Rebirth begins with the waste wood returning home

Chapter 49
It was the voices of Shi Changsheng and Shi Daniu.

"Have you eaten?"

Jiang Defu asked when he saw the two coming.

Their family had a late lunch today because of the painted walls. It was almost two o'clock in the afternoon!
When people in the countryside greet each other, they usually ask if they have eaten. After all, eating well is a big deal in this era, so it can be considered a relatively eager greeting.

"Well, why are you so late for dinner today! Brother Defu, Brother Changsheng and I are going to catch fish in the river, and I just came to ask you if you want to go?"

Shi Daniu said with a smile.

"Are there many fish in the river?"

The river in Shi'ao Village is actually a stream left by a waterfall on the mountain. There are occasionally some fish in the river, but they are relatively small.

"The rich man went fishing in the river today. I heard that he caught a lot of loaches and eels, more than half of the bucket! We thought we would go and have a look. Now, if we are not busy, the autumn harvest will start in half a month. , then there will be no time!”

Shi Changsheng said.

The rich man he was talking about was their next-door neighbor. His family was poor and had not enough food to eat. He often looked for something to eat in the mountains or in the river.

"Third brother, let's go too! Get some eels and roast them on the fire. It's really delicious!"

Jiang Dehua is a foodie.

"Ah! Ah!"

Jiang Decai gestured with his hands and said that he still had fishing nets at home and that he had nothing to do in the afternoon, so he would go and help together.

"Okay, let's go fishing. You go back and get your things first. Come back later. We've finished our meal!"

Jiang Defu gave an order, and the two people quickly went home to prepare things.

Zhang Guilan's wild vegetable noodles were also prepared, and a bowl was served to everyone, and everyone ate quickly.

Jiang Defu also liked fishing when he had nothing to do in his previous life.

Fishing can be said to be a hobby for many men. The pleasure of waiting for the fish to take the bait and the fish taking the bait is indescribable.

Even though many people say that fishing will last three years and playing with birds will ruin your life, people who like it but don't like it often can't understand it.

Naturally, there were no so-called fishing rods or fancy fishing equipment in this era.

All you can bring is a bucket, a basin, a shovel, etc.

Fishing is not like waiting by the water with a fishing rod and bait. People here don’t have so much leisure time.

Even though there is no big work, the usual small work is constant, such as weeding, sweeping leaves and soaking manure, etc.

The method of catching fish here is also simple and crude, that is, directly beside a small river, use a shovel to dig mud to block the flow of water, and then use a bucket or basin to dig out the water.

In short, the only thing is to drain the water in the area you have blocked, and then catch the fish.

In this era, there were no advanced devices such as water pumps that could drain the water in a short time, so all that was relied on was manpower.

Therefore, it is generally not easy for one or two people to complete this kind of work, and it is also too time-consuming. Usually, several companies do it.

Jiang Defu, Shi Daniu and Shi Changsheng jointly blocked a small section of the river, and the three families, old and young, began to dig hard for water.

Not to mention the adults, even Yufeng from Shi Changsheng's family went down to help.

The fat girl was not very flexible at work. As soon as she got down, she was knocked down by the mud. If her father Shi Changsheng hadn't helped to pull her up, she would have had to drink a few mouthfuls of black mud water.

Seeing this, the second aunt went down and pulled Yufeng up to prevent her from causing trouble.

After several hours of hard work, the water in the river section was finally cleared into a nearby ditch.

During the process of clearing the water, small crucian carp kept tumbling in it. Second Aunt and Shi Danniu came down to pick up the good-looking drizzle into the bucket.

Jiang Dehua, Zhang Guilan, and Qiaozhi were tired from helping drain the water earlier, so they rested for a while under the shade of a tree and came to help.

"These carp and crucian carp are not good things. There is not much meat, but there are a lot of spines. The fishy spines are not delicious!" The second aunt complained when she saw that there were more carp and crucian carp.

People in this era preferred fish such as loaches and eels, which had few spines and could be dried over the stove fire, making them a bite of meat.

Crucian carp and carp have this problem. If you don't know how to remove the fishy smell, and you are not willing to use oil in this era, it will naturally not taste very good. Therefore, this kind of fish is not very popular here.

Jiang Defu also often sees people picking up these things in the creek and taking them back to feed the chickens.

"Second Madam, just pick it up and cook it properly. It will still be delicious!"

Jiang Defu smiled.

It is difficult to change people's thoughts and tastes all at once.

Just like people in the south like to eat fish and seafood and find it delicious, but they are not used to it in some places in the north. In the final analysis, it is due to eating habits.

Jiang Defu felt that his family's diet should be changed. Fish is high in protein and nutritious, which is what they lack.

After struggling all afternoon, the harvest was quite good, a variety of miscellaneous fish:
There were three big buckets of crucian carp, carp, eel, and loach.

I also caught two tortoises and a small pot of shrimps.

Second Aunt and the others felt that the shrimps were hard to deal with and there wasn't much to eat, so they said they didn't want them, so Jiang Defu just wrapped them up.

Although this kind of small river shrimp looks a little dirty, after cleaning it, add oil and stir-fry it. Not to mention...

The fish catch was obtained by three families together, and naturally the three families shared it equally.

Shi Daniu's family felt that their family was small and there were few people involved, so they asked for less, and the remaining money was divided equally between Jiang De's rich family and the second eldest mother's family.

I caught a bunch of fish and went home.

"Third brother, none of us know how to do this. It's up to you to direct what these fish do!"

On the way back, Jiang Dehua chirped.

Nowadays, the improvement of the family's food standard is mainly due to the third brother Jiang Defu.

Many cooking methods were suggested by the third brother. They had never thought of eating like that before.

It's a coincidence that many foods originally tasted ordinary, but after Third Brother's guidance, they became delicious. It's really amazing.

"Don't worry, as long as you cook these fish according to the method I told you, you will definitely eat it once and want to do it a second time! Everyone is tired today, so we will put these things in the water to keep them and wait until they are cleaned up tomorrow. Not too late!"

Jiang Defu smiled.

He has adapted to rural life now. The pace of life is slow. Although he eats less, a lot of food is actually good as long as it is cooked carefully.

"Of course we believe it, Third Brother, you don't know, those people who don't eat very much, through the method you mentioned, will almost catch up with eating meat! I suspect that even if you put pieces of shit in your hands, they will be able to eat meat." eat!"

Jiang Defu:......

Jiang Defu was speechless. He, a little girl, sometimes talks really...

Following the afterglow of the setting sun, the sunset glow on the horizon illuminated the entire village red, and smoke rose from the cooking pots. Everything seemed so peaceful and peaceful...

"Come on! Come on, come on!"

"Come on! Come on, come on!"

"Someone's coming! Someone's killed!"

"It's fatal!"

A shrill, heart-rending cry sounded over the village.

(End of this chapter)