Era: Craftsmen in the Siheyuan

Chapter 212 Golden Carp

The golden-winged carp is a specialty of the Chaobai River in the Niulan Mountain area. It has golden scales, golden wings, and brilliant colors. It was once a tribute sent to the imperial palace.

Chicken-headed wild rice comes from the Niuhe Wetland in the north of Niulan Mountain, where there are thick reeds and lotus roots. Chicken-headed wild rice can be seen everywhere, but the chicken-headed thorns are difficult to pick because they are so prickly.

Sesame sesame biscuits can be found in various places, but Niulanshan’s sesame biscuits are unique, with a rich and crispy texture. The small shop is located at a cross street. It has a small storefront, but it has a great reputation and demand exceeds supply.

Xu Deyong took Lin Chao to the Chaobai River and boarded a small wooden boat.

Lin Chao observed for a while and found the place to lower the net. The two of them worked together to set up the net.

The wide river surface sparkles in the sun, with rows of pampas reeds on both sides and fields scattered around it. The scenery is quite good.

In a shallow shoal in the distance, figures swayed. From time to time, someone jumped down from a tree that had fallen in the river, and there were faint sounds of laughter and play.

They are all young teenagers.

Even if the adults don't let them go into the river when no one is taking them, they still have to work, so how can they stop them? They will run away as soon as their friends call them, and some of them will come three or five times a day.

But every age has its own pains and pressures, and there is never any distinction between them.

The young man standing by quickly said clearly: "I don't have it."

Xu Huisul immediately said: "We will close the Internet cafe early today and have a drink together in the evening."

There are always adults who say: "What's so annoying about you at your age? It's nothing. You'll understand when you grow up."

Tiedan blushed and said, "Didn't you see? There are all these for adults. It means I have grown up. What do you know?"

Xu Deyong looked at this scene with a smile, thinking that one day he could take Xu Huizhen and Xiao Li'er to the North Sea for boating and swimming.

The two rowed away in the boat.

Xu Deyong faintly heard the conversation of the teenagers.

Lin Chao rowed the boat closer and shouted: "You are a bunch of little bastards who can only stay by the river. If you dare to swim in, I won't break your legs."

Some teenagers are experiencing the troubles of growing up.

"Uncle Lin Chao."

Xu Deyong and Lin Chao walked around a few times, knocking on the hull of the boat to scare the fish, and moving any possible fish to the place where the net was set.

Xu Huisui smiled and waved his hand and said: "Fuck you, why did you do this to me? I won't eat enough of what you caught!"

"Uncle Lin Chao, have you caught the golden carp?"

"Uncle Lin Chao, please don't tell my mother that you saw me later..."

Lin Chao waved his hands and said: "Get out of here, play for a while and get out of here. If you want to play for a while, you can finish the work in the evening and let me bring you here."

The two of them approached the boat. Xu Huizhui patted Xiao Huzi's head gently and said, "What are you doing standing there in a daze? Call someone."

Lin Chao smiled and said: "Okay, let's wait and see if there are any good products, otherwise I would be embarrassed to go."

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"understood."

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Having said that, the young man still felt a little uncomfortable.

A group of boys, some on the shore and some in the water, were chattering away.

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"Uncle Lin Chao, can you take me to shoot a gun?"

Someone laughed and said: "Hey, Tiedan, why have you grown hair and a little bit of your head is exposed? You are so ugly, haha..."

Some adults are experiencing the worry of becoming smaller.

Some agreed, while others didn't take it seriously.

Over time, the child learned to swim from an early age.

In the evening, Xu Huisui took his son Xiaohuzi to the river and shouted to the two people on the river.

This Lin Chao's little fanboy is obviously much more than Xu Deyong, and his status is like Xu Deyong in the courtyard.

"Okay, Uncle Lin Chao."

Don't be too happy swimming in the river or catching fish and crabs in the ditches and ponds in summer.

Lin Chao just smiled.

At this time, the place near the river pond is very convenient for bathing in the summer. Every evening when work is over, there will be groups of people dragging their families over.

Xu Deyong and Xu Deyong smiled and responded.

Xiao Huzi blinked his eyes, pouted slightly and said, "Uncle, Uncle Lin Chao."

"I do not have either."

Someone boldly said: "Uncle Lin Chao, can I go on your boat?"

The few boys on the shore were all naked, skinny and tanned, with all kinds of teapot spouts exposed unscrupulously.

In the Beihai swimming area, the entrance fee for someone to manage it seems to be five cents, and the places that are not managed are naturally left unattended.

Xiao Huzi said at this time: "Uncle Lin Chao, I also want to take a boat to catch fish."

Xu Hui said: "Sit down, you don't want to take a shower."

"I want it all." Xiao Huzi said matter-of-factly.

Xu Hui said: "Okay, you close the Internet cafe, I will take this kid to wash up, and we will go back together later."

The two sides separated, and Xu Deyong and Lin Chao began to close the net.

The harvest was not good at first, with a few sporadic crucian carps.

