Chapter 600 Lively Village (2)
When the boat docked, Ding Yi got off the boat first and took the two little guys to the shore, and Zhang An turned off the engine and locked the boat.
At this time, an old man walked towards them with a kind expression.
"Hello, young man."
While talking to Zhang An and the others, the uncle took out his cigarette case and dispersed.
"Hello, uncle, forget it. I don't smoke. Just tell me whenever you want."
Zhang An, who has never smoked, waved his hand towards the uncle and refused the offer. cigarette.
Although Ding Yi smoked, his son was by his side now, so he restrained himself.
“I just heard that this boat belongs to you, won’t you need it later?”
When the uncle was dispersing his cigarette, he had already taken out one. Now he saw Zhang An Ding Yi and I stopped smoking and put them back into the cigarette case.
"Yes, it's our own. Mainly because the two little guys like the novelty and clamored to come and play. Not long after we went up, they lost interest and shouted to come down."
Zhang An pointed. Pointing to the two little guys holding hands on the ground, he followed the old man in front of him and said with a smile.
“Children, they are all like this, and my grandson is also the same. He has been clamoring to take the boat, but the tickets we bought are relatively late and we have to wait for a long time. I think your boat is temporarily No need, why not rent us for a while?”
After looking at Xiao Siqi and Ding Zijie on the ground, the old man turned around and pointed at a young man in the crowd who was looking this way. The guy said to Zhang An.
That child was his grandson. He looked about three or four years old, much older than Xiao Siqi and Ding Zijie.
"No."
As soon as Xiao Siqi heard this, he immediately shook his head and said crisply.
Although the little guy is not very old, he has already begun to learn to protect his food.
When he heard that the person in front of him wanted something from his home, he immediately looked angry.
Ding Zijie, who always followed his lead, immediately said "no".
"Qiqi, don't be rude."
Zhang An first pretended to be fierce, glared at his son and taught him a lesson, and then said embarrassedly.
"I'm sorry, uncle, this child has been spoiled by his family."
"Haha, it's okay. Children's words are unbridled. Besides, it's nothing."
Old The uncle said as if he didn't care. On the contrary, he felt that the two little guys in front of him were quite smart. Generally, most children of this age have to be held by their mothers.
"Uncle, I may not be able to rent this boat to you, because,,,,"
Although a little guy interrupted, Zhang An still had no intention of renting his boat to you. Boats are rented out.
Before the words of explanation could be spoken, he was interrupted by the old man.
“Young man, you don’t need it anyway, so just rent it to us for a while. We can pay twice or even more the fare.”
The old man heard that Zhang An didn’t plan to lend it out. , thinking that Zhang An was afraid that his prostitution would be in vain, so he quickly took out the money offensive.
"Uncle, please listen to me. This is not a matter of money. The main reason is that there is no safety officer following us. Moreover, our boat is private and cannot be rented out without a certificate."
Zhang An is patient. He explained to the old man that although the shipping fee was quite large, Zhang An was not moved at all.
Their boat is different from the boats in the village. All the boats in the village have obtained licenses, and there are safety officers on the boat. They can operate to the outside world, but Zhang An’s boat cannot. Why? None.
He is a law-abiding person, so he doesn’t want to earn this money, otherwise if something goes wrong, he will be causing trouble for himself. You must know that he has always been very afraid of trouble. people.
The old man was still thinking about what to say, but although Zhang An was smiling, the rejection in his words was very strong, and he simply stopped mentioning it.
In fact, there were many people waiting for the boat, and some of them had the same idea as the old man.
But when they saw the old man returning in vain, they did not come back to make them feel uncomfortable.
On the bluestone path back to the river bank from the dock, two brothers, Xiao Siqi and Ding Zijie, were walking in front, while Zhang An and Ding Yize were staring at them from behind and chatting.
Although the roadside is right next to the river, because the village has already installed guardrails on the bank, Zhang An and the two can rest assured and let them walk by themselves, without worrying about the two little guys jumping around while walking. Go to the river.
Back on the main road in the village, a tempting fragrance hits your nostrils.
It was already approaching noon, and most of the snack stalls selling all kinds of food in the morning had changed from steamed buns, meatloaf, glutinous rice and other breakfast items to other staple foods, such as various fried rice, fried noodles and vegetarian spring rolls.
