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Section 9 Fresh Fish and Mushroom Soup

At three o'clock in the day, Lin Hua heard the chirping of cicadas, and Lin Hua couldn't bear the days of having no money in his pocket. He made an appointment with Hou San, and the two of them carried saws and walked slowly to their home's Ziliu Mountain, hoping to cut down a few trees and sell them for money. Huahua. Fortunately, Lin Hua’s family has a mountain farm, so he has no money to cut down dozens of trees to sell. Lin Hua has done this kind of thing many times. Every time, Lin Hua’s father always smokes hookah, "Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah!" "He said helplessly: "Sooner or later, all my family property will be wiped out by you." Lin Hua didn't take it seriously. The old man was angry and helpless towards his son. He was an only son in the family. There was nothing he could do.

It was already noon when we arrived in the forest. There were many mosquitoes in the ravines. They had just cut down a few trees and the bites were unbearable. Red bumps appeared on their exposed skin, which made them itchy to death. He found a piece of rotten wood and lit it. The rotten wood burned without making any fire. After a while, thick white smoke came out, just like a "big mosquito coil". He put the "big mosquito coil" beside him to disperse it. Nasty mosquitoes, mosquitoes scatter in all directions.

Lin Hua gave him a thumbs up and said, "Third brother really has a lot of ideas."

Hou San rolled his tiny eyes and said self-deprecatingly: "There are so many ideas but they are of no use until you get money."

Lin Hua was quite optimistic. He said with a smile: "At least there are no mosquitoes biting us now." After that, the two of them laughed and continued to chop wood. "Bang", a cedar tree as thick as the bottom of a barrel was covered with wood. It fell down and crushed the mushroom shed at the bottom of the ditch. Lin Hua exclaimed: "It's not good, it will crush the shed and you have to help build it."

Hou San put down the saw and said, "Let's go down and take a look." They hurried down to take a look. Fortunately, it only knocked down a corner of the straw shed, and the mushrooms in the shed were fine.

The shed is filled with wood, with many fresh and tender mushrooms growing on it. This mushroom shed belongs to Wang Dazi of Shangtian Village. Wang Dazi has made a lot of money growing mushrooms in the past few years. Hou San looked at the mushrooms in front of him and turned his eyes. Lin Hua said: "Hua Zi, let's go with my brother to get some money to spend tomorrow."

Lin Hua knew that Hou San was thinking of something wrong, but he didn't know what he wanted to do. So he asked: "Where is the money?"

Hou San said mysteriously: "Look, Mazi's mushrooms grow so well. His house must have a lot of dried mushrooms. Let's steal some tomorrow night and sell them to Youcai. Isn't it a waste of money?"

Lin Hua hesitated for a while and said, "Is this okay?"

Monkey Three patted his chest and said, "Heaven knows and earth knows, you know and I know, so what are you afraid of?"

Lin Hua had done a lot of bad things with Hou San before, but they were all petty thefts. Now if he wanted to steal mushrooms and sell them for money, it would be a big deal if he could exchange money for it. He was a little scared. He thought about Shao Qiang's daily life. When I saw him for the first time, he forced him to pay back the money. My heart skipped a beat, and I patted Hou San on the shoulder: "Listen to Third Brother's arrangement."

Hou San and the two of them looked at each other and smiled: "Hey hey hey, hey hey..." A conspiracy was brewing like this.

Then, Lin Hua was no longer interested in working. He packed up his things and said, "Third brother, don't cut it down. Once you cut down the tree, you have to peel it, wait for it to dry, and carry it back. I don't know when it will be turned into money." , it’s better to go home.”

Hou San is also a lazy man. Now his mind is full of the mushrooms from Wang Mazi's house. He imagines that the mushrooms have turned into banknotes and stayed in his pocket. How can he still think about work, but a thief is a thief. Once he steals After this thought, he was unwilling to give up. He said: "Just go back like this. I don't know what to eat at night?"

Lin Hua also had the potential to be a thief. He and Hou San had a clear understanding of each other, and at the same time they set their sights on the fresh mushrooms. The two of them laughed evilly again and picked the mushrooms.

Hou San told Lin Hua: "Don't pick too much, just enough for two meals. I don't want the mushroom leaves that are open or unopened, just the ones that can't be opened." Hou San is an expert on eating, and he knows this.

Mushrooms that are not ready to bloom are the best to eat. The ones that have bloomed taste a bit cottony and although they are still sweet, the taste is no longer good. And the ones that are not in full bloom still have mucus on the mushroom leaves, which is difficult to eat when eaten.

There is a hint of astringency in the mouth. Only this kind of appetizing food tastes sweet and pleasant, crisp and refreshing, and the more you eat, the more you want to eat it. Usually, when Monkey Three is not lazy, he can make delicious dishes, but tonight he will

I want to show my hand to Lin Hua.

