Aoki instantly understood his sister's thoughts, he was very funny, and said to Liu San, "Chrysanthemums are thinking about raising them for another year, anyway, they just dug an acre of pond over there, and the place is big." It's a pity to eat so many of them, so I should put them in the fish pond over there and plant them. It's the same next year. ”

Chrysanthemum was embarrassed, listened to Aoki's words, and suddenly realized: "Yes, it's very empty over there, how can you become a mile if you don't put fish?" Therefore, it is better to keep more fish, yellow eels, and loaches down. She finally found a justification for her pettiness.

Liu Sanshun looked at the pond on the other side, nodded and said, "Yes." However, if you don't let it go, it's nothing, and when you catch the fry next spring, I'll help you catch some more. ”

Chrysanthemum hurriedly said: "Put this too, you can also catch a portion when the time comes, this fish pond is many miles bigger, it's okay to put more." ”

Aoki couldn't help laughing, he thought his sister would say, "Let's release it today, I won't bother you to help catch the fish fry", who thinks she still takes it right, this greedy temperament is really ......

He was afraid that his sister would see it, so he coughed and said, "Let it go." Chrysanthemum, shouldn't you go back? It's very windy in this place, so be careful that it's freezing for miles. ”

When Chrysanthemum heard this, she felt a little cold after tossing for a long time, so she said to Liu Xiaomei and Xiaoxiu: "Little sister, Xiaoxiu!" Let's wash some lotus roots, cook them at home, and drink cold wind here. ”

It happened that Yang took a few more big baskets, walked with He, and said, "You go first, I'll pick up some lotus roots and take them back to the well to wash, this water is very cold." ”

A few girls chattered all the way back against the cold wind.

The sky is getting more and more gloomy, Siye is particularly depressed, Liu Xiaomei laughed loudly, the crisp laughter seemed to break through the dull and depressing atmosphere, the cold wind blew her face more and more red and purple, and the breath from her mouth turned into a cloud of white mist!

Longing for the taste of glutinous rice lotus, she couldn't help but glance behind her and asked, "Your mother is here, right?" ”

Chrysanthemum nodded and said, "She's just going to deliver the basket." It's time to be back in a moment. ”

When they arrived at the door of Chrysanthemum's house, Xiaoxiu and Xiaocui had to go back, and they had been saying it for a long time, and if they didn't go home, their mother should have to say it.

Chrysanthemum has been neighbors with them for so long, and she knows the family rules of Zhou Xiaozi's family more - she is very strict with her daughters! Therefore, she didn't force it, and said to the two: "Then I won't keep you, and it's not good to turn around and hurt you to be scolded." Don't worry, when I cook glutinous rice lotus, I'll send you some. ”

Xiaoxiu and Xiaocui were very grateful for her considerate approach, and when they heard that they would send glutinous rice lotus to them, they were even more joyful, and said, "Chrysanthemum, thank you!" ”

They are also familiar with Chrysanthemum's temperament, and they are not polite to refuse, and when they turn to leave, their steps are much easier. Originally, the sisters were still envious of Liu Xiaomei, but now although they can't stay, they can finally taste the glutinous rice lotus that Chrysanthemum said.

Liu Xiaomei glanced at the backs of the Xiaoxiu sisters, walked into the courtyard with Chrysanthemum, and said to her: "Chrysanthemum, do you think we are both so blessed?" My father and my mother don't care about me like Uncle Zhou's family, and so do your parents. But look at Xiaoxiu and Xiaocui, they never dare to delay outside. Why is her mother so strict? It's all next-door neighbors, so why don't you stay at your house a little longer? ”

Chrysanthemum smiled: "Her father didn't say that she wouldn't let them come to my house, her family's tutor has always been like this." Are the habits different from house to house? Your father and mother actually take care of you, because you know that you are very good-looking, and you don't have to play outside without home, and you usually carry needlework, so they can rest assured. ”

Liu Xiaomei nodded and said with a smile: "Yes." I told my father and mother early: When the Chrysanthemum family started the fish pond, I wanted to go and take a look, and the Chrysanthemum also said that she would invite me to eat glutinous rice lotus root. My father and mother happily agreed. I also told my father and mother about going to Xiatangji, and they agreed. ”

Seeing that Yang hadn't come back yet, Chrysanthemum went to the kitchen to take a turn, and saw that the vegetables hadn't been cut yet, so she took a basket and went to the backyard to cut a few yellow cabbages, and pulled some green garlic seedlings and spinach, and cleaned them with Liu Xiaomei.

She said to her little sister: "I'm afraid it's not good on this day, if it snows, we won't be able to go to the market - it's not fun to go out in the heavy snow." ”

The little sister looked at the gloomy sky and said with a sad face: "Alas! Really bad luck. You're so afraid of the cold, otherwise it would be clean when it snows. ”

Chrysanthemum couldn't help but smile: "What's the hurry." Even if it doesn't work out this time, wouldn't it be better to go next spring? At that time, the outside was also beautiful, and the market must have been lively, and you might even see people selling some strange things. ”

Liu Xiaomei thought about it for a while, and then she became happy.

Chrysanthemum wants to go in spring, she is thinking about the style of the water town shrouded in silk spring rain, is it particularly ancient?

The two imagined what they would sell at the Xiatang rally in the spring, and they were not talking about what was in the shop, but what the villagers would sell.

