I remembered that when I went to school this morning, my mother told me that she would eat roasted eel in the evening, and there was indeed a small half bucket of eel at home. One look at it and I knew that it was my father who caught it at night.
Cooking eels, when I think of this dish, I think of my dad cooking eels. He catches a live eel, knocks it unconscious with a bang, then presses it on the wooden board specially used for handling eels, and pulls it with a knife. , scrape again, and the fresh eel is ready.
Then cut the eel into sections, wash them and prepare them, then heat the hot oil in the pot, pour the eel sections in with a 'squeak' sound, stir-fry until the aroma comes out, then add the watercress... ...
Thinking, thinking, my saliva is almost flowing out.
Seeing that my thoughts were moving, Su Rou encouraged me hard from the side: "Sanwa'er, let's go, we are going back. At worst, you can go to my house. My family will eat 'Shao Bai' (similar to braised pork with pickled vegetables) tonight, and then I’ll call my mother, old man, to help you plead for mercy, and it’s impossible for you to stay away from home for the rest of your life.”
When I heard the words "please for mercy", I was confused. If my father was the kind of person who could listen to mercy, could I have been beaten so much? I remember that in the past, when my dad beat me, I howled so miserably that the villagers passing by couldn’t help but come to persuade me, “Hey, okay, okay.” My dad took other people’s advice as cheers, and the more he beat me, the more energetic he became.
With a narration: "Boys are ineffective unless beaten, unlike girls! If boys are ignored, they will be able to 'knock sand jars and eat peanuts' (shoot) in the future."
In the end, my fear of my dad outweighed my desire to burn eels, and the Red Army’s spirit of climbing over snow-capped mountains and crossing grasslands also inspired me. I have long wanted to be a little soldier, and I want to go Climb the snowy mountains, cross the grassland, and find a place to be a Red Army soldier.
The Red Army are all good people. If they see me as a little kid, can they not take me in? What if I never go home for the rest of my life? As long as the Red Army takes me in!
Thinking of this, I became excited and determined. I patted Su Rou on the shoulder and said with dignity: "Go back, Su Rou. When I become a Red Army, I will come to you to become a Red Army together. I absolutely must not forget you."
"Are you going to be a member of the Red Army?" Su Rou was suddenly confused by my meaningless words.
"Well, I will be beaten when I go back anyway. Why don't I go find the Red Army today? If I find them, they will definitely take me in. Just wait for me, and you must not say anything to me, old man." I solemnly ordered.
"But where are you going to find the Red Army?" Su Rou was a little worried and really curious about where the Red Army would be.
"I heard there is one in town. I'll just go to town. Don't worry." In fact, I simply mistook the police for the Red Army at that time, but I was young at that time, so how could I tell them apart
"Okay, I'm waiting for your news. I will never betray you. When you become the Red Army, remember to take me with you." Surou was also very eager to become the Red Army, but he made no mistakes. Give him ten courages and he wouldn't dare not go home.
When he thought about it, as long as I came to his door with the Red Army, his parents would agree to him becoming the Red Army. He was looking forward to my good news.
So, he forgot to ask me, do you know how to get to the town
So, I forgot to think about this question, how should I get around town
After walking confidently for a while, I discovered the problem. When I looked up, I saw fields and rolling hills. Where could I see the shadow of a town? How should I get to this town
After the sun sets, it gets dark very quickly. At this time, a crescent moon has quietly climbed into the sky. The sky is a kind of blue-black that is almost dark but not dark.
The surroundings were a little quiet, and I could only hear some insects chirping and frogs chirping. In such an environment, I found that I couldn't hold on any longer.
go home? This idea came out of my mind. I missed my sister, I missed my mother, and I wanted a steaming dinner...
But when I thought of my father's 'indestructible' iron fist, I gave up the idea again.
"Bah, Chen Chengyi, is it hard or not? Think of the 25,000 Red Army soldiers!" I said to myself to encourage myself. As soon as I mentioned those brave Red Army soldiers, my blood boiled.
