My village can't be like this

Chapter 378 Black Pit
It was time to cook in the evening. Wang Fang was about to go into the kitchen and start preparing dinner, but Zhang An was already busy in the kitchen.

"Hey, the sun is shining in the west today, and our eldest young master is actually willing to do it."

In Zhang An's family of four, only he and Wang Fang, mother and son, can cook.

As for Zhang Jianguo and Su Ying, they only know how to cook simple things.

A slightly more troublesome home-cooked meal would be a embarrassment to them.

Su Ying was a little better. After following Wang Fang around for a while, she could still cook simple dishes.

Zhang Jianguo never does anything, and at most he can cook some noodles and rice noodles.

"Mom, you are usually the one doing the work. Today you just have a good rest and wait for me to cook two of my specialty dishes to show my respect to you."

One steamed seabass and one seabass pot are obviously not enough for a family of four to have dinner.

Although it's not a holiday, we still have to serve four dishes and one soup. After all, with Zhang An, a big eater, anything less will definitely not be enough.

It happened that Wang Fang came back from cutting some fresh meat today, Zhang An cut a piece, picked out the lean meat and made it into a pot of pork.

Of course, this pot of pork is not sweet and sour, but salty and spicy. After all, no one in the family likes sweets.

The remaining half-fat and half-lean pork belly must be the famous local dish of twice-cooked pork.

Zhang An didn't need to do anything to make the soup. During this period, Wang Fang would make a pot of soup every day.

"Hey, you made the seabass pot again today. I thought the fish was not finished yet."

In the evening, Su Ying opened a pot of seabass fried until golden brown, and she obviously had a huge appetite.

This is one of Su Ying's favorite dishes. Last time Zhang An made one bowl, it was completely eaten.

"It was also when I heard a few students reciting "The Fisherman on the River" on the road today that I remembered that there were a few more fish, and they had produced a lot of roe during this period. When I raise them, I will feed them later. You can eat it whenever you want.”

Bass spawns every year from December to March of the following year. When Zhang An caught the bass today, he put some in the fish pond.

"Isn't this sea bass a sea fish? How can it be kept in our fish pond?"

Because when Fatty Lu delivered them, he said that they were marine fish and were purchased from coastal areas, so Su Ying always remembered that they were marine fish.

"They are actually called seven-star perch. They are amphibious fish that live in freshwater and seawater. They usually live near the sea or at the intersection of rivers and seas, so they can live in both seawater and freshwater."

In the past, Zhang An thought it was a sea fish, and if it couldn't survive in a fish pond, he didn't release it.

I just remembered today that this seven-star sea bass is actually an amphibious fish that lives in fresh water and can also live in fresh water.

Especially after the desalination of space spring water, they will be more adapted to the water quality of mountain spring water.

As for the East Star Red Spot living alone in the lake in space, Zhang An thought about taking some time to get it out and experiment with it.

After all, it has lived in the space lake for so long, Zhang An wants to know whether it can be desalinated by the space spring water.

If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter, it's just an idea anyway.

At night, Zhang An still only slept for half the night, and began to enter the space again in the dead of night.

Because the fermented grains prepared in the previous space have been fermented, the wine can be steamed tonight.

Moreover, Zhang An disliked the fact that the steamer was steaming too slowly, so during the day he put the wine steamer outside into the space.

It just so happened that the stove Zhang An had built in the space had two burners, and the two steamers could be used together.

After the last practice, Zhang An is already a skilled brewing master. He can make fire, pack rice, and change water in one go.

After Zhang An had distilled all the fermented grains into puree, he came out of the space and found that it was already four or five o'clock in the morning, and the chickens at home had begun to crow for the second time.

At this time, Zhang An was glad that he had brought the steamer from outside into the space to do it together.

Otherwise, the more than 1000 kilograms of fermented grains would be steamed in a wine steamer, and we would definitely not be able to handle them tonight.

After leaving the space, Zhang An did not stay in the room, and quickly went to the bathroom to take a shower.

The last time she came out, Su Ying could smell the strong smell of alcohol all over her body.

If Su Ying finds out again this time, she won't be able to tell lies with her eyes open.

Because Zhang An went to bed just before dawn in the early morning and was still busy working in the space, it was rare for Zhang An not to get up early the next morning.

