Chapter 48: Picking Snails (Page 1/2)
Lin Weiwei sobbed softly, "Brother is right, this is all my fault. I'm the one who dragged everyone down."
Seeing his precious daughter crying, Lin Shaoqian glared at Lin Hun fiercely. Seeing Fang Yu holding her eldest grandson in her arms, he opened his mouth and finally let out a sigh.
Just when everyone was silent, Ye Yunchu came out of the backyard kitchen carrying a pot of rice. "What are you all standing there for? Go to the kitchen and serve the dishes! What's wrong with Weiwei? Who made her cry again?"
Lin Ke sneered, "Who dares to make her cry? I guess the strong wind today is blinding her!"
A crack appeared on Lin Hun's expressionless face, and he reached out and took his son Lin Junan from Fang Yu.
Lin Jing smiled and approached Lin Hun to tease his nephew, "An An, call me uncle."
“Dudu~!”
"Why is our An An so cute? Big brother, do you know? Aunt Xiao actually jokingly asked our Lin family if they have lost a daughter."
Lin Hun's face turned pale. "What did you say? Say it again."
"What? I just said An An was cute."
"No, you just said Aunt Xiao..."
"Oh, Aunt Xiao jokingly asked if our Lin family had lost a daughter, and said that her daughter-in-law's eyebrows and eyes looked very similar to mine."
"Where is the person Aunt Xiao mentioned?"
"Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Lin Hun glanced at Lin Weiwei who was following her father, his eyes bloodshot, unable to express the thoughts that he had suppressed for so many years.
"It's okay, go serve the food first."
Fang Yu felt that something was wrong with her husband and that things were not that simple.
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Huo Qingci brought Lin Man and his group to visit his uncle's house in the countryside.
Grandpa was chatting with his two uncles under a big tree, while he took his wife Lin Man and his younger brother Huo Qinghuan to catch snails in the ditch.
Huo Qinghuan asked Lin Man, "Sister-in-law, in the countryside these snails are fed to ducks. How do you eat this?"
"You can boil it, pick out the meat with a needle and stir-fry it with leeks. You can also cut off the butt with pliers and stir-fry it with snails. But the snails you pick up need to spit out the mud and sand overnight."
"We're going back tomorrow morning, so will we be unable to eat these fried snails?"
"Why can't we eat it? We can take it back and sit there again tomorrow."
"Okay, then let's pick up some more. Sister-in-law, there's a leech on your calf."
"What? Are there leeches on my legs? Ah! Huo Qingci, help!"
Without thinking, Lin Man quickly threw the snail in her hand away, climbed up with a few steps, and sat down on the edge of the field.
"Wuwuwu, Qingci, please help me pull it off."
Lin Man would rather fight disgusting zombies than face those soft leeches and earthworms. She is really afraid of these things.
As soon as Huo Qingci came up, he grabbed her left foot and quickly pulled off the leech on her calf.
"Manman, stop crying. Open your eyes and look. There are no leeches on your legs anymore."
While comforting Lin Man, Huo Qingci pressed his fingers on the bleeding spot.
"Qingci, I'm not going down."
"Okay, don't come down."
Huo Qinghuan looked at his elder brother and sister-in-law on the ridge of the field, sighed, and continued to touch his snails. If he had known that his sister-in-law was so afraid of leeches, he would have secretly gone over to help her pull off the leeches without telling her.
"Sister-in-law, after we catch the snails, let's go catch frogs!"
"No, fishing for mud frogs is worse than fishing for fish."
"But the pond is public property, so fishing is not allowed! Big brother, take me to the mountains to hunt birds?"
"If you have nothing to do, you can go to the fields and help Uncle Nian harvest rice later."
Huo Qinghuan snorted coldly and continued to touch his snail. Lin Man pulled Huo Qingci's hand away and said, "Stop the bleeding."
"Well, I'll take you back to clean up and apply some medicine."
