Prosperity through farming

Chapter 5

After walking for nearly half an hour, Xiaohan's feet softened, and she was hugged into her father's arms again. She also liked this way more, after all, the higher the position, the farther she can see. For example, she can see now, The situation where the river is further away.

It turned out that the part where the elder brother and the others played was just a branch of the river that slanted outwards. Now what she and her father walked was the main branch of the river. Taking advantage of the high position, Xiao Han looked towards the end of the river, "Huh? Did it flow down from the mountain?"

"That's right," Zhang Hoe nodded, "The big waterfall on the mountainside is the source of this river. Now, Xiaohan see, it's the white one."

Xiao Han nodded, and took advantage of the opportunity to make a new request, "Daddy, shall we go to see the waterfall tomorrow?"

"That can't be done. The waterfall can only be seen from a distance here. It's a forbidden area over there. Only people in Zhongjiazhuang who have obtained the permission of the ancestors can go in. Others can't walk up at all, and even walking near it will feel uncomfortable. of."

"Why?" Zhang Xiaohan was very surprised by this, "Will Daddy feel uncomfortable when he walks over?"

Zhang Hoe smiled, "You'll know when we go a little further."

There is no need to walk any further, Zhang Xiaohan has already felt it now, the more he walks upstream of the river, the more cloudy he feels, obviously the sun is very strong, but there is a feeling that he can't get the sun on his body.But the river water, no matter whether it was used to wash the face before or looked at now, there is no special chill at all.

In the distance, the uncle Zhong Yuyang was already waving, and the father was still far away from them with Zhang Xiaohan in his arms, so he ran over and stopped them, "Brother-in-law, what did you do? Why did you bring Xiaohan here? There is a lot of yin here, and Xiaohan is a girl, unlike boys who are born with a strong yang. If you flush into the yin, you will have no time to cry. Even when the little sister was young, we never let her Come play here."

"It should be fine," Zhang Hoe said in a low voice to his uncle, "Lan Yu didn't say no."

Xiaohan pursed her lips, "My brothers have all come to see my uncle fishing. Can't I come?"

When the uncle saw the sweet and tender face of the little girl, he said nothing else, "Then, let uncle draw a line on your face first, so that you can go and see it."

"No need?" Zhang Hoe was taken aback when he heard this, as if he heard that someone was going to use Song Zhengzong's authentic handwriting as toilet paper to wipe a child's buttocks, "This is too..."

"It's okay," the uncle gave him a blank look, cut off his words, and drew some strange lines on Xiaohan's forehead with his fingers. Yinyin felt uncomfortable, as if the sun was shining on her body again, and then the uncle squeezed her cheek with his wet big hands, "Okay, now I can watch uncle fishing with peace of mind."

His face was turned cold by the water in his uncle's hands, but Zhang Xiaohan giggled. Speaking of which, the relatives on the mother's side treated her very well—it can't be helped, in Zhongjiazhuang, male heirs are prosperous , daughter less.In Zhong Lanyu's generation, there were only four daughters in dozens of families in the entire Zhongjiazhuang. In the generation of the big cousin, until now, more than 30 boys have been born in the entire Zhongjiazhuang. The population has prospered, but even a daughter has not yet been born.

Zhang Xiaohan, the daughter of the Zhong family's daughter, was treated by Aiwujiwu as a baby lump.

Speaking of which, if it wasn't for his uncle and uncle, Zhang Xiaohan wouldn't have the blessing to have fish to eat every day.Other families in Zhangjiazhuang usually go to fetch fish every two or three days.

Only Xiaohan's family, since she was born, is either the eldest uncle or the second uncle every day, who will come to hug her and tease her by sending fish to her door every day.Sometimes when they are free, the two of them even come over to drink with daddy...

Thanks to the gift of the uncle and the second uncle, Xiaohan's family can have fresh fish to cook soup or porridge every day.

The uncle walked with them for a while, and they got closer to the fishing place. The river was so wide that Xiaohan couldn't see the shore at a glance, and the water became dark. Zhang Xiaohan was flustered, but his forehead On the road, a warm feeling came from the place where the uncle passed by, which stabilized her mind.

She cast her gaze forward, and the second uncle was leading a dozen or so big men from Zhongjiazhuang to splash about in the wide river section half a mile away.

The river here is obviously very deep. It is normal for a sharp plunger to not come out of the water for three to five minutes. It came out in just a few seconds.

On the bank of the river, there were two people squatting beside the bamboo baskets to clean up the big fish that had been thrown ashore. When they saw Xiaohan's father and daughter, they waved a black fish-cutting knife in their hands to greet them. "Brother Hoe, bring your daughter to play?"

"Yes, Brother Wang, Erwan, it's your turn to cut the fish now?" Zhang Hoe greeted them, and then told Xiaohan, "Call someone, this is Uncle Zhong Wang, and this is Uncle Zhong Erwan."

Xiaohan obediently called out to someone, and then immediately turned his gaze to the churning water in the river.

