Early June.
Erhua came back from the city and took his family for a stroll by Taihu Lake, and brought back a bucket of June yellow.
Early in the morning, he brought half a bucket and asked his mother to make crab noodles for everyone to taste.
Qiuhua had never eaten crabs before, and looking at these little guys with their claws and teeth bared was scary.
Liang Guoguo felt curious and squatted beside the bucket, sticking his little head into it.
The crabs are all little babies at this time!
Look at them, one by one, clinging to each other, running around in the bucket, but still unable to find the way home.
Oh, is there something wrong with the way we walk?
The more Guoguo looked at it, the more interesting it became. He stretched out a chubby finger to poke it.
"Wow--"
Soon, he found a baby crab crying loudly with a crab hanging on his finger.
Fortunately, the little crab was not very strong and did not pinch his fingers, but it just scared him so much that he refused to look at it again.
When my mother was in Shanghai, she saw people cooking crab noodles and had eaten it too.
She picked up the crab from behind with two fingers, but no matter how hard its claws were, they couldn't pinch anyone. She put it on the cutting board, and with a few strokes of the knife, the crab was split in half, and the crab roe flowed out.
Pour flour into a bowl, dip the cut side in flour and fry in oil. After frying everything, heat up a pan with oil, add onion, ginger and garlic to stir-fry, then add the crab and stir-fry. Add rice wine, soy sauce and water and cook for fifteen minutes. Add the remaining flour and water to the bowl, mix well and pour into the pan, stir while cooking, add salt and remove from heat.
This dish uses a lot of oil and flour, and there isn't much meat in it. Fortunately, my family is well off, otherwise I wouldn't have been willing to make it.
However, its deliciousness and temptation are truly unparalleled!
After Liang Guoguo screamed after being pinched, she didn't even dare to look at it, let alone eat it.
"Guoguo, try some, they're so fresh. My good mother-in-law cooked them all. They were green before, but now they're red." Qiuhua wanted to pick one for Guoguo.
"No, no, its belly is still white!"
Guoguo acted in disgust, which made everyone laugh, and he ate up half a bowl of crab noodles in one gulp.
We ate crabs again in the evening. Qiuhua couldn’t eat anymore, so she picked some vegetables. She felt a little uncomfortable in her stomach.
After everyone fell asleep, Qiuhua's stomach was churning. It seemed that one couldn't eat too much good food, otherwise his stomach would rebel.
I got up and lay down, lay down and got up again, back and forth four times in one night.
The sky outside the window seemed to be beginning to brighten. At dawn, it was so quiet that not a sound could be heard. Qiuhua muttered to himself: Even the insects in the grass are asleep, and I am still tossing and turning here!
He just finished muttering, gurgling for a while, and was about to get out of bed again.
When she climbed onto the bed for the last time, Qiuhua felt completely powerless, her consciousness drifting away. In a trance, she heard someone gently knocking on her window and calling out in short, rapid voices: "Qiuhua! Qiuhua!"
She laughed at herself miserably: This must be an illusion!
"Qiuhua! Qiuhua!"
There was another sound outside the window. She calmed down and listened carefully. Someone was really calling her. Yes, it was Wu Xin's voice!
She jumped up and went out to open the door.
Wu Xin rushed in through the night and hugged her. His hair was wet with dew, and every inch of her skin he touched was cold.
"What's the matter? Why are you back now?"
The two of them walked into the room and just as they closed the door, Wu Xin's legs gave way and he collapsed to the floor. Qiu Hua then saw that his face was frighteningly pale, his lips were purple, and his body was shaking uncontrollably.
"What's wrong? What happened to you?"
Qiuhua hurriedly took the quilt from the bed and draped it over him. Wu Xin pulled her into his arms, and the two of them sat on the ground wrapped in the quilt.
After a long time, Wu Xin moved his body and exhaled a breath of hot air.
This is a relief.
"Qiuhua." He called her softly, eagerly and cautiously.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Qiuhua asked.
Wu Xin paused, as if organizing his thoughts.
"They dragged me to the capital," Wu Xin said. "I refused to go, but they insisted. In the end, I didn't want to go anymore, so I got off the train just before it started."
"If you don't want to go, then don't go. It's okay." Qiuhua clung tightly to his chest.
He shook his head dazedly: "They're all gone, all gone, none of them will come back, Qiao Nan is gone too..."
Qiuhua didn't understand what he was saying, but she seemed to understand what "can't come back" meant. She didn't know anyone else, she only knew Qiao Nan.
Her heart was struck. Although Qiao Nan was arrogant and domineering, he was not an unforgivable criminal. Qiuhua never thought that such a young life would disappear in the blink of an eye.
Life is brilliant and fragile.
"There are only a few people left in our class. They...they..." Wu Xin cried uncontrollably.
Qiuhua hugged him tightly. Although Wu Xin looked cold, he cherished human love more than anyone else. Family love, friendship and love are things that some people can get easily, while others have to work hard to find them.
"Wu Xin, get some sleep. It's almost dawn. You'll be fine after a good sleep."
Qiuhua gently stroked his hair. He opened his eyes, and through his black pupils, uneasiness and fear were slowly spreading.
Years later, whenever he thought of this day, this bone-eating feeling of powerlessness would creep out and torture him.
The whites of Wu Xin's eyes were covered with red bloodshot. He didn't dare to sleep. As soon as he closed his eyes, nightmares would come.
"Qiuhua, Qiuhua."
"I'm here, don't be afraid."
The next morning, Qiuhua got up first to prepare breakfast. Mom and Dad were already up, and Qiuhua told them what happened last night.
"I haven't heard anything happened in the capital." Dad often chatted and drank tea with his co-workers, but he didn't hear any rumors.
"Never mind. Bad things can't happen to us. As the old saying goes, we have such a beautiful place and such a great people. We can't be drowned or burned by fire.
It would be even better if Wu Xin is willing to come back here after he graduates.
Our family is close together, so we can take care of each other."
Mom was kneading dough with her hands and spoke softly for fear of waking up the people in the room.
After lunch, Qiuhua and Wu Xin prepared to pack up and go back home.
Xiaojuan stopped her from leaving and said, "Why are you going back? You still have to clean up the house. Wu Xin will be leaving after two days. Aren't you afraid of leaving you alone at home?
Besides, you won't be staying here for a few days since you have to go to Tahe Town, so don't bother, just stay here."
"That's right. Your sister-in-law asked you to stay, so there's no reason not to." Dahua agreed.
Qiuhua was touched. She had never seen such a good sister-in-law in other families!
In the evening, the whole family sat together for dinner.
Whenever this happened, Liang Guoguo would run around excitedly.
"Uncle, are you going to give injections to others in the future?" Liang Guoguo lay on Wu Xin's knees.
He thought for a moment and said, "Well, I won't give them injections. I'll do some magic so they don't get sick."
"Really?" Liang Guoguo's eyes sparkled.
"real."
"Then I'll only ask my uncle to see me when I'm sick!"
The child's innocent words caused laughter in the whole room.
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