Chapter 210: Father and son in battle: Li Qingxia is very powerful
The final fate of Li Qiang's water chicken was to be turned into a beggar's chicken by Li Long.
At noon, the Li family (except Li Long and Li Juan) all ate at the Liang family. The food was very good. According to Li Jianguo, the old people on both sides had a very good chat, and they agreed that the Liang family would spend some time together. I will also come over and chat together again.
Dinner was more casual at night, but Li Qiang was very energetic and hungry very quickly. His water chicken was almost to death from being tortured, so Li Long made him a simple version of beggar's chicken.
Without plucking the feathers, just open the rooster, take out the inedible ones, and then put the edible ones back in. Spread salt on the belly, add some chili powder, and add some ginger and garlic. After closing it, use the mixed mud to paste it, wrap it into a ball, make it even, stuff it under the stove, and start to light the fire.
There is a lot of firewood, so you are so arrogant - Li Jianguo laughed and scolded: If you were wasting firewood like this when you were a child in your hometown, your butt would not be beaten into eight petals!
Li Long knew that Li Jianguo still had the image of being hungry when he was a child. He smiled and said:
“It’s not the same as before. I used to be hungry and full, but now I don’t say I want to eat. Just eat whatever you want. At least you can eat white noodles and meat every day. Life will get better and better in the future."
"Yes, life will get better and better in the future," Li Jianguo thought. Thinking about what I just said to Li Long, I was full of hope.
"Uncle, when will this chicken be ready?" Li Qiang's mouth was almost drooling. The mud was packed tightly and the fragrance could not come out. Li Long said with a smile, "It will take a while, so I can't take it out for you before it's cooked. Go get a small bowl and put some salt in it. By then, there will be no chicken in it." It tastes salty, so you have to eat it with a dip.”
Li Juan sat quietly by the wall, but her eyes looked under the stove from time to time.
The sky has darkened, and the stars can be vaguely seen. Li Long cut off the fire under the stove more than ten minutes ago, leaving only red ash simmering the beggar's chicken.
Seeing that the time was almost up, he got up and went to the kitchen, took two steamed buns and stuffed them into the red ash.
After a while, the smell of burnt noodles filled the air.
Li Qiang couldn't bear it anymore. He shook Li Long and asked:
"Uncle, when can we eat it? I'm hungry..."
"You can eat it if you can." Li Long smiled, he took out the mud bag with a fire hook, and put it in He knocked on the stove mouth a few times to knock off the red ash stuck on it, and then said to Li Qiang:
"Go and get a basin. "
There was a table made of pine wood in the yard. Li Qiang quickly brought the basin over, and Li Long knocked on it with a fire hook. After a while, cracks appeared on the mud, and then pieces of dry mud appeared. The mud fell away, revealing the white and tender meat of the water chicken inside - the chicken feathers fell off along with the mud.
“It smells so good!” Li Qiang’s saliva really started to flow out this time. He swallowed and said loudly, “It smells so good!”
Li Juan also came forward. Li Long pointed to the wooden table and said:
"Go over there." The two children arrived at the table, and Li Juan ran to get a lot of bowls and Chopsticks.
Li Long completely cracked open the mud bag, then pounded the water chicken roe meat into a basin, picked it up and put it on the table. Looking at Li Juan's movements, he said with a smile:
"䱱Let’s eat, both of you, the adults have already eaten.”
When Li Qiang heard this, he turned to look at his father.
Li Jianguo waved his hand:
“You guys can eat it, it smells delicious.”
Li Juan hesitated for a moment, picked a piece of meat and asked Li Qingxia:
"Grandpa, do you want to eat?"
"If you don't want to eat, you can eat." Li Qingxia was very happy.
"Grandma, take a bite..."
"Then...I'll take a bite." Du Chunfang regretted it after saying it. She was a little shy, but it smelled so good.
"Dip some salt..." Li Long reminded, but it was a little too late. Du Chunfang ate the mouthful of meat, chewed it in his mouth, and said:
"It's just lacking. It tastes like salt."
Everyone laughed, and Du Chunfang also laughed. Although it was a little embarrassing, the atmosphere was really good.
I can't feel it in my hometown.
Li Juan hurriedly picked another chopstick, dipped it in some salt and gave it to grandma. Li Qiang looked at it and felt a bit like a contest, so he picked up a piece of meat, dipped it in some salt and gave it to Li Qingxia.
In this way, the adults all tasted it and stopped eating the rest, leaving the two children to eat there.
Li Long took out the two steamed buns from under the stove. They were now browned. He patted them hard, wiped off the firewood ash on them, and threw them on the table. The bun was baked until it was hard and bounced twice on the table, falling a little dust.
Li Long pulled a wooden stool, sat in front of the table, cracked open a browned steamed bun, took off the browned part and divided it into two halves, giving half to Li Juan and half to Li Qiang.
