In the countryside on summer nights, frogs croak the most, one after another, like singing in a competition.
Jiang Xinyu had the experience of catching frogs twice, and this time she specially prepared an extra wooden basin.
Whenever the flashlight shines on the timid frog, the wooden basin will be dropped quickly, covering each one accurately.
In addition to them coming to catch frogs, there are also half-grown boys over there who are also catching frogs.
The comrades in the studio have also tasted the delicious frog one after another recently. Seeing that the three of them caught it smoothly, they all came over with small flashlights to imitate the same.
"It takes too much fuel to make this dish. I still have some gas coupons in my hand. I will go to town to buy some tomorrow. I will be embarrassed if your mother lets me eat frogs for nothing again."
Li Yuezhen looked up and saw Zhou Qi and several gay men, and waved: "Come, come, let's catch frogs together."
Jiang Yuzhu's body froze, and she took a few steps towards Jiang Xinyu as if she hadn't seen Zhou Qi.
Zhou Qi and Jiang Yuzhu had just made love after they fell in love with each other, but they had just held hands. They were so shy that they were about to kiss, but they were interrupted by Jiang Xinyu, a wicked person. After her message, Jiang Yuzhu made love with Zhou Qi at noon today.
People might as well forget it.
Zhou Qi's first love came to an end just as it began.
What made him uncomfortable was that after Jiang Yuzhu settled the matter with him, she could still film normally during the afternoon filming, as if nothing had happened and he was the only one who was worried about it.
Everyone was chatting and laughing while catching the frogs. Zhou Qi glanced at Jiang Yuzhu from time to time and saw that she was obviously avoiding him, which made him feel much better.
Jiang Xinyu had half-wet hair hanging loose. After the straw bag was half full, her hair was completely dry. The night breeze was blowing, and it was quite cool.
The small flashlight was out of power. Li Yuezhen looked at the frogs in the grass pocket and turned back with satisfaction.
When they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Zhou Qi followed. Li Yuezhen asked in surprise: "Why don't you go back?"
Jiang Xinyu coughed slightly, and behind Li Yuezhen's back, she bent two fingers and gestured towards Zhou Qi.
Zhou Qi suddenly remembered last night and swallowed uncomfortably.
Jiang Xinyu didn't know what the two said, and Jiang Yuzhu didn't share with her what happened with Zhou Qi at night. However, before going to bed, Comrade Jiang Yuzhu flipped through Xu Zhimo's poetry collection.
The body was too exhausted, so Dabao cried again in the night. Jiang Xinyu vaguely heard it and didn't wake up. She slept very deeply.
Two consecutive days of physical labor had turned Jiang Xinyu into a dead fish. Even if Chen Yi came back to help her every afternoon, she would still be basking in the sun for several hours, and the clothes on her back were never dry when she was in the field.
The only thing that comforted her was that she had fried frog meat every day.
Jiang Zhenzhen stayed at her parents' house for too long, and the village members gossiped about her behind her back.
On Tuesday, when Jiang Xinyu dragged her tired body home for dinner at noon, she met her brother-in-law Zhang Hua again, whom she had only met twice.
Zhang Hua brought a bundle of noodles and a fish and was sitting under the shed talking to Jiang Zhenzhen.
Seeing Jiang Xinyu come back, he said hello, "My little sister is back."
Jiang Xinyu said "hmm" and said, "I'm a rare guest, why is my brother-in-law here free?"
Jiang Xinyu's words were deliberately intended to make people angry. Zhang Hua was originally not good at words, and his face was so dark that even the blush of shame could not show through.
"I've been too busy lately with too many things, so I just took some time out today."
Jiang Zhenzhen, who was holding the child, looked unhappy. She felt that Zhang Hua's failure to pick her up in the past few days had a lot to do with his mother.
Just as Chen Xiuyun expected, Zhang Hua's mother got angry when she failed to pick up someone last time and prepared to dry the ginger jade beads.
Chen Xiuyun was naturally not very happy. She wanted her daughter to live a good life after getting married more than anyone else. Now it was obvious that Zhang Hua's mother was partial to her younger son and daughter-in-law, and did not allow Jiang Zhenzhen to go too far, so she was left alone for many days.
