Merry Little Farmer

In the scorching heat of July, Cicada was singing on the willow tree by the pond.

Wang Xiaobing, who had just finished the senior high school entrance examination, was known not to be admitted to the county's key high school. This was expected. His mood was not affected in any way. He was covered in sweat on a hot day. He took off his clothes, put on a pair of pants and jumped into his small fish. The pond is cool and cool.

This small fish pond is collectively owned by Donghe Village, and the Wang family rented it to raise fish.

Wang Xiaobing was immersed in the lukewarm pond water, which was cool and cool. He felt much more comfortable, and his mind was clear. Looking at the fish playing and chasing in the water, he felt at ease. After all, this fish pond is an important source of income for the family.

He swam to the shade of the willows, wiped the water from his face, stood in the waist-high water, and shook his wet hair, feeling very comfortable.Suddenly, I felt a fish crawling into my crotch, and while I reached in to chase it away, I laughed and cursed: "Don't say hello to my little brother."

Walking a few steps towards the shore, he took off his underpants and threw them on the grass.I bowed my head to admire my shiny skin and firm muscles, and I was very satisfied.

At this moment, a woman's laughter came over.

Wang Xiaobing followed the sound and saw that it was Bai Qiuqun, the wife of the village party secretary, wearing a wide-brimmed white cloth hat, standing on the side of the road not far away, looking at him with interest, and suddenly realized that he was naked in front of her. , secretly said that he was caught, and quickly turned around and plunged into the water, smiling awkwardly: "Sister Bai, I will catch a carp for you."

"Oh, how can this work." Shaking the two mountain peaks in front of his chest, twisting his waist, he actually walked two steps closer.

"This is my filial piety to you." The lease of the fish pond is coming up soon, and if they want to re-sign the contract, they have to rely on the secret help of the village party secretary.

"Oh, it's really not necessary. You just need to have the heart." Even though he said so, he didn't see him leave.Firstly, when Bai Qiuqun saw Wang Xiaobing's valiant guy, his heart itched and his breath became short of breath; secondly, he wanted to earn a carp.

"Wait a moment." Wang Xiaobing took a deep breath, got into the water, and looked for suitable fish.

Catching fish with bare hands in the water is very skillful. If you are not very experienced, you have practiced since childhood, and it is basically impossible to catch a fish.

After a while, Wang Xiaobing caught a carp weighing three catties. It was golden and yellow all over, and it was very beautiful.

"Sister Bai, this tail is not bad." Wang Xiaobing swam to the edge of the pond, broke off a reed, strung the fish mouth, and handed it to Bai Qiuqun.

"I can eat two meals." Bai Qiuqun was not polite, standing by the pond and reaching out to pick it up.

"Be careful!" Wang Xiaobing finished his sentence, only to hear a plop, and Bai Qiuqun slipped and fell into the fish pond.

Bai Qiuqun is not familiar with water, she is a landlubber, although the water on the shore is not deep, only about one and a half meters, but she also panicked, scrambling with her limbs, splashing water, bobbing and sinking, her clothes were completely wet.

Although he was naked, but saving people was the most important thing, Wang Xiaobing couldn't care less, he threw the carp onto the bank, and fished it into the water with both hands, when he came across two elastic balls, his heart skipped a beat, and he put his arms around Bai Qiuqun. With a tug and hug by his chest, he dragged her out of the water.

"Sister Bai, are you okay?" Wang Xiaobing asked with concern.

"Cough, cough, cough. It's nothing, it's nothing." Bai Qiuqun vomited a few mouthfuls of pond water, and her shirt was indeed soaked, revealing two yellow and black dots. Just bumped into Wang Xiaobing's valiant guy.

"It's fine. I'll help you up." After being rubbed a few times, Wang Xiaobing also felt it, and couldn't help getting up, half hugging and half pushing, and pushed Bai Qiuqun to the shore.

