Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 77 Xiaoyu
Zhou Zhi picked up a big rock by the stream, and pointed to another big rock by the stream: "I'll use this rock to hit that one in a while, and after I'm done, turn that rock up, there might be small fishes that were stunned underneath. , when the time comes, your hands and feet should be faster, and you will be washed away by the water accidentally."

"it is good!"

"Stand away first, and be careful of splashing water."

Jiang Shuyi quickly took a few steps back.

Zhou Zhi raised a big rock and threw it at the rock in the stream, with a bang, the water splashed everywhere.

The fourth child also came to help, and Jiang Shuyi even squatted by the stream, feeling very nervous.

"Be careful to move it up—" The stone stood up, and a stream of dirty water mixed into the clear water.

"I didn't see it!" Jiang Shuyi was very anxious, holding nothing in the stream with both hands for a long time: "Can this work?"

"Here!" The fourth child next to Jiang Shuyi triumphantly raised his hand, holding a small fish in his palm.

"Is it a fire film?" Zhou Zhi asked.

"Cornspike."

"That thing can't live without water, let it go."

"Wait a minute, let me see what Mai Suier looks like first!" Jiang Shuyi didn't expect to catch a fish like this, and was inexplicably excited.

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After smashing several more stones, the three finally caught a small piece of fire.

Jiang Shuyi carefully held the unlucky little fish who turned over unconscious, a little at a loss: "What should I do now?"

Zhou Zhi dug an earthen pit by the stream, covered it with a piece of reed leaves, and poured some water into the earthen pit: "Put it here first so that it wakes up, don't forget what we are here for today."

Next, Zhou Zhi and the fourth child took Jiang Shuyi to the place where the earth and rocks were combined on the mountain, and Zhou Zhi taught Jiang Shuyi to identify soft and timid weeds.

Weedy grass is Qingming grass. In fact, it is far from the time when wild vegetables are everywhere on the mountain, but there are also many soft weedy grasses that have already emerged.

Anyway, not much, mainly for coloring.

The indispensable wild vegetables are wild onions, thatch roots, and a kind of wild leek with leaves like broad leeks, which taste like bitter lettuce leaves after frying.

These live Jiang Shuyi can also participate, holding a small rake, pinching the cherries while walking, and throwing the blasting gravel next to the wild onion, and then shaking it out.

In this way, he found the area around the substation. Zhou Zhi saw that the time and harvest were about the same, so he said, "Shu Yi, turn around and have a look."

Jiang Shuyi had been digging wild vegetables all the way, but when she looked up, she realized that she had almost reached the top of the mountain. She turned and looked down: "Actually, Rongshan Town is quite beautiful."

"Well, especially on the other side of the river, it's as if no one has ever been there before." The fourth child looked further: "It seems that there is no boat passing by?"

"That's Wanglong District." Zhou Zhi said, "But it's not from here."

"Actually, there is a large island in the middle of the river not far downstream of Rongshan Mountain, called Zhongba, but it no longer belongs to Jiachuan."

"But the sugar cane we eat is all produced there, longan is also produced there, there is also a Qing Dynasty manor and a big stone that looks like a turtle."

"Zhou Zhi, have you been there?" Jiang Shuyi is different from Zhou Zhi's buddies, he still doesn't know Zhou Zhi's cold knowledge.

"No, I read it in the county chronicle, but if you have time during the holidays, it's not bad to go and have a look."

"You are so brave. I heard that you went to Jingcheng alone during the holidays? I wouldn't dare to do it for me."

"There's no one there, and Yang He, my good friend from Class Two."

"Oh, it would be nice if I could go out and have a look sometime."

"This summer vacation is all right. We plan to go to Lao Mu's place to play. Are you going?"

"I...I think...but it depends on what parents want."

"Uncles and aunts are very good. I think as long as you can improve in your studies, then it's not a big problem. Next, you will enter the formal division of subjects in the second year of high school, and you have to sprint. In other words, this summer vacation will be our last happy vacation. "

"Relax and relax before you are ready to sprint. This is called tension and relaxation."

"Okay, then you can help me tell it." Jiang Shuyi has become a little dependent after Zhou Zhi helped her explain the problem of low test scores to her parents yesterday.

Zhou Zhi didn't seem to be afraid of adults, he didn't dare to ask his parents what he wanted, so it was the most reassuring to encourage him to go.

Zhou Zhi: "..."

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Seeing a broken porcelain bowl thrown on the ground next to the substation, Zhou Zhi pulled a handful of leaves to roughly wipe off the dirt, and took it down the mountain.

The three of them returned to the stream, Zhou Zhi washed the broken bowls in the stream, fished out the fire pieces from the puddle and threw them in.

By the way, they also chose two small mussels with good colors, and the three happily walked down the mountain.

Before turning onto the main road, she had to clean it up. Because Jiang Shuyi was holding the bowl, Zhou Zhi squatted down and washed the mud off her shoes with leaves dipped in the stream water.

When Zhou Zhi stood up, Jiang Shuyi's face was flushed with shame again: "Thank you, Zhou Zhi."

"You don't have to thank me for this little thing." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Let's go home and eat fish."

After returning to Changzhen from the highway, Zhou Zhi bought some fresh broad beans that he had been longing for.

When I got back to the central school, my cousin, sister-in-law and third sister had all arrived.

And the little nephew Li Dongdong.

Jiang Shuyi is a celebrity in the central school, and her cousin is a foreign language teacher, so of course they both know each other: "Shuyi is back?"

