Chapter 32, Smashing Fish
At the dinner table, Grandma He told Mei Xue about the electric wires. Mei Xue immediately became excited and asked, "Grandma, can they really reach our house in three days?"
You know, there are several roads from the village entrance to their place. The village is not big, but not small either, and has a large population.
If every household were to pull the cart, it might take even three days to finish.
"Yes, the driver said that he would come to our house to install it in three days. He said it was to thank us for supporting his work in the beginning." Grandma He's face was filled with pride that could not be expressed in words.
"So that's how it is. That's good. We'll then run the line behind the toilet. It's free anyway. The worst that can happen is we can just buy a few more light bulbs." Mei Xue has great faith in Grandma He's execution ability.
"Sure. It's up to us whether to use it or not. It's convenient and saves trouble." Grandma He agreed.
After lunch, Grandma He and Mei Xue planned to take a nap together.
Mei Xue had just sent her grandmother into the house when she heard someone calling her outside.
When he went out, he asked, "It's An Liang. Is there something you want to talk to me about?" As soon as he opened the door to the yard, he saw An Wen sneaking around there, looking into the yard from time to time.
Seeing his sister-in-law coming out, An Liang patted his chest and said, "Sister-in-law, Third Grandma is not at home?"
Mei Xue looked behind her and said, "I'm at home. Grandma is taking a nap. What's going on? Are you looking for grandma?" It was obvious from his expression that he was very afraid of his own grandma, Mei Xue joked.
"No, sister-in-law, I'm scared." An Liang shook his hand vigorously, "Sister-in-law, Brother An Wen and I are going to go fishing in the stream later, do you want to come with us?"
After the holiday, everyone in the village would go up the mountain and down the river to find something to eat to fill their stomachs.
They don't have a river here, but there is a small stream.
"Fishing?" Mei Xue didn't understand. It was the first time she heard such a term. "What does fishing mean?"
If you don’t understand, just ask. That’s a good child.
"It's just about hitting the rock with a hammer to stun the fish under the rock, and then fishing them out." An Liang explained carefully.
After hearing this, Mei Xue's eyes lit up. It was a good idea. She had seen quite a few fish in the stream last time, and some of them were quite big. But she thought the fish here would taste different, right?
"Okay, what do we need to prepare?" Mei Xue nodded in agreement.
"Just take a bucket, let Brother Anwen hold the hammer, and Brother Anwen and I will take turns smashing the fish." Smashing fish is a strenuous job, and it takes two people to do it.
"No problem, wait for me, I'll talk to grandma." After saying that, Mei Xue turned and walked towards her grandma's room.
When An Liang heard that he had to tell Third Grandma, he felt goosebumps all over his body. If Third Grandma disagreed, he would inevitably be scolded again.
An Liang sighed and stood at the gate of the courtyard waiting resignedly.
At worst, I'll just be scolded. I've been scolded a lot since I was a child anyway.
If only Brother Anze was at home, there would be no need for him to come and call for help, as he would have been surrounded by those guys in the village long ago.
Soon, Mei Xue came out with a bucket. Seeing An Liang still standing there, she smiled and said, "Let's go."
She knew that the younger generations in the village were afraid of their grandmother, but she didn't expect her to be so afraid.
"Third grandma agreed?" An Liang said happily.
"Well, let's go. Your third grandmother is asleep, so let's be careful." After leaving the yard, Mei Xue closed the door and urged An Liang to hurry up.
Compared to playing, sleeping is so boring.
Hearing that Third Grandma had fallen asleep, An Liang felt relieved, "Then let's go, sister-in-law."
It’s just right to soak in the water at noon, not too cold or too hot, very comfortable.
When I arrived at Aunt Xilian's house, I saw Anwen waiting there with a big hammer.
"sister in law."
When he saw Mei Xue, An Wen immediately called her over. He was only one year younger than He Anze, so it was right to call her sister-in-law.
Mei Xue accepted the fact that someone older than her called her sister-in-law well, "Well, let's go."
Don't take the main road to the stream. Take the channel that goes to the fields and turn to the stream, where there are more fish.
The main reason is that few people use it. Usually people use the stream at the foot of the mountain to wash clothes or something like that. Even if there are fish, they won't be very big.
Meixue was not very familiar with the creek, but she followed them to pick up fish.
All the way to the rice fields.
"Put it down, I'll do it, you two take a break." It had been almost an hour, and there were still not many fish in the bucket, but the two teenagers were already exhausted.
Mei Xue had no choice but to give the bucket to An Liang and she went to take the hammer from An Wen.
"Give it to me, I'm strong." If this continues, there may not be enough for three people by the evening.
An Wen was a little confused, "Sister-in-law, can you do it?" It's not that he wasn't tired, but his sister-in-law was a woman. This hammer weighed at least ten pounds. Could she lift it?
Mei Xue looked disdainful and said, "I'm better than you guys." Then she snatched the hammer from An Wen's hand and said, "Let's go around to the top."
The water in some parts of the stream is quite deep and it is impossible to walk across it by yourself. You have to climb up the road, walk through this section and then come down.
With Mei Xue's help, the effect is great.
"Hurry, there's one there, Brother Anwen, don't wake it up." Soon after An Liang and his friends went into the water, they threw several stones and a lot of fish came out, all the size of two fingers.
Mei Xue looked at the fish and thought, well, they’re not bad.
Then continue.
Because hitting a fish with a hammer can only stun the fish but cannot kill it. Of course, it can be done if you have enough strength.
If you see a fish turn over, you must catch it immediately, otherwise it will wake up.
With Mei Xue's joining, the fish started to roll over and over as if they had been drugged. Even two people were at a loss as to how to pick them up.
"Sister-in-law, please slow down, slow down, a lot of fish have escaped." An Wen and An Liang were so distressed.
Mei Xue took a look into the bucket and found that it was half full of fish, so she slowed down.
They smashed all the way and soon arrived at Mei Xue's rice field. Mei Xue took a look at the rice in her field and smiled.
"Let's go and change something else." Let's not smash the fish. There are so many fish that there are more than enough to share.
Because the bucket Mei Xue was holding was the kind used to carry water, and that bucket could hold at least several dozen pounds, so you can imagine how much was in half a bucket.
"Why?" An Liang, who was happily picking up something, asked in confusion.
"Fish alone has no taste, and these fish are too small. Let's go find something else." Live by the mountain, eat; live by the sea, eat by the sea.
There is no sea here, but there are many mountains. Mei Xue has long wanted to go around and have a look, but her grandmother said that the mountains here belong to the villagers.
Sometimes it’s not good to go to someone else’s mountain.
"ah?"
The two were a little confused. "What should we do then?"
"Rabbit still remembers it, let's go up the mountain." Mei Xue put away the hammer and carried it on her shoulders.
He walked out directly from the creek and asked, "Who of you has a mountain here?" It would be great if we could kill some large animals. Not only can we eat them, but we can also exchange them for some money.
No one is good enough to add more chapters, forget it, I won't add more chapters, um, I'll just muddle through until next month, haha~~~
(End of this chapter)
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