The old man stepped forward and said: "My surname is Hu, I am the Li Zheng on the street outside the newly sealed Qiu Gate, this time I came for the conscription of the house here, since Yang Man'er has moved away, I don't know ...... your family officials."

Rosin stepped forward and said to the name of the main family and the official position, and said, "Why do you have to transfer the servant at this time?" ”

Hearing that this was the house of the deputy envoy, Na Hu Lizheng was also happy to say a few words, and said: "As soon as spring begins, the Bianhe River will be opened to a canal, and the surface of the river is full of ice and miscellaneous trees, and the bottom of the river is calm with sand...... In spring and summer, when the rain comes, the Yellow River will break once in a year or two, and the Bianhe River will send several rounds of water every year. ”

Gu Yanzhang is a court official, and the whole government does not need to serve, so Rosin Xiang didn't pay attention to it, he came over first, and he didn't see the trouble on the road just now, and at this time, he was greeting each other there, and then sent the other party away.

Ji Qingling's two legs had already crossed the threshold, and when he saw that the rosin was talking to Hu Li in the back, he stood for a while, listened to it completely, and then turned his head and said to Gu Yanzhang: "Fifth brother, in the spring flood in the coming day, our place will not be flooded, right?" ”

Xinfeng Qiumen is not facing the Bianhe River, nor is it facing the Yellow River, in fact, it is not as dangerous as the west, although there are several tributaries that flow into the Wuzhang River, but it is two or three streets away, no matter how you look at it, it is much more stable.

Ji Qingling came to see when he bought this house in the past, those small rivers are not turbulent on weekdays, there are often women pounding clothes on the shore, and children bathing shirtless, no matter how deep the water is, it is limited.

Gu Yanzhang also asked carefully, and in order to be safe, he called Rosin over and assigned a few words.

After the husband and wife settled down in it, they ate two sips of tea, and Qiu Yue smiled and entered the house and said: "The kitchen said that the Yellow River was frozen, and a group of people surrounded the Zhengqing River and fished out a lot of big fish. ”

At this time, winter is not winter and spring is not spring, and the snow outside has only melted half, Ji Qingling thought about it and asked Gu Yanzhang: "How do you want to eat it in the fifth brother?" ”

Gu Yanzhang said: "What kind of fish are there?" ”

Qiu Yue said: "I said that I bought some crucian carp, and there are a few big carp." ”

Gu Yanzhang said: "Let them do the carp, and the crucian carp will be used to cook a soup." ”

He said to Ji Qingling again: "I didn't say that I wanted to drink crucian carp soup last time, but it was not easy to catch crucian carp in winter. ”

Ji Qingling nodded again and again, and said, "Then the carp was stewed for the fifth brother to eat the whole fish?" ”

Before Gu Yanzhang could answer, Qiu Yue smiled and said, "That fish is too big, it really can't be put in the pot, I'm afraid it can't be stewed!" ”

Outside, Qiu Shuang had already walked in quickly, saluted with the two of them first, and then exclaimed to Ji Qingling: "Madam, it's amazing!" The kitchen bought a few carp back! That fish is so big!! ”

"That fish head ......" she pointed to Qiu Yue's head and was about to speak, when she suddenly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly held her hand back to her head and said, "That fish head is a few points bigger than my head, and no one can hold it down!" ”

Right here, he pointed out that it was bigger than the size of the fish.

Xiao Shun'er of the porter had never seen such a rarity, she touched its eyes with her hand, and was bitten out of blood by its handle, but fortunately she hid quickly, and almost lost her fingers! More powerful than the old turtle! ”

Qiu Shuang said it vividly here, and Ji Qingling was a little moved.

Gu Yanzhang saw that she couldn't sit still, put down the teacup in his hand, and said, "Let's go, let's go and see the big fish." ”

Before the two of them reached the kitchen, they saw two mothers-in-law standing in the small pool inside the second door, one holding a large fishing net in his hand, and the other was carrying a small pot of millet skins into the water, and there was a sound of water below.

Ji Qingling walked in and took a look, and sure enough, he saw that two or three fish in the pond were churning violently, although most of them were buried in the water, they could vaguely see that they were all three or four feet long and more than a foot wide, at first glance, the momentum was actually a little scary.

The mother-in-law who took the net saw Gu Yanzhang and Ji Qingling coming over, and hurriedly pulled the one next to her, and the two of them saluted together.

