Chapter 203 My mother wants to marry Li Long
That night, Li Long made fish stew for his father and mother, and made the mashed fried fish from last time.
Du Chunfang meant to wait for Liang Yuemei to come back. Li Long said directly:
"My eldest brother and sister-in-law came back very late. They were tired from working in the fields all day. Waiting for them If you do, you won’t be able to eat even after dark. I have nothing to do, and my cooking is not bad. Mom, just try what I cook!”
Du Chunfang didn’t say anything. She can also cook fish herself, but she usually uses a small stove at home! She was afraid that she wouldn't be able to cook such a big pot of fish on a small stove.
Tao Daqiang went back carrying two or three kilograms of fish. Li Long and his parents peeled the fish together. Li Juan had also returned. She brought firewood and was waiting to light the fire.
Seeing that his uncle was making fish, Li Qiang came over and the yard was lively with people talking and laughing.
When Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei came back, the stewed fish and fried fish were already on the table. Li Long took the fish for the two children and let them eat first. The adults were waiting for Li Jianguo and the others to come back before eating.
Everyone enjoyed the meal very happily.
Early the next morning, Li Long and Tao Daqiang got up early to get the fish. After they came back and selected the fish, Li Long took Li Juan away on a bicycle. Tao Daqiang went back to eat and then came back to pick up the net.
Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang helped pick up the nets together. Originally, they wanted to visit the fields, but Li Jianguo said that these two days were the most critical time for weeding, and he would take them there when they had free time. Farming here in northern Xinjiang is different from that in my hometown, so there is no rush at this moment.
It was already noon when Li Long came back from selling fish. When he came back, Du Chunfang had already prepared the meal.
After dinner, Du Chunfang wanted to go to where Li Long lived anyway, so Li Long took his father and mother to Lao Ma Hao.
When she first heard that it was Lao Ma Hao, Du Chunfang’s face suddenly dropped. She felt that her younger son must have been wronged, but when she arrived at Lao Ma Hao, she saw how big the building was. , the house was cleaned very clean, the furniture and bedding were all new, and there was a kitchen here, and there were people to keep company, so his expression softened.
Uncle Luo knew that Li Long's parents were here. He greeted Li Long warmly and praised Li Long a few more times before going to rest.
"Look, the house I live in is bigger than the house you live in." Li Long said in the house, "The beds and furniture are all made of fresh wood, made of pine wood, good stuff. Are you relieved now?"
"Don't worry, don't worry." Du Chunfang nodded vigorously, "Xiaolong is twenty-two years old, it's time to find a wife. It's not good to live in your elder brother's house all the time."
"This I know, You don't have to worry about it." When Li Long heard his mother say this, he felt like he was shooting himself in the foot when he thought about what he said to Gu Xiaoxia. The target? "
"Your elder brother said that you found someone from this village, how is it now?" Li Qingxia asked after thinking about the telegram that Li Jianguo sent home.
"That person blew it off. Didn't I spend my brother's money to join the factory?" Li Long explained, "Later I was fired by the factory, and then we broke up."
"It seems that girl is still not good." Du Chunfang thought that her youngest son was good at everything, so she couldn't help but said, "I'd better find someone from my hometown who knows everything and can work. Really!"
一Seeing that my mother wanted to tell him about my wife from my hometown, Li Long hurriedly waved his hand and said:
"No, no, no, mother, I already have someone, a school teacher, a public servant. I'm busy now, so I won't bring him to see you. I'll let you see him later."
Du Chunfang was dubious. Li Long regretted it. He would have told the truth from the beginning.
Li Qingxia changed the subject and asked Li Long:
"How much can you sell fish for today?"
"Thirty or forty yuan, probably." Li Long said, "There are few fish sellers now. After a while, the price of fish will come down. It’s not that much money anymore.”
“That’s a lot!” Li Qingxia was moved when he heard that he could sell it for thirty or forty yuan a day, “Then I’ll go and take a look with you when the fish is on sale? ”
"What do you think? You can't get up so early?"
"Why can't you get up so early? What time do you get up? Just call me when you get up." Li Qingxia smiled Said, "Although I have never sold fish, when I was young, I sold ginger and pears in order to support my family. I sold them from a cart and I could shout. Isn't this just selling things!"
Li Longxin said that this is true. As long as he can lower his face and shout loudly, fish can basically be sold in this era of shortage of supplies. After all, there are many workers in northern Xinjiang, especially in Shicheng, who are paid, the relative wages are quite high, and the market potential is quite large.
"Okay, tomorrow is Sunday, Xiaojuan doesn't go to school, let's go together."
