Yuanding continued to fish.
After the first one, it was a good start, and soon after, there was a second one, which was a little smaller than the first, but it was enough to eat.
After another quarter of an hour, the third one took the bait, and Yuan Chu and Yuan Jie exclaimed again, this is another big fish.
Then the two brothers became numb, and they all hit the hook.
When it was close to noon, the bamboo basket was already half a bamboo basket, Xia Yuanding stopped, so many fish were always enough to eat.
"No more fishing, let's go back!" Xia Yuanding put away the fishing gear and said.
"This bamboo basket is not full yet, why don't you fish, next time you won't have such good luck!" Yuan Chu was puzzled.
"It's not early, it's time to go back for lunch!"
Under the unwillingness of Yuan Chu and Yuan Jie, he still went back.
Of course, everyone has a share of this fish, Xia Yuanding said before, catch some fish and give them some.
Xia Yuanding took two people back to his house first, and many adults along the way were very strange about what these children were messing with.
"Yingxue, it's almost out, look what we bring back!" As soon as he entered the fence gate of Yuan Ding's house, Xia Yuanchu called impatiently.
"Third brother, little five, why are you here?" Xia Yingxue was puzzled how her younger brother could go home with her two cousins.
"Don't talk about that, find a big wooden basin, we caught a lot of fish today!" After speaking, he leaked out the fish in the bamboo basket for Xia Yingxue to see.
After seeing the fish, she didn't ask much, and quickly found a wooden basin, only to see the fish rolling out along the narrow-mouthed bamboo basket, and she only cared about counting the numbers.
Seeing fish swimming around in the water, Xia Yuanding was very happy.
After that, she explained the ins and outs of the matter to Xia Yingxue, but fortunately she didn't get to the bottom of it, otherwise Xia Yuanding wouldn't be able to say how he was so capable.
Later, Xia Yuanding developed, and the villagers all said that this fish knows that the noble person is here, and the one who wishes to take the bait!
Of course, now is the time for Xia Yuanding to fulfill his promise, he deliberately picked a big one and brought it home to Xia Yuanchu, which made them happy, and they all said that they should not forget to call them if there is such a thing in the future.
Right now, Xia Yuanding is waiting for his mother to come home quickly and cook him a good whole fish feast!