There was no seasoning, so Zhang Xuanxuan could only cook the crayfish with water and salt, then put it in a basin and bring it to the square table in the hall.

"Big sister, big brother, come and eat crayfish." Zhang Xuanxuan greeted Sister Zhang. Xiucai's father has not been home since he took the dresser away, and several children know that Xiucai's father will not return home until the money used as a dresser is spent. I don't care if Xiucai's father is not there when I eat.

Sister Zhang and the head of Hanyuan sat at the table with doubts. Sister Zhang looked at the crayfish in the pot no longer the color of black and gray, but turned into a bright red, which looked quite festive, but it still looked terrible.

Sister Zhang's heart was shocked, and she asked in a low voice, "Second sister, can this long worm really be eaten?" ”

"I can eat it." Zhang Xuanxuan nodded vigorously, "Eldest sister, this is called a crayfish, not a long worm." Look, I'll eat it for you. ”

Zhang Xuanxuan skillfully removed the head of the crayfish, peeled off the shell, revealed the white and tender shrimp meat, and put it in her mouth.

"It's delicious!" Zhang Xuanxuan couldn't help but be intoxicated. This wild lobster meat is so tender and fresh that it is many times more delicious than modern farmed lobsters.

Looking at Zhang Xuanxuan's expression, Sister Zhang and the head of Hanyuan were sure that this thing could be eaten. The head of Han Yuan reached out and picked up a lobster, learned Zhang Xuanxuan's way of dealing with it, and ate the lobster. The lobster meat entered his mouth, and the head of Han Yuan also narrowed his eyes with satisfaction, it was really delicious. It's been a long time since I've eaten something so delicious, and it's meat. The head of Hanyuan immediately reached out and picked up the second lobster, pinched the head and peeled the shell, and started eating! That's faster than Zhang Xuanxuan, who is used to eating crayfish.

Seeing the performance of her younger siblings, Sister Zhang held back her fear and picked up a crayfish. No way, too hungry. Even if you are afraid, you have to eat it.

Learning from her younger siblings, Sister Zhang ate the meat of crayfish. Delicious! It's delicious! My sister wasn't wrong. This long worm, ah, no, is the meat of the crayfish, which is really delicious!

Sister Zhang immediately joined in the rush to eat. After a while, a pot of lobsters was eaten by the three sisters and brothers. However, because of the lack of lobster meat, the three sisters and brothers did not eat enough. Zhang Xuanxuan immediately went to the kitchen to fill a pot of lobster. This time, Sister Zhang and the head of Hanyuan both slowed down the speed of eating, and in addition to eating by themselves, they also peeled a small bowl of shrimp meat and left it for Brother Zhang, and waited for him to wake up before eating. Poor Brother Zhang's family situation deteriorated after he was born, he was more than two years old and had not even eaten a bite of meat.

"The meat of the crayfish is so delicious, thanks to the second sister, we can eat such delicious food. And there are a lot of crayfish in the field, and for the next period of time, we don't have to eat wild vegetables. Sister Zhang said happily.

Zhang Xuanxuan was very proud: "Eldest sister, eldest brother, we must not let others know about what crayfish can eat, otherwise someone will rob us in the future, and we will not be able to eat all-you-can-eat." ”

"Nope." The head of Hanyuan lightly rejected Zhang Xuanxuan, "There are a few families in the village who are not living better than us, and they are almost out of food, since the crayfish can be eaten, we have to tell them, so that they can have food to survive this period of food shortage." ”

Zhang Xuanxuan said hurriedly: "But some of them have eaten all the crayfish, what else can we eat?" ”

Hanyuan said: "I will go to the county seat in two days to find Mr. Lin, and ask him to introduce me to the work of copying books, and when I make money, I can buy food to eat." ”

Sister Zhang also said: "If I make more children's dividends and sell them, I can also exchange them for food." ”

"You ......" Zhang Xuanxuan didn't expect that the sister and younger brother of the original owner were so virgins, they couldn't eat enough and thought about others, they just felt that these two sisters and brothers were really virgins and stupid. She wanted to object, but after touching the scrutinizing gaze of the head of Hanyuan, Zhang Xuanxuan was shocked and didn't dare to object again.

After eating, the head of Hanyuan went out and told the families who were almost out of food about the fact that crayfish could eat. These people are not as particular as the Zhang family, and they are not afraid of crayfish. When I heard that I could eat it, I immediately took a basket and dustpan to dig crayfish, and I was grateful to the head of Hanyuan in my heart.

Zhang Xuanxuan also dragged the eldest sister of the Zhang family out of the door, she was afraid that the people in the village would dig up all the crayfish, and her family would have nothing to eat at that time.

The head of Hanyuan called Zhang Xiaodi up and fed him lobster meat. The taste of lobster meat completely conquered Zhang Xiaodi, who had never eaten anything good since he was a child.

"Brother, it's delicious!" Brother Zhang puffed out his little face and said vaguely to the head of Hanyuan.

"Eat some if it's delicious." The head of Han Yuan looked at the malnourished little body of the little brother, sighed in his heart, and decided in his heart to teach Zhang Xiaodi to refine his body when he was six years old. Otherwise, with a weak body like Brother Zhang, I don't know when he will die.

