Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 18 Crab
Mrs. Zhao made several large pieces of tofu for Du Xiaoyu, and she always heard that she wanted to make something delicious, but who would have thought that she would take out the tofu to dry today, which is really unheard of.

Looking at this little daughter, she was very curious, and she didn't know what was going on in her head, but then she thought that little babies would always do strange things. In the past, the eldest daughter was not the same as her son, they were both She was having fun, so she didn't care about it, she just rolled up her outer sleeves, saying don't get her body dirty, and let her go out to play.

Du Xiaoyu saw that the sun was already in the west, thinking that the temperature was not enough, so he volunteered to clean the yard.

Seeing that she was sensible, Mrs. Zhao was very happy, and gave her a dustpan and broom, and then turned to peel the corn kernels again.

Du Xiaoyu picked up the broken tofu on the ground and threw it away, and carried the chair and bamboo plaque home, and then took the broom to sweep up the fallen leaves.

Autumn is here, and there are always yellow leaves falling every day, as if they can’t finish falling. In addition, the wind is also strong. If you don’t clean it, you will be exhausted in a few days. There will be a pile of garbage, and these are all cleaned up by Du Huanghua on weekdays. Yes, this eldest sister is too tired, Du Xiaoyu feels a little sad thinking about it, so, how can she marry Mrs. Liu?But the age is indeed about the same, the best way is probably to find a lover as soon as possible.

She stretched out her fingers and counted, Aunt Wu's son was married, the son of Uncle Da Da's family was too thick, the youngest son of the Bai family in the east was sick, and the village head surnamed Lu was too short...

Hey, none of them fit!

She was in distress, Du Huanghua rushed in with a gust of wind, it was rare to see her so anxious, Du Xiaoyu raised her eyes and asked, "Sister, what's wrong with you? Is someone chasing you?"

"Crab, crab..." Du Huanghua stroked her chest panting.

Crab!

Du Xiaoyu's eyes lit up immediately, it's delicious, she threw down the broom and ran to Du Huanghua's side, staring at her hand, "Where is it, where is it?" I heard that crabs were everywhere in ancient times and were worthless, but she I haven't seen it once since I came here, and I thought it was someone else's nonsense. It turned out that there was a real one. Her mouth is watering. Steamed crabs and a plate of vinegar are as delicious as they are.

Du Huanghua was very angry and funny, this little greedy cat probably didn't know to be afraid of the word tiger, and only wanted to eat tiger meat, right?

"Mom!" She ran into it quickly and shouted, "Mom, take the guy quickly, the crabs have all run into the rice fields! Everyone is fighting, and it will be too late!" As she spoke, she picked up a small hammer Just go out.

Zhao's face turned pale with shock, she hurriedly responded and followed to go out.

Du Xiaoyu didn't know why, because their flustered expressions confused her, what's so scary about crabs?
"Xiaoyu, stay at home, don't come to the field, be careful of being caught." Mrs. Zhao ordered and ran out with Du Huanghua.

Du Xiaoyu scratched his head in a daze, could it be that he was caught by a crab?She ran outside, and gradually heard the voices of many people coming together from a distance, as well as the sound of beating gongs and drums, and became more and more confused. Why did it sound like some activity was going on?Or is it something to do with crabs?

The crab ran into the rice field?She thought about it, could it be that crabs are vegetarian?In her impression, crabs should eat small fish, shrimps or rotten things, but Zhao and Du Huanghua's expressions clearly told her that the rice fields were under threat!

She couldn't stay still anymore, she found a small wooden barrel at home and ran to her own field.

The scene in front of her surprised her. The black crabs in the rice field were rampant. Everyone in the village was copying guys, some with shovels and some with wooden sticks, and they were all fighting with the crabs.

Before that, she only knew that there would be plagues of locusts, floods and droughts in ancient times, but she never thought that there would be plagues of crabs!
It was really an eye-opener, but now is not the time to watch the spectacle, she has to protect her own farmland, she stepped on the ridge and ran forward quickly.

Du Xian was hitting the crab hard with a shovel at the moment, when he saw Du Xiaoyu came and shook his hand at her, "Go back quickly, this thing is ruthless, don't come here! Do you hear me?"

"Not afraid." Du Xiaoyu smiled at him, picked up two long branches and went over.

Mrs. Zhao saw it too, her face darkened, and she reprimanded, "Why did I tell you to stay at home? Don't cry if you get caught in a while!" While speaking, she stepped on her foot hard, and the two crabs immediately turned into mud.

Du Xiaoyu trembled when he saw it, and stood on the ridge of the field, not daring to move.

"It's already here, mother, don't scold her." Du Huanghua waved at her, "Come here, sister, watch your feet carefully," she said and saw the wooden barrel in her hand, and couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Still You don’t forget to bring the bucket, but how can you catch it? This thing is very fierce, it’s as big as two rakes, so don’t get caught.”

Du Huanghua was also on the ridge of the field, beating bravely with a small hammer, surrounded by dead crabs.

"Use this." Du Xiaoyu felt complacent when she saw that her elder sister was protecting her, and shook the branch in her hand. Wouldn't it work to hold it with long chopsticks?

She has experience in catching crabs. This thing is very stupid. Once it is lifted into the air, it will not let go of anything it catches, but once it is lowered, it will let go of anything as soon as its feet land. So it's best to use twigs.

By the time the villagers cleaned up all the crabs, Du Xiaoyu had caught half a bucket of live crabs.

