Zhang Yi and Ren Jingjing looked at the two siblings making trouble and wanted to laugh. They had never seen such naughty children.
Speaking of which, brothers Yichuan and Yixin are considered more honest than these two younger brothers and sisters.
"Sister-in-law, I just want to make braised catfish tonight." Cao Shujie asked his wife and two sisters-in-law to take a look at the catfish in the bucket. It was really big.
At that time, I found it very difficult to catch it on the edge of the Yellow River. I estimated it to be at least 3 kilograms. Now that I got home, Cao Shujie found the electronic scale and weighed it, only to realize that this guy actually weighed more than 4 kilograms.
"It's quite big." Cao Shujie sighed.
Brothers Cao Shubin and Cao Shuxin also nodded. This fish was considered the biggest fish caught by the three brothers today.
Among the remaining fish, the largest one was even less than half its size.
Zhang Yi looked at the catfish's open mouth full of fine teeth, and then saw it still so active in the bucket. He was a little frightened: "How do you braise this thing?"
She didn't dare to take action.
But the eldest brother Cao Shubin said: "If you don't know how, I will do it."
He also said: "Wash it, chop it into pieces, fry it in half, add garlic cloves, bean paste, and large pieces of ginger to one half, and give them to a few small ones to eat."
"We use dried chili peppers and add a piece of tofu for the rest. It's very fragrant!"
When he said this, even Cao Shujie became greedy.
"Brother, I have to leave this job to you." Cao Shujie was not polite, and he had to be conscious about eating when he came to eat.
Cao Shubin did his part.
Grandpa Cao Zhenghu listened to a few of them chatting outside. When he came out of the house and saw the catfish in the bucket, he was also very interested.
"In the Yellow River?" he asked.
Seeing the grandsons nodding, before they could say anything, Mengmeng and Cao Yirui rushed to take credit and said, "Grandpa, dad caught it from the Yellow River."
"Haha, that's really not a small thing." Cao Zhenghu sighed.
Just when Cao Shujie was about to feel proud, he heard his grandfather say again: "But the catfish in the Yellow River are not good now, they are not as big as the ones we had back then."
Cao Shujie and his three brothers looked at each other and then looked at their grandfather.
But I heard Cao Zhenghu say: "You guys are still young and don't know. It's normal. When we were young, the catfish in the Yellow River were really big. Any one weighed more than ten kilograms, which was enough for a family to eat several meals."
"They have seen one weighing more than 100 kilograms, but I have never seen one." Cao Zhenghu still felt a little regretful.
Cao Shujie and his three brothers acted as if they were listening to a book from heaven. They had never heard of this matter.
Not to mention Cao Yichuan, Cao Yixin, Cao Yirui and Mengmeng.
Cao Shujie screamed strangely: "Grandpa, are there such big fish in the Yellow River?"
"Yes, why not." Cao Zhenghu seemed to be lost in memories, he said: "I also heard people say that there is a catfish king in the Yellow River. It has lived for more than 100 years, must have weighed more than 300 kilograms, and its mouth is as big as a door panel when it is opened.
"
"Grandpa, is that a whale?" Mengmeng asked curiously.
She goes to the aquarium every year, so she naturally knows what a whale is, but she has never heard that catfish can be that big.
"Will it eat children?"
When she thought of this, Mengmeng had a frightened expression on her face.
Cao Zhenghu looked at his great-grandson's daughter's cute appearance and wanted to tease her, so he smiled and said: "I heard that children will eat disobedient children. Many children are disobedient and run to the Yellow River to take a bath. In the end, they can't get up.
Yes, they were all caught by the Catfish King."
"Ah!" Mengmeng's eyes widened in fear, she stepped back several steps and almost fell down.
It was Cao Shujie who took a step forward and hugged her.
Cao Zhenghu didn't expect this to happen. He was quite worried. Fortunately, his great-granddaughter was fine.
Talking and laughing, time goes by very quickly.
Before lunch could be prepared, Cao Shujie called the farmer's restaurant directly and asked them to send some meals for him to eat at home.
After that, I took my grandpa to his place in the south.
When I came over, I saw that the old house opposite had been converted into a bakery. People were coming in and out, working inside. A strong smell of bread wafted from the house, and many children playing on the street were attracted by it.
Sniffing and smelling the fragrance.
After Wang Yuelan saw it, she directly asked her husband Cao Jianguo to go to the house to pull out a box of bread and give a portion to the children.
"Auntie, you can't do it."
When some young people looking after children saw Wang Yuelan and Cao Jianguo like this, they quickly stopped them. After all, they still wanted to sell these breads.