"Today I offended the Dragon Lord, I want to burn a stick of incense when I go back." Bai Qiuqun used both hands and feet to climb up to the shore.Behind her was Wang Xiaobing pushing hard on her buttocks with both hands.

On the shore, Bai Qiuqun stomped her feet, got wet on the ground, took off her hat, wiped the water droplets on her face with her sleeve, and also shivered, she also felt the sharpness of Wang Xiaobing's precious sword in the water.

Seeing that Bai Qiuqun was in a daze, Wang Xiaobing called out in a low voice, "Miss Bai, are you feeling well?"

Hearing this, Bai Qiuqun withdrew his daydreams and said with a smile, "It's okay. Go back and change your clothes. I'll take this carp."

Bai Qiuqun's bright red trousers were faintly visible, and when he bent down to pick up the carp, he tilted his head up, which was even more revealing. Wang Xiaobing swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and thought to himself: "Well, it's time for the branch secretary." He smacked his lips and said with a smile: " Whenever you want to eat fish, come here to get it."

"Then I will remember." Bai Qiuqun smiled wryly, carrying a carp, took two steps thoughtfully, then suddenly turned around and said: "The big bell said to ask your father to make a dose of herbal tea to relieve the heat, Are you ready?"

"It's done. I'll send it to you later." I don't know if it's done, but Wang Xiaobing blurted out without thinking.

"Later, after six o'clock." After thinking for a while, Bai Qiuqun looked around with anticipation and said with a smile.

"Okay!" Wang Xiaobing said cheerfully.

Liu Dazhong often drank with the town leaders, and his anger rose, while Wang Congle knew a little about Chinese medicine, and often gave Liu Dazhong a free pinch of Chinese medicine to relieve his fever.The fish pond is also owned by the village collective, and the old contract is about to expire. To sign a new contract, Liu Dazhong, the branch secretary, needs to help, otherwise, it will be rented out by others, so I dare not offend him easily.

When Wang Xiaobing returned home, his younger brother Wang Zhiwen was not at home, only his mother Xu Juan was weaving bamboo baskets, and asked, "Mom, did Dad make some herbal tea for Liu Dazhong?"

"No. I heard that Liu Zhishu told him last night. He is busy selling fish today, so he didn't have time to get it." Xu Juan is very good at weaving bamboo baskets, and selling them in the market is also a sought-after item.

"I met Liu Dazhong's wife, and she asked me if I had picked it up, and I said yes. She told me to take it at night." Wang Xiaobing lifted the lid of the pot on the dining table, and took a sweet potato from the aluminum pot to eat.

"How can I do this?" Xu Juan stopped her work, "Your father hasn't come back yet. Don't offend her. We have to rely on the branch secretary to sign the contract for our fish pond."

"It's very simple to pinch herbal tea. When Dad comes back, he can do it." Wang Xiaobing turned on the TV and watched "Journey to the West", thinking that if he was Monkey King, he would turn Liu Dazhong into Zhu Bajie.

Under the spring breeze of reform and opening up, Wang Xiaobing’s family in the early 90s was far from well-off, but they also solved the problem of food and clothing. They also bought a gold star color TV. At least they don’t have to go to other people’s houses to watch TV at night, but they don’t have a VCR. , I can’t watch the Hong Kong-produced video tapes rented in the disc room.

The income of the family, apart from Xu Juan selling bamboo products and making some money to help the family's expenses, the most important income is the income from selling fish, accounting for more than 70.00%.

At around five o'clock in the evening, Wang Congle, with a crew cut and honest face, came back from the market on a 28-inch Phoenix bicycle after selling the fish.There is a black wooden scale and a pyramid-shaped weight in the fish basket on the rear rack, as well as about a catty of pork belly, a handful of Chinese cabbage, and a bunch of celery. The special smell of celery can be smelled from afar.Stir-fried pork belly with celery is the main recipe of the Wang family.

Those who sell fish seldom eat fish, but usually buy some pork.

