"Why don't we meet your niece of Aunt Song?" Grandma Qi hesitated.

"You don't need to see it, Bei Niang is fine." Qi Laosan was very firm, "I married her and the two of us lived, mother, if you can't get used to me, move out and rent a house......"

Grandma Qi's face suddenly became gloomy, Haizhu stepped on his third uncle's foot, and he closed his mouth in disdain.

A breakfast broke up unhappily, and no one ate well except Chaoping.

Haizhu, Dongzhu and Fengping went to sell cakes on the street, Qi Laosan had nothing to do, and pushed the wooden cart to the street, and he went back to get a flat pole and a machete to chop wood.

Grandma Qi went to the street to buy two packs of pastries and went to Mrs. Song's house, and when she came out, she was still laughing with people, but Mrs. Song didn't say anything in front of her, and turned around and collapsed, "I want to see what kind of fairy you can marry." ”

"Chaoping, look, I'll go to Houya Village." Grandma Qi went back and told Second Uncle Qi.

"Mother, don't mess around." Second Uncle Qi spoke up, "It's hard to buy him like it, and the third child is right, marrying a daughter-in-law is to live with him." ”

"I'm just going to inquire, and I always want to know what kind of people it is."

……

For two or three days in a row, eating at home is awkward, Haizhu does not allow Fengping and Dongzhu to interject, they are the younger generation, and the elders do not interfere in the marriage, so as not to complain.

It was a gloomy day, and the guards at the pier beat gongs and drums to remind the fishermen not to go out of the boat, even if it was to visit relatives and friends, and the wind direction at sea was uncertain.

Haizhu ran to Hongshi Village, Yu Laishun returned to her hometown, she asked her mother to pack some clothes and live in Qingshi Lane, "The typhoon is coming and it is wind and rain, in case the roof is gone, you will not have no land with your life." It's fine during the day, but I'm afraid it's ...... at night."

"Okay." Qin Jingniang listened to the persuasion, she packed up her belongings, locked the door and walked with Haizhu.

Lu Haizhu asked: "Why did my Uncle Yu return to his hometown at this time?" ”

"His wife is sick."

"Oh." Haizhu didn't ask much.

Halfway through, the rain fell, the wind blowing from the sea made it difficult for people to walk on their legs, the restaurants and taverns were closed, the lanterns hanging outside the doors were also taken down, the cloth village and the grain shop not only locked the door, but also stuffed cotton wool in the crack of the door, and the threshold was paved with rotten cotton wool to absorb water, and stones were pressed on it.

Walking into the alley, sandbags were hanging on the roofs of every house, and I was afraid that the roofs would run away with the wind.

"Come in, I can see your third uncle on the road, he went out to pick you up." Grandma Qi took a large cotton cloth and wiped Pingsheng's wet hair.

Haizhu shook her head, "It's probably a fork in the road." ”

But after a long time, through the rain curtain and even the alley couldn't see clearly, no one came back, Qi Grandma sighed, knowing in her heart that he was going to Houya Village.

"He married that girl, and the burden on his shoulders was a lot heavier, and that girl was born to her mother and a man who married her for the second time, and she was older than me." Grandma Qi chattered, "He just earns some hard-earned money by working hard, if it weren't for Haizhu, he wouldn't be able to raise me, your second uncle and Chaoping, I don't know what he's thinking." ”

Qin Jingniang looked left and right, but pretended not to hear.

"My third uncle's income is okay, three or four hundred a day, and it's no problem to eat." Haizhu said a fair word, "Bei Niang didn't starve to death when she wasn't with him, she has her own hands and feet to make money, she can support her mother now, and she can also rely on herself to support her mother in the future." ”

"If there is no Haizhu, our family is similar to Bei's mother's family." Second Uncle Qi also opened his mouth to help, "The burden of the third child is not lighter than that of Bei Niang, Bei Niang has an old lady to support, he has an old lady, a nephew and a second brother who is paralyzed on the bed." ”

Grandma Qi was speechless.