Chrysanthemum smiled: "It would be nice if someone sold fruit saplings - it would be cheaper to buy some and plant them." You say, "Is there anyone who sells sheep?" I want to feed a sheep. ”

Liu Xiaomei smiled: "Don't worry about it anymore - ˉ Your family has enough things, if you feed the sheep again, won't you be busier?" Chrysanthemum also felt that she was greedy.

Laughing, when Yang came back, several people washed a lot of lotus roots, divided them into sections, cut off the lotus root part of each section, poured glutinous rice into the hole of the lotus root, stuffed it tightly with chopsticks, and then put it in a large pot to cook.

When it is boiled and fished up, the lotus root has turned a faint dark pink, and the glutinous rice swells after cooking, and a small section is drilled out of the hole, exuding an attractive fragrance.

Cut the lotus root into small pieces with a knife, the cut section is like a cross-section with a few small circles, and it is somewhat like a lotus shower head, but the lotus head is cyan, the lotus seed in the hole is also cyan, the section of the lotus root is dark pink, and the glutinous rice in the hole is silvery-white; Cut off, the long silk thread is still connected, the longer it is pulled, the longer it gets, and it is perfect to do the demonstration of "broken silk connection"!

Chrysanthemum and the little sister couldn't wait to pick up a short piece of it by themselves, and the silk threads in their mouths were constantly pulling; Yang smiled and picked up several sections, put them in a small basket, and asked the chrysanthemum to send to He, saying that Zhang Yang was about to get out of school and sent it to him to taste.

The others are still in the pot, and when the helpers return to the table to eat, they will each bring a little back.

When the people from the fish pond came back, they carried large and small buckets of fish, carried several loads of lotus roots, and laughed and discussed. Zhou Xiaozi said loudly to Zheng Changhe: "Hurry up and weigh it, see how many fish there are, I estimate that there are more than 100 catties, and I put so many miles!" Raising your own fish is different, serving better, and growing better. ”

Zhao smiled: "That's, you don't want to think about it, chrysanthemums are willing to feed anything." ”

Laughing, Yang brought a large pot of steaming ginger soup, poured a bowl of it for each person, relieved the cold, and was busy looking at Aoki and Zhang Huai weighing the fish.

Chrysanthemum and Liu Xiaomei also watched with concern, and saw Aoki and Zhang Huai carrying a bucket full of fish, pulling the big scale on the scale rod, while Liu Sanshun stood aside, with a bucket of crucian carp at his feet, he added fractions, in order to make up a whole number.

"Sanshun, add two more catties. There are still a few catties of miles in this bucket, don't you have to deduct it! Aoki said to Liu San.

So Liu Sanshun bent down and picked up three crucian carp and threw them into the barrel, and Zhang Huai shouted: "Okay, forty-five catties, forty catties." This bucket is dead and heavy, and five catties are deducted. As he spoke, he put down the flat burden with Aoki, poured the bucket of fish into the vat, added water to raise it, and went to weigh the next bucket.

Chrysanthemum estimated how she felt carrying a bucket on weekdays, and said busily: "The bucket is not so heavy, it looks like three or four catties." ”

Zhang Huai was stunned at first when he saw that she was so finely calculated, and then he chuckled, looking at her with a soft look in his eyes; Aoki also looked at his sister with amusement, and said helplessly: "It's just a big number at this time, and I know it in my heart, and I'm not going to sell fish, so I'll have to pinch two pounds." ”

Chrysanthemum was quite embarrassed, and when she saw Zhang Huai's smiling appearance, she glared at him; Liu Xiaomei also pinched her hand and pursed her lips and laughed.

Liu Sanshun kindly said to Chrysanthemum: "Selling fish is to be weighed by a small scale, hooking the gills of the fish with a scale hook, and it is smooth and slippery, and it is the net weight of the fish." ”

Li Changxing smiled: "You are selling it for nothing." Uncle Zheng's family has raised so many fish, and they are all big fish, they must be sold to the big families and restaurants in the market - they want more. If you can't sell out, you can sell it in parts. ”

The others were already greeted by the Yang family and ate glutinous rice lotus.

Zheng Changhe grabbed a piece of glutinous rice lotus root in his hand, and said to the chrysanthemum while gnawing on it: "Girl, don't worry, my father is going to sell fish, the basket and bucket are to be weighed separately, and the number is how much is weighed. He thought that his daughter was afraid that the weight of the bucket would be too much, so he comforted her like this.

Now Chrysanthemum couldn't help laughing, looking at Daddy and thinking it was cute.

Liu Sanshun interjected again: "Uncle Zheng, when you sell fish, it's best to call Aunt Zheng's nephew, the one who is called Laixi." Woohoo! I saw that he was very smart, had a way of doing business, and could speak. When people arrived at his shop, they weren't going to buy anything, but after listening to his words, they happily bought something. ”

As he spoke, he saw that Li Changxing and the others were listening carefully, so he added: "Don't think that he must be full of bragging and deceiving people to buy his things, let me tell you, it's not like that at all!" He always told people that such things were not suitable for peasant families, and that it was a waste of money to buy them; Although that thing is good, it is a little expensive, if your home is not spacious, it is better to change it. Someone wanted to buy a fine mat made by my second brother, he recognized that person, and hurriedly persuaded him not to buy it, saying that it was not cost-effective for our peasant family to buy this thing, and said that you don't know how to weave straw mats, why spend that unjust money, and the man really didn't buy it when he heard it. But he bought the things on the side, and it didn't cost much. ”