Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 414 413 Kitten Fishing
After eating, he returned to the side room and lit the stove. Within half an hour, the room was already very warm, and it was better than the 58-type civilian dual-purpose stove.

"Your design is really good, the stove is warm." Xiao Wang sat in front of the stove and opened the drawer on the side in a novel way. The drawer is made of iron bars welded together, which is very convenient for baking things.

"How about baking a sweet potato?" Tang Zhitong looked at his design and was also very satisfied. Tonight, due to the sharp drop in diet, his family didn't eat much.

"Can it still be cooked before going to bed?" Xiao Wang was eager to try.

"If it's not cooked yet, you can eat it tomorrow morning. Just wait, I'll find some pieces of sweet potato." Just as he was told, Tang Zhitong went to the main room, told Zhang Guifang, and picked out a few slender pieces.

A large amount of sweet potatoes in Sijiu City have been taken off the market, and grain stores have opened exchanges. One pound of food stamps can be exchanged for five pounds. Zhang Guifang also exchanged some.

Residents in the hutong are very enthusiastic about this kind of exchange. The grain store stipulates that grain stamps should be used for redemption, and does not specify which kind of grain stamps to use, so residents use vertical grain stamps, commonly known as coarse grain stamps.

The horizontal version is fine grain stamps. Compared with last year's face stamps, this year there is an additional "rice stamp", which is specially used to buy rice.

Since the supply has been tight, the types of food stamps have become more detailed, and the colors of the food stamps are different every month, and the paper is also different. This is to prevent someone from printing fake stamps or altering previously saved food stamps and using them fraudulently.

In short, no one is willing to exchange face stamps or rice stamps for sweet potatoes.

Tang Zhitong washed the sweet potatoes and took them to the wing, bringing two gluttons with him.

Because tomorrow is Sunday, there is no rush to finish the homework today.

"Brother, how long does it take to bake the sweet potatoes before they are cooked?" Fengzhi asked impatiently as soon as Tang Zhitong put the sweet potatoes into the bamboo shoots.

"A few hours." The sweet potatoes Tang Zhitong chose were all slender in order to bake them faster. After all, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.

"It's been so long." Fengzhi was a little impatient, wishing she could bake it now.

"Come on, I just borrowed a book from my work for you. Read the book first. The time will soon be over when you read the book." Xiao Wang stood up and took his satchel, took out the book from it and brought it back.

Tang Zhitong glanced at it and thought, oh, the famous "One Hundred Thousand Whys".

Since it is traditional Chinese, Fengzhen has no problem reading it, but it is difficult for Fengzhi, who is only a second-grade child after all.

"What about me?" Fengzhi took it first and flipped through it. There were too many words in it that he didn't recognize, so he asked disappointedly.

"Interact with your sister and look for questions according to the catalog. You two will give your own opinions first, and then compare the answers in the book to see if they are correct." Tang Zhitong took the book from Fengzhi's hand, flipped through it, and handed it to Gave it to Fengzhen.

"Okay." Fengzhi curled her lips and agreed.

Fengzhen looked at her sister's appearance, then looked at the catalog, and decided to start with the chapters that her sister was interested in: "Fengzhi, let's start with the food. Can we eat raw potatoes?"

"I've never eaten this..." Fengzhen replied seriously.

"Okay, let's take a look at the answer together, page 27." Fengzhen naturally knew that she couldn't eat it, but she was just trying to coax her children.

"Thank you." Tang Zhitong let his two younger sisters play and thanked classmate Xiao Wang. She had to think about it. There are too few children's popular science books these days. This one is an old version of the translation. Ye Lao The first edition, edited by those involved, will not be published for another two years.

When Tang Zhitong was a child in his previous life, he also had a copy of "100,000 Whys", a thick, colored edition. It played a very important role in effectively broadening his horizons and knowledge.

"Why are you so polite? The other day I heard you said that this stove can make sesame cakes, can you make them?" Xiao Wang asked with a smile.

"I really know how to do this. I learned it from others when I was working as a temporary worker on a construction site." Tang Zhitong replied confidently.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you. When will it be done? I really want to eat it." Xiao Wang's eyes were filled with stars when he heard that his husband could do it.

"The process is a bit complicated. It's too late tomorrow. Let's wait until next Sunday. It's getting cold. I'll find a way to get some lamb bones and cook a pot of lamb soup. Lamb soup with sesame seed cakes is so delicious!" Since he was going to eat, he thought about the best partner to improve the meal. As Tang Zhitong spoke, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva. He made himself greedy.

"Brother, what does the mutton soup taste like? Is it delicious? Is it better than hot pot?" When Fengzhi heard that there was something to eat, her attention immediately shifted from the book.

"Sheep soup is for drinking. It tastes very good, no worse than hot pot." Tang Zhitong touched Fengzhi's little head. In the past, the family conditions were not good, and there was no chance to go out to eat meat. It was pitiful that I had never tasted sheep soup when I was growing up.

