Wang Xianghong's house is an old house, not to mention the four walls of the house, and there are not many furniture in it anyway.

The house has no suspended ceiling, and the girders and the roof are directly exposed, and two baskets are hung from the girders, and baskets are hung on the roof.

The walls are covered with newspapers, and on the north wall is a colorful bust of the chairman, and on either side are smaller figures.

On one side are the top ten marshals of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and on the other side are well-known old scientists such as Qian Xuesen, Qian Sanqiang, Zhu Kezhen, and Zhao Zhongyao.

The mud floor in the room is flat, and a set of eight immortal tables is placed in the middle, and there is a red lacquered cabinet in the corner.

The four corners of the cabinet are wrapped with bright copper skin, and the surface is inlaid with four sets of tiles, on which are the mythological stories of the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea and Houyi Shooting the Sun.

In addition, the ornaments on the lid of the cabinet attracted Wang Yi's attention, there was a white porcelain statue on it, and in front of the porcelain statue were many white porcelain clay figures.

The craftsmanship is exquisite and vivid.

Wang Xianghong beckoned the two to sit down, and when he saw Wang Yi staring at the cabinet, he introduced:

"It was a set of porcelain sculptures, called "Rent Collection Courtyard", which was burned by JDZ, which told the evil deeds of the big landlord Liu Wencai who brutally exploited our peasant brothers. I put it out as a reminder to never forget the class struggle! ”

Zhuang Mancang said: "We have won the class struggle, and now that we have reformed and opened up, we must unite and use the energy of all strata to jointly develop the economy......

"Hahaha, don't talk about this, sit down and drink water." Wang Xianghong interrupted him and changed the topic stiffly.

He wanted to pull Wang Yi to speak.

But how dare Wang Yi talk nonsense?

The sharp-eyed, jealous and hateful police comrades are still suspicious of him!

So he said that today was stormy, a little seasick and nauseous, and he wanted to rest.

Wang Xianghong pulled the old bamboo recliner apart and said, "So you go outside to lie down and bask in the sun, and I will ask your sister-in-law to cook you a bowl of mint water, and you will be comfortable to drink." ”

Wang Yi hurriedly said that there was no need to be so troublesome.

But Wang Xianghong was very affectionate to him like his son, and insisted on going out and shouting: "Tell Xiufang not to go to work, come back first!" ”

Someone responded from afar: "Okay! ”

Wang Yi was pressed on the recliner, although the sea breeze was a little fierce, he still felt strong in his heart.

The rays of the setting sun shone warmly on his body, a few hens cooed, the wind blew the leaves of the peach trees, and there were always shouts and fishing songs that drilled into his ears along the sea breeze.

Later, Wang Xianghong also sent his cat to him.

The cat was raised, Wang Xianghong said, "Give him a warm body", and the cat lay on Wang Yi's stomach and began to chant Buddha "purring".

Wang Yi can get started, and he is smiling.

It's so good to be home!

Wang Xianghong's daughter-in-law Xiufang is back.

This is a healthy, strong young woman, with short ear-length haircuts, no hairstyle, but meticulous and not messy at all.

Her complexion was black and yellow, which is common to fishermen, her eyes were bright, her upper body was blue and her Lenin suit was white, and her lower pants were patched.

Like her father-in-law Wang Xianghong, she walks with the wind.

Wang Yi subconsciously looked at Xiufang twice, she had a lot of energy and a spirit in her.

In his impression, he hadn't seen such a heroic, high-spirited and positive woman for many years.

Xiufang went to the kitchen to work for a while, first brought a pot of tea to Wang Xianghong and Zhuang Mancang, and then brought Wang Yi a bowl of hot water with a cool taste.

She smiled generously and said, "Are you the younger brother of Uncle Xiangwen's family who went to the Northeast?" Do you know what kind of water I boiled for you? Remind you, you don't grow this in the Northeast. ”

Wang Yi said: "It's mint water. ”

Xiufang smiled and nodded: "Mint is a good thing, boiling water can cure seasickness, cooking can be eaten raw and cooked, and it can also repel mosquitoes and flies when dried and burned." ”

"Come, take two sips, I added saccharin to you, it's delicious."

So Wang Yi lay on the recliner and stroked the cat, and drank hot mint water.

Wang Dongfeng came back later, carrying a basket in one hand, full of fresh seafood, crabs, conch, squid, razor clams, sea cucumbers and so on.

