"Go and play in the water tomorrow. I'll catch more. It will cost a lot of oil to fry, right? I'll go to the market early tomorrow morning to get oil!" Zhang Yang immediately told Song Qiu.
Then he added: "Just in time, Ah Qiu, I'm teaching you how to drive a car. Let's take the official road to Daji. I can teach you some things along the way."
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As expected, the Zhang family's dinner is not enough for one more person.
As before, Song Qiu opened the back window of the stove and placed a large bowl of dry porridge on the windowsill.
Zhang Yang slipped into the backyard of the Song family in a familiar manner. When Song Qiu opened the kitchen door to wash up early in the morning, he saw a clean bowl on the window sill and couldn't help but smile.
After washing my face and going out, I told Mr. Yuan that I wanted to learn how to drive from Zhang Yang.
Here Zhang Yang also hitched up the mule cart and drove out of the yard to wait.
The two of them sat in a car heading out of the village. Zhang Lihua looked away eagerly and headed up the mountain with her backpack on her back.
I still have to do the work of collecting half-day mountain fungi.
Not long after Song Qiu and the others left here, someone hurried into the village to find Old Yuan to deliver the baby.
When Mr. Yuan heard that his wife was pregnant with twins, she felt a little troubled.
She had delivered twins for more than 20 years, and she had only encountered them a few times. Each time, it took a lot of effort on her part, and it was very laborious and troublesome.
Old Mrs. Deng happened to be listening nearby, and quickly said: "Brother and sister, I will accompany you today to give you a blow."
She had given birth to so many children herself, and several of her daughters-in-law had given birth. She had also done it when Old Yuan was delivering the babies, so she was experienced.
The man's family was an ordinary family with no financial resources, but for the sake of his wife's twins, they still gritted their teeth and hired a doctor to stay at home. As for the midwife, they all believed in Mrs. Yuan from all over the country.
"Po Yuan Wen, please come with me quickly. You can't delay. Don't worry, I've also invited a doctor. The doctor will stay at home and take over immediately if anything happens."
Everyone knows that giving birth to twins is difficult.
Old Yuan also knew that the matter was urgent, so he responded, went to get his things, and took old Deng with him to get on the cart pushed by the man and follow him home.
Here, as soon as Zhang Yang got on the official road, he began to explain the essentials of driving a carriage to Song Qiu in detail. He almost explained it. Knowing that Song Qiu was smart, he felt confident and bold, so he let her take over the driving whip.
"I'm sitting next to you. If you can stop the mule immediately, just do as I say and drive it boldly."
"Mules are generally docile and honest. I think you picked this mule very well. It has a very gentle temper. You need to practice it a lot and get familiar with it, so it will be easy to handle."
Song Qiu was also very patient, listening carefully and paying careful attention to the road ahead and the movements of the mule.
There is no need to go too fast, just go slowly and leisurely, and the mule will just kick and move forward.
When they were almost at Ping'an Market and had to take a narrower path, Zhang Yang took over the job of driving the carriage.
After entering the market, I bought a few kilograms of oil and some white flour at the only shop that sold grain and oil.
Song Qiu watched Zhang Yang take out copper coins from his body to pay the bill, thinking that he had given him a money bag yesterday and there was still a lot of money on him.
What exactly are you doing outside to make money?
So what is Master Hong Wu doing?
The two of them didn't buy anything else and returned the same way.
On the official road, Zhang Yang asked Song Qiu to drive the car again.
This time, practice makes perfect, and Song Qiu was really good at it.
Zhang Yang looked at it and smiled and said: "Aqiu, you have been fast at everything since elementary school. Judging from your moves, I think you will be able to catch up smoothly in two days. You just need to practice more on this small road to be more stable."
"Then practice more. Anyway, I have nothing else to do these two days, so I will just practice this!" Song Qiu nodded.
If you practice Shundang early, you can drive the car with peace of mind. Only then can she make a living, right?
Seeing that it was still early, Zhang Yang was not in a hurry to return to the village. He even trained Song Qiu on the official road. He practiced a lot back and forth along the official road outside Songshan Village.
It was almost noon and the sun was shining brightly before we returned to the village.
After returning home, Song Qiu heard that her mother had gone to deliver the baby, and even Grandma Deng had gone there too. I guess it was not early to come back today, so I would just do it by myself at noon.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yang rolled his eyes and said: "Don't you want to fry the small fish to eat? Let's go to the small river ditch to fish for it first!"
If there are no tigers in the mountains, how can we be called kings?
Zhang Yang thought about it and felt it was very beautiful. Some unspeakable little thoughts were shouting in his heart, which almost made him fly up.
As a result, the three of them carried buckets and buckets and happily went downstream to the small river ditch.
With Zhang Yang here, I didn't play in the water for long, and I caught a lot of small fish and shrimps. I also moved the crabs accurately, and soon there was more than half of the barrel.
"Enough, enough, there is so much, how can there be enough oil for frying? We just want small fish today, not crabs and shrimps."
Seeing that the brother and sister were having fun, Song Qiu quickly stopped them and poured some of the small fish in the bucket back into the ditch. There were so many fish and it would be a waste to not finish them all. It would be the same if they were put back and fished out next time.
When the three of them returned home with buckets, the Zhang family's lunch was almost ready. Mrs. Miao stood at the door of the stove, glanced at her father-in-law sitting in the upper room, paused, and shouted outside, "Lihua"
, it’s time to eat, why don’t you go home quickly and help prepare the meal?”
Zhang Yang patted Zhang Lihua and said, "Go back and eat. Come as soon as you're done. We still have to do this for a while."
When Zhang Lihua heard this, she was so happy that she agreed and ran home.
Zhang Yang and Song Qiu dealt with the small fish together. He wanted to say that he would do it himself and let Song Qiu not hurt his hand, but when he saw Song Qiu pinching one with one finger and killing him more neatly, he silently closed his mouth.
Both of them moved very quickly. After handling the small fish, Zhang Yang spontaneously sat down in front of the stove to light the fire.
Song Qiu Ma quickly seasoned the small fish and rolled it in flour. He heated the pot and poured a lot of oil into it.
The Zhang family's lunch was put on the table, but Lao Deng was not there. Zhang Lao Dou took the chopsticks first, and a few people started to move.
Lunch is still porridge, just some side dishes from the vegetable garden.
At this time, the fragrant smell from next door came over, and it was very familiar.
Everyone couldn't help but swallowed as they thought about the fried fish they had eaten last time.
Two sounds of Zhang Yang's cheerful laughter came over.
"It's delicious! It smells so good! This little fish is so delicious when fried!"
"Yeah! I can eat half a bowl by myself! I can be full just by eating this, why should I drink porridge!"
There seemed to be a vein jumping across Mr. Zhang's forehead.
"Eat." He said calmly.
Zhang Hugua didn't know what he was thinking. He didn't care that Zhang Lihua was here, or he didn't take her seriously at all. He said, "Dad, this kid Zhang Yang is really not decent. Mom is not here today, but it doesn't matter."
Can anyone control him?"
"Which young man doesn't have sex? Eat your food, why are you talking so much? After eating, go see your mother and see if you can come back today." Zhang Laodou said calmly.
"Oh." Zhang Hugua reluctantly agreed,
The aroma from next door is getting stronger and stronger. At this moment, I really can’t eat it.
Zhang Lihua silently tightened herself and quietly drank the porridge from the bowl.