"Then I won't eat on Saturday. I only had one hungry meal yesterday and didn't eat enough." Fengzhi clenched her fists and said confidently.

"It's okay to have two hungry meals on Sunday. There will be plenty of opportunities to eat in the future." Tang Zhitong felt sad when he heard this, and became more determined to take good care of the whole family.

Although food is also mentioned in "One Hundred Thousand Whys", it is different from Tang Zhitong's personal statement, which is more convincing.

Fengzhi stopped reading and begged Tang Zhitong to tell her about delicious food.

Seeing that classmates Xiao Wang and Feng Zhen were also very interested, Tang Zhitong picked up some dishes that could be made these days and explained them to a few people bit by bit.

Leaving aside other cakes, Tang Zhitong can really make this sesame cake, but he didn’t learn it on a construction site.

Tang Zhitong’s grandfather in his previous life could make sesame seed cakes and joined a food company in the town during the public-private partnership. Around this time, due to a shortage of food, the food company could not continue its work and most of the employees were persuaded to return. Tang Zhitong’s grandfather was One of the.

Since he had many children and the land did not produce much, the old man did not put down his old business and kept working secretly. After the wind started, he was often criticized for this.

After the spring breeze of reform blew to his hometown, he resumed his old business openly.

According to the old man, this is a craft to support the family. The fried dough sticks and sesame cakes were passed on to his children who wanted to make them. When Tang Zhitong was a child, he often watched how to make sesame cakes by the stove.

At that time, sesame biscuits were not a curse word. Although the profit from making sesame biscuits was not much, it could provide the family with firewood, rice, oil and salt.

Later, there were more opportunities to work. Not only could I earn more than making sesame cakes in a month, but I was not as tired, so this craft became popular in the Tang family.

Tang Zhitong never thought that in this era, he would be useful one day.

Classmate Xiao Wang and his two younger sisters, who were both famous for reporting the dishes, swallowed their saliva greedily. It wasn't until the roasted sweet potatoes were ripe that they diverted everyone's attention.

Tang Zhitong baked five, and after Fengzhen and Fengzhi took Zhang Guifang's portion out, the room finally became quiet.

Before the two sisters went out, Tang Zhitong specifically told Fengzhi not to eat too much.

It wasn't that she was worried about eating Zhang Guifang's share, but that she would get acid reflux in her stomach if she ate too much sweet potatoes.

Although in the following years, due to high yields, white potatoes have played the role of life-saving food in many places, it has also become a lifelong nightmare for many people. They will not touch this thing when their lives improve. On Sunday, October 10, on the way to Chunshu Hutong, Tang Zhitong saw many people queuing up outside the grain store with flour bags.

Yesterday was the day to distribute food stamps. Many residents did not have enough food at home and had to eat only one day.

Although the food stamps clearly say "valid for the current month", the food department took into account the actual difficulties of the people and allowed the food stamps to be used in advance, but not later.

Although grain store workers provide iron rice bowls, for the convenience of the masses, they take turns to rest, and there are also people on duty on Sundays.

The two of them separated when they rode to the south entrance of Wangfujing Street. Tang Zhitong asked Xiao Wang to go to Chunshu Hull with fishing gear to wait for him on the pretext of preparing some hot pot ingredients.

Tang Zhitong continued riding westward slowly, turning to Xidan along Chang'an Street. He passed by a firewood store and weighed three kilograms of charcoal.

Tang Zhitong then turned east, past Wenjin Street, then south along Beichizi Street, and turned east into Xila Hutong.

Xila Hutong is also very famous. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was called "Tinwax Hutong". It got its name because the royal dignitaries processed tin lamps and wax stands.

In the late Qing Dynasty, it became a gathering of powerful people, including Cixi and Yuan Shikai, who all lived here.

The rich and powerful also have to commute, and most of them use horse-drawn carriages, so this alley is wider than the ordinary alleys in Sijiucheng.

Xila Hutong is also quite famous now. No. 34 is on the west side of the alley entrance and Yuhua Terrace is on the east side.

No. 34 is very low-key and has a full range of things, but the threshold is also high. Let’s put it this way, at Ye Zhijuan’s level, if she wants to buy something from there, she has to ask Sister Li and Sister Tan for help.

Yuhuatai is a restaurant that sells Huaiyang cuisine. It is not as famous as Donglaishun and Quanjude in the minds of the people.

But the chefs at Yuhuatai all have extraordinary skills. At the first banquet ten years ago, many people knew about the Huaiyang cuisine, but many people didn't know that there were nine Huaiyang cuisine masters at Yuhuatai that day. .

By the time Tang Zhitong arrived at the Women's Federation dormitory, his satchel was already full.

As soon as he entered the door, Wang Jingmin rushed over and said to Tang Zhitong impatiently: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, let's go fishing!"