In fact, the two children were staring at him when he put the steamed buns on the table. At this time, they saw Li Long dividing the steamed buns, and immediately took the steamed buns with a smile and started eating the meat of the water chicken roe.
"Just get used to them..." Liang Yuemei said, "We'll see what happens next..."
"I'm so filial and know how to share meat with you, how can I not get used to it?" Is this okay? "Li Long While slowly eating the steamed bun heart, he said, "Is it daddy?"
"That's right." Li Qingxia looked at it and smiled, "Juan and Qiangqiang are filial!"
A family Everyone laughed.
Soon, Li Long also had a piece of water chicken meat dipped in salt in his mouth.
The next morning, Li Long and Tao Daqiang went to get the net. Li Qingxia wanted to follow, but Li Long didn't stop them. With Li Qingxia following him, it would be easier to get the fish. Otherwise, it would be really inconvenient for two people to carry so many things.
The weather has been cloudy these days, but the temperature is rising. I got up earlier in the morning and it’s not so cold anymore with my coat on.
"Xiaolong, I will sell fish with you today, will you win?" Li Qingxia asked.
"Okay." Li Long said with a smile, "Let's go together and have a companion. If a second-rate guy wants to extort my money, the two of us can deal with him together."
"Someone wants to extort your money?" Tao Daqiang suddenly became excited, "Brother Long, has this happened again?"
"No, no." Li Long waved his hand, "I was just making an analogy. After all, when we go to sell fish in other people’s territory, don’t we have to be careful?”
“That’s right.” Tao Daqiang was honest, and he believed Li Long when he said it was okay.
Li Qingxia said nothing, but he felt that what Li Long said was not that simple.
Arrived at the edge of Xiaohaizi, Li Long rolled up his trouser legs, pushed the tire into the water, then sat on it and paddled the water paddle towards the basin.
When they arrived at the place, looking at the bulging pots half submerged in the water, Li Long knew that it was another bumper harvest.
I just don’t know whether there are more ditch fish or small crucian carp in it.
Packing the water paddle to bring the basin to the shore, Li Long turned around and paddled inside again and began to close the net.
Only six nets were bought today. Li Long felt that he needed to buy a few more nets.
These nets catch a lot of fish, but the damage is also severe, especially for big fish. Basically, if fish weighing more than two or three kilograms are hung, some of the filaments on the net will break.
So Li Long planned to change a batch of nets.
After all, the cost of these networks has been recovered several times or even dozens of times. The two nets were placed in a urea bag. Li Long habitually tied the urea bag to the tire rope and dragged it forward.
After several experiences of lowering the net, plus the experience in the previous life, he would start to retrieve the net from the farthest net and retrieve it all the way back, almost to the shore.
There were a lot less fish today than yesterday, and Li Long was not disappointed. After all, there are two less networks, and this network is getting worse and worse.
After taking out the six nets, Li Long saw Li Qingxia casting the net on the shore, probably thinking of adding more weight to the fish sold today.
When Li Long arrived at the shore, Tao Daqiang stretched out his hand to pull Li Long up, then took out the tire, grabbed the urea bag, weighed it and said:
"Brother Long, today the fish Not as much as yesterday?”
“The fishing net is a little broken. I think I need to buy a new net in the next two days." Li Long said casually, "This is only fifty or sixty kilograms, which is enough."
"There are still seven or eight kilograms in this pot, which will be enough to sell for a while. "Li Qingxia is actually quite contented. Which river in his hometown can catch so many fish? Even if it is caught, how can it be sold for so much money?
loach? Eight cents per kilogram? Is there anyone in Si Mao?
Now I can sell those workers ten days’ wages in one day, how beautiful it is!
Are these two brats too little? It’s so dissatisfying.
Tao Daqiang walked forward carrying three urea bags alone, Li Qingxia held the basin, and Li Long walked at the end carrying the tire and the casting net.
His legs were a little itchy, thinking he might have been bitten by a turtle in the water.
There is really no way around this thing. After all, if you want to catch fish, you must go into the water, unless you just cast a net, but that thing is too slow and tiring.
You have to find some medicine to put on it when you go back, otherwise it will cause ulcers and cause trouble.
Li Qiang resisted picking it and went all the way home, put the things away, then lifted up his trouser legs, and saw a few red bumps on his legs.
“You were bitten by a turtle?” Li Jianguo asked with experience, “I have erythromycin eye ointment at home, let’s put some on it first.”
“Yeah.” No matter it works, no matter what To use, apply a little sterilization first.
Li Qingxia has poured all the fish in the basin into the big card basin. It can be seen that most of them are ditch fish and a quarter of the small crucian carp.
He picked out the small crucian carp, and Du Chunfang asked:
“Can’t these be sold together?”
“That can’t be done, the taste is different, those who eat fish Li Qingxia said with a smile, "The price we sell is high, so we have to give people real things."
