Rebirth 1983

Chapter 27 Everything is ready
Put on the pot and boil the water.

While waiting for the water in the pot to heat up, he fiddled with the crayfish next to him, tidied up all the ingredients and placed them on various plates.

Soon the water in the pot boiled, and when the lid was lifted, hot air rushed in, and one portion of the crayfish was poured in, followed by rice wine.

There are indeed a lot of lobsters. This time the amount cannot fit in one pot, so it is still divided into two.

The treated crayfish enter the water, splash in the boiling hot water, and turn bright red in an instant.

The lobster tossed in the water for a while, and some white foam appeared on the water surface. Chen Song scooped up the white foam with a spoon, stirred the lobster, watched the mist on the lobster, and immediately picked up the pot after a while, and poured the blanched lobster into the basin.

Add water again, put another portion of lobster, and then pour this portion of lobster into another basin after blanching.

Looking back, she found that Xiao Yaoyao had given up on the playful old turtle and was helping to watch the fire in front of the earthen stove.

"Little Yaoyao is awesome."

After Chen Song praised, Xiao Yaoyao immediately smiled and asked, "Uncle, Yaoyao is so good, can I eat more crayfish later, just a little bit."

As he spoke, he rubbed his thumb and index finger together, indicating that it was just a little bit.

Chen Song was stunned for a moment, then laughed and cursed: "You little cunning, are you waiting for me here? Don't say a little bit, I'll let you eat your fill later!"

"Uncle, you are so kind!" Xiao Yaotiao jumped three feet high, and continued to watch the fire of the earthen stove excitedly.

Soon, two big tall lobsters were freshly baked.

The fragrant smell lingered for three feet, and could be smelled in the whole yard. Xiao Yaotiao wiped the saliva from the corners of her mouth, and grabbed Chen Song's clothes, standing on her tiptoes from time to time to see the lobsters cooked by Chen Song's men.

Wang Yao was a little worried that she was too close, so she pulled her back. Unexpectedly, within half a minute, the little guy ran over to stare at the lobster again.

Chen Song looked at the little girl with a funny face, picked up a garlic crayfish with a spoon, and handed it to the little girl, telling her to leave here quickly.

When the little girl got the lobster, she immediately smiled and held the crayfish in her mouth contentedly. She kept sucking the lobster's soup, then pulled out the head of the lobster, brushed the yellow of the lobster, then threw away the head, peeled off the lobster's shell, chewed the meat, and swallowed it.

She clapped her hands in satisfaction, and looked at the crayfish again, not so impatiently.

The little girl ran out, came back soon, and told Chen Song: "Uncle, Mom said the snails are ready."

Chen Song patted the little girl's head and walked out of the kitchen. Wang Yao was walking over with a heavy bucket. Chen Song quickly stepped forward to take it, looked at the clean snails in the bucket and nodded in satisfaction.

"Let's see mine next."

Wang Yao's family ran out of oil. This oil is a rare commodity, and the price is extremely expensive. Many families are reluctant to put oil in their cooking. The most is to throw a few peanuts before cooking to fry a little peanut oil.

Chen Song immediately killed a few loaches left over from last night, and stewed some oily soup.

Wash the pot, add a small amount of water, pour in the snails and stir-fry, add dried chilies, stir-fry continuously, add soy sauce for coloring, and then add perilla to remove the fishy smell. When the snails are almost cooked, pour the stewed loach soup on the snails. Immediately, the snails seem to be stir-fried in oil. Every one of them is shiny and very beautiful.

The fried snails were also poured into another basin. Although it didn't look as large as lobsters, there were quite a few.

"dinner's ready."

Chen Song made a little of everything for everyone to have for dinner, and used the leftover cakes at noon as the staple food.

"Little Yaoyao, come on, eat, uncle and mother will take you to the county later, okay?"

"Go to the county?" Xiao Yaotiao's eyes lit up immediately, and she dropped the lobster and snails in her hands: "Last time, Dahu went to the county to see the big tiger. I want to see it too, but I'm afraid."

Dahu is the son of Chen Zhiguo who bullied Wang Yao and Yaotiao's mother and daughter before.

"We went to the county to do business, to make money, shall we go next time?" Wang Yao's smile faltered slightly, and she quickly realized that she was stroking Xiaoyao's head.

"Well, making money is the most important thing."