"I also thought of a good idea." Li Qingxia said with a smile, "Wait until you get off today When I'm netting, I'll get a new guy to catch fish, and we'll go get the fish together tomorrow morning. You sell your fish, and I'll sell mine!"
Li Long was a little curious, what could Dad think? What can be done?
After Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang went back, he asked Du Chunfang to find a new sock, then cut off the head of the sock, leaving only the waist of the sock. Then he went to the kitchen to find a cage cloth (gauze) and cut a piece in the middle. hole, and sew the sock waist thinly in the middle of the cage cloth.
Finally, Li Qingxia found a washbasin, covered the washbasin with a cage cloth, and tied it tightly with a rope along the edge of the basin. It couldn't be pulled apart even if it was pulled. That was it. What was left was to find a rope to tie with the triangular buckle, which was balanced enough to lift the basin. He grabbed a handful of oil residue from the pig feed, stuffed it into the basin from the waist of his sock, and the fish-catching artifact was ready. .
"Can this thing work?" Du Chunfang understood immediately after looking at it. She was a little unsure and asked, "Are those fish really there?"
"Look, tomorrow I'll go with Xiaolong to get the net, I'm sure to catch a lot in this pot!" Li Qingxia was full of confidence.
When Li Long and Tao Daqiang came to pick up tires and nets two afternoons, they saw the "pot net" made by Li Qingxia.
Li Long understood it at a glance. He smiled and said:
"Dad, you are doing this well, you will definitely catch a lot of fish! There is a channel fish in this small sea, which is a kind of loach. It tastes so good. They like to drill in here!"
" Haha, that's good!" Li Qingxia was a little proud and a little surprised after receiving his youngest son's approval. He didn't expect Li Long to see the secret of his fishing "artifact" at a glance.
Of course Li Long has seen it a lot in his last life, but most of the people who use this trick are children. They will take a can bottle with a hole in it, and throw some steamed bun dregs or something in it, and that will work. Attract fish.
The three of them carried tires, nets and pots all the way to Xiaohaizi. When they met someone working in the fields on the way, Li Long would warmly introduce his father.
Li Qingxia was still a little uncomfortable and a little shy, but he soon discovered that his son Li Long was very popular.
When they arrived at Xiaohaizi, Li Long rode a tire and carried the net into Haizi to lower the net. Li Qingxia looked at the water surface, looking for a suitable place to release the net, and asked Tao Daqiang:
"Daqiang, I You also want to go down and lower the net, right?”
“Yes, but you can’t lower it. Look at Brother Long using his mouth to lower the net while paddling. This technique I could only watch the technique and learn it many times, but I couldn’t learn it. In fact, I also practiced it when I was picking up nets at home, but I felt that I couldn’t practice it..."
Li Qingxia then noticed that his son Li Long was in Haizi, paddling the water forward with both hands, and placing the net in his mouth in an orderly manner. As the tire moved backwards, the net was put into the water little by little, without any mess at all.
"This boy is really capable." Li Qingxia said with a smile.
"Uncle Li, do you also know Brother Long's skills? I see you are so good at casting the net, so he learned all the methods of catching fish from you, right?"
Tao Daqiang's words made Li Qingxia choke. , he turned his head and glanced at Tao Daqiang, confirming that this boy was not sarcastic, but sincere. With an expression of admiration on his face, he said vaguely:
"Throw the net, it's learned from home. The main reason is that Xiaolong is smart and loves to think. The more he thinks about it, the more he can think of many ways..."< br>
"Well, Brother Long is smart." Tao Daqiang said with certainty.
Li Qingxia looked at this naive young man and smiled. This brat!
Waiting for Li Long to come back with the tire, Li Qingxia pointed to the reeds less than five meters away from the shore and said to him:
"Xiaolong, put this pot there and let the water in the pot come in." Let the water sink and tie the rope to the reed."
"Okay." Li Long took the basin and rowed the tire over to lower the basin into the water.
“Go back.” Li Long said.
I didn’t bring a cast net today. The main reason was that after eating fish for two days in a row, everyone agreed that they could not eat it again.
Li Qingxia is still a little unwilling, but he doesn’t want to eat fish anymore.
When you still have enough fish, go back to your hometown and tell people about it. I think it will make those people laugh - how is it possible?
But that’s the truth.
The three of them returned to the yard. Tao Daqiang went back to his home first. Li Long saw that Li Juan hadn't come back yet, so he started to prepare pig food. On the way back, he also picked up some pigweed and chopped it first.
When Du Chunfang saw her youngest son tinkering with pig food, she wanted to help. Li Long waved his hand hurriedly:
"Mom, don't move, I'll take care of this."
