slack farmer in the wasteland

Chapter 78
The water in the pond is not deep, and only when Ping An walked to the middle did he reach his knees. Because the loess is very sticky, stepping on the river bed is a bit like stepping on the raised dough, which is not soft enough. If the feet are not wet, it would be very comfortable if the water is a bit cold.

Holding the bamboo basket with both hands, Cang Hai pressed the basket under the water surface, stuck it on the river bed as much as possible, then slowly moved the basket under the group of dried shrimps, waited for the basket to be close, then pushed it forward A lift on the water.When I picked it up, I saw many small shrimps jumping back and forth in the basket.

Not only the small shrimp, but also five or six small hairy fishes in the middle. This fish is not big, just the length of a knuckle, slightly bigger than the small shrimp.

The income from the first basket is pretty good, almost a small handful of dried shrimps.

Going ashore with the basket, Cang Hai picked up the grass leaves and some moss brought out from the basket, and poured the dried shrimps into the bucket, because the dried shrimps were small, some were caught in the eye of the basket, Cang Hai had to pat the bottom of the basket, and then put the first batch of small shrimps into the bucket.

Back in the pond, he moved two more baskets back and forth, and Cang Hai felt that this evening's meal was enough, so he went ashore and patted the last basket of small shrimps into the bucket while saying to Ping An: "Ping An, don't play. Come up and go home."

Ping An didn't speak, but stared straight ahead.

Cang Hai was about to say something, but coincidentally, the phone in his pocket rang, and when he picked it up, he found that it was Wen Yiyi calling.

Since it was Wen Yiyi who called, Cang Hai put Ping An aside, sat back on his shoes on the shore, waited for his feet to dry and at the same time made a phone call with Wen Yiyi.

"Are you at home?" Wen Yiyi said on the other end.

Hearing Wen Yiyi's voice, Cang Hai couldn't help but took the phone away from his ear and looked at it, and found that the three characters of the call text were still displayed on the screen, so he asked: "Why do you speak Xiangpu, your S&P? Woolen cloth?"

Cang Hai didn't expect that after these days, Wen Yidao, who originally spoke standard Mandarin, had replaced his local accent with a thick local accent. What about the phone?

"I don't have time to quarrel with you. I asked if you were at home?" Wen Yiyi said directly.

"At home, what are you doing?" Cang Hai asked.

Wen Yiyi replied: "I want to tell you about the company! Don't run around at home, I will go there in the evening. By the way, I have something delicious on the hour, and I will come to your place to sacrifice my belly."

After finishing the text, the other end hung up the phone.

Hearing the blind voice in his ears, Cang Hai said to himself: "Is there anything I can't say on the phone, I have to come here."

Muttering and putting the phone in his pocket, Cang Hai turned his head and found a long and squirming object standing in front of his eyes, and was immediately startled.

Looking back, he found that it was Ping An who was standing in front of him, holding a small eel that was less than ten centimeters in his hand.

"Second brother, look quickly, rice field eel!"

Ping An happily said to Cang Hai.

Cang Hai glanced at the small eel and asked, "Where did you catch it?" "

Ping An stretched out his finger across the pond: "I caught it over there, and fry it today?"

Cang Hai looked at the small rice eel in Ping An's hand, and opened his mouth and said, "Let it go, the meat on this body is not as much as the bones. Let's catch it and fry it when it grows up."

The rice field eel is too small to be eaten at all, and besides, there is only one eel, let alone one, which can't even feed the iron head.

"Let go?"

Ping An was a bit reluctant. To this kid, a rice field eel is a rice field eel. Even if it is so small that it cannot be eaten, it can be sold in the market for money. How could he be willing to let the small rice field eel go.

Seeing Ping An's face, Cang Hai guessed his little thoughts, so he opened his mouth and said, "Isn't this rice field eel released from our village? Let's catch it when we grow up, even if this one is caught Go, there must be other eels from our own village, so it’s better to put this little eel back and grow up.”

I don't know if Ping An didn't listen to Cang Hai's words, or because Cang Hai insisted on letting go of the eel, so Ping An turned back to the shore and carefully put the small eel in his hand into the pond.

"You go back, go back, eat well, sleep well, grow up soon, I'll come back and catch you to fry and eat..." Ping'an watched the little eel disappear into the pond while spitting.

Ping An's sadness came and went quickly, and when he turned around, a smile appeared on his face again, and he put on his shoes with a smile, regardless of the water on his feet.

Carrying a bucket and following behind Cang Hai, Ping An was very happy along the way, as if he was very satisfied with today's harvest.

The two brothers arrived at the entrance of the village, but before entering the village, they met Li Liren who was about to leave the village.

"Second Grandpa Li, what are you doing here?" Cang Hai greeted.

Li Liren said with a smile: "Go and see what's going on with the sheep, and prepare to kill one. By the way, Haiwazi, do you want mutton?"

"What kind of sheep are you killing for no reason?" Cang Hai asked.

The villagers all have old sheep raised last year. Except Nian Gen sold some, each household has four old sheep left. It is not like Canghai. The sheep that have been raised for a year have not yet fully grown. They were all butchered at the time, and besides being given to the teacher and godmother's house, the rest are almost used up now, who made Cang Hai eat almost every meal without meat.