There was a bang in the yard, Haizhu opened the window to look out, the window had just opened a gap, and the rain poured on her face, and she hurriedly closed the window again.

When the rain subsided, I found that a rotten fish head that had made a noise had smashed on the wooden board on the water tank.

"Do you want to go to the beach to pick up fish?" People in the alley passed by and asked.

Haizhu looked at the sky, it was okay to stay at home, she carried the basket and walked with the neighbors, so that Dongzhu and Fengping stayed at home.

"Fengping, you can't go with you if you stay at home." Dongzhu ran out of the door with a cigarette, "Sister, wait for me." ”

"I went over and looked at them." Qin Jingniang also carried a bucket to follow.

Chapter 98: Stone Flower Jelly

When the wind and rain are blowing, the sea rises, the wind and rain rest and the sea recedes, the sea fish that are dizzy by the waves are stranded on the beach, the crabs and conch can still burrow into the wet mud and sand, and the sea fish can only flick their tails and keep patting the sand.

There was still a drizzle in the sky, and the people who came to pick up the fish were not wearing bulky coats, but wore straw hats and walked in the rain.

There were a lot of people on the beach, and when the rain had just lightened, some people came, and some people had even picked up fish and sold two buckets, and the copper plates were all hot. Haizhu and the others came a little late, and the big silver pomfret had already been picked up in the basket, and she and Dongzhu were picking up the sand and mud on the beach, and they were brought into the basket with the sand and mud.

The largest is only the size of a palm, the fish is small and the meat is tender, suitable for stewed soup, Haizhu saw that it was almost enough to eat, so he shouted Dongzhu to stop, "Don't pick it up, if you can't eat too much, it will stink when you die." ”

"We also sell it, but if we can't, we can open our own restaurants and sell vegetables."

"There is no shortage of fish in every household, who pays for it, and it is windy on a rainy day, and the pot chokes on smoke."

Haizhu saw that her mother was digging shrimp crickets, she pulled Dongzhu over, shrimp crickets and conch can be dug more, make sour rice noodles at night, no matter how much you can eat.

There was a rotten fishing net in the water, and the net was densely packed with mussels, and the sea beads quickly stepped down and hooked it with an iron rake, and another man pulled it from the other end.

"We split it evenly." Haizhu said.

The man had no opinion, and immediately tore up the fishing net, and one person dragged half of it.

"Look!" Someone exclaimed.

A few lone mackerel jumped out of the turbulent sea to chase the fish, some people on the beach were ready to move but could only watch, the shallow sea was turbid after the rain, if there was an undercurrent, people could not get up when they stepped in.

The mackerel, which was more than two feet long, sank to the surface of the sea and left, and the fish fled to the shallow water in a panic.

A few miscellaneous fish swam in the direction of Haizhu Station in a panic, she poured the fish and shrimp in the basket, and carried the empty bamboo basket into the water to scoop.

The beach here is almost overturned, Haizhu shouted to Dongzhu and Qin Jingniang to change places, the seaside is cool and cool, and the water mist is also extraordinarily heavy, covering the face as if covered with a veil, the water mist condenses into water droplets, and the dripping flows along the chin.

Dongzhu wiped it with her sleeve and said, "Seaweed has come up." ”

The price of edible seagrass is cheap, people on the seaside are not rare, when the weather is fine, there are people who drag it back to dry and sell it to the merchants, the sky is gloomy, looking at the rain that is going to rain for a few days, the seagrass is dragged back to occupy the place, and the people who pass by see the detour.

"There is stone cauliflower, choose a cauliflower and go back to cook cold powder to eat." Haizhu said.

The people who followed her also passed when they saw this, and the cold powder was durable, and it could be eaten for a day or two after boiling in a pot.

Hong Shanniang also came over, she asked Haizhu to get more stone cauliflower back, "Anyway, you have to worry about it, it's better to cook more, I'll buy two pieces when it's done." ”

"Okay, I'll let Dongzhu send it to you when it's cooked." Haizhu responded.

