Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 2 Catching Fish
Through the not-so-sturdy window, Chunqiu heard the noise of children playing outside the door, the chirping of birds from time to time, and the yelling from far to near, which gave a sense of rural pastoral.

Xixi got dressed in a hurry, folded the quilt on the kang and put it in the bedside table on the kang, Chunqiu put on her shoes and went to the ground.

Gently stepping down the edge of the platform which is not too high, Chunqiu was in the mood to take a look at the appearance of his body, stepping on the stool beside him, Chunqiu stood up slowly, and looked at the strange little girl in the vanity mirror. People, even though Chunqiu had already made preparations, he was still taken aback. After all, after being an adult for so many years, suddenly becoming a child is not a good feeling.

Big eyes and double eyelids, some messy braids, and a little red face, although a little thin as expected, overall it is not bad, Chunqiu jumped off the stool in satisfaction, and only then did he have the mood to pay attention to the surrounding decorations .

In the first two days after passing through, in order to hide herself, Chunqiu had to pretend to be terrified. When she was sleeping at night, through the few memories in her head, she gradually met the original body. She knew clearly I can't go back by myself, anyway, she has no father or mother in modern times, it's the same everywhere she goes.Fortunately, the little girl in front of her is also a glutton, otherwise she wouldn't be able to wear it, so she doesn't have to worry about eating in the future, she is a person who values ​​appetite.

Apart from a painted wooden box, there was only a not-so-big dressing table and a wooden comb with missing teeth on the open ground. There were two wooden cabinets taller than a person standing next to them. Well, Chunqiu held his chin and thought for a while. It can be seen that this family is not very rich. What should we do?

"Qiu'er, I'm here to play with you. Are you feeling better?" The child's cry from behind awakened Chunqiu who was still in deep thought. Dolls, big and small, are wearing a navy blue spring shirt with two buns tied on their heads, making them look cute and cute.

"Oh, it can't be stupid." When Yang Chunhua came in, she saw her sister Qiu'er looking at her in confusion. She was a little scared, thinking of what the old man often said about being stupid, that idiot in the village Isn't it exactly the same as Qiu'er's expression? The more Chunhua thinks about it, the more frightened she becomes, her eyes don't have the same smile as before, they are full of tears, and she can open the gate to release water at any time.

Chunqiu looked at the face of the little girl in front of him like a weather forecast, from the sunny beginning to the cloudy clouds now, it could be windy and rainy at any time.

Chunhua looked at Chunqiu still in a daze, and cried out with a "wow", she was stupid, it was over, her sister was so stupid.

Chunqiu was already stunned at this time, what is the situation?Cry whatever you want, she can't coax a child! !
Chunqiu was frightened by the other party and turned around, not knowing what to think, Chunhua sat on the ground and burst into tears, Chunqiu saw that the crying was getting louder and louder, it would be difficult to attract adults, forget it Chunqiu ran to Chunhua as if giving up, knelt down, wiped the tears in Chunhua's eyes, tried to show a stiff smile, and said, "Sister Hua'er, it's all right, I'm Qiu'er, I'm not stupid, I thinking about something"

Chunhua watched the other party wipe away her tears, sobbed and said, "Are you really not stupid? Then who am I?"

Seeing the other party's puzzled look, Chunqiu sighed in his heart, and said obediently, "You are my favorite sister Hua'er, I forgot that we both have to eat fish." Chunqiu made the previous agreement between the two of them After he said it, he saw that the other party's eyes were shining when they heard the fish.

"Fish?" Chunhua said excitedly, "Then you must be Qiu'er, that's right." The little girl Chunhua seemed to have thought of something, stood up happily from the ground, grabbed Chunqiu's hand and said, "Brother Cai'er and Shitou!" They're all catching fish, I'm here to ask you to go with us, let's eat fish together." When it comes to eating, Chunhua looks very excited, the previous things have long been forgotten, and she looks at Chunqiu with bright eyes. It seems that Chunqiu can eat it immediately if he agrees.

Chunqiu couldn't help sighing that children are so foolish, especially a foodie, as long as food is mentioned, there is nothing that cannot be solved.

Although he complained in his heart, Chunqiu, with a child's shell on his face, still smiled and agreed, "Okay, okay, I haven't eaten fish for a long time, I really want to eat it." After Chunqiu finished speaking, thinking of those modern braised fish, steamed Fish, blah blah, blah, blah, saliva has subconsciously remained, and the taste has faded out in the past three days, and it's a change. Thinking of this, Chunqiu's smile became more real.