Xiufang rolled up her sleeves and was busy, Zhuang Mancang came out to persuade her: "Brother and sister, don't be busy, just make two dishes, every time I come over, I will trouble you, I don't want to go." ”

"If you don't want to go, you will eat more, and if you eat more, we will rejoice." Xiufang looked back and said with a smile.

Zhuang Mancang said: "When did I eat less? But you do too much, it's too polite, it's too out-of-the-box! ”

Wang Xianghong pulled him back: "Drink water, drink water, you came here this time and brought me tea and anti-inflammatory drugs, you are even more outward." ”

Zhuang Mancang went back to drink water, and Wang Yi was also drinking water.

Peppermint water is sweet.

He drank deliciously.

After drinking, he was embarrassed, Xiufang was busy in the kitchen alone, washing and brushing, and it was not like a matter for him to lie here and bask in the sun.

So Wang Yi put the cat down to help.

The cat who was chanting the Buddha was stunned: "Where is my warm human flesh mat?"

Wang Yi wanted to help, but Xiufang resolutely refused to let him interfere: "How can you do these jobs as a big man?" Do you want to go around the stove like your sister-in-law? You'll have to rock the oars, tie sea cucumbers, and sprinkle fishing nets! ”

When he heard this, Wang Yi was a little confused.

Swinging a row, tying a sea cucumber, sprinkling a fishing net?

It's all hard work, and he's really willing to go around the stove in comparison.

His parents didn't come early, so he went to the kitchen by himself when he was very young, and his cooking skills were really good.

Xiufang is very tough, but Wang Yi is more insistent.

In the end, she had no choice but to ask Wang Yi to help wash clams and brush conch.

The kitchen of Wang Xianghong's house is also a utility room, which is filled with dry firewood, fishing nets and fishing gear, and the roof and walls are blackened by oil smoke.

Xiufang was about to fry a dried fish for wine, so she asked Wang Yi to pick a few good dried fish.

She advised: "You pick dried fish with horse noodles, this is sweet dried fish, not salty, suitable for wine." ”

Wang Yi went to fiddle with the dried fish, and then saw that there were still a few yellow-brown rubber-like things hanging on the rope, some large and some small, and the big ones looked like military kettles from the plane.

He looked at it and felt a little familiar, and asked, "Sister-in-law, is this fish gelatin?" ”

Xiufang looked back at it casually and said, "Yes, it's fish gelatin, my father-in-law's old comrades-in-arms in Guangyue came to see him in the early years." ”

"A few years ago, my father-in-law forgot that there were still these things, and they were all pressed under the box and became damp and moldy, but I cleaned up the cabinet and found it again during the Chinese New Year last year, and I wanted to dry it to see if I could eat it."

Wang Yi said: "What kind of fish glue is this? I've heard that fish gelatin is very expensive. ”

Xiufang said: "What is expensive, the old generation used to fool the landlord and the old money, now they all talk about science and civilization, fish gelatin is a vegetable, is glue, a few years ago the supply and marketing station did not like to receive." ”

"Come, you have chosen the dried fish and come over for me to give me a hand, and change the water in the basin again."

Wang Yi quickly picked out some dried fish in good condition and rushed back: "Okay!" ”

The sun sets, and night falls.

Tianya Island is even more lively, the boats that go out to sea to fish have returned, and the women who have gone to work in the fields have also returned home.

The last rays of the setting sun fell on the fishing village, and the houses and boats on the island were all pale gold.

The smoke curls up, and the sound of parents calling their children home for dinner is endless:

"Dog Bao, go home for dinner!"

"Where have you been? Don't come back to eat again! ”

"Yuanyuan, Yuanyuan, it's almost home, your grandmother steamed a bun for you."

When a fisherman heard that Zhuang Mancang was coming, he brought fish that had just come out of the water to the door.

Wang Xianghong beckoned: "Bold, come over and drink later." ”

"Okay, branch secretary, I'll go home and pick it up." The man replied happily.

The night is getting dark, and the lights of thousands of homes are on.

Kerosene lamps were lit in Wang Xianghong's house and kitchen, and under the windproof lampshade, the flames were still burning vigorously.

Wang Yi was quite surprised when he saw this: "Sister-in-law, do you still use kerosene lamps on the island?" No power? ”

Xiufang said freely: "How can this be electrified?" I heard my father-in-law say that if you want to get electricity, you have to pull a wire from the bottom of the sea, which is too difficult, there are many fish, shrimps, crabs and turtles on the bottom of the sea, and they must not bite the wire? ”

Saying that, she shook her head: "There is no electricity, everyone on our island burns kerosene, the national policy is good, take care of our island, and supply us with more kerosene." ”

Wang Xianghong came over and pulled him away: "Let's go, go to the table, drink!" ”

A basin with clams, scallops, razor clams, and a layer of red crabs was already placed on the table.