By the time he got up from bed, it was already past nine o'clock in the morning.

Before they had time to wash up, the three mustaches came to Zhang An's yard with great interest.

"Zhang An, can we go fishing now? This is our fishing fee."

The mustache couldn't wait to hand over 300 yuan to Zhang An, with the word "hurry" in his eyes.

"Go ahead, go ahead. It's nine-twenty now, so I'll count you guys starting at 09:30."

Wang Fang was not there, probably out to visit, so Zhang An casually collected the money and took them to the fish pond in the backyard.

Without them, they couldn't leave at all, because Xiaohu and the others were squatting in the yard and staring at the three people with mustache.

In Zhang An's house, Xiaohu and his fierce dog brigade are the first line of defense for security.

"Okay, I wish you a blast today, I won't care about you."

Zhang An didn't care about how many people there were, and let them all play their own games.

When he got home, he washed his face first. After all, he was still a face-conscious person, so how could he not wash his face without brushing his teeth?

Then, while Wang Fang was not at home, Zhang An took out the fermented grains that had been moved to the space last time to accelerate fermentation and placed them in the cellar.

At the end of steaming the wine last night, he almost steamed hundreds of kilograms of fermented grains.

Fortunately, he came to his senses quickly in the end, otherwise the fermented grains would have been steamed in space, and he would not be able to explain to his father Zhang Jianguo by then.

"Zhang An, Zhang An, why are there so many bees in your house?"

Zhang An was reading in the front yard when he heard Mustache and the others behind him screaming in fear.

When I walked to the backyard, I saw a swarm of wasps surrounding them.

"These are my domestic bumblebees. They probably went out to collect honey. If you don't do anything, they won't attack you first."

Since the beginning of spring, a small number of wild flowers have been in full bloom, and Zhang An's home bees have also begun to travel far to collect pollen.

This group of people probably came back from an outing. When they saw Xiaohu and the three strangers here, they flew over and surrounded them.

Zhang An walked over with a bee bucket in his arms, and they stopped surrounding Xiaohu and the others.

"Sorry, I didn't expect them to come back so early in the morning."

After placing the bee bucket, Zhang An walked over with a box of cigarettes, walked around, and apologized.

"It's okay, it's okay. This is the first time I've seen so many bees surrounding people without stinging them. They're so smart."

After all, he wasn't stung by a bee, and Zhang An's attitude was quite good when he spoke. The three of them waved their hands nonchalantly. "How about it? After fishing for so long, do you think my fish is easy to catch?"

Zhang An looked at the nylon fish guards of several people and found that there seemed to be no movement.

"Hey, stop talking. This fish of yours is like a spirit. It swims here and there in the water, but it doesn't bite the hook. It makes me very angry."

Mustache lifted the empty fish cage in the water. There was indeed nothing in it.

In the morning, they saw that there were so many fish in the water, and there were no signs of feeding at Zhang An's house. They were very happy.

I thought that just because of the good fish conditions in this fish pond, and their many years of fishing experience, even if they don’t connect the rod and don’t blast the protection, they will still have a big harvest no matter what.

But after fishing for a while, one by one they started to look like Muggles.

An hour passed and they still hadn't caught any fish.

I originally thought that it would be easy to catch four or five fish in these six hours, and I would make money no matter what.

But judging from the current situation, it would be good if we could not lose money today.

Although no fish took the bait, they could only complain to Zhang An. After all, the fish's affection visible to the naked eye in the water was no joke.

"Hey, Li Jun, you're bleached black, hurry up and hit the pole."

While Mustache was chatting with Zhang An, the man next to him shouted excitedly.

Only then did Zhang An know that this mustache was called Li Jun.

"Old Bodhisattva bless me, Jiang Taigong bless me, this fish finally bit the hook, it's pretty strong, I guess it's a big fish."

Seeing that the float was completely pulled down, Mustache quickly picked up the fishing rod.

Watching the fishing line dance ballet in the water, Mustache stood up excitedly and walked the fish.

After a lot of effort, the pole was finally lifted up, but the fish caught made them all dumbfounded, because it was only a five or six kilogram grass carp.

"Why is it so small? With such a big movement just now, I thought it was a big fish weighing more than ten kilograms."

