Chapter 22: Strange Things
In the morning, Su Chengqi came back from the field, took the rice soup handed over by the lady, and said strangely: "Li Dan said that the lack of fertility in our field is not as serious as last time, just add a little fat." ”
"Strangely, there are a lot of fish and shrimp in the field, as well as snails. There are especially many snails, large and small, dense, almost the entire acre. Strange, you say, isn't it strange? ”
Su Zhang was surprised, "Last time, the children came back from the field, and they didn't say anything like this." ”
"That's right, Li Dan also said that the last time he passed by the paddy field, he didn't find any snails."
Su Chengqi put down the clay bowl, "If you want to say that there are bad people and put snails in our fields, it can be said, but what about those loaches, yellow eels, and miscellaneous fish?" ”
No one can understand this strange thing.
And this culprit is burying his head in eating taro, as if he doesn't know anything.
Su Chengqi said to his sons: "Wait a minute, bring a bucket, bring a fish basket, and follow me to catch fish and pick up snails." ”
"I caught the fish first, and then I called my village mates to pick up the snails, which they needed to feed the chickens and ducks." Su Zhong suggested.
Su Chengqi felt that it could be done, there were many people with great power, and they could get rid of the scourge.
Snails can be eaten, but the harm is also great, some snails will bite the seedlings, suck the sap in the seedlings. They became a thorn in the side of the peasants, and they had to be eaten until they became extinct.
I heard that a large number of snails appeared in the Su family's paddy fields, and the empty people in the village went to see the excitement. Strange things don't happen every year, and finding one is enough for them to talk for more than ten days.
Many children carry buckets of water to pick up snails, which can not only feed chickens and ducks, but also eat them. Their family is in need of this meal.
Su Lingyu saw that there were too many people, so he didn't follow, and waited for them to come back at home.
The donkey went back and forth three times, and the first trip brought back a lot of loaches, yellow eels, small fish and shrimp. The ones that were brought back were snails, the largest of which was comparable to an egg, and the smallest was larger than a bird's egg.
Su Lingyu cleared out the basin and bucket, poured in the snails, put in the clear water and spiritual spring, and urged the snails to spit out the mud.
There were not enough buckets in the basin, and she even took out the laundry basin and footbath. If she hadn't been able to move the iron pot, she would have used the iron pot to live the snails.
spicy, so that future generations will be eager for the snail pot; Meat, so that the ancients flocked to it. It is difficult to eat a bite of meat, and no one will give up a bite of snail meat.
Without that leisure to suck the snail, Su Lingyu did not plan to remove the tail of the snail.
She changed the water for the first batch of snails three times, and after the last water change, she directly asked her mother to put the snails in the pot to boil. She brought turnips, perilla, and ginger and put them in the pot.
The radish is still given by Yu Niang, so let's put it in the pot and stew it today. It's a pity that there are no sour bamboo shoots, otherwise it would be more delicious.
After a busy morning, the Su family returned with a full load, and there was no extra barreled snails, and they planned to share some with the villagers. was stopped by Su Lingyu, she had her own way to preserve the snail meat.
The family gathered around the iron pot, picked up the snail with residual temperature, sucked a mouthful of spicy soup, and then used the bamboo skewer to pick out the snail meat, and stuffed it into the mouth, chewing it was really strong.
Su Lingyu picked a few snails, put the snail meat in a bowl, and brought it to grandma.
The snail is big and the meat is old, and the grandmother can't chew it; The snail has little meat, not enough for a bite, and she gets into trouble; It's just right, it's not too big.
Su Zhang's got a crockpot and asked Su Zhong to send it to Li's house, "They must not have time to get it, our family has made it, let them taste it first." ”
"Okay." Su chewed a mouthful of meat and ran towards the Li family.
Su Lingyu wanted to stop the big radish and asked the big radish to ask the Li family if there was cumin. But the big radish ran fast, and she didn't have time to say anything to stop people, and the big radish ran away at once.
The stewed snails were praised by the Li family, and the intimate Yu Niang gave a few spicy radishes for Su Zhong to bring back.
Su Zhong hugged the radish and was about to run home, but after walking a few steps, he stopped and said, "If you want the snail to spit out the mud quickly, add some salt to the water." So saying, he lifted his feet and ran home.
Eating meat and throwing shells, on the edge of their respective small benches, a bunch of snail shells. The rest of the soup was reluctant to pour it, Su Chengqi brought a few taro and ate the taro with the soup, which had a different flavor.
Su Shan Su Zhong followed the attempt and fell in love with this flavor ever since. The father and son ate half a pot of taro.
Su Zhang was reluctant to rob them, and looked at the children lovingly from the side. "San'er, do you want to eat?" She asked.
Su Lingyu patted her little belly, indicating that she couldn't eat it.
Su Zhang picked up a few taro with a bowl and kept them for San'er and her mother-in-law. They eat when they are hungry.
The laborers in the family came back, and they didn't need her to help change the water, rinsed their mouths and yawned, and went to take a nap in their grandmother's room.
In summer, the sun is hot, the wind is hot, everything is hot. Only the love at home is cold, so she relied on her young age to grab the cool breeze of her relatives.
When I woke up, I saw my grandmother wiping her sweat, rubbing my grandmother's hands, and getting up to ask my mother for water.
He stretched out his head and drank water from his mother's hand. A mouthful of cold water under the stomach, all the limbs are comfortable, and the lazy bones are hard.
"Your brother is still asleep, and your father went to Uncle Li's house to learn how to weave baskets and baskets with them. When your brother wakes up, he will cut down the bamboo and make a fence and fence off the vegetable garden. ”
They all have something to do, so the handling of this snail depends on the two of them.
She has little strength, and she still relies on her mother for this work. Toiling people, toiling lives!
Fortunately, there are not many snails, and they are gone after boiling three pots, but the next work is a little tiring. It is necessary to pick out the snail meat one by one, and the picked snail meat is divided into large and small sizes.
At sunset, only half of the hundreds of snails were picked.
My mother was going to cook, but Su Lingyu's hands were sour and she didn't do it directly. Take a look at the vegetable patch with your little hands behind your back, and see how the Su family father and son have done with the fence.
"San'er is really fragrant, are you stealing snails?" Su Shan said with a smile.
Do snails still need to be eaten secretly? She let go of her belly to eat, and she couldn't finish it, so why did she have to eat secretly.
She just had sore hands and was tired from sitting, so she came out for a walk.
Although Cheap Dad is not used to farm work, once he gets it, he looks good, and his learning ability is not bad.
The Sujia vegetable garden has a scale, and in a few days, this vegetable garden will be able to pick fresh vegetables.
"San'er, don't you miss your father, come here to see your father?"
She glanced at her cheap father and turned to leave, the little man with the little hand on his back looked like a foot adult, and anyone who saw it was funny.
With the efforts of the whole family, when all the light disappears, all the snail meat is picked out. Even if you eat while picking, there is a lot left.
After drying and drying, the big ones are sold, and the small ones are hidden for home consumption.
During the New Year's holidays, he took out the soup and ate it with taro, which is a meat dish.
Su Zhang's heart for snails, so when he was free, he asked his sons to go to the field to pick up snails and catch yellow eels, which were all money.
Today's gluttony, Su Shansu is not good at heavy stomach, so he ran to the thatched house in the middle of the night, and he had a good meal. I was fed a bowl of salt water before I could stop.
Su Lingyu was not greedy, and was forcibly fed a bowl of water in his sleep.