"Sister-in-law Xiuhua, I'm here. What are you doing at home?"
Seeing that Sister-in-law Xiuhua's door was wide open, Wei Yuyan went straight in.
"You don't come to the temple without a reason, sister-in-law, what good news is it this time?"
Xiuhua's sister-in-law was washing clothes in the yard, smiling and joking with Wei Yuyan.
"Sister-in-law Xiuhua, I've come to ask you for some pickled radishes so I can cook fish tomorrow."
We're going to go fishing in the mountains tomorrow. As for the good stuff, you'll find out tomorrow.
Wei Yuyan kept it a secret.
"Go inside and get the bowl and tongs yourself, you know where they are anyway."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua wanted to finish washing the clothes quickly, as she still needed to cook dinner later.
Wei Yuyan went inside and brought out a lot of pickled radishes and pickled chili peppers.
"Sister-in-law Xiuhua, come to my house for lunch tomorrow. I'll make you some delicious kimchi fish."
Wei Yuyan thought that it would be more lively to eat with more people.
"You've opened a grain warehouse? Seriously, you'd be more likely to send me two fish."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua couldn't help but joke, "Nobody's food comes from thin air, so how can we always eat at our younger brother and sister-in-law's house?"
"Haha, okay, okay, I'll definitely bring you two fish tomorrow."
Wei Yuyan agreed, saying that they should be able to catch quite a few fish tomorrow, and sending two fish shouldn't be a problem.
"I'm really looking forward to your fish being cooked tomorrow at noon."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua looked forward to it.
"No problem~".
Wei Yuyan took a bowl of kimchi home; tomorrow's task would be arduous.
"Sister-in-law, why is Qianqian waiting outside?"
When Xiao Lei was almost at his doorstep, he saw Qianqian squatting there, pulling weeds.
"She went out in the afternoon, oh yeah, she probably doesn't have her keys."
Wei Yuyan suddenly realized that there were three keys before, one of which was hidden. She and Xiao Lei each had one, but Qianqian didn't have one.
"Sister-in-law, brother, you're back."
Qianqian jumped up with joy.
"Qianqian, why didn't you use the key we hid to open the door?"
Wei Yuyan patted Qianqian's head.
"Sister-in-law, I forgot where I hid it, hehehe."
Qianqian smiled shyly.
"Sister, here, look, there's a hole here."
Xiao Lei led his younger sister to a place with many wild chrysanthemums on the left side of the gate, where there happened to be a hole in the wall.
"Take a twig and gently dig it out, and the key will come out."
Xiao Lei used a wooden stick to pry up the mud at the bottom of the hole, and there was a small wooden box.
"Oh, I've got it."
Qianqian nodded, indicating that she had remembered.
"We covered it up again after using it."
Xiao Lei closed the wooden box again and threw a handful of wild grass on top.
Wei Yuyan went home, prepared the meal, ate early, took a shower, and rested so she could get up early the next day.
"Cuifang, I heard you're getting married and moving to town. Is that true?"
Little Grass also heard about this.
"This matter is still far from settled. They say they like me, but they haven't proposed yet, so it doesn't count."
Although Liu Cuifang said it didn't count, she was secretly very pleased with herself.
"I thought my marriage was pretty good, but compared to this, it's nothing."
Little Grass was a little envious; she had originally thought it was wonderful to have married a carpenter.
In the end, he was still a peasant, unlike Cuifang, who could marry into the town.
"Little Grass, you mustn't think like that. Think about my life since I was little, isn't that exactly what you've always wanted?"
After you get married, you'll basically be able to live a life similar to what I had at my parents' home. You should be content.
On the surface, Liu Cuifang was comforting her, but what she really meant was that she was only fit to marry a countryman and that it was wishful thinking for her to marry into a town like she had done.
"Yes, you're right."
The little grass nodded absentmindedly, seemingly lost in thought.
The next morning, Wei Yuyan couldn't sleep, so she got up and cooked a pot of thick porridge.
In hot weather, porridge is the most comforting drink. I happened to have some pickled radishes from Sister Xiuhua yesterday, which are especially delicious with porridge.
I also boiled an egg for Xiaolei and Qianqian each.
After Wei Yuyan finished eating, the two children got up to wash and get ready.
"The porridge isn't too hot anymore. After we finish it, let's go up the mountain to catch fish."
Wei Yuyan put the leftover small clump of rice from last night into a bamboo tube, intending to use it to attract fish to the mountain later.
"Knock knock knock~ Wu Lei, sister-in-law~".
There was a knock on the door, and Wei Yuyan recognized the sound as Little Fatty.
"Little Fatty, have you had breakfast yet? Your sister-in-law has cooked some porridge. Would you like some?"
Wei Yuyan opened the door and let Xiao Pang in.
"Sister-in-law, I've already eaten."
Little Fatty walked in with a smile and watched as Xiao Lei and the others drank hot, white porridge.
"Have some more."
Seeing that Xiao Pang looked like he wanted to eat, Wei Yuyan served him a small bowl.
He just said he had already eaten, and Wei Yuyan shouldn't serve too much, otherwise she'd feel uncomfortable walking if she ate too much later.
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
Little Fatty's eyes lit up. He took the bowl with both hands, sat down, and ate with Xiao Lei.
After eating her fill, Wei Yuyan soaked the bowls in water, grabbed two baskets and a wooden bucket, and set off.
"Sister-in-law, let me help you carry it."
Little Fatty saw that Xiao Lei and Wei Yuyan each carried a basket on their backs.
"No need, or you can help me carry this bucket."
Wei Yuyan originally put the wooden bucket in her basket.
Little Fatty wanted to help out, so Wei Yuyan handed him the wooden bucket, which he happily accepted.
"Sister-in-law, shall we go upstream or downstream?"
Xiao Lei had caught quite a few small fish in the middle reaches of the river before, and today he heard that he wanted to go again.
"How about this, you and Little Fatty can catch small fish in the middle of the river, and my sister and I can catch them in the lower reaches."
Wei Yuyan thought that if Xiao Lei tried to catch the fish from above, they would definitely escape and come downstream, where she could intercept them.
"good".
Xiao Lei nodded and prepared to swim towards the middle of the river.
"Hey, take some of this leftover rice."
Wei Yuyan took out the wooden tube containing leftover food and poured half of it onto the leaves of a large tree.
"We'll come and call you when it's time."
Wei Yuyan was thinking about cooking a big meal for lunch, and she couldn't let the meal be too late before going home.
Little Fatty and Little Fatty disappeared in no time.
Wei Yuyan led Xiaoqian downstream and rolled the remaining rice into several small rice balls so that they wouldn't fall apart in the water.
I put two small rice balls into the basket, then put it in the water, and threw a few more grains of rice in front of the basket, then waited for the fish to come.
After waiting for about 15 minutes, a big fish came over, about the size of Wei Yuyan's calf.
Wei Yuyan was so nervous she dared not breathe. Luckily, Xiaoqian was picking flowers in the distance, otherwise she might have scared the fish away.
As soon as she saw the big fish swim into the basket, Wei Yuyan quickly scooped the basket out.
The big fish was jumping around inside, and Wei Yuyan almost couldn't hold it up and had to throw it to the ground.
Then I found a stick and tapped the big fish on the head. The fish stopped jumping around and only twitched its tail a couple of times.
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