Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 85 The Pond
The Spring Festival is coming soon, and it is rare for a family to get together, so we cherish it, you respect me and love me, and I feel warm everywhere.

This year is more lively than before. Aunt Wu's son's family is also there. During the night watch, even Shang Pang's family huddled together at their house, playing chess and horses, playing horses and cranes. It was as noisy as a playground, and they didn't go back until midnight. Firecrackers are set off in each house to welcome the New Year.

On the first day of the new year, it began to be deserted, and there were relatives walking around in other families, and their family should do what they did as usual.

It's just that the grandmother didn't think so. Early in the morning, Mrs. Wu brought her two children to say New Year's greetings to her eldest brother and sister-in-law. Du Xian was generous and really wrapped two red envelopes for them.Mrs. Wu said that Mrs. Li was sick while the iron was hot. Thinking of their family, they couldn't eat well, and they were old.

Seeing the concern on Du Xian's face, Mrs. Zhao thought to herself that Mrs. Li has finally used this trick. After all, it is a mother-child relationship. Du Xian was used to filial piety before. If he is not allowed to visit the sick at this point, He couldn't justify it, so he asked Du Wenyuan to take a look.

This trip lasted half a day, when Du Xian came back, his face was not very good-looking, but Du Wenyuan looked normal.

Du Xiaoyu looked strange, and asked Du Wenyuan secretly.

"I don't know what Du Tang said to my father. I was talking to my mother-in-law at that time, and it was only when I came out that I realized that my father met him outside. It should be because of this relationship." Du Wenyuan replied.

"Is that grandma really sick?" Du Tang has always been vicious, he can say anything, it's normal for Du Xian to be so angry, she is more concerned about what Li Shi is up to.

"It's just the wind and cold, and I want to stay with me for a few days." Du Wenyuan frowned. When he refused the request, his grandmother's expression was extremely bad, and she even spoke ill of his mother to him. He didn't want to think about it any more, so he flicked his sleeves Said, "It doesn't matter if she is."

That's right, this group of people affected the mood too much. Du Xiaoyu walked into the house with him, and mentioned Lin Song, "Uncle Lin will go back to celebrate the New Year, and I don't know if he will take over his family after the New Year." He left the village half a month before the Spring Festival.

"Probably not, Master has never disclosed this meaning."

Du Xiaoyu stopped, and asked mysteriously, "Second brother, don't you think Uncle Lin is strange? It's not easy to treat him with such skills, but he came to our village. If he goes to other places, he will also open a martial arts gym." , the number of disciples accepted must be several times more."

Du Wenyuan didn't answer, but stared at her twice, thinking that he still thinks this sister is strange, can't he ask the bottom line?

He looked at Du Xiaoyu with a guilty conscience, lowered his head and tugged at the hem of the maroon jacket. The eldest sister came back and brought some new clothes, which she said were fabrics from Mrs. Wan.

Du Wenyuan said at this time, "Even if the master has a secret, he definitely doesn't want outsiders to know it. Don't try it. I won't be able to learn it if I annoy him and leave."

Du Xiaoyu was so amused that he was bothering about this, and agreed to go into the kitchen to look for Du Huanghua.

One of the two sisters lit the fire and the other cooked vegetables. They talked a lot and had a good time.

A few days later, after the beginning of spring, it will be the season of rain. The newly purchased several acres of land are all planted with wheat. During this period, the most important thing is to water. There is a saying that "spring rain is as expensive as oil", and it has to be done by hand.

Du Xiaoyu was also watering and pruning her flower garden, and cleaning the rabbit cage, so she was busy for half a day.

When I came out, I saw the little wolf running wildly in the yard, and I couldn’t help but let out a soft drink. This guy sometimes does this. I don’t know if it’s because of the wildness of animals. When he heard the voice of his master, he stopped quickly and ran with his tongue out. She rolled happily in front of her in the sun, and then ran to the small pond at the door to drink water.

Not afraid that the water is as cold as ice, this idiot, Du Xiaoyu went into the house and poured a bowl of warm water and ran over.

The ice on the small pond has long since melted, and now it is basically the little wolf's private playground. In summer, it will often jump in and roll in the water. Du Xiaoyu stands there looking at the pond. She has studied it a long time ago. Nothing, not even a single aquatic plant, and I don't know why.

Du Xian was coming back from work at this moment, and said with a smile, "What are you doing here?"

"I was thinking about this pond," she raised her head and asked, "I've wanted to talk about it for a long time, what's going on with this pond, did dad dig it before?" Then she added, "I forgot, it's just an eyesore Really, it’s useless to occupy a lot of space.”

Du showed some regret, "It was there in the first place, but it was very good at that time, and there were still some fish. In the next few years, the water became more and more muddy, and the fish all died. I was too busy farming to take care of it. He nodded, "Now I have some free time, why don't we dig a little bigger?"

"Dig it bigger and you won't be confused?" Du Xiaoyu asked back.

"It's not clear." Du Xian didn't know how to make the pond.

At this moment there were footsteps behind him, and Zhong Daquan came over with a few strings of sausages, "Your pond is poisonous, it's useless to dig it up, and you can't grow anything." He gave the sausages to Du Xian, "My wife told me to take some sausages." Come here, try it."

