village assistant

Chapter 135 This Man Called Shigu (1)

Yue Zhilan's hometown is in a small mountain village at the bottom of An County, an hour's drive west of Z City. The village is called Dagen Village.

Su Xiaoye didn't dare to drive on the highway alone, so she took a bus there.

Zhu Ning was still on the phone along the way, and when she got off at the entrance of Dagen Village, she simply blocked his phone number.Yue Zhilan dressed up as usual and stood at the entrance of the village waiting for her.Seeing that the tip of her nose was flushed red by the wind, Xiaoye said, "Xiaolan, I'm here to disturb you."

"What are you talking about? I wish someone would come and keep me company! Come on, I'll take you to my house!"

Yue Zhilan led the way, and Su Xiaoye followed behind her. There were radish fields on both sides of the road. Through the green radish tassels, you could see that the radishes underneath were growing very strong. Each one was so chubby that it almost broke through the ground. out.

"This is our specialty here. Now is the season for making dried radish. I will bring you some when I go back."

"Okay."

Yue Zhilan walked a few steps, then remembered something and said, "Oops, I forgot that I was going to my aunt's house to get pork. If my father finds out that I delayed my business, he will nag me for a long time."

"Then go and do your work!" Xiaoye said quickly.

Yue Zhilan shook his head: "No need. I'll just call and ask Cigu to deliver it to me."

Mushroom?

Before he could ask in detail, Yue Zhilan's family arrived.

Like many southern rural areas, Yue Zhilan's family has its own house. The entrance leads to a courtyard. Facing the stainless steel iron gate is a half-moon-shaped pool dug against the wall, which contains fish for food.There is a pink plastic garbage basket hanging in the corner of the pool. This basket is not filled with garbage now, but contains some loaches.

To the west of the yard is the owner's house, which is two stories high and can only be considered average in Dagen Village.To the east are the kitchen and bathroom. The kitchen is huge and has both a gas stove and a wood stove.

Yue Zhilan saw Xiaoye looking around, looking around, and whispered: "The place is shallow and narrow, don't dislike it."

"How could it be - this place is very good!"

Half an hour later, they began to enjoy hot Dahongpao in the living room, and the sound of motorcycles could be heard outside.A tall and strong young man rode a Wuyang Honda men's motorcycle to the door. The stainless steel iron frame was covered with fat meat three fingers wide hanging on the left and right.

"Yue Zhilan, your pork!"

"Dead Man Zhigu, you are the only porker, your whole body is pork!" Yue Zhilan screamed and ran out to take off the pork one by one.Su Xiaoye followed her to watch the excitement. Ci Gu took off her helmet and saw a head of hair growing wildly in all directions and a majestic face.

Ci Gu looked across Yue Zhilan and his eyes fell on Su Xiaoye: "You have a guest? Why don't you introduce him?"

Yue Zhilan pulled Xiaoye and said, "My colleague, Su Xiaoye, is here to play."

Cigu took off his knight gloves and extended his hand to Xiaoye: "My name is Tan Cifu."

Well, bless you, Cigu.

I didn't expect that twenty pounds of pork would be so heavy, greasy, and difficult to carry.Tan Cifu helped them move the pork to the kitchen.Yue Zhilan said: "Cigu, our firewood hasn't been chopped yet, can you help?"

Chopping firewood, damn, Su Xiaoye almost thought she had traveled through time.

She remembered that firewood must be used to cook the steamed buns.

Tan Cifu said: "I'm going to the village chief's house now to help them repair their computers. Come back in the afternoon."

Yue Zhilan said, "Then it's an appointment. I'll wait for you at home at three o'clock in the afternoon."

"it is good."

Suddenly, Tan Cifu drove away in Wuyang Honda. Su Xiaoye looked at his back and said, "He is such a good person."

"Yes, he is a model of a good man in the new century." Yue Zhilan didn't take it to heart. "It's just a bit boring. He doesn't smoke, drink, whore or gamble. A dignified man hides at home and watches cartoons every day."

"cartoon?"

"That's not it! It's the kind of cartoon with big eyes that take up half of the face, colorful hair, and a body like a piece of paper."

"He's just a homebody."

"Yeah, yeah, Xiaoye, let's not talk about him. Come, I'll take you to catch fish, and we'll have a fish feast for lunch."

Su Xiaoye suddenly became interested: "Okay!"

Since going to the countryside, she has eaten a lot of fresh river fish, but she has never seen one caught!
Yue Zhilan put on water shoes and a thick plastic apron and walked to the fish pond contracted by her family.I saw that the water in the fish pond, which was about an acre square, was calm.A wooden platform stretched out to the east of the fish pond, and a few long bamboo poles were used to set up a support that Su Xiaoye could not name, and a fishing net was hung.

A middle-aged woman wearing a bamboo hat was cutting grass by the pond. The sickle moved sharply up and down, waving with silver light. She threw the grass she cut into the water one by one.

"Mom! Is the fish ready?" Yue Zhilan called to the woman.

The woman said, "It's in the net. Choose yourself!"

After hearing this, Yue Zhilan walked to the platform and pulled up the fishing net with all his strength.There was a crackling sound, and Su Xiaoye saw several large silvery grass carp lying under the net.

"Xiaoye, come help!"

Su Xiaoye finished watching, ran over, and picked up a five or six kilogram grass carp with a net.

The fish was so strong that it kept jumping on the platform after leaving the water.Yue Zhilan put it in a bucket and said with a smile: "So fierce, I'll eat you!"

Yue Zhilan's cooking skills are so-so, even inferior to Su Xiaoye, but she has a mother who is a chef.Mother Yue came back from hunting grass and killed fish and bones in one go.

Lunch is fried fish fillet, fried fish bones, fish head and sour bamboo shoots in tofu soup, steamed fish tail with winter melon, and braised fish with black bean, perilla and garlic.

The first three dishes are quite common. The steamed fish tail with winter melon and stewed fish with black bean sauce and garlic are not available anywhere else.The dried wax gourd is newly dried by Yue Mama. In addition to the fragrance of winter melon, it also adds a bit of bite.

The fish paddle is the pelvic fin where the fish paddles through the water. It is the most mobile part of the fish and is particularly tender and smooth.That is to say, only a large grass carp that has been raised for a long time can have enough fish to make a pot of vegetables.

Su Xiaoye ate two large bowls of rice in a row and licked her lips with unfinished content: "It's delicious! It's delicious!"

"Xiaoye, you're really good at eating..." Yue Zhilan had just finished half a bowl of rice and was dumbfounded, "You're almost as good as Hui Zai."

Classmate Su Changhui once set a record of eating 38 plates of conveyor belt sushi after going to the countryside.Afterwards, I touched my stomach and said that I was only [-]% full...

Su Xiaoye stuck out her tongue: "Going to the countryside every day consumes a lot of energy. People in urban construction can eat it."

"Eat more if you like." Mother-in-law added soup to Su Xiaoye, "After eating, there are also star fruits and sugar oranges grown by us."

"I will gain a lot of weight these days..."

If I say I have regrets, I am actually happy about it.

Yue Zhilan said: "You think that if you eat my food, you have to help my family with work. We will start wrapping and steaming tomorrow."

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Tan Cifu arrived on time.My mother-in-law had already piled large firewood at the door of the kitchen.
Tan Cifu set up his posture in the middle of the yard and started chopping firewood.

(End of this chapter)