Chapter 10, Blackface
As soon as the four uncles and nephews got on the bus, the fish in the barrel and the dustpan were targeted by the passengers.
"It's a freshly caught fish, it's fresh, you see, it's not dead yet....."
"If you sell it, you can also do it, I was originally sent to the second national cotton factory, and the purchase of their canteen is a distant relative of mine....."
"Still, if you want, you can."
"Well, the price is just a dime and a half."
At this price, although it is a little expensive, people who can afford to sit on the bus can basically afford it.
With many years of flickering, the catch instantly lost more than 20 catties.
I took back more than three dollars, almost four dollars.
Passengers on the bus go up and down, as long as they are passengers on the bus, they can't help but buy fresh fish.
Of course, there are also people who hate the fishy smell of fish.
But it can't be helped, this era is like this, not to mention many years with barrels and dustpans, and some people still carry chickens and ducks.
More than half an hour passed, and the bus arrived.
For many years, when the four uncles and nephews got off the bus, the barrels and dustpans were empty.
Coincidentally, before I arrived at the courtyard, I ran into Yan Bugui.
"Yo, Mr. Yan, what a coincidence, didn't you catch a fish in the afternoon?"
But what's the matter, Yan Bu's expensive fish basket is empty, and even the northwest wind is not happy to blow over.
Yan Lao looked back, and his dark face also showed a smile.
Embarrassed, he stared at the empty barrels and dustpans that had been empty for many years.
"We're all half a pound and eight taels, by the way, where did you fish in the afternoon?"
"Teacher Yan, we were fishing in Xiaoqing River, and the fish we caught in the afternoon were sold for seven yuan and six cents......
Xu Xiaoqian, who was at the forefront, showed off crisply.
I didn't notice Yan Bugui's increasingly dark face.
“..... More than 50 catties of fish, we were still worried, how to sell the fish....."
"But, Teacher Yan, do you know? We were on the bus back, and the passengers were desperately scrambling to buy our fish, a dime and a half a pound, hehe, everyone was rushing to ......."
As the saying goes, sand kernel pig heart is nothing more than that.
The corners of Yan Bugui's mouth twitched wildly, and his heart kept bleeding.
Why is there such a big difference between people and people?
Hmph, Lao Tzu is a scholar, and he doesn't have the same knowledge as you!
Yan Bugui, who was huffing, left directly first.
Xu Xiaoqian, who still wanted to continue to show off, was very puzzled, "Third uncle, why did Mr. Yan go home first?" ”
"I'm not happy!" Many years smiled happily, "Xiaoqian, your eloquence is really good, as good as a storyteller....."
"Third uncle, how can people be as good as you say?"
"Look your tail is almost cocked, let's go, it's a little later, we won't have anything to eat."
After that, he ran up first, and the three children behind him also hurriedly exclaimed and quickly followed.
The cheerful atmosphere continues to the doorstep.
The old lady Zhou Hongmei was chatting with people at the door, and when she saw the four of them coming back with empty barrels and dustpans, she smiled and said with relief:
"You didn't catch any fish, did you? I'll just say, the fish in the river are very smart, how can they be so easy to catch....."
"No, grandma, all the fish we caught were sold.....
The little guy pounced on him, looking up and chattering.
The little expression was full of the words 'praise us'.
Lao Xu poked his head out of the room, and so did Xu Danian and his second brother.
Because Xu Xiaoqian is a little guy, showing off like cross talk, the small yard in front of the old Xu family has gathered a lot of neighbors.
He Yuzhu, Xu Damao, Yi Zhonghai and others, who came back from outside just now, also stopped and stopped.
The neighbors exclaimed one after another, and it reached the Yan Bugui family on the other side, which made Mr. Yan's old face almost unbearable.
At this time, seventeen-year-old Yan Jiecheng was also very envious, and at the same time had a doubt.
"Mom, didn't you say that the third child of the Xu family is a fool? So why is he able to catch so many fish? More powerful than Dad? ”
Aunt Yan didn't know how to answer, but Yan Bugui couldn't hold back at all.
"Bastard boy, your father and I are just careless, blame that Xu Laosan, not to say that there are fish in the river over there in Guangning......"
In this era, it is normal for a father to beat and scold his son.
is like Uncle Liu in the backyard, who doesn't open the roof for a day.
was scolded by his father like this, Yan Jiecheng didn't dare to speak, after all, he was still young and had no job, so he didn't dare to talk back to his father.
