Rebirth 1983

Chapter 25 Rainy Day, Three People

After the beauties, one big and one small, finished eating, Chen Song cleaned up.

"I heard on the radio in the afternoon that it was going to rain lightly. I plan to take Xiao Yaoyao to help me catch lobsters and let her watch for me on the shore. What do you think?"

Chen Song hugged the little beauty who was too full to move in his arms. The little beauty was sleepy after eating, and was drowsy at the moment, quietly squinting her eyes in Chen Song's arms.

"Is it going to rain?" Wang Yao looked at the sky immediately after hearing it, but the sky was clear: "It doesn't look like it's going to rain. If it really rains, the field will definitely not be able to come. Then I will take Xiao Yaoyao to help you."

"Can the weather forecast be accurate?"

Chen Song helped Wang Yao pack up all the tools, and went back with them.

Little Yaoyao was already asleep, and Chen Song hugged the little girl, trying not to shake her.

Wang Yao didn't quite believe what Chen Song said about the rain in the afternoon. She wanted to continue to finish the work in the field, but she didn't expect Chen Song to take all the tools away, so she had no choice but to go home with them.

The three of them walked back like this. Although the surrounding villagers didn't point at them specifically, their eyes were slightly weird.

"nothing."

Chen Song gave Wang Yao a relaxed smile, and Wang Yao nodded without speaking.

The hot summer weather really changes as soon as it is said.

As soon as the three of them arrived at Wang Yao's house, the sky suddenly became groggy, and thin strands of rain fell from the sky.

Chen Song waited until Xiaoyaotiao woke up, but he didn't see that the rain was going to stop. Seeing that the rain was not heavy, he planned to go out to catch lobsters.

"My mother and I are going too."

Yaotiao looked very excited. After all, in her perception, rainy days are days for fun. Adults will not go to work in the field, and children will go out to play.

Wang Yao’s family only had a coir raincoat, which was left a long time ago. Chen Song asked Wang Yao to wear the coir raincoat, watched Xiao Yaoyao think about it, and finally found a urea bag, took out the plastic bag inside, and made a suggested raincoat for Xiao Yaoyao to wear.

These two people have been malnourished all year round, and their physical fitness can only be said to be average, but don't let them collapse because of the rain.

Xiao Yaoyao was very happy, and rushed out of the house wearing Chen Song's simple homemade raincoat, and ran to the yard to face the drizzle.

Chen Song tidied up his equipment and waved his hand: "Let's go."

This time was no different than yesterday, Chen Song brought all the equipment.

Chen Song was holding yesterday's open triangular net and a bamboo basket.Wang Yao carried a wooden bucket, and even Xiao Yaotiao held a small plastic bucket by herself, and also took out a small homemade net bag that she didn't know when.

The rain falling from the sky slid into Chen Song's neck, making him feel a bit of coolness in this sweltering summer day.

Chen Song didn't wear a coir raincoat, but he didn't care. The rain was nothing to him.

Moreover, wearing that thing makes it even more difficult to go into the water to catch shrimp.

The three of them walked towards the previous ditch.

Little Yaoyao was very excited, her little feet stepped on the wet ground, she held a net bag and opened the way in front of her, bouncing and chasing after the low-flying dragonflies, she turned around and beckoned Chen Song and Wang Yao to follow quickly.

"Slow down, don't fall." Xiao Yaoyao ran too fast, and Wang Yao, who was carrying the barrel, failed to catch up. She told Xiao Yaoyao not to run too fast, but it made Xiao Yaoyao make faces at her mother.

In other words, although there are a lot of lobsters in the ditch, they are definitely not as many as in other people's ponds. Because of Yang Zhe's big fish, the water body in the pond is rich in nutrients, which is more suitable for the growth of lobsters.

But Chen Song and the others planned to catch lobsters to sell, so it would be inappropriate to catch them in other people's ponds.

When I came to the ditch, the ditch was a little cloudy because of the rain.

"You guys catch it on the shore, I'll go into the water." Chen Song told Wang Yao to look at Xiao Yaoyao.

Although the ditch is not deep, it is still quite dangerous for children.

On rainy days, there was no one by the ditch, so Chen Song let go.

The lobsters all surfaced due to the rain and lived on the aquatic plants. Chen Song saw a lot of big lobsters sitting on the aquatic plants at a glance.

