They got up early in the morning and drove to the country.
The countryside is in the southeast of Qihu Lake, so it is also named Dongqi Village. There are lotus flowers in summer and lotus root in winter, and fish, shrimp and fresh crabs are also very popular.
At that time, farmhouse music was not a particularly profitable business, but it was also considered an unexpected income for the villagers.
People in the city are tired of eating hotel dishes cooked with chicken essence marinade in gas stoves, and it is quite good to try wood-burning stoves occasionally.
Peng Xingwang made a long phone call to his grandfather earlier, specifically asking if there was any fishing over there. Instead, I couldn't get up this morning, and fell asleep again as soon as I got in the car.
The car twisted and turned along the forest path, and because of the messy road signs, it got lost several times on the way.
It was twelve noon when we finally arrived at the big camphor tree at the entrance of the village.
The old couple specially came out to greet them, and graciously helped to pull the suitcase and move things.
"You are too polite," Ji Linqiu said with a smile, "We can do it ourselves."
"Jiahui said it all! It's not easy for you to take care of Xingxing, so don't be polite!"
"Grandpa and grandma, I miss you!"
"Hey, okay, grandma misses you too!"
Jiang Wang followed behind them, tentatively calling grandma.
The old man smiled kindly, afraid that they would be hungry: "The meal has been cooked long ago, today I specially killed a big rooster for you to eat, it is deliciously stewed!"
Province H is considered a big gourmet province. The way of making chicken is very strange. Unique delicacies such as pine chicken and Guochang chicken can’t be tasted outside the province. The local chickens are also strange. Thousands, Ma ten thousand, pink and white chickens do not lay eggs".
For lunch, quickly put the whole set of specialties on the table. A large steamer with an arm’s length is filled with sweet potatoes, tender lotus root, white radish, pork belly, mixed with rice flour and steamed steamingly. The fragrance of vegetables and fruits is ironed into the meat, and the fragrance of meat fat flows into the dish , can make people order several bowls of rice.
The large pieces of chicken are boiled hot in an old Beijing shabu shabu-shabu pot, the aroma of green pepper and red pepper rice wine is all stewed in, and the juice is abundant and mixed with burnt aroma when you bite into it.
When Jiang Wang was driving, he thought about a lot of things, including how to take good care of the two old people in the future, so that he seemed a little preoccupied.
At home, after eating three bowls of rice and juicy chicken, the brain capacity temporarily returned to zero.
The children naturally followed suit, and the Peng family's grandparents were hospitable and hospitable, not only treating Jiang Wang like their own son, but also loving Teacher Ji.
"Why are you so thin! Eat more, and I'll serve you another bowl of soup!"
"You young people are not used to eating food in the city. From now on, you will come to us on weekends, play more and relax!"
Ji Linqiu hasn't felt unconditional love for a long time, so that his reaction has become a little sluggish. While listening intently to the old man chatting about the fun in the village, he unknowingly ate almost a whole bowl of rice.
Jiang Wang saw it and secretly picked up a lot of food for him.
There is a special aroma of wheat on the side of the cracker cooked with firewood rice, and a few large bowls of rice tea, the greasyness disappears in an instant, and the mouth is still refreshing.
When Jiang Wang came, he brought a few boxes of health care products and massage devices, but the old man kept pushing but was too embarrassed to accept them.
"Accept it, it's a gift from your child."
When Jiang Wang said this, Grandpa Peng thought it was a gift from Peng Jiahui, so he accepted it.
In fact, the difference is not big.
Xing Xing ate very quickly, and rushed out to ride the bull after being hugged. The elders of the family carefully helped him onto the bull's back, and walked forward while yelling.
Ji Linqiu came here to sketch and gather folk songs, and the child would inevitably hang out with relatives nearby in the afternoon.
Jiang Wang stretched his waist, and fell asleep listening to the sound of water trucks outside the building.
He had rarely been so relaxed that he hadn't had a single dream.
In the evening, Peng Xingwang went to watch TV with his grandparents, and the two adults sat on the mat in the yard to watch the stars.
The air here is very good, and there are really fireflies.
Like floating dots of light, flickering and extinguishing, glowing with fluorescent green light as if breathing.
Even if there were only five or six wandering around in the yard, Xia Ye became more gentle, exuding a faint herbal fragrance.
Put a few handfuls of wormwood around the yard, even if the lights are turned on, there will be no mosquitoes.
"A lot of stars." Ji Linqiu laughed: "This is really a good place."
Jiang Wang swayed back and forth on the reclining chair, hey: "I kind of want to eat candy."
"Coincidentally." Ji Linqiu touched his pocket and found two pieces of milk candy, which happened to be one for each person.
Jiang Wang reached out to take it, but the other party glanced at his knuckles again.
"Did you smoke a lot recently?"
The man smiled dumbly, as if he was caught by the teacher again.
He suddenly wanted to quit this stinky habit.
Summer night has turned into milk candy again.
In 2006, the rural sky was still clear and deep blue, so deep that one could see the end of the universe and countless stars like light trails at a glance.
People suddenly become extraordinarily small again.
So small that it seems that all love and hate, unwillingness to be obsessed, and desire to pursue are just a momentary firefly.
Jiang Wang had been running around for too long before, watching and falling asleep unknowingly.
Ji Linqiu looked at him sideways, then laughed again after a while, and put his coat on Jiang Wang's body.
The man fell into a deep sleep, but was not awakened.
The next day's itinerary is fishing.