But Wang Yuelan told them: "It's okay, let them eat. They have all grown up watching them, and they are all grown up. What's wrong with eating a piece of bread?"
"Grandma, I eat too." Cao Yirui said, rubbing his belly.
He wasn't hungry at first, but seeing so many friends eating bread made him feel hungry.
Mengmeng also wanted to eat more, but was worried about whether eating too much would make her fat.
Before she could make up her mind, Wang Yuelan had already stuffed a piece of bread into her hands: "Mengmeng, eat it quickly."
"Yichuan, Yixin, you guys should try it too." Wang Yuelan handed them two more loaves of bread.
Zhang Yi and Ren Jingjing didn't stop them either.
Cao Shujie and the others were already busy cooking.
Cao Huifang was playing with her nephew and niece.
She felt the most relaxed these days after coming back, and what made her even more happy was that now she no longer had to think about work.
In the two months since she resigned from Yifang Semiconductor Packaging Co., Ltd. and returned to Yiling City, Cao Huifang has just adjusted her work and rest in her hometown for the past two days, getting rid of the influence of working at regular hours for the past two years.
Turn yourself into a complete freelancer.
She was still a little panicked at first, but now she has completely calmed down and feels that this is good.
Seeing her eldest brother and two cousins going home to cook, Cao Huifang and her three sisters-in-law were watching the children together, laughing and talking about the past and present. They just felt that life was so good.
…
Fu Xianghui and Tong Jiayi came down from the Mengmeng orchard and went to the orchard of the agricultural planting cooperative to compare the growth and development of the two kiwi fruits.
Caojiazhuang has more than 2,000 acres of kiwi fruit planting area. In other words, there are enough samples for their research.
During this period of time, they have been researching hard and have indeed gained something. They have also found some lower-cost alternative raw materials for the combination formula of the first-generation nutrient solution provided to them by Cao Shujie.
However, after they prepared the samples, they found that the alternative version of the first-generation nutrient solution was more like the simplified version, while the one prepared by Cao Shujie before was more like the luxurious and enhanced version. Compared with the two, the effect was much worse.
This was also expected by Fu Xianghui and Tong Jiayi.
They think this is normal. For example, something made for 10 yuan and 100 yuan will definitely not be comparable in terms of quality or efficacy.
The same goes for nutrient solutions.
After some more research, the two of them came to a conclusion that the first generation of nutrient solution was basically the same.
But a bag of nutrient solution can be divided into two versions to produce.
In the next step, their experience will mainly focus on continuing to study the second-generation nutrient solution.
Tong Jiayi also asked Fu Xianghui how long it would take to install the equipment.
After seeing the list of equipment ordered by Cao Shujie to purchase, Tong Jiayi almost went crazy.
No matter how he looked at it, he felt that some of the equipment Cao Shujie purchased was more high-end and sophisticated than the equipment they used in the research institute. He really couldn't understand how the equipment purchased by individuals could be compared with the equipment purchased by the research institute after receiving state subsidies for a special project, or even better than those purchased by the research institute.
The equipment is even better.
But Tong Jiayi likes that once these equipments are in place, they will use them and use them however they want.
Unlike when I was in the research institute before, some of the more sophisticated equipment needed to be reported before use, and had to be reviewed and approved at all levels, and you had to wait for the review and approval before it could be used.
Thinking about his current treatment and thinking about his past, Tong Jiayi will never go back to the past.
At that time, a sentence popped into Tong Jiayi's mind: "It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality."
He used to laugh at others for being unable to control themselves, thinking that if something like this happened to him, he would be fine, but he would never know that it would be the same when it really happened to him.
"Brother Fu, are sister-in-law and nephew here?" Tong Jiayi asked Fu Xianghui.
He already knew that Fu Xianghui's Anjia house was bought in Quancheng, and Tong Jiayi did not feel any difference in this regard.
He understands that everyone's value is different. When you want better treatment, you can only improve your own value.
When he was in the research institute, the gap between him and Fu Xianghui was quite large, and the gap in ability between the two was not small.
"They are all here. They came here in advance to familiarize themselves with the environment. Zikang will go to school here in August." Fu Xianghui thought of his wife and son, with a smile on his face.
Seeing Fu Xianghui's face full of happiness, Tong Jiayi, who had been single all his life, had the urge to get married.
But thinking about all the rumors after her marriage, Tong Jiayi felt a little more fearful for no reason.
After hesitating for a long time, Tong Jiayi asked Fu Xianghui: "Brother Fu, I want to ask you something."
