Steamed buns, go farming with your mother

Chapter 21 New Life

A few days have passed since the election of the village chief, and the life of the villagers has returned to the calmness of the past. Working at sunrise and resting at sunset is the eternal melody of rural life.

After these days, Su Ho has completely gotten used to the life here. If he doesn't move, he will think of his mobile phone, his computer, and the endless TV programs. Centuries away.

Now Su Ho gets up every day to cut grass, cook and take care of the vegetable garden, and spends the rest of the time teasing leeks.

However, with such a big family, such a little thing can be done in a short time, and leeks sleep most of the time, Su Ho felt very, very boring for a while.

But when she thought that her family only had 30 taels of silver, she felt very urgent. She knew that it was not a good way to sit and eat.

Mrs. Wang also knew that these days, she also left early and returned late. It would be good to find a job to do, or to rent a few acres of land and come back to plant.

It's a pity that Teshuibu is a small village, and most of the villagers are self-reliant. No one has the spare energy to ask people to help with things, not to mention that farmers who plan food in the soil will not hire half a hundred women; Would be willing to rent his land to two women, that would definitely be a loss-making business.

In order to keep the family alive, Mrs. Wang lost weight in the past few days, but unfortunately, she got nothing.

Su Ho saw it in his eyes and kept it in his heart, and felt that life could not go on like this.One day, Su Ho called to Mrs. Wang, who was about to go out, and said, "Mother, you have been running for so many days, let's rest at home! I want to eat fish. Please help me look after the child. I will go to the river to get some." Come up, little fish!"

Mrs. Wang shook her head, and was about to say it's okay, she wasn't tired, but when she heard Su Ho said that she wanted to eat fish, she said, "He'er, I'm afraid you don't know that our Yushui River doesn't produce fish! "

Su Ho was very surprised when he heard it, and thought it shouldn't be: "Mother, the water quality of this river is so good, it tastes sweet, how come there are no fish?"

Wang shook her head, saying that she didn't know the reason.

"Mother, let me go and have a look!" Wang Shi didn't want to agree at first, but after thinking about it, Su Ho might be too suffocated these days, thinking that it would be good to go for a walk, so she nodded and said, "That's good." Come on, be careful, don't go into the deep water."

Seeing that Mrs. Wang agreed, Su Ho couldn't hide the smile on her face. Although the intention was to allow Mrs. Wang to rest at home, it's good to go out for a walk.So Suho took the only dustpan at home and went down the river.

The Youshui River is formed by small streams in the mountains. The river is not wide. One side of the river is a cliff, and the other side is where the water port is located. According to the experience of the older generation, the water near the cliff is relatively deep. Moreover, the water is turbulent and there are many undercurrents, so people of the younger generation will be warned not to go out into the deep water.

The water quality of this river is very clear, the stones at the bottom of the water are clearly visible, and under the sunlight, the water is colorful and beautiful.Su Ho stood on the shore, sighed a bit before going into the water.

I used to be naughty when I was a child, and went down the river with my neighbor's older siblings to fish and catch shrimps, but when other older siblings went down the river, they would always get beaten and scolded by their parents, but I never got their parents' attention.

Until he was almost drowned once, and he didn't get the caring eyes of his parents. Since then, Su Ho has never been naughty again, and he is not mature like a child.

Su Ho looked at the clear river, shook his head, and shook the past out of his mind, let the past go, now he has a mother-in-law who loves him and a lovely son, what else is he not satisfied with? .

She didn't take off her shoes and socks, and let the cool river water wet her skirt. In summer, she really enjoyed it.

Suho kicked the rocks under her feet vigorously. Her childhood experience told her that fish would run out from under the rocks when they were frightened; she also bent down from time to time to flip over larger rocks.

However, Su Ho was disappointed, after a long time, let alone the little fish, the little shrimp didn't even see it.Su Ho didn't believe in evil, she dragged her dustpan and stopped turning over stones, and wanted to go upstream along the river.

For a long time, apart from the sound of rushing water, only the chirping of birds in the forest accompanied Su Ho.

Su Ho didn't know where he had gone, he only knew that he had avoided several deep water areas and stayed away from the stepping water port.There are no traces of human activity here.The sun had risen to the middle of the sky, and Suho felt that he was hungry.

Gritting his teeth, he still refused to give up, thinking that after walking for so long, maybe he could see the little fish in the next second.The family has not eaten meat for a long time, and it is time to make up for it.

Suho saw that the gentle slope on one bank had disappeared, and there were two cliffs on both sides of the river, which seemed to be about the same level, facing each other across the river.Su Ho thought, they really looked like a couple of lovers, why not call them Yuanyangxia.

Su Ho walked slowly along the stone wall of the canyon, fearing that if he didn't give up, he would be buried in the water, he finally got through safely.

After leaving the Yuanyang Gorge, Su Ho saw that the Youshui River forked. This is the mouth of a small stream. Su Ho wanted to go to another river to have a look, so he walked along the river valley.

Unexpectedly, Suho didn't go very far when he saw a big water pool.