"You How can a young man do this?" Du Chunfang was thinking about why Li Juan hadn't come back yet.
Li Juan can do these jobs when she comes back.
"What's wrong with that? There's a capable guy in our team who can knit shoe soles, knit sweaters, mats, and baskets. He's a man." Li Long responded without raising his head.
This is great about the team. People from all over the country come and live together, so there are no longer those bad habits from different places. Basically, there is no preference for boys over girls. Men do the work that women generally do, and people in the team only know how to do things. If you praise this person for his ability, you won't be accused of being henpecked - in fact, you're not afraid either. It's the husband and wife's ability to work together to live a good life.
“Is there such a thing?” What Li Long said was a bit subversive of Du Chunfang’s views. Is there such a thing?
"What can't you do? Look at my sister-in-law, she is no worse than my elder brother in working in the fields." After Li Long chopped the pigweed, it seemed a bit inadequate. He ran to the vegetable garden and pulled it again. I piled up a few handfuls of bamboo shoots and whatever, and when they were ready, I put them in a pot and lit the fire.
Li Juan came back humming a song with her schoolbag on her back. Seeing Li Long cooking pig food, she hurried over and said with some guilt:
"Uncle, I'm late... …”
"Why are you late?" Li Long said with a smile while lighting the fire, "I'll give you a day off today. You'll work every day when you come back. Let's go play today. Remember to come back for dinner later. I'll steam the steamed buns later!"
< br>“Really?”
“Of course it’s true, have you finished your homework?”
“I’ve finished it and checked it.”
“There you go ”
"Yes!" Li Juan nodded vigorously, put down her schoolbag, said hello to her grandparents, and ran to play.
"You really spoil her." Du Chunfang muttered while sitting at the door.
"When I first came here, my eldest brother and sister-in-law also spoiled me..." Li Long was on fire and stopped talking in the middle of his sentence.
Thinking about the development in the previous life, my eldest brother really spoiled me. Later, even Li Qiang would work in the fields. What about me? You can go if you want to, or if you don’t want to go... What the hell...
At this moment, Li Long’s nose was a little sore. He looked up at the sky and changed the subject:
“Dad, it’s sunny tomorrow, are you really going to sell fish on the street?”
“I definitely want to go, I’ll also take a look at what the market is like here.”
“Mom, you Are you going?" Li Long turned to ask Du Chunfang. He thought that if my mother wanted to go, he would drive a carriage to sell fish.
"I won't go, I don't like the excitement. How about staying home and enjoying the sun? The sun is much better than that in my hometown." Du Chunfang likes to be quiet but not active.
"What do you like to eat? I will buy it for you then."
"What do you like to eat? The meat your sister-in-law stews is very good. I love it..." Du Chunfang was a little embarrassed after saying, "It's just too wasteful. How can you eat meat every day? Landlords can't eat meat every day." , and eat white flour steamed buns every day..."
"Then there are "What? You can't eat it if you have it at home?" Li Long said, "No need to wait, I will cook it for you later."
The pig food is ready. Long scraped out the pig food, changed the pot to boil water, and went to the kitchen to make dough.
Du Chunfang wanted to help, but Li Long asked her to wait outside. The chopping boards here are different from those at home. The steamed buns are also steamed in two or three layers. Du Chunfang is not tall, so she must not be used to it.
Watching Li Qingxia outside looking at the vegetable garden and the pigs for a while, Du Chunfang became angry and scolded the old man:
"You don't know how to help? Look at Xiaolong working there alone?"
"How can I help? I can't even cook!" Li Qingxia said confidently, he really couldn't I can't steam steamed buns, but I can't make a big pot of rice.
Even if you went out to make money when you were young, selling ginger or something, you didn’t need to cook. Just put a piece of ginger into the corn pancakes you brought and it would be enough.
Du Chunfang was even more angry, but there was nothing she could do.
"You said that Xiaolong is so capable, and the wife he marries in the future will be blessed." She suddenly had a new idea.
"Don't mess around trying to keep a matchmaker! Xiaolong said it himself, he has a partner!" Li Qingxia knows his wife's thoughts best, "Don't make it so that Xiaolong and you really don't kiss in the end, then just go cry. "
"It's not easy to kiss now..." Du Chunfang complained softly.
"No kiss? As soon as no kiss heard you say you wanted to eat braised pork, he had to cook it for you? Why didn't he ask me what I wanted to eat?"
Hearing what my husband said , Du Chunfang smiled sheepishly.
Yes, my son is kissing me!
(End of this chapter)