Hello 1983

  Chapter 84 The Age of Scooping Fish

   Today Liu Qingshan's house is very lively, there is a table on the kang, and a table on the ground, eating happily.

  On the kang table sat Liu Shikui, accompanied by the old branch secretary and Captain Zhang.

  Guests include Wu Jianjun and Liu Quangang, as well as Director Lu of the Cultural Center, and Gao Wenxue is also sitting at this table. Today he is a well-deserved protagonist.

  Liu Qingshan is also at this table, responsible for picking up vegetables and pouring wine.

  Today’s dishes are also extraordinarily rich. The fragrant chicken stewed with mushrooms and marinated matsutake were soaked in warm water to desalinate and fried on a plate.

   In addition, there are two big carp brought by Captain Zhang, which were newly caught from the large reservoir connected to the Xiaosongjiang River. The fish are very fresh and lively.

  Gangzi’s favorite egg stew, I also steamed a small pot, and also steamed potatoes and melons, mixed with egg stew, shredded green onion and coriander, it will definitely fill you up.

   "Writer Gao, and the head of the branch secretary, thank you for your hospitality. I respect everyone."

  Curator Lu is also a veteran at the wine table, he can be said to have both ways.

  The only regret was that Writer Gao didn't drink alcohol, so he gestured with an enamel jar and gulped down a sip of plain water.

  As a writer, he has a weird temper, which is understandable.

  Curator Lu didn’t care about Gao Wenxue, he chatted enthusiastically with the branch secretary and the village head, and praised Liu Shikui from time to time, saying that he was well trained.

  Liu Qingshan was mainly responsible for taking care of Brother Fei and Gangzi, and even sneaked in to distribute the two big chicken legs in the basin to the fourth and fifth children at the table on the ground, exactly one for each person.

   "Apricot, eat."

  Seeing Shan Xing in a daze, the little brother quietly nudged her with his elbow.

what!

  Shan Xing just came back to his senses, smiled at the third brother and the fourth sister, and then gave Lin Zhi the chicken leg again: "Mother, eat it, it's too big, I can't eat it."

  Lin Zhi also felt pain and love in her heart, and took the chicken leg back: "You eat first."

  Liu Qingshan patted Shan Xing's watermelon head: "Fifth, you can stay at our house with peace of mind, as long as you don't agree, no one can take you away from this house!"

Ok!

  Shan Xing nodded vigorously, then took a bite of the chicken leg, it was so delicious.

  The little fourth child also slipped his beard, and gave Yang Hongying the chicken legs in his bowl: "Mr. Yang, you eat chicken legs."

   "From now on, I will call you Teacher at school, and at home, I will call you Old Sister."

  Yang Hongying naturally transferred the chicken legs back.

  She also thinks that the title of "Old Sister" is quite good. It not only means that she is a member of the family, but also very kind, and also shows her specialness.

   Seeing that she had confessed herself, Liu Qingshan smiled and picked up the chicken head on the plate: "Old sister, you can eat this."

  In the end, Lin Zhi raised her hand to stop her: "Sanfeng, don't mess around, those who are not married will eat chicken heads, and it will definitely rain when they get married."

   "Sanfeng, your ears are itchy, aren't you?"

  Yang Hongying said angrily.

   Not to mention, this old lady has one thing in common with the sisters of the Liu family: they are all beauties.

  Ling Zhi watched them quarreling cheerfully, feeling a sense of satisfaction in her heart.

  Then saw that the fourth child had a chicken paw to chew on, so he stopped him with a smile: "This kid can't eat it, and writing will be like a chicken scraper."

   After finishing speaking, he took the only chicken heart eye on the plate to the fourth child: "Eat this, let's grow some heart eyes."

  The fourth child blinked and blinked his big eyes: "Mom, what do you mean, that I am lacking in heart and need to make up for it?"

  Haha, there was a burst of cheerful laughter at the dinner table.

