Chapter 237 Rain and Fish
After all the dishes were served on the table, Chen Ling became more and more excited. He toasted people one after another, and after toasting one table, he toasted the next table. Anyone who asked him to drink would not come. He refused and did it on the spot without saying a word, which even made people applaud loudly.
The ladies cheered enthusiastically and laughed, while the little kids just played and kept shuttling between the banquets.
This full moon banquet was really a great time for both the guests and the host.
But the only drawback is that when the banquet was in full swing, several uninvited guests came to the farm.
It turned out that several leaders from the county came and followed a villager to find Wang Laishun.
They came here in a hurry because severe floods occurred again in several neighboring provinces in the middle and lower reaches this year. The city leaders issued instructions to prepare for flood prevention work in advance and asked them to personally go to each village to supervise. .
Chenwangzhuang, which is adjacent to the reservoir and close to the county seat, is naturally the first stop.
I didn’t expect that when I came to see Wang Laishun, the branch secretary, he would actually be eating happily here.
As soon as a few people explained their intention to come, Chen Ling, who was in high spirits, invited these county leaders to sit down, arranged a separate table for them, and asked them to sit at a table alone with Wang Laishun to discuss things.
Chen Ling was so enthusiastic that several leaders stepped forward to shake hands with him.
Wang Laishun also brought Wang Jusheng to introduce him, telling him which one was in charge of flood control, which one was in public security, which one was in people's livelihood, and which one was in propaganda. The leader specially introduced him to him, and he was still A deputy county magistrate named Liu Xiangqian.
The visitors were guests, so Chen Ling treated them as guests and toasted them with a glass of wine as usual.
“This is a very promising young man from our village, Chen Fugui, who is very literary. He came up with the family planning slogan in our county last year.” Wang Laishun also introduced to these people Chen Ling.
"Oh, I know, I heard that Chief Liu mentioned that this young man in your village is very good." Liu Xiangqian said with a smile, but he just sat down, did not get up, and had no intention of returning the drink. .
From the outside, this man has a big nose, wears a white shirt and dark blue trousers, speaks in a leisurely manner, smiles, and has a good leadership style.
But soon, he saw Liang Hongyu upstairs scolding her grandson with a cold face, and his expression suddenly changed, and he was slightly shocked.
Immediately, he continued to talk to Chen Ling: "Is there a boy or a girl in the family?"
"A boy."
"Good boy. Ah, hello, boy, if you can't solve anything in the future, you can go to the county town to see me and tell the guard to ask for Liu Xiangqian."
Having said this, he stood up and picked up his wine glass and gave Chen Ling a glass of wine in return.
Chen Ling was keenly aware of the change in his attitude, so he smiled and nodded.
After that, I was not interested in talking to anyone else, so I continued to find people at other tables to toast.
He originally arranged the banquet for these people based on Wang Laishun's face. Otherwise, Wang Laishun has been busy here for a long time and still let people leave halfway? That's not good.
His attitude towards these bullshit leaders has always been to have as little contact as possible, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.
However, the less he paid attention, the more cautious these leaders became, and they asked Wang Laishun and Wang Jusheng about the relationship between Chen Ling and Liang Hongyu.
Just after I inquired, I saw a big fat man dancing at the banquet in the distance, his body trembling with fat.
Liu Xiangqian looked like he had seen a ghost, "Who the hell is this guy? He also knows Zhao Dahai."
"What's wrong with Dahai? I know him too, he doesn't Is it from the Municipal Power Supply Bureau?" Wang Jusheng asked curiously.
"His father is Zhao Yubao, a nationally famous writer and a professor at the provincial capital university. You know him and you don't know this?" Liu Xiangqian lowered his voice and said.
At this time, the names of writers and professors were very valuable, especially professors, who had a wide network of contacts and might not know anyone.
“Oh, is it so famous? I’ve never heard him talk about it.”
Wang Jusheng shook his head. After hearing this, he was not surprised at all. He thought it was something scary. The origin, it turns out, is this.
Even Wang Laishun didn't react at all, he just smiled happily.
No way, there have been too many outsiders who have been to Chen Ling's house in the past year.
In the capital, in the city, when the farm was built last year, cars were running back and forth every day, and the village had already become accustomed to it.
Can we be ordinary people if we can afford to drive a car these days? Even if you think about it with your butt, it’s not easy.
"Huh? How do we know each other? We met when we came to the village to install high-voltage power lines. Yes, we have never interacted with each other before, that's how we met."
Faced with Liu Xiangqian's questioning, Wang Jusheng was telling the truth, and he was not a fool. He knew that Liu Xiangqian was asking about Chen Ling, but didn't he know about Chen Ling? Ordinary, nothing to be afraid of asking about.
“Oh, that’s right.” Liu Xiangqian obviously didn’t believe it, “Party Secretary Wang, they’ve put out the full moon wine. We can’t eat and drink for free here, so we’d better take part in it.”
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He took the money with his head and followed the others. Wang Laishun was the one who kept the gift list, so he accepted it and wrote it down for him.
While they were talking, other villagers also looked at the table curiously.
But it was just a few glances, and their arrival would not affect the atmosphere at the banquet. Countryside talents don’t care whether they are leaders or not. They just say hello and don’t pay, and they don’t pay. Who knows who they are if they are exempted from food tax?
Let’s continue the lively drinking and eating.
When Chen Ling finished the toast and went back, Liang Yuemin, Zhao Dahai, and Shanmao pulled him down to sit down and continue drinking. Yesterday it was wine, but I didn’t drink it to my heart’s content. Today there is white wine and several large ones bought from the Huangni Town Brewery. If you have a bunch of beer, you can't go and drink it to your heart's content.
