Seeing Cuiping crying, Mrs. Zhou's wife comforted her softly: "Cuiping, we all know the pain in your heart. Don't be sad. This is how a woman will be in her life. Just endure it and it will be over. I'll wait for you to have it."
My child, it will be fine by then."
Women in ancient times did not have the right to choose divorce. Although there was also the phenomenon of divorce, it was based on the power of the mother's family. For villagers with small families like this, if they married the wrong person,
I can only endure it silently.
My husband was unreliable, so I could only place all my hopes on my son.
Hearing Mrs. Zhou's comfort, Cuiping felt much better.
Shuangxi disagreed with Mrs. Zhou's statement, but her ideas were not suitable for this social environment and unacceptable, so she chose to remain silent.
After lunch, the water in the pond had bottomed out.
The men all rolled up their trousers and got into the pond together.
The reason why the trousers are rolled up is not to prevent them from getting wet, but to make movement easier. How many people who go down to the pond can avoid getting their clothes wet?
At this time, several young ladies also brought up the baskets placed in the water, which were already filled with a thick layer of small fish and shrimps.
In fact, when Shuangxi was still in the modern era, it didn’t like big fish very much. No matter how it was cooked, the fish meat inside was white, without any oil or salt, so it didn’t taste very delicious.
But this small fish is different. Stew it with spicy sauce and add some potatoes or eggplants. It tastes delicious.
Of course, there is something special about this small fish. You need to use a fish whose spines are not yet hard. After it grows slightly larger, the bones will become hard. When stewed into fish sauce, the bones will remain, but you cannot eat them.
There is a kind of fish commonly known as old man fish, which is best for making fish sauce.
Of course, now Double Happiness won't choose between thorny and thornless. It's good to have fish to eat.
Shuangxi looked at these fish with joy. There were also several large beetles inside. Although these large beetles were also high in protein, Shuangxi really couldn't accept them and was a little scared.
I used simple chopsticks made from two branches to pinch out the beetle.
"Um...can you give me the big flat cover?" Cuiping said a little embarrassed.
"Ah? If you want it, I'll give it to you." Shuangxi looked at Cuiping in surprise.
"Kaili" is the common name for beetles here. Shuangxi was stunned for a moment. Then he realized it and smiled. This nickname is also an image. Isn't the hard shell on the back of the beetle the same as the lid?
There is no woman who is not afraid of this thing, and Cuiping is too. But Brother Bao ordered the famous one and wanted to eat it, so she had no choice.
She wrapped her fingers with leaves and picked up the deflated lids thrown out by Shuangxi, Mrs. Zhou and Juzi.
Shuangxi saw that Cuiping wanted this thing, so he put it directly into the bamboo tube held by Cuiping. After a while, the bamboo tube was filled up, and it was a dense black layer, constantly squirming, and it looked extremely disgusting.
Shuangxi separated the fish and shrimps. The shrimps would not survive long out of the water. Shuangxi put them in baskets, thinking that they would ferment after returning home and knead them into shrimp paste.
Those fish were put in wooden barrels by Shuangxi.
Shen Ziyan brought the wooden barrel over and put some water in it. The fish would not die immediately after arriving.
The men went down to the pond and began to catch fish. These fish were not just for whoever found them, but they were put together and waited for everyone to share them.
After the man has caught almost all the fish, you can pick up the remaining fish at the bottom of the pond. Whoever takes it belongs to whoever.
Shuangxi and others divided the fish and shrimps, and then went to watch the men go into the pond.
It was really lively and festive. From time to time, I saw someone throwing out fat fish weighing about half a catty. The scales of the fish glowed white in the sun.
It looks extremely gratifying.
Shen Ziyan is very experienced in fishing. He first walked over and left a deep footprint in the mud pond with a layer of shallow water. Then he turned around and felt inside the foot socket. There was probably a fish there.
Quanzi, on the other hand, and everyone gathered around a place full of lotus roots. The roots and branches of the lotus roots here were dense, and many fish gathered here.
Lady Zhou looked at the ladies peeling lotus seeds not far away and said, "Let's peel lotus seeds too."
In modern times, lotus seeds are very expensive, but in ancient times, lotus seeds are commonplace. Rich families usually have lotus ponds. Who would care about this?
Although it is delicious, it is not very expensive.
In Qingshi Village, not many people spend a lot of time picking lotus seeds. There are some on weekdays, but today is the day to raise the pond. Everyone is focusing on the fish. Who cares that they are not very hungry, and they are also very hungry.
Meatless fish?
Most of the women peeling lotus seeds were watching their men doing nothing in the fields, talking and collecting lotus seeds casually.
Shuangxi is very interested in lotus seeds. Thinking about lotus seed soup and lotus seed cake, she can't help but drool.
At this time, Quanzi was in a place where lotus flowers were densely packed. When Quanzi saw Shuangxi coming, he kept looking at Shuangxi with the corner of his eye.