  After lunch, Yang Hongying led the children to school, and curator Lu left with satisfaction with the forms and photos filled out by Gao Wenxue.

  Gangzi couldn't stay idle, so he insisted on dragging Liu Qingshan around the village, and pointed to the rolling mountains in the distance.

  If you go to the mountains, you can only wait until tomorrow, and there are still some villagers who want to go to the mountains to pick frozen mushrooms.

  As for this afternoon, Liu Qingshan also has arrangements. Such a small mountain village is full of novelties for city dwellers, and they can arrange half-month programs for you, without repeating the same.

  Go to the warehouse and find a broken bucket, and ask Gangzi to carry it first, so that he won't be idle.

  Liu Qingshan found out another pair of big boots and handed them to Gao Wenxue. The writer also wants to experience life today.

  He himself went to Zhang Lao Er's house, and soon came back with a big arm.

   This kind of large basket has a wooden pole more than two feet long, with a semicircular iron frame at the front and a flat bottom, all of which are woven with fine fishing nets.

   "Can this thing catch fish too?"

  Gangzi was a little unbelievable, and the tools were too simple.

  Walking, Liu Qingshan wobbled at the front with his big arms on his shoulders.

   A group of four people left the house and walked westward. After a few hundred meters, there was an open meadow in front of them, and the edge could not be seen at a glance.

  The reeds on the Dianzi are swaying with the wind, and there are various Artemisia weeds scattered among them.

   There are also large and small blisters scattered all over the place.

   "Wild ducks, shoot some wild ducks!"

  Gangzi started yelling, because he found that a large group of ducks were swimming in the water at the edge of the meadow.

  The little flat mouth is still poking hard at the bottom of the water. When the water is deep, it will stick its upper body into the water, leaving only half of its buttocks in the air.

  Liu Qingshan twitched his lips: "You go ahead and kill one, and see if anyone in the village settles with you!"

  Gangzi blinked his eyes: "Is this a domestic duck?"

   "Nonsense, wild ducks have already flown south this month."

  Liu Qingshan replied, and continued to add: "If the wild duck would have plopped a long time ago, it would have plunged into the bottom of the water to prey, and it can still be so strenuous?"

  Looking at the big buttocks standing in mid-air, Gangzi also smiled: "It's the same with people, you can't live too comfortably, or you will degenerate."

  Well, what you said is a bit reasonable, Liu Qingshan nodded: "Then today's arduous task of hugging the fish will be entrusted to you."

   "Okay, this is nothing!"

  Gangzi promised without shame, and the few people gradually walked into the depths of Dianzi.

  There is no path at all here, that is, this month, the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, is a dry season. In summer, it is full of mud from the pond, and it is difficult to get in.

  After walking a hundred meters, he found a random big paozi, Liu Qingshan asked Gangzi to put on his boots, and went to hug the fish first.

   There is no technical content at all to use this thing to catch fish, all you need is strength.

  Under Liu Qingshan's guidance, Gangzi first sent the big basket into the water, and then pulled it back.

   Even the mud and rotten grass at the bottom of the water, I took half a bag up, and then shook these things to the grass on the bank.

   "There are really fish!"

  Gangzi yelled, and he saw a few bright white crucian carp shells wrapped in it, basically about one or two, with silvery white scales, which is really gratifying.

   "Brother Fei, let's pick up fish."

   Liu Qingshan yelled, and Wu Jianjun couldn't wait to reach out to catch the fish. He picked up two crucian carp, and then withdrew his hand suddenly: "What is this?"

  In the mud grass, wrapped a black guy, as long as chopsticks, thicker than his thumb, twisting and twisting, scary.

   "It's such a big loach, this thing is good for mending, eating loach is better than ginseng!"

  Liu Qingshan picked up the loach with both hands and threw it into the water. The loach was so slippery that it was hard to hold it with one hand.

   "I thought it was a water snake, this loach is really long."