"Our Quanwa couple came back with their children," Li Liren said happily.

When Cang Hai heard this, he immediately said, "Then you have met your eldest grandson."

Li Liren has two children, the eldest is a daughter named Li Lijuan, and the youngest is a son named Li Quan. They married the old Zhang family in the nearby Zhang Village through a marriage exchange. Now the couple are working outside and have been back for about a year. Let's go, Li Liren is naturally very happy to come back at this time.

You may not understand the exchange of marriage. In fact, it is very simple. Your daughter married my son, and my son took your daughter. Marrying a daughter-in-law in a poor place always lacks such things, such as In Sijiaping Village in the past, those who had no money and wanted to marry a wife generally did so if they had the conditions.

"Yeah, I haven't seen you in the past few months, little guy, and I'm still thinking strangely," Li Liren said happily.

Li Quan's son is not very old, that is, he looks like six or seven years old. Cang Hai has never seen him before, but he heard from the villagers that the little guy has a thick head and a thick head, which is very cute.

"By the way, let's get down to business, Haiwazi, do you want mutton?" Li Liren asked.

If you decide to kill a sheep, Li Liren's family alone will definitely not be able to eat it. Even if you can eat it, the villagers may not be willing to eat it all. At this time, the whole village usually gets a share, and sometimes you can With money, sometimes you can wait for other people to kill the sheep, and then exchange it for a piece of lamb. Anyway, the way of trading is very free, and the small accounts among the villagers will be clearly remembered.

Cang Hai said: "Of course I want it. You can pick up a good piece of meat and bring me a piece of meat. I will call on Han Xin for meat. The more the better."

"Okay, I'll pick up some good meat for you, and I'll talk about it later if you don't have any money." Li Liren said immediately after hearing this.

After speaking, he smiled at Cang Hai, turned around and walked towards the place where his sheep were herded.

Cang Hai continued to walk home with Ping An, Hu Tou and Tie Tou. On the way, he met two or three fellow villagers, who either nodded or chatted with each other. It took him ten minutes to go home in a daze. over.

Now that Wen Yiyi is coming over, Cang Hai starts to think about what to eat at night. Now that he has fresh mutton, Cang Hai’s house is not short of other fresh vegetables, let alone fresh vegetables. Yes, this is fine and that is fine, Cang Hai scratched his head.

The last thought was to be more straightforward, let’s just have a mutton pot, anyway, the weather is quite cold now, I just had a warm pot and got a bottle of wine, and the two brothers happened to drink and chat.

Thinking of this, Cang Pan said to Ping An: "Go, Ping An, follow me to the garden to get some food."

Ping An is not a child who cheats, as soon as Cang Hai greeted him, he immediately happily took the basket, and followed Cang Hai to the vegetable garden step by step.

Picked some fresh vegetables, got two potatoes, a radish, soaked yuba bought from the town, tofu skin and so on, such four or five kinds of fresh vegetables were paired with three or four plates of soy products. It's done.

The dishes were all set, and Cang Hai was waiting for Li Liren's family to kill the sheep. After waiting for a while, there was no news, and after waiting for a while, there was no news. Later, Cang Hai couldn't sit still, and walked directly towards Li Liren's house.

From Canghai's house to Li Liren's house, you only need to walk about [-] meters to the east, and then you will arrive at the next small slope.

Before arriving at Li Liren's house, he saw a scene of busy work on the soil platform in front of Li Liren's house. Many villagers were there, a few men were helping the sheep, and the other part were squatting together, smoking and chatting.As for the women in the village, most of them are helping Second Grandma Liu Aifen.

This is the case with the folks. When there is a big event in the family, everyone will stretch out their hands if they can, and they will gather around to watch the fun if they don't need it.Cang Hai likes this kind of atmosphere very much, and feels that it is humane, unlike the community where everyone closes the door and hardly cares about other people's affairs.

"Haiwazi is coming"

"Well, where are they all?"

After saying hello, Cang Hai squatted down beside the crowd, took out a cigarette from his pocket and scattered it around.

"Do you want to help?"

Cang Hai greeted the busy crowd.

Li Liren, who was peeling the sheep's skin, smiled and said: "No, you can rest over there."

Li Licheng smiled at Cang Hai and said, "What can you do to help? Honestly, I'm here to see your Second Grandpa Li peeling sheep. His skill at peeling sheep is pretty good."

Cang Hai smiled, and asked, "How many of you are waiting for mutton?"

"We just have to try something new, it's a catty and a half catty," Wei Wenkui said.

Hearing what Wei Wenkui said, the elders who were squatting nodded one after another.

The big guys are not like Cang Hai, they can almost eat meat as their staple food, and each of their households is trying to get something new. Lamb is so expensive, although other people kill the sheep, but they also have to consider how to return it to others.

"I want this sheep head today"

"None of you will grab the sheep ball from me."

……

Cang Hai didn't realize that these people actually liked sheep's offal and groceries. The sheep hadn't been slaughtered yet, and their heads, hooves, and internal organs were all cut off.

(End of this chapter)