Whose daughter is the one who feels sorry for her? Zhang Hua could not come to pick her up for so many days, so it is obvious that he did not take her family seriously. Then just continue to live in her parents' house, it's not that she can't afford it.
"Zhang Hua, if you go home now, you can still go back before dark. After dinner, go back soon."
Chen Xiuyun had a good-natured look on her face, and she couldn't seem to blame Zhang Hua at all.
Zhang Hua said at a loss: "Zhenzhen won't you go back with me?"
Chen Xiuyun said with a smile: "I care about Dabao. Let him stay at grandma's house for a while, and you can pick him up after a while."
Zhang Hua was confused for a while?
How long is a period of time?
The last time he came to pick someone up, he didn't take her back, so his mother told him that his wife was still angry and should wait a few days until she figured it out before picking her up.
He is a cashier at a food station. His job is easy and he has holidays. However, he had a few days off and accompanied his mother to visit the sick old man at his grandma's house in the countryside. It was only today that he had time to pick up his wife and children.
Zhang Hua was a little confused. His mother said that his wife should calm down, but she still seemed angry. His mother-in-law seemed angry too.
When Zhang Hua was thinking about how to coax Jiang Zhenzhen, Chen Yi rode his bicycle to the door and the bell rang.
Chen Xiuyun looked over and greeted with a smile: "Come in and cool down in the shed. Do you want to eat? I made jelly last night and I will bring a piece back to your mother later."
Zhang Hua looked at Chen Xiuyun's smile when greeting Chen Yi, and compared it with her smile at his son-in-law just now, and felt that something was wrong.
Chen Yi parked his bicycle in a cool place and came in with a book in his hand, "I took a book from a classmate and showed it to Xinyu."
Chen Xiuyun looked at the old book in his hand and handed him a crisp, washed cucumber still stained with water drops.
Jiang Xinyu took the book, and the cover said "The Rising Sun by the River". Thinking of the book "How Steel Was Tempered" that she had never read, she felt a little ashamed. She didn't really like reading, and he used to be in his study room.
There are quite a few books in there.
"Xinyu, go to the house and bring out another pound of mung bean cake."
Chen Xiuyun has not had time to go to the black market in the county recently, fearing that Zhang Tiezhu would discover some clues. This mung bean cake can last for a month or so and can be sold for money, but she doesn't feel bad at all if Chen Yi takes it back.
Chen Yitui refused and said, "I haven't finished eating what my aunt sent home last time."
Chen Yi has been working very hard to help Jiang Xinyu these days. Jiang Xinyu took out the mung bean cake and said with a smile: "If you get tired of eating it, I will make soybeans for you next time."
Chen Yi didn't want to pick it up at first, but seeing her smiling so sweetly, he said "hmm" and took it, and Qingjun's eyebrows became gentle.
Zhang Hua on the side felt a little uncomfortable when he saw Chen Xiuyun treating him so differently.
Chen Xiuyun cut a large piece of solidified jelly and put it in a small basin for Chen Yi to put in it.
"It's not a rare thing. A bowl of sweet potato starch can make a whole pot. Don't be polite to Auntie. Xinyu, please carry it over to Chen Yi."
The sweet potato flour is all made in-house, so it's really not a rare thing. There's nothing wrong with eating it, it just makes you hungry quickly, so it's not a big deal.
Jiang Xinyu and Chen Yi went out, and Zhang Hua stared at their backs.
Zhang Hua felt a little aggrieved. He didn't come to Jiang Zhenzhen's parents' house often. Her mother had always been very enthusiastic towards him, but today he had been sitting here for an hour and he hadn't even seen what the mung bean cake looked like.
Zhang Hua looked at his wife, "Is that my younger sister?"
Jiang Zhenzhen said "Yeah" expressionlessly.
Chen Xiuyun chopped the onions and garlic, then poured the oil and added the jelly to the pot.
The temperature in the kitchen was not low, steam was lingering, and soon the aroma of fried jelly spread out.
Is there anyone like me who often suffers from insomnia until four or five in the morning, feeling like he’s going to sleep? (┯_┯)