Chapter 14 Let’s wait and see
“Dad, why didn’t you cook?” Tao Daqiang put the two fish in the kitchen and shouted to his father in the back room.
Tao Daqiang's father, Tao Jianshe, was leaning on the kang to smoke a pot. Hearing his youngest son's voice, he took off the pot and knocked on it and said:
"You did it, you didn't even have it so late. Come back, your nephew Mao Dan comes here , He said that he was hungry from playing, so he ate the rice left for you. You are going to be hungry, and there are still potatoes in the kitchen. You can bake two of them under the stove. "
This is what Tao Jianshe said. Tao Daqiang felt calm and thought it was nothing. Tao Daqiang's brother Tao Dayong is married and has a son, Mao Dan, who is the treasure of the family.
In the past, Tao Daqiang really liked to bake potatoes and eat them. He had been called stupid by his family since he was a child. His father, brother and sister-in-law also said the same, and he was used to accepting things.
But today at Li's house he ate croak chicken, drank fish soup, and caught fish himself. He felt that he was still useful, so he raised his voice and said:
"Dad, I I caught fish, I want to make fish Eat!”
“Did you catch a fish? What kind of fish?” When Tao Jian heard that Tao Daqiang had caught a fish, he got up from the bed and shouted:
Take it and take a look.”
Tao Daqiang walked proudly from the kitchen carrying the fish.
“Hey, this fish is pretty good!” Tao Jianshe originally thought that the most his son would bring back was palm-sized crucian carp. After all, this kind of crucian carp is the easiest to catch, but in the end, they were all over one or two kilograms. Big fish, that's really rare. "Where did you catch it?"
"I went to Xiaohaizi to catch it with Brother Long." Tao Daqiang said proudly.
"Brother Long? Who?" Tao Jianshe didn't understand.
"Li Long, Li Jianguo's younger brother." Tao Daqiang said.
"You mean that bastard?" Tao Jianshe said disdainfully, "Does he have that ability? Li Jianguo must have been the one who caught him, right?"
Tao Daqiang thought for a while and nodded.
"Okay. No matter who brought it, you can take this fish to your brother's house." Tao Jianshe said, "We don't have much oil at home, so we can't use oil for cooking fish?"
“I don’t use oil, I stew fish Soup!" Tao Daqiang thought about the fish soup he drank at Li's house in the evening and said, "Just use water!"
Tao Jianshe suddenly got angry and hit Tao Daqiang on the head with the smoke pot:
"Why are you so stupid? Just use water? Then you can't burn the stove and waste charcoal? Just think about yourself, what will you do next? Your mother died early, and when I die, you are so stupid, you can't live on your brother? Now If you don't fawn over your brother, you won't even be able to eat when the time comes!"
"I can eat! "Tao Daqiang was stubborn today and refused to give it away, "I followed my brother - I haven't eaten enough this winter! I even had enough to eat with Brother Long. You can also eat chicken and fish!"
"I told you to eat chicken!" Tao Jianshe said. Thinking that his always obedient son dared to refute and talk back to him, he became so angry that he took a cigarette pot and hit Tao Daqiang on the head. Tao Daqiang took a few tough blows, but seeing that his father didn't spare any strength at all, he was so angry. He opened the door and ran outside, leaving an angry voice in the wind:
“I won’t eat fish anymore. Give it to whoever you want!”
Tao Jianshe was a little confused as he held up the smoking pot. After a while, the heat in the room was taken away by the cold outside the door. He felt the biting cold and hurriedly closed the door, cursing angrily:
"This bastard's wings are stiff and he's disobedient! You turned against him!"
Looking at the fish at his feet, Tao Jianshe sighed, bent down, picked up the fish, and put it into the kitchen. I plan to divide the fish into three pieces for Tao Dayong to take back when he comes over tomorrow.
Now that I am here, my eldest son can still agree to take care of my younger son because of his face.
When Li Long came back from the horse, he saw a big black man hanging outside the door of his courtyard. He immediately became vigilant, looked around, and broke off the wall from the backyard. A piece of soil shouted loudly:
“Who?”
