Wang family small peasant girl

Chapter 74

Under the light of the fire, Zhang Yun returned to the fenced courtyard, stopped in front of the courtyard gate, turned his head slightly, and said softly to the figure holding the torch, "I'm home, go back." After speaking, he turned and walked in , Put the bamboo cage and bucket in your hand into the kitchen.

After putting down the things in his hands, Zhang Yun walked slowly to the kitchen door, looking out of the fenced yard with his eyes, the fire reflected on the path flickered on and off, which showed that he hadn't left yet.

Zhang Yun leaned against the door, watching the swaying light and shadow on the mud floor, it took a long time to gradually disappear, and the four fields returned to darkness. She lowered her eyes and remained silent for a long time before slowly walking out of the kitchen and returning to her room to rest .

That night, for some reason, Zhang Yun didn't sleep very soundly, and he always had fragmentary dreams. When the cock crowed the next day, Zhang Yun woke up, feeling a little sore in his body and a little heavy in his head.

Zhang Yun sat on the kang, stared at the window paper in the morning light for a while, felt his head was better, then put on his clothes and pants and climbed down the kang, and just pushed the door out when he heard the charter call: "Yun Son, wake up, why there is suddenly a bucket of fish and shrimp fry in the kitchen, do you know where it came from?"

Zhang Yun didn't know how to answer these words, so he could only divert and say: "Brother, didn't you say that you have made an appointment with Zhuzi and the others, why are there still no one? You guys are going to Botang Village, you should go early."

"Well, my mother is baking pancakes, and she said that I will pack a few after baking. If you get hungry over there, you can eat with everyone and fill your stomach." Come on.

Zhang Yun thought it would be fine if he could divert the conversation, and while listening to his elder brother, he walked towards the kitchen, and when he arrived at Zhang Zhang, he heard him ask, "Then you can't get through?"

Originally, Zhang Yun planned to go there together so that she could teach them on the spot how to dig ditches and raise ridges, but after getting the bamboo cage last night, she had other plans. Catch some fish and shrimp fry and come back, so that they can be carried out on both sides. After the rice seedlings are inserted, there will be enough fish and shrimp fry that can be put into the paddy field.

"Brother, I can't dig a ditch, so I don't want to go." Although Zhang Yun is not going to go, he still has to tell Zhang Zhang about some requirements for digging ditches and ridges. Before leaving, I took him to discuss carefully for a while, and after seeing him remember everything, I was relieved.

The two brothers and sisters squatted in the corner under the eaves of the kitchen and talked. Mrs. Zhou came out of the kitchen after baking the cakes. When she saw them, she smiled and said, "Why are you squatting here? I made an appointment with Zhuzi and the others at the entrance of the village, the pancakes have been baked, I’ve wrapped some for you, you can take them with you.”

"Hey." Zhang Zhang hurriedly stood up, walked towards the kitchen in response, took Zhou's wrapped lotus leaf bag, took it, and ran out of the fenced yard, towards the entrance of the village.

Seeing that her elder brother had left, Zhang Yun turned and went into the kitchen. The mother and daughter had a hurried breakfast, and she helped Mrs. Zhou pack it up and sent the breakfast to the field.

After tidying up the kitchen, Zhang Yun went to the vegetable field. The sweet potatoes and pea pods have been planted in the field, and many vegetables have sprouted green seedlings. When the weather gets warmer, there will be a lot of vegetables in the vegetable field Vegetables can be harvested.While tending the vegetable seedlings, Zhang Yun took a small hoe and dug a few hoes on some muddy ground, and finally found a lot of writhing earthworms.

Packing the earthworms into small pieces of lotus leaves one by one, Zhang Yun went out of the vegetable field, pulled out some vegetable leaves along the way, chopped them up and fed them to the chickens, took out the bamboo cages, put them in the basket, and found I pulled out a long, thin hemp rope and put it in together with the lotus leaf bag. I carried the basket on my back, picked up the bucket and went out. I was planning to put the bamboo cage in the river to lure fish and shrimp, and cut some pigs along the way. Grass, so there is no delay.

As soon as Zhang Yun walked out of the yard, he saw a long bamboo pole leaning on the corner of the fence wall of his own house, and a long thin hemp rope was tied to the bamboo pole.

Zhang Yun suddenly stopped in his tracks, this is not... When did he put this in front of her house, did he go back to get it last night, or did he deliver it this morning.

Zhang Yun had no way of answering this question, so he walked slowly to the bamboo pole, stretched out his hand to hold it, was slightly stunned for a while, and then carried it to the Qingling River.

The method of luring fish and shrimp in bamboo cages is not difficult. Zhang Yun only watched it once last night, and the plenary meeting was completed. On the hemp rope attached to the bamboo pole, it was immersed in the river.

The bait was released, and the fish and shrimps were not collected so quickly. Zhang Yun put the bucket next to the bamboo pole, turned around and ran into the grass beside him, picked up the basket, took out the sickle, and bent down to cut the pigweed.

Zhang Yun quickly cut half a basket of hogweed, put down the sickle, and ran back to the river to pick up the bamboo pole. There was a sound of rushing water, and there was a loud splashing sound in the bamboo cages. Pull out the fine sack from inside, and the fish and shrimp fry will fall into the bucket, which has been filled with half a bucket of river water in advance. At this time, after the fish and shrimp fall into it, they will jump up and down.

