When summer came, Zhang Ze ran out more happily.

Except for eating and sleeping, she hardly spends other times at home.

The big river on the side of the house, the water is so clear!

In the early morning, my mother carried two buckets to the river to wash clothes, and when she came back, one bucket was filled with clean clothes, and the other bucket was filled with clean water for household use.

Of course, a bucket of water is not available, so after washing the clothes, my mother will continue to fetch water from the river until the water tank at home is full.

Whenever this happens, Zhang Ze will follow his mother to the river to "help".

On the bank of the river where my mother washes clothes, there are always many small fish swimming in the rocky crevices in the shallow water.

The warm stones are covered with some aquatic plants and mosses, which become the habitat of stone snails, field snails and river clams.

Zhang Ze rolled up his trouser legs and chased the fish among the stones, but he couldn't catch a single one.

But those snails, you can touch a handful at hand, and there are river clams, which can also break them off the stones.

She packed them in a small bucket she had brought with her, and carried them home to wait for her mother to make them porridge with snail meat.

When the porridge is cooked, sprinkle with chopped green onions, add oil and salt, not to mention how fresh and sweet it is.

After breakfast, she likes to play in the creek in front of the house.

Her home is separated from the opposite home by two large lawns, with a stream in the middle. The water of the stream is the water that bubbles up from the springs deep in the mountains.

The stream meanders down from the far foot of the mountain, all the way to the villagers' homes, flows through the large lawn, and finally joins the large river at the entrance of the village.

The water of the stream is clearer and cooler than the water of the river.

The fish and shrimp in the creek are smaller than those in the river, and although the water is very shallow, Zhang Ze still can't catch those fish and shrimp no matter how hard he tries.

She walked barefoot on the rocks in the stream, chasing and playing with the fish and shrimp in the water, and had a lot of fun.

If it weren't for her mother calling her home, her stomach "growling" and the stream so cool, she could play in the stream from morning to afternoon, from the source of the spring to the junction of the creek and the big river.

She can't catch fish and shrimp in rivers and streams, but she can catch bamboo shoots and insects on the lawn.

By May, the bamboo shoots on the lawn had grown much taller than her.

Some bamboo shoots were eaten bald by bamboo shoot worms.

Zhang Ze broke the bamboo shoots from the highest point she could reach, broke the broken bamboo shoot buds, and could always see the bamboo shoots and insects that were covered in oil.

She grabbed the bamboo worms, put them in the cloth bag she had brought, and tied the ropes.

If there were brackens on the lawn that had not been picked by the villagers, she would also pick them and take them home.

The bamboo shoot tip worm was roasted by her on the coal, put it in her mouth and bite, the fat in the stomach of the worm flowed into the mouth hotly, the place where the teeth had chewed, the fragrance remained, and the empty stomach suddenly became full, full of physical and mental comfort!

Bracken bracken bracken when the mother is free, soak it in cold water to remove hair, then pour hot oil, pour vinegar, sprinkle with sugar and salt, marinate for an hour and eat, crisp and refreshing.

In addition to the food in the river and the lawn, there are also many delicious foods in the fields!

Prawns are one of them.

When the rice was ripe in August, my mother and sisters went to harvest the crops, and Zhang Ze followed.

Gu Sui fell down as his mother and sister swung the sickle.

The shrimp that stopped on the ears of grain to steal food fluttered its wings and flew in panic.

My sister and mother were quick to catch them one by one, clamp them on the bamboo hat, and when the whole hat was filled, they handed it to Zhang Ze.

Zhang Ze took his hat and ran home, continued to put it on the coals, and roasted it and ate it.

The canals in the fields are occasionally infested with water snakes or yellow eels.

Once, my mother asked Zhang Ze to go to the field to see the water.

As she passed through the canal, she saw a yellow water "snake" the size of three fingers.

At that time, she was too young to know that it was just a yellow eel, which was non-poisonous and did not bite.

Knowing where the courage and determination came from, she decided to capture this "snake" and bring it home.

Not daring to catch it with her hands, she first piled up stones around the "snake" to stop the "snake".

Then fork it with a fork and tie it with a straw rope.

After tossing for more than an hour, the "snake" was dying by her, and she was powerless to resist.

She tied the straw rope and carried it home.

It was Saturday, and Zhang Changwen happened to be at home.

He looked at the "snake" in Zhang Ze's hand, and his eyes lit up: "How did you catch such a big yellow eel!" ”

"Dad, is this a yellow eel?"

"What is not a yellow eel? You don't even know the eel? Zhang Changwen looked angry, took the yellow eel, and after the intestine opening and belly breaking was completed, he fried it in the oil pan, and poured two taels of wine to sip.

While eating, he boasted: "It tastes so good!" ”

Zhang Ze swallowed his saliva, although he didn't take a bite, watching his father eat so happily felt even happier than eating in his own mouth.

On a midsummer evening, the moonlight pours like water.

The mosquitoes had long been driven away by the special smell of a tree branch that my mother had retrieved from the wild, and the smoke from the fire.

Mother, sisters, and Zhang Ze brought the bench to the outside of the courtyard, each holding a fan in their hands, and lay down under the fruit tree to enjoy the shade.

When my mother is in a good mood, she will lead them to sing: "The moonlight shines on the ...... of the ground".

"We sat next to the high heap of grain and listened to my mother talk about the past......

My mother only read until the third grade of elementary school, and she didn't recognize a few big characters, and she couldn't sing a few natural songs.

Zhang Ze remembers a story that his mother often told them: "In the past, there was a family where the male owner often had to go out to sea to fish to earn money, and he would not return home for ten days and half a month.

Once, after the man went out, half a year later, a man came in the house on a dark night.

The hostess felt that the body odor on the man's body was different from that of her own man, so she asked him, 'Are you my man?' Why am I smelling you wrong? ’

The man put his arms around the woman and said, "The smell of his body is the smell of salted fish, "There are too many fish caught these days, and the rest is pickled if it can't be sold. ’……”

Every time the third sister Zhang Hu listened to her mother talk about this, she couldn't help but interject and ask: "Can't you hear the voice?" ”

Zhang Zhou asked: "Mom, the master of the house you are talking about, like Dad, is always away from home for ten days and half a month." Mom, do you miss Dad? ”

"Kill you little bunny!" The mother picked up the fan and was about to hit Zhang Zhou, and the mother and daughter laughed together.

Zhang Ze seems to understand whether he understands or not, and he also follows the joy.

The stars are scarce and the moon is bright.

I don't know if the fourth sister who was sent away by her father is also like them, enjoying the joy of family life with her adoptive parents?

Zhang Ze fell asleep in a daze amid the laughter of his mother and sisters.

The fourth sister smiled at her gently in her dream!

As if to tell her that she was doing well.

Let her not worry about her.