Su Ho stepped forward and tried it. The water on the shore was not very deep.Su Ho felt it was safe, so he went to check it out. Unexpectedly, he saw a group of fish swimming by on the shore.Su Ho was about to jump up with joy, feeling that Heaven pays off!

Then, Suho encountered another problem: there are fish, but how to catch them?Do you use a dustpan?Obviously not realistic.But throwing out the food I got was really not reconciled.

Su Ho put the dustpan aside, rested his chin on his hands, and sat on a clean stone, thinking.Her eyes flicked around, wondering if there was anything she could use.

Su Ho saw the shadow cast by a branch in the water, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he suddenly remembered an article he had read before, which said that there is a kind of fish that are afraid of linear shadows, and tend to avoid the shadows as ropes.

With the attitude of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, Su Ho broke off two slightly longer branches.Remove the branches and prepare to "catch" the fish.

Suho found a place with a relatively shallow water level, surrounded it with stones for a while, and started catching fish.

Su Ho saw a group of fish, holding a branch in each hand, chasing and intercepting the school of fish. After nine heads and two tigers' efforts, he finally drove the school of fish into that place. Put it in the only exit, and then went in to catch fish.

God is pitiful, after working for a long time, Su Ho finally caught four small fish.Wearing the fish with palm leaves and looking at the sky, Su Ho knew that he should go back, it was too late, and Mrs. Wang would be worried, and the night in the mountains was not safe.

When we got home, the sun was almost setting.

In the past, this time was not the time to make dinner. Mrs. Wang always stayed in the vegetable garden, tending those vegetables.

Today, Mrs. Wang was not in the vegetable garden, but sitting in the yard, holding the embroidery work in her hand, not looking up at the gate of the yard, Su Ho has been out for too long.

Seeing Su Ho coming back, his whole body was wet, Mrs. Wang quickly got up and greeted her, saying: "Hurry up and change your clothes first, you're not a kid anymore, you're still playing so crazy!"

Su Ho looked at Mrs. Wang, grinned, picked up the fish in his hand, and said, "Mother, look, we'll make fish soup tonight!"

Seeing the fish in Su Ho's hand, Mrs. Wang was taken aback. According to the memories of her ancestors, there were no fish in this river: "Where did you get it? There are no fish in this river!"

Su Ho smiled and said, "Mom, is there anything to eat? I'm hungry, so I'll fill my stomach first!"

"Yes, I'll serve it for you!" Shi Wang nodded.Su Ho put the fish on the stove, went into the house, changed into dry clothes and came out, and kissed his precious son by the way, this child always sleeps all day, looks so cute, he can already see things clearly Yes, I especially like to stare at things that shine.

Mrs. Wang came out with a bowl of corn porridge. Su Ho glanced at it and muttered in a low voice: "It's corn porridge again!" Mrs. Wang didn't hear what Su Ho was saying.

Su Ho took the bowl, drank it in small sips, and told Wang about his situation today.After listening, Mrs. Wang nodded to show that she knew, but she still said: "Next time I want to catch fish, call Shangniang, the forest is not safe!"

Su Ho nodded, but felt a little disapproving, thinking that calling you might not be safe.

Wang looked at the sky, got up and went to the yard. After a while, she heard the sound of burning firewood in the yard.

Su Ho also finished eating, got up and went to the yard.Thinking of giving two of these four fish to Aunt Pan, Aunt Pan came to the house once after the election of the village chief and brought a lot of things.

Su Ho was about to talk to Wang Shi, but Wang Shi said, "He'er, sending two of these fish to your Aunt Pan's house is a thank you!"

When Su Ho heard this, he smiled and said: "Mother and I want to go together!" After saying that, Su Ho took the fish and left the house.

Smoke was rising from the roofs of every household in the village, and Su Ho could smell the aroma of food.Except for a few children playing in the village, the adults are basically busy in the house.

Soon after arriving at Pan Ming's house, Su Ho called out from outside the house: "Auntie Pan, are you home?"

A male voice with a changing voice came from the room: "Who is it?" After a while, the courtyard door opened, and a boy of twelve or thirteen years old came out, with a childish face, but the facial features and Aunt Pan Very similar.

Su Ho smiled and said, "You are Pan Mu! Is your mother at home?"

"She's here, who are you?" Pan Mu looked wary.

This is, Aunt Pan came out of the room: "He'er, why are you here? Come on, sit inside!"

Su Ho shook his head, and handed the fish in his hand to Pan Mu, who subconsciously caught it.Su Ho said: "Aunt Pan, my mother told me to give you two fish to try. The fish are not big, it's a kindness!"

Aunt Pan didn't refuse, but just asked, "Did you buy this fish? Why waste the money?"

"No money, don't worry, auntie! It's getting late, my mother is waiting for me to go back to eat, and my mother will be thinking about my next time auntie comes to my house!" Saying that, Su Ho walked on the way home.

Aunt Pan looked at Su Ho's back and sighed, "Poor child!"

When she got home, Mrs. Wang had already prepared the meals, and the strong smell of fish soup filled the yard. Smelling the smell, Su Ho made up her mind to start a new life from today.

(End of this chapter)