Rebirth space a little field

Chapter 10 Eating Grilled Fish

After the fish was roasted for a while, the aroma of the fish slowly wafted out. Although there was a strong earthy smell in it, it still made the four children swallow their saliva.

Zhuang Zhuang had eaten grilled fish with Damai and others before, but the others in Damai were all children, and the fish caught by children were eaten casually on the fire, without salt, and the roast was black and mushy , naturally not tasty.

In comparison, Grandma Chen's grilled fish was much better. Although it still had an earthy smell, it was neither dark nor mushy, and salt was added. Although the earthy smell was strong, it could not cover up the fragrance of the fish itself.

So the four little guys looked at the fish in their hands, licked the corners of their mouths, and swallowed their saliva.

Seeing the slanderous behavior of these four children, Grandma Chen burst out laughing, "Didn't you catch fish to eat?" Grandma Chen asked Da Zhuang, Zhuang Zhuang, and Xiaomi.

Hearing Grandma Chen's question, Da Zhuang replied, "I have eaten it, and I have eaten it with Brother Damai, but it is not good, it is too fishy, ​​and it is black and black, so it is difficult to eat." Da Zhuang said, Recalling the black batter grilled by Damai and the others, which did not look like fish at all, he had a look of disgust on his face. The fish was fishy and tasteless, it was really unpalatable. Absolutely will not eat.

After hearing Da Zhuang's words, both Zhuang Zhuang and Xiaomi nodded. Although it was also meat, they had never eaten such unpalatable meat.

Seeing the disgusted faces of the three little guys, Grandma Chen and Guaibao both laughed. Grandma Chen squinted her old eyes that were already cloudy, and remembered the past, "A few years ago, when there was nothing to eat, our whole village People who live on this unpalatable fish are all counting on this unpalatable fish."

"At that time, there was no oil, and the fish was directly fried in a pan, but in the end, the fish body was all black and mushy, but there was nothing to eat at that time, even if it was mushy fish, people in the village still ate it with relish. .”

When Chen Guaibao saw Grandma Chen recalling those years, she nodded accordingly. In the feudal society, she felt too insecure. She was born in New China and grew up under the red flag. She has never suffered hardships and sufferings. Now she has to adapt to this difficult life. , it's really difficult.

Chen Guaibao secretly sighed in his heart, and then asked curiously, "Grandma, there are so many people in our village, is there enough fish in this river?"

Hearing Chen Guaibao's question, Grandma Chen smiled, "Silly boy, not all the people in our village eat fish, they also eat wild vegetables on the mountain, even bark, and fish in the river. We barely escaped the famine that year, and no one died of starvation. However, after the famine, our three mountains were all desolate. Except for the bare trees, almost no grass grew, and the fish in the river were eaten up. .”

Oh~ After listening to Grandma Chen's words, the four children all yelled loudly, but Chen Guaibao still had doubts in her heart, "Grandma, did people from other villages flee to our village during the famine? Are they It’s not about fighting for food with the people in our village.”

Not to mention that the mountain is full of treasures, but there are many plants on the mountain, and there are also many edible things. During the famine, people from the surrounding villages must have fled here.

Grandma Chen didn't expect Chen Guaibao to ask such a question. Thinking of the chaotic scene back then, she sighed, "Guaibao, people from other villages fled to our village at that time, but in the end, more and more hungry people came, and the village head asked them to help." Organize the villagers to patrol around the three mountains to prevent those hungry people from coming back, and for this reason, there were several fights."

Thinking of the chaos of those years, and thinking of the peaceful days now, Grandma Chen sighed, "However, fortunately, the days of famine are not long. went."

After listening to Grandma Chen's words, the other three boys didn't feel much, but they were shocked by Chen Guaibao. She thought that the life now was hard enough and poor, but she didn't expect the life in the past to be even more difficult. .Unreliable, this ancient life is too unreliable, either famine or turmoil, how does this make her feel at ease when she grew up in the new China? !

Living here is too insecure.

Although Grandma Chen didn't say much, just a few words, Chen Guaibao could still imagine such a chaotic scene. Fortunately, she didn't wear it until that time, otherwise, the pampered and spoiled her would definitely not be able to survive.

Grandma Chen saw that Chen Guaibao's face was tense, and she looked bitter and bitter. Grandma Chen comforted her, "Guaibao, did you scare you?" Before Chen Guaibao could answer, Grandma Chen continued, " You don't have to be afraid, the current emperor is a good emperor, since he ascended the throne, the people in our village, as long as they are a little hardworking, can eat enough and never go hungry."

Chen Guaibao didn't expect Grandma Chen to say such a thing, did her emotions show on her face?Chen Guaibao touched his face, shook his head and said, "Grandma, I'm not afraid, I'm just afraid of going hungry."