Lin Chao said: "The float in front has moved, so there should be gains."

Sure enough, he felt a pull as he closed the net.

"Wow."

Continuing to close the net, a golden light emerged from the water.

Xu Deyong's eyes lit up and he said, "This must be the Golden Carp."

Lin Chao also smiled and said: "Yes, I have the nerve to drink tonight."

Once one came, there was a second one. In the end, we harvested three golden carp, which were carp with some yellowish scales and did not look good in the water after they came out of the water.

After collecting all the fish catch, the two went back to Lin Chao's house to put down their things.

When Xu Deyong saw Lin Chao's children, he gave him a few pieces of halva. The two children looked at Lin Chao. After Lin Chao nodded, they happily took it and shouted "Thank you, uncle."

Afterwards, Lin Chao took two golden carps and went out with Xu Deyong.

Xu Deyong said: "Brother Lin Chao, one is enough."

Lin Chao said: "Put that one in a pot and keep it. You can bring it with you so that Huizhen can have a taste."

Xu Deyong smiled and said: "How embarrassing."

"Brother, don't be polite." Lin Chao said.

Xu Deyong stopped being pretentious in his two sentences of refusal, otherwise it would be boring to go over and over again.

The two came to Xu Hui's home. Lin Chao killed and washed the fish cleanly and then put it into the pot.

Xiao Yan'er and Xiao Huzi were playing with another golden carp.

Xu Deyong cleared away the smoke, and the three of them sat in the courtyard and talked about the mountains.

While eating, Xu Deyong pretended to take out two bottles of Xifeng wine from the box under the cart and said, "Come on, how about trying this?"

"Hey." Xu Hui said with a smile: "This wine is good. I have tasted it a few times, but it is much more expensive than our Xiaoshao. Won't this cost you money, haha."

As he spoke, his hand took it unceremoniously.

Xu Deyong liked this uncle's temperament, he was very capable and not pretentious.

Seeing this, Li Xiufang rolled her eyes slightly at her husband. Xu Huisu opened the wine directly, poured a glass and said, "Well, it's colorless, clear and transparent, mellow and fragrant, light but not light, strong but not bright, good wine."

Then he poured it on Xu Deyong and Lin Chao.

The three of them clinked glasses and took a sip. Xu Hui said: "It combines the advantages of light and strong aroma. It is sweet and refreshing, the flavors are harmonious, and the tail is clean and long."

Lin Chao snapped and said, "It's just not as strong as our minor fever."

The little tiger on the side looked at the glass wine bottle with some greed, with the word "want" written in his eyes.

There is a transparent glass bottle to put the small fish and shrimps you caught, which can be seen directly from the outside. Taking it out can be done to show off among your friends.

Seeing Xu Deyong and the others pouring out a bottle of wine, they kept looking at the empty bottle.

Xu Deyong didn't pay attention at first, but after noticing it a few times, he followed his gaze. After thinking about it, he took the wine bottle and said, "Do you want it?"

"Yeah." Xiao Huzi nodded immediately like a chicken pecking at rice.

Xu Deyong smiled and said: "I'll give it to you, as long as you don't fall and hurt yourself."

"I promise not to be reckless." Xiao Huzi said quickly.

Li Xiufang said: "Deyong, don't spoil him. What will you do for him? This glass bottle is not cheap."

Xu Deyong smiled and said: "These two bottles will belong to your family from now on. I want to ask your parents."

Xiao Huzi rolled his eyes and grinned: "Then my sister and I will each have one."

Xu Hui smiled and said: "Hey, you brat, you still know how to drag your sister with you, knowing that you are not welcome, you don't even know what one plus one equals!"

Xiao Huzi raised his chin and said proudly: "I know, one plus one equals two."

As he spoke, he stretched out two little fingers.

Seeing his son's proud and stupid look, Xu Huisu couldn't bear it and said, "What about eight plus three? If you calculate correctly, I'll give you the empty bottle."

Xiao Huzi was stunned for a moment, and started to wrinkle his face and clasp his fingers and said: "Eight plus three..."

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By the time Xu Deyong and the others finished drinking two bottles of wine, Xiao Huzi hadn't figured it out yet. He was even a little absent-minded about eating, looking at Xiao Yan'er beside him in a hurry.

After finishing the meal, Xiao Huzi was still looking at his father eagerly.

Xu Huisui drank some wine, his face turned slightly red and he said angrily: "Look at your worthless appearance, whoever you want, just take it and play with it."

The little tiger was immediately overjoyed, and regardless of what his father said, he took one in one hand and didn't forget to give it to his sister.

Li Xiufang said: "Slow down and don't fall."

As he said that, he gave his man a fierce look. Who didn’t count?

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The next day, after Xu Deyong finished exercising in the courtyard, he opened the blind box with a thought.

"puff."

A package dropped.

Xu Deyong: "..."

Damn, this thing can be produced.

It turned out to be a high-end "sanitary belt" at this time, which was what women used to have sex with their aunts. It was still a button.

It looks a bit like a sex toy.