Although these delicacies are all made by the villagers themselves, these days everyone uses real ingredients, and even the oil used is lard made by each household or squeezed by themselves. Rapeseed oil is very conscientious. This cannot be done anywhere in the future, so the taste is absolutely authentic and the hygienic condition is reassuring.
As a guy with foodie genes engraved in his bones, Xiao Siqi had already run to the stall in front with Ding Zijie.
"Dad, I want seven, I want seven."
Maybe he found that there were too many people and they couldn't reach the height of the stall, so the little guy turned his head and shouted to his father .
"Why don't you eat? We have dinner at home soon, and your mother is at home today."
Zhang An frowned and planned to persuade his son to change his mind and not just stare at the stall. Eat on.
This is not because he doesn’t want to buy it or is reluctant to part with it. The main reason is that the little guy is still young and his appetite is just that big.
If you let him eat it now, he will definitely not be able to eat it when he goes home for dinner.
And Su Ying is strict with her son now. He must eat and sleep on time. If the little guy can't eat when he goes home for dinner later, he will also be in trouble.
Xiao Siqi was afraid of Su Ying, her mother, to the core of her being, but she couldn't stop being a foodie.
Although there was no fuss or fuss, he still puffed up his face angrily.
"Here, come and eat. Your dad won't buy it, but Uncle Ding will buy it for you. Don't be angry."
Ding Yi didn't know when he made a move. I bought a box of vegetarian spring rolls and brought them back, waving to the two little guys.
"I say the same for you. Being able to eat is a blessing. Since the child wants to eat, you should buy it for him. If Su Ying asks later, you said I will bring them food, well, you also Eat two. "
Ding Yi said to Zhang An while holding the spring rolls for the two little guys, and also brought the spring rolls to Zhang An and asked him to try them too.
"You're a noble guy. Let's see what you do when your Ding Zi only eats snacks and doesn't eat."
Zhang An left Ding Yi helplessly. said.
But the spring rolls taste quite good, the ingredients in the bread are quite fresh, and the oily chili peppers are quite fragrant.
At this moment, there are many people waiting to buy spring rolls at the stalls in the village. I don’t know how Ding Yi bought them so quickly.
Not only do many people like to eat this stuff now, but it will also be very popular in future generations.
Because most of the various ingredients wrapped inside are cut into silk, it is also called silk doll.
It’s just that the stall owner wraps the spring rolls himself and sells them to customers, while the silk dolls require customers to wrap them themselves, and the store will only provide the ingredients. There are many ways to eat this thing. You can brush a layer of sauce on the inside before wrapping it, and eat it directly after wrapping it.
You can also wrap it up and fry it in a pan to make it taste crispy.
Of course, you can also eat it with dipping water. Anyway, it depends on the person who eats it.
"Okay, you've eaten. It's time to go home, otherwise your mother will come out to find us soon."
Seeing the mouth full of Son, Zhang An picked him up and prepared to go home.
Little Siqi was satisfied now, and nodded towards his father very obediently.
"Where are you two? Come sit at my house for a while?"
After holding his son, Zhang An asked Ding Yi and his son again.
"No, Zizi's grandparents are here today, so we won't go. We will come to your house in the evening to catch a fish and a chicken."
Ding Yi shook his head and refused. After visiting Zhang An, once you go to Zhang An's house, you will definitely have to wait for dinner.
Zhang An didn’t say much. They have now passed the stage of being polite, and there is no need to say much at all.
When the father and son returned home, Su Ying quickly noticed the smooth and shiny look on her son's face.
“I told you not to buy him so much food, but now he doesn’t even eat.”
Su Ying knew without even thinking that her son must have eaten outside. There were a lot of things that I immediately complained to Zhang An.
“This is none of my business. Lao Ding bought it for him and Ding Zizi. I can’t hold him back and say he’s not allowed to buy it. Besides, your son is very capable and everyone in the village knows him. , I went out for a walk, who wouldn’t give him something to eat?”
Zhang An was very helpless and explained to his wife with his hands spread out.
He felt that if he didn't follow him out, his son might eat more.
Su Ying was speechless after hearing this. She couldn't let other people treat her son well while she didn't appreciate it and said what they did was wrong.