Fortunately, the damage to the rice fields was not serious, so even though the villagers looked a little ugly, they finally took a look of rejoicing. After discussing some things together, they took their guys to prepare dinner.

"Mother, let's eat steamed crabs tonight!" Du Xiaoyu happily followed Zhao Shi.

Mrs. Zhao glanced at her, "I know how to eat."

"These are all the culprits, and you will calm down after eating your mother!" Du Xiaoyu said with a smile.

Du Xian came over with a wooden bucket, and laughed when he heard this, "See how our little fish can talk, yes, let's calm down after eating, let's go and wash the crabs with Dad!"

Du Xiaoyu happily followed, and the two washed the crabs with water.

When Du Wenyuan came back, just in time for the crabs to come out of the pot, several people washed their hands and poured vinegar and sat around to eat.

Du Xian drank some wine and calculated with Zhao how much income he could earn this autumn, while Du Xiaoyu told Du Wenyuan vividly about the battle of crabs, and the excitement of holding crabs with branches, pointing fingers, Du Wenyuan couldn't help laughing, peeling some crab meat and stuffing it into her mouth from time to time, Du Huanghua listened silently, sometimes laughed twice, and went in to cook after a while.

After dinner, Du Xian drank too much wine and went to bed early.

Mrs. Zhao called the three people over with serious expressions.

"Huang Hua, I heard from Xiaoyu that Mrs. Liu peeked at you washing your hair. Is this true?" Zhao asked.

Du Xiaoyu was immediately dumbfounded, and her excitement disappeared without a trace. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Zhao actually asked, so she lowered her head and twirled her fingers.

Du Huanghua was obviously surprised, because there was no such thing at all, but seeing Du Xiaoyu's appearance, she also guessed what she was thinking, and said in a low voice, "It's not a peek, it's just washing your hair and meeting Mrs. Liu, he Right in the yard."

Zhao's eyes fell on Du Wenyuan, "You went out with Master Liu that day, what do you say about it?"

"It's none of Mrs. Liu's business." Du Wenyuan answered quickly, "I took Mrs. Liu for a walk in the yard, and it happened that the elder sister came out of washing her hair, and Mrs. Liu was also shocked, so her expression was a little strange, no wonder Xiaoyu thought Mrs. Liu was peeking, but it wasn't true, it was just a misunderstanding, Mrs. Liu would not do such a thing."

Du Xiaoyu raised his head and rolled his eyes at him, do you want to be so sure about Master Liu?Just get rid of it, what nonsense!
"It seems like a misunderstanding." Mrs. Zhao nodded, "If Mr. Liu really does such a nasty thing, you can't be allowed to study with him."

It turned out to be this idea, Du Xiaoyu bit her lower lip, turned her head to look at Du Huanghua, and saw that her complexion was slightly pale, she probably felt a little cold in her heart.

Coming out of the house, Du Xiaoyu grabbed Du Huanghua and said, "Mrs. Ping is here today, and she praised Mrs. Liu very well, and said that sister was the one who delivered the baby, but mother didn't pay attention to her, and didn't even invite her." Come in and sit down, she was the one who had the cheek to talk to mother." She giggled, "Then she fell on the tofu and got very angry."

Du Huanghua touched her face, "I see."

Those hands were gentle and warm. Du Xiaoyu was most afraid of seeing her sad, so he changed the subject and said, "I caught so many crabs today, how long will I be able to eat them! Sister, when are you going to Feixian Town again? Buy some lard and come back. "

"Want noodles with lard?" Du Huanghua laughed.

"No, fried crab oil, very fragrant!" Du Xiaoyu realized that he had slipped up, and hurriedly added, "I read it in a book by my second brother, saying that fried with pork is delicious. Well, it can be stored for a long time without spoiling."

Du Huanghua snorted, "That's fine, anyway, my batch of pillow flowers is about to be embroidered, and I'll go to town in a few days. Put this crab in the water so it doesn't die."

After talking, the two entered the house, Du Huanghua lit the oil lamp and took out the embroidery shed.

Although he didn't know if Zhang Zhuoyu's side would work, Du Xiaoyu still asked, "Sister, do you really want to learn Suzhou embroidery?"

"Of course, it's great to learn Suzhou embroidery!" Du Huanghua wore a pink silk thread and was embroidering magnificent peony flowers. There will be a lot of achievements in the future. If this is the case, the family will not worry about that little money, and life will be better.

"If there is a master who is willing to accept apprentices, what will my sister plan to show others?" Although Bole knows the horse, there must be something to prove it, but according to her observation, Du Huanghua has no representative works, at least the part she traveled through. Time never appeared, Du Huanghua was just embroidering some very ordinary things.

Du Huanghua was slightly taken aback when she heard this, she really hadn't thought about it.

"Sister, when will you embroider a handkerchief for me? I want the most beautiful one!" Du Xiaoyu found her a job to do, and she wanted Du Huanghua to use all her needlework skills on it, so that she could identify the goods in the future. people watch.

Du Huanghua has always loved her, so there is no one who refuses, and said with a light smile, "I know it's going to look good."

Du Xiaoyu smiled, and crawled to sleep next to her.

Freshly released, the coding is a bit hasty, and I don’t know if there are any loopholes. Welcome everyone’s comments. This is the first time I write a well-behaved farm farm. Although I used to go to the countryside once a year, I’m not very familiar with it. Play it imagine, hehe~
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