Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 31 The Sturgeon and the Manuscript

[I will revise it tomorrow, book friends, bear with it and read it first]

The west coast of Taowan is full of trees adjacent to the water.

Many of these huge trees that have grown for an unknown number of years spread their branches above the water surface more than ten meters away.

Zhang Zhe leaned against an old tree branch with a thick mouth, sitting in the air about Zhang Xu above the water, taking a nap with his eyes closed.

After returning from the county that day, he stayed at home for several days. When he was walking around, he found this good place, and he came here every afternoon to take a nap.

Zhang Sanqi supported a bright green bamboo raft, which stopped just below Zhang Zhe's body.At this moment, he was holding a colorful fishing net, still made of nylon, in his hands, looking for a place on the water where he could cast the net.

Most of the people's fishing nets here are too drafty because the material used to weave the nets is too drafty, so the big fish can't be caught at all, and the big fish can easily damage the net, so they have to net some small fish.But it is also because the material they weave is soft and soft in the water, and small fish can sometimes get out.

Therefore, rumors of full or half nets rarely appear among fishermen in this area.

Zhang Zhe bought this net for Panax notoginseng a few days ago on the modern street, and it cost more than 1000.

Zhang Sanqi was overjoyed to get this net.It happened that the summer harvest was over, so he dangled the net by the water every day.

Zhang Zhe didn't know until Sanqi got the net. There is a saying here that "a net is half a boat", which means that a good net is worth half a fishing boat.

This nylon fiber fishing net from another time and space is not just a good word, Zhang Sanqi can cast three to five and a half nets by the water every day.

It took only two days to add hundreds of catties of good fish to the family, which made Zhang Sanqi unable to hold back.

Zhang Sanqi raised his head and glanced at Mr. Lang, who was dozing off on the tree. Today Mr. Mr. decided to let him come with a full net, so he specially called him to this water area, and sprinkled some excellent bait s things.

Zhang Zhe, who was taking a nap, suddenly felt a jolt in his waist. It was the time set by the phone.

"Sanqi, get off the net!"

"okay!"

The nylon fiber fishing net scattered beautiful net flowers in the air, covered a large area of ​​water, and then sank slowly.

Sanqi silently counted twenty breaths in his heart, and then began to withdraw the net violently.

The bamboo raft trembled suddenly, and almost threw Sanqi into the water. Instead of being surprised, Sanqi was overjoyed: "It's so heavy, it's so lively! This time the net must be full!"

Zhang Zhe looked down at the water surface as if a pot of water was boiling, and a large number of fish were struggling hard.It's not that the fish in Zhantian Lake are too stupid, it's just that Zhang Zhe's bait into the lake is really delicious.

"Not good! There are too many fish!" Standing tall, Zhang Zhe could see it most clearly, and hurriedly ordered Sanqi, "Tie the net rope to the raft quickly, and quickly throw the raft cable to me!"

Sanchi, who was fighting wits and courage with the fish, gritted his teeth and freed up a hand, and threw the cable to Zhang Zhe on the tree.After Zhang Zhe fastened the raft's cable to the tree, Sanqi breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly released some net rope to let the fishes also take a breath.

"Let these fish fight this tree for a few rounds, exhausting their strength, and we will collect the net after a stick of incense." Zhang Zhe pretended to be an expert and "pointed" the real expert, but Sanqi could do it I can hear it.

Where does it take a stick of incense, after half a stick of incense, the fish fighting with the big tree have no strength to flop.Sanqi and Zhang Zhe worked together to pull onto the raft.

"What a big rainbow sturgeon!" Sanqi exclaimed, pointing to several big vermilion fishes that were still alive and kicking in the net, his face was full of surprise.

Zhang Zhe also felt that the fish looked a little extraordinary.

It has a slender body, vermilion scales, a big mouth like a grass carp, and two rows of small teeth.This is a carnivorous fish, and basically there are few fine spines.

Zhang Zhe couldn't help swallowing his saliva: "I often hear your mother talking about this fish, saying that she ate it once ten years ago, and she still remembers it all her life. Today is a lucky day!"

Sanqi opened the two big bamboo baskets on the raft, and happily threw the fish into them. A smaller black-spotted fish jumped out of the bamboo basket with inspiration, but was kicked in by Sanqi with a smile. into another bamboo basket.

"It's a pity that Mr. Lang's new family rules don't allow the fish to be eaten, otherwise the black spot fish will be fine, and it will be delicious if you sprinkle some salt!"

Zhang Zhe kicked him pretendingly: "This family rule must never be broken, there are many insects in the fish, and you are not allowed to eat it if it is not boiled!"

Bailu carried a large pottery plate with a rag, and rushed into the main room.

Seeing this, Mother Chen immediately cleared the table in front of Meng Xiaowan and asked Bailu to put down the pottery plate.

"It's delicious fish." Mother Chen praised the fresh fish soup first, took the chopsticks and prepared to sting Meng Xiaowan.

"Mum, look carefully. Where is the thorn in this fish?" Egret pointed at the fish proudly, and turned the fish over in the soup with a spoon, revealing the vermilion fish skin.