"Uncle Xiao An, auntie, some guests ordered squirrel mandarin fish, and my brother asked me to catch a few and take them back."
Just when the couple was helpless about their son, Xiao Yanhong Carrying the bucket into the yard.
In the past, this little girl was not very old, and her body was very thin and thin.
However, girls develop early. Zhang An didn't pay much attention to it in the past two years. Zhou Yanhong has grown taller and is getting more and more arrogant.
"Yanhong is here, your business is good today, right?"
Zhang An smiled and said to his little niece, and then took her to the fish pond behind to catch fish.
"Business is very good today, little Uncle An. My house and courtyard are all full, and a lot of tables have been added."
When it comes to the business of the family restaurant, the little girl's face is filled with smiles. All happy.
Although she is young, she has learned early. When their family was just making lunch boxes, she had already helped to attract business.
It can be said that her restaurant was opened under her watch.
"It's so popular. Fortunately, you two brothers and sisters came to help during the holidays. Now that your sister-in-law has difficulty moving, your parents and your brother alone will definitely be too busy."
For Zhou Yang's family business Zhang An was not too surprised by the popularity.
He had seen with his own eyes how good the business of the stalls on the roadside was today, let alone the restaurants. After all, the flow of people in the village today was much greater than ever before.
Although two or three more restaurants have opened in the village in the past two years, overall there are not too many, unlike Hongyan Town, where there are dozens.
Among the restaurants in the village, Zhou Yang and Zhang Jianzhong have the best business, because the chefs have real skills.
The other restaurants only make some home-cooked dishes. Although the taste is passable, the dishes are too limited.
For example, this squirrel mandarin fish, Zhang Jianzhong and Zhou Yang are the only two people in the village who can master it, and even what Zhou Yang makes is more authentic, after all, they have learned it systematically.
"My sister-in-law is also helping today, but there are too many people, so we don't worry about it, so we only let her be responsible for collecting money."
Yanhong is very kind to Chen Wenwen, her sister-in-law. , maybe because she is starting to become sensible, and since there are no other sisters in the family, the relationship between the aunt and the sister is getting closer and closer.
"Haha, wait until next year, you can be an aunt. By the way, Yanhong, your brother didn't say how many fish he wants to catch and how big they want to be."
When they arrived at the fish pond, Zhang An asked.
Squirrel mandarin fish is a dish that generally does not require very large fish, but there are quite a lot of large mandarin fish raised here in Zhang An.
"I told you, I want four to five pieces, from one pound to more than one pound."
Hearing Zhang An's inquiry, Zhou Yanhong repeated what her eldest brother told her.
Zhang An nodded to express his understanding, and then started to catch fish. After a while, he caught a net of fish of various sizes.
In the end, four or five mandarin fish weighing more than a pound were left, and the others were put back into the water.
Avoiding the water and weighing a little, the five fish weighed a total of six and a half kilograms, less than seven kilograms.
"After weighing it, just tell your brother to pay six pounds."
Zhang An said after giving the fish to Yanhong, which was considered as a change of half a pound. .
As long as they have generous guests, they will come to Zhang An's house to buy fish. They usually pay the bills first and settle the bills together later.
"Thank you, Uncle An, I will tell my brother."
Yan Hong watched Zhang An weighing the scales, and of course she knew that Zhang An had weighed half a catty for their family, and with Zhang An said gratefully.
Zhang An waved his hand to Yan Hong and said, "Okay, take it home quickly, your brother is in a hurry to use it."
After the meal, many people came one after another. Come to Zhang An's house.
These are the tenants of Dongli Courtyard, and they all come here wanting to buy chickens, ducks, geese or other things.
Anyway, there were a lot more people coming than usual. Some people who didn't usually come also came this time, which made Zhang An's house very busy.
Maybe during this holiday, many people’s children are back.
But Zhang An didn't care about this and left it to his mother, because he knew that this was what she liked to do the most.
But Zhang An didn’t go anywhere. He moved a deck chair to the backyard to stay.
There were too many people in the village today, and the road outside was really busy. Their front yard was only separated by a wall, so it was really noisy.
On the contrary, the backyard is okay. Although it is not far apart, there is a house across it, so it seems much quieter.
(End of this chapter)