Before Wang Yao and Xiao Yaotiao finished eating, Chen Song left first. He first went to his good friend to borrow a donkey cart.

My best friend is Daniu, who is a poor household in the village, and he is better than Chen Song when we first separated. At least his house is not as dilapidated as a pig shed, and there is a donkey at home.

Daniu's family lived at the end of the village. His father was paralyzed at work when he was a child, and his mother ran away when he couldn't bear it. When he was a child, Daniel relied on it to pull goods to take care of his father and support himself.

But this donkey is also beginning to get old and unable to do what he wants.

Walking to Daniel's house, Chen Song saw the tall weeds by the gate, pulled them out, and shouted: "Daniu, are you there?"

Before hearing Daniel's reply, the donkey behind the yard roared first.

Chen Song looked at the donkey, eating the fodder, twitching its front hooves, as if responding to Chen Song's words.

"Who is here?"

The door opened, and Daniu poked his head out, his honest face showed joy: "Chen Song, why are you here?"

He quickly opened the door and let Chen Song in.

"Here, here it is for you." Handing over a large bowl of crayfish and snails, Chen Song entered the door.

Seeing the person lying on the bed, Chen Song hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, "Uncle, how are you doing recently?"

Lying on the bed is Daniel's father. Since he was paralyzed ten years ago, he has rarely been on the ground. If it weren't for Daniel who often walked around with his back on his back, he would have rarely seen sunshine.

"It's Songwazi. My body is just like this. There's nothing to worry about. I can't get pregnant anywhere."

"Chen Song, the lobster and snails you brought?"

Daniel put the things brought by Chen Song on the table.

"I went to touch the ditch in the afternoon. Everyone doesn't eat this thing, so it's my turn. Uncle, try it. I made it. It tastes good."

"I went to buy goods a few days ago. Didn't I just split up? As soon as I came back, I heard people in the village say that you got rich and built a new house in a few days."

Daniel looked at Chen Song curiously.

"It was my luck. I went to the reservoir to get sulking after we separated, and accidentally fell into it. If Wang Yao hadn't saved me, I was afraid I would be gone. Later, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that I shouldn't give up, and I was forced to do nothing. I went up the mountain to buy some things to exchange for some money. I didn't expect to get some wild Chinese medicine and honey. I went to the county to exchange some money, and then barely built a house on the foundation of the pig shed."

"Yes." Daniel slapped Chen Song on the shoulder, making him stagger.

Chen Song looked at him resentfully, and touched his sore shoulder.

This fellow has great strength since he was a child, and he is not afraid of being tired at all when working. He is really born in the business of pulling goods. Even if he lives hard for a lifetime, Chen Song's physical fitness has become much stronger, far surpassing ordinary people, and he is probably no match for Da Niu.

"But why did I hear that you and Widow Wang...then what..."

"Don't listen to the nonsense of the old ladies in the village. I really went to repay the favor. I didn't expect to meet that bastard Chen Zhiguo who bullied his mother and son. Of course I had to stand up and help. It's not like it just came and went, and it spread in the village."

Chen Song was fooling around with half truth and half falsehood.

"I see."

"Okay, don't talk nonsense, I still have something to see you. Uncle, Daniel and I are going out first, take good care of yourself." Chen Song turned his head and said a few words, then dragged Daniel out of the house.

"Lend me the donkey cart. I'll give you five yuan first. I need it urgently tonight. I guess it will be needed in the next few days."

"Why are you talking about money with me? Why do you want a donkey cart?"

While asking, Daniel walked towards the donkey.

"Go to the county to do some business. When I get up, Da Niu, you can follow me. At that time, it may be better than you always pulling goods out. You can take care of our uncle all the time when you bring us to the county."

As Chen Song said, he was also convinced by his own idea. It would definitely help him to earn his first pot of gold if he had someone he trusted to help.

He doesn't believe in others, but he completely believes in a simple and honest brother like Daniu.

"You're going to the county to do business? What are you doing?"

"Come on, take a donkey cart with us today and you'll know."

"Okay then, let's go."

Daniel put the donkey on the cart, Chen Song sat on one side, and Daniel sat on the other side, urging the donkey to go forward.

"Don't go to my house, Wang Yao's house."

"What, didn't you say you have nothing to do with her?"

"It's nothing, but I also asked others for help!"

(End of this chapter)