After the three bamboo cages were shaken out, there was half a bucket of fish and shrimp. Zhang Yun hurriedly took the earthworms and put them in the bag, and the bamboo cages were lowered down the river again. The fish and shrimps in the house have also been crowded together, and they are densely packed.

Zhang Yun saw that both sides were done, so he hung the three diabolo cages on the hemp rope again, carried the basket on his back, carried the bucket in one hand, and the bamboo pole in the other, and walked back with difficulty.

Back home, Zhang Yun poured all the fish and shrimp fry in the bucket into the bathtub, and now there is less than half a bucket of water in it, and there are hundreds of fish and shrimp fry in the bucket.

After Zhang Yun put the fish into the tub, he put everything away, and then put the aquatic plants he caught today into the tub, and lay down beside the tub to look in. The fish in the water were thrashing and jumping vigorously. With so many fry, she can have a choice.

Zhang Yun originally wanted to divide the fry into one category and selected grass carp, bighead carp, and crucian carp. Unfortunately, except for a few larger fish, the rest of the fry were not very big, and the water was densely packed. She really couldn't tell which ones. It is grass carp, which are bighead carp and crucian carp.

After staring at the bathtub for a long time, Zhang Yun finally gave up. She really couldn’t tell the difference. She should wait for her parents and grandpa to come back, and then let them sort them out. Only grass carp, bighead carp and crucian carp were selected. The rest of the fish that are not suitable for farming should be put back into the river so that they can grow naturally.

After Zhang Yun thought about it, she straightened up and was about to do other things. When she was about to turn around, the biggest fish in the bathtub swiped its tail and made a splashing sound, and she turned her head to look over.

Zhang Yun might not be able to distinguish the other small ones, but she recognized the big one with a casual glance. It was more than a foot long, and its bulky head took up almost half of its body. Bighead carp is called fat head fish in their country. This fish head tofu or braised fish head is excellent.

Thinking of fish head tofu, Zhang Yun's saliva overflows. One of her favorite dishes is fish head tofu. Thinking about the rich soup, slippery tofu, and tender fish head, how can she bear it? Stay, this is the dish for tonight.

After spotting the target, Zhang Yun became excited all of a sudden, and quickly went to get the water ladle, reached into the bathtub, and picked up the bighead carp. After a long time, sweat came out on his forehead before he fished it out of the tub and dropped it into an empty wooden tub.

Zhang Yun may not dare to boast about other things, but she is very good at roasting fish heads. Who made her love to eat them? After taking out the bighead carp, Zhang Yun rolled up his sleeves and killed the fish neatly. Then cut off the head of the fish, scraped off the scales of the fish body, dug out the internal organs, put salt on the inside and outside, and hung the fish body under the eaves, and saved it for tomorrow to burn the fish pieces, there are always two days left. food.

After Zhang Yun quickly processed the fish head, she put it in the wooden basin, washed off the fishy smell on her hands, and started to do other housework. After noon, when the sun was westward, she brought a few copper coins , holding a big bowl out of the yard, and went to Uncle Tieli’s house at the entrance of the village to buy tofu.

Zhang Yun walked from Yanggu by the Qingling River, and it would be closer to Uncle Tieli's house from here.Bypassing a piece of grass, and walking a few more steps, you will be able to exit the intestines of the sheep, and the yard of Uncle Tieli's house can already be seen faintly.

"Auntie, then I'll go first, Fuzi, come back with me." Zhang Yun was about to get out of his intestines and turned outside Uncle Tieli's house, when he heard a call from the gate of the courtyard from a long distance away. She stopped for a while, she could tell that it was Chang Man's voice, and he should have come to pick Chang Fu back.

Zhang Yun leaned into the grass a little bit, didn't go out, looked out through the gap in the grass, and saw Chang Man hugging Chang Fu, smiled and said a few words to the eldest aunt who sent him out, then turned around and strode And go, and after a while, his back disappeared from sight.

"Hoo." Zhang Yun breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Chang Man's direction for a while, then walked out of the grass and walked towards Uncle Tieli's yard.

Walking down, some troubles arose in her heart, she didn't know why she wanted to hide, but she didn't know when, whenever she saw Chang Man, she felt like something was pressing her heart, which made her a little overwhelmed When you are angry, it is always inevitable to panic, it is better not to face each other, it will be more comfortable.

Although she thought so in her heart, Chang Man had done so many things for her, and she was still grateful. After buying tofu from Uncle Tieli's house and returning home, Zhang Yun suddenly had an idea in his heart.

After thinking about it carefully, Zhang Yun started to light the stove, and when the fire started, he poured oil into the pan, and slid the fish heads that had been cut in half into the oil pan one by one, frying both sides until slightly browned, After that, add water and tofu, cover the pot and slowly roll it up.

When the tofu and fish head's bright white sauce overflowed the pot noodles after rolling to a certain heat, Zhang Yun put the fish head tofu in a sea bowl, and sprinkled the pre-cut green onion on the fish head in the bowl , and sprinkle some pepper noodles, the delicious and rich fish head tofu is just fine.

This pot of fish head tofu Zhang Yun deliberately cooked more. After filling one bowl, there was still a small half left, which was also put into another bowl, so that the family could eat it when they came back. After filling the bowl, cover it with a big lid. Yes, put it in a basket and went out.

(End of this chapter)