The leisurely life of farmers in mountain villages

Chapter 21

The ancients were "peach blossoms and flowing water mandarin fish fat", while Wang Shaodong and the others were "melon and flowing water crucian carp fat", the mood is not much different.

After a whole morning's hard work, a big crucian carp weighing one and a half catties can make Wang Shaodong and the three of them very satisfied.Besides, there are no more than [-] catties of crucian carp in the bamboo basket.

Wang Shaodong's uncle's house is at the north end of Qingquanling Village, less than 100 meters away from where they caught fish.

The villagers of Taohualing commonly call it the hilltop of Nanshan, and the sunny slope of Qingquanling Village is called Beishan.

At 10:30 in the morning, the water flow in the Shizi River began to decrease, the frequency of fish was not as high as before, and the bamboo baskets were almost full, so Wang Shaodong yelled to go to his uncle's house to make crucian carp soup.

Zhao Shihai fully agreed with this proposal, so he and his nephew each carried a bamboo basket containing fish and planned to go to Zhao Shitang's house, Wang Shaodong's uncle.

Ma Lili was a little hesitant, it was reasonable to follow Wang Shaodong to catch fish, but it would be too much to follow him to relatives' homes.Moreover, Ma Zhentang had told Ma Lili to go home for dinner when she came here.

However, facing Wang Shaodong's kind invitation and the temptation of the big crucian carp that she had never seen before, she finally couldn't resist the temptation and followed Wang Shaodong to Wang Shaodong's uncle's house.

Wang Shaodong's uncle, named Zhao Shitang, is just 50 years old this year. His family has two children. The eldest son, Zhao Yubin, worked in the Luzhong Labor Bureau after graduating from university. Signed an employment contract with a state-owned enterprise in Quancheng.Zhao Shitang is an old carpenter. After graduating from high school at the age of 17, he learned carpentry from Wang Shaodong's grandfather. He has been working as a carpenter for 33 years.

Old carpenters all have a characteristic, they are rigorous in their work, Ding is Dingmao and Mao is Mao, just like "Old Cannon", they are rules-based.

The memory of the previous life, uncle Zhao Shitang was very strict with everyone, including his little brother Zhao Shihai, but he was especially kind to his nephew Wang Shaodong.In his words, it is called "the nephew is a guest", and he must be treated well.

It was only in front of Wang Shaodong that Zhao Shihai dared to bring the fish caught from the Shizi River to his elder brother's house, otherwise, he would definitely be scolded by his elder brother for not doing his job properly.

Zhao Shitang's home is in the south of Qingquanling Village, and it is more than ten meters away from their nearest neighbor.

Their home is close to the road, making it easy to move wood and furniture.

A few years ago, there was no electric saw, and it took a lot of effort to cut the logs into planks bit by bit.Five years ago, Dazhai Village opened a wood processing factory with chainsaws, which can directly dismantle logs more than ten meters long and one meter in diameter into individual planks, saving the carpenters a lot of effort.

The original carpenter was an enviable industry in the mountain village. He was highly professional and could be used in making furniture or building houses, so Zhao Shitang's family has been living a good life.However, with the impact of wholesale finished furniture in the past two years, Zhao Shihaitang's life is getting easier day by day.Now that he is old and his children are promising, he doesn't plan to look for work outside in the next step. He will process doors and windows for others at home and make solid wood furniture to support his family.According to Zhao Shitang's plan, when his daughter graduated from college, he planned to abandon all carpentry work and raise dozens of sheep for the elderly.

After dealing with Mu Mu all his life, Zhao Shitang also got bored.

When Wang Shaodong and the others came to Zhao Shitang's house, they saw him in the courtyard making a set of doors and windows for others.

Zhao Shitang saw that his nephew was holding a big crucian carp in his hand, he hurriedly smiled and dropped the carpenter in his hand, and came up to him.

"The eldest nephew is here, in the house, the eldest nephew is here!"

Wang Shaodong's eldest aunt is from Qingquanlingben Village. She is four years older than his own. She is 54 this year and is a traditional rural woman.

Hearing the yelling from the courtyard, Wang Shaodong's aunt, Shen Cuiying hurriedly came out with Zhengna's soles in her hand.

With all smiles on her face, Shen Cuiying walked into the courtyard and took the big crucian carp that Wang Shaodong handed over.

"Yeah, whose family is this girl, she's so handsome."

Shen Cuiying's words made Ma Lili, who was following Wang Shaodong, blushed immediately, and Zhao Shihai hurriedly introduced: "Sister-in-law, this is Lili, a girl from my nephew's neighbor, and also a classmate of my nephew. We just caught fish in the Shizi River." , caught a big crucian carp, thinking about asking my brother to make a crucian carp soup to drink."

Zhao Shitang is a farmer's cook, and when any family in the village has weddings or weddings, they like to ask him to help with cooking.Although he has not been professionally trained, Lao Zhao's craftsmanship is very reassuring.

Upon hearing this, Shen Cuiying handed the big crucian carp to her man Zhao Shitang, urging her, "It's almost time for dinner, go and make arrangements."

Zhao Shitang is fierce to everyone, except for his wife Shen Cuiying.Shen Cuiying is a hard-working person. She lost her mother at the age of five, and her father was very old, so she suffered a lot when she was a child.Later, at the age of 21, under the auspices of Zhao Shitang's grandmother, he married Zhao Shitang, who was only 17 years old at the time, and later gave birth to two sons and a daughter.However, the second son died of an emergency when he was three years old, leaving a son and a daughter, both of whom are older now.Her son is married, pregnant, and due at the end of this year.

Zhao Shitang took the big crucian carp handed over by his wife, and happily got to the tap to get busy.

Shen Cuiying took Ma Lili's hand and looked up and down carefully, the wrinkles on her face became more obvious when she smiled.

"Girl, let's go inside and talk."

After looking at it for more than ten seconds, Shen Cuiying hurriedly took Ma Lili's hand and entered the room.Wang Shaodong and Zhao Shihai also went in.

The main hall of Zhao Shitang's house is very clean, and Shen Cuiying is a clean person.

Faced with the other party's enthusiasm, Ma Lili gradually got used to it, and the blush on her face also subsided.

After sitting down, Shen Cuiying began to chat with Ma Lili.They are all from the countryside, and Ma Lili has also seen the enthusiasm of the aunts and aunts, so she quickly adapted to Shen Cuiying's enthusiasm, and the two chatted very speculatively.

Zhao Shihai poured himself a bowl of boiled water, sat on the sofa and drank it while watching TV.Wang Shaodong on the side couldn't get in the way, so he decided to go out to see how his uncle cooks fish.

Learn this stewed crucian carp soup, it will be useful in the future.In case Ma Lili and I get married and have children, and Ma Lili doesn't have enough milk, drinking crucian carp soup is a good idea.However, at that time, I can't come here and ask my uncle to make crucian carp soup.

When Wang Shaodong went to the patio outside, Zhao Shitang had already scaled and gutted the crucian carp.

"Nephew, how did you do in the university entrance examination?"

Before Wang Shaodong could ask his uncle how to cook fish, Zhao Shitang first asked the topic that Wang Shaodong was least willing to talk about.

It seems that it is very urgent and very difficult to fool yourself about the failure of the college entrance examination in the next step, and I must think of a way to get the best of both worlds.

(End of this chapter)