Fishing in a small lake for breeding is boring. The crucian carp and herring in it are full of fools at one end and two ends, and all the earthworms rush to bite fiercely, an average of 20 minutes.
The three challenged the novice difficulty for a while and felt that they were still unsatisfied. Grandpa Peng drove them to the edge of Jihu Lake in a small three-wheeled car.
There are a lot of his old buddies over there, and small speedboats and small fishing boats are all enough, and they can drive anything.
Peng Xingwang straightened Ji Linqiu's hat earnestly: "Teacher, be careful drying it!"
Ji Linqiu smiled and nodded.
They first drove a speedboat for a big circle, and came back to find a shady place to fish together.
"Xing Xing, look what grandpa brought you!"
Jiang Wang and Peng Xingwang immediately turned their heads together.
The old man shook the small bowl, and there were four or five fresh chicken wing tips in it.
"It's the tip of the chicken wing!!" The child cheered up: "I can use it to catch crabs!"
Jiang Wang hesitated to speak, Ji Linqiu got up and walked over: "Grandpa, can you give me two to play with?"
"Of course, of course, Mr. Ji, let me tell you, this crab has the most fishy smell, and it won't let go when you hold the tip of the chicken wing. If you know how to play, you can fish a long string!"
The old man did not expect that the English teacher also liked to play crab fishing, so he specially taught him how to wind the thread and when to pull the crab up.
Ji Linqiu thanked him repeatedly, took the tip of the chicken wing and sat back in his original position, deliberately putting the extra one in a conspicuous position.
Jiang Wangquan pretended not to see it.
Ten minutes later, Ji Linqiu was smiling and fishing for crabs, and there were already two blue crabs the size of chess pieces in the fishing basket.
Pretending to be unintentional, Jiang Wang first took a look at his fish basket, and then glanced at the tip of the extra chicken wing, the implication was obvious.
Then another fifteen minutes passed.
Jiang Wang coughed heavily.
Ji Linqiu didn't understand, so he turned his head and said, "Brother Jiang caught a cold yesterday?"
"You're pretty bad." Jiang Wang couldn't bear to beg for the kid's plaything, and said through grinding his teeth, "Teacher Ji—let me share one."
"Really?" Ji Linqiu picked up the other one tied to the fishing line, and said with a smile: "Boss Jiang still plays with this?"
"Play," the man raised his hands in surrender: "Ms. Ji—"
Just playing around, Ji Linqiu's buoy suddenly sank.
"Teacher Ji!" Peng Xingwang called him in a low voice, for fear of scaring away the spoils: "Hurry up, fish, fish!!"
Ji Linqiu threw the tip of the wing into Jiang Wang's palm, and listened to the child's instructions, and slowly pulled up the pole.
Grandpa Peng thought he had caught a small crucian carp, but he didn't expect the rod to sink unexpectedly. After watching it for a few seconds, he came over to help, but it was very difficult to lift the other end.
"It's a big thing!" The old man was both surprised and delighted: "We didn't make nests and throw bait, I didn't expect it!"
"Slow down, slow down, be careful that it breaks the rope!"
When Grandpa Peng said this, they didn't feel the truth. The fishing line was pulled up inch by inch in the spray, and a group of black shadows that were half an arm long were twirling and moving under the water surface, and they were about to be pulled up.
A few fishermen who were listening to the radio all came over, and some were holding a large net and watching intently.
Ji Linqiu's head was covered with sweat, and he concentrated on exerting his strength without making a sound. The big fish slapped its tail in the water, revealing half of its scales.
The sharp-eyed man let out a long snort.
"It's a big herring, the good guy weighs dozens of catties, right?!"
"Be careful! Don't give the pole to old man Peng!! Don't destroy it!!"
Jiang Wang couldn't help him by the side, he first glanced at the group of cheerleaders, and then at his own fishing rod that didn't fart, feeling a little irritable for no reason.
What about grass and fish? Are you scared away by Teacher Ji's grass carp
The thread became more and more tense, and finally it was pulled into a very thin strip, so transparent that it was almost invisible.
The old fisherman next to him bent down and slammed down the net, just in time to catch the big fish by the head.
"Get Liao! Get Liao!!"
"Good guy—"
"So big??"
This rod of herring weighed at least thirty to forty catties, and it couldn't be pulled up with one arm even if it was caught in the net.
Old man Peng took over Ji Linqiu's fishing rod and skillfully released it, retracted it and raised it again, and the big fish broke out of the water right after him!
Ji Linqiu suddenly hugged the fish to his full arms, but before he could grasp it firmly, he was slapped on the face by the fish's tail.
"Hiss—" Peng Xingwang got angry: "I'll stew you tonight!"
The guys next to him hurriedly took the fish and helped them weigh the hook. Jiang Wang looked at Kong and took out a tissue and squatted next to Ji Linqiu to help him wipe the muddy water off his face.
"You're lucky," he couldn't help laughing at Ji Linqiu, who was half-soaked, "I'm still wearing new shoes, the laces are all muddy."
Ji Linqiu obviously won a big prize, he looked like the most embarrassed person in the audience, his hair was wet and dripping.
"It's too strong." He reached for a paper towel to wipe his face, but he didn't know where the dirt was, and he looked a little annoyed.
"You, you should be taken care of," Jiang Wang said with unconscious tenderness in his eyes, "You heard the threat from the stars, so I'll stew it tonight and put more tofu."
Ji Linqiu took two mouthfuls of river mud and let him wipe his ears.
"Okay, the image of the teacher is completely shattered."
Jiang Wang laughed foolishly.
"That's a windfall, worth it."