Back to 80, start from gold digging

Chapter 121
It rained heavily all day and all night, and the rain didn't stop until evening.

"The river has already risen to the embankment, and the other bank has overflowed to the slope. If the rain doesn't stop, the jade-digging land above will collapse."

People who live near the river must pay special attention every time there is heavy rain during the rainy season.When the river water is rising, every once in a while, someone will visit with an umbrella and a raincoat.

This is also to make preparations in advance, so that once the river overflows, there will be time to evacuate.

The villagers are the sequelae left over from the flood more than ten years ago.That time the flood was so high that the whole town suffered. Many people were unprepared. When the water came, it was fast and fierce, but it washed away many people.

The sky is too dry, looking forward to the rain.It was raining too much, and I was worried again.It seems that there must be a degree in everything, too much is too late.

Fortunately, the heavy rain stopped, only a little drizzle was still falling.

When the water watchers came back, they met the villagers who were coming this way, talking about the rising of the river.

Some native-born old people judged based on experience that the water has risen to this point, and it will not be any bigger.

The rain is about to end, and the river is turbulent and turbid. It is a good time to go down the river to catch fish.When the water level dropped, the river became clearer and the fish and shrimps regained their freedom to swim, so the chance of blind fishing was lost.

On the bank of the river, the figures of villagers fishing for fish gradually appeared.Generally, the family is the unit. One fishes with a net, and the other holds an umbrella and carries a bucket.

The Zhao family dispatched husband and wife partners, and Zhao Mingyu was the fish catcher, and the one who bought thread and weaved nets was looking forward to it. When it was time to test their skills, they naturally did their part.Li Cuizhen carried the bucket and scooped up fish with the commander next to her.The river is scoured so badly that you can catch a lot of dry goods in one net, and you don't have to worry about fish.But you have to take your safety into consideration, don't go into the water too deep, in case your feet are unstable, and then you rush into the river.

Just as described earlier, there were quite a lot of things at this time, and the nets were filled with nothing. After a while, the buckets I brought were already [-]% full, and there were almost twenty or thirty people carrying the heavy ones catty look.

"It's enough, it won't fit any more. Let's go, let's go back." Li Cuizhen said.

Zhao Mingyu was still a little unsatisfied, only to realize that fishing is quite addictive.But after all, I can't stay in this water for a long time, and there is still a light drizzle, and I will feel cold all over after being soaked for a long time.

Now that the daughter-in-law has spoken and the bucket is almost full, so be it.

The two called it a day and went home.

On the way, I met a few villagers fishing for fish, and they all also gained a lot.The products in the river are really rich, and you can see a thing or two just by fishing.

When they got home, they took off their wet clothes and put on clean clothes.All the fish, shrimp, and crayfish in the bucket were poured into the large aluminum basin under the eaves of the house, and some water was added to slowly settle the sediment.

The two youngest members of the family were detained in the room, watched by Zhao Wenduo, who could only look out through the open door.

Most of the freshly caught fish are still alive and kicking, swimming crowded in the basin.When different species mix together, there is a problem of fighting. The guy with two pincers becomes the overlord of the basin in no time. There is a small fish with no eyes. If it runs over, it is the fate of being caught.

"Zhao Mingyu, bring another basin and put the fish and crayfish separately, otherwise the fish will be eaten." Although the fish will be eaten in the end, it is really not beautiful to be pinched like this , It is also more troublesome to clean up.

Zhao Mingyu came over with a basin and a strainer, and picked the guy who was barking his teeth and claws to attack.

Crayfish is a unique aquatic product in this area, similar to crayfish, but smoother in appearance.Generally only in rivers and creeks with extremely high water quality.Use it to cook cricket tofu, the taste is very delicious.

The rest of the basin is fish and shrimp. There are several types of fish, and the shrimp is the same. The little finger is a transparent river shrimp.This is relatively rare, and with its transparent appearance, it is almost impossible to catch it at ordinary times, and it can only be caught in places with a lot of aquatic plants in swollen water.

There is half a big pot of fish, half a big pot of crayfish, and only a small pile of river prawns, which weigh about half a catty.

It's unrealistic to eat all these things in one meal.It is not necessary to send people out.

Now that the river is swollen, it is extremely easy to eat fish. If you move a little bit, you can get something.The groups of people standing by the river bank are the best proof.

