When he was thinking nonsense, the old hen holding the nest led the group of water ducks to "chirp" to him, and kept pecking on the ground, these water ducks were not afraid of people because of the growth environment, and a few boldly stepped forward to peck Liu Junhao's trouser legs.

It is a wonder to say that the hen leads a flock of water ducks, and these little ones may be so by nature that they like to plague the ditch in his yard, and scare the eels so much that they dare not show their heads, and even the small fish and shrimp in the ditch have suffered a lot. Especially those little loaches, these water ducks seem to be particularly fond of eating, and it is common to see two little ones in the yard pecking at the head of the loach and the other pecking at the tail of the loach.

But they're smart, and they never go near the pool where the fire is raised, so they probably know that they can't afford to mess with it. The fire head in the pool has grown well in the past few months, the scale armor has become darker and darker, and the size has become much larger, and it seems that it has grown at least five or six catties these days. However, its ferocity has weakened a lot, and it is no longer afraid of people, and it has completely formed a conditioned reflex, as long as it sees Liu Junhao and Professor Zhao, it will float out of the water, swim to the shore and wag its tail and wait for them to feed it.

It was four or five o'clock in the afternoon, and just when he was about to fall asleep, suddenly a crisp voice came from the door: "Liu Junhao, are you in the yard?" ”

You don't need to turn your head to know who this person is, and in the blink of an eye, Zhang Qian has been teaching in Liujiagou for almost a month, and she has completely adapted to the rhythm here. Every day after school, she likes to go around the hospital, and by the way, she pretends to let Qiuqiu catch some small fish and shrimp in the ditch to eat.

"Well, class is over? Why did you get out of school so early today, it doesn't seem like it's time yet, right? Liu Junhao sat up straight and asked.

"It's been early to get out of class these days, and now it's the autumn harvest, so it's good to get out of school early and let them go back to help out, and today is Friday, so it's okay to get out of school early and let them have a good Sunday." There are reasons why Zhang Qian likes to play here, the first is that it seems that there are no other idlers in the whole village except him. Even if there are idlers, they are old ladies in their sixties and seventies, and they talk very naggingly, talking about either the crops in the field or the short ones in the family, and she can't intervene at all. There is also the fact that the dates in Liu Junhao's yard have recently reached the ripening season, and this thing tastes sweet and sweet. She has eaten a few times, and she has been thinking about it, and she came today for the dates, she has not been home for more than a month, and wants to take advantage of this Sunday to bring something home to see her parents.

She didn't dare to tell her parents about teaching in the countryside at first, for fear that they would worry, so she only told her brother, but the paper couldn't contain the fire after all, and before half a month, Zhang's mother knew about it.

Zhang Qian went home this time to prepare to appease her old man, but she was worried about what to bring for a while, and the last thing she thought of was the jujube here.

After Liu Junhao heard what she said, without saying a word, he picked up a long bamboo pole specially made for beating dates, hooked a jujube tree branch vigorously, and then stood under the tree and shook it loudly.

The dates seemed to be raining heavily and fell sharply, Liu Junhao gritted his teeth, and Zhang Qian was busy picking up dates under the tree with a bamboo basket, shouting while picking up: "Enough, don't want it, it's enough......"

After shaking two jujube branches in a row, Liu Junhao stopped and picked up jujube with Zhang Qian, this year's jujube tree has a lot of fruit, and these two jujube branches can pick up most of the basket.

After Zhang Qian picked up all the dates into the basket, she wiped the sweat on her forehead, took out twenty yuan from her pocket and said, "This is the money for dates......"

"What kind of money do you want, I'll be angry if you do this again." Liu Junhao grabbed the bamboo basket and walked out of the courtyard, "I'll send it back to you, I guess you won't be able to take it so much." ”

"No, if you don't want my money, I don't want dates." Zhang Qian didn't agree with anything, it was understandable to eat some usually, but she was embarrassed to eat and take it, not to mention that other people's dates were originally used to sell for money.

This piece of jujube has been constantly beaten by bear children since it was just crispy, Liu Junhao didn't say anything, and when it was ripe, he looked at it from a distance, and it was a large piece of red, as if there was a burning cloud floating at the entrance of the village.