Ji Qingling smiled and asked, "Which one do you want to eat at lunch?" ”

The woman hurriedly raised the long fishing net in her hand and flattered: "Which one does Madame like?" We can get it. ”

Ji Qingling hurriedly said: "This fish is very clever and has great strength, you can catch whichever one is convenient, but be careful." ”

The mother-in-law got Ji Qingling's sentence, and she had the heart to sell some strength, so she wiped her palms on the hem of her clothes, and made a horse step, so she put on a posture and fished up.

Can grow so big in the river, are all old fish, all have become fine, where is so easy to fish, the woman used half a day's strength, all only fished a tail, several times almost gotten, and was escaped, not long after a long time is already out of the sweat.

Ji Qingling saw it funny, and just before he changed his riding clothes, he rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward and said, "And ask me to try it." ”

The woman was startled and said, "How is this! Madame, don't go in, the ground is slippery here, be careful to fall! ”

Ji Qingling took the net with a smile and said, "It's okay, you stand aside." ”

She weighed the long bamboo pole in front of the net, only felt that it was quite heavy, and waved it again, and only when she was familiar with it did she pick up a good angle of strength, and bent down to probe the long pole net.

With a net in his hand, after a few strokes of the muddy water, he could see that there were three fish below, all of them were very clever, and they did not look like they were too old to swim.

You touch its tail, and it swings twice hard, swims forward, and swings away at once; You stop it on the head, and it spits out two bubbles, and it spins around, and I don't know where it flies.

Ji Qingling fished for the first time, but he didn't know how to start, he just made a fool of himself, and chased the three fish around for a long time with one hand, and he didn't even have the scales that fell on the net.

Gu Yanzhang watched from the side, couldn't help laughing, and was about to step forward to point, when Ji Qingling's hand sank somehow, and he was dragged two steps forward.

- It turned out to be a big luck, and she really caught a fish in a net.

Her strength was not small, but the fish was too strong to pull, so she quickly turned her head and shouted, "Fifth brother!" ”

Gu Yanzhang fished her waist, and then used the rod and net in his palm, and the two pulled it up together.

When it was underwater, it was already big, and after it was fished up and placed on the ground, it was three points bigger than in the water, especially the appearance of the fish jumping hard, which looked very fierce and knocked out the stones on the ground.

The two mothers-in-law stepped forward to catch the fish, and smashed the murderous thing stupidly with a big stone, and then thanked them directly.

Ji Qingling's back was already sweating, and it took a while to ease his breath, because he saw that these two were fresh faces, and knew that nine times out of ten he was looking for a short-term hire in Beijing, he couldn't help but ask: "Can the carp in the Yellow River grow so big?" It's all like a fine thing! ”

A mother-in-law on the opposite side said: "In previous years, it was very rare to see, but I don't know what kind of lottery I won this year. ”

Another mother-in-law said: "The Yellow River has thawed in the past few days, and there has been no big water, when there is still a period of good fish to eat, if the lady has any dishes to remember, give people to the kitchen to say, I heard that this fish has no fishy smell at all!" ”

The two of them lifted their heads one by one, and carried the fish back to the kitchen.

Ji Qingling netted the fish this time, and even the people were a little more energetic, and while walking back with Gu Yanzhang, he said: "It is said that the carp jumps over the dragon gate, fifth brother, there are so many carps in the Yellow River, is there any sign?" ”

Gu Yanzhang saw that there was no one in front of him, so he put his hand around her waist and walked next to her, and replied, "What sign do you want?" ”

Ji Qingling shook his head.

She didn't know, but she just thought it was strange.

Thinking of the gossip I read in miscellaneous books in the past, I couldn't help but ask whimsically: "It is said that there are many big fish in deep water, but I'm afraid it didn't smash the nest of one of the fish clans?" ”

Gu Yanzhang heard it funny and said, "How can there be a fish that lives in one place." ”

The two of them said some nonsense, but they also had a good taste, so they walked slowly all the way back to the room.

When they had changed their clothes, they sat in the room and chatted again, and lunch was already set on the table in the side hall.

This time it was really done according to the instructions of the two, and the kitchen took an open white porcelain bowl to hold the crucian carp soup, and the strong fragrance wafted half of the hall, and there were fried perilla carp belly meat, rotary cut fish belly, and another stewed carp head, the fish head was fried first and then stewed, and the outer layer of burnt yellow skin was fragrant.

Now that it is spring, there is no need to build a shed, and there are already green leafy vegetables to eat, so the kitchen is equipped with rotary cut lettuce, and the orchid sprouts are rolled in the fish soup, and a bowl of fish soup is soaked in the taste.