Half of these families in the village have gone to catch fish.The remaining half, either don't like to eat, or are too lazy, are not suitable for gifting.

Those who have friendship with Zhao's family and those who have contacts with each other count as their fingers. Luo's and Wu's have already sent two catties of fish the day before, so there is no need to send them over and over again.There is no need to send the other ones, they have already been seen by the river, and there is still a lot to buy, so they can't eat their own.

When there is no fish, if you think about eating fish, you will worry if there are too many fish.It's not about worrying about how to eat, but about how to deal with worries.

It takes a long time to clean up half a large pot of small river fish.

"I just feel excited when fishing, but it's a headache when it's time to clean up." Li Cuizhen sighed at the nest of fish.

Zhao Mingyu rolled up his arm sleeves, and dragged a bench over: "The eyes are sharp, but the hands are good. Just looking at it, I feel that there is so much work, when will it be finished. But if you start, a little bit of results will be done." It came out. Take a look, I’ve included two of them.”

"Yo, I asked you to teach me. I can't tell, he's a very hardworking person. All right, then I'll leave these fish to you, and I'll go and rest." Li Cuizhen shook her hands, intending to give up her pick.

"Oh, don't." Zhao Mingyu hurriedly stopped him: "I'm just showing off my lips, I can't be serious. You still have to do this job, and I won't have you alone if I tie the two together. Hurry up. Come on, hurry up, I'll miss dinner later." After alluring and coaxing, he finally managed to stay.

After watching this scene in the room, Zhao Wenduo felt that his teeth were hurting, what was the trick, he felt uncomfortable when he was idle, and he had to ask someone to give him a good meal to be honest.However, this is also the way the two get along. It belongs to Zhou Yu who beat Huang Gai. One is willing to hit Huang Gai and the other is willing to suffer. Others smirk, maybe they are enjoying it.

I don't know what the situation is for other couples. They are the single-stupid sadomasochist type. They say nothing but their brains, and they will be scolded and scolded after it is over. They don't care. This time it is like this, and they will come again next time.

This is also an old couple who have been married for more than 20 years, and sometimes they look at two naive children.The kind that can start scratching at a word of disagreement, and in the next second, it's like nothing happened, and they get together to pee and play with mud again.

One of the two can coax and the other can coax, this fight cannot be fought.

It took more than an hour to finish the half-big pot of fish with the two of them talking and chatting.This one is slower, but the other two are easier.River prawns don't need much treatment, just pick up the weeds and clean them.Cricket crickets require a little effort, and the upper shell has to be peeled off, but this is easier and less time-consuming than cleaning up fish, and everything is done in ten or twenty minutes.

At this time, Zhao Wenlan, who came back from get off work, had already turned on the fire first, and the rice was fragrant in another pot.

Li Cuizhen brought the packed fish and river prawns into the house, while Zhao Mingyu put on an apron, took out a cutting board and kitchen knife, and started chopping and squeezing the juice, and proceeded to the second step of cricket tofu.

Heat the oil in a pan, sauté the onion and ginger until fragrant, pour all the river fish in a round bowl into the pan, fry the oil until it becomes fragrant, add sauce and water, cover the pan and simmer.

At the moment when the fish is cooking, the second step of the crayfish is basically completed, and the third step of the sieve is started. Take a clean cloth and pour in the chopped crayfish, wrap it tightly and squeeze it, the juice and meat Broken shells are effectively separated.This completes the whole set of preparations, and only waits for the boiling water to be put into the pot.

Half a catty of small river prawns, seasoned with seasoning, wrapped in batter, ready to be fried and crispy prawns.

Even though it takes time to prepare, it is really quick to do.

The stewed fish in sauce took a little bit of heat, and the cricket tofu and fried shrimp only took a quarter of an hour.

Three kinds of river delicacies, plus a pickle dish, four dishes, is the Zhao family's dinner.

Seeing the family eating happily, Zhao Mingyu felt a sense of accomplishment, and directly announced that next time the water would rise again, he would go down the river to catch fish.

Hard work is hard work, but it is also bitter and happy.

The days of not having enough to eat seem to be still dangling before my eyes, but they are gone forever.Life will only get better and better. It is no longer a luxury to have enough food, but to eat well in different ways.

Of course, one time is not enough for such delicious seafood, and it is best to continue to make persistent efforts.His decision was unanimously approved by the whole family.Just wait for the next rising river day.

