My village can't be like this

Chapter 519 Welcome the God of Wealth on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year

After the meal, it was still dark, so Ding Yi was not in a hurry to go back. At the moment, he and Zhang An were chatting and eating in the backyard.

"Speaking of Zhang An, you have made so many stone pounds, so you are planning to let the fat man keep them."

After seeing that the separated pond was full of densely packed stone pounds, Ding Yi felt that Zhang An would not raise so many of them for no reason.

But he felt that this thing was indeed promising, because after he tasted it himself, he found that the stone pound was no worse than the fish from Zhang An's family.

The fish raised by Zhang An's family have always been sold to Fatty Lu, and this time they will definitely not go to anyone else, because everyone knows them, and Fatty Lu is willing to pay a price, which is definitely more convenient than going to someone they don't know.

"Actually, I didn't have this idea before. At that time, I just thought about going to the mountains to catch a few and try them myself. But in the end, there were a few left that I didn't finish, so I raised them. Then I didn't care about them for a long time. Thinking that they have reproduced so much, if Lao Chen has this idea, it is not impossible. "

When Zhang An went to the mountains to catch stone pounds, he really didn't think about using them to make money, he just wanted to satisfy his own appetite.

But now that they have grown up, Zhang An will not insist that he does not want to buy it. After all, this is making money. No one will think that his family has too much money. As long as he is not a mentally ill person, he will definitely not do this.

"I think Fatty will definitely have an idea. This thing is really delicious. You just need to tell him. It's just a phone call away."

Ding Yi felt that if Fatty Lu had eaten this stuff, he would definitely have the idea of ​​​​purchasing it, because even he wanted to buy some to sell in the supermarket.

"Don't worry now, they seem to be entering the spawning season. We'll wait until some time later. Anyway, just mention it to the fat man next time he comes."

Zhang An is not in a hurry. The stone pounds that will lay eggs must not be sold. The stone pounds he caught just now are almost all male.

Because after all, there is a saying that advises you not to eat fish in March.

Many fish in March contain fish roe, so it is not recommended for everyone to eat, and the same is true for stone pounds.

"Since we're going to lay eggs, we'll definitely have to do it some time later. After the eggs hatch, I'm afraid your fenced-off area won't be enough."

Let’s not talk about whether the taste of the stone pound with eggs will be affected. If we start selling it now, it is simply an undesirable behavior to catch all the benefits.

"This is not a big problem. When we really can't support it anymore, we will expand it wider. Anyway, our fields are all nearby."

Zhang An is not worried about this. Almost all the fields next to the fish pond belong to his family, so he has no worries about having no place to raise fish.

"Okay, I have to go back, otherwise I will be nagged for a long time if I go back late."

I looked at the sky and saw that it was already getting a little dim. It was indeed getting late.

"But for that stone pound, get me a few more. I'll take them back and let the old man and the others have a taste."

But before leaving, Ding Yi set his sights on Zhang An's stone pound again.

He can't be the only one to eat such delicious food. He must bring some back to his family to try.

"Hey, you were keeping a distance just now, but now you're thinking about me."

Zhang An still remembered that when he asked this man if he wanted to have a taste, his face was full of hesitation and confusion.

"Hey, I didn't know this thing before. Now that I know it's such a delicious thing, I won't be the same as before."

Ding Yi chuckled and didn't care at all about Zhang An's teasing.

"Sure, then you can catch him with me."

As soon as Ding opened his mouth, Zhang An would not refuse. Anyway, he had too many stone pounds here to move them out of the space.

After returning to the house and finding a plastic bag, Zhang An and Ding Yi went to the fish pond again to grab stone pounds.

"Well, do you want to try it again? This thing is really nothing."

Zhang An opened the mesh, grabbed a fat stone pound from inside and handed it to Ding Yi, asking him to catch it himself and try it, because the man just didn't dare to try it, and he was not even as good as a three-year-old child in the village. .

"Just catch them, I'm not afraid of them now."

In ancient times, wine strengthened people's courage. After eating such a delicious stone pound, Ding Yi's previous fear of the stone pound has been completely dispelled. After all, appetite can really make people overcome many fears.

"This thing is really fat, but it's really strong. You can feel their hind legs exerting force when you hold it in your hand."

"Of course, it's hard for a normal stone pound to grow to such a big size, especially the one on your hand, which weighs almost a pound and a half. It's naturally very fat and strong."

In fact, the one Zhang An just caught is not the one Zhang Any kept in the backyard.

After all, it has only been raised for a year. It is impossible for it to grow so big if there is no space and spring water outside.

