Chapter 8: Catching Loaches
"Call the flowers, call the flowers, get up. Bao cub, why did you sleep so deeply today?" In the morning, Liu Qiaoye shook Zhang Zhaohua, who still hadn't woken up yet, and felt very strange. However, although Zhang Zhaohua slept deeply, her breathing was strong, and her complexion was obviously very healthy.
Zhang Zhaohua opened her eyes, and after seeing her mother, she said regretfully, "Mother, what a big piece of meat, all of it was taken away by the old Taoist." ”
Liu Qiaoye sneered, and gently scraped the cub's nose with her fingers, "What are you dreaming about again? Do you want to eat meat? When it was time to catch up with the market, my mother picked a load of baogu and bought it, and cut a pound of meat for you to eat." ”
"Mother, don't cut the butt meat, there is no oil and water, you have to cut the meat on the waist, the fat is thick. "In those days, you had to choose thick fat meat, and the thicker the fat, the more popular it was. On the contrary, fine meat is not welcomed. Zhang Zhaohua's family, like all families in the countryside, can't eat meat a few times a year, and the children are greedy.
"Got it, get up and rinse your mouth and wash your face. Mother came back and the meal was ready, you stinky cub is still lying in bed. Liu Qiaoye chuckled and kissed the cub's face.
"Mother, I had a dream last night. I dreamed that I worshipped an old Taoist priest as a master. Zhang called Hua to get up and follow behind her mother.
"Did he teach you seventy-two changes?" asked Liu Qiaoye with a smile.
"Why did he teach me seventy-two changes?" Zhang Zhaohua scratched her head cutely.
"Because you're the Monkey King. Liu Qiaoye thought that Zhang Zhaohua was flipping through the Journey to the West comic book every day and regarded himself as a monkey.
"That's right, why didn't the master teach me how to change?" Zhang Zhaohua didn't realize that he was tricked by his mother.
Zhang's cute appearance made her smile and bent over. Since the day of the accident, the mother and son have not been so happy for a long time.
Liu Qiaoye was very amused by Zhang Zhaohua, so when eating, Liu Qiaoye deliberately said to the man, "You can't keep boring the treasure cub at home, such a smart treasure cub, isn't it stuffy at home?"
Zhang Youping nodded, "Yes, treasure cub, let's go touch the loaches with my father at noon." ”
Zhang Zhaohua jumped up with joy.
Even the Golden Tiger and the others were overjoyed. You can go outside and walk around. I don't know why, the five of them are not afraid of seeing the sun.
When he went out, Liu Qiao Yeyou took a hat and put it on the cub, and specially told him. No matter what others think, in her eyes, her cubs are priceless treasures in the world.
Zhang Zhaohua couldn't feel her mother's love, so she happily carried a bamboo basket and jumped behind her father while wearing a hat.
Zhang Youping, an experienced farmer, knows best which ditch in Meiziao hides a lot of loaches. Meiziao is a relatively backward mountain village, so in this year, no one here has used fishing electromechanical fish. Loaches are not a valuable thing in this mountain village. It's so small, and there isn't much meat, and there is no oil and water, so when cooking, it consumes more fuel. So, it's not a popular thing, and many people prefer to eat bigger fish.
Zhang Youping took the cub to the foot of a mountain, where there was a small ditch with a thin flow, Zhang Youping used dirt to block the two ends of the small ditch, and then drained the water in this ditch. Then we started digging the silt in the small ditch. Zhang Youping knows that fat loaches like to hide in fertile soil. Many loaches come here as their home for their progeny. So there's a lot of loaches hidden in the mud here.
"Cub, bring the bamboo basket to Daddy. As soon as Zhang Youping opened the first lump of silt, he had a harvest, and gently broke a lump of silt, revealing a fat loach inside.
The pleasure of catching loaches is definitely far greater than the pleasure of eating loaches, and people who eat loaches after many years can no longer say that they can enjoy this kind of fun.
Zhang Zhaohua watched her father catch a fat loach, and she had the urge to go on the field in person.
"Daddy. I'll also come down to help you catch loaches, do you want to get it?" Zhang Yuhua looked at Zhang Youping with blank eyes, and his small eyes showed the light of Xiqi.
"No, it won't. If you come down, you will get dirty, and when you go back, your father will be scolded by your mother. Zhang Youping made an excuse.
"Daddy. The man who is afraid of his mother-in-law is not promising. Zhang Zhaohua pointed out very seriously.
"Hahaha. Dad is not afraid of his mother-in-law, but his father is letting his mother. Zhang Youping couldn't help it, did he go back to discuss the issue of male power with his mother-in-law.
"Nine catties is about the same age as me, and his father and mother let him catch loaches alone. Don't look at me small. I can touch crucian carp in the pond. Zhang Zhaohua didn't pay attention, and said his great achievements.
Zhang Youping is now the most taboo to talk about the fish pond, and five children were drowned at once, "Cub, don't mention the fish pond before." You must not go to the fish pond. You know?"
Zhang Zhaohua immediately bargained, "Dad asked me to come down to catch loaches, and I won't go to the fish pond to bathe." ”
"If you want it, the boy has to talk. Pull up your trouser legs a little higher, but don't get your clothes dirty, your mother will scold. Zhang Youping's right eyelid began to jump non-stop. Is this a jump in fortune or a jump in disaster?
Zhang Zhaohua slowly descended into the ditch, and as soon as he stepped on it, he was lucky enough to step on a loach. The loach drilled hard under Zhang Zhaohua's delicate feet, making Zhang Zhaohua's soles feel as if a finger was tickling him. Zhang Zhaohua squatted down, touched the soles of his feet with his two small hands, and then pulled out the mud from the soles of his feet. Sure enough, a fat tail was exposed in the mud, and it was still swinging.
"Hey, the cub is so good, he caught such a big loach at once. Zhang Youping hurriedly gave his treasure cub a thumbs up.
Zhang Zhaohua was naturally more motivated, and immediately turned up quickly in the mud. Dig out a piece of silt and peel it open to see if there is any trace of loaches inside.
At the beginning, the father and son were very energetic. But after a while, Zhang Youping felt that something was wrong. In addition to the two fathers and sons churning the mud, there are also unseen things that are also churning the mud. From time to time, loaches will pop out of the mud, as if they automatically flew into the bamboo basket. After discovering all this, Zhang Youping suddenly felt that his surroundings were cold and cold. His own treasure cub still hasn't escaped being entangled by those ghost cubs. Zhang Youping suddenly felt very depressed, and he was no longer interested in catching loaches.
"Cubs, they've caught so many loaches. Let's go home. Zhang Youping said.
Zhang Zhaohua is playing hard, his little face has been stained with a lot of mud, making him look like a little flower cat, where is he willing to do it when he hears Zhang Youping's words, "There is still such a fight that has not been turned over." There must be a lot of loaches hidden in there. Daddy, just let me play a little longer. ”