Chapter 70 Variation
Under the spring sunshine, Chen Ling took two puppies to the edge of the reservoir, took off his shoes and stepped into the mud at the water's edge.
It is around four o'clock in the afternoon, the sunshine is mild, and the shallow water has almost become a paradise for crayfish.
Chen Ling caught a bamboo basket in a short time.
The reservoir is rich in nutrients and has an abundance of plankton, which not only floods the crayfish, but also contributes to their plump physiques.
This bamboo basket weighed almost thirty kilograms. Chen Ling put it in his net bag and it was full.
"Young man, what are you doing catching that thing? It doesn't taste good. Feeding it to chickens and ducks makes them sick all the time. It's useless."
A fisherman not far away. When the old man saw him catching crayfish, he shouted to him.
Chen Ling glanced at the old man, looked at the stranger, and then looked at the car parked under the tree at the dam, and knew that it was coming from a nearby village to fish.
He just laughed and didn’t explain much. He walked over and glanced at the cage next to the old man, “Old man, how was the fish catch today?”
"Forget it, the little fish are making a nest. In the past hour, I have caught two red tails, and not a single big one has been seen."
The old man was very frustrated, "Let me tell you, this crayfish It’s a scourge, and there have been fewer and fewer big fish in the library in the past two years.”
Chen Ling laughed inwardly after hearing this. The crayfish is indeed a scourge because people haven’t figured out its origin yet. The way to eat it will not be certain in a few years.
In later generations, crayfish was an extremely popular delicacy, and many people made a fortune from crayfish.
Although the harm is still serious, it can only be said to pale in comparison to the famous Australian hare and the Asian carp that have become a nightmare for the United States.
"Uncle Fugui, Uncle Fugui, can you help me pick a few apricots?"
Chen Ling picked up his shoes and walked up to the dam. He saw Chen Yuqiang's son Xiaosen followed by a group of little children, surrounded by Heiwa and Xiaojin. Two puppies ran over from a short distance away.
“Why are you picking that stuff? It’s not ripe yet, and you can’t eat it after you pick it.”
There are many miscellaneous trees on both sides of the reservoir and dam, including willows, elms, and locust trees. There are two black dates and apricot trees growing close to the entrance of the village.
Once you mature, you will be very attractive.
"I don't want to eat, I just use it to play with, so I can load the cart..."
The boy chuckled, holding a small shovel in one hand and a rope in the other, pulling a wooden cart. .
Heiwa and Xiaojin were attracted by this gadget just now, and ran after the little dolls.
Compared with Liu Nier and the others, the two puppies prefer to play with these four or five-year-old dolls. Perhaps because they are of similar mental age, they both like to run around in various places in the village.
“Okay, I’ll pick some for you.”
"As promised in advance, no one is allowed to eat it, you know, or else you'll have a stomachache for the whole day."
Chen Ling warned and plucked two handfuls of small green apricots from the branches for the little ones.
"Uncle Fugui, you are so kind!"
"My grandma said before that you were possessed by an evil spirit, saying that you were possessed by a kid..."
Chen Ling After picking apricots for them, a little baby complained.
"Don't listen to your nonsense. How dare you kid to get on my uncle's body?"
"Uncle is obviously a glutton. He specializes in eating little babies like you, with fine skin and tender meat. One bite at a time. It's crunchy and crunchy."
Chen Ling rolled his eyes and stuck out his tongue to scare them.
The little dolls were immediately amused and giggled into a ball, how could they be afraid of him.
In fact, the old Chen Ling was also liked by little children. He was proficient in climbing trees, catching fish, and stealing bird eggs.
However, I can't get along well with my parents, elders, and daughter-in-law because I'm afraid of being criticized. Once I hear these nagging words, I feel annoyed and my temper can't be suppressed.
Being with a little kid is different. He doesn’t do business and doesn’t have to think so much. He just plays. He doesn’t get bored playing any number of tricks. The little kid naturally likes to play with him.
"Uncle Fugui, I want to play pulling carrots!"
A doll wearing crotchless pants spread his arms and raised his little head and shouted.
In rural areas, the game of pulling out radish is for an adult to hold a child's head with both hands and pull it up. It is said that this can make the child grow taller.
But sometimes it can hurt children if not done properly.
“No more pulling it out. My uncle’s hands are full of mud and he hasn’t washed them yet.”
Chen Ling is strong now and has great strength. If he hurts the little baby, I'm afraid it's hard to explain.
Then he told Xiaomori: "You guys will come to the reservoir in the future. People from our two brigades are building greenhouses on the west side. If you accidentally fall into the water, no one will save you."
After Liu Nier went to school, Xiao Sen became the big brother, leading a bunch of little kids around all day long, not afraid of anything.
"I know that Uncle Fugui will never come again."
"Then can I go to your house to play? I want to see the little rabbit and the little quail..."
"Okay, come here Let’s go.”
So, Chen Ling returned home with a bunch of dolls.
After I got home, I filled a large basin of water from the pressure well and put the crayfish in the bamboo basket into it to rinse.
The little kids squatted aside, watching a few little rabbits and feeding them with weeds pulled from the road.
After the little rabbit is born, what he sees when he opens his eyes is people, so he is not afraid or hides, and lets them watch, and he will not refuse the grass that is fed to him.