   Brother Fei explained in his mouth that they who live in big cities have never done this stuff before.

   Seeing that the four people who came were all boys, Liu Qingshan said hey twice: "That's why I made up."

   There were a few small loaches in the mud, all of which were held by Liu Qingshan and thrown back into the water. Brother Fei was about to stop him when he heard Liu Qingshan chanting:

   "Only by grasping the big and letting go of the small can we make sustainable use of it."

   At this time, Gangzi put his arms up half of the bag again, and saw that there were actually two palm-sized crucian melon seeds in it, and immediately yelled: "I used to say that in our place, we beat roe deer with sticks and ladle fish, but I still don't believe it!"

  Liu Qingshan responded: "Scooping fish with ladles is a little exaggerated now, but children in the village dig vegetables and use earthen baskets to scoop them in the water, and they can basically fish out loach and old man fish."

   "Old man fish, is this fish very old?"

  Gangzi didn't understand again.

   "This kind is old man fish, also called mountain fat head fish. When eating, the head should be removed."

  Liu Qingshan picked up a fish from the ground, the big head almost accounted for one-third of the body, the flesh was rolling, and there were black and yellow markings on the body. It's about ten centimeters long.

   "When the head is removed, there is nothing left."

  Gangzi feels that this kind of fish is not nutritious if caught. The head is already big, so it has to be removed.

  Gao Wenxue said at this time: "This old man fish has a fierce temper and is a carnivorous fish, so it tastes very delicious."

  That’s it, let’s catch it. Brother Dafei stretched out his hand to pick up a few old man fish, and suddenly withdrew his hand suddenly, and the whole person jumped up:

   "Toad!"

  Liu Qingshan glanced at it: "It's not a toad, it's a husky toad with a red belly. It's very nourishing to eat."

  But Brother Fei looked at the lazy Husky and still didn't dare to make a move.

  The characteristic of this thing is: it does not bite or respond to others.

   On the contrary, Gao Wenxue was not polite at all. He caught it in his hand and distinguished the male from the female. If it was female, he would save it for Jinfeng to make up for.

  Gangzi hugged more than a dozen times, then sat on the grass panting heavily, so he was replaced by Fei Ge, and the two of them worked in shifts, and in the end they were so tired that their arms became weak and their waists ached.

  Liu Qingshan is mainly responsible for the selection: the small ones are thrown back, especially the husky toads, like the one-year-old ones, are thrown into the ditch next to them.

   There were also some larger female toads, which were also thrown back.

  Because of this one, there will be dozens and hundreds more in the coming year.

  Finally, even toads and small miscellaneous fish made half of the bucket, with a wooden stick in the middle, and carried it back with a full load on the shoulders.

   "It's really enjoyable!"

  Gangzi still has a little more to say, but when he eats fish, it will be even more enjoyable.

   Stewed old man fish in sauce, although the skin of the fish is black and full of spots, the fish inside is white and tender, very delicious.

   There is also fried crucian carp, which is fried slowly in a large pot on low heat, and both sides are fried to golden brown. It is not too beautiful to tear the fish with wine.

   There was also stewed husky toad. At first the two brothers didn't dare to eat it, but seeing that Yang Hongying's food was delicious, they overcame their obstacles and tried one.

  After tasting it, I couldn't stop my mouth.

  As for the loach, it needs to be kept in clear water for one night, spit out the dirty things in the stomach, and stew again tomorrow.

  One meal, the two brothers are full,

  When he was strolling outside to digest his food, Gangzi muttered belatedly: "Qingshan, no wonder you are willing to stay in this small mountain village, there are so many delicious foods."

  Liu Qingshan said cheerfully: "Today we are just doing small things, which belong to the least technical content and the lowest end. It will be fun to wait until the winter fishing before the Chinese New Year."

  Gangzi's eyes lit up and said: "Okay, we'll come back when the Chinese New Year comes!"

  (end of this chapter)