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"Don't bother with that. Leeches aren't poisonous snakes. Go down and try to find some. Bring up some snails. Stir-fry half with snail meat and the other half with snails."
Huo Qingci had no choice but to continue going down to the ditch to look for snails. After another half an hour, Huo Qinghuan said, "Brother, those snails are too small. Why don't we go back first?"
Lin Man looked at the snails in the bucket and said, "Well, that's enough. Let's go back first."
Seeing his eldest grandson coming over with a bucket full of snails, Huo Li asked him, "Are you planning on helping Second Uncle feed the ducks? Ducks love to eat blue algae. Go to the pond and collect some."
Lin Man was considering whether to pick up some blue algae and put them into the space fish pond so that the space ducklings could be thrown into the pond to be raised.
Huo Qingci said, "Grandpa, let's take these snails back to eat tomorrow."
My second uncle, Zhao Yungui, said, "You like this. It smells of mud. Go to Ganyutan, the village next door. I'll ask Zhao Dong to buy two fish and kill a chicken for you."
Huo Li said, "Yungui, just eat anything you want to eat tonight. There's no need to buy fish or kill chicken for us."
"There are only vegetables at home, either beans, eggplants, bitter melon, winter melon, or cucumbers. It's rare for my brother-in-law to come over, so I have to make sure you have enough to eat."
"I just love eating winter melon and eggplant."
"Brother-in-law likes it. Pick some more vegetables to take back tomorrow."
"Why do I need so many dishes? I'm going back to the military compound the day after tomorrow."
"You can bring it to your children."
Huo Li did not refuse again. Although the vegetables in the countryside could not be sold at a high price and were not worth much, it was a little gift from his brother-in-law. He would give him a few dozen more yuan when he left tomorrow so that the old couple would have money to see a doctor if they got sick.
There was a dry fish pond in the next village. Zhao Dong wanted to buy some fish. Huo Qinghuan wanted to go with him, but Huo Qingci wouldn't let him.
Lin Man tugged at Huo Qingci, "Qingci, I also want to go over and watch them catch fish."
Huo Qinghuan said, "Sister-in-law, my brother won't take you with him. We'll go with my uncle."
Huo Qingci's mouth twitched, "Okay, let's go take a look together."
Seeing that Huo Qingci and the other two were also going, Zhao Dong asked them to carry the buckets and follow him.
Huo Qinghuan asked him, "Uncle, why are we carrying so many buckets?"
"Don't you like snails and clams? Just pick them up."
"Can I pick up those little fish?"
"Sure, they'll pick up the big fish first, and whoever picks up the small fish and shrimp will keep them."
The next village was only three miles away from them. When they got there, baskets of big fish from the fish pond were carried ashore.
Zhao Dong went directly to their village chief to buy fish. When the village chief saw that Zhao Dong brought so many people and carried two or three buckets, he asked Zhao Dong.
"How many fish are you planning to buy?"
"Buy three, eat one tonight, and keep the remaining two to bring back to my uncle tomorrow."
Huo Qingci said, "Uncle, just buy one and eat it tonight. It's hot, so we won't be taking any fish with us when we go back tomorrow."
The village chief said, "Zhao Dong, your relative is from the city?"
"Yes, my aunt's grandson."
"Oh, it turns out the Huo family is here. Bring back two more fish later. I'll treat you."
"Village Chief, no need, I'll pay for it."
Huo Qinghuan stood up and said, "Hello, Village Chief, your village fish pond is dry. Can we go down and get some snails and clams?"
"If you want some, I'll bring you a bucket. Don't go down and get your clothes dirty."
Huo Qingci said, "Thank you, Village Chief. No thanks. My brother and wife just want to go down to the pond and experience picking snails and catching fish."
The village chief laughed and said that it was really fun in the city. People in the countryside went to the fish pond to catch fish and shrimp for food, but people in the city did it just for fun.
"Then go ahead. There are a lot of clams in the mud, as well as small fish and shrimps. You can catch them if you like."
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