Seeing Ji Qingling come out, Qiu Lu first served her a bowl of soup, with a very happy look on her face, and said: "I tasted a salty soup just now, this soup is so fresh, Madame is about to drink it while it's hot!" ”

Only then did he serve another bowl to Gu Yanzhang.

Ji Qingling covered his hands first with the bowl, looked down, and sure enough, the crucian carp soup had been cooked to a milky yellow, because it was carefully fried over low heat first, the skin and flesh were not rotten, and the soup was especially thick and fresh, you don't need to drink it, you can smell it as soon as you smell it. There is still a little oil slick left on the soup, the oil is the yellow color of fish oil, and a few finely chopped green onions floating on top of it are really appetizing.

She tasted it, the soup rolled into her mouth, the umami exploded on the tip of the tongue, the crucian carp was fried and then cooked in the soup, the soup was so fragrant that the tongue had to be sticky, and when the soup slipped into the throat, and the pepper and the aroma of green onions, rolled into the stomach together, the taste was even more indescribable.

Gu Yanzhang saw that Ji Qingling's eyes narrowed with satisfaction, so he pushed the big bowl of soup in front of her, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, what's more, it's not that several rivers have been frozen for a while, and they have been raised for a winter, and the fish are very fat, I really like it, and ask the kitchen to cook it for you once a day." ”

He took a bite of the rotary cut fish tart, which was cut from raw carp meat, the slices were as thin as cicada wings, and he ordered a thin sauce, which was sweet and cold in the mouth.

Gu Yanzhang was born in Yanzhou, although he thought it tasted good, but he was not used to eating such a creature like the people in Beijing, and he always felt that the fish was not cooked, so he didn't move the bowl after tasting two bites.

Ji Qingling liked this very much, and ate half a plate in a row, but he stopped the chopsticks and persuaded: "This thing is raw, it is not appropriate to eat more, be careful of stomach trouble." ”

Then she took both sides of the fish face from the stewed fish head and put them into her bowl.

Ji Qingling was educated by her mother in the past, and she could only eat seven points full at a meal, but she learned from her father that the best thing in the world has always been to eat one meal less, even if it will hurt your body a little, but if you encounter something good, it doesn't matter if you get hurt - compared to not having to eat and be sad, thinking about it day by day in the future, it is better to hurt your body.

She really liked the fish this time, so she ate a lot of food, her belly was a little bulging, and she was reprimanded by Gu Yanzhang, not to ask her to sit, let her stand up and eat.

The two were standing and talking, and the rosin outside had already returned and was about to come in to talk.

Gu Yanzhang asked, "Have you ever eaten?" Go and eat and come back. ”

Rosin Xiang said with a smile: "I've already eaten it, the fish made in the kitchen today is very sweet, I can eat it." ”

He also said to Gu Yanzhang what he asked today, and said: "The little one went to find the neighbors left and right, and they all said that our street is different from the one next door, only the first few will be flooded, and the back of the Ding Erqi card will be flooded, and it will not be flooded, counting forward for twenty years, only once I entered the door, and I retreated in a few days, so I can't wash away." ”

Ji Qingling Qi said: "The terrain of the newly sealed Qiumen is already very high, will the street next door also be flooded?" ”

Roin Xiang said: "Madame is not wrong, but whether it is high or not, it is to be compared with which place, if it is compared with the Great Xiangguo Temple and the State Bridge, it is naturally high, but if it is compared to the bed of the Bianhe River, it is shorter." ”

Gu Yanzhang nodded and said: "This is indeed the case, there is a lot of sand in the Bianhe River, and no one has been in charge of the canal for many years, I heard someone say a few days ago that the river embankment, the sand at the bottom of the embankment is already twelve zhang higher than the flat land in the city, if the flood is more severe this year, the embankment cannot be protected, and it is not impossible for the capital to be overturned." ”

In the end, what never happened, Ji Qingling was only a little worried when he heard it, and said: "I don't know who is in charge of the canal this year, if it is a reliable and physiological one, there will be no accident?" ”

He also said: "I don't know when I can have a way to do it once and for all, and it is good to get a good idea of this Bianhe." ”

Now that the candidate for the new emperor has not yet been decided, it has been decided, I am afraid that there will still be a queen mother hanging the curtain, no one can say for sure, Gu Yanzhang shook his head and said: "Mr. used to be an official in the Water Conservancy Department for many years, but he only said that there would be no solution once and for all, he could only follow the trend, take one step at a time, and don't make a big deal." ”

He thought for a while and said, "But if you talk about river control, Mr. said in the past that there are several people in the water conservancy department who are dedicated to water control, and they are very capable, but they can only do things, they can't speak, and they don't know if they are still serving as officials in it." ”