Chapter 36: Little Shark in the Puddle
As the sky gradually darkened, every household in the village began to eat dinner.
Many people held bowls in their hands with some food on them and stood at the door, eating and chatting with their neighbors.
But it’s different at Zhang Ze’s house. Today Zhang’s mother cooked a pot of chicken, so naturally they had to close the door and eat it in seclusion.
The smell might arouse suspicion, but they can't care about that. It's better than leaving the door open and someone coming in with a bowl in hand!
At that time, maybe if you say something polite, others will follow your lead.
"Hmm~ the chicken leg smells so good!" At this time, Zhang Wu, who had been crying for a long time and no one paid attention to him, was struggling with a big chicken leg.
The fact that one cent has become one cent is an irreversible fact, so let's eat more chicken tonight.
After a while, a big chicken leg was eaten, and then he set his eyes on the last chicken wing in the big bowl.
Because the other chicken leg and chicken wing had already been given to Zhang Qing and Zhang Qian, Zhang Ze was not very interested in the chicken leg and chicken wing, so he kept them.
Just as Zhang Wu stretched out his chopsticks to grab the chicken wing, his mother knocked the chopsticks on his hand with a bang: "What are you doing? A big chicken drumstick is not enough for you, don't you have other meat? These chicken wings are for your brother."
"I thought brother wouldn't eat it." Although Zhang Wu was eager for chicken wings, he would not be unreasonable or selfish in this regard.
Almost every family in rural areas has several children. Unless the parents have such personalities, it is difficult to cultivate that kind of self-centered personality in their children.
"I don't want to eat it, you eat it!" Zhang Ze smiled and put the chicken wings into his bowl. His younger brother had been very wronged today, so he had to give him some compensation.
"Thank you, brother!" Zhang Wu's eyes lit up and he immediately thanked him happily, then started to deal with the chicken wings.
Children are good, their emotions come and go quickly, and they don’t have to worry about anything.
Zhang Huihong smiled when she saw this. Of course she doted on her younger son, but there were four children in the family and as a mother she had to treat them all equally, not to mention that all this was caused by her eldest son.
"By the way, Aze, the girl you liked today came to our village to inquire about you and Er Gouzi's situation, and she happened to meet me!"
"Cough cough cough" Zhang Ze, who was eating, almost choked.
He had expected the Tong family to ask someone about him, but he didn't expect that they would meet his own mother. This was a bit of a coincidence.
He didn't even have to guess what the outcome would be.
"Eat slowly, kid!" Zhang Huihong patted him on the back quickly. Seeing that he was feeling better, she continued, "I've asked your Aunt Fang to go and propose marriage tomorrow. If they agree, you can go with them the day after tomorrow."
"Okay, I got it!" After delivering the goods to the radio factory tomorrow, he will have a few days of free time, and he can just go to Tong's house.
After dinner, Zhang's mother, who had been busy all day, took her two daughters to fetch water for a bath in the house, while Zhang Wu bathed alone in the yard.
However, Zhang Ze moved the stools beside the dining table out and put them together, then lay down on them to enjoy the cool air.
Although it is summer, the summer now is not as hot as in later generations. It is actually quite cool to be outside in the breeze late at night.
Zhang Ze was going to the beach around eight o'clock in the evening. It was a bit early now, so he just lay down for a while.
There were a series of clapping sounds, and he couldn't help but get up after lying down for a while.
Before going to bed, Zhang Huihong would light the dried mugwort she had brought into the room to repel mosquitoes, so after his rebirth, he never had to worry about mosquitoes when he slept.
In addition, I often went out fishing at night, and the smell of mugwort in the room was not strong when I came back. I did not consider that mosquitoes these days were much more rampant than in later generations.
He couldn't bear it any longer. If he lay down any further he would become a blood bag from the mosquitoes.
"Awu, when you're done washing, go in and tell mom I'm going to the beach."
"Brother, are you going to catch lobsters?"
"Well, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, nothing. I just want to eat some blue crabs. Can you bring some back?"
Seeing his brother's insincere look, Zhang Ze immediately realized that this kid probably wanted to try the taste of lobster.
But after hesitating for a moment, he didn't point it out.
Lobsters are expensive and can be sold for money. His family is in great need of money right now, so he doesn't plan to bring these valuable things back for his family to try for the time being.
For now, I still have to make money first. It won’t be too late to let my family taste these good things when my family is well-off in the future.
Anyway, there are a lot of good things at the seaside and they all taste pretty good. He can show off his cooking skills to his family when he has time.
"Okay, I'll come back and bring some blue crabs!"
After agreeing, Zhang Ze went into the house and took out his special bamboo basket, and put the fishing line and fish hooks in it. He might not be able to use them because of the low tide and there would be no suitable fishing spot, but he still brought them with him. Finally, he did not forget the kitchen knife.
Leaving the village and coming to the path leading to the beach, he had an idea and the flashlight and batteries in the small space suddenly appeared in his hands.
Put the batteries in and tighten the cover at the back. The flashlight immediately emits a bright light, clearly illuminating the road conditions ahead.
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When he loosened the tail cover a few times, the bulb in the flashlight went out immediately.
Although the switch is broken, it's still usable. It's just a matter of twisting the lid, which is not too much trouble.
Then he put the flashlight back into the small space, let his eyes adjust to the darkness, and continued walking towards the beach.
He was familiar with this path, and the moonlight was still good today, so there was no need to waste electricity.
Arriving at the grove, he felt a little regretful that there was no blood-pumping sound today, otherwise he could secretly go back and call people to catch the adultery in the act.
Gathering his thoughts, Zhang Ze continued walking towards the beach, and soon he arrived at the reef area.
The sea water is roaring now, and it looks like the tide is about to recede.
Zhang Ze sighed. There was no deep water in this area, otherwise low tide would be a good time for fishing.
However, low tide was also suitable for catching lobsters, so he took out the flashlight again and prepared to collect the lobsters before starting to catch lobsters.
Arriving at the puddle, Zhang Ze placed the flashlight on a low reef that was not submerged by the sea water, and aimed it at the location of the straw rope.
He found two stones and placed them on both sides to prevent the flashlight from rolling. Then he walked to the edge of the puddle, grabbed the straw rope that was already exposed above the water and prepared to pull up the shrimp cage.
As soon as Zhang Ze picked up the straw rope, his heart skipped a beat, because the rope was very light, and it was obvious that there was something wrong with the other end and it had broken.
He hurriedly pulled back the straw rope, and then pulled up the shrimp cage that was half broken.
I looked at the shrimp cage carefully and saw the marks on it, which seemed to have been bitten by some creature.
Without thinking too much, Zhang Ze hurried to pull the second shrimp cage.
Fortunately, my luck was not too bad. The shrimp cage was safe and sound. The weight was about the same as before, or even a little heavier.
Just as the shrimp cage was pulled to the surface of the water, a meter-long black shadow rushed up, opened its mouth wide, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth, and bit the shrimp cage directly.
Then he kept swinging his body and easily bit a hole in the shrimp cage, revealing the lobster inside.
Zhang Ze was quick to lift the shrimp cage into the air, then turned the cage upside down and stuffed it into the bamboo basket.
He didn't expect that his luck would be so bad that a small shark ran into the puddle and caused trouble.
(End of this chapter)
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