Chapter 160 Crucian Carp Soup

Look, after Hua Qingmei got married in this life, she didn’t go back to her parents’ home very often, but she did come back occasionally. But after she got married in her previous life, she never came back once. Later, her parents and younger brother were even taken away. She never came back in her entire life, and she didn’t come back even when her house was demolished.

From this, it can be seen that Hua Qingmei was indeed hiding from her in her previous life. She stole her spiritual spring space and watched her soak in the bitter water for her entire life!

After the wood ear mushrooms were successfully grown in the greenhouse of Huazhuang, the professor brought his students back again to teach everyone how to control the temperature of the greenhouse and how to water the wood ear mushrooms. Then they went back and were not needed for any subsequent matters.

After the villagers learned that the fungus had grown successfully, they rushed over to visit. The greenhouse manager did not let them in and only allowed them to take a look at the door.

There is no water in the river now and it is impossible to pump water, so the water used to water the fungus is also drawn from the well. They first carry the water and put it in the small thatched shed in front of the fungus shed. This makes it much more convenient to fetch water when watering.

They also drew water from the public well behind Hua Xiali's house. Hua Xiali would occasionally add spiritual spring water to it, so Hua Xiali did not need to go to the wood ear greenhouse specifically to add spiritual spring water. As long as they kept drawing water here, they did not have to worry about the growth of the wood ear.

When the bamboo fungus season came, Hua Xiali would go to her fourth uncle's house every day, going up the mountain to pick bamboo fungus early in the morning and then returning home in the morning.

Fourth uncle takes care of Hua Xiali's six acres of vegetable garden, while eldest cousin Jia Yujie goes to pick bamboo shoots with fourth uncle and aunt. Hua Chunli is 24 years old this year. You can imagine the age of eldest cousin, he is at least almost 30 years old, but he still doesn't have a girlfriend. How can fourth uncle and aunt not be anxious?

Now I want him to find a girlfriend at home and get married as soon as possible.

In the eyes of the older generation, it seems that once their children get married, they have accomplished their mission. But now that both of their sons are still unmarried, they feel that they have not accomplished their mission and are particularly anxious.

Fortunately, now working with Hua Xiali, the family can earn hundreds of dollars a month, and it can also help them reduce their anxiety.

Fourth aunt did not intend to let Hua Xiali introduce a girlfriend to Jia Yujie. Hua Xiali did not know many people, and he was always busy outside, so he had almost no stable friends. If he introduced those people who he was not very familiar with and did not understand to Jia Yujie or Jia Yuqiang, wouldn't that be harming them?

So let them find it themselves!

Now both Jia Yujie and Jia Yuqiang stay in their hometown. As long as they work hard, they can find their other half to accompany them for life even in the countryside or in the mountains.

In mid-June, we entered the plum rain season and it finally started to rain. Last year, there was not a drop of rain in the entire year, making the whole world dry for the whole year. Now it is finally raining and the whole world is foggy, which has a flavor of the Jiangnan water town.

It was raining, and many things had to be put on hold, such as Hua Qiuli's house which was under construction. No one could go out to sell goods, and everyone stayed at home eating melon seeds or chatting with others.

Hua Xiali gave the warehouse employees a day off, and after they all left, she put the fruits and some food into the space. If they were left outside, they might have rotted after the plum rain was over.

Although everyone was given a holiday, the night patrols could not stop and they still took turns to arrange them. At any rate, no loss should be allowed to occur to the warehouse.

Bamboo shoots and bamboo fungi picked on rainy days are easy to rot, so Hua Xiali stopped picking bamboo fungi and asked them not to pick bamboo shoots.

That day, the rain stopped for a while. Hua Xiali went to the doorstep of his home to breathe some fresh air. He heard something splashing water in the rice field in front of the door, so he stood on tiptoe and looked forward. He saw some kind of fish swimming happily in the water at an extremely fast speed. It flew out in a flash and then flew back to some other place.

That's how it is in the countryside, where there is water there are fish. It has just rained for a few days and such big fish appeared in the rice fields out of nowhere.

There are two rows of rice fields in front of Hua Xiali's house. The two rice fields closest to her house belong to them, and the rice fields next to theirs belong to other people.

No one would say anything if he went to his own rice field to catch fish, so Hua Xiali went home to get a bamboo dustpan, rolled up his trouser legs, and went straight into the water in his sandals to search for the fish.

It had rained for a few days and the water in the rice fields was almost knee-deep. But the rain had stopped for a few hours, so the water in the rice fields was crystal clear and you could see the fish swimming by clearly.

Hua Xiali originally thought there were only one or two, but when she walked to the middle of the rice field, she realized there was a group of them. They looked quite big, as big as her entire hand and almost ten centimeters long.

When he saw the fish swimming over, Hua Xiali scooped it up directly with a scoop basket. Then he lifted the scoop basket out of the water and saw a big crucian carp jumping and struggling on the scoop basket. Hua Xiali quickly threw the big crucian carp far away to the open space in front of his house, and then continued to scoop up the fish.

The water was too deep and the field was too large, making it difficult to catch fish. Hua Xiali tried for a long time but failed to catch a second fish. After thinking for a while, she put a drop of spiritual spring water on the dustpan and put the dustpan into the water. Sure enough, she saw fish swimming towards her and some even swam onto the dustpan on their own initiative. Hua Xiali was shocked. She had not expected that the spiritual spring water would also be attractive to fish!

If she had known this earlier, why would she have walked slowly forward in the river or reservoir? Wouldn't it be enough to just drop a few drops of spiritual spring water on the side?

If a few drops aren’t enough, then just add a few more drops!

Hua Xiali picked up the dustpan and went ashore with the fish in it, walking towards the door of his home. When Hua's mother saw the big crucian carp jumping in the dustpan, she was a little surprised and said, "Xiali, why did you catch so many crucian carp seeds? Crucian carp seeds have too many thorns and are not tasty."

"Whether it tastes good or not, we'll know after I cook it!" Hua Xiali picked up the big crucian carp that had been thrown up earlier, put it in a scoop, and took it to the backyard.

To be honest, crucian carp is really delicious among all fish. Some fish are more sober, while the meat of some other fish tastes like snot and has a bad texture. On the contrary, crucian carp has no other shortcomings except for the many bones.

At noon, Hua Xiali cooked all the big crucian carp, half of which was braised crucian carp and the other half was crucian carp soup. There was no tofu at home, so some cucumber strips were put in and stewed together. In this way, the crucian carp soup also had a hint of cucumber fragrance.

When Hua Xiali was cooking fish in the kitchen, she was the only one in the kitchen, so she served Huo Beixi one piece of fish of both flavors.