Dad's Pastoral Life

Chapter 6
Cheng Shi shook the big fish in his hand, at least it weighed five catties, it was strung with grass, and there was a bag of mushrooms.

He said, "Heizi, let me tell you, I didn't even eat my mother's dinner, but I came to your house. It's all because you are so good at cooking."

Cheng He just finished wearing the last strip in his hand, and said, "Then why? I have to thank you!"

Cheng Shi laughed happily: "You don't have to thank me, just let me try some stewed fish with mushrooms tonight. The fish was fished in Peach Blossom Lake this afternoon. It's very fresh. The mushrooms were also picked by my mother today."

Cheng Xinxin stared at the mandarin fish, and suddenly pointed at it and screamed, "The fish jumped up, it's jumping."

The big yellow dog didn't know what she was barking, and also barked twice in agreement with "Aw, ow".

Peach Blossom Lake is an original ecological lake, and there will be a lot of wild fish and farmed fish in it.

Even if the fish are raised and grown in an open native lake like Taohua Lake, the meat quality will be better than fish elsewhere, and the nutrition will be better.

If Cheng Shi brought this five-jin mandarin fish, it would not be cheap if it could be transported to the county for sale.It's just that the mountain road is quite inconvenient, and only a small number of qualified people can make this money.

In addition, the bag of fresh mushrooms is picked from the linden forest in the back mountain of Taohua Village, which is fresh and extremely nutritious.

Cheng He showed his skills again, scraped off the fish scales, washed them and threw them into a pot of hot oil. The seasonings were already fragrant. Then he added cooking wine and fresh mushrooms that had been washed and cut, and the fragrance soon overflowed. , Add Chinese toon leaves to enhance the aroma before serving the pot, and add some vinegar to remove the fishy smell, which will immediately make your index finger move.

Mushroom stewed fish is a way of eating in this area. After adding mushrooms to the fish, the taste will be more delicious, appetizing, and has the effect of dispelling rheumatism, which is very nutritious.

The three of them had another full meal, plus the big yellow dog ate the fish bones, and they also yelled "bluffing" after eating, as if they hadn't eaten delicious food for a long time.

Cheng He scolded with a smile: "You foodie!"

Cheng Xinxin also yelled, "Food, big food!"

While busy eating, Cheng Shi said vaguely: "I'm afraid this dog has already started to eat after seeing you come back. When we were feeding it before, we only ate a little bit."

After a full meal, taking advantage of the sporadic brilliance of the sun, Cheng He carried Cheng Xinxin to the village primary school for a walk.

At this time, the villagers basically returned home from work in the field, and had nothing to do after eating, so they would come to this open area for activities.

Cheng He warmly greeted people he knew for a while, and said hello when he met acquaintances.Now that I'm back in the village, these ordinary people still need to manage it, and I can't stay at home all the time.

I haven't seen him for several years, and the villagers were very surprised to see him, but they were still enthusiastic.

Cheng Xinxin was sweet-mouthed, and she could shout whatever she asked, causing everyone to praise her for being good.

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At night, when he returned to that dilapidated room and lay on the dilapidated bed that could barely sleep, Cheng He was in a difficult mood.

After working hard outside for a few years, he didn't return to his hometown in rich clothes. Instead, he took his daughter who was less than four years old and lived back in this dilapidated old house.

Everything that happened in the past was frying his heart like burning oil.

He is not a person who admits defeat, but the fact is like this, he lost, had nothing, and returned to this dilapidated small mountain village again.

If there is destiny, can he start all over again?

"Dad, look, there are stars in our house, they twinkle and twinkle, so beautiful." Cheng Xinxin leaned on Cheng He's shoulder, pointing to the top of her head and said.

The immature child's voice awakened his heart like the sound of nature, and Cheng He looked at his daughter in shock.

Those are not stars in the sky, but the moonlight shining through the dilapidated roof.

But for the child, she didn't care about the dilapidation of the house, but saw the beauty in the dilapidation.She can imagine the dilapidated roof as her starry sky.

Such words are enough to shock Cheng He.

Yes, even though I am now in a dilapidated small mountain village, as long as I look at it from a different perspective, it is beautiful, and my life still has hope.

Even if he returns to the mountain village again, he still has reasons to fight for the sake of his children!

After figuring this out, he was no longer depressed, and his mood instantly brightened.

Take a closer look at the roof, the moonlight shining out is really a bit like a star.

There are bursts of frogs and insects chirping outside, setting off the tranquility of the night in the mountain village.

Let's just make do with the dilapidated house, and sooner or later it will have to be replaced with a villa.

He closed his eyes to go to sleep, but he found that as long as he closed his eyes, he could see the shining gold star floating in his body.

The Venus is still only the size of a fingertip, but it emits dazzling golden light all the time, and it looks very energetic.

The invisible aura around it surged towards it non-stop, and the water in Venus also flowed non-stop.

Cheng He couldn't tell what it felt like, but he felt that after having this thing, he didn't feel tired all day today, and his energy was very good.

Moreover, he could clearly sense that the golden light that was the symbol of Ganoderma lucidum was far away.

But after such a long time, it hasn't faded at all, and it stays there steadily.

Anyway, the bamboo basket is ready, and he will pick it up tomorrow morning.

With this eccentric gold star, he thought, he would be able to bring the best life to his daughter in the future.

Even in a mountain village, he can still fight for a living.

At dawn the next day, Cheng He woke up his daughter and wanted to go into the mountain with her on his back.

Although it is not convenient to take her with you, you can't leave her alone at home.She was always worried about leaving her in the care of Napoleon.

Cheng Xinxin fell into a drowsy sleep, squinted her eyes and said vaguely, "Father, I don't want to get up...I still want to sleep."

I vaguely felt that I was about to get angry in bed.

Cheng He gently stroked her head, and said dotingly: "Come on, let's catch butterflies again."

The little girl loves the little things and he knows how to coax her.

"Really? Dad, I caught a lot of butterflies yesterday, and they all fly."

Sure enough, Cheng Xinxin became excited all of a sudden. She still remembered that when she passed the field of wild flowers yesterday, the butterflies landed on her body.

The little girl doesn't think about why, but she likes such fairytale things very much.

When she heard that she was going to catch butterflies again, her anger suddenly disappeared.

In the morning, the father and daughter went to Cheng Shi's house for breakfast. They only said that they went to the mountains to collect some herbs and sell them for money, but they didn't say how far they went.Villages generally have the habit of collecting herbs and selling them for money, after all, they have been underdeveloped.

Cheng Shi's arm is not healed yet, so he can't go into the mountain, so he asked Cheng He to wait for him for a few days, and when his arm is healed, he can go together again, so that he can take care of him.

Cheng He hurriedly said no, there is a strange gold star in his body, which is not easy to tell people.Besides, if people saw him running into the deep mountains at that weird speed, it would be strange not to be called a monster.

Now, he only dares to trust his daughter. After all, she is not yet four years old, and she still has a little understanding of the outside world, so nothing will happen.

After leaving the village and on the mountain road, he traveled at a normal speed.

After entering the mountain, he arrived at a place where no one was there, and he was about to run away.He put his daughter in a bamboo basket, covered her head with a large canvas, and carried it on her back.

One is because she is afraid that she will scare her when she sees him running too fast; second, if he runs so fast, it is inevitable that some branches and leaves will sweep her, which is also to protect her.

Cheng Xinxin didn't know anything, thought it was her father playing a game with her, and laughed happily.

(End of this chapter)