Chapter 155 (Monthly Pass for a Basket of Small Fish)
After that, Fang Yunping took a few people and drove an ox cart to the county government office.
Fang Cuicui came over, rubbed Jiayin's head, and asked, "You're not scared, are you?"
Jiayin shook his head and replied: "No, I don't know what happened yet. The eaglets rushed up."
Fang Cuicui smiled and said, "That's good. You can't run that far again in the future. It's really too dangerous this time."
The children who were playing together looked downcast.
Finally, they found a fun place. They all regarded it as a secret base. They didn't expect that they would not be able to go there in the future.
Although you can also play in the village and on the mountain, you often encounter adults. Whenever you see the adults playing in the mountains and forests, they will drive them back.
So that place is not too far from the village, and they won't meet the adults in their own village, so they like to go there.
Everyone in Jiayin was a little depressed. They rolled their eyes and said, "Let's go take a look at the fish first. Maybe there are a lot of small fish in there."
Even if there isn't, she will stuff some into it.
Only then did everyone remember that the fish baskets they had placed earlier had not yet been confiscated.
A group of children hurriedly ran out. When a woman saw them running out again, she quickly shouted: "Where are you going again? You weren't scared by what happened just now? You are still running outside blindly!"
Fang Zhixin replied loudly: "We are in the small ditch outside the wall. We dropped the fish basket there and haven't gotten it back yet."
The woman didn't say anything when she heard it was there, but she still told her, "It's right there, don't run any further."
The children nodded in agreement.
The woman was still worried and followed them outside the village entrance. When she saw that they had really gone to the small ditch and the older child went into the water to get the fish basket, she felt relieved and returned to the wall.
"Wow! It's so heavy!"
"It's true, there are so many fish!"
"I didn't expect so much fish to come in this time. Then we can take it back and let my mother-in-law stew it."
"I don't like it. The fish in Agangton is not delicious at all."
"Yes! Yes! It's better to bake it and eat it."
"Why don't we go home and bring some salt and bake it on a stone slab? Anyway, the fish stew is not much different from this."
"Hey...it would be great if Aunt Hong did it."
"Yes, yes, Aunt Hong's cooking will definitely be delicious."
Fang Zhiyuan rolled his eyes and said: "We can go to Aunt Hong to try it. Doesn't she often try new dishes at home? If this kind of small fish can also make delicious dishes, Aunt Hong will eat it in the future
Si, we can help catch small fish to make food."
Everyone's eyes lit up. Aunt Hong often let them taste the dishes cooked by them, saying that she wanted them to help test the taste. What suggestions could they and the children make? They were just to satisfy the children's cravings.
Several people took out the baskets one after another and poured them into a small basket. They actually got a whole basket of small fish!
Fang Zhiyuan looked at the shallow ditch in confusion. There were many small fry swimming in it. He couldn't figure out where these fish came from. How could there be so many?
But thinking about the heavy rain and strong winds a few days ago, could it be brought here by the rain? He couldn't think of it, so he didn't worry about it.
The three people carried the basket and returned to the village. The woman who was still in the open space was surprised when she saw the basket full of small fish.
"Why did you get so many? Are there so many fish in the small ditch?"
Because children like to play there, they just went to see the depths for the first time, and they haven’t been there since.
I always thought there were only two or three small fish inside, but I didn't expect there were so many.
Some people even ran outside to take a look in the small ditch.
Jiayin quickly and cleverly picked up some smaller fry from the mountain pool and put them into the ditch, so it was not surprising.
Sure enough, those people shouted from the other side of the ditch: "Ah! There are so many small fry in here!"
Another said: "It's probably the fry that were blown by the strong wind a few days ago and fell here with the rain."
"The fry will probably grow into small fish again in a few days."
The few adults who hadn't passed by all ran over to take a look, and started muttering among themselves.
Jiayin and his dozen or so children had already carried the basket of small fish to the innermost courtyard of the second row, where Xu Hong and his wife lived.
Xu Hong married Fang Youhui.
Some parents here have died, and they used to live with their uncle's family. Now that they got married, they were given a yard to live alone.
His uncle was Fang Li's father, and he and Fang Li were cousins. So they learned carpentry together, so they also had a certain skill.
Now I am planing wood boards at home and making some furniture such as wardrobes and chests of drawers.
Although everyone has lived in the big yard, there is still a lack of furniture. A few people in the village who are good at carpentry will be busy making furniture when they have free time during this period.
When he saw a group of children coming in, Fang Youhui stopped the plane in his hand and saw that they were carrying a basket. He quickly stepped forward and took a closer look. It turned out to be a basket full of small fish.
He said in surprise: "Where did this thing come from? You went into the mountains again? The pools in the mountains are very deep, and it would be dangerous to fall in!"
They often go into the mountains when they have nothing to do, so they know that there are many pools in the mountains. Especially after a few heavy rains, the pools are full of water.
When adults go into the mountains, they always walk around the pool, for fear that the rocks on the side will slip and slide them down.
A group of children shook their heads violently.
Fang Zhiyuan said: "Uncle Hui, we caught them in the ditch outside the wall, and there were many small fry in there. We caught so many, and if we took them home, my mother's cooking wouldn't taste good either.
Thinking of coming over to see if Aunt Hong has any new recipes?"
Xu Hong had already come out of the room at this time, wiped her hands on the apron on her waist, walked over, and wanted to take the basket in their hands.
Only then did Fang Youhui react, "I'll do it, I'll do it, this basket will sink when I see it."
He took the basket and placed it in the place where the ingredients were processed. There was a low stone table there with a hollow cut out in the middle of the stone table. After washing the vegetables, you could pour the water directly on the stone table and it would flow down the hollow.
There is a sewer below, which flows into the ditch outside. The top is covered with stone slabs and cannot be seen.
Afterwards, Xu Hong said to the children: These small fish are all alive and very fresh. Auntie will make a dry-fried small fish, but deep-frying takes too much oil, so I will fry them in a little oil for you.
It’s equally crispy and crispy, and quite delicious.”
The children's eyes lit up and they looked at her eagerly. At this time, Fang Zhiyuan said again: "Thank you Aunt Hong, let's help deal with these small fish. I helped my mother deal with the fish."
It's quite troublesome to handle fish, especially these small fish. You have to cut open the stomach and take out all the intestines and everything inside.
Chapter completed!