Wang family small peasant girl

Chapter 72

Under Grandma Hong's warm hospitality, Zhang Yun ate and took. When he came out of Baitang Village, he felt his stomach was full. Looking at the sky, it was already past noon, so he hurried back home.

Back home, after tidying up inside and out, Zhang Yun went into the kitchen to wash rice, wash vegetables, and prepare to cook dinner.When the next Wanzhang family came back from the field, the food was almost ready.

When the family sat down for dinner, Zhang Yun told his family about his visit to Botang Village, "Brother, you can help dig a ridge and ditch in a few days. We have to borrow other people's paddy fields to raise fish and shrimp. We have to help." Let’s do something, don’t you think so?”

"Okay, why not make an appointment with Zhuzhu and the others, if there are more people, the work can be done faster." Zhang Zhang fully agreed.

Hearing the elder brother's promise, Zhang Yun put the matter aside, turned to look at Zhang Youqing, and said, "Father, can you weave shrimp nets out of bamboo strips? These days, we can only get them from the Qingling River." Take fish fry and shrimp fry."

"I've never made a shrimp net before, so I don't know if I can afford it. I'll go to cut bamboo tomorrow and try to make it." Zhang Youqing thought that he had never made it before, so he was not sure.

Mrs. Zhou on the side put down her chopsticks, and said something, "I see that Chang Man always uses shrimp nets to carry fish and shrimps. I guess his mother made them up. When I go to the threshing field, I will ask the Tiemu family for advice." All right."

"That's fine." Zhang Youqing nodded, and the family agreed on this matter.

After dinner the next evening, Zhang Youqing went to Qingtunling to cut bamboo and dragged it back, while Zhou went to the threshing field to learn how to weave cattail grass, and asked about the method of weaving shrimp nets.

Under Shaw's guidance, Zhang Youqing used the time after dinner every night to weave the shrimp nets in two days. After getting the shrimp nets, Zhang Zhang took two wooden barrels and poles, and brought the shrimp nets, to go Zhang Yun followed along with him while he was fishing for fish and shrimp by the Qingling River, and Zhang Xing naturally joined him and followed like a bug.

Now it is the beginning of April, which can be described as a warm spring day. After dinner, the sun gradually fell to the west, but the setting sun and sunset glow still filled the sky. The three brothers and sisters of the Zhang family walked all the way to the Qingling River. Seeing the jade belt-like Qingling River, under the setting sun, the whole river is so sparkling that people can't keep their eyes open.

Zhang Xing looked at such a dazzling scenery, and on the rocky beach by the river, there were a few children chasing and playing, so he jumped up excitedly and ran straight to the river.

"Xingzi, run carefully, don't fall into the river." Zhang Yun hurriedly called out loudly, Zhang Xing waved his hands while running, and in a blink of an eye rushed into the group of children and started playing.

Zhang Yun looked at it with a smile, and walked slowly up the rocky beach. Together with Zhang Zhang, they found a place where the river was relatively gentle. The shrimp net was immersed in the river water, slowly stretched forward, and after a while, it was fixed in the water, waiting for the fish and shrimp to bump into or get in, and felt a little trembling in the hand, and immediately swung the shrimp net to lift it up .

Seeing Zhang Zhang mentioning the shrimp net, Zhang Yun leaned over excitedly and looked inside, and saw a few small fish flopping about in the shrimp net bucket, "Brother, hurry up, put it in the bucket." Zhang Yun was afraid that the small fish would be short of water Too long to die soon, hurriedly urged Zhang Zhang to pour the small fish into the bucket.

Zhang Zhang had never caught fish and shrimp before, and his hands were inevitably unfamiliar. It was not until the crescent moon loomed in the sky that he managed to catch five or six nets. It was estimated that there were more than a dozen small fish and more than 20 river prawns. The harvest was sure. not much.

"Brother, it's getting dark, let's go back, and we'll do it again tomorrow." Seeing the regulations, I'm not reconciled, and I always want to do more. The shrimp nets are launched again and again, and the sky is getting worse. If it is black, the success rate will be lower, and it will be almost useless in the end, Zhang Yun couldn't help persuading.

Until the shrimp net came out of the water again, but found nothing, Zhang Zhang let out a sigh of frustration, and looked around, the night had unknowingly enveloped the surrounding fields, and the daughters-in-law and mother-in-law who had been washing dishes and laundry by the river had all gone back , the little ones were also called away one after another, and there were almost only three brothers and sisters left by the Qingling River. Both ends of the pole, carried back home.

After returning home, Zhang Yun hurriedly poured the fish in the bucket into the big wooden basin together with the water, and put the aquatic plants from the river into it, put the fish in a container with a larger mouth, added the aquatic plants, and It can slow down the oxygen consumption of fish and make fish live longer.

After all the fish were poured into the wooden basin, Zhang Yun put the wooden basin on the shelf outside the kitchen, so that the low temperature at night can lower the water temperature and consume much less oxygen.

After putting the tub in place, Zhang Yun turned around and saw Zhang Cheng squatting by the door, looking down at the shrimp net in his hand, thinking carefully.

"Brother, don't think about it, let's take a break earlier." After a day of exhaustion, Zhang Yun was a little sleepy, and he yawned after he finished speaking. Zhang Xing had already been urged by her to wash up and go back to the room to rest. up.

Zhang Zhang murmured, but didn't lift his head, and continued to fiddle with the shrimp net, muttering: "Why can't I afford it?"