After walking for a while, I didn't even know where I was. I was so hungry and tired that I couldn't hold on any longer, so I sat down on the ground and started planning.
My mother is afraid that I will get lost, so she often teaches me, don’t be afraid that there is no road, there is a road right under your nose, which means to ask when you can’t find the road. It’s getting dark now, and I don’t know where to ask. Road, I decided to ask others how to get to the town at dawn tomorrow.
As for being hungry, I looked around and got an idea. In this season, there are still a lot of corns (corn) in the fields, and I have a match on me, so there is no problem in roasting two corns.
Then there is only one question left, where should I stay tonight? I've been thinking about this problem for a long time and haven't come up with a solution, so I simply don't think about it. I'll fill my stomach first anyway.
"Sanba'er, you have so much dregs in your head, right? Why don't you think about things all the time?" My mother often scolded me like this, which shows how heartless I am.
There were corn corns everywhere. Now that I had decided on the target, I got in. When I came out soon, my yellow canvas bag was full. Just kidding, I picked three huge corn corns. Own.
This kind of thing is too common for me who grew up in the countryside. I never stole corn when I was a child, and I was embarrassed to say that I was from xx village.
After stealing the corn, all that was left was to find a bamboo forest. The dried bamboo leaves are excellent firewood. There are many bamboo forests in Sichuan. After wandering around for a while under the moonlight, I found a bamboo forest and ran in happily. .
At that time, I didn't notice at all that there was a cemetery not far from the bamboo forest. But even if I discovered it, I probably wouldn't be afraid. There are graves everywhere in the countryside. I've seen so many that I've already become numb.
As soon as I entered the bamboo forest, I started working by myself. I first tore off the outer skin of the corns, leaving a thin layer, and then gathered a pile of dead bamboo leaves and buried the corns underneath.
Dead bamboo leaves are very easy to burn, and within a few moments, a fire broke out in the bamboo forest.
At this time, all my thoughts were on those three buds, guarding them with all my heart, and adding bamboo leaves from time to time. This bamboo forest was very big, and no one would probably see me lighting a fire in it, but I didn't want anyone to see me. .
Time passed by, and I don’t know how long it took. My braised corn was finally cooked. I happily pulled the braised corn out of the fire and tore off the remaining skin, not caring about burning it. , and started eating with big mouthfuls.
The braised corn is very fragrant, and I am very happy to eat it. While eating, I still sigh that the braised corn cooked today is so fast. You must know that the braised corn is not as good as the roasted corn. It takes a long time to eat it. In the past, in the village, I and other little kids in the village would cook rice braised rice together, often waiting all afternoon. Unexpectedly, today it felt like it was cooked in no time.
In fact, the actual situation is that I still waited for nearly 2 hours, but I was so focused on waiting that I didn't notice the passage of time, let alone that it was already close to midnight.
I stayed by the fire and ate three big corns. My stomach was finally full. I felt like I had been tired for a long time. A kind of drowsy fatigue came over my whole body. I wanted to sleep.
Children in rural areas all know that lighting a fire in a bamboo forest is extremely dangerous. After I yawned and stamped out the fire, I could no longer control the feeling of fatigue and threw my yellow satchel on the ground. Then he fell asleep in a daze with his yellow satchel on his pillow.
I don’t remember exactly how long I slept that night. I just remember that after I had some bizarre dreams, I could no longer bear the chill that came from my body and woke up from the cold.
I touched my clothes subconsciously and found that they were very damp. I wanted to change my sleep, but I felt that I had no energy in my body and was still very sleepy. I couldn't explain what it was like, but I felt like I was in a daze, half awake but not awake.
I wanted to close my eyes and go back to sleep, but suddenly I found a lot of noise not far away around me. It seemed to be very lively, but I couldn't figure out where the excitement was coming from.