Back to the 1990s: Holding the spiritual spring and striving for a well-off life

Chapter 365 Why

After all, this canal is nearly one meter high. What if she accidentally falls when she bends down like this?
"Jian Nan, then you take Xiaodong to catch them here, and I will go back and get a wooden barrel. We need to catch more of them to have enough to eat." Crayfish have more shells than meat, and ten kilograms are not enough for one person to eat. Now that everyone in the family is at home, it is natural to catch more.

"Then go slower." Jian Nan warned.

This place is right in front of Hua Xiali's house, so Jian Nan can let her go back alone without any worries.

Hua Xiali returned home and hurriedly called Zhang Yongfeng, Hua Chunli and Hua Qiuli to go together, but there were not enough fire tongs, so everyone put on boots, gloves, and set off carrying wooden barrels.

When you arrive at the canal, those who don't have tongs can go down directly and catch the crayfish with their bare hands. Because they are wearing work gloves, they don't have to worry about being pinched by the crayfish.

After that, everyone was responsible for a section of the water area. Hua Xiali and Xiaodong stood on the shore. Xiaodong shone the flashlight here and there, shouting from time to time, "Wow, there's one here", "It's so big, daddy, catch it quickly", "Hurry up, it's running away, it's running away"... He was the busiest person.

Hua Xiali couldn't help but laugh. She had hoped to spend more years with Huo Beixi before. Now that Huo Beixi was no longer around, she wanted to spend a few more years with her child, at least until he was old enough to not need maternal love so much...

There were too many crayfish in the canal, and everyone followed Hua Xiali's instructions and picked the big ones. In less than half an hour, each person caught a full bucket, and there were five buckets of crayfish in total.

Then everyone went home together.

It was impossible to walk side by side on the ridge of the field, so people had to walk one by one. Jian Nan walked at the end, carrying a bucket of crayfish in one hand. When they got home, everyone quickly poured the crayfish into wooden basins, filling three large basins. Fortunately, everyone had taken a bath, otherwise they would not even have been able to use the wooden basins tonight.

Zhang Yongfeng fetched well water and poured it into a wooden basin.

Seeing this, Hua's mother exclaimed, "Can we eat all of this?"

"These are not enough to eat. We will know tomorrow." Hua Xiali said with a smile. It looks like a lot, but there are many people in the family, a total of six adults plus two children. It's just that Hua Yun can't eat these things for the time being!

The next morning, after breakfast, Hua Xiali took some things and prepared to clean the crayfish. There were so many crayfish that if she didn't clean them up in advance, she would not be able to eat them at noon. Her family was looking forward to the crayfish, and she couldn't let them down.

Jian Nan also came over to help, but as soon as he grabbed the crayfish, he was pinched by the crayfish and screamed. Seeing this, Hua Xiali couldn't help but burst into laughter.

I really didn't expect that a grown man would scream and cry when being pinched by a crayfish. He is even worse than a child.

Seeing Jian Nan looking at him with a wronged expression, Hua Xiali quickly stopped talking, then cut the crayfish in half with a pair of scissors, freeing Jian Nan's hand.

Hua Xiali scooped up a bucket of clean water, took Jian Nan's hand, and rinsed his fingers, which were bleeding, with clean water several times. Then he took him back to the room, wiped the water off his hands first, then used iodine to wipe the bleeding spots, and then took out a Band-Aid and put it on him.

Children stumble and fall all the time, so Hua Xiali prepared all these things in advance. Otherwise, if they get hurt, it will take a long time to go to the clinic or hospital. Especially in the countryside, you can't always get a car. When there is no car, whether you ride a bicycle or not, you will be sunburned.

Jian Nan looked at Hua Xiali so seriously that he didn't want to go back.

"You're so stupid that you can't even conquer a crayfish." After putting the Band-Aid on the wound, Hua Xiali pushed Jian Nan away, then turned around and went out to the front yard to deal with the crayfish.

Hua Xiali sat on a chair, with a crayfish on one side and an empty basin on the other. She grabbed a crayfish with her bare hands, used a scissors to cut off the lobster head in half, removed the shrimp roe with the scissors, pulled out the shrimp thread, and then threw the crayfish into the wooden basin next to her.

Seeing Jian Nan coming over curiously, Hua Xiali raised his eyebrows, "Do you know how to deal with it now?"

Jian Nan nodded, "Got it, I'll take care of it!"

"You will be in charge of cleaning it later. Just use the brush to clean the shell of the crayfish, inside and out."

There is spiritual spring water in the well. The crayfish have been raised in the well water for one night and are very clean. You don’t need to brush them. But we just need to let everyone know about this process. Otherwise, what will you do if you buy crayfish and bring them home to eat without brushing them?
After everyone has learned how to do it, there is no need for Hua Xiali, a pregnant woman, to do anything. Zhang Yongfeng takes the first step by cutting off the crayfish's head. Hua Chunli is responsible for removing the shrimp thread. Hua Qiuli and Jian Nan scrub the crayfish together.

Hua Xiali went to the kitchen and stood beside the cutting table to process the eels. Her belly was so big now that she couldn't squat, and it was uncomfortable to sit all the time, so she could only do things while standing.

Hua Xiali handled the eels skillfully. She had picked the big eels last night. The smallest ones were as thick as a thumb, so they were quite easy to handle. Purely wild eels like these could be sold for 80 yuan per pound in her longest life!

But this place will be demolished in the future, so even if we engage in aquaculture, we won’t be able to do it for long. Otherwise, we can just do aquaculture at home and don’t have to leave our hometown!
I had just put the processed eel into the basin and was about to take out the second one to process when suddenly a pair of hands appeared around my waist and I felt a weight on my shoulders.

It turned out that Jian Nan had put his chin on Hua Xiali's shoulder.

"Wife, we are husband and wife. It's not good to be separated like this. After you give birth to the baby, just stay in the provincial capital! Whenever you want to come back in the future, I will accompany you, okay?" Jian Nan said, with his hands on Hua Xiali's pregnant belly. He was really looking forward to meeting their second baby in the fall.

He won't have a third child, two is enough for them.

Hua Xiali opened her mouth to say something, but in the end said nothing and just nodded slightly. Zhang Yongfeng was inseparable from her eldest sister, so after her eldest sister went to college, Zhang Yongfeng would definitely consider opening a braised food shop in the city center. Then Hua's mother would naturally take Hua Yun with her, and Hua Qiuli would naturally not stay at home alone.

By that time everyone has left, and only an empty house will be left. What can Hua Xiali do here alone?

Huo Beixi is certainly important, but at the moment, living people are naturally more important.

She should accompany her children well as they grow up. Why is it that Wang Junhuan and Wang Junli both enjoyed her care throughout their lives, but when it comes to her own children, she gets nothing?