It was only about three o'clock when the two returned to the village and saw the fool Mu De setting a fishhook to fish in a small pond by the river.

Lin Hua said to Hou San mischievously: "Third brother, even with the mushrooms, there is still a lack of meaty smell."

Hou San also said with a naughty smile: "Yeah, there's a fly in the ointment. How about you go to Shaowang's house to 'borrow' a few more eggs?"

Lin Hua pretended to be in vain and said leisurely: "What's so delicious about eggs? Eggs are vegetarian and can be eaten by monks. If we want to eat, we can eat meat."

Hou San also imitated the emphasis on the stage and said: "Oh, Mr. Lin has brought some big meat."

Lin Hua dressed up with him, and he pointed to the wood in the distance with his hand and sang: "I will give you my followers."

Monkey Three laughed loudly.

Lin Hua built a "trumpet" with his hand and shouted to Mu De: "Mu De, come here quickly." The sound echoed in the mountains, almost comparable to the rusty radio in the village.

As soon as Mu De heard that it was Lin Hua calling him, he ran over in a hurry. Mu De was usually Lin Hua's little follower. Although he stood a little taller than Lin Hua, he could only be a little follower.

Follower. None of the friends in the village are willing to play with him. Even if they play with him, they are limited to teasing and teasing him instead of really playing with him. Lin Hua is different. He does not dislike Mu De and often takes him everywhere to play.

, and give him something to eat when he has something to eat. Although he is mostly using him, Lin Hua treats him as a human being. Moreover, Lin Hua is still an adult. If an adult can play with a child for a long time, it means that they have

They are friends.

Mu De asked: "Brother Hua Zi, what are you doing?" His hair was wet, and there was some mud stuck to his bare back, which was stuck on when he went fishing in the pond just now. He has caught many big and small fishes today.

There were more than a dozen fish, the big ones weighed two taels, and the small ones were as thick as a thumb. There were seven-star fish, pond fish, and a catfish. They were placed in a hole he dug by the river and covered.

"How many fish did you catch?" Lin Hua asked him.

"Ten." Mu De couldn't count. He thought ten was a big number, so he said ten. In fact, he got sixteen.

Lin Hua said: "Bring them all over and cook them at Third Brother's place." He didn't need to be polite to Mu De. As long as he said something, Mu De would move in even if he lived there.

"Yeah." Sure enough, Mu De ran over again and soon filled all the fish with an empty washing powder bag.

Monkey Three was more satisfied when he saw the fish than when he saw the mushrooms, and the fluid at the base of his tongue had already emerged. He put a high hat on Mu De and said: "Wow, Mu De is really good, he has caught so many fish, he will definitely become a People's Liberation Army in the future."

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"Haha!" Mu De giggled. He liked to hear this kind of words the most. When he heard this kind of words, he became energetic.

Arriving at Hou San's house, Hou San immediately ordered Mu De to clean the pot and wash the dishes. Lin Hua took out the mushrooms and washed them, while Hou San killed the fish himself. Hou San killed the fish differently from others, he cut open the belly of the fish and gutted the fish.

Just clean it out. Others have to put the fish into water to wash it after cleaning the fish intestines, but he doesn't. According to him, the fish will not be fresh if it is washed.

When the fish was ready, he went to someone else's vegetable garden and pulled some green onions and ginger back. He marinated the fish with tea oil for more than ten minutes to remove the fishy smell. Then he stewed the fish in a pot. The delicious fish and mushroom soup was made.

Together with the noodles that Hou San had bought and reserved early in the morning, the fragrant aroma made the three of them salivate and move their index fingers.

Lin Hua couldn't wait any longer and brought bowls and chopsticks. Hou San sighed: "Oh! I wish I had wine."

Lin Hua thought about it, how could such delicious food be without wine? He picked up the lid of the pot and covered the head of the pot, and said, "Don't eat it secretly. I'll go back and get the wine." There was still wine in his wine pot that his father had yesterday.

I bought unfinished wine late at night.

When Monkey Sanyi heard that there was wine, he kicked him. He scolded him: "Hurry up and get it. You didn't tell me earlier that there was wine."

Lin Hua joked: "Mu De, watch him carefully, don't eat secretly before I'm here." After saying that, he ran back to get the wine with a smile. After a while, Lin Hua brought his home's peeling wine flask.

, there was not much wine in the pot, only about five or six taels. Mu De did not drink, and they each had less than half a bowl. They drank together with the delicious fresh fish and mushroom soup.

Several people ate with relish, but within a few mouthfuls, the wine in the bowl was reduced by half. Monkey Three went to the water tank and mixed some water in. He laughed and said, "Add more, and sigh slowly."

The delicious meal for two poor lazy men and a fool was like this, full of fun. Monkey Three regarded it as dinner, Lin Hua regarded it as lunch, and Mu De regarded it as a picnic. (Dear friends, if you
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