Reborn Country Overlord

Chapter 23 Surprised
But not now, he is too short, and the water in the reservoir is still a bit deep for him, so there is no hope of getting into the water, so he can only use arrows.

When he arrived at the reservoir, there was no one around the reservoir at this time, and the fishing nets had already been taken away.He slowly turned around along the edge of the reservoir, carefully watching the movements in the shallow water area.

Before he had gone far, he saw a piece of fin protruding from the water. The size of the fin showed that the fish in the water was quite heavy, probably weighing several kilograms.Zhang Tao didn't need to pay attention to his movements at all, and just walked near the fins.

The fish in the water are a little sluggish at this time, and it is winter, so they will not run away.After walking to the shortest distance, Zhang Tao pulled the bow away forcefully, let go, and the arrow pierced towards the fish fin like lightning.

Soon a piece of red dyed the waters red, and the fish in the water just struggled a little and stopped moving.Zhang Tao pulled the fishing line tied to the bow, and the fish in the water were quickly pulled to the shore by him.

I was lucky, a grass carp estimated to weigh four to five catties, but it was completely motionless at the moment.Taking the arrow out of the fish, Zhang Tao threw the fish on the shore and walked to another place by himself.

Zhang Tao saw this method when he watched a movie in later generations. I remember that it seemed to be in a movie called "First Blood [-]". Zhang Tao was deeply impressed by this. Tried it, and it works fine.

However, if the water is deep, it will not be so accurate. After the arrow is shot into the water, due to friction and buoyancy, and water refraction will also affect the accuracy.Although Zhang Tao understands the principle of water refraction, it is not the case in real analysis.

Therefore, Zhang Tao rarely shoots deep-water fish. In addition, the water in the reservoir is also turbid at this time, and deep-water fish cannot be seen clearly at all.

It didn't take long before he shot two grass carp that weighed three to four catties, and he also harvested a large head carp that weighed three to four catties. would like to.

Feeling that his harvest is enough for the family to use for the New Year, Zhang Tao did not continue. Anything should not be too much, too much is not good.I found a handful of straw from the rice field on one side, and strung up several fishes. Then I took the bow and put it on my back, and quietly walked home with two fishes in one hand.

It was already dark at this time, Zhang Tao hadn't reached the door of his house when he heard his mother standing at home calling his name loudly.He frowned, didn't say anything, but quickened his pace and walked towards his home.

At this time, people in the countryside are like this. When it gets dark, or if they don’t see their children during dinner, they generally won’t go out to look for them. Just stand at the door of their own house and shout a few times.

There is no noise in the countryside. Children usually play in their own village. It doesn’t matter if they are a little further away. They can be heard from several miles away, so it is easy to hear the shouts of their own adults. He immediately ran to the house while answering loudly, and he would be beaten if he was late.

After arriving at her home, Zhang Cuihua was still shouting loudly, Zhang Tao saw that there was no one around and immediately responded softly.Because it was already dark and the distance between the two was a bit far, Zhang Cuihua couldn't see Zhang Tao's current situation, so she didn't know what Zhang Tao was doing.

She just said in a more stern tone: "It's the end of the year, you are sensible now, I don't say you are too much, and you don't want to go home and play there so late?"

This is the first time Zhang Tao's mother has spoken to him like this since he was reborn. On their side, they pay attention to a good ending and a good beginning, that is, they generally don't beat and scold children at the end of the year and the first few days of the year. .

At the same time, adults will also ask children to be more self-conscious during this period, not to make anything happen, not to go home too late or something.So today Zhang Tao has not come back after dark, making Zhang Cuihua very dissatisfied.

Zhang Tao didn't say a word, and when he got closer, he turned on the light and saw the expression on Zhang Cuihua's face clearly, as if he was very anxious.Zhang Cuihua originally wanted to complain about Zhang Tao, but after seeing clearly what Zhang Tao was carrying, all that remained on her face was shock.

And judging by Zhang Tao's well-dressed appearance, he has never been in the water at all. Where did he get a few big fish back?
"Where did you get this fish from?" Zhang Cuihua's voice was much smaller because she was afraid of being heard by others, and her tone was full of doubts.

"It's in the reservoir of our village. After pulling the net, I saw a big fish on the side, so I went to have a look." Zhang Tao didn't tell the truth. In fact, this kind of thing happens every year when the net is pulled, but no one Noticing these, it will be years before anyone notices them.

"You child, you have to tell us when you go to catch fish. It's over so quietly, so we are all worried about you. Don't do this in the future."

After listening to Zhang Tao's words, Zhang Cuihua's tone became a lot more relaxed, and she didn't blame Zhang Tao anymore, as long as he didn't go into the water to catch fish.Then he took the two fish from Zhang Tao and went back with Zhang Tao.

