Chapter 41: Fishing
Gu Ci also wanted Chu Hong to know that if a married daughter was bullied by her husband's family in an unfamiliar family, no one would know.
In this way, she will be determined to find a son-in-law.
He felt that among the male educated youth in the three villages, few could compare to himself.
If I find a son-in-law, I will definitely have a chance.
The smile on Chu Hong's face disappeared instantly. After taking a deep breath, she said calmly, "We will be back from town tomorrow, so we can pick up Xiao Yuer to stay for two days."
Even if she wanted to support her elder sister, her elder sister had to say it herself.
She couldn't just go to someone else's house and curse at the Su family without knowing the truth.
If her elder sister doesn't appreciate it, won't she vomit to death?
Besides, it was close to the New Year, and everyone wanted a good omen, so there was no fighting, not even the sound of quarreling was heard.
Sometimes, a child has no taboos and says the word "death" while playing. The adults will then use straw paper to wipe the child's mouth to wipe off the unlucky word.
Therefore, all Chu Hong could do was to take Xiao Yuer to her home to stay for a few days. If her elder sister was interested, she would naturally come along.
As long as she is willing to speak out about her grievances, her family will help her get justice.
"Then call me if you have anything." Gu Ci kept it in mind and planned to pay more attention to the Su family's movements tomorrow morning to prevent her from suffering any harm in the Su family.
Chu Hong responded, and when she saw Xiao Hei looking listless, her heart moved.
I can't go to the Su's house and keep an eye on what's going on in my eldest sister's house, but Xiao Hei can.
When the hot water came, Chu Hong first washed off the mud on Xiao Hei's body, then put Xiao Hei in the wooden tub for a bath. When he was almost done, she was so extravagant as to use the remaining half bar of soap on Xiao Hei.
Chuchu and the others all rushed to rub bubbles all over Xiao Hei's body, which made him smell sweet and made Xiao Hei feel so happy.
After taking a bath, I wiped Xiao Hei half dry with a clean cloth before placing him by the brazier to warm himself by the fire.
Seeing that it was getting late, Chuchu and the others went back to cook lunch.
Gu Ci also went back. He felt embarrassed to eat for free at the Song family so often.
Chu Hong heated up last night's leftovers and gave them to Xiao Hei.
She vaguely remembered that cats cannot eat too salty food, and she wanted to bribe Xiao Hei, so she secretly cooked a poached egg for Xiao Hei while the family was not back.
After all, for people nowadays, being able to eat an egg every two or three days is considered a blessing.
If someone finds out that you feed eggs to cats, you will definitely be scolded.
"Is it delicious?" Chu Hong whispered, "I'll give you fish soup and rice tonight, don't forget to come home and eat it."
Xiao Hei meowed excitedly, "I definitely remember."
It is cat's nature to love eating fish, otherwise Xiao Hei wouldn't have fallen into the mud because of greed.
Chu Hong also hurried to cook lunch.
I cooked extra rice last night. I had noodle dumplings for breakfast and fried rice with vegetables for lunch.
Now she has inherited her grandmother's technique of using chopsticks to simmer lard, but in winter most of the lard is solidified, and the amount on her chopsticks is ten times more than that of her grandmother's.
Seeing Grandpa and the others coming in, she quickly said, "There's hot water in the big pot, Grandpa, wash your faces."
Of course, at Grandpa Song’s age, he doesn’t need to go into the pond. They are responsible for picking out the small fish.
The advantage of eating vegetable fried rice is that you don’t have to cook the vegetables. Everyone has a bowl of rice and it tastes delicious when eaten while hot.
Chu Hong asked, "Dad, can we finish the work today?"
Secretary Song shook his head and said, "We haven't cleaned the fish pond for two years. This year, we need to get everyone to transport the sludge at the bottom of the pond to the land on the hillside."
"The sludge can also be used to fertilize the land, and the land reclaimed over there will have a good harvest next year."
What country people value most is land.
There are many hills and forests here, and the reclaimed land is also on the mountains.
Pick up the places with yellow mud and sand, turn the land over, and then continue to harrow and make ridges after the mud has dried. First plant some soybeans, peanuts and sweet potatoes to cultivate the land.
The land that is reclaimed first will not be subject to tax for five years.
Moreover, we just came to measure the land in the spring of this year, and we don’t know when we will come back to measure the land next time.
After hearing this, Chu Hong also told Aunt He about her shopping: "I'll keep the money and buy food for the New Year tomorrow."
Mrs. Song took a deep breath and said, "We have everything at home. Don't spend all your money."
Seeing her distressed look, Chu Hong quickly counted out twelve yuan and gave it to her: "Grandma, you raised the chickens. Keep this money. Buy whatever you want to eat. Don't be reluctant."
Mrs. Song handed the money to her daughter-in-law and said, "Xiaohong spends money lavishly without knowing how to count. You should keep it."
Wu Xiu didn't take it, but smiled and said, "Mom, this money was originally given to you, keep it for yourself."
"I have money." Mrs. Song firmly stuffed the money into her daughter-in-law's pocket and muttered in a low voice: "I didn't spend a penny of the money Xiaohong gave me before?"
She had saved more than two hundred yuan, which was enough to make her happy.
In the future, Chu Hong will be looking for a son-in-law, and Xiao Dan will have to prepare a dowry for her marriage, so they have many places to spend money. ”
Secretary Song was thinking about the collective supply issue, and finally nodded: "What Director He said does make sense. It just so happens that the commune will not be closed until New Year's Eve, so I will go there this afternoon."
Then he said to Old Man Song, "Father, let Ah Sheng take care of the pond."
Old Man Song nodded: "Just go and do your thing, I'll talk to him."
Chu Dan was also very happy: "Sister, I will deliver it with you tomorrow. Let's start steaming the taro in the afternoon, right?"
Chu Hong nodded: "Make the taro dumplings today, and you don't have to worry about them sticking together when they are completely cold tomorrow."
"Then let's make more?" Chu Dan swallowed his saliva: "It's just right to take advantage of the New Year to eat something good."
Chu Hong was of course willing: "Okay, you wash the taro and I'll chop the meat."
In the morning, Old Lady Song went to her second son's house to help with dust removal. She did not go there in the afternoon and stayed at home to help.
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Chu Hong went to the pond to listen to everyone discuss how to divide the fish and to keep accounts at the same time.
Their family also received two silver carp and black carp weighing about five kilograms, as well as five crucian carps that were not as big as a palm.
Nowadays, people in the village don’t like to eat crucian carp because it has too many bones and little meat.
After hearing the complaints from several sisters-in-law who frequently visited the place, Chu Hong remembered that crucian carp soup was delicious and nutritious, so she quietly used sugar to "exchange" the crucian carp from several families.
Just exchange one or two ounces of sugar for a crucian carp.
After changing five stores, he did not forget to remind them not to tell anyone because their sugar was almost sold out.
Nowadays, all crucian carp are wild, and their scales are dark green with a shiny appearance, which looks particularly beautiful.
Chu Hong kept them all in a broken water tank in the corner of the yard, preparing to eat crucian carp soup with them every day, and also send some to Chu Chu and the others.
They are old and young, so they must not get sick, otherwise it will be more troublesome.
Chu Dan took one look at the crucian carp and looked at her second sister with a look of an idiot, feeling distressed: "This crucian carp has too many bones and little meat. If it is not cooked well, it will be fishy and taste terrible. You only exchanged one ounce of sugar for a crucian carp. You are being taken advantage of."
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