Chapter Eighty-Three: Catching Fish
Summer has just passed, the water in the river is very shallow, it is a good time to catch fish, Pear Blossom came to Xiao Qi's house very happily, "Quick, my father said that he was going to catch fish, Xiao Qi, Ah Fu, didn't you say last time that you must call you to catch fish?" ”
Xiao Qi's eyes were bright, she had long wanted to catch fish.
Rika seemed to have come out of her sadness, with a bright smile on her face, she took Xiao Qi's hand with cheerful steps and went out.
Niu was very worried and wanted to stop the two children who were cheering.
Liu Dahe said: "It's rare for children to do something they like, so let them go." ”
Niu walked out of the courtyard and told Liu Ergou, "The child is his uncle, don't take care of the children." ”
Liu Ergou assured: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I will take them to catch fish in a small ditch with very shallow water, and ensure that the two children are sent back safely." ”
Liu Ergou and Liu Afu walked in front with a wooden basin, and Xiao Qi and Lihua walked behind holding a wooden barrel hand in hand.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, the group came to a small ditch outside the village.
Liu Ergou pointed to the small river ditch and said to the three people, "I came here two days ago and stepped on it, this small river is quite suitable, the water is not deep, and there are many fish." ”
Liu Ergou and Ah Fu rolled up their trousers and went down the river together, built several watersheds with mud, divided the small river ditch into several sections, and then scooped the water from one side of the watershed to the other with a wooden basin.
Soon the water bottomed out, revealing a lot of fish and small crabs, Pear Blossom and Xiao Qi picked up the fish and put them in the bucket,
In the end, there were a few yellow eels left, slippery and slippery, Pear Blossom screamed in fright, and Xiao Qi took a lot of effort to catch the yellow eel.
Liu Ergou's health is not very good, so the work of scooping water in the second watershed is done by Xiao Qi and Ah Fu together, and Liu Ergou and Lihua are responsible for picking up fish.
Several people were covered with a lot of mud, and in less than two hours, two buckets of fish were caught, and everyone was very happy.
The two wooden barrels containing the fish were very heavy, and on the way back, Xiao Qi and Ah Fu carried them back to the village one by one.
Ah Fu and Xiao Qi walked to the gate of the courtyard and put down the wooden bucket containing the fish, a bucket at the door of Lihua's house, and a bucket at the door of Xiao Qi's house, so that the door was placed.
Ah Fu shouted happily to Niu, who was drying clothes in the courtyard, and Niu greeted him and said to the two children: "It looks like a mud monkey, hurry up and wash it." ”
Ah Fu and Xiao Qi obediently took the wooden basin and went to the well to rinse.
Niu glanced at the fish in the barrel and was very surprised, "Ah, you have caught so many fish." ”
Xiao Qi walked back from the well with a basin of water, and said to Niu's: "Mother, let's separate the fish from the small crabs, and fry the crabs first, the fried crabs sent to our family last time by Granny Hua are fragrant." ”
Niu Shi pursed his lips, "Look, this little crab is a little bigger than a fingernail, and there is no meat at all." The flower family is willing to eat, who is not willing to use so many fried things to eat, even if it is the New Year, there are few families in the village who are willing to fry food. ”
Xiao Qi picked up a shovel and dug a small pit outside the courtyard gate, Niu Shi lifted the wooden bucket to the side of the small pit and used scissors to clean up the fish, and the fish entrails were thrown directly into the pit.
On the other side, Liu Ergou's family of four people are also outside the courtyard gate, Liu Ergou and Lihua squatted at the door to clean up the fish, and the little mouse looked around the wooden barrel, and they didn't have scissors, so they used a kitchen knife to cut the fish belly.
Ewha Niang sat on the stone mortar at the door, with a smile on her face.
Niu couldn't help but be curious, and looked at Lihuaniang several times.
Pear Blossom Niang rarely goes out of the house, Niu has only seen her a few times, and every time she thinks she is amazingly beautiful, her skin is as white as snow, she wears a gray and faded dress, and a pair of broken shoes on her feet, such a rough outfit, but it does not affect her beauty at all.
Niu couldn't help but sigh in his heart, shouldn't such a beautiful person stay in a big family and live a life of brocade clothes? How could this be the case now? No wonder they all say that the red face is so thin, it's a pity.
Niu is a woman who is good at cooking, and the speed of cutting fish is much faster than Liu Ergou, leaving a few larger fish to keep in the bucket, and the others are quickly cleaned up.
After cleaning up, Niu handed the scissors to Pear Blossom, and called Xiaoqi to take a shovel to fill the pit at the door with soil.
Although Niu said that it was oily, he still fried the small crab in oil, and the red little crab was placed in a large porcelain bowl, which was particularly beautiful, and it made people feel very appetizing at first sight.
Ah Fu and Xiao Qi competed to pick up the hot little crab and bite it, the crunchy sound came out, and the crab shell also entered the stomach, Ah Fu and Xiao Qi glanced at each other's eyes, "It's so fragrant." ”
After the crab was fried, the small fish were wrapped in flour and fried until golden brown.
After he was done, Niu took a bowl and filled two bowls of fried crabs and a bowl of fried small fish, and asked Xiao Qi to send the fried crabs to Hua's house, and asked Ah Fu to send fried small fish to Liu Dahe's father.
Niu himself took a bowl of fried small crabs out of the courtyard and handed it to the little mouse in Pear Blossom Niang's arms.
Xiao Qi and Ah Fu ran fast with the bowl, and Niu stood outside the courtyard gate and watched in horror, "Run slower, don't fall when you turn around." ”
Liu Ergou, who was still cleaning up the fish on the side, was very embarrassed to see Niu's handing fried little crabs to the little mouse, and said in his heart, this little crab must have spent a lot of oil when it was fried so red, so he said: "This is too embarrassing, why don't I pick up some of these fish sisters-in-law who have packed up." ”
Niu Shi waved his hand, "No need, you have already given me a lot of fish." ”
When Xiao Qi and Ah Fu came back after sending things, they stood opposite the little mouse with a small crab in their left hand and one in their right hand, and bit it creakingly.
Ah Fu said while eating: "I like to eat small crabs like this." ”
Little Mouse, "Little Mouse likes it too." ”
Niu, "Don't talk when you two eat, it's not good to choke when you turn around." ”
At this time, another voice came out next to him, "I like it too," but the person who spoke was a rotten duck egg.
Xiao Qi grinned and handed two small crabs to the stinky duck eggs, and the rotten duck eggs were full of oil.
Xiao Qi thought in his heart that it would be good if the master hadn't left Phoenix Mountain, the fried fish at home was very fragrant, and the master would definitely like it very much.
Niu Shi returned home and put the yellow eel aside, thinking that when Liu Dahe came back, she would burn it for Liu Dahe to eat, she knew that Liu Dahe liked to eat braised yellow eel.