This is not alarmist, in the past two years, Brother Zhang really brushed shoulders with death several times. Brother Zhang is the child conceived by Zhang's mother in middle age, the mother is not healthy, the child is naturally not very healthy, and Zhang's mother has a difficult birth when she gives birth, Zhang Xiaodi's body is very weak after birth, and there is a danger of early death at all times. A few times, Zhang Xiaodi was really about to die, and it was all up to Han Yuan's head to use the innate true qi in his body to recuperate Zhang Xiaodi, so that Zhang Xiaodi's life was pulled back. For Brother Zhang, the head of Hanyuan is not only an elder brother, but also a father of Brother Zhang.

Brother Zhang nodded vigorously, and dug a spoonful of shrimp meat into his mouth with his own hands. Brother Zhang is very well-behaved, and he does everything he can by himself, so he doesn't have to worry about his sister and brother.

"Brother, I want to learn to read and write with you." Brother Zhang admires his brother the most, and he wants to be the same person as his brother. My brother likes to read and write, and he also wants to read and write.

The head of Hanyuan has no experience with children, and he doesn't know when it is best for children to learn to read and write, and when he heard his younger brother's request, he naturally agreed. When Brother Zhang ate all the shrimp meat, he began to teach him to read. Start with the simplest and teach only three words a day. On the first day, the name of the first day of teaching was naturally Zhang's younger brother: Zhang Haner.

Brother Zhang is very smart, but there are a lot of strokes of the three characters, and it is still a little difficult for children to learn to remember. It took Zhang a long time to remember these three words.

The head of Hanyuan gave Zhang Xiaodi an encouraging compliment, hugged Zhang Xiaodi and walked to the gate of the courtyard and looked out. Seeing that it was about to get dark, Sister Zhang and Zhang Xuanxuan hadn't gone home yet, and the head of Hanyuan was worried.

After the last ray of sunlight disappeared, it took a while for Sister Zhang and Zhang Xuanxuan to return to Zhang's house in the moonlight. The baskets they carried behind their backs and the baskets they carried in their hands were all full of crayfish, which pressed the two girls to bend their waists, and they couldn't walk, so they could only move forward step by step.

The head of Hanyuan hurriedly stepped forward, first unloaded the basket from Sister Zhang's back with one hand, put Zhang Xiaodi on the ground, let Miss Zhang pull Zhang's little brother, and then unloaded the basket on Zhang Xuanxuan's back and carried it with the other hand. The weight of each of the two baskets weighs dozens of pounds, and Han Yuan is very easy to hold in his hand.

Zhang Xuanxuan watched in surprise as the head of Han Yuan walked into the yard and into the kitchen with two baskets, and exclaimed: "The strength of the eldest brother is so great!" ”

Her cheap brother is not even ten years old, right? Just a reader, right? How can it be more powerful than an adult who does farm work all year round?

Sister Zhang signed Brother Zhang and walked back, and said with a smile: "Our eldest brother's strength has always been so great." Are you going? Everyone in our water tank was picked by the eldest brother. ”

Zhang Xuanxuan: "......"

The two of them took Zhang's younger brother back to Zhang's house, and the head of Hanyuan had already put the two baskets away, turned around and came back to take the basket in the hands of the two, and asked, "Why did you catch so many long and crayfish back?" ”

"It's not much at all, and my eldest sister and I have little strength and can't carry too much, so we only caught so much of it. Others have caught a lot more than we do. Zhang Xuanxuan said, "The crayfish in the village have been caught. Tomorrow my eldest sister and I will go outside the village to catch it. ”

"Tomorrow you guys have a day off, I'm too tired today." The head of Hanyuan doesn't feel sorry for Zhang Xuanxuan, but he feels sorry for Sister Zhang.

Zhang Xuanxuan hurriedly said: "You can't rest, otherwise the lobster will be caught by others, and if it reaches the ears of other people, there will be more people who catch lobsters." Let's stop eating lobster. ”

Han Yuan's head thought that there was a lack of food at home, so if he caught more crayfish, everyone could eat two more full meals, so he said: "Then tomorrow I will go to catch crayfish with my second sister, and the eldest sister will take care of the younger brother at home." ”

Zhang Xuanxuan nodded again and again, it would be best if the eldest brother could go. The eldest brother has a lot of strength and is able to catch more crayfish back. Zhang Xuanxuan fell in love with this younger brother all of a sudden, although he was a scholar, he had no problems with a scholar, and he was considerate of his sister and had a lot of energy, if he trained him well, he would definitely be able to make this younger brother shoulder the burden of the whole family and become the pillar of the Zhang family. As for Xiucai's father, where is it cool, which side is going to stay.

Zhang Xuanxuan nodded and said to Sister Zhang: "Sister, you will cook all the crayfish at home tomorrow." When it is cooked, the shrimp meat is removed and dried, and then put it in a jar to seal and store it for a long time. ”

Sister Zhang immediately responded: "Okay." ”

Hanyuan in charge: "It's late, let's rest." Second sister, get up early tomorrow, let's go catch crayfish. ”

Zhang Xuanxuan agreed, she was most afraid that others would catch all the crayfish, and they would not have to eat them in the future.

The next day, Sister Zhang got up early in the morning to make wild vegetable porridge, and Han Yuan and Zhang Xuanxuan went out after eating the porridge. They were not the first, the lobster catcher and his family had already gone out, and some other villagers who heard the news also went out to join the team to catch lobsters.

Zhang Xuanxuan grabbed Han Yuan's arm and pulled him away: "Hurry up, let's go farther away, and we can catch more while the villagers haven't passed over." ”

Hearing this, the head of Hanyuan grabbed Zhang Xuanxuan's arm with his backhand and ran away with her feet without touching the ground.