The beach is slowly getting cleaner, and there are fewer people, and some people bring scissors and squat directly in the ankle-high sea water to scrape the scales and cut the fish belly, so as not to take it back to the fishy house.

Qin Jingniang found someone to borrow scissors, and also squatted on the beach to clean up the fish and shrimp.

The wind was blowing again, the sound of gongs and drums sounded on the pier, and the people by the sea neatly packed up their things and left. Haizhu glanced at the sea, and pulled Dongzhu to leave with the crowd.

Leaving the wharf and walking to the street, the fishing market is lively, and the people who have a lot of harvest have set up stalls to sell fish and shrimp, and there are many children in the middle. Entering the alley, the young children stood with oilcloth umbrellas to shield their father and mother from the scales, poked their heads and muttered and asked what kind of fish this was and what kind of snail it was. Haizhu thought that it would be good to be banned from the sea for three months, the fishing boats could not go to sea, the man who had been floating on the sea all day long returned home, and the streets and alleys were even more fireworks.

"Third uncle, are you back?" Haizhu entered the door and saw the third child squatting under the eaves, and quipped: "I heard that you went to pick me up, didn't you go a fork in the road?" ”

Qi Lao replied in response.

Grandma Qi snorted coldly, "I thought my son was blown away by a strong wind." ”

Qi Laosan didn't dare to make a sound again, Dong Zhu grimaced at him, he quietly stretched out two fingers to make a meat twisting action, Yu Guang glanced at Qin Jingniang coming in, he hurriedly retracted his fingers and shouted.

"Mother, you go take a shower and change into clean clothes first." Haizhu scooped a few scoops of water into the basin to wash the cauliflower, and said, "Dongzhu also go and wash, don't catch a cold in wet clothes." ”

"I'm going to get this, make jelly, right? I'll do that too. Qi Laosan walked over, "You cook here, I'll take this to the next door to cook." ”

After that, he gave Haizhu a look and muttered in a low voice: "Help me say a few good words, and the third uncle will thank you first." ”

Haizhu scooped two scoops of water to rinse the fish, brought it into the kitchen and said, "Milk, cook a pot of fish soup tonight, make a pot of sour sauce and powder, and stop cooking." ”

"Okay, I'll make a fire for you."

The shark and trash fish are still fresh, the meat is tender, just throw them in the water and boil, put a few slices of ginger and two pieces of garlic to remove the fish.

"You go take a bath too, I'll look at the fish in the pot." Grandma Qi said.

"I'll wait until I've eaten before washing, so as not to smell of oil smoke when I cook a meal."

"Then you come and make a fire, and sit by the stove to bake the fire."

What kind of fire to bake on a June day? Haizhu wiped her sweat, took the tongs and sat down, she glanced out, and said, "My third uncle asked me to help him say good things, do I say it?" ”

"Didn't you already say that?" Grandma Qi was yin and yang, "You are all towards him, do you know about him and Nabei Niang in advance?" ”

"That's not true, I knew half a day before you, or I followed it." Haizhu held his cheeks and looked at the flames in the stove, and said: "My third uncle is not easy, he has no great ability but to work hard, from opening his eyes to closing his eyes, he has never been idle, for fear that outsiders will say that he gnawed on his niece, he helped me do something to reduce the price, for fear of taking advantage of me." Speaking of this, she laughed, and seeing that her grandmother was listening quietly, she continued: "Look at my father and my second uncle, it is not my crow's mouth that curses my third uncle, and the life of the fishermen on the seashore is not in their own hands, the length is unpredictable. It's rare to have a person who agrees, it's a blessing to be able to marry and live back, it's earned to spend more than ten years together, and it's not a loss to love for a year or two, if you have a good life to live a lifetime, hard work is also happy. ”

How could Grandma Qi not know this truth, she suppressed her voice and said: "I'm not worried about you, our family can have today's day, it's all counting on you, you raise the old and the young paralyzed, just the rice in this rice jar, the noodles in the noodle jar eat more than other families." Your third uncle is not worried about his temperament, marrying a dumb girl with an old widow, of course it is good to be smooth and smooth, if something happens, it is impossible for you not to worry about it at that time. ”

"Then you can help them every day and tell them that life should be smooth." Haizhu laughed.