Those people in the city also ran over curiously, and after tasting it, they paid for it. is different from the big flower skin, his big jujube trees are more than ten years old, and the jujubes are afraid of hundreds of catties, and he and Professor Zhao can't eat them all, so Liu Junhao will sell them out at the market price of three yuan a catty, of course, you don't need money to eat as much as you want in the yard.

The result was once again beyond Liu Junhao's expectations, and in the past few days, he earned a small income of 1,000 yuan just by selling dates. But the dates on the tree are still dense, and it seems that they can lay another three or four hundred catties.

"Okay, then charge ten yuan" Liu Junhao saw that she was resolute in her resignation, so he had no choice but to accept ten yuan, and then asked, "Are you going to bring something home, do you want to get two catties of yellow eel, or I will ask Xiaopi to catch a rabbit for you to bring back?" ”

"No need, I'm on a bus, and those things are not easy to take," Zhang Qian hurriedly excused herself, she had considered all of these at first, but there were few buses in the countryside, and there were many people in the car, so it was not easy to take large bags and small bags at all.

"That's good, I'll cook you some watermelon seeds and bring them back, keep it for your mother and don't nag you anymore after eating it" He has always wanted to fry this watermelon seed, but he only stopped at it after saying it a few times, and today happens to be an opportunity.

"We also sell watermelon seeds there, so don't bother."

"Hehe, my watermelon seeds are definitely different from what they sell in the market. It is boiled in soup, and it tastes not only the fragrance of melon seeds, but also the aroma of meat, and you will know when I get it right, it is absolutely delicious, so that you can't wait to swallow the skin of melon seeds. ”

"Wouldn't it be too much trouble?" Zhang Qian listened to his tempting description and immediately became fond of it, there is no girl who doesn't like to eat snacks, and melon seeds and plums are the most common things to eat.

"No, soon" After Liu Junhao delivered the dates to her residence, the two went to the river beach to find Professor Zhao together, and sure enough, he and Xiaopi were strolling there.

Professor Zhao was also interested when he heard that he was going to boil watermelon seeds, so he let Xiaopi run around on the river beach for a while, and after a while, he caught a hare.

Back at home, Liu Junhao neatly disemboweled the rabbit, and then chopped it into small pieces on the board and poured it into clean water to rinse off the blood foam.

Here, Professor Zhao began to boil most of the boiling water, of course, the gauze bag prepared in advance had been placed in the pot, and the gauze was filled with star anise, cinnamon, fennel, dried chili peppers and other condiments.

After waiting for the water to boil, it took a while, Liu Junhao took the hare meat out of the clear water and put it in the pot to simmer, and after about half an hour, he lifted the lid of the pot, and the aroma of the meat was overflowing, so that the three people waiting in the kitchen swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"It's not over yet, wait a minute," Liu Junhao looked at them and smiled.

When he said this, Zhang Qian's face suddenly turned red, and she turned her head to stop looking at him.

After all the meat was cooked, Liu Junhao put a bamboo sieve that had been prepared in the pot, and then continued to burn it with a simmer until the lid of the pot could no longer block the fragrance, and he nodded when it was scattered in the room.

"How about you use chopsticks to pick two and taste the taste?" He smiled and fished out the bamboo sieve, then handed them two pairs of chopsticks, and took care of another one for himself.

The taste of self-made is good, there is not only the meat aroma of the hare, but also the smooth and warm taste, very delicious, the three of them almost unanimously swallowed the melon seed skin. After swallowing it, it still has a delicate and lubricated taste in the mouth.

This is not the end of the story, because the watermelon seeds cooked in this way are sticky and cannot be eaten immediately, and they have to be steamed in a steamed bun sieve to remove the oil and gas from the outside, and at the same time, the aroma of the meat is completely immersed in the melon seeds.

However, the boiled hare soup can be drunk, and after simmering for a long time, the rabbit meat is completely rotten, and even the bones smell of meat when chewed in the mouth.

Add rice, scoop soup, pour juice...... The three of them ate a meal until their tongues were about to fall off.