There are many clams on the island, and there are many clams, hairy clams, clams, and white clams alone.

There is also a basin of black mussels, which is the most common in the Fuhai area, also called sea rainbows and mussels, which fishermen can take as food.

Xiufang brought a plate of prawns, serious prawns, all of them were big, all of them were the length of Wang Yi's palm.

Zhuang Mancang smiled and touched his head: "Every time I come to you, I improve the food, and this season in the city, even if I go to a big hotel, there are no such big prawns and crabs." ”

Wang Xianghong said proudly: "We are not boasting about this, it is not the season to eat shrimp and crabs, you can't supply it in the city, so you let go of eating tonight, and you can't tie up the armed belt to eat." ”

Later, someone arrived, there was the bold Wang Yi had seen, he was the captain of the militia, there were also village clerks and women's directors, and finally an old man came.

The old man was short and thin, his beard and hair were white, his skin was wrinkled, and his face and hands were full of age spots, but he walked steadily, with a cigarette pouch and pot in his mouth, and took two steps to take a puff.

Seeing the old man, Wang Yi was in awe.

This is the legendary character that his father once told him, the old birthday star of Wangjia Village.

No one remembers the specific name of the old birthday star, and everyone in the village respectfully calls him the birthday star from the old to the young.

The birthday star is really long-lived, at least 100 years old this year, no one can tell whether 100 is 11 or 12, and those who can tell it will die early.

Anyway, he still remembers that when the little emperor Guangxu sat on the dragon chair, the landlord in the village invited the whole village to dinner, and he ate the first chicken leg in his life.

According to historical records, Emperor Guangxu ascended to the throne in 1875......

Wang Yi, whose parents died early, is full of amazement and yearning for the genes of the birthday star, and he can still take care of himself at such an age, a miracle.

It's a pity that the birthday star's life is not very good in this life, and his five sons have died in military disasters and shipwrecks one after another, and they have been lonely for decades.

But the whole island respects the birthday star very much, and the leaders of the counties and urban areas outside the island also respect him.

Because he had a lot of support from him in the early years, three of his five sons who died were members of the Maritime Engineer Corps and were killed by reactionaries.

Zhuang Mancang saw that the birthday star was coming, and hurriedly got up and saluted.

The birthday star is also respected because he never relies on the old to sell the old, and the old man is murderous, and when he sees Zhuang Mancang saluting, he smiles: "You sit, you sit, you are the guardian of the people, what do you do to give me an old immortal salute?" ”

Wang Xianghong pulled Wang Yi out and introduced him to everyone.

Knowing that he was Wang Xiangwen's son, the old birthday star was very excited: "Okay, okay, Xiangwen's baby is back, then our old and young masters are more complete." ”

"Gold and silver can be lost, and the homeland is difficult to leave, the old and young masters of our Wang family should live together, and they can take care of whoever is in trouble and who has a disaster."

Bold and clerk Wang Dongxi were equally excited, and one of them took Wang Yi's hand and asked East and West.

Wang Yi's scalp was numb.

Fortunately, there is no TV or mobile phone in these years, communication is inconvenient, and everyone, including Zhuang Mancang, has never been to the Northeast and does not understand the customs and customs of the Northeast.

And Wang Yi knows this very well, and his father once told him some about his experience in the Northeast Forest Farm, so he ripped off some nonsense and fooled everyone.

Even Zhuang Mancang was stunned for a moment, and was amazed again and again as he introduced the heavy snow and customs of the Northeast.

Xiufang also served fried dried fish, stewed cabbage with tofu and sea intestines, roasted sea cucumber, stir-fried baby abalone and clam and radish soup.

Finally, she brought a plate of big fish, which was a red-scaled fish, very large, and lay on the plate with its fins spread as if it were still alive.

boldly opened the wine bottle and said, "The fish is coming, so let's eat it, shall we?" Branch secretary, Instructor Zhuang, which of you will say a few words? ”

Wang Xianghong waved his hand and said boldly: "Here are either your own people or old friends and old comrades-in-arms, so what are you talking about?" If you don't say it, start drinking, start eating, raise the cup, don't put down the chopsticks! ”

As soon as he looked up, a cup of two taels of white wine went down.

Zhuang Mancang immediately followed.

Wang Yi muttered in his heart: What kind of drinking method is this? This is liquor, it's a stroke of life to drink like this!