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Chapter 61 Catching Crabs

Qin Qing grew up in the city and had never seen mountains, let alone small villages in the mountains. Baimei took her around Baijiagou for several days before officially entering the stage of visits.

Baimei took Qin Qing to see their old stone house, the rice in the field, and the sweet potatoes in the soil. Qin Qing was curious about everything, even her family's ancestral tomb felt quite ancient, and even took out her camera to take pictures.

"Sister, you can't just take pictures of this grave."

Qin Yulan nervously stopped.

Qin Yulan is a good-tempered person, but not a bad person. She still has to protect the ancestral grave of the Bai family.

The old people in Baijiagou who were written by Baimei in the reportage learned that there would be dignitaries coming to see them. When they heard that Baimei had brought a few people from the city back, they all stretched their necks and waited.

"Baimei, let's start tomorrow and go visit those old people."

Qin Qing and Baimei were sitting in the courtyard dam, holding cattail fans, fanning the wind while driving away mosquitoes.

Bai Zhong was pouring basins of cold water on the ground to reduce the heat.

Bai Yue sat next to Qin Qing, enjoying the free cool breeze to read. She is already in the second year of junior high school, and she studies very hard.

"Okay, let's get up early in the morning and set off, the sun will come out later, it will be hot."

Baimei thought about it and made an arrangement.

"Hmm, okay?"

Qin Qing looked around as if remembering something, and looked at Baimei suspiciously.

"what happened?"

Qin Qing's actions gave Baimei a bad feeling.

"Where's Bai Yuan? Why is he missing?"

"Oh, that's right, that is, where did Bai Yuan go? We went out for a few days, but he didn't follow, and I don't know what he's busy with..."

Baimei looked around subconsciously.

"Maybe he went out with Bai Feng to do something."

Bai Zhong answered the sentence indifferently, and then realized that there was something wrong with what he said, so he explained it again.

"I mean, after dinner, I saw Bai Yuan and Bai Feng walking into the mountain with basins and buckets, talking and laughing. I thought, maybe they went to do some work together... Oh... I remembered , probably went to catch crabs in that river ditch."

"This stinky Baiyuan, you don't even call me when you catch crabs, hum! Baimei, let's go, let's find them."

"Forget it, they should be coming back, you see, it's going to be dark today."

Baimei pointed to the sky, as if she didn't want to move.

"No, I'm going to catch crabs too, go, come with me!"

Qin Qing couldn't help but dragged Baimei into the mountain.

"Huang Zhigui, take the basin and flashlight and follow."

Qin Qing turned around and ordered Bai Zhong again.

"okay!"

Bai Zhong moved upon hearing the order, and he would not let go of any chance to be with Baimei.

Sure enough, they saw Bai Yuan and Bai Feng playing in a creek.

"Wow! You two sneaked out, what are you doing?"

Qin Qing let out a loud roar, and the two figures were so frightened that they quickly separated and froze there.

"We're catching crabs, what can we do? Look at your voice, the crabs are so frightened that you hit the stone and kill themselves."

After a while of silence, Bai Yuan replied with a smile.

"You have no heart, you don't call me such a fun thing as catching crabs!"

Qin Qing said, rolled up his trousers and jumped into the water.

She has only been here for a few days, and her movements have become so skillful, there is no sign of affectation at all.

"It's getting dark, you girls will be scared."

Bai Yuan defended with a smile.

"I'm a girl too?"

Bai Zhong also followed Bai Mei into the water, and when he heard Bai Yuan's words, he immediately followed up with a smile.

There are so many memories in this creek, so that he was in a trance and went back to the time when he and Baimei splashed water and threw small stone slabs at each other in the creek.

"You? Follow Baimei's ass all day long. You treat us as blind... You have the nerve to compete with me..."

Bai Yuan pursed his lips, raised his fingers, twisted his waist, and muttered disdainfully.

"Hahaha!"

Qin Qing was amused and couldn't stop laughing.

Bai Feng also laughed.

"Bai Manzi, if you talk nonsense again, I'll throw the crab into your clothes."