These large stone scales were all part of the space that Zhang An moved out of the space after putting the stone scales he captured from the old house into them.

Then Zhang An stared at the fish pond, and he caught every fat guy on the shore.

These guys were all blind, and Zhang An's movements were relatively fast and made no sound. They were caught off guard by Zhang An.

"There are too many, Zhang An, please stop catching them. These ones are all so big. If you catch so many, we won't be able to finish them all at home. You'd better put some back."

Seeing that Zhang An had caught more than a dozen in a row and still showed no intention of stopping, Ding Yi quickly shouted to Zhang An to stop.

The smallest of the stone pounds that Zhang An caught weighed about a kilogram, and a dozen weighed at least a dozen kilograms. If he took them all back, he would definitely not be able to finish them all.

"Okay, if you still want to eat after you finish eating, come back to catch them."

Zhang An thought about it for a while. This thing only tastes good when it's fresh.

Ding Yi was asked to take so many fish back with him. If he couldn't finish them all, the others probably wouldn't survive for long, and they wouldn't taste good by then. So he caught several fish from the bag and put them back into the fish pond. In the end, five or six fish were left behind. Only the biggest.

"How about you kill it for me by the way? My mother and the others have never seen this thing before, so I'm afraid they won't be able to do it."

When Zhang An was handling the stone pound just now, Ding Yi was watching from the side. He couldn't bear to look at it. Most people really couldn't do this.

"Why don't I heat up the oil in a pot, and you can take it back when it's ready."

Zhang An originally wanted to tease this guy a few words, but when he thought about Li Li and Aunt Ding's family, they didn't even dare to kill a chicken, let alone a stone pound.

As the saying goes, a good man goes to the end and sends Buddha to the West. It only takes a few stone pounds and it doesn't take much effort.

"Speaking of Zhang An, besides frying, are there any other delicious ways to make this thing?"

When Zhang An was handling the stone pound, Ding Yi kept asking him about how to make the stone pound.

Although he can't cook, he can tell his mother when he gets home, because ever since their parents and old man came over, Aunt Ding has been cooking because they couldn't find a suitable one in the small county in a short time. nanny.

"Then there are many things to do. The simplest is hot pot, which tastes very delicious. However, it is recommended to add more chili and Sichuan peppercorns to make it more enjoyable. There are also stir-fried, braised, etc. that are also very delicious."

Zhang An told him what he knew without reservation. The method of doing this was actually very simple.

"Okay, it's all done. It's best not to leave any leftovers if you can finish it in one meal after you go back. If you really can't eat it, you can put it in the refrigerator for a second meal, but put it on the third day, otherwise it won't taste good. ”

The processed stone scales must not be placed in plastic bags, so Zhang An took out a soup bowl from the kitchen and gave Ding a handful of stone scales to put in them, then put them in a bag and handed them to Ding Yi.

Speaking of which, these bowls were all sent by Ding Yi. When he went to purchase them before, whenever there were good-looking porcelain bowls, he would take a copy home and also send a box to Zhang An's family. Then Ding Yi returned to the house and greeted Zhang Jianguo and the others before driving back to the city.

After Zhang An sent Ding Yi away, he returned to the house and chatted with his father-in-law for a long time. After all, in two days, his mother-in-law and his father-in-law would go back.

Little Siqi was no longer clinging to Zhang An as before, but was being held by his grandma.

This is actually the change in the past few days. A few days ago, this little guy didn't know why, but he suddenly became obsessed with watching cartoons.

Although Zhang An would show it to him, he wouldn't let him watch it for a while, because he was still young and watching TV all the time would affect his eyesight. Zhang An didn't want his son to wear big glasses in the future.

But the little guy didn't agree. When Zhang An put the TV on for him to watch, he was fine. But once he wasn't allowed to watch it, he started to make a fuss.

And Wang Fang dotes on her grandson very much. When the little guy loses his temper, she quickly brings little Siqi over and continues to let him watch TV.

From then on, the little guy no longer clung to Zhang An as before, but preferred to be led by Wang Fang.

Even sometimes Zhang An said that Xiao Siqi was still young and couldn't watch TV all the time, as it would affect his eyesight.

But Wang Fang could always refute, saying that she had always held Xiao Siqi far away from the TV, so it had no impact.

In the end, Zhang An stopped talking. As soon as he opened his mouth, the old man was unhappy and the young man was unhappy, making him look like a sinner.

At around nine o'clock, the cartoons were gone and the little guy started to yawn, so Wang Fang poured a basin of warm water to wash his grandson's face.

"Mom, since he is so clinging to you, why don't you take him with you tonight?"