"Say." Fu Xianghui was studying the growth of the kiwi fruit in front of him. When he heard Tong Jiayi asked him something, Fu Xianghui turned to look over.
Then I heard Tong Jiayi say: "Brother Fu, is it good to get married?"
"Other people say that after three days of marriage, there will be a small quarrel, five days of big quarrels, and breakup at every turn. Is this true?" Tong Jiayi's face was full of curiosity.
Fu Xianghui was a little confused when he heard his question.
He looked Tong Jiayi up and down and suddenly asked: "Brother Tong, tell me honestly, haven't you been in love yet?"
This time it was Tong Jiayi's turn to be embarrassed. He rubbed his nose in embarrassment and said, "No, in the past, my family was poor, so I focused on studying and thinking about going to a good university. After I went to university, I kept studying topics with the teacher.
, I didn’t bother to talk, and after graduation I was assigned to work in a research institute for a few years..."
"You also know that apart from the married people in our institute, we are all research aficionados."
"Fuck!" Fu Xianghui was stunned on the spot when he heard what Tong Jiayi said.
I never expected that there would be an innocent young man like Tong Jiayi now.
"Brother Tong, how old are you?" Fu Xianghui asked.
"31." Tong Jiayi said.
Fu Xianghui felt a bit toothache when he heard about this age: "Damn it, you are young and promising!"
He couldn't help but swear. This was not a joke.
He knows that Tong Jiayi's current annual salary is 1 million, and more importantly, Tong Jiayi is very down-to-earth, knows what he wants, and works very seriously.
At his age, there are not many people with his level of character cultivation.
Moreover, Tong Jiayi has a clear understanding of himself, something that many middle-aged people who have experienced the world cannot do.
"Okay, Brother Tong, I can only tell you that getting married is a responsibility. Being married is indeed very tiring, but if you meet a good woman, you will feel willing to give. Do you understand?" Fu Xianghui said this.
Tong Jiayi said with a tangled face: "But I think many people say that after getting married, there will be endless quarrels."
"It's like you won't quarrel if you don't get married?"
It was a coincidence that there was a young couple arguing not far in front of them, and there were people nearby trying to break up the fight.
Fu Xianghui pointed to Tong Jiayi and said, "Did you see that? I guess those two are not married yet. Aren't they noisy?"
"Besides, there are more separations and reunions among those who are not married. There is no record. If you are married and then divorced, at least there will be a certificate. I know how many times you have been divorced. Do you think that's right?"
Tong Jiayi was stunned by what he said. He felt that what Fu Xianghui said was true.
"Brother Tong, life is not only about work, but also about trivial matters. Take some time and pay attention to other places. As a person in his 30s, you should solve your single problem as soon as possible." Fu Xianghui advised him kindly.
Tong Jiayi was a little stunned, and he didn't know how to continue the next topic.
…
Two days passed after Cao Shujie and his family gathered at the uncle's place for dinner.
Under the chairmanship of Cao Shujie, Caojiazhuang held a village meeting, at which the proposal to open a market in Caojiazhuang was adopted.
Deputy Secretary Cao Jianlong and Deputy Director Liu Guoqiang were responsible for contacting the opera troupe and preparing to set up a stage to sing in Caojiazhuang.
Everyone rushed to tell each other and were full of expectations for the opening of the market in Caojiazhuang.
After the whole village meeting, this was what everyone talked about the most.
Even many tourists who come to Caojiazhuang know about this, and they all want to join in the fun and see what it's like to set up a stage and sing an opera?
Suddenly Caojiazhuang became lively again.
Just when everyone was anxious to know when the stage would be set up to start singing, someone said that the troupe had already reached an agreement and would come to Caojiazhuang to set up the stage in the next two days.
After the time entered late July, Cao Shubin and Cao Shuxin's family had been back from Anyi City for a week, and they were discussing their return.
That afternoon, after finishing their homework, brothers Cao Yichuan and Cao Yixin ran over to find Cao Shujie.
Perhaps because they hung out together whenever they had free time during this period, the relationship between the two brothers and their uncle Cao Shujie became smoother.
There is no life that you only see once every year and a half.
After meeting Cao Shujie, the two brothers chased him and asked him about the troupe.
They heard about it right after they came back, and the two brothers were still thinking about it.
I always want to see what a real opera singer is like before I leave.
"Brother-in-law, when will the opera start? Otherwise, you can give me a notice and make arrangements as soon as possible. If you don't make arrangements, we will leave." The brothers howled. (End of this chapter)