"I can only think like this, when the weather clears, I will go to the matchmaker." Grandma Qi has long been relieved in her heart, but she is uncomfortable and deliberately finds fault, her son runs to other girls' houses every day, and if she doesn't give an explanation, she is not bullying.

Haizhu also fed the old lady a reassurance, saying: "When my third aunt enters the door, let her go with Dongzhu and Fengping to sell pancakes, and sell more and make more money." If she is not too tired, I will teach her braised bean skin and sea vegetables, which are cheap, and there are many people who buy them at a cheaper price, and she can make money by setting up a stall on the street. ”

"I'll just say, don't you just worry about it." Grandma Qi lifted the lid of the pot, and a hot breath dispersed, and her eyes were also hot.

The fish soup boiled, Haizhu withdrew two pieces of firewood, and the stove continued to gurgle with a small fire, and she went to the yard to pinch two handfuls of mint leaves to wash, and was ready to sprinkle them when the pot was ready.

"Sister, go on." Dongzhu threw a citron, "There are five left, if you don't eat it, it will be bad." ”

Haizhu went into the kitchen to cut the citron, and the fresh smell overflowed, and the greasy and musty smell in the kitchen faded. The citron slices were thrown into the basin, she took the rolling pin and pounded it a few times, the sour juice burst out, and then poured two scoops of water, onion and garlic water were also poured in, and finally scooped two spoonfuls of vinegar to taste, and a spoonful of soy sauce to adjust the color. When she was patting the ginger, she remembered the roots of the foot of the mountain that she bought, she called Dongzhu to bring it, scraped some foam with the back of the knife, and finally stirred, and the juice was adjusted.

It was dark, the rain was still falling, and the lanterns hanging under the eaves could only illuminate a corner, and Dongzhu wore a skirt in a circle in the light, asking her three younger brothers if she was beautiful.

Qi Laosan came over with the solidified cold powder, and boiled two pots.

The jelly poured on the board and swayed, showing lilac in the light, Haizhu put down the mussels, patted them with a knife, and saw that her milk went out, and said: "Third uncle, when you get married, you have to wrap me in a big red envelope, and the candy should be the sweetest." ”

"Huh?" Qi Laosan was stunned for a moment, reacted and clenched his fists, and he asked excitedly, "You mean that your grandmother agreed?" ”

"Well, when the weather is fine, I'll find a matchmaker to propose marriage to you, congratulations."

Qi Laosan laughed, hugged Haizhu and patted again, "When I marry your third aunt into the door, I will personally pour you a glass of happy wine." ”

Then he jumped out and circled around his old lady like a fool.

There is no matter of the eight characters, there is already joy in the family this night, one person and one sentence of congratulations, Qi Laosan is already dizzy when he doesn't drink, and it is rare to talk more than once when he sends cold powder to his neighbors.

When he arrived at the door of Mrs. Song's house, the smile on his face paused for a moment, and he knocked on the door and asked, "Auntie, do you want to buy jelly?" ”

"Don't buy it."

"Why didn't you buy it?" Old man Song muttered, "Qi Laosan, wait, get me two pieces." ”

"I said no." Mrs. Song was annoyed, "I'll make it for you tomorrow." ”

Qi Laosan pondered whether to send two pieces, Dongzhu directly pulled him away, she pouted and said: "It's a shame that you didn't marry her niece, they all say that the niece follows her aunt, and she is probably also cautious." ”

"And who are you with? The mouth is so powerful. Qi Laosan patted her head and advised: "Don't mention this matter again, you should not have such a thing, otherwise I will let your sister beat you." ”