Xu Deyong suddenly had some ideas.

It’s just that this thing was given to Xu Huizhen, how could I explain it?

Well, I'll pass it on to Gangzi when the time comes. Anyway, this guy keeps messing around.

This thing is private, and Xu Huizhen won’t talk about it everywhere.

Nowadays, there is a public-private partnership in the city, but the economic exchanges in the countryside are gradually becoming freer, and even food and other things can be obtained.

The "free market" began to revive in the countryside.

This trend will continue until this time next year, and the free market has objectively caused the concealment of production and has had a negative impact on the unified purchase and marketing and cooperative systems.

After that, it was strictly controlled.

Xu Hui took the lead and said: "Deyong, you are so energetic. It's good to be young. You never know how tired you are every day."

Xu Deyong smiled and said: "Brother Hui Sol, you are still young."

Xu Hui waved his hand and said, "I can't compare with you. I'll run away just looking at you."

Li Xiufang said: "Then you should also learn from Deyong. In the future, you will have to train yourself to prevent yourself from aging faster."

Xu Huisu: "..."

Damn, what does this bitch mean? Have you ever wronged me?

If you don't take good care of you if you are a man tonight.

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After breakfast, Xu Deyong went to the winery to grab some wine and left, returning to the tavern in the afternoon.

When Cai Quanwu saw him coming back, he immediately came over to help, filling the wine jars in the tavern and moving the rest back home.

After finishing his work, he saw the golden carp in the wooden barrel hanging beside the car and said, "Hey, this fish is pretty good. I heard it was a tribute from the palace in the past."

Xu Deyong smiled and said: "I'll stew it tonight, let's have a drink."

Cai Quanwu said: "No, you can eat, I have something else to do."

This guy's temperament is like this.

Xu Deyong didn't say anything more and washed his face. Xu Huizhen handed him a towel and asked, "Is the road going well? Is your family okay?"

"Yes." Xu Deyong wiped his face and said, "Everything is fine, don't worry."

Xu Huizhen smiled and said: "That's good, I left some food for you. Eat and have a rest..."

Xu Deyong nodded and said: "I know, hey, let's go boating and swimming in the North Sea another day."

Xu Hui was really excited and said, "Okay, I'll take grandma with me then."

"Sure, but if it's the weekend, there will be a lot of people." Xu Deyong said.

Xu Huizhen said with a smile: "It's okay, there are so many people and it's lively. Why don't we just go and have fun! Unfortunately, the lotus market in Shichahai has declined, otherwise it would be called lively."

Speaking of the lotus market, from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, every year from the Dragon Boat Festival to the Hungry Ghost Festival, matting tents were set up on both sides of the bank on the south, north and east shores of the Shichahai Sea and on the middle embankment, piles were driven in the river, and wooden boards were laid on top. , a tent is built with mats on the top, and the Eight Immortals table and chairs are placed on the wooden boards. The mat tents and cloth tents are lined up in rows, and various vendors gather to form a market.

Because a large number of lotus flowers are in full bloom at that time, it is named after the lotus market.

Old Beijingers often say: "Let's go shopping along the river!" This refers to the lotus market here.

And don’t sell too many food stalls at the Lotus Market!

There are yellow and white rice cakes, pea yellow, chestnut cakes, donkey rolls, ai wowo, small wotou, grilled cakes, enema, fried pastries, as well as red and white water chestnut cakes, kidney cakes, hot noodle dumplings, shaomai, three-fresh meat cakes, and flower cakes. Tiger fried dough sticks, fried pork, fried tripe, fried eggs, Suzhou pork, crystal meat, almond tofu, etc.

The thin ones include Babao lotus seed porridge, lotus leaf porridge, pea porridge, Babao tea soup, fried noodles, almond tea, bean juice, wontons, etc.

The most popular are refreshing foods such as seasonal jelly and refreshing drinks such as sour plum soup.

Among the many restaurants in the Lotus Market, Jidecai is unique. It has a stall selling roast beef and mutton by the Yinding Bridge.

Eating barbecue in midsummer is a special enjoyment for Beijingers. The barbecue sold by Jidecai is carefully selected, thinly sliced, tender and delicious, and is very popular among customers. From then on, the reputation of "BBQ Season" spread.

There is also Huixiantang Restaurant, which is famous for Shandong cuisine.

Just tell me whether you are hungry or not!

Since the dredging of Shichahai in 51, lotus flowers can no longer be seen in the water, let alone water chestnuts and chicken head rice. The lotus land without lotus had to be called Qianhai. The lotus market without lotus has become a north-south passage along the river.

Things changed, and the Lotus Market was rebuilt and opened in 90. The famous calligrapher Mr. Qi Gong wrote a plaque with the name "Lotus Market" and hung it on the archway at the entrance of Qianhai West Street.

At that time, various flavor food stalls were opened in the market, causing very serious pollution.

In order to protect the environment around Shichahai, the relevant departments canceled all food stalls and once changed the Lotus Market into an antique market.

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(End of this chapter)