As Baimei said, she broke out a small crab from under a stone, and threw it towards Bai Yuan with a "swish".

"Are you really throwing it?"

Bai Yuan scolded with a smile, picked up a crab from the basin and threw it towards Baimei.

"Bai Manzi, be careful!"

Bai Zhong immediately stepped forward to protect Bai Mei, bent down to scoop up a basin of water and poured it on Bai Yuan.

"Yo, does your heart hurt? I'll just throw it away!"

Xiaoxigou is very lively in the light of night.

The night is getting deeper and deeper, and the sound of frogs overwhelms the waves one after another.

"Let's go back."

The buckets and basins were full of crabs waving their pincers, and Baimei was so tired that she couldn't stand upright.

Bai Zhong hurried over to support her.

"okay!"

Looking at the densely packed crabs, Qin Qing nodded in satisfaction.

When I walked to Tiankan near my home, I found that the lights in the house were still on.

In order to wait for the children, Qin Yulan stayed up all the time, and Bai Yue stayed with her all the time.

"Mom, we caught a lot of crabs."

As soon as Baimei entered, she handed the bucket to Qin Yulan.

"Oh, I really let you catch so many, then you wait, I will blow it up for you."

After Qin Yulan finished speaking, she carried the bucket and went into the kitchen.

Bai Yue also happily followed.

Not long after, a burst of irritating fragrance wafted out from the kitchen.

Bai Feng went to the kitchen, ate it first, and was beaten by Bai Mei.

"Why are you beating someone?"

Bai Yuan complained.

"Who told him to steal it? He should be beaten!"

Baimei put her hips on her hips, confident and confident.

"He obviously ate it in front of his aunt, how could it be called stealing?"

Bai Yuan reasoned seriously.

"Strong words make sense!"

Baimei rolled her eyes and went to the kitchen.

Baimei brought out a large bowl of fried golden and crispy crabs, put them on the small square table in the middle of the dam, and invited everyone to come and eat.

Bai Zhong went to bring up the beer that was frozen in the well beforehand, and it was already on the table.

Several young people, facing the starry night sky, listening to the cicadas and frogs, the night wind blowing, chewing delicious crabs, drinking cold beer, have a special taste.

"Wow! It's so fucking cool!"

Qin Qing couldn't restrain his wild enthusiasm, and expressed his feelings.

Bai Zhong watched Baimei's frowns and smiles silently, as if his heart was filled with honey.

He secretly moved his hand to Baimei's, ready to move, but Baimei slapped it back mercilessly.

"Be honest, as I said, if you piss me off, I'll kick you out now!"

Baimei is always confident when speaking in front of Baizhong.

Bai Zhong had no choice but to sit there obediently, eating crabs, drinking wine and watching the starry sky, but from Bai Mei's eyes, he could see that she was friendly to him.

"Bai Huahua, why the fuck are you running away by yourself again? Come here, Bai Feng, why are you always following him? Come here too, let's eat and drink together!"

Qin Qing found that Bai Yuan always slipped aside when everyone was not paying attention, and was very upset.

Baimei also found out, and Baifeng always followed Bai Yuan.

"Ahem, I'm talking about studying with Bai Feng. It's too noisy and sweet in your place, I can't stand it."

Bai Yuan looked at Qin Qing, then at Bai Zhong, and said with a smirk.

"Bai Manzi, you're talking nonsense again!"

Bai Mei grabbed the crab in the basin and threw it over, Bai Yuan skillfully caught it, put it in his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it.

"Fragrant! Thank you!"

"Bai Huahua, come here quickly, keep moaning, my fist is coming!"

Qin Qing stood up forcefully and moved towards Bai Yuan.

Bai Yuan was most afraid of Qin Qing's battle, so he quickly dragged Bai Feng over.

Qin Yulan, who was still frying crabs in the kitchen, couldn't help smiling comfortably when she saw the children under the dome through the window.

Early the next morning, just after dawn, several people set off to Ma Yifang's house.

(End of this chapter)