Chapter 19 Crayfish
Time flies, and the first year of high school is over in a blink of an eye.
The second year of high school meant that we had to be divided into classes. There were four people in the dormitory. Luo Xiao and Cheng Chen chose the liberal arts major.
The other two cousins chose science, and the four of them had different choices. However, there was no change in the number of people in their dormitory, and they still lived there as usual.
Luo Xiao also became much more cheerful. After all, he had Cheng Chen around to lead him and give him the sunshine he should have at his age.
He cherished every minute at school and his academic performance was always very good. In addition to his hard work, he felt that more credit was due to the effect of the well water in the space. Drinking the well water in the space for many years, his physical fitness was very good. He was already seventeen years old, and he was already 1.73 meters tall. He looked thin, but it was just that his skeleton was a little slender. In fact, his flesh was hidden in his body. He had a rosy complexion, and no pores on his skin when he washed his face with clean water. His fair and delicate face, coupled with his high looks, made him the most discussed topic in school, especially among the girls, without his knowledge, about how good-looking Luo Xiao was.
Cheng Chen made him even more envious. This guy was almost 1.82 meters tall and it looked like he would continue to grow taller.
Luo Xiao was extremely envious. He hoped that he could grow to 1.8 meters tall, or even taller in this life. At any rate, he would not treat himself badly and would feed himself well.
Their friendship grew stronger as time went by. Sometimes he would follow Cheng Chen to his house to stay overnight, and sometimes Cheng Chen would follow him back to the village. Whenever they returned to the village, he would be urged to go to the fields to catch fish and shrimps early in the evening.
Tonight, the two young men did not sleep again. Instead, they set out, each carrying a headlamp, a flashlight and tools.
"Xiao, it feels so good late at night, it's really exciting!" Cheng Chen said excitedly.
"Oh, I remember you felt nothing when you saw the spicy strips." Luo Xiao added.
Cheng Chen: “…”
"Well, that was my first time. I was just nervous. I'm not afraid of spicy strips now!" Cheng Chen said stubbornly.
Luo Xiao didn't expose him. After all, a friend who is both inexperienced and playful also needs to save face.
Fortunately, they are fully armed, so spicy snacks and the like won’t be a big problem as long as you don’t go out of your way to provoke them.
As time got closer to the millennium, people's pace of making money became faster and faster. As long as they could catch any fish in the fields, everyone would catch and sell it. Therefore, the fields and ditches now do not have as abundant resources as before.
But that was better than later.
"Luo Xiao and Cheng Chen? You are here too?" Someone in front shone his flashlight over here, saw that it was Luo Xiao and the others, and greeted them.
"Yeah, let's catch some fish and shrimp too. Uncle Luo, you came really early. How was the catch?" Cheng Chen started the conversation in a familiar manner.
"I just came here a while ago and caught a big eel. Are you planning to catch fish or shrimp? I saw a lot of crayfish in the ditch on the east side. They are laborious and fuel-intensive to catch, but they reproduce quickly and have pierced through the ridges of the fields. Didn't you say last time that you liked to eat them? Why don't you go catch some?" Luo Conghong said.
In fact, the subtext is that he came to this place first, and if you want to do it, change the place.
Neither of them was stupid, so they naturally went over there.
In fact, they really went there for the crayfish tonight.
The school organized a sports meet, and the class wanted to do something different with the food for the meet. Cheng Chen mentioned that crayfish is delicious, bright red and good-looking, and when it is braised in their brine, the taste will definitely make children cry with greed. When the class heard this, some of them had bought crayfish tails from their chain of braised meat shops, so they agreed immediately.
After all, they didn't want to be like the other classes, just chewing on an apple or eating an orange. For a sports meet, food with meat would definitely be more energy-intensive.
The head teacher and everyone in the class agreed to Cheng Chen's suggestion, so Luo Xiao, as his good friend, had no choice but to accompany him to play in the wild late at night.
In fact, Cheng Chen was planning to get it directly from home, but Luo Xiao said that there was too much in the fields in their village, and they could just get some and it would be enough to eat.
"Oh my god! The king of crayfish! It's so huge!" Cheng Chen looked at the super-sized crayfish that Luo Xiao had just caught in excitement.
He wanted to take it, but Luo Xiao stopped him.
"Don't move. The big ones can pinch people more fiercely. I don't want it in my hands! Don't just stare at it. Keep catching them. We need to catch a lot tonight." Luo Xiao signaled him not to play with the big lobster anymore.
"Okay, but I also want a big one like this. It looks delicious and has more meat. Xiao, let's save this big one for later. There won't be enough to share anyway." Cheng Chen said to him with a smile.
"Okay, stay if you like." Luo Xiao had no objection.
The two men were busy all the time, and crayfish were constantly being caught up. They were using a net bag with holes in it, so the crayfish wouldn't be trapped inside and wouldn't be able to escape easily.
The people who came later saw them here, but couldn't see them clearly from a distance, so they thought they had made a great harvest, so they came over here too.
When I got closer, I saw that they were preparing shrimps to feed the chickens and ducks, and they walked away with a frown.
He thought there was stock here, but it turned out to be this thing. However, it would be better if they had more, as this thing multiplied too quickly. The ridge he had just repaired the day before was leaking again.
There were other people who came over like him. Some of them would stop and get some crayfish to take back, but they would feed them to the chickens and ducks. Those who didn't know how to cook it would not taste good. After all, there were no videos like those in later generations that could teach people how to cook various dishes.
Luo Xiao and his team worked until late at night and returned with a full load.
After pouring some water on the crayfish and placing it in a cool place, the two of them took a quick shower and fell asleep.
The next day, if the alarm hadn't rang, they wouldn't have been able to get up at all.
After brushing their teeth and washing their faces, they divided the work, Luo Xiao cooked and Cheng Chen divided the shrimps.
Some of the crayfish that were placed last night were bound to fight and die, and he just wanted to pick out the dead ones.
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