Xiaoqian put away the last two pans of fried fish, and decided to give it to Zhou Zhoulang for a try tomorrow, and the first pot was also put away, saving it for dinner.
Even Man Bao, who ate five or six small fish, was kicked out by Xiao Qian.
The third head was a little sad, looked at Man Bao and said, "Sister-in-law, we don't have any fish to eat."
He wanted to eat fish. Why did the little girl ask her mother to keep all the fish, but they didn't have anything to eat
Man Bao felt a little guilty, and promised: "I'll give you an extra one after dinner."
These words did not make Santou happy, he sighed and sat down on the threshold.
Sanya and Sitou have always been playing with Santou, seeing their brother like this, they also let out an "ah", and sat on the threshold with their chins in their hands, looking at the front sadly together.
Man Bao also sat down, reminiscing about the little fish he ate just now.
She smacked her lips and said, "The small fish made by Shanbao's family are even more delicious."
"Of course," Santou said without even thinking about it: "They fry small fish, they use a lot of oil, and there is still salt when they come out of the pan. Mother is only willing to put a little oil. Put salt."
But also delicious.
The three heads sighed sadly again.
The remaining three also sighed in unison.
A villager who was carrying a hoe home from the field was so happy when he saw it, he stopped and asked, "Man Bao, what are you doing with your nephews and nieces?"
Four children, two under seven years old, and the remaining two only four or five years old, sat in a row on the threshold, directly blocking the door, and they couldn't help being unhappy.
Before Man Bao could speak, Santou spoke first, "We're talking about eating small fish, Uncle Di, does your family make small fish?"
"Oh, isn't that something for the chickens at home?" Zhou Di smiled and said, "Even if you want to eat it, you should eat big fish. By the way, are your father and the others fishing for fish in the river?"
The three heads nodded regretfully, obviously the small fish tasted better than the big fish.
"Then you tell your father, if you catch a big fish and leave me two, tomorrow will be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the family must eat something good, and I will exchange beans with your family later."
The three heads were about to nod, and Man Bao said, "I don't want beans, I want rice."
"Hey, I only have a few catties of rice at home, and the beans are so good. Isn't your sister-in-law making tofu? She uses a lot of tofu, right?"
The three heads stopped talking.
Man Bao said: "My family has a lot of beans. My father said that except for tofu, you can use beans, but you can't exchange beans for other things. Otherwise, you have to sell them in the county."
"Is it okay to use wheat?"
Flour is also better than bean rice, Man Bao nodded.
"Okay, remember to ask your elder brother to keep two fish for me."
Man Bao nodded, "As long as my elder brother can catch big fish."
After Zhou Di left, the four children continued to sit on the threshold in a daze.
In the end, the youngest four couldn't sit still anymore. He looked around and went straight to hold Manbao's hand, "Sister-in-law, go play, go play."
Man Bao took his little hand and got up, "Okay, let's go to the river to find your father."
Santou and Sanya immediately jumped up to follow. They were the youngest in the family, and they were strictly forbidden to go to the river to play, otherwise the family would see them and beat them up once.
But going with my sister-in-law obviously won't be in the ranks of being beaten.
The rules of the old Zhou family have always been very clear, the older ones lead the younger ones to make mistakes and beat the older ones.
If it was Man Bao who went to the river with Er Tou and the others, it must be Er Tou and the others who were beaten.
But if Manbao took Santou and the others to the river, Sanya and Sitou would not be the ones who got beaten, but Santou and Manbao who were the same age would remain.
Santou was sure that if his sister-in-law was beaten, he would not be wronged, but if sister-in-law was not beaten, generally speaking, Santou would not be beaten either.
He happily followed Man Bao to the river.
There are many people in the river at the entrance of the village.
This year's autumn harvest ended very quickly. At this time, every household is busy drying rice, and tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Today, everyone doesn't want to go to the fields to work.
So many people come to fish in the river.
Zhou Dalang and Zhou Zhoulang took their younger brothers and sons to the river to occupy a good place early in the morning. In addition to fishing baskets, they also lowered fishing nets.
On Friday, Lang just came back from the mountain after picking the privet seeds and ran to the river to help.
At this time, he was standing in the river playing with his trouser legs, and Zhou Zhoulang was so angry that he wanted to beat him up, "The fish are scared away by you bastards."
When he looked up and saw Man Bao and San Tou leading the two youngest children, Zhou Zhou Lang hurriedly waved, "Why are you here? Hurry up and go home."
Zhou Wulang just happened to be chased ashore by Zhou Dalang, so he simply sat on the grass and said, "What's the matter, I'm watching them, big brother and third brother, hurry up and catch fish."
Zhou Dalang stood still and said, "Wait a little longer, let's see if we can catch big fish with this net."
Liu Liulang also climbed onto the shore, squatted beside Fifth Brother and looked down, shaking his head and said: "It's probably difficult, we have pulled three nets today, and we haven't seen a few big fish."
Man Bao also took the three of them and squatted beside Wu Wulang, looked down, then looked around and asked, "Fifth brother, did we catch a big fish?"
"I got it, it's in the barrel."
Man Bao immediately went up to look, and saw four or five fish squeezed into the wooden barrel, but they were not very big, only as wide as the palm of the eldest brother, and only slightly longer than the palm.
Just as he was thinking, Zhou Dalang and Zhou Zhoulang closed the net, and as soon as they pulled the net up, they saw many small fish scrambling to slip out of the small hole first, Zhou Dalang didn't mind, it was the hole he adjusted at noon.
A bucket of small fish has been sent back, and the rest will naturally be released, otherwise where will I find fish to eat next year
The net got tighter and tighter, and the speed of the two brothers was neither too fast nor too slow. At the end, they lifted the net viciously, and saw seven or eight big fish jumping inside, including two grass carp as thick as Zhou Dalang's arm , as long as half an arm.
He was so happy that he immediately pulled the net ashore with Zhou Zhoulang.
Friday Lang and Saturday Lang immediately took the barrel and prepared to catch fish.
As long as the fish is bigger than the palm of your hand, they are packed in wooden barrels, and the rest are taken to the river for further release.
Zhou Dalang was very satisfied with today's harvest, while Man Bao turned his head and looked upstream regretfully, "It would be great if the dam broke again."
Zhou Dalang almost choked on his left foot and Zhou Zhoulang almost choked on his saliva, but the three heads and the two younger ones nodded together.
Especially his son, who is very serious about ordering. Although Sitou is more than four years old and can't speak well, he has a very good memory. He still remembers fishing last year.
Even Wu Lang and Liu Lang, who are already sensible, couldn't help but look around, and then lowered their voices: "I also think the dam is broken..."
Zhou Dalang's face turned dark, and he said, "It's not that you are going to serve in the military as a co-author, are you?"
The two brothers immediately shrank their necks and hid behind Man Bao.