Chapter 7, Catching Eels

After all the migrant workers left, the village returned to normal. Since there was still some time before the harvest, everyone was not too busy on weekdays.

From time to time, a few people would make an appointment to go up the mountain to pick some mountain products.

No, a few people that An's mother was close to had just finished their work and were planning to go find some mushrooms today, so they called them to go along.

"Qianqian's mother, can we go now?" Aunt Yu shouted outside the yard.

Mother An told Qianqian yesterday that we were going into the mountains today.

An Qianqian originally wanted to go along, but the piglets and chickens at home couldn't be separated from them and had to be kept under surveillance.

She couldn't go.

"Okay, okay." Mother An took the cake made of corn that Qianqian had prepared for her.

After steaming, fry both sides with oil, it is very crispy.

Just get another backpack and you're done.

"Why are you in such a hurry? The sun hasn't even come out yet." As soon as Mother An came out, she complained to Aunt Yu.

Aunt Yu was no pushover either: "If the sun comes out, you'll be sunburned to death. Hurry up, they're waiting out front."

After An Qianqian watched her mother and the others leave, she began to prepare food for the piglets and chickens at noon.

Not only that, she also plans to test her own golden finger again.

See if there are any features that you haven't discovered yet.

But to her disappointment, there was nothing there except water.

She also experimented with the functions of water.

It can indeed cure diseases, and it works immediately for minor illnesses. She hasn't done all the experiments on major illnesses, but she knows that it must be effective.

If something like a broken bone happens, it will take some time to heal.

Last time, she simply broke the legs of the chicken and then wrapped it up.

After several days, the chicken began to limp.

If it happened to a human, I'm afraid it would take even longer.

An's mother didn't come back until the afternoon of that day. When she came back, her backpack was full. You can imagine how rich this forest is.

"Mom, should we sell these mountain products?" An Qianqian thought that the family couldn't finish them.

"Of course. Tomorrow I will go to the street with your Aunt Yu and the others to sell them." Today's harvest made Mother An very happy.

An Qianqian didn't say anything about going with them this time because she was afraid of spending money again.

"Then I'll get up early tomorrow and move them to Uncle He's carriage for you." An Qianqian helped spread out the mushrooms.

If they are all squeezed together, we may not be able to eat them tomorrow.

Mother An shook her head and said, "No, we won't take your Uncle He's carriage tomorrow. We plan to walk out." If they don't go to the market, how much would it cost to drive a carriage just for them?

"Ah?" An Qianqian was stunned. "Walk out?" How long would this take?

"Yes, it's not like we haven't been here before. Come on, kid, quickly pack these up, don't let them get damaged." Mother An said with concern.

The daily life is plain and warm, ushering in the day of harvest.

The crops in the fields are giving off signs of maturity.

The An family doesn't have much land, but it's not a small amount either. It will definitely take the two of them several days to harvest all the land.

An Qianqian and her mother wrapped themselves up tightly and went to work in the fields as soon as it was light.

When the sun comes out, they come back to have breakfast, then go out again and come back at noon.

I come back at noon to eat and take a nap, and finish work in the afternoon when it gets dark.

This went on for three or four days.

The two of them finally took the crops from the fields back home.

After everything was done in the fields, An's mother turned over and dried the millet at home. After a few days, it would be time to deliver the grain.

We can't delay any longer.

After An's mother came home, An Qianqian was able to go out for a walk.

She thought of a delicacy.

That's the eel.

You can find them in any field as long as the fields are not too dry.

Almost all the people of her age in the village have gone out to work.

Those older than her are all married, and these people are not from the same country as her.

There is no good relationship between her and those who are younger than her.

Besides, after so many years, there are not many familiar people in her memory.

As she walked on the road, she saw many children in the village catching small fish and loaches in the canal, and their bodies were all wet.

Some people who knew her called her "Sister Qianqian" when they saw her.

She agreed to all of them.

He also generously gave a candy to the person who called him.

Candy isn’t that expensive these days, but it’s not something that everyone will buy.

"Thank you, Sister Qianqian."

"Gou Wa, your clothes are all wet, be careful not to catch a cold, go back and change your clothes." This child was none other than Aunt Yu's youngest son.

He is only ten years old this year and has an older brother and sister.

He can be considered a late-born son, as his elder brother got married last year.

"No, my mother will beat me if I go back." Gou Wa is very smart.

The others also laughed and started to cheer, "It's okay. If your mother hits you, just run away and go to your grandfather's house." Everyone gave some suggestions.

Gou Wa ignored them, ate the candy, and said, "Sister Qianqian, where are you going with the bucket?"

An Qianqian pointed inside and said, "I'll go to the field to see if there are any eels to catch."

"Yes." When the children heard that she was going to catch eels, they became excited.

"Sister Qianqian, there are a lot of eels in your fields." An older child came up from the channel.

"When I passed by your field yesterday, I saw some eels crawling outside, but my mother didn't let me catch them." The child said with a look of regret on his face.

An Qianqian really didn't know this. She had only been to the fields a few times. The first two times she went there to help her mother manage the water, and she secretly put some Golden Finger water in.

Then there were the harvests two days ago, and I really didn’t notice it: “Is it really that much?”

Anyway, they were all born and raised naturally, so she had no intention of catching them all at home.

"A lot." The child was afraid that she would not believe him, so he immediately told her what he had discovered: "There are a lot of eel holes."

An Qianqian smiled and said, "Then come with me to catch them. Once you catch them, you can take them home and eat them." At this time, there was no idea of selling these things.

And she had no plans to sell it.

This stuff is not expensive nowadays, a big bucket may only cost a few cents or dollars.

"Okay." The children were excited.

They all came up from the channel one by one.

The water in this roadside canal is not deep, and children love to play here because not only can they play in the water, but it is also cool.

An adult led a group of children towards the Anjia rice fields.

The An family's rice fields were all divided together. I have to say, they were really lucky.

"Okay, go and turn it over yourself." When she arrived, she didn't see any eels crawling on the ground in the field, but there were quite a few rice roots that had just been harvested.

In addition, An's mother was afraid that the field would dry out, so she added some water.

As soon as the children started to move, An Qianqian did not delay.

She didn't know how to find the eel hole like them, but she was strong and could just turn it over little by little.

After a while, she found a very big eel, weighing almost three or four taels.

If she didn't know what an eel was, she would have mistaken it for a snake.

If there is one, there will be two.

She turned over the ridges of the field, and after turning over two of the four ridges, she filled the bucket.

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(End of this chapter)