After a heavy rain, the weather was exceptionally sunny.

When I woke up in the morning, the sun gave off a dazzling golden light, and I felt the heat dissipation temperature first.

Zhao Wennan, who was detained in the house for a day, couldn't sit still after eating, so he ran to the yard to play "play house" with a bunch of his small toys.A children's game, take a piece of stone as a plate, grab two grass leaves as a dish, put two small dolls next to it as an audience, the little girl plays several roles by herself, becomes a father and a mother, and then becomes a child in a while , I played very hard.

Today, the whole family has to go to work step by step. Those who go to work go to work, those who help out, and those who replace shifts. It's just that the time slots are different.The first one to go out was still Zhao Wenlan who was unshakable and who was working in the factory.

Zhao Mingyu and Li Cuizhen are both substitutes in their own store, and the time limit is not so tight. After breakfast, it's not too late to go there.

It's just this time, relatively free, sitting and chatting for a while, watching TV, teasing Xiao Wu, and three or two hours passed in a flash.

The adults are idle, and the children have nothing to do.At Zhao Wennan's age, when he couldn't sit still the most, he ran to the yard to play by himself, and no one cared.There is no insecurity in her own territory, so she can do whatever she wants.

She usually plays this house-playing game a lot, and everyone in the family knows the process roughly, so seeing her scrape the dirt on the ground with a knife and put it on her small stones, It's just that it's time to serve the meal, and I don't know whether this bowl of rice is for 'father' or 'mother', anyway, she is acting alone, it doesn't matter which one is given to.

I don't want to, but this time the routine is changed. The soil on the stone slab is no longer 'rice', and a box of treasures is directly stuffed into the hands of a rag doll.I just heard her muttering there: "Xiao Hua, this box of gold is your future dowry, so take good care of it."

Not a little girl, but also know to save dowry.

The three people in the room couldn't help laughing, the open window was facing the row of toys.The piece of stone that she had just sent out immediately became the focus, and her eyes subconsciously fell on it.

"Eh, don't tell me, it looks like gold." Li Cuizhen looked at the handful of soil and said first.

It's no wonder she said this. On the palm-sized flat stone, the soil placed on it, under the bright sunlight, shone with bits and pieces of light.At first glance, it really looks like gold particles scattered into fine sand are shining.

It was a similar situation when I saw mica in the river the day before yesterday.Children are always fond of shiny things.Treat it as a substitute for a baby, and define it yourself.

Zhao Mingyu poked his head out, looked at the general location, and said: "When I came back from fishing yesterday, the muddy water from the first wash was poured into the yard. The light rain washed away a lot, leaving only a thicker sediment. thing."

Li Cuizhen said: "The day before yesterday we saw a bigger film than this one. The shiny ones are the most beautiful ones. What does the third child say it is called? It looks like mica. Isn't it, the third child?"

When Zhao Wenduo was asked, he could only nod his head and say, "Yes."

After getting an affirmative answer, Li Cuizhen continued as if she had the motivation to continue talking: "It rained heavily yesterday, and the river flowed so fast, maybe those micas were crushed, and if they were exposed so little, the bright ones would be fine." Not surprising."

"What mica, this little bit of glitter, is it? What does it look like?" Zhao Mingyu was quite curious about what happened on the day of catching fish.Especially the blind touch under the stone slab, just listening to the description makes me feel nervous and exciting, and watching it on the spot must be even more exciting.

Li Cuizhen explained to him, repeating all the sayings she heard from Zhao Wenduo.

"The third child said that this is the knowledge in the textbooks, or that we still have to go to school, so we know a lot. We have lived here for most of our lives, and we don't know what the name of the sequins in the river is." Without the economy Due to the pressure from school, Li Cuizhen made a 180-degree turn in her attitude towards going to school.

Zhao Mingyu nodded straightly: "Learn more knowledge, then the designation is not wrong." He is also convinced of this statement: "Then, the designation is the mica."

"Not necessarily, maybe there is something else." Zhao Wenduo has been thinking about this question for a long time, and he unconsciously expressed his thoughts when he heard the sound.

"What else, could it be gold?" Zhao Mingyu replied casually.

Zhao Wenduo didn't say anything, but he didn't deny it either.

"No way?!"

(End of this chapter)