When the two returned to the room, brothers and sisters Zheng Hu and Zhang Yong were shocked when they saw the fish in their hands, especially Zheng Hu, who was still discussing with his wife yesterday about buying fish for the Chinese New Year. Thinking that Zhang Tao got the fish back in a blink of an eye, this amount is enough for their family to have a lively New Year.

One of the three grass carp was given to Zhang Tao's grandpa's family, which made Zhang Tao's grandpa very embarrassed. After all, they broke up with Zhang Tao's family. The other daughters didn't show anything, and Zhang Tao's family helped them prepare the meat and fish for the New Year. All right.

In fact, Zhang Tao's parents and grandfather did not propose the separation of the family. It was Zhang Tao's aunt and second aunt who made the suggestion.

Those two people’s family conditions are relatively good. One husband is a coal mine worker, and the other is a cadre of their village brigade. They always bring something to Zhang Tao’s grandmother’s house every year. Grandpa and grandma's family took advantage of it, especially Zhang Tao's three brothers and sisters, who were directly divided here.

But in fact, they give Zhang Tao's grandpa's family much less than what Zhang Tao's family gives each year, and they also take advantage of Zhang Tao's grandpa and grandma's house from time to time.In addition, Zhang Tao's grandmother doesn't like Zhang Cuihua that much, and many things are biased towards Zhang Tao's aunt and second aunt.

This caused Zhang Cuihua to have a lot of opinions on Zhang Tao's grandmother, as well as on the two big ones.Especially Zhang Tao's second aunt, who originally asked her to recruit a son-in-law, but she found someone to marry out by herself, and instead came back to Zhang Tao's grandfather's house from time to time to provoke the relationship between the two families.

In Zhang Tao's previous life, when Zhang Tao's grandma and grandpa passed away, the three families completely broke off their relationship and no longer communicated with each other. Only Zhang Tao's family and his aunt's family remained in contact.

These are the things of the older generation. For Zhang Tao, he shouldn't worry about it, but the problem lies in the children of his second aunt's family.

Because their family is a worker, they look down on Zhang Tao's family as a farmer, especially the house that Zhang Tao's family lives in is still that kind of earth brick house.The son of their family, that is, Zhang Tao's cousin, always said that Zhang Tao's house was a pig's nest every time he came to Zhang Tao's house.

Zhang Tao in his previous life could only swallow his anger because he couldn't beat him again and again. He didn't find a chance to avenge this revenge until the two families severed the relationship.But in fact, the three brothers and sisters of their family are after all because of their poor family background and their own abilities are limited.

However, the cousin of Zhang Tao's second aunt married a husband who was an officer in the army, and then took their whole family out, so Zhang Tao's family has never been better than his second aunt's.

For the remaining three fish, Zhang Cuihua immediately dissected the fish, and kept one whole fish for the New Year's Eve to worship the gods. The remaining two, one grass carp body, was cut into pieces and salted. The remaining fish head and The head of the other big-headed fish was kept, and Zhang Cuihua also kept a few pieces of fish meat, which were intended to be fried for dinner, but Zhang Tao stopped her. "There is no need to fry this fish head, just stew it and eat it later."

The dish of stewed fish head has not become popular in Zhang Tao's family. At this time, the fish heads are fried and put in bowls to entertain guests. There are a lot less, and the guests who come later can’t entertain them. It’s quite embarrassing, so ordinary people don’t stew fish heads extravagantly.

Zhang Tao's family had enough fish for Chinese New Year because of the three fish caught by Zhang Tao, so Zhang Cuihua prepared to make a few pieces of fish for the children. The fish was given to Zhang Tao.After Zhang Tao took the fish head, rinsed it with water, then poured an appropriate amount of water and put it in a pot to boil.

I found some ginger and cut it into slices, then got some pickled peppers, and cut a handful of green onions.Cut the onion into sections, and then he washed a white radish and cut it into pieces.At this time, the water in the pot has boiled, pour the fish head into the pot, throw a few slices of ginger, then cover the pot and wait on the side.

"This fish head won't smell very fishy?" Zhang Cuihua was watching while doing all this, and she was very curious when she saw Zhang Tao doing all this, so she couldn't help asking.She has always disliked fish, especially boiled fish, because the smell of fish is too strong.

"No, the ginger can suppress the fishy smell, and the ones with green onions and pickled peppers can suppress the fishy smell." Zhang Tao looked very sophisticated when he said this. I have done it many times in my previous life, and I am very proficient, so I am very confident in how to do it, why would there be a fishy smell?

At this time, the fish soup in the pot began to boil, and the whole soup had turned white. Zhang Tao immediately lifted the lid of the pot, put the cut white radish into the pot and continued to cook, and waited until the white radish was cooked. I put the ingredients in without any haste, chopped green onion and pickled peppers were put in last, as long as these two things are blanched with soup.

(End of this chapter)