"Aling, are these shrimps really edible?"
Wang Susu helped Chen Ling clean the crayfish and couldn't help but asked with some suspicion.
People in the village say that this stuff is so bitter that even chickens and ducks won’t eat it. If it’s delicious, they can’t be allowed to overflow in the reservoir. "Just wait and see, I'll show you around dinner."
Chen Ling said with a smile.
After washing twice, I fished the lobster into a clean iron bucket.
As a result, as soon as the crayfish was halfway poured into Tietong, Wang Susu shouted: "Hey, wait a minute, there is a snake, there is a snake in the basin!"
As he said that, he stretched out his hand to catch it.
Chen Ling also looked down and saw two very small red snakes, clinging to the edge of the water basin, mixed in the crayfish. You couldn't tell them at all unless you looked carefully.
"Huh? This doesn't seem to be a snake, but more like an eel."
Wang Susu caught it in her hand, looked at it carefully, frowned slightly, and handed it to Chen Ling.
The little kids also heard the sound and ran over, staring curiously.
“Well, this is an eel, but the color is different. I guess it is a variant.”
Chen Ling glanced at it twice and didn't care.
The bodies of these two eels are as slender as two red ropes. The red color is bright and fresh. They look like two little snakes that have just emerged from their shells. The color is quite special.
However, Chen Ling had eaten blood eels several times in Guangdong Province in his previous life, and he was not surprised by eels of this color.
“It’s too small. Let’s keep it in a water tank and eat it when it grows up.”
Chen Ling said casually.
Then I picked out some crayfish, prepared seasonings such as aniseed, wild onions, wild garlic and pepper, and made a spicy crayfish dish in the yard.
In the evening, when the rich fragrance wafted out, the little kids were so greedy that they swallowed their saliva. They didn’t care that the soup was scalding their hands. Each of them held a fragrant crayfish in their hands and jumped around. Each family.
It wasn’t until the moon rose above the branches that Chen Ling and his wife wiped out most of the crayfish in the pot.
Wang Susu sucked the soup on her finger and praised: "Aling, you are so awesome. I didn't expect you to make this shrimp so delicious."
"Haha, you didn't listen. Did the mother-in-law in the village tell me? If my heart can be divided into eight parts, seven of them must be used for eating, drinking and having fun..."
"I am self-taught when it comes to eating and playing."
"Huh, that's nonsense."
Wang Susu snorted in disbelief.
Then he said: "I'm going to wash the pots and dishes. I'll go to the house later and try on the newly made tops and pants to see if they fit me. If there are any inappropriate spots, I'll change them tomorrow." You're almost out of clothes."
Chen Ling responded, patted his belly and stood up, then carried the bucket to the backyard to feed the cows.
By the way, I put two small red eels into the water tank in the backyard. Because they were too small, and the fish taken out of the cave were too fierce, if they were put together, these two small red eels might not be enough to fit between their teeth.
Chen Ling put it in a smaller water tank, added some stream water and aquatic plants from the cave, and stopped caring about it.
Arrived in the front yard, Wang Susu washed the pots and dishes, took out the top and pants that had been made for him in the past few days, and asked him to try them on.
Since having Dongtian, he has become a little taller and stronger, and the clothes he wore before seemed tight.
In addition, when the two puppies were young, they used to bite his pants and play with him, but they didn’t know that their teeth were so sharp that they chewed up two of his trouser legs. Seeing the current litter of little rabbits, This kind of behavior makes Chen Ling's pants even harder to wear.
So Wang Susu has been busy making new clothes for him recently.
After changing clothes, I looked in front of the mirror. I saw a light blue top, navy blue trousers, a handsome and fair face, and dark and shiny eyes. Even if I looked carefully, I couldn't see it at all. It turns out that this is a farmer.
"I've become a bit fairer recently."
Chen Ling thought to himself that he used to have a healthy wheat-colored complexion, but now it has slowly become fairer. Coupled with his outstanding appearance, It seems a bit bookish.
In fact, not only him, but also Wang Susu's body has changed a lot. Her skin has become more supple and whiter, and her thin figure has become more plump and attractive. If the clothes of this era were not still conservative, it would have been very obvious.
"It fits very well. I'll sew the hem again tomorrow and I can wear it."
"Okay, take it off and take a shower..."
"After you take a shower, you can Let me draw a shoe, Aling, your feet are a bit wide."
Wang Susu looked around him and nodded with satisfaction.
“Okay, I’ll boil the hot water.”
Chen Ling nodded, then looked at the mirror again, and said to himself: "No, this is too white. It would be more masculine to be darker. Let's get more sun in the future."
Then very quickly. They quickly boiled the water, and the young couple took a hot bath together, then turned off the lights and went to sleep.
As for the drawing of shoes...
For some reason, it was forgotten.
……
The days should have remained calm and uneventful.
But in the next few days, the peaceful life of Chen Ling and his wife was broken.
For the first time, people started to visit the house one after another, mostly the parents of the little ones. At first, Chen Ling thought it was about the crayfish, but it turned out that they were here to see the eels.
The people in the village would be extremely interested in the two red eels, which was really beyond his expectation.
It won’t be published too early, because there is no manuscript saved...
(End of this chapter)