"Oh, God, this is actually a rainbow sturgeon!" Mother Chen also recognized the fish, and she hurriedly filled a bowl full for Meng Xiaowan, "Don't be too hot, girl, this fish is meant to be drunk hot. But it is an excellent thing! I heard that this rainbow sturgeon is extremely rare. It is extremely powerful in the water. It is not usually broken. How can it be caught with a few nets? A fishmonger would dare to sell a rainbow sturgeon if it is as big as a palm. hang money!"

Meng Xiaowan also pointed at the fish in surprise: "I only heard from Bailu that Mr. Lang gave Sanqi a new net, which is very powerful. Now that the fish has been netted, what about the net?"

"That net, there's nothing wrong with it. I saw that the fish is so long," Bai Lu gestured with his hand about two feet long, "This basin contains the fine meat from the dorsal fin of the fish. Mrs. Qin deliberately Cut it off and make it for the girl to eat."

"Two feet long? Rainbow sturgeon!" Mother Chen exclaimed, got up and went to the kitchen.

Meng Xiaowan took a sip of the fish soup, her brows relaxed, it was obvious that the fish soup was very good, it was very suitable for her appetite.She was about to take a second sip when she suddenly remembered something.

"Where's Mr. Lang?"

Egret pursed his lips: "Young Lord, before he entered the house, he met Huo Langjun who came to visit by boat. He picked him up and went to the county. He also gave him a one-foot-long rainbow sturgeon. Two taels of silver! If it wasn't for Mrs. Qin's quick hands, she would have put the last one in a water tank more than a foot away. Otherwise, Mr. Huo would have sent Mr. Huo Lang as well."

Meng Xiaowan thought for a while: "Go and tell Mrs. Qin that I don't need to keep the rest of my big piece for Mr. Lang, let his family eat it too. Save the live piece for Mr. Lang to use when he comes back. "

Bai Lu got the girl's order and was about to go out, but suddenly stopped.

"Well," Meng Xiaowan glanced at her, "Why hesitate?"

"Girl, I don't know if I should talk too much." Bailu peeked outside, "Didn't Mr. Lang say that he is not allowed to eat fried fish, and set up house rules. I just saw Sanchi stealing Lang's food in the kitchen." Jun’s bottle of soy sauce went to the spring well in a sneaky way. Needless to say, it must be eating black spots in private there.”

"I was going to pretend I didn't see this," Bailu said angrily, "but that bottle of good sauce is obviously the girl's favorite. According to his way of eating, the sauce will be eaten before Mr. Wang returns from the county." It will be less than half."

"The soy sauce doesn't matter," Meng Xiaowan thought for a moment, "It's just that the rules established by Lang Jun cannot be broken. You can ask Mrs. Qin to order a plate of soy sauce. If she doesn't see the soy sauce, she will naturally know that Sanqi is eating it. It's fish."

Bailu agreed, took a small white porcelain plate from the room, and went to the kitchen.

As she walked, she took out a candied fruit to swallow, and said to herself with a smile: "I don't know who made these candied fruits, Mr. Lang, but they are so delicious. I hate that Sanqi stole me." Go for a while. This time, I will let you know that egrets are not easy to mess with."

Meng Xiaowan ate the fish soup and a small bowl of noodles in the soup, then threw away the bowl.First, he stared out of the window for a while, but couldn't help but took out a stack of manuscripts from under the table.

Bailu took this manuscript from her husband's study, and she knew it was written by Zhang Zhe himself when she saw the handwriting.It's just that the ink is long gone, and it's obviously a manuscript written a few years ago.

She read a few paragraphs by accident, and she actually read it unexpectedly. The text and words were clearly extremely good, but they were a bit of a hindrance to etiquette.

Meng Xiaowan only read one chapter and told herself that she couldn't read it, and if necessary, she should advise Zhang Zhe not to continue such articles.But not long after she put it down, she couldn't help but read another chapter, and now she has read five or six chapters one after another.

"However, it's true that there is nothing wrong with it," Meng Xiaowan laughed at herself, picked up the manuscript again, and skillfully opened it.

I saw eight beautiful regular scripts written on the cover, "Cui Yingying's Tale of the West Chamber".

After a while, Meng Xiaowan secretly scolded that impolite matchmaker again, why did she help her girl secretly make friends with a foreigner, she was about to abandon the book, but her hands wouldn't move her, and she couldn't help but continue reading.

"Shy flowers explain words, gentleness and fragrance," Meng Xiaowan gritted her teeth and sneered at how this person came up with these sentences.After turning another page, she saw "The jade universe is clean, the Milky Way casts shadows; the moonlight shines across the sky, and the garden is full of shade; the robes of robes are cold, and the heart is self-alarming," she sat still for a long time.

It wasn't until the news of Mrs. Qin chasing and beating Panax notoginseng came that Meng Xiaowan woke up from the words.

"This guy is not a good person!" Meng Xiaowan threw the manuscript away, "I will never read it again!"

(End of this chapter)