Fortunately, everyone was busy catching fish, so no one noticed Quanzi.
Shuangxi and Mrs. Shen were on the shore, reaching for the lotus root with all their strength. Quanzi saw it, walked to the shore, borrowed a hatchet from someone, and cut it twice hard.
He came over with a bundle of branches and leaves with lotus leaves, threw them to the shore, and said casually: "Ladies, please don't drop them in the pond."
There was no ups and downs in the tone, and it felt like getting along with people in the village, no different.
But Shuangxi knew in his heart that Quanzi was here for him, and he felt a little uncomfortable.
Shuangxi cursed: "Xi'er, Xi'er, you must be thinking too much, it must be..." Under her constant self-numbness, she finally calmed down and started collecting lotus seeds.
Looking at the plump lotus seeds, Shuangxi is full of joy. After drying them in the sun, put some in when making porridge, or put some in the middle when steaming steamed buns. It will definitely be delicious.
Shuangxi looked up and took a casual look, and saw Quanzi picking up a turtle, and then Quanzi threw the turtle into the water.
At this time, Shuangxi couldn't care less about avoiding suspicion or not. Looking at Quanzi's expression, he didn't care about the soft-shelled turtle. It was really a waste of natural resources.
Shuangxi quickly shouted: "Brother Quanzi!"
Quanzi heard Shuangxi's crisp voice. At first, she thought she was delusional, but when she looked up, she saw Shuangxi looking at her.
He quickly asked: "Xi'er, what's the matter?"
"Is that thing you just caught a turtle?" Shuangxi asked expectantly.
Quanzi was a little confused: "Turtle? Xi'er is talking about the old turtle, right?"
Shuangxi nodded quickly, and that was what he was talking about. He nodded quickly, and then asked: "Why did you throw it into the water? It's a pity to throw away so much meat."
At this time, Mrs. Zhou's wife interrupted and said with a smile: "Sister Xi'er, you can't eat this turtle meat. It's the old god of Zhentang..."
When Shuangxi heard Mrs. Zhou's words, she felt disappointed in her heart. Turtle meat is a good thing. It is a great tonic and can replenish yin deficiency. Even for Shen Bingxian's weak body, eating some will be beneficial.
Shuangxi naturally didn't believe that this turtle was some kind of deity from Zhentang. If it was true, then how could some modern high-end restaurants offer special dishes like this turtle?
Many places make a living by breeding soft-shelled turtles.
But Shuangxi still didn't dare to catch the turtle in front of so many people. If he ate the turtle, he would probably be dissatisfied with the villagers.
If the wind is not good or the rain is bad next year, things will still fall on me, and I will eat the turtle meat and make the gods angry.
Although the appeal of turtle meat was great, Shuangxi didn't want to get involved in this problem. He thought that since there were turtles in the pond, there should be some in the river as well, so he would secretly catch them someday.
Except for the days when the pond is raised, no one is allowed to catch fish on weekdays, otherwise a lot of the fish would have been caught long ago.
No matter how big or small the fish is, a lot of them are caught.
The headmaster directed some people to pack some small fish and some fry together, waiting for the mud to be cleared before putting them back.
When Shuangxi saw it, he couldn't help but admire the wisdom of the ancients, who knew what sustainable development was.
When the fish are almost caught, someone starts to dig out the sand. Of course, this sand will not be dug out in every place. After digging, although some places will be deep and some will be shallow, wait
When you flush it with water, it will be flushed as long as the difference is not too big.
Some people are separated by water plants, while others are clearing the mud.
We were busy working, and by the time the sun set, everyone was almost done.
The head of the village began to distribute the fish. There were many people in the village, and although there were a lot of fish, there were not many fish distributed to each household.
Shuangxi's family got ten big fish, twenty half-sized fish, and the rest was a bamboo tube of shrimps. These shrimps were very big, and they were different from the ones Shuangxi caught himself.
The fish were divided, and each family got some lotus roots, and then they slowly dispersed.
Some people still want to catch fish from the pond and will go down to the pond to catch fish. However, most people, after catching fish and being hungry, naturally don't care about fishing anymore.
Shen Yan had already come to pick up Shuangxi and Shen Ziyan early. Because there were fish in his field, he didn't let the Shen brothers go into the water to catch fish anymore, so he just took these things and left.
"Quanzi, the watering is about to begin, why don't you go back?" Shen Ziyan asked warmly. Even if Quanzi didn't care about Shuangxi, he would still be happy to be his brother.
Quanzi shook his head and said, "I still want to fish for a while."
When the Shen brothers saw that Quanzi didn't go back, they didn't say much, picked up their things, and headed for themselves.
Seeing that most of the people had left, the village leader asked the last few remaining people to open the ditch that diverted water from the river, and all the smaller fish were dumped back into the pond.
Seeing that the water was already half full, Li Zhang felt relieved, so he walked back slowly. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support
