Chapter 11 Bribing a person with a meal
After warming up for a while, Li Qiang opened the door, wiped his nose and said:
"Uncle, my mother asked me to call you to eat."
"Okay, we'll go there right away." Li Long stood up and followed Li Qiang to the West Room with Tao Daqiang.
As soon as I entered the room, I smelled a strong fragrance.
On the Eight Immortals table in the west house, there is a large pot of potato stewed with chicken, six bowls and six pairs of chopsticks.
Li Long knew that sitting north and facing south was the seat of the head of the family, Li Jianguo. Now he was sitting on the kang. When someone came in, he first asked Tao Daqiang to sit on his right side.
There is no habit here of women and children not coming to the table. Liang Yuemei quickly took Li Juan and Li Qiang to sit down.
"You must be exhausted. I see that the fish you caught are not small. Let's make fish soup for dinner tonight!" Liang Yuemei said with a smile on her face. In the coldest month of winter, the croaking chicken on the table and the defrosted fish in the kitchen all indicate that the food will be good in the coming days.
What makes her even more gratified is that her brother-in-law has made progress and knows how to get things at home.
After all, in this era of scarcity, the most difficult thing is for housewives. Now that we can eat chicken and fish, it is already a better meal than during the Chinese New Year.
“Okay, let’s eat.” Li Jianguo said, “Daqiang, you’re welcome, just eat.”
“That’s right, after we’re full, we have to go to Xiaohaizi. Li Long said, "It's not easy to break a hole in the ice. We can't waste it."
"Why?" Li Jianguo asked.
“The ice we smashed is half a meter deep.” Li Long said, “There are many fish in the sea. After a while, there will be more fish gathered in the ice hole. Maybe we can go back in the afternoon. Can catch more fish ”
"Then I'll go together." Li Jianguo said immediately, "Get more and freeze it to eat until the New Year!"
"I'm going too!" When Li Qiang heard that he was going to catch fish, he also wanted to go with him. , Liang Yuemei glared:
"You're not allowed to go! What can you do if you go? Make trouble?"
Li Qiang was unconvinced and lowered his head in grievance.
"Okay, okay, let's eat." Li Jianguo picked up a piece of chicken leg and put it into Li Juan's bowl, picked up another piece and put it into Li Qiang's bowl, and said to Tao Daqiang:
"Daqiang, you're welcome, eat quickly."
After speaking, he looked at Li Long again, and Li Long said hurriedly:
"I'll do it myself!" After saying that, he picked up a piece of potato. .
Tao Daqiang also followed suit, picked up a piece of potato and ate it.
This large pot of vegetables is mostly potatoes and half meat, mixed with a little spicy skin, and it tastes quite good. The potatoes are grown in my own vegetable field and stored in the vegetable cellar in winter. The stew is very sandy and delicious.
Because the stewing time is relatively long, the meat of the chicken is easily removed from the bones. Everyone is very focused on eating, and the bones are quickly piled up on the table.
"Daqiang, eat some meat." Li Long saw Tao Daqiang just lowering his head and picking potatoes into his mouth and said, "There is still meat."
"That's right, Daqiang, Don't pretend." Liang Yuemei said, "I'll go fishing later. Eat more meat now."
"Brother Daqiang, eat meat." Li Qiang also followed the example of adults.
“Hehehehe.” Li Long smiled, Li Qiang was very capable.
Soon, the pot of vegetables was about to reach the bottom, and there was still less than half a pot of soup underneath. Liang Yuemei went to get a handful of wide noodles and poured it into the pot. Li Jianguo mixed it for a while and said:
“Eat it, this noodle has a lot of flavor.”
In this meal, he ate a pot of vegetables and a handful of noodles, and finally Everyone drank a bowl of soup to dissolve their food, but Li Long didn't want to move at all.
"Uncle, it's so delicious. Can you catch quack chickens again in two days?" "Try, you may not be able to catch it." Li Long couldn't guarantee it. He believed that the news of his catching the croaking chicken had definitely spread throughout the village through Wu Shufen's mouth. If there is a harvest, someone will naturally be interested, and they will be able to find the place by following the footprints. I can’t guarantee whether it will be there if I go there at night.
"If you don't have croaking chicken, it's better to have fish." Li Juan interjected, "I just saw it. The big crucian carp is so beautiful. It's as wide as my two hands and has a fat belly. It looks delicious!" ”
When speaking, Li Juan’s eyes were shining and she was very serious.
“That’s right, there’s no guarantee that there will be no shortage of chickens and fish.” Li Long stood up and helped Liang Yuemei clear the dishes, which made Liang Yuemei feel that her brother-in-law had really changed.
It was impossible for him to do such a thing before!
After resting for half an hour, Li Long went back to the house and saw that the clothes were almost dry, so he told his elder brother Li Jianguo that it was best to go now.
Li Jianguo was almost ready, so he dressed and went out.
“Bring two fertilizer bags, otherwise it will be difficult to get the fish.” Li Long reminded, “The ice hole may be covered with a thin layer of frost, and a shovel can break it open.”
< br>"Okay." Li Jianguo prepared the tools, and then followed Li Long and Tao Daqiang to Xiaohaizi.
Liang Yuemei watched the three people leave, and then took Li Juan and Li Qiang to pack up the fish. All the fish were put into an oval washing tub. Li Juan scraped the scales, Li Qiang helped pick out the gills, and Liang Yuemei peeled them with scissors.
After the belly of the first big crucian carp was cut open, she saw that the belly of the fish was indeed very fat, and she smiled.
very nice.
Liang Yuemei felt a little funny thinking about the smile on her husband's face when he followed Li Long and the others.
If she understands it, she should understand that this is called "a man remains a boy until he dies." When it comes to things like fishing and fishing, eighteen-year-old and eighty-year-old men usually have the same interest.
Tao Daqiang once again took the lead and opened the way ahead. After walking twice, the knee-deep snow had been waded out of a narrow path, and it was not that difficult to walk again.
Twenty minutes later, the three people arrived at the ice cave.
Sure enough, the original water surface was already covered with a thin layer of ice. Tao Daqiang smashed the ice with a shovel several times, and then used a net to fish away the broken ice. He went down first, stood up and started to "catch fish".
Li Long was not idle either. He gathered another pile of reeds and started to light a fire.
When the first net came out, three or four fish were dumped on the ice by Tao Daqiang along with the broken ice. They were all carp and grass carp weighing more than one kilogram.
Li Jianguo hurriedly picked up fish from the urea bag. While picking up, he looked over at Tao Daqiang from time to time. He was eager to try the net.
When the second net came out, a black thing was poured out along with three or four fish - Li Jianguo was shocked when he saw it!
Li Long had sharp eyes. After seeing this thing, he said happily:
"Brother, this is a water rat, shoot it to death!"
Water rat?
What is a water rat?
Although Li Jianguo didn't understand what it was, his reaction was not slow. He picked up the shovel and slammed the slow-moving guy on the ice.
The front of this thing looks like a large mouse, not much smaller than a rabbit, but its tail is very strange, hard and hairless, like an upright flat stick.
Although he moved slowly, the two big teeth in this guy's mouth were not slow at all. Being pressed there, he had no choice but to gnaw on the ice, and soon made a hole!
Li Jianguo hurriedly patted the thing twice more, killing it.
He looked at Li Long, wanting to hear how his brother explained this thing.
(End of this chapter)