But God was not kind to us. Just after two o'clock in the afternoon, it started to rain.
At first no one cared. The wine table was either placed on the first floor of the bamboo building or under the promenade beside the lotus pond, out of the rain. Unexpectedly, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, the sky was lightning and thunder, the raindrops were crackling more and more densely, and the sky was getting dark.
Not long after, the ground was covered with splashes of water bubbles and mist. Looking out, no one could be seen, only a vast expanse of white in the rain.
Just like this, it continued to rain for nearly two hours, but it still didn’t stop.
"Damn it, these bullshit leaders are really a disaster. They say they are here for flood control. Damn it. If they didn't come here to raise the issue, how could it have rained so heavily? What a crow's mouth."
The villagers saw the rain getting heavier and heavier, and they all cursed bitterly. They were hit by the disaster last year, and they finally took a breath this year. No one wanted to do it again.
There were also people who enjoyed their suffering and said to Chen Ling: "Fugui, it seems that we really have to have two meals at your place."
"Hey, don't say stay to eat. After two meals, we can stay here for the night." Chen Ling smiled.
He knows that there will be no floods this year, and the cave is fully prepared and equipped with everything. Even if there is a deviation in parallel time and space, he is not afraid.
Sure enough, in the evening, the rain gradually became less intense.
The villagers did not dare to stay any longer. They made a few jokes with Chen Ling, saying that they almost ended up on a running table after eating his full moon wine, and then left one after another.
Wang Laishun also left with several leaders.
The rest, including Liang Hongyu’s family and Han Chuang, all stayed at Chenling Farm, and it was impossible to walk on the road now.
In the middle of the night, it started raining again, and there were strong winds and heavy rain.
It was still raining in the morning, but the rain was much gentler.
"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, get up quickly, the fish are running out, the yard is full of fish."
Chen Ling was sleeping beautifully with his wife and son, when his sister-in-law's voice came from outside.
He hurriedly got up and got dressed, and when he went out, he saw that the little girl was not exaggerating. The yard was really full of fish.
The terrain of the farm is relatively high and the drainage is relatively good. However, the rain this time was heavier than last time. The water in the lotus pond and canals overflowed, and there was enough water in the farm yard. The neck is deep, and when you step in with your feet, the fish are all jumping around, and they are scurrying around along with the current.
At this time, Wang Zhenzhen was wearing a straw hat, rolling up his trouser legs, and leading the little yellow dog to catch fish everywhere in the yard. After catching it, he threw it into the water tank under the eaves.
While grabbing, I called him to come down.
“It’s coming, it’s coming, don’t worry, the fish can’t escape.”
The farm is surrounded by ditches and canals. Chen Ling is not worried about the fish running away, and they are all under his contract Within the mountain range, his fish are everywhere.
“Damn, why did the squid run out?” When he walked downstairs and took a look, he was a little panicked. He had managed to cultivate this squid, and it took a lot of time and effort. , it would not be a small loss if it ran away, so I quickly picked up the bucket and waded into the water to catch fish everywhere.
The trout were extremely lively and slippery, rushing everywhere along the current. Some of them rushed so hard that they rushed to the steps under the eaves, clattering on the ground with their tails wagging.
"What are you doing? Catching fish?"
Liang Yuemin's family was alerted by the movement outside. When they pushed the door open, they saw Chen Ling and the little girl with their dogs in the yard. Wading in the water to catch fish everywhere.
“Good guy, the squid has also escaped.”
Liang Yuemin quickly picked up the squid on the steps and put it in the water tank, fearing that it would die.
Then the whole family rolled up their trouser legs, walked into the rain, and started catching fish everywhere.
Soon, the Wang Qingwen brothers, Shan Mao, Zhao Dahai, and Han Chuang were all alerted. A group of people took the little boy to join them. Wang Cunye also wanted to come, but Wang Qingwen and the others persuaded him.
"Dad, your legs and feet are not good, don't go into the water, it will be bad if you catch a cold."
"Yes, we can come, there are so many people."
But even with so many people, adults and children working together, they couldn't catch all the fish in a short time.
For more than two hours, I didn’t even eat breakfast. I filled two tanks with fish and most of the buckets with crabs and shrimps. The fish and shrimps in the water still kept rising.
The fish in the lotus ponds and ditches are still trying to rush out of the water as if their heads have been squeezed out, as if they are risking their lives.
Curian carp, grass carp, eel, loach, and catfish are everywhere in the water. Slippery fish, big and small, stir up whirlpools in the stagnant water, and people can only walk through the water. Otherwise, you may step on the fish accidentally.
Chen Ling took a look and saw that all the salmon had been caught in the water tank, and not a few were lost.
He doesn’t want to worry about other fish.
"There are a lot of shrimps. Let them clean their intestines later. Let's eat drunken shrimps at noon."
Chen Ling greeted everyone to stop, then went to the kitchen with the bucket of shrimps, and brought out breakfast for everyone. eat.
As a result, these people went crazy and the rain gradually eased. They were all stepping on the puddles in the yard and catching fish.
"Uncle, your fish is just like the one picked for free. Let's play for a while." The little fat man yelled.
But he expressed the thoughts of several adults, especially a few women. The more they played, the more interested they became. They even called Wang Susu out and asked her to help take pictures, saying that she was in confinement, even if You can't touch cold water. It's time to come out for some air and play. It's not good to stay bored in the room all the time.
Chen Ling also agreed, so he was not in a hurry to eat. He taught his daughter-in-law how to use the camera step by step, and took pictures while standing under the eaves.
(End of this chapter)