Ever since his wife became a tractor driver and had another source of income, An Jingzhi's life has become more fulfilling than before.
I can eat some snacks every now and then, and I never stop having malted milk and walnut cookies.
But he liked to carry walnut cookies and walk around the team, causing the children to follow him in a group.
"Uncle An, can I exchange something with you?"
The captain's youngest son was so greedy that his mouth was almost watering. He looked up at An Jingzhi and asked.
An Jingzhi sat under a stone under a banyan tree, savoring a piece of walnut cake in his hand slowly.
"That won't do. Do you know how valuable this walnut cake is?"
After hearing An Jingzhi's words, the children felt a little disappointed.
Only to hear An Jingzhi say, "But..."
All the children stared at him intently.
"If anyone can help me find some crayfish, I can give them some candy in exchange."
After An Jingzhi gave a brief explanation, the children realized that crayfish are actually worms in the fields.
No one in the team had any food to eat. Although I didn’t know what An Jingzhi was here for, I just had to give them candy.
"One basin of crayfish, and I'll give you two candies."
As he said this, he took out a few candies wrapped in candy wrappers from his pocket.
The children's originally lost faces suddenly broke into smiles.
"Really, Uncle An?!" the captain's youngest son asked anxiously.
"Of course it's true, how could I lie to you?"
As soon as An Jingzhi finished speaking, the children around him scattered in all directions.
Then he rushed back home with a basin in his hand and prepared to touch the crayfish, fearing that he would be too late and the candy would have been taken away by someone else.
In the evening, when Lin Jiawang came back, he saw his weak son-in-law taking out two candies and giving them to the captain's youngest son. There were also several pots of long insects in the yard.
"Why did you bring these things into the house?" Lin Jiawang said with some disgust. If the yard was messed up, he would have to clean it up.
"Dad, please help me deal with these crayfish and wash them clean. We will have fried crayfish tomorrow." An Jingzhi arranged skillfully.
"How do we deal with this?" Lin Jiawang asked as he approached the crayfish.
Since he doesn't handle it, his daughter will have to handle it. Lin Jiawang has accepted his fate.
Lin Mingyue gets off work later than others. When it's time to get off work, her feet are like the wind, and she walks forward quickly as if she is riding on a Hot Wheels.
Just now, she heard the team leader's youngest son ask whether their family still wanted the worms in the field tomorrow. After asking the reason, her heart suddenly skipped a beat.
When she got home, she didn't even notice her old father squatting in the corner processing shrimps, and she directly grabbed An Jingzhi's body for examination.
"Are you feeling unwell?"
An Jingzhi was confused by her, "No? I'm not feeling unwell, what's wrong with you?"
The father-in-law was washing the crayfish resignedly. He moved a stool and sat there giving instructions like a supervisor. Was there something wrong with him?
Lin Mingyue looked at him distressedly and said, "If you want to eat meat, just tell me. I'll ask Dad to secretly go up the mountain to trap some rabbits. The worms in the fields can't be eaten."
After asking the reason, An Jingzhi finally understood why Lin Mingyue suddenly became so abnormal.
Lin Mingyue thought he was craving meat, but she was considerate enough not to tell the father and daughter. Instead, she used her candy to exchange for those long worms that had little meat.
Lin Jiawang, who was squatting in the corner processing crayfish, had a frown on his face.
Thinking of the greedy look on his son-in-law's face when he said he would eat fried crayfish tomorrow, he didn't seem to be considerate of them father and daughter, so he couldn't take it seriously.
Based on his understanding of his son-in-law, this must be a good thing. It was probably because the people in their team didn't know how to handle it that they thought it was inedible.
Even though he figured it out, he was too lazy to say it. His daughter wouldn't believe a word of it anyway.
An Jingzhi smiled and said, "Of course I want to eat meat, but our family conditions are here, and I am not an ignorant person."
"But crayfish is really good, but it's a bit expensive in terms of oil and ingredients."
Lin Mingyue was touched. It turned out that her man was just greedy for meat.
It's all her fault for not being capable enough. She still doesn't earn enough money.
Lin Mingyue didn't think that her family could only eat meat once a week. Even for city dwellers these days, this was the treatment they could get.
Even the food at the team leader's house in the brigade was not as good as hers.
Seeing that An Jingzhi really wanted to eat it, Lin Mingyue compromised and asked, "It's okay, if you want to eat it, let's eat it. To make this... tell me what seasonings you need for the crayfish. I have to go to the county early tomorrow morning, and I'll buy them all then."
"The most important thing is oil, for stir-frying, and star anise and bay leaves..."
Before An Jingzhi finished speaking, Lin Jiawang, who was squatting in the corner processing crayfish, could no longer stay there and stood up.
"Are you eating crayfish? You're eating money!"
"This is something for pigs to eat, how could they know that it uses so many good things?"
"You prodigal son-in-law, who else in the brigade eats like you?!"
Lin Jiawang was about to say a few more words, but when he saw his daughter looking at him straight in the eyes, he shut up immediately.
"Dad, you know Jingzhi is weak. Isn't it just a little oil and seasoning? It's not like our family can't afford it."
Lin Jiawang muttered, "You two will go bankrupt sooner or later!"
"Don't buy the bay leaves and cinnamon. I'll go up the mountain to see if they're available there."
"Thank you, Dad." An Jingzhi smiled with his big teeth bared.
Lin Jiawang glared at him, then turned around and squatted down to continue processing the crayfish.
"I bathed you when you were little, and later bathed my grandson. I never thought I would have to bathe these worms now. What kind of life is this for me?"
Lin Mingyue ignored her father's mumbling and said to An Jingzhi, "Dad said there are some on the mountain, so we won't buy these two. Do you want anything else?"
All the seasonings that An Jingzhi mentioned were expensive and hard to buy, but Lin Mingyue had no intention of refusing.
After An Jingzhi shook his head, she asked again, "You exchanged all your candy for crayfish. Do you still have enough candy? I'll buy you some more tomorrow."
"No, this candy is too sweet."
Lin Jiawang took a deep breath and finally suppressed the curse words in his heart.
Lin Mingyue nodded and said seriously, "Then I'll change it to White Rabbit candy. It's not so sweet and it's more nutritious."
The White Rabbit milk candies these days are all made with real ingredients.
"Buy some, not too much." An Jingzhi said bluntly.
The next day, just as the sky was getting light, there was a knock on the door. An Jingzhi touched the edge of the bed and then remembered that Lin Mingyue had driven a tractor to the county early in the morning.
He stepped on his shoes, walked to the door and opened it.
Looking down, I found that it was the captain's youngest son.
"Why are you looking for me so early in the morning?"
The brigade’s school is still under construction, which is estimated to take half a month, so these children can still play around for another half a month.
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