"Xiaohan, be good, watch uncle catch the biggest fish for you." Uncle looked at the river surface, his toes were a little on the bank, submerged in the water, the splash was so small that Xiaohan's head was dizzy again "diving champion" ...? !

Three minutes later, a human head floated up from the water. Xiaohan recognized it as his second uncle Zhong Xuyang. He was holding a big fish more than one meter long in his hand, and waved it at Xiaohan.

Xiaohan clapped his hands happily, "It's amazing, Second Uncle is amazing, he caught such a big fish!"

The second uncle waved the fish at her together, and then, with a flick of his hand, the fish flew straight to Zhong Wangbo's basket on the bank where he scraped the fish scales.

Holding a small iron knife in his hand, Zhong Wang caught the alive and kicking fish with one hand, held down the head of the fish and smashed it, and then cut open the belly of the fish with one knife. Twist it out and throw it in a wooden basin, then remove the scales and gills, leaving only the edible part, and throw it whole into a bamboo basket.

The whole process must not exceed two minutes.

Just after one fish was processed, another fish was thrown to the side of the basket. Xiao Han looked back to see who caught it, but the person who threw the fish had already plunged into the water again, so she didn't see it.

Just at this time, the uncle also floated up. The fish in his hand was bigger than the second uncle's, a meter and a half long. When he threw it ashore, it drew a long silver-white arc in the air. Hui Xiaohan really opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it, "Wow, such a big fish?!"

With her encouragement, the uncles and uncles were very energetic and plunged into the river with all their strength, and big fish were thrown ashore one after another.

Zhang Xiaohan discovered that the fishers in the river and those who scraped the fish scales on the bank would take turns. After a while, there were two people who were originally catching fish in the water, Zhong Wangbo and Zhong Wangbo who had climbed up to the bank to scrape the scales. Uncle Zhong Wan changed hands, so it can be regarded as a rotation.

But until Xiaohan was about to go home, neither the uncle nor the uncle had gone ashore to rest. Moreover, Xiaohan also found that the fish they caught were bigger than those caught by the two uncles. smaller.

it's wired?
On the way home, she asked Zhang Hoe about this question, but her father didn't know about it, so she asked her to go back and ask her mother.

That's right, my mother is originally from Zhongjiazhuang, so she must know about fishing.

"Will that mother also sing the song they drink when scraping fish scales?" Xiao Han continued to ask.

"Singing? Do they sing?" Han Lu and Jing Zhe, who were following Zhang Hoe who was holding Xiao Han, were surprised and looked at each other, "Have you heard it?" "No?"

"But their mouths are moving all the time," Xiaohan was sure, "there was also a sound, although it was very slight, but I really heard it!" He looked at his father eagerly, begging for his confirmation.

Zhang Hoe touched her head, a little restless, loosened her braids, and then wrapped her up in clothes, "Hey, let's talk when we get home, we have to run faster, otherwise, you Mother has to wait in a hurry."

"That's right, no matter how late it is, the meal will be cold." The elder brother's voice was also a little anxious.

The second brother has already rushed out, "Let's see who can run faster."

After a strong gust of wind, the thick clothes wrapped around her were taken away, and Xiaohan saw her mother standing right at the door, "I'm back." He took Xiaohan and hugged her in his arms.

"Mother," Zhang Hanlu held up a large piece of fish in his hand, "This is what my uncle and uncle asked me to bring back."

"Oh, good. Put it in the kitchen and cook fish porridge tomorrow morning." Zhong Lanyu nodded, and then told Zhang Hoe and his two sons, "Go wash your hands and get ready for dinner."

"Hey." The three father and son entered the side kitchen.

"Mother." Xiao Han looked at the three figures who had disappeared into the kitchen, "Should I wash my hands too?"

"Well, let them go first," Zhong Lanyu hugged her precious daughter tightly, "mother will wash it for you right away."

"By the way, mother." Taking advantage of this gap, Xiaohan began to ask the question about the Zhong family just now, "Today, Dad took me to see my uncle and uncle fishing. It's so strange, why the fish that uncle caught It is the biggest, the fish caught by the second uncle will be smaller than him, and the fish caught by others will be even smaller?"

Zhong Lanyu raised her eyebrows, "Xiaohan is very careful. In fact, the distribution of fish in the river is regular. The bigger the fish, the deeper the water is to catch them, and the deeper the water, the colder the Chuanhe River is." Yes, only your uncle is capable of withstanding the cold, diving into such a deep water, and catching big fish."

Xiao Han seemed to realize something, "Does the private school also teach you how to stay cool in the water?"

Zhong Lanyu smiled, "That's what the Zhong family private school teaches the boys."

"What about the song that was sung when cutting the fish?" Xiao Han continued to ask, "Is it also taught in the Zhong family's private school?"

Zhong Lanyu's face changed obviously, "The song I sang when I cut the fish? Did you hear it?"

"I didn't hear it clearly, but I know there must be singing." Xiaohan is still very sure of this.

(End of this chapter)