Usually, Wang Congle only buys about half a catty of pork belly, but now he buys about one catty. From this, Wang Xiaobing can deduce that his father's fish business is OK.

"Dad, how much did you sell for?" Wang Xiaobing took out pork belly, celery and Chinese cabbage from the fish basket.

"Thirty yuan." Wang Congle took out the plastic bag containing the banknotes from his trouser pocket, and there was a fishy smell coming out. He stretched out his right hand to his mouth with some saliva and wet his fingers, and then happily counted the banknotes.Five cents, one piece of face value accounts for more, other one dimes, two cents and two yuan are also available, and there is one piece of five yuan.

"The branch secretary asked if you have prepared herbal tea?" Xu Juan said after taking the meat and vegetables from Wang Xiaobing.

"Oh, not yet! I'm going to pick it up now." Wang Congle, who was counting the banknotes, trembled, his expression immediately became serious, he stuffed the money into his trouser pocket, and went to the pharmacy in the back room to find some herbal tea in the medicine box.

The previous generations of the Wang family were quack doctors who knew Chinese medicine. It was passed down to Wang Congle's generation. Because he didn't do it, he was not very good at it, but he was able to make a few doses of herbal tea.

Wang Congle made medicine, Xu Juan lit the fire to cook, Wang Xiaole went back to his room and read "Dragon and Tiger List" for a while. It was a monthly magazine that was more attractive than "Playboy". He rented it from a second-hand bookstore for one day. corner.

More than half an hour later, Wang Zhiwen came back, and it was time for dinner.

Wang Xiaobing brought out the rice pot and fried dishes, and Wang Zhiwen was responsible for serving the rice to other people, dividing the work and cooperating.Wang Congle washed her hands, sat at the head of the dining table, and waited for Xu Juan to finish frying the last Chinese cabbage and take her seat for dinner.

The days are long in summer, and the sky is still bright at five or six o'clock in the evening, so there is no need to turn on the lights.

The aroma of stir-fried pork belly with celery filled the dining room, making people drool.The rice snow is also like, steaming.There are not many dishes, but they are very real.For ordinary families like the Wang family, one meat and one dish or two meats and one dish are the most common recipes.

The three males in the family all eat a lot. Half of the rice was cooked in an aluminum pot, which is enough for a family of four.

Wang Congle was thinking about Liu Dazhong's herbal tea, and while chewing the rice, he said, "Little soldier, send the herbal tea to the branch secretary's house after you finish eating."

"En." Wang Xiaobing nodded in agreement.

"The contract period for the fish pond is coming soon. I heard that Wang Chuanxing also wants to rent this small fish pond. He often goes to the branch secretary's house, maybe as a gift. Alas, I wonder if we can raise fish in the second half of the year." Wang Congle is not a shrewd person. , When things happen, they are mostly frowning.

"You don't know how to send some gifts to the party secretary?" Xu Juan was still quite active.

"That's what I said, but I don't know what kind of gift to give. If the gift is too light, others may not appreciate it, but if the gift is too heavy, we can't stand it. We are begging for life on the surface of stone, and every penny is earned by sweat. It’s not like those people who are in business, who are officials and eunuchs, and they have a lot of savings at home, so it’s easy to do things.”

Wang Congle also thought about giving gifts, but after much deliberation, he was reluctant to spend a few bucks.After all, people who have experienced extremely difficult times pay more attention to thrift.

Wang Xiaobing listened to his parents' conversation, chewed the sweet rice silently, made up his mind, and thought: "I, Wang Xiaobing, want to change this poor situation!"

After dinner, Xu Juan cleaned up the dishes, Wang Zhiwen sat in front of the TV and watched the cartoon "Tom and Jerry", and Wang Congle walked out of the house with a cattail leaf fan, talking and bragging with his neighbors who also had dinner, Relieve the fatigue of the day.

Wang Xiaobing took a bundle of five packs of herbal tea and sent it to Liu Dazhong.