Forty-five: Gift-giving
Li Bokang here took his classmates to the hall, and then their coachman also came in with things. Because the hall is facing the main door, people can see it as soon as they enter.
When they saw Chen Jun in the house, they beckoned them to bring all their things to the hall, and when they put down their things, they called them out. Then they looked at Li Bokang and said, "Bokang, this is the inauguration gift of our new home for you, and we know that you won't accept too many things, so we prepare some ordinary things." Zhou Yi said this, but Chen Jun and Huang Sheng on the side also nodded.
Li Bokang also knew that these things were nothing in their eyes, and they were indeed ordinary things, just some cloth, tea, snacks and the like, so he didn't shirk and accepted them. But in the end, he said: "You can come and play, and bring something, you are not allowed to do this again in the future." ”
Several people looked at him and looked at each other again and said, "Yes, we know." As soon as they finished speaking, Yang Xue came in with water, and they didn't have tea at home, so they didn't make tea. However, there are still some dried wolfberries and honeysuckle at home, so she soaked some honeysuckle and wolfberries in it.
These teacups were bought in the town when she heard Li Bokang say that she might bring her classmates to her house, but they were all ordinary white porcelain cups. But then again, this honeysuckle and wolfberry are soaked in this white porcelain cup, which is quite pleasing to the eye. She also brought a copper kettle into it, which contained the water she had just boiled, and it was cheap for them to refill it at any time.
When she brought them the teacups, she also said: "We don't have tea at home, so I brew some honeysuckle and wolfberries in it, which can clear away heat and detoxify, calm the liver and brighten the eyes." But if you can't get used to it, just let me know and I'll change it for you. With that, he was ready to go out, they were all adult men, and it was inconvenient for them to be in the same room. And it's almost noon, so it's time to prepare lunch.
Zhou Yi, who was on the side, immediately lifted the lid of the teacup when he heard this, and when he opened the lid of the cup, he suddenly felt a fragrance attack, and his originally loose spirit was lifted. Then I looked at the situation in the cup, and saw the honeysuckle inside slowly stretching in the water, and then slowly. It restores its original shape to its appearance. He was really surprised by this.
Yang Xue on the side left the house at this time and went to the kitchen. In fact, she didn't know if they could accept such tea, but they really didn't have tea at home to entertain them.
When I came to the kitchen and looked at the existing dishes at home, there was nothing else except the meat that Li Bokang brought back today. However, there are a lot of vegetables in the field outside, and you can go out and pick them after a while, but this one meat dish is a little shabby. Thinking about it, he went out and called Li Bokang and asked him to go to the river to catch two fish and come back.
There are indeed some fish in the river in front of them, and they don't usually catch them to eat, plus it may be that some people live in the mountains now, and they sometimes wash some left vegetables in the river, and the fish also grow well after eating, so she will let Li Bokang catch fish now.
When Li Bokang heard this, he said, "Okay, I know, I'll go right away." After the two finished speaking, Li Bokang went back to the house and said to the other three: "I'm going to catch fish in the river at the door, do you want to go and see." He thought that they were also rich boys, and they might not have seen much of a fish catch. Zhou Yi and the others also felt a little curious when they heard it, so they readily agreed.
So the group of six went to the river in front of the door, and why did they say six, because the grooms they had brought with them also went. When he came to the river, Li Bokang took off his shoes, rolled up his robe and trousers, and went to the water, it is now summer, and the water temperature will not be cold, and there are some warm ones.
Standing in the river, I looked at it quietly and seriously, and saw two fish that were not bad and quite big. Then he slowly walked towards the fish, and then saw the opportunity to go towards the fish quickly and fiercely, and caught one. They took the fish to the river, put them in a basin that they brought and put on the river, and then went to the river to catch them.
There were seven of them eating together today, and they needed at least three fish. Because he had been startled by a big fish he had seen when he caught a fish, he had to look for his target again.
However, a few people on the side saw that he was catching fish in the water very quickly, so they thought it was quite simple, and several people also thought about going down to the river to catch fish together. And he didn't let the little guy next to him help, he wanted to go down and catch it himself, and Li Bokang agreed without stopping it.
The next few people walked around the river for a long time but did not catch a single fish, not even Li Bokang. But Chen Jun and the others seemed to be more and more courageous, they just didn't want to give up, they believed that they would eventually catch the fish.
Indeed, they finally caught a fish, but time had passed, and all they caught were a few small fish. Standing by the river, looking at the sky and then looking at the fish in the basin, the three of them were a little embarrassed, and finally said to Li Bokang: "Bokang, let's ......" Li Bokang also knew what they wanted to say, so he said: "It's okay, it's just that there will be one less dish at noon." Let's go, let's go back first, the meal should be ready now. So saying, he prepared to take the basin and go back.
But there was someone next to him who was faster than him and took the basin away, and he looked in the direction and saw that it was the coachman brought by Chen Jun and them. Seeing this, he didn't say anything, so he let them hold it, and then beckoned Chen Jun and them to go home.
After saying that they catch fish, let's cook here, here she saw that several of them went out to catch fish, so she thought about killing one of the chickens in the family and eating it at noon, and it was not too late now. Now I have a pot of hot water in the kitchen, and then I go to the next place where the chickens are raised to catch them.
When she went out, she also took a look at their catching fish, and at this time she only saw Li Bokang catching fish in the river alone, and it seemed that they already had a goal. She only looked at it for a while and then went to catch the chicken, and when she got to the place, she looked at it for a while and chose a bigger rooster.
After choosing the chickens to catch, she went in to catch them, but it took some time to catch them because the fenced area was a little wide. After chasing a few laps, she caught the chicken she was optimistic about, and after grabbing the chicken, she came out and closed the bamboo door and went home. When I went home, I also looked at the fish they were catching, and there were already four people in the river at this time, and I knew that there might be no harvest for them in the water. I don't know if Li Bokang caught something before, so he smiled when he thought about it.
Then she went home and began to work, and now the water in the house was boiled, and she took out the knife and began to kill the chickens. She also took an empty bowl and put a little salt water in it, which she used to catch the chicken's blood, which she used to do when she saw her parents and brother kill chickens.
When it comes to killing chickens, she really didn't know much at first, but then she really had no choice but to slowly go from habitual to proficient. Then she quickly took care of the chicken, and the chicken still looked a little big, so she thought about eating it in two ways, so that it could be regarded as one more dish.