As Chen Guaibao said, she took a deep breath of the air mixed with the smell of fish and the smell of earth, and then exhaled again. She really didn't want to go hungry.

After Chen Guaibao finished speaking, the three boys also nodded, expressing that they didn't want to go hungry either.

Seeing this, Grandma Chen took the opportunity to teach, "If you don't want to go hungry, then you should work hard and exchange your strength and sweat for food, understand?" Of course, Grandma Chen said this to the three boys of.

The three boys nodded in unison, indicating that they understood.

Seeing this, Grandma Chen smiled with satisfaction.

While they were talking, the fish was almost grilled, and the aroma became more intense, slightly covering up some of the earthy smell. Four children who hadn't eaten meat for a long time began to swallow the fish in their hands.

After a while, the fragrance became more intense, and the four children competed to swallow their saliva. Seeing this, Grandma Chen ordered the three boys to taste the fish to see if the fish in their hands was cooked.

The two wooden sticks in Chen Grandma's hands were forked with big fish, while the wooden sticks in the hands of the three boys were forked with small fish, and the small fish cooked quickly. When the three boys heard Grandma Chen's words, they should With a cry, he began to taste the fish in his hand.

Chen Guaibao was sitting next to Zhuang Zhuang. Two ten-centimeter grass carp were strung on a wooden stick in Zhuang Zhuang's hand. Zhuang Zhuang's grilling skills were not very good. There were black spots on the fish, but there was no paste, just the appearance Not good looking.

Zhuang Zhuang first tore off a small piece of fish meat with no spines on the belly of the fish, put it near his mouth and blew it, and then fed it to Chen Guaibao who was sitting next to him.

Chen Guaibao opened his mouth to swallow the strong grilled fish, um, although the earthy smell is there, but the strong fragrance is also there, and it is very fresh and salty, if you eat it with your nose pinched, the taste is so-so and passable.

Chen Guabao gave Zhuang Zhuang a thumbs up, praised him for his good roast, Zhuang Zhuang smiled shyly, and then continued to feed Chen Guabao fish.

Seeing this, Chen Guaibao naturally asked Zhuang Zhuang to eat first, she is not a real child, Zhuang Zhuang can think of her and let her eat the first bite of fish, she is already very touched.

Seeing that Chen Guaibao and Zhuang Zhuang were making concessions, Grandma Chen said, "Zhuang Zhuang, you eat first, and grandma will feed Guaibao later, and be careful of fishbone." The younger Chen Guabao eats fish.

Grandma Chen spoke, so Zhuang Zhuang responded, no longer giving in to Chen Guaibao, and sat a little away from the fire, sitting on a small stone, and began to eat fish seriously.

After a while, the big fish in Grandma Chen's hand was finally cooked. At this time, Da Zhuang and Xiaomi had finished eating the two small fish in their hands, so Grandma Chen gave the other fish to Da Zhuang Xiaomi. The rest is for Chen Guaibao to eat.

Grandma Chen broke off a piece of meat from the backbone of the fish, blew it, and fed it to Chen Guaibao. Chen Guaibao backed down, "Grandma, you have been working so hard, and you haven't tasted a bite. You eat first, and I will eat it later." eat."

Chen Guaibao's cuteness made Grandma Chen laugh from the bottom of her heart, "Grandma doesn't like fish, you can eat it."

Grandma Chen said this.Chen Guaibao then remembered the legend about her mother's love to eat fish heads. She raised her face and asked Grandma Chen, "Grandma, you really don't like fish? Fish is meat."

Chen Guaibao's coaxing tone made Grandma Chen laugh, and she laughed out loud, "Guaibao, you can eat at ease, Grandma really doesn't like it. Grandma was not used to the smell of fish. Back then During the famine, eating fish made my stomach sick again, so since then, Mamaw has stopped eating fish."

Hearing this, Chen Guaibao let out a big oh, so that's the case, no wonder.

Even if other people don’t like to eat fish, fish is meat after all. After ten days and a half months, other people will catch a few fish to eat, but Chen’s family, she has been wearing it for two months, and she hasn’t smelled fishy. It turned out that Grandma Chen didn't like fish.

In this way, Chen Guaibao began to eat the grilled fish made by Grandma Chen with peace of mind. The Chen family hadn't eaten meat for a long time, and the fish grilled by Grandma Chen was still edible, so the four children ate Very happy.They ate with their bellies open, and finally ate up all four big fish, and only three or four small fish remained.

Thinking of the three children, Barley, Wheat and Rice, who went to work in the fields, they couldn't eat the grilled fish, so Grandma Chen finally decided to catch two more and bring them back.

But thinking that it was getting late and it would be noon soon, Grandma Chen put the matter aside, put away the salt and flint knives, and then led the four satisfied little guys back.

(End of this chapter)