"Yes, this carp only weighs five or six pounds, how can it be so powerful?"

They all saw the movement of Mustache walking fish just now, and they were not very able to accept this fact.

"Actually, this is normal. Although the fish here are kept in ponds, they are kept in a simulated wild state. I hardly interfere with them, so it is normal for them to be wild enough."

Seeing how difficult it was for them to accept it, Zhang An once again opened his eyes and told lies to comfort them.

He really doesn't interfere much with the growth of the fish in the fish pond, and will only drain a few large buckets of space spring water into it from time to time.

"But don't worry, although this is a carp, it tastes pretty good. It's not much worse than the mandarin fish you took away yesterday."

"Really? Is this carp that delicious?"

They are all fishermen, and this is the first time they have heard someone say that carp tastes similar to mandarin fish.

And in their hearts, the mandarin fish they ate yesterday was really the best, so they didn't quite believe Zhang An's words.

"Of course it's true. If you don't believe it, it's going to be noon soon anyway. You can take it to Zhou Yang and give you a whole braised fish. If it doesn't taste good, I will refund your fishing fee to you."

Zhang Anke couldn't bear it when he saw someone questioning the fish he raised.

Although it was just a carp, he put it in the fish pond after it had enough space to grow.

"It's an exaggeration to say it. Either we don't believe it, or it's the first time we've heard of such a carp and we can't believe it."

Seeing Zhang An's serious look, Xiao Huzi felt that what Zhang An said might be true.

At that moment, I decided to take the fish to the restaurant for lunch. The fish was neither big nor small, and the three of them should be able to finish it.

I don't know if it was because Zhang An came over and brought them good luck. Apart from Mustache, the other two people also started to catch fish.

At noon, Zhang An finished his lunch and came over to see them. He found that they were still concentrating on fishing.

Zhang An couldn't help but shake his head. This is a fisherman. You don't have to eat food and drink water, but you have to catch fish.

"It's already 12:30, why don't you go to eat? Don't worry, I won't count the meal time for you."

Zhang An is not the boss of a black hole, and the time spent eating in between must be counted.

"Oh, you should have said this earlier, we are all so hungry that we can't stand it anymore."

Several people didn't have breakfast this morning. The smell of Zhang An's cooking just now was so fragrant that they couldn't bear it anymore.

Just thinking about the six hours, there are only three hours left. If I go to eat, I guess there won't be much time left.

Then he asked Zhang An for a bag, caught the carp and went straight to Zhou Yang's house.

An hour later, several people finally came back with a full meal.

"Zhang An, you are right, this carp is indeed very delicious."

When Zhou Yang made braised fish for them at noon, the whole fish was fried until crispy.

They didn't even choose snacks when they ate, they ate them all. In the end, only the big thorn in the middle of the carp was left.

By the afternoon, they finally finished fishing, not too good but not too bad either.

Each person caught seven or eight fish, which weighed more than 30 kilograms in total, but they were basically carp and grass carp.

But Mustache had a companion who was lucky and caught two fine scales, both weighing four or five pounds.

Originally, these fish mustaches were going to be sold to Zhou Yang because he felt that carp and grass carp were not worth taking back.

But after eating at noon, they changed their minds. Zhang An and these fish cannot be viewed from the outside world.

Zhang An originally thought that after they left, they would not come back again.

But unexpectedly, Mustache came again on the third day, and this time he brought more people than before.

It turned out that after he returned home, he cooked the fish and invited some of his friends over for dinner.

When he mentioned this during the meal, it turned out that none of his friends believed in evil and wanted to try Zhang An, the shady boss.

At this point, the fish pond of Zhang An's family was officially opened, and many people who used to like to fish in the river came here because of the smell.

Wang Fang, on the other hand, did nothing every day and just stayed at home, responsible for collecting fishing fees and keeping time. She finally stopped nagging Zhang An about going to work.

Because before this, she always told Zhang An that everyone in the village was working, and she was the only one sitting idle at home all day.

When other women in the village gathered around to chat, she couldn't talk to them and had no common topic.

She also told Zhang An that she worked hard all her life and felt uncomfortable when she was free.

It's fine now. Find something for her to do. She'll be so happy every day when she collects the money. Don't mention this incident anymore.

(End of this chapter)