Otoharu

Chapter 97 Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Li Meier felt a little uncomfortable when she heard these words, she spoke as if she was too delicate, she was heartbroken, she took off her shoes and socks, rolled up her skirt and got off the field.

When she first stepped into the mud, she was not used to it, but after a few steps, she found it quite interesting, like stepping in soft cotton.

"Sister Meier, come here quickly, I found the crab hole!" Jiang Yong suddenly bent down and waved at Li Meier desperately.

Li Meier hurried over and saw Jiang Yong was staring at a hole, and there seemed to be something moving inside.Suddenly, a dark crab waving its pincers came out rampantly.

Jiang Yong's movements were also very fast, he stretched out his hand and held down its crab shell, and then grabbed it.

"Sister Meier, look, isn't it very simple?" Jiang Yong took the crab to Li Meier to claim credit, and then threw it into the small bamboo basket beside him.

The moment Jiang Yong caught the first crab, several other people also went down to the field. Jiang Guihua and Jiang Hehua obviously also often catch crabs. They cooperated and found several crabs.

Jiang Qing followed behind the two sisters in a desperate manner, helping them carry the small bamboo baskets and helping them find the crab holes by the way.

Shen Tiantian is relatively timid, never dared to touch things like crabs and loaches, so she just stood on the field row and watched, while Jiang Yiyi looked after her by her side.

"Brother Yong, Brother Qing, be careful not to be stung by a leech, and come up quickly if you catch a crab." Jiang Yiyi was worried about her nephews, and shouted from the ridge of the field.

"It's okay, aunt, we'll come up in a while." Jiang Yong was grabbing vigorously, not caring about what Jiang Yiyi said, he grabbed another crab and put it in the small bamboo basket on his waist.

Li Meier, who was behind him, saw Jiang Shanqing who was slowly walking over, and quickly waved to him and shouted: "Brother Shanqing, come down quickly, catching crabs is so much fun!"

Jiang Shanqing obviously didn't want to go down, not to mention that he was a bit of a clean freak, and what's the fun in catching crabs, childish!
Seeing that Jiang Shanqing ignored her, Li Meier was also a little angry, so she ignored him and followed Jiang Yong to concentrate on catching the crab.After a quarter of an hour, the two small bamboo baskets were full of crabs.

"It's almost enough to eat, let's go up." Jiang Yong looked at the full bamboo basket, wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, and said to Li Meier.

Li Mei'er was also so tired that her little face was flushed now, she nodded, and followed Jiang Yong to the field ridge.

Jiang Yong first climbed up the field ridge, and then sat on the ground tired to rest. Li Meier was short-legged and small, and couldn't climb up, so she said to Jiang Shanqing who was not far away: "Brother Shanqing, give me a hand."

Jiang Shanqing reluctantly came over and pulled Li Meier up.Then he looked at her with disgust and said, "Hurry up and find a place to wash it, it's so dirty."

Li Meier didn't care, she made a face at him, then found a canal to irrigate the crops, and washed her hands and feet.The hem of the skirt was also stained with mud. She just rubbed it casually and ignored it. Anyway, what she wore today was old clothes, so she didn't feel bad if it got dirty.

"Sister Meier, come and see the crabs we caught!" Li Meier had just cleaned herself up when she heard Jiang Yong calling her not far away.

"Here we come!" Li Mei'er responded and ran over quickly.

Jiang Yong threw all the crabs he caught on the ground, and counted them one by one. After counting the number clearly, he said to Li Meier who ran over: "There are eleven crabs in total, enough for us to have a good meal."

Jiang Osmanthus and the others harvested a lot, the three of them caught a total of fourteen crabs, but the crabs they caught were not as big as Jiang Yong and Li Meier's, but they all looked very fat.

"Okay, hurry up and put away the crabs, go back and let Aunt Chen steam them for you." Jiang Yiyi walked over and said to several people.

"I want to fry it, dip it in egg liquid and coat it in flour, and fry it, it will be delicious!" Jiang Hehua is obviously also a snack, and said, licking her fingers.

"As long as you have a lot of tricks, be careful if your mother scolds you, you will waste eggs and flour." Jiang Yiyi pinched Jiang Hehua's face and said bluntly.She is Jiang Hehua's direct sister-in-law, so she has no scruples about teaching her a lesson.

"Isn't it rare for me to see Sister Meier? I want to treat her to something delicious." Jiang Hehua retorted dissatisfied.Li Meier, who was used as a shield, chuckled, "Thank you Sister Lotus, actually it's good to eat steamed, so freshly caught crabs should eat their original flavor."

"I'm the same as sister Meier, I like to eat it steamed, but I'm not very good at peeling crabs, and I can't eat them clean every time." Jiang Yong, who was walking in front, turned his head and looked at Li Meier and said.

"I'm not very good at peeling crabs either." Li Meier smiled shyly, thinking that her mother used to peel crabs for her when she was at home. Put together a crab.

The group walked and talked, and soon returned to the mansion.

Jiang Yong and Jiang Guihua first sent the crabs to the kitchen, while Li Meier and Jiang Shanqing went back to Xu's.

Seeing Li Meier who was like a mud monkey, Mrs. Xu shook her head dumbfounded, "Where did you go to play again?"

"Brother Ayong took me to catch crabs, grandma, I caught a lot of crabs, let's eat crabs at noon." Li Meier ran to Xu's side and said coquettishly in her arms.

"Okay, go and change your wet clothes, be careful of catching a cold, I baked sweet potatoes, you come out to eat later." Xu stroked Li Meier's bun and said dotingly.

When Li Meier heard that there were roasted sweet potatoes to eat, she cheered happily. She was already hungry after catching the crabs for a while, so she trotted into the back room to change clothes.

Xu looked at Li Meier's back, shook her head helplessly, and looked at Jiang Shanqing who walked in quietly behind her, with a slightly complicated expression, but said in a very loving tone: "Shanqing also go together."

Jiang Shanqing bowed to Mrs. Xu, and walked slowly to the back room.

Xu looked at his upright back, thinking that this child really doesn't look like a child at all, it makes people feel distressed to be sensible, but after all, he is not his own child, so he can't be pampered like Mei Meier.

This is a small sweet potato in autumn. It is dried in the urn and cooked in hot grass ash. It is sweet and soft, and tastes like chestnuts.

Li Meier narrowed her eyes and exclaimed, "It's delicious."

Li Yan helped her peel it aside, and said with a smile: "It's delicious, but you can't eat too much. If you eat too much sweet potato, you will feel flatulence."

"I don't eat too much, I will eat crabs later." Li Meier said with a smile, licking the sweet potato crumbs at the corner of her mouth.

"When you go back, you can't tell your mother that you went to the field to catch crabs, or she will definitely teach me that I didn't like you." Li Yan handed Li Meier a glass of water and told her.

"I definitely can't say that, otherwise my mother will definitely not let me come to the countryside next time." Li Mei'er assured her, if her mother knew that she was catching crabs with a group of boys, she would definitely be furious.

(End of this chapter)