Comrade Xu took all the bamboo poles he found out of the kitchen, placed them all in the open space outside the kitchen, and then went to find an axe.
Then, he began to cut open the bamboo poles.
Cutting each bamboo pole into four pieces, he was not very skilled at this work, but he could only do it slowly.
The sound of him cutting bamboos quickly attracted his sister and brother out.
Ge Yuzhu: "Brother, what are you doing? Why are you cutting open the good bamboo?"
Xu Tonglu frowned and looked at it, but didn't ask anything.
He is still venting his anger with Comrade Xu!
"Make some shrimp dumplings."
Tongdao Xu answered casually, and the work at hand did not stop.
The shrimp trap is a tool for catching shrimps, and the three brothers and sisters all know this stuff.
Ge Yuzhu was surprised, "Making shrimp dumplings? Brother, are you going to make shrimp dumplings?"
Comrade Xu agreed.
"Then do you have gauze?" Ge Yuzhu expressed doubts.
"I plan to cut up the mosquito net on your bed and buy you a new one later. Your mosquito net is very old anyway!"
"This... my mosquito net can still be used..."
Ge Yuzhu was obviously a little reluctant to let go.
Comrade Xu glanced at her and said casually: "You can use the money from the fish sold today to buy a new one later. Buying new gauze to make shrimp wraps is too wasteful and not cost-effective!"
Gauze is one of the necessary materials for making shrimp buns.
"Oh, okay, okay! What a shame..."
Ge Yuzhu was still a little reluctant, but since her elder brother said it, she still agreed.
Xu Tonglu, who had been silent until now, suddenly asked: "Didn't you say you would go out to find a job in two days? Why are you still making shrimp dumplings?"
"I changed my mind. I plan to start a small business, but I still don't have enough capital, so I'll just do river shrimp for a few days and sell some money."
Xu Tongdao continued to cut the bamboo and explained casually.
Xu Tonglu listened and didn't ask any more questions.
After a moment of silence, he went into the kitchen and took out an old kitchen knife, picked up a freshly cut bamboo slice on the ground, lowered his head and silently began to thin the bamboo slices with the kitchen knife.
In fact, the two brothers have made several shrimp buns a few years ago, so they both have experience.
The bamboo slices used to make shrimp buns need good elasticity, so the bamboo slices need to be thinned. This is a delicate and labor-intensive job.
Originally, after Comrade Xu cut the bamboo, he had to cut it bit by bit himself.
Now that Xu Tonglu is helping, the efficiency has naturally improved a lot.
"Brother, then... let me get you the mosquito net?"
Ge Yuzhu saw that her second brother started to help, so after thinking about it, she volunteered and was ready to help.
Comrade Xu agreed, and she immediately turned back to the house to get the mosquito net.
When she brought the mosquito net, she also brought the scissors for cutting the mosquito net.
"Brother! How big should you cut it? I'll cut it for you!"
Ge Yuzhu gestured at the mosquito net with scissors, ready to cut it.
Xu Tongdao looked at her, thought for a while, and said: "Don't cut the mosquito net in a hurry. Go to Xiao Linzi's house and ask if anyone wants to go to the fair today. If so, ask his family to help.
Send a message to our mother!"
Ge Yuzhu was puzzled, "What are you talking about?"
Xu Tongdao: "Tell our mother that I will go to replace her after dinner today. I have something to do during the day, so I won't go there."
"Ah? Oh, okay! I understand, then I'll go right now!"
Ge Yuzhu agreed, immediately put down the scissors and trotted away.
After she left, only Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglu were left outside the kitchen door.
The two of them didn't speak for a while, each doing their own thing in silence.
After a while, Xu Tonglu suddenly spoke and broke the silence.
"What business are you going to do?"
Upon hearing this, Tongdao Xu raised his eyes and glanced at him. Seeing that the boy's face was still expressionless, he probably was still angry in his heart.
But the fact that this boy took the initiative to cut bamboo slices for him and took the initiative to talk to him showed that the anger in this boy's heart has almost disappeared.
Xu Tongdao is not a person who likes to explain, but it is rare for his younger brother to take the initiative to speak. After thinking about it, he told Xu Tonglu his idea of making skewers.
After he finished speaking, Xu Tonglu was silent for a while, and then said: "You want to set up a stall in the county town. After closing the stall at night, where will you put the things? You need to rent a house, right? That will cost a lot of money. If you want to sell river shrimps,
How many days does it take to save enough money? Shrimp Bongzi can't get many river shrimps in one day!"
"I know!"
Comrade Xu's expression did not change, because he had already thought about this problem.
Xu Tonglu raised his eyes and looked at him, frowning slightly, "Then what are you going to do?"
Xu Tongdao: "You don't need to worry about this, I will solve it."
Xu Tonglu looked at him again, curled his lips, and really didn't ask any more questions.
In fact, the two brothers have the same quiet character.
Not long after, Ge Yuzhu trotted back and reported to Comrade Xu that he had made an agreement with Xu Tonglin's mother, and Xu Tonglin's mother agreed to help send a message to their mother.
Then the three siblings worked together to make shrimp dumplings.
The structure of the shrimp stretcher is actually very simple. Two thin bamboo slices are crossed and tied together in a "X" shape. Then, according to the length of the bamboo slices, a square piece of gauze is cut out, and the four corners of the gauze are tied together.
The four ends of two bamboo pieces.
Finally, use a rope...one end tied to the intersection of two bamboo pieces, and the other end tied to a bamboo pole or wooden stick, and that's it.
The length of the bamboo pole or wooden stick does not need to be very long. One meter, two meters is fine, and three or four meters is also fine. There is no need to be too particular.
It took the three brothers and sister a whole morning to make more than a dozen shrimp dumplings.
"Do you still have rice bran at home?"
When the shrimp dumplings were ready, Xu Tongdao straightened his waist, moved his waist and neck, and asked his sister Ge Yuzhu.
Ge Yuzhu: "Yes! Didn't we have two pigs in our house before? The pigs were taken away a few days ago. The rice bran is worthless. Those people didn't want it and they are still at home!"
Comrade Xu chuckled, "That's good! You go and cook! Let's have lunch and then go out to make shrimp dumplings in the afternoon!"
Ge Yuzhu: "Hey, I'll go right away!"
Ge Yuzhu went to cook. Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglu packed up the prepared shrimp buns and put them into the main room. After putting them away, Xu Tonglu spoke again, "I'll go with you in the afternoon!"
"No! You stay at home and read!"
Comrade Xu refused, turned around and left the main room, went to the eaves at the back of the house, and started picking up broken tiles. In the afternoon, he went to put the shrimp dumplings. He needed some broken tiles to add weight to the light shrimp dumplings, otherwise the shrimp dumplings would not be placed.
When you go into the water, you can't sink to the bottom for a long time. If you want to catch river shrimps, it's just a dream.
After picking up some broken tiles, Comrade Xu found an old plastic basin, brought half a basin of rice bran, added a few handfuls of rice, took it to the kitchen, and poured some rapeseed oil into the rice bran and rice.
After mixing these things evenly, it will be the bait for catching river shrimp in the afternoon.
I just don’t know what the harvest will be like this afternoon…