The bustle in front of Xu's house quickly dispersed.
Everyone knows one thing, that is, Xu Laosan's fishing skills are very powerful, and this half bucket of water is much more expensive than Yan Bu.
Besides, fishing can earn more than ten yuan a day, which is much better than the workers at work.
In the middle courtyard, as soon as Jia Dongxu got home, he sat on the stool angrily.
Not to mention that Xu Laosan robbed his future daughter-in-law in the morning, and when he came back in the evening, he saw him in the limelight, how could he balance his heart?
But what about imbalance?
That's the normal income of the normal way, and no one can say anything if they eat according to their ability.
But as soon as Jia Zhang's heard it, he said that he was going to make trouble, and those who saw it had a share!
However, Jia Dongxu grabbed his wife and only said one sentence:
"Mother, you are not Xu Laosan's opponent, besides, there are so many people in their family, we can't make trouble no matter how much we make trouble."
It makes a lot of sense, don't say it again in the future.
Jia Zhangshi sat aside angrily, this is not good, that is not good, just sit and sulk?
Xu Damao, who was in the backyard, was also surprised to talk to his parents about the Xu family in the front yard.
Although they have the same surname, the two families are not related at all.
I don't usually communicate with each other, and I'm no different from other neighbors.
"Are the fish in the river so easy to catch?"
Xu Damao's question is destined to be answered by no one.
At the door of the Liu family, Uncle Liu is training the baby every day again.
Although the three children of Lao Liu's family are still very young, Lao Liu will not be soft at all when he wields a stick.
"You know how to eat meat, you know how to spend money, why don't you learn from others?"
"Isn't it popular now for some new people, new things, and new countries to earn their own money and spend it themselves?"
"You are so capable, you have such a big mouth, you can earn your own money!"
Lao Liu, who was angry, almost exploded on the spot when he faced his sons complaining and had no meat to eat.
Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, the two little guys, glanced at each other and decided to go fishing tomorrow, and they must not let the old man underestimate them.
After all, the fact that the Xu family in the front yard earned more than 20 yuan from fishing has spread all over now.
The old Xu family in the front yard has been dealing with big black fish for many years at this time, and he will cook it himself tonight.
As the saying goes, if you want to cook without being bland, it all depends on onions, ginger and garlic.
"Wow, third uncle, your knife skills are so good, this fish fillet is so thin."
The three little guys surrounded their third uncle to cut fish, and kept making a fuss and admiring, full of sycophants.
Zhou Hongmei watched with interest at first, until she was stir-frying for many years, and when she put two soups full of peanut oil in a row, she stood up in surprise and said tremblingly:
"You loser, why do you put so much oil in a stir-fry? Can't get by? Yes? Who's wasting a stir-fry like you? ”
In this era, many families cook and are reluctant to put oil at all.
An oil cylinder has been passed down for three generations, and people are still walking on the cylinder, which is the true portrayal.
If you do this for many years, the old Xu family's oil ticket will be ruined in less than a month.
"Mom, just this once, okay? I'm just hungry. ”
For many years, there was no way, two soups of peanut oil, compared with the eleven pounds of big black fish, it was pitiful.
The smoke was sizzling in the pot, Zhou Hongmei sighed and glared: This kid, you are a loser, see what your father says about you when he comes back.
In the kitchen, there was a strong fragrance, which made Xu Xiaoqian and her children happy.
Even Xu Wumei, the eldest in the family, is very happy, there is something delicious tonight.
After many years of making a dish of sauerkraut fish, as soon as it was served on the table, Lao Xu and they also came back.
For this fragrance, Lao Xu did not blame it for many years, he just threw off his arms and ate it.
Xu Xiaoqian, who had long coveted the food on this table, and her children happily picked up the chopsticks and ate them in a big gulp.
The Yan Lao family on the opposite side, as well as other neighbors such as the middle courtyard, all secretly scolded the old Xu family for not doing anything behind their backs.
The family was eating and chatting beautifully.
But as we chatted, the atmosphere began to become less concordant, but indescribably weird.
The main reason is that the second sister-in-law Fan Zhaodi is a neat moth, just to share the money.
Lao Xu directly blackened his face at that time, and glared at the second Xu Shishi:
"I'm not dead yet, you just want to be in charge, right?"