"Okay, rest, don't think about it." Zhang Yun hurried up and grabbed his arm, and pulled it out of the kitchen. If she didn't do it, I'm afraid that the eldest brother would have to think about it.

Being dragged down by Zhang Yun like this, Zhang Zhang had no choice but to put down the shrimp net, followed out of the kitchen, took the remaining water in the bucket, washed his hands and feet, wiped his face, and went back to the house rested.

The next day, the three brothers and sisters came to the Qingling River again in the setting sun. After a day of pondering, the regulations have improved, but only a little more than yesterday, and the success rate is still not high. When it gets dark, Looking at the few fish and shrimps in the bucket, Zhang Zhang was really depressed.

"Obviously there are so many fish and shrimps in the river, how can I go around and can't afford to carry a few of them." Zhang Zhang anxiously beat the shrimp net into the water, splashing a few balls of water with a bang.

Zhang Yun looked at the fish and shrimp in the bucket, then looked at Yu Zu's elder brother, and thought to himself, it seems that the fish and shrimp must be skillful, and not everyone can afford it.

Originally, she wanted to select a large number of grass carp fry from the fry, and then select a few bighead carp and crucian carp fry to raise together. These are the fish species that most people raise together in grandma's village. When playing at grandma's house before, I heard them mention a few words in their chats, saying that raising grass carp has the largest yield, and raising some bighead carp and crucian carp is the most conducive to the growth of grass carp.

Zhang Yun was full of plans, but he didn't expect that he would encounter such obstacles in the first stage of picking fish fry. He couldn't afford a few fry, so there was no choice.She was also quite depressed, but she couldn't blame her elder brother. Instead, she had to persuade her a little bit, thinking that there would always be more pockets.

After trying for another day, the situation did not improve much, but time waited for no one, seeing that it was almost the tenth day of the lunar new year, and the digging and ridge raising of the paddy fields had to be started. When there was no other way, I could only count as much as I could. .

After dinner that day, Zhang Zhang took shrimp nets, wooden barrels, and poles to go to the Qingling River. Zhang Yun followed him to the outside of the fenced yard and asked, "Brother, Zhuzi and the others, how many of them are you?" Did you say hello, tomorrow is the seventh day of the lunar new year, and if it is later, it will not be able to catch up with the day of planting rice seedlings on the tenth day."

"It's all agreed, tomorrow I will go to Baitang Village with me, Zhuzi also found Chang Ming and Chang Liang, I also found Daniu, Fengzi, Ding Zi and his younger brother, plus Doctor Xiaohong, nine Let’s do it together, I think it will take two days for sure.” The charter has already prepared everything for tomorrow.

Zhang Yun felt relieved when he heard this, and said: "Brother, take your bags today and don't do them tomorrow, otherwise you'll be tired in the fields during the day and still carry fish and shrimps at night, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it."

Zhang Zhang was about to say something, but someone ran in from outside the fence, and was about to collide with Zhang Zhang. Fortunately, Zhang Zhang moved quickly and jumped to the side, so the two did not collide.

Although the person didn't hit him, the water splashed all over his body, because the person who ran in was carrying a bucket full of water, and the water in the bucket was all splashed out after such a collision.

"Ah, come on, come on, pick it up quickly, brother Cheng Zi, don't step on it." A high-pitched voice suddenly sounded, Zhang Zhang and Zhang Yun looked back, and it turned out that it was Chang Juan who ran in, and the one in her hand What splashed out of the bucket was not only water, but also a few small fish that flew up and fell to the ground.

The little fish flopped and danced on the dry mud. After only two or three jumps, he lost his strength. His belly was bulging and bulging. If he didn't enter the water, he wouldn't be able to hold on for long.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yun came to his senses, squatted down and reached out to pick it up, and shouted: "Brother, pick it up quickly, or the little fish will die."

With this call, Zhang Cheng regained his composure and hurriedly picked up the small fish that fell to the ground. Chang Juan came up to the two of them with a bucket in hand. They picked up one and put it in the bucket, even though it was only five There are six fish, but the fish are slippery, and the small fish are still alive. Whenever someone catches them, they will flop around desperately, unable to hold them for a while, and keep slipping off. It takes time to pick it up.

After picking up the little fish, Zhang Zhang stood up and wiped his forehead. His head was sweating after grabbing it in such a hurry, and Zhang Yun was not much better, his hands smelled like fish.

"Xiaojuan, why did you come here with a bucket of fish?" Zhang Yun didn't care about his sticky hands, and looked at the bucket in Chang Juan's hand, only to see a lot of fish fry swimming in the bucket. Shrimp seedlings can be seen in the middle.

When Zhang Yun asked, Chang Juan remembered the business, hurriedly handed the bucket to Zhang Yun, and said: "These are for you, I will bring them again tomorrow, you and Brother Cheng Zi, there is no need to go Take fish fry and shrimp fry."

Zhang Yun was taken aback by these words, but she didn't react for a moment. Chang Juan saw that she was standing still, so she simply stepped forward and stuffed the bucket into her hand. The words came along with the wind, "Yun'er, Brother Cheng Zi, I'm leaving first, and I'll deliver it later tomorrow."

Zhang Yun looked down at the fish and shrimp seedlings in the bucket, and a few of them were thumping and jumping. He thought of something, and hurriedly stuffed the bucket to his eldest brother, and ran out of the fenced yard, trying to catch up with Chang Juan. I ran out to have a look, there was no sign of Chang Juan on the path in front of the door.

(End of this chapter)