"Hello, Teacher Han, and Brother Li."

The eldest cousin looked at the bag and said, "Yo, I still did a lot!"

Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "At noon, add a vegetable, fold ear roots and mix with tender beans; in the afternoon, we will make the soft and timid baby cakes by ourselves."

"Have you finished your homework? If you haven't done it, do your homework first. Zhuerba can do it tomorrow." The cousin showed off her mother-in-law airs.

"Alright, then I'll go to beat the oar now, come back and press it, and have pig cake for lunch tomorrow."

"That's just right." The lady said: "You can bring this piece of fish to Shu Yi's parents. You disturbed him yesterday, so it's reciprocal."

"No need, Teacher Su..." Jiang Shuyi hastened to be polite.

"It doesn't matter, you also saw how big the fish was this morning, and several teachers shared it."

"Then thank you, Teacher Su."

"Followed Zhou Zhi and Zi Qiao all morning, they didn't bully you, did they?"

"No, I haven't even looked for wild vegetables. Zhou Zhi and Da Tou led me to know a lot, and even caught me a piece of fire..."

Zhou Zhi picked up the soaked rice, the fourth child carried the fish meat, wild onions and Zheer root, Jiang Shuyi held the broken fish bowl, and the three of them walked towards Jiang Shuyi's house again.

Along the way, Zhou Zhi also taught the precautions for fish farming: "Tap water is not enough for fish farming. There must be a water tank to let the chlorine gas run away, and then the water can be used to raise fish..."

"You can't feed too much fish food, just pick a little with a toothpick each time, sand worms are rich in nutrients, one small fish is enough..."

"Change the water once a week, two-thirds at a time. Before changing the water, it is best to put the fish basin next to the water tank for an hour or two to ensure that the water temperature is consistent..."

"Zhou Zhi, why do you know everything?"

"This is just right, my family has raised a goldfish for ten years."

"The goldfish is now considered an old birthday star, right?"

"It was also doomed. After moving to the dormitory of the sugar and wine company, only the corner of the kitchen and the balcony can bask in the sun. As a result, the goldfish was snatched away by the cat of the Industrial and Commercial Bank next door while it was basking in the sun."

"..."

While speaking, he came to Jiang Shuyi's house. Jiang Shuyi put the broken bowl on the sink and went to his kitchen to find a basin.

"Oh, what are you doing?" Du Yufen happened to come out of the kitchen, and bumped into Jiang Shuyi.

"Zhou Zhi and Datou caught me a fire-burning fish, that fish looks really good."

Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Auntie, we went out for a morning run this morning, picked up a catfish in the grass, and brought some for you. There are also wild onions and Zheer roots we dug together this morning. Let you and uncle taste our fruits of labor."

"You're still so polite, kid. Just eat the fish yourself!"

"Ma'am can't eat so much at Ma'am's place, and there are several teachers in the school. Jiang Shuyi had dinner at my Ma'am's house at noon, right? We just happened to do homework together after eating."

"Then... well, Zhou Zhi, how much you can help our family Shuyi."

"Zhou Zhi, come and help me!" Jiang Shuyi was already shouting, "What if there is not enough water?"

"Not enough." Zhou Zhi turned around and ran over.

"Didn't you say you can't use tap water directly?"

Zhou Zhi looked around: "Whoever has a water tank can go and ask for it?"

"Then I have it at home."

"..."

Soon, in a porcelain basin, fire pieces and mussels were thrown into it.

"Let's do this for now." Zhou Zhi looked at it, "I'll buy an earthen pottery pot on the way back from making rice milk, catch some duckweed in the fish pond by the roadside, and work together."

"Clay pots are ugly."

"When the moss grows in the pot, it won't be ugly. Change the water more often, and the moss pot will look better than anything else."

"Okay, then change to the clay pot."

The three of them went to make rice milk with buckets, and then brought back a pottery basin, which they used to change places for the burning fire slices and river mussels. Zhou Zhi wove a grass ring out of grass and threw it on the water, and sprinkled duckweed inside. good.

The burning piece immediately hid under the duckweed. With a safe place to hide, there is no need to worry about it jumping out of the tank.

Back at school, the third sister is helping Dongdong with his homework, and the eldest lady and cousin are preparing a big meal.

Pickled mustard fish head soup, fish with fatty intestines and garlic.

The father's relics were found again, which made the eldest cousin very happy. He boldly bought two catties of fat sausage and asked his cousin to cook her specialty dish.

Seeing that the adults were busy with work, Zhou Zhi and the others were not idle, they found a wooden basin to wash, and poured the rice milk into the wooden basin to settle.

The fish with garlic fat intestines is my cousin's unique skill. The pickled mustard used in the mustard fish head soup is marinated by the aunt herself. It is also very delicious.

The side dish is fresh broad beans boiled with Zheergen wild onions, and mountain leeks, which are washed with boiling water to remove some of the bitterness, and added to the rich-flavored fatty sausage fish. The taste is also unique.

This way of eating, usually at night, the leftover fat intestines will be used to cook catfish soup and stew a meal of tofu or konjac. The so-called "not enough fish, make up tofu".

But today there is no problem of not having enough fish. Everyone has a good meal, and the leftover fish soup is saved for tomorrow morning. It is also delicious to make a fish noodle soup.

Jiang Shuyi didn't think the big catfish looked disgusting anymore. Since this guy was so delicious, no matter how ugly he was, he could be forgiven.

(End of this chapter)