The last time I ate their bacon, I was too embarrassed to return the sausage, but Du Xian reached out to take it, "Thank you, I'll steam it for dinner tonight."

"Uncle Quan, what's the matter with the poisonous pond?" Du Xiaoyu was aroused by what he said, so he hurriedly went up to pull him, "Uncle Quan will have dinner at our house later, I'll let Dad kill a rabbit."

"Slaughter a rabbit?" Du Xian was taken aback.

"Yeah, I don't know if the one raised in this way is delicious or not. How is it compared to the taste of wild rabbits?" She had already chosen a rabbit, and it was the male rabbit that roared anxiously. It is really not strong enough, and it is relatively small. Since it is for meat, the bigger the body, the better.

"Oh, that's fine, that's fine, Brother Zhong, then you stay here, anyway, I have to go to the village to find blacksmith Yu to repair farm tools, and I'll call your wife and Xiaopeng over here, you are here to help Xiaoyu How about killing the rabbit?"

Zhong Daquan declined again, "How embarrassing, the whole family went to your house to eat."

"It's okay, as long as Uncle Quan tells me what's going on with this pond."

"That's right, I have to trouble you, girl, so it's settled." Du Xian picked up the damaged farm tools and went out.

Du Xiaoyu went in and said hello to Mrs. Zhao, then led Zhong Daquan to the rabbit cage, and caught the male rabbit out. The poor guy seemed to have a premonition and struggled desperately.

She didn't want to watch this kind of scene, so she waited for Zhong Daquan to deal with it, wash it up and cook it for Mrs. Zhao before walking over.

The two walked to the pond, and Du Xiaoyu said, "Father said that this pond has been around for many years, and it was fine before, with fish in it, but then it became more and more muddled, and now there is nothing to see, look at it, Uncle Quan." Look, the soil on all sides has collapsed and is much smaller."

"No one cares about this. Those fishes died of diseases or the aquatic plants became dirty and they all sank below. If they are not cleaned up in time, the water will be destroyed sooner or later. This pond is full of poison. If you want to raise fish, you have to rebuild it. Replace all the water, and the bottom layer of mud is also unacceptable.”

Listening to his eloquent talk, Du Xiaoyu asked curiously, "Could it be that Uncle Quan has raised fish before?"

"Not really," Zhong Daquan laughed. "I used to work as a hired worker for a fish farmer. I was asked to look after the pond at night. During the day, I was also called to catch and load fish, so I understand a little bit."

That's great, Du Xiaoyu was overjoyed, "Then Uncle Quan can help me make this pond bigger when you have time, okay?" He asked again, "Is it okay to raise crabs in it?" Cold, if you keep it in front of your house, it will be much more inconvenient to eat?If you want to be happy, you can also get some lotus flowers, how beautiful it is!

Zhong Daquan said, "For crabs, the water should be shallow, so it will be impossible to raise fish."

Are the two contradictory?Du Xiaoyu was also a little worried, scratched his face and thought for a while and said, "Then dig the pond into..." She wanted to say trapezoidal shape, but she couldn't understand it, so she gestured, "See if this can be done. A little higher, since crabs like to stay in shallow water, they will naturally climb up by themselves, and the middle is still deep."

Seeing her respond so quickly, Zhong Daquan couldn't help being surprised, nodded and said, "You can try it, but digging the pond will take some effort."

"It's okay, Uncle Quan can take his time, I'm not in a hurry." Du Xiaoyu was happy in his heart, smiling brightly like the sun.

When Du Xian came back, he brought Zhong Daquan's daughter-in-law, Ding, and her son Xiaopeng with him. Zhong Xiaopeng was five years old this year. He has a naughty personality, and he chases after the little wolf as soon as he arrives.

The little wolf had been taught not to bite people, so he hid everywhere, bared his teeth occasionally to attack someone, but Du Xiaoyu yelled and ran away immediately.

Zhong Xiaopeng became even more energetic, searching through boxes and cabinets, even rolling them under the table.

His mother, Ding, has an oval face, small eyes, and a gentle temper. When she saw her son being naughty, she also reprimanded her a few times, but it didn't work, so she had to apologize to the Zhao couple, who naturally let her not take it to heart.

Du Xiaoyu was most afraid of naughty children. When he saw him, he thought of Zhou Zhouya's younger brother. The two children were not much different, so he hid in Du Wenyuan's room and chatted until dinner.

There are several dishes on the table, two of which are made of rabbit meat, one is braised rabbit meat with radish, and the other is fried with some tender slices, it smells very fragrant.

Everyone stretched out their chopsticks to eat, and Du Xiaoyu also tasted a few pieces, but was a little disappointed.

After all, it still can’t be compared with wild rabbits. Maybe wild rabbits are often exercising, not like those locked in a cage. She chews carefully, but it can’t be said that it is not delicious. It has a different flavor than pork.

After the meal, she asked for other opinions, which were basically the same as what she thought. She said that as long as the price is not expensive, she is willing to buy and eat.

This is enough, and it is also her original intention, but the process is still long. To sell the rabbit as a whole requires a complete plan.

For example, she has to think carefully about the signature rabbit meat dish...

Another update at night~~
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