"Okay, wait while I put the things down." Tang Zhitong took out the lunch boxes, mutton, beef, louvers, and leeks from the bag.

Wang Jingmin was dumbfounded on the sidelines, and Wang Jingying was not much better. Although she heard the little sisters secretly talk about the hot pot yesterday, she was shocked when she actually saw it. This is just in time for the prosperity of the New Year!

"Euclidean, are you grabbing No. 34?" Ye Zhijuan looked at the pile on the table, she was also very surprised, and asked without hesitation.

"Mom, I can't tell you where things come from, but the sources are very clean and don't take up anyone's quota." Tang Zhitong sighed. If he wants his family to live well, he must pass this level sooner or later.

"Mom, what are you talking about? I don't want you and your brothers and sisters to eat better." Xiao Wang took Ye Zhijuan's arm and twisted it twice like a baby.

"Okay, okay, I won't ask anymore, I won't ask anymore." Ye Zhijuan smiled apologetically at her son-in-law and stopped asking.

"Brother-in-law, I suddenly don't want to go fishing anymore." Wang Jingmin couldn't understand what his mother, sister, and brother-in-law were saying, but he could understand things and knew very well in his heart, how can fish smell like meat? ?

"You can go if you want to? Why don't you go if you don't want to? Why are you so embarrassed? If you don't go, my fishing rod will be in vain? You have to go!" Xiao Wang, a classmate, twisted his brother's ears and lectured him. His mother's words just now were wrong. , she was worried that the two of them would be embarrassed, so it would be more appropriate to avoid them temporarily and give each other a buffer space.

"Hey, eldest sister, eldest sister, please be gentle, my ears are about to fall off." Wang Jingmin said in a broken voice.

"I'll fry some peanuts, make some sesame oil, let it cool down first, and do the rest when I get back." Tang Zhitong mainly cooks a bowl of water, even if his mother-in-law and his family don't know, but let Xiao Wang feel it.

After Tang Zhitong finished frying the seasonings, he said hello to Ye Zhijuan and took Wang Jingmin to go fishing.

There were as many people as ever on the Shicha Sea. Tang Zhitong did not use the small fish in the space as bait this time, but brought a small handful of shrimp meat, which looked like more than ten pieces.

Tang Zhitong didn't plan to stay here longer. He hung a shrimp on a rod and waited for Wang Jingmin to finish throwing it. Regardless of whether he could catch fish or not, he packed up and went home.

Tang Zhitong told his brother-in-law the key points of fishing and gave a demonstration. Then he stood behind him and watched him fish.

Wang Jingmin was young and couldn't sit still. He would look at the players on the left and right, and then talk to Tang Zhitong.

After five or six rods, not a single fish was hooked.

"Brother-in-law, why don't you catch the fish?" After another shot, Wang Jingmin finally couldn't hold it in anymore and asked.

"Have you seen "Kitten Fishing"?" Tang Zhitong asked while hanging bait on the fishhook.

"Well, I've seen the movie and learned it in the textbook." After hearing Tang Zhitong's answer, Wang Jingmin woke up and felt a little guilty.

"Now that you have learned everything, let's concentrate more." Tang Zhitong touched his brother-in-law's head and asked him to swing the club.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country attached great importance to education issues. "One Hundred Thousand Whys" was launched in 58 and is currently being compiled. "Kitten Fishing" was made into a movie in 52, and the story was even included in primary school textbooks.

Cat Fishing is probably the most vital story in primary school Chinese after the founding of the People's Republic of China. It was still alive in primary school Chinese textbooks until Tang Zhitong came to this era.

Wang Jingmin concentrated a lot on the next fishing trip, but still didn't catch any fish.

Tang Zhitong took a quick scan and found that there were indeed not many fish. No matter how many fish there were in Shichahai, they probably wouldn't be able to withstand so many fishermen fishing every day.

It was Wang Jingmin's first time fishing. In order to take care of his brother-in-law's mood, Tang Zhitong hooked up with a small crucian carp.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, the fish bit the hook!" Wang Jingmin watched the fish sink and announced the news excitedly while raising the pole.

"Well, stand still, wrist..." Tang Zhitong wanted to tell his brother-in-law how to raise the pole, but before he could finish his words, Wang Jingmin had already pulled the fish out of the water.

"Brother-in-law, fish!" Wang Jingmin saw the fish was thrown on the shore, put the fishing rod on the ground, and stepped forward to catch the fish.

"I'll teach you how to get the fishhook." Tang Zhitong took two steps forward and wanted to demonstrate, but after seeing the appearance of the crucian carp, he felt that there was no need to teach him, and the fish's mouth was crooked.

Moreover, Wang Jingmin moved very quickly. He grasped the fish body tightly with both hands, stepped on the fishing line with one foot, and lifted it up!
Well, the fish's mouth is down, so there is no need to remove the fishhook.

Tang Zhitong felt that he might have to walk a long way to teach Wang Jingmin how to fish.

(End of this chapter)