"Brother Long, it's me, Daqiang." Tao Daqiang's voice came over.
Li Long was relieved, saying that he had never felt it before, and this big guy felt oppressive due to his blindness.
"What are you doing here?" Li Long approached and asked, "I have to leave early tomorrow morning, why don't you go to bed early?" "I...I can't sleep." Tao Daqiang said hesitantly, "I I want to stay at your house. Let’s go with you tomorrow.”
"Okay." Although Li Long felt a little strange, since Tao Daqiang was here, he couldn't drive people back. "Come on, I've borrowed the carriage. Go back and tell my brother , let’s take a rest early and leave early tomorrow.”
Seeing that Li Long didn't ask any questions, Tao Daqiang followed him silently.
Li Long went to the West Room first and told Li Jianguo to borrow a carriage and that Tao Daqiang would stay with him tonight.
Li Jianguo heard that Li Long had borrowed the carriage, and said:
"Okay, it's been a tiring day today, so you should rest early and go to bed early. Set off early tomorrow, go early and come back early By the way, Xiaolong, I'll peel off the water rat's skin. Come on, you guys go to the county purchasing station tomorrow and see how much you can sell it for, and buy some food on the way."
"I'll get up early tomorrow to steam some steamed cakes and bring them with me," Liang Yuemei said, "and get some steamed buns. OK, just put it in your satchel.”
"Okay." Li Long nodded and said, "Then let's go to bed."
"Put more coal in the stove over there." Li Jianguo warned again, "Otherwise it will be cold in the middle of the night."
He didn't say much. It would be crowded for two big boys to cover one quilt, but basically no one has many quilts nowadays. Fortunately, Li Long had a coat that could barely deal with it.
Li Long himself had the same idea. With the hot spot on the kang and a cotton coat, he could deal with it in one night.
Early the next morning, Li Long woke up at dawn and woke up Tao Daqiang. The two quickly got dressed and went out to the West Room.
Liang Yuemei was already cooking, and Li Juan and Li Qiang also got up. Li Juan is sweeping the floor and Li Qiang is washing his face.
Breakfast is the leftover fish soup from yesterday, fried pickles, and cooked corn batter.
Looking at the fish soup on the table, Tao Daqiang felt sad for no reason. He hurriedly washed his face to hide it.
After breakfast, Li Jianguo rolled up the wrapped water rat skin and put it into a urea bag. Liang Yuemei handed the satchel containing the cake to Li Long and told him:
"You two, eat when you are hungry on the way, don't be reluctant."
After saying goodbye to his family, Li Long took Tao Daqiang to the horse racing stable. With the help of Lao Luo, they hitched up the carriage and loaded two bundles of fodder. The two of them got on the carriage and hurried towards the county seat.
The mountain is in the south, but the road goes west. Walk five kilometers west to the commune, then three kilometers south to the county. About ten kilometers southwest from the county is Qingshuihe commune. It takes another five kilometers to enter the mountain - in fact, even with a horse-drawn carriage, it would take nearly thirty kilometers on the road alone.
We haven’t reached our destination yet.
Shortly after Li Long left, the first person to visit the Li family was the sister-in-law of the Lu family across the street.
The visitors were guests. Li Jianguo took Li Juan and Li Qiang to collect fish in the east room. Liang Yuemei let people in. When they sat down, the Lu family's sister-in-law, who was in her fifties, asked:
"His aunt, I heard that your brother-in-law is back? Was he fired? Did you go to the mountains to pull wood today? The village doesn't have enough trouble for him! What a fool this is!"
In the village, Li Dragon is actually quite a joke.
I worked hard to get into the factory, but was fired.
I finally caught up with a beautiful girl in the village, but ended up getting dumped.
Now he is making a fool of himself again, spending money to buy the work points of the horses, and driving the carriage to pull wood in the mountains - is it easy to pull wood in the mountains? It's hard to tell whether he can find his way into the mountains like that!
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