"Wow, there are so many crayfish, uncle, hurry up and catch them."

Xiao Yaoyao saw these things that made her cry in fright, but now she really likes them. After all, the taste of the crayfish last night has not been forgotten yet.

"Then you obediently obey your mother and help out on the shore, okay?" Chen Song patted the little girl's head, wearing a simple raincoat through a plastic bag.

"Okay." The little girl's eyes lit up, and she held up her homemade net bag.

Chen Song smiled, rolled up his trouser legs and went into the water. The open triangular net dangled beside the aquatic plants, driving the lobsters into the net cage.

No one has caught this little guy all year round, and this thing is really flooding.

Even if Chen Song killed the little [-]-jin lobsters at once yesterday, there are still a lot of crayfish in the ditch alone.

As soon as the net cage is pulled up, lobsters and some snails appear in the net cage.

Chen Song sorted them all out, and threw the lobster into the bamboo basket, and the snails into the wooden bucket Chen Yao brought, and then went into the water again.

Wang Yao didn't just watch, she quickly scooped up half a basin of river water to clean the snails. A lot of mud and sundries were stuck to the snails. Wang Yao squatted on the bank of the ditch, rubbing her hands carefully to wash off the mud and sundries from the snails.

With the two collaborating in this way, the efficiency has improved a lot.

After all, Xiaoyaoyao was still young, and at first she was quietly catching crayfish on the bank of the ditch with her small net bag, but she soon became dissatisfied, and went down the steps of the ditch where the women in the village did their laundry, her feet submerged in the water.

But the crayfish is not that stupid. Chen Song directly restricted the large area so that the crayfish could not escape, but the little net bag of Xiaoyaoyao was not so easy to catch. After repeated failures, Xiaoyaoyao gave up directly.

When she saw her mother washing the snails, she groped for the snails there, and when she touched them, she ran to Wang Yao's side to ask for praise, and then went back to touch them.

It's just that Xiao Yaoyao didn't seem to be so lucky. Not long after entering the water, she was stung by a leech on her little foot. The pain was not too painful, but Xiao Yaoyao was so frightened by this soft little thing that she cried loudly.

A girl, and she's still such a young child, is actually born with a fear of this soft and slimy bug...

In fact, there are not many leeches in the ditches. Most of them are in the fields, which are the hardest hit areas for leeches.

Chen Song looked at Xiao Yaotiao who was frightened and cried loudly, and laughed very sympathetically.

"Bad uncle, Xiao Yaoyao ignores you!"

When Xiao Yaoyao saw Chen Song laughing at her, she immediately became unhappy, and her temper came up.

"Okay, uncle stopped laughing." Chen Song quickly covered his mouth, expressing that he would not laugh again.

The little girl was still not happy, she still pouted, probably feeling wronged by being bitten by a leech.

"Okay then, uncle will make an apology for Xiao Yaoyao with delicious crayfish later, okay?" Chen Song immediately came up with a unique trick, using delicious food to deal with the little girl.

"Then... well, then Yaoyao will forgive uncle, and you must do more." Xiao Yaoyao suddenly opened her eyes wide, and slammed her mouth, as if her mouth already tasted like lobster.

Chen Song and Wang Yao looked at each other and smiled silently.

Chen Song immersed himself in catching crayfish again, but he didn't expect to get a little more this time.

When the net was pulled up, a three-jin soft-shelled soft-shelled turtle was caught.

Its limbs and head retracted into the turtle shell, and it was terribly frightened.

Chen Song laughed, and put him into the snail bucket.

The three of Chen Song went into battle together, working together, and after several hours, they finally caught a bamboo basket full of crayfish, weighing about 30 kilograms.The wooden barrel in Wang Yao's hand also contained more than half of the barrel of snails.

Chen Song reckoned that these two would add up to forty catties.

After packing up his things, Chen Song asked Wang Yao and Xiao Yaoyao, who was still playing in the water, to go home together.

What made Chen Song and Wang Yao even more happy was the unexpected joy of this trip. This three-pound soft-shelled soft-shelled turtle was pure wild, and the turtle shell alone was more circled than Chen Song's entire hand.

Little Yaoyao jumped up and down happily, cheering for crayfish, spicy and garlic, which made Chen Song laugh.

(End of this chapter)