For Deng, it is impossible to say that she is not sentimental, but perhaps due to the influence of her eldest daughter and her husband, she has already accepted the reality calmly.
As for Zhao Liya, she was thinking that when the weather gets hotter, she would have to discuss it with Hu Ling. Each of them would take one child and quietly take the two children into the water in a remote place to let them learn to swim...
Hu Ling had already spotted the place and led the three of them for about a quarter of an hour, until they came to a section of the river where the water flow was gentle and the water surface suddenly became almost twice as wide after turning a big bend.
The deep blue river water can't be seen at the bottom if you go a little further.
Zhao Liya glanced at the two younger ones: "The river here is quite deep. You haven't learned to swim yet, so don't go into the water."
The two little ones didn't think they could get into the water, so they obediently agreed.
Zhao Linpin had some hidden meaning and looked up at her: "Sister, if we learn how to swim, can we go into the water?"
Zhao Lixiang's eyes also lit up: "I also want to learn to swim!"
Zhao Liya lightly tapped their foreheads and said with a smile: "Learn, learn. But not now, I will make arrangements for you. Remember, you are not allowed to tell your parents, understand?"
"Yes!" The two children became even more happy and nodded vigorously together.
For children, doing something without telling their parents is particularly attractive.
Hu Ling, who was watching the whole audience, had a special expression in his eyes: "..."
Zhao Liya didn't panic at all, and said with a smile: "Brother, you see there are many rivers here. It's not safe if you don't know how to swim! I think it's better for them to learn. But my parents may be confused, so there is no need to tell them
It will add to their worries, don’t you think?”
Hu Ling was even more speechless: "..."
What could he say? He could only nodded in confusion: "Well, everything you said is right!"
Zhao Liya laughed: "Come on, let's fish!"
Hu Ling went into the water, followed the current, and spread the net bit by bit along the river surface, intercepting a large area of water. Then he slapped the water surface upstream with a long bamboo pole to drive the fish downstream.
Zhao Liya and her two younger children also helped, picking up stones from the shore and throwing them into the water.
Watching the rocks splashing into the water, the two children were so happy. They were laughing and joking. You were competing with me to pick up the rocks and throw them into the water.
When they felt it was almost done, Hu Ling stopped them with a smile and began to collect the net from the water bit by bit.
The original natural environment is so refreshing. The fishing net was gradually put away, and the two children screamed in surprise.
"Wow, I caught a fish!"
"Another one! Two, three! So many!"
"Ah! Look how big this one is!"
"Really!"
Not to mention them, Zhao Liya couldn't help but smile with satisfaction when she saw the harvest.
After the fishing net was pulled up, everyone hurriedly untied the big fish that were three fingers wide or more and threw them into the wooden barrel.
In addition to such big fish, there are also countless small fish as big as two fingers. There are too many to solve in a short while, so you have to take them home and solve them slowly.
Hu Ling found a suitable place and put the three fish cages into the water, planning to collect them tomorrow morning.
Some fish species are difficult to catch with fishing nets, so fish traps are more suitable.
Hu Ling was carrying a bucket, and Zhao Liya was holding a fishing net filled with small fishes. The two little ones were jumping around, and the four of them went home talking and laughing.
After returning home, Zhao Xiang and the others were happy to see such a rich catch of fish, "Oh, so many! There are so many fish in this river."
Zhao Liya smiled and said, "Yes, we will have a good time in the future!"
Although her cooking skills are not very good, she can still make simple home-cooked meals.
In this era of poor information, everyone only knows a few ways to eat fish, but she is different, she knows much, and she never gets tired of eating it.
The seven big fish that are still alive and kicking are kept in the water tank in the backyard. There is no need to deal with the others.
Zhao Liya took a look and saw that there were crucian carp, carp, mandarin fish, yellow spicy diced fish, etc. in the bucket, sixteen of them, and there were also types she didn't recognize, but they looked delicious.
She would definitely not be able to finish them all, so she shaved off the scales, removed the cheeks, cleaned them, and gave four pieces to Widow Qu.
Widow Qu was very happy to accept it and gave her a bowl of sauce she made last year during the twelfth lunar month, saying it was especially delicious when used to stew fish.
He also gave her half of the beans, green peppers and eggplants just picked from the vegetable field.
Widow Qu and her daughter both like to eat fish, but they don't know how to fish. And a widow and a girl are dangerous to go fishing in the water, and it's easy to be embarrassed if the water gets their clothes wet, and they make stupid remarks. They just want to eat fish.
Can be bought with money.
However, the fishy smell is strong, so you have to use cooking wine, ginger and green onion to remove the fishy smell, and it also consumes oil. When you really want to buy it, you will often change your mind and buy pork because it is more cost-effective.
Therefore, I really can’t eat my favorite food more than once a year.
Each of the four fish sent by Zhao Liya was as big as a palm and about a foot long, and they were handled thoughtfully. Widow Qu was naturally happy.
Zhao Liya is also happy. Eating vegetables at home is a big problem now!
There are twelve fish left. I will eat eight at home tonight. One larger mandarin fish is steamed, and all the others are chopped into pieces. The fish pieces are stewed in sauce, and some sauerkraut is added. The remaining four are fried and saved for tomorrow.
eat.
Fish heads, tails, internal organs, etc. are not wasted and fed to chickens.
The small fish larvae were picked off one by one from the fishing net, and there was almost a pot. Only then did everyone realize that there were also many thumb-sized prawns.
The fish larvae that are too small are also fed to chickens. It is difficult to keep the shrimps, so they are simply boiled.
The rest is dried in a pot and can be eaten for three days.
Tomorrow I will soak some soybeans and stir-fry dried fish with soybeans. It is a famous local home-cooked dish. Adding a little chili will make it more delicious. Aunt Li Shiyi said it is delicious.
This dinner, in addition to fish, also has fresh wild mushrooms.
Aunt Li Shiyi looked at the steamed fish and boiled shrimp and subconsciously felt fishy. Zhao Liya warmly invited her, and she reluctantly tried it. She immediately fell in love with it and kept praising "fresh! So fresh!"
"Of course, I won't lie to you!"
Everyone laughs.
No matter what's on the mountain or in the water, everything is delicious, and the whole family is very happy to eat it.
Early the next morning, Hu Ling and Zhao Liya went to the river to collect the fish traps.
For this matter, the two of them got up much earlier than usual by coincidence. They originally planned to go alone, but who knew it was such a coincidence, so they went together.
It's too early to go. Who knows if the people in the village knew about the fish traps they put out yesterday? If the Gu family found out, they would secretly collect the fish traps placed by others in advance.
Widow Qu complained that they did this kind of thing a lot.
There were indeed a lot of fish in the river, and the three fish cages were full of harvests, including more than a dozen eels, seven or eight seven-star fish, five catfish, some prawns, and several crabs.