When Ye Zhiqiu returned home, Ye Bailu was sitting on the ground crying, and Wang Xiaolan was chasing Ye Wubing who was running away in a panic with a feather duster and beating him.
“Ow…it hurts…”
"Mom, I was wrong... I know I was wrong... Please stop hitting me..."
"You're not allowed to mess around all day! I'll beat you to death..."
The three of them were busy with their own things and had no time to pay attention to Ye Zhiqiu who had returned home. After parking his bicycle, he came to Ye Bailu.
She asked with concern, "Be good, little sister, don't cry, what happened to your second brother?"
She seemed to have found her backbone. She raised her hands to Ye Zhiqiu while sobbing and complained, "Big brother... Second brother bullied me... It hurts so much..."
Ye Zhiqiu saw that there were obvious bite marks on her hand, and there were even beads of blood. He quickly picked up her hand and blew on it.
He didn't forget to ask, "Mom, what bit my little sister? Why is my hand bleeding?"
Wang Xiaolan was also tired of chasing him. Ye Wubing ran out in a flash. She held her waist and panted, "That bastard caught two eels and didn't keep an eye on your little sister. She caught them for fun and got bit by one of them..."
I was so mad, I just turned around to put the soil into the pot, and he got me into trouble..."
It turned out to be an eel. Although its bite is very painful, there will be no problem if the wound is treated properly.
"Don't cry, little sister. Your second brother is so mean. Let him eat less of the fried eel tonight and give you more, okay?"
Ye Bailu sobbed and replied, "Is the snake that bit me delicious?... What if it doesn't taste good?..."
Ye Zhiqiu couldn't help laughing. This little sister was only concerned about whether it tasted good or not, and almost forgot about being bitten.
He coaxed her, "It's delicious. The eel that Big Brother fried is so delicious! Big Brother will help you get revenge later. I will fry it tonight and let you eat its meat to your heart's content. It was you who let it bite you."
"Well...if it tastes good, I won't give it to my second brother..."
"That won't do. We can only let him eat less of the eels he catches, but we can't deny him any, otherwise he won't catch them next time! Don't try to play with everything in the future. You have to be obedient and don't try to catch everything you see to play with. Otherwise, it will hurt so much if you get bitten!"
"I don't want to play anymore... I'll just wait to eat... it hurts..."
After Wang Xiaolan recovered her breath, she carried Ye Bailu to treat her wound.
Ye Zhiqiu was speechless. Lao Er always did unreliable things! Yellow eels are very vicious. Once they feel threatened, they will bite people like crazy. This is their way of protecting themselves.
This thing can't be left where Ye Bailu can touch it! This little girl is at an age where she would even catch snakes to play with. She has no idea what's dangerous or not!
He deserves to be beaten by me!
Ye Wubing peeked in, and when he saw his mother wasn't in the yard, he sneaked back and cried to Ye Zhiqiu, "Brother, I'm innocent! I caught some eels and was very thirsty, so I put them in a basin and went into the dining room to get some water to drink!
As a result, when I came out after drinking water, my little sister ran to catch eels to play with. I didn’t even dare to tease the eels like that..."
Ye Zhiqiu sternly said, "You bastard! You're sensible because you're older! What does my little sister know? You didn't even put the basin on the table, but had to put it where she could reach it. You really deserve this beating!"
Ye Wubing said aggrievedly, "I'm so thirsty, how can I think so much? Brother, are you busy this afternoon? When I caught the eel, I asked the uncles who went to catch eels, and they said that eels are very expensive, and can be sold for 80 cents per pound!"
Let's go catch eels this afternoon! We can sell the eels and use the money to buy soda to compensate my sister. Those uncles can't catch them, so we can definitely earn a lot of soda!"
Ye Zhiqiu didn't know that the price of eels was so high, so even though he had some space, he didn't raise many!
He asked curiously, "Why are eels so expensive? A lot of fish only cost 40 cents per pound!"
"Well, I see those uncles catching eels, it takes them half a day to catch one, and some even catch nothing! I guess it's because they are difficult to catch, that's why the price is so high!
Besides, there aren't many eels here. These uncles are just like the people in our village. They can only dig holes to catch them! They don't know how to use fish hooks to catch eels like you do, big brother..."
Speaking of this thing, Ye Zhiqiu actually doesn't know much about it, but before he traveled through time, he had watched the videos of these bloggers and seen how to catch eels with earthworms.
He had taken Ye Wubing fishing twice, both times to supplement his family's meals. However, the eels in his space were all collected from the river, because he always thought eels were very cheap. After all, the villagers didn't catch them very often, and most of them were catching fish and shrimp.
Now I think they don't like to catch eels because they use too much fuel! And they can be sold at a high price in the city because some people are relatively less short of fuel!
This stuff really doesn’t taste very good without oil, but people who know how to stir-fry it properly can make delicious dishes.
"Okay, let's go fishing this afternoon. If we catch a lot, I'll sell it and buy you some soda!"
"Okay, I'll go prepare the hooks now, and then I'll go dig for big earthworms after dinner!"
After saying that, he ran to the living room and shouted, "Little sister, I went fishing for eels with my brother this afternoon. I'll use the money to buy you a soda. Don't be angry with me..."
Ye Zhiqiu shook his head. What a silly second brother! Why was his younger sister so angry? She was simply crying because of the pain.
It's your mother who's angry! And you foolishly walked into the trap!
As expected, Ye Wubing's screams from being beaten soon rang out! Fortunately, he wasn't stupid and knew that Ye Zhiqiu had agreed to go fishing for eels in the afternoon and buy soda after selling the money. The remaining money would be given to my mother, which calmed Wang Xiaolan's anger.
Lunch was boiled spinach and corn paste with rice. Because Ye Zhiqiu agreed to buy soda, Ye Bailu had recovered and was happily drinking the corn paste.
The cornmeal was given when I bought the ration. It wasn't ground very finely, but it was okay to drink in the hot weather.
That's now. Later, because there is not enough food, corn cobs will be ground in. Then the throat will be hoarse!
At that time, finely ground pure cornmeal also became a fine grain, and only the cornmeal with the cob was considered a coarse grain.
Picky eaters do exist, blowing on the edge of the bowl and sip, making sounds one after another. Put some spinach in the bowl and stir it to cool it down faster.
If this thing exerts itself, it will soon become hungry, but there is nothing it can do. Even if Ye Zhiqiu brings back more food, it is impossible for the family to earn steamed buns and rice every day.
Each era has its own diet, and it is impossible to change this just because there is plenty of food.
After Ye Wubing had eaten, he went to dig earthworms. He was very interested in this kind of playful activity.
In fact, pig liver is the most suitable material for fishing eels. The bloody taste of this thing is very effective for eels.
But at this time, no one would waste pig liver like this. Using pig liver to catch eels cannot be said to be a luxury, but rather a waste of money...
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