Chapter 13 Catching the Big Fish
Finally arrived at the river, Xu Zhiyong and his son first found a place to set up the fishing rods, walked downstream for a while, found two relatively deep puddles and put the baskets for catching fish in them, and surrounded them with stones.
Next is the most exciting spearfish link, Xu Hui is watched by Deng Alian, playing on the shore, Zhou Xiaomei carries a bamboo basket across the wooden bridge to the foot of the opposite mountain to pick wild vegetables.
Xu Zhiyong is tall and strong, and he caught several fish with a simple harpoon, and Xu Jianlin only forked one.
Xu Jianlin raised his head and said a few words to his father, and walked to the shore: "Milk, little sister, I'm going to take off my clothes and go down to the river to fish." "The spearfish himself can't compare to his father, touching the fish is definitely a strength, the river is not wide, the water level is not the root of Xu Zhiyong's thigh, if he touches the fish, he can't show it.
Children are different, the Xu brothers have been fluttering in the water for a few years, the water is very good, Xu Jianlin can hold it in the water for a long time, and he is as flexible and casual as a fish returning to the sea when he goes down to the water.
"Little sister, I'm going to take off my pants!" Xu Jianlin said.
"Take it off!" Tossed in the water for so long, Xu Jianlin's pants have long been wet, and they can't be taken off, and Xu Hui doesn't think there is anything to avoid, one is an eight-year-old boy, and the other is a six-and-a-half-year-old girl, is there a need to avoid it?
"That...... Won't you turn around? Xu Jianlin asked with his hands pinching the waistband of his trousers.
Xu Hui shook her head and turned her body in a different direction, in ancient times, such a little child paid attention to whether men and women were intimate or not, she thought that everyone who should be gone was gone, there was no need for that!
After Xu Jianlin went down the river, Xu Hui turned around again, found a flat stone by the river and sat down, took off his shoes and put his little feet in the water.
"Huihui, isn't the water cold? Put on your shoes! Deng Alian picked out five wounded fish and cleaned them up, smeared them with salt and put them on the stones to let them taste it.
Xu Hui played in the water for a while before being pulled up by Deng Alian: "No, go into the water!" I'll go across the side and see how many wild vegetables your mother has picked! ”
"Go ahead! I promise not to go into the water! "Grandma and mother are not around, my father and second brother are busy in the water, and it is I who did it...... Give the fish a chance to taste!
Xu Hui turned to the side of the stone, first took out the ground seasoning from the space, smeared it in the belly of the fish, stuffed a little spearmint, dripped a little soup spring water into the seasoning, and rubbed it back and forth on the surface of several fish for a while, and that was it for the time being.
Xu Hui turned around and went to the river, pretending to be looking for something, leaving a little spearmint in her sleeve, and if her family asked, she was going to take it for a while.
Looking at the second brother who was as cheerful as a fish in the water, Xu Hui was envious, if only he could play around like this.
Check out if any fish catch the bait! Xu Hui ran to the place where the fishing rod was placed, looked down, and the water surface was very calm, without a trace of ripples.
"Do you want to fish?"
It's hibiscus! Xu Hui asked why it was reluctant to appear, and Hibiscus said that he had only woken up now, and he had not been able to reach a state full of energy all day, and that he was even more tired when he helped Xu Hui take care of the space, and he needed to go back to the tree to practice.
"I just looked, I didn't want to catch fish, I'll go back to collect shallots at night, you can rest today!" I don't have the ability to fish and catch fish, but I feel curious and look around.
"I didn't expect you to be quite conscientious and righteous, stretch out your hand!"
Xu Hui stretched out her hand, and a branch more than a foot long appeared in her hand.
"Reach me into the water!"
Xu Hui asked the hibiscus if it needed to hang a worm on it, so the fish might be more willing to take the bait!
"I'll let you see the power of this elf in a while, remember not to let go!"
"Okay!" Xu Hui thought that the hibiscus was joking, but she didn't expect that as soon as her words fell, the branches in her hands trembled, because the river water was relatively clear, Xu Hui saw a fish more than half a meter long holding the hibiscus, and some fish weighing a few pounds bit its leaves without spitting.
"Pull it! My waist is going to break, it's so itchy, haha, haha......"
Xu Hui was stunned for a moment, holding the branch with both hands and pulling it up desperately, but she was small and had little strength, so she couldn't pull it at all, and she wanted to ask her father and second brother to help, but she was afraid that she would expose the brown hibiscus.
"Hibiscus, I can't pull it!"
"Call your father and second brother! Hurry up, I can't hold on, it's so itchy! ”
"If I call them over, will you be exposed!"
This is indeed a problem, the brown hibiscus instantly turned into a fishing rod, not to mention that it is really similar to the fishing rods brought by the Xu family.
"Dad, second brother, come quickly!" After shouting, Xu Hui regretted it, what if she scared the fish away? Looking down at the water, fortunately the fish were there, and the part of the hibiscus in the water had not changed, and it was afraid that the fish would run away if they put away the leaves.
Xu Zhiyong threw down the harpoon, Xu Jianlin fluttered vigorously in the water, the two soon came to Xu Hui, and saw that there were fish in the water to pull the fishing rod ashore, and at the moment of coming out of the water, the brown hibiscus withdrew the branches, and the father and son of the Xu family ran to see the big fish, and Xu Hui quietly took the brown hibiscus back into the space.
As soon as Xu Hui picked up another fishing rod and thought about using it to fool around for a while, Xu Jianlin exclaimed: "What a big fish!" ”
Xu Hui dropped the fishing rod and covered his mouth: "Be quiet, if you recruit someone, can the fish be saved?" ”
Xu Zhiyong nodded, this fish is at least thirty catties, and it can be sold for hundreds of wen according to the market price.
This fish was discovered by her daughter, Xu Zhiyong asked Xu Hui if she wanted to eat it?
"Dad, you can leave now and sell it in the county seat! Leave a bigger one from the other ones, and let's go home and stew it in the evening! ”
Xu Zhiyong stretched out his big hand like a fan, how sensible the girl is! It's distressing to be sensible!
"Why don't we keep the biggest fish!" When Xu Zhiyong said this, Deng Alian and Zhou Xiaomei also ran back, they heard Xu Hui's voice, and thought something was wrong?
Seeing that her grandmother and mother were back, Xu Hui cleared her throat and said, "Let's not eat this biggest fish, sell it plus the five taels of silver given by the uncle in the hall before, and send the eldest brother to the county seat to study?" "Six taels of silver is enough to pay for a year, Xu Hui thinks that the eldest brother is quite talented in reading, even if he can't be a talent in the future, when she opens a restaurant or a private restaurant, she can do the accounting room!
The second brother couldn't count on it, he saw that there were still fish in the river to lift his spirits, and he only scratched his head when he saw the book.
"Huihui, do you want to read too?" It's a pity that there is no women's school in Fengshan County, and if there is, Deng Alian really wants to send her granddaughter to study.
A child like her granddaughter should wear silk and satin, go out and sit in a small sedan chair, and then follow the two maids by her side, and she was really wronged by the birth of a child in the Xu family.
"When the eldest brother is on vacation, he can teach me and the second brother!" Xu Hui only needs a literacy opportunity, and then slowly let everyone know that she is also literate, she didn't want to go to school.
What can be taught in the ancient women's school, it is nothing more than three obedience and four virtues and female precepts, Xu Hui doesn't want to learn those, if she can study with boys, you can also consider it.