Tao Daqiang took out some dead ditch fish and small crucian carp. Went home. For dry-fried fish, the taste of ditch fish and small crucian carp is similar. If you fry it for a longer time, the spine will become crispy, so you can just chew it directly.
Li Long put the sorted fish into two bags, filled them with water and put them on both sides of the frame. He put the sacks on them and asked Li Juan to sit on the beam. He first got on the car and pedaled, and then asked Li Qingxia to sit behind and ride. Heading out of the village.
When they arrived at the elementary school, they put Li Juan down and continued to ride forward. Li Qingxia asked:
"Is the fish selling place far away? Do you want to go to the woods to find two sticks first?"
Li Long didn't expect that his father had already thought of it. He was stunned for a moment and then said with a smile:
"No, no, no, there are shovel handles in the big yard where the pots and scales are placed. Just take two."
"That's the hit." Li Qingxia knew what a shovel was, and that thing was much stronger than just any stick.
This time Li Long did not bring a gun, mainly because his father followed him. Carrying a gun would easily make the old man worried. As for the two grown men, even if there were three little gangsters again that day, they would not be cowed.
Go to the big yard to get a scale and a basin, put the basin in a bag for Li Qingxia to hold, Li Long took two more shovel handles and tied them to the car, pedaling towards Shicheng.
Arrived at the old street, the stall Li Long found this time was not as good as the last time, but it was not too out of the way. He waited for a while to see the old lady selling wickerwork leave before going to the stall. .
No one competed with him this time. After Li Long set up his stall, he started shouting.
Li Qingxia didn't expect that when Li Long shouted to sell ditch fish, he actually added words about aphrodisiac and kidney nourishment, and his face turned red with embarrassment.
But the effect is great!
It was really good. Many people immediately gathered around and started asking about the price.
Li Qingxia felt a little nervous when she saw so many people coming over. Li Long was still the same, not letting anyone touch the fish, but weighing the fish himself.
Now the people gathered around are quite orderly. Most of them want to weigh loaches. A few of them saw the carp and five black fish in the big basin and think they are beautiful. They want to weigh these fish. Business is booming. Just opened.
The amount of fish was small and the fish was sold quickly. In less than an hour, the bottom of the basin was all clear. Li Long and Li Qingxia looked at each other and let out a sigh of relief.
Li Long felt relieved when he didn't see the second-rate man coming. Then he packed up his things and took his father to drink milk tea and eat naan.
The naan was not bad, but Dad was not used to drinking milk tea, so he gave the remaining half bowl to Li Long.
After the two of them finished eating, they got on their bicycles and walked back. They turned out of the old street and turned onto Wuyi Highway. They didn't go far when they were stopped.
Li Long looked at the three second-rates and smiled.
He stopped the car, and Li Qingxia got down, holding the shovel handle in his hand, and asked Li Long:
"Just these three guys?"
Li Long nodded:
< br>"It was them yesterday. I told the zone defense, The three of them were chased by the joint defenders, so I ran away. It seemed that they came specifically to block me today. "
"Hey!" Li Qingxia was still a little excited while holding the shovel handle, "I haven't moved for a few years. Passed, can you use your strength?”
Li Long was a little sweaty after hearing this: Dad is a bit violent!
Those three second-rate guys didn’t care so much. Li Long was a young man and an old man. Although they were tall, all three of them showed their weapons. One is a steel pipe, the other is a military thorn found from somewhere, and the other is a blade welded to a one-foot steel pipe, which looks quite intimidating.
"Pay up! Keep the car!" The leader happened to be the one who was beaten by Li Long yesterday. He pointed at Li Long with a steel pipe and shouted, "Yesterday we dared to let the joint defense chase us. Today Retribution is coming! Get out of the car!”
Li Long was delighted, this guy really doesn’t know the situation he is facing!
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Li Qingxia also traveled around and did small business when he was young. Before Li Long could answer, he knew that this matter could not be solved, and rushed over with a shovel handle.
Li Long was startled, this old man is a bit fierce!
He hurriedly put the bicycle aside, picked up the shovel handle and rushed over.
It is true that one inch is longer and one inch is stronger. When the three gangsters saw two people rushing over with long sticks, they were a little confused. Are they being surrounded? Three people were attacked by two people and surrounded?
Then there was a beating with chickens flying, dogs jumping, ghosts crying and wolves howling.
The three gangsters probably hadn't been around for long and were not very good at fighting. They were knocked to the ground by the old man and Li Long a few times and couldn't get up, and then they were disarmed.
Li Qingxia watched as Li Long searched all three people's wallets and change, and then left with three murder weapons and sticks.
Halfway, Li Qingxia suddenly asked:
"Xiaolong, does this often happen?"
Li Long knew that his father was worried.
(End of this chapter)