Although little Siqi was dozing off, he still huddled in his grandma's arms, so Zhang An thought about letting his mother take him.

"Then you go to bed by yourself. I took him to bed after washing him. He was very good last night and slept until dawn."

Of course Wang Fang was eager for this. In the past, although she could help take care of her grandson during the day, at night, her grandson couldn't live without her son and daughter-in-law. Now, being able to take care of her grandson is of course a dream. And she was the one who took care of little Siqi last night.

When Zhang An returned to the room, Su Ying had already taken a shower and was drying her hair with a towel in front of the large mirror in the wardrobe.

"You came back, didn't you bring your son with you?"

Su Ying didn't see her son and asked.

"He has been sticking close to our mother, and he has brought it to her at night. We don't have to take it ourselves."

Zhang An walked behind his wife, took the dry towel from her hand, and helped dry her hair.

In fact, Zhang An is quite fond of it. His son used to be so clingy to him, but suddenly he is no longer clingy. He is really not used to it.

For example, now he will wake up habitually because he has to change little Siqi's diaper.

The saying that whoever has breasts is a mother is right. Now he likes to stick to whoever takes him to watch TV.

"But what if he makes a fuss in the middle of the night? Our mother won't be able to sleep by then."

Su Ying didn't have any objections, she was just worried that her son would get up and make a fuss in the middle of the night, and that her mother-in-law wouldn't be able to sleep well.

"What's wrong with this? Even my son and my mother were taking care of him last night, and I didn't see him making any noise."

It was Wang Fang who took little Siqi with her last night, and Zhang An didn't hear anything the whole night, which proved that the little guy didn't get up to make trouble at night.

"Okay, don't worry about these things. My son happens to be away. How about we work hard to give our son another younger brother and sister."

After his hair was dried, Zhang An held his wife in his arms and whispered in Su Ying's ear.

After Su Ying gave birth to her child, her figure became more and more plump, but she did not gain weight. Zhang An always felt itchy as if he was being tickled.

It's just that since I had Xiao Siqi, it became inconvenient to do anything.

Now that his son was finally taken away by his mother, Zhang An thought about making up for the homework he had owed before.

"Go, go, Qiqi is only half a year old, you are treating me like a pig."

Su Ying rolled her eyes at Zhang An, but did not pull away.

"I don't allow you to talk about yourself like that."

With that said, Zhang An took Su Ying and started the old Zhang family's development plan.

When Zhang An woke up the next morning, Su Ying was no longer around. He didn't know when he got up.

When he got up and went downstairs, he found Teacher Su cleaning up the housework with his mother and mother-in-law.

The whole person looked rosy and full of energy.

Time flies and it’s the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

At eight or nine o'clock in the morning, three people came to Zhang An's door.

One of them was holding something unknown in his hand, another was holding red paper with patterns on it, and another was taking the lead.

Because Zhang An's family has many big dogs, they didn't dare to go in directly after seeing them, and stayed at the entrance of the courtyard.

When he saw someone coming out of Zhang An's house, the leader started singing and singing, speaking in dialect and speaking very fast.

These people are here to send the God of Wealth, because everyone knows that the fifth day of the Lunar New Year is the day to welcome the God of Wealth.

And these few of them were not villagers in the village, and Zhang An didn't know where they came from.

All I know is that they come to my door every fifth day of the Lunar New Year. This has been the case since childhood, but the number of people who come changes.

Zhang An didn't go over to talk to them because he didn't like these people very much, and he had been like this from his previous life until now.

Even though Zhang An now adheres to the principle of "believe it or not", he always looks at the people who send the God of Wealth and shakes his head. He would rather go to the God of Wealth Temple than believe these people.

In his opinion, these people just came to every house to ask for money in the name of giving gifts to the God of Wealth.

If they can really represent the God of Wealth, why don't they give it to their own home first, but instead send it to other people's homes, and then leave after getting the money? After all, how could the God of Wealth let himself suffer poverty?

Although Zhang An didn't believe this, Wang Fang did, so when she saw these people coming to her door, she went out to greet the God of Wealth.

After welcoming the people into the main room, the person in the lead sang and sang for a while, and then the person holding the statue of the God of Wealth gave one to Wang Fang.

Then they waited for Wang Fang to give them money. Of course, Wang Fang would also give them some money in the end, but not a lot, just two yuan as quickly as everyone else.

After getting the money, the person singing and drinking said a few more blessings before going out to the next house.

These days, they are quite capable. No matter how much or how little the host gives them, as long as they give them, they will leave.

It's not like in later generations, if the master gives them less, they just stay with them and won't leave.

(End of this chapter)