"Let's go, let's go" After Chunhua heard Chunqiu's words, she immediately turned around and ran out holding Chunqiu's hand, for fear that she would run out of food if she went late.

"Sister Hua'er, wait a minute" Chunqiu thought of something, and stopped suddenly when he was going out.

"En? What's the matter?" Chunhua stopped, turned around and asked in doubt.Why did my sister stop.

"Does our family have a fishing net? We can't catch it with our hands." Chunqiu said his request, not to mention the fishing net, as long as there are tools, looking at his poor little hands and feet, Chunqiu felt a little melancholy.

After Chunhua heard Chunqiu's words, she suddenly yelled, "Yes, I'll look for it" and then ran away without a trace.

Chunqiu looked at the sister who said that the wind is the rain, and her head was full of black lines. Is it really okay to just leave him like this?

As the breeze blew, Chunqiu looked at the peach petals falling from the bottom of his feet, and looked up in surprise. The pink petals fluttered with the wind, and the pistils were gently spit out. The red and green are connected, which is too beautiful to behold.

Spring is here!
"Deng dong dong" Chunhua ran back like a gust of wind, ignoring her panting, she quickly took out the net that she found out from somewhere in her hand to Chunqiu, and said while showing it, "This is what we asked for from my uncle before." Well, it’s a good thing I didn’t throw it away, otherwise it would be gone.”

Chunqiu stretched out his hand to open the seemingly tattered net, especially when he saw several bowl-sized holes, he deeply doubted whether he could catch fish.

"This net? Does it look familiar?" Chunqiu felt more and more familiar, as if she had seen it before, but she didn't remember it. Chunqiu asked without hope, thinking about how to make up the net.

"Of course it looks familiar." Chunhua said with a natural face, "Isn't this the gauze net in the uncle's room that was harmed by us?" Having said this, Chunhua said proudly, "My uncle is not angry, so I just gave it to us." Woolen cloth"

Chunqiu: ...

Take your own blame, carry it yourself!

Chunqiu couldn't look directly at the gauze in front of her eyes, and looked at Chunhua's proud face, and quickly rolled up the gauze in her hands, so that she couldn't see it.

"Second sister, let's go, the fish is waiting for us"

"Yes, yes, go, go!" Chunhua heard Yurou, her eyes immediately became eager, and she nodded quickly.

The gauze nets they took out from home in their hands walked towards the river from Dongtou. After passing by rows of uneven thatched houses, brick houses and earth embryo houses, the two saw that they were going to destination.

At the beginning of March, the reeds are no longer as deserted as in winter, and the green and yellow reeds are fluttering in the wind. Occasionally, some frightened wild ducks and waterfowls can be seen flying over the reeds, which are full of vitality.

The two waded across the reeds with great difficulty, and Chunqiu pulled off the reed leaves which were quite tough in the reeds from time to time, and when they reached the river bank, Chunqiu already had a handful of reed leaves in his hand.

"Second sister, third sister, you are here." Chunqiu heard the voice and looked up, and saw a little boy with a long head and a thick head shouting at the two of them in the river, Chunqiu subconsciously squinted his eyes, it turned out to be him His twin brother Yang Mingcai, nicknamed Huzi, Chunqiu waved and smiled.

Huzi lowered his head and continued with his great task of catching fish.

"Second Sister, Third Sister" A younger child ran over not far from Chunqiu, holding a wooden bucket in his hand. Because of his weak strength, the wooden bucket swung back and forth when he ran, and water splashed out.

"Don't move, don't move, give me the wooden barrel, and be careful not to hit you with wet clothes." Chunhua quickly walked a few steps, took the wooden barrel from Xiao Shitou's hand, and said with a smile.Keeping his eyes on the fish in the water, Chunqiu stood beside him and smiled, he was really a snack.

"Little Shitou, call your third brother to come up, we are going to weave a net to catch fish, and then we will eat enough." Chunqiu stretched out his hand and raised the net in his hand, and said to Xiao Shitou beside him.

"Hey, third sister, I'll go right away." After Shitou heard what his third sister said, he ran to Yang Mingcai unswervingly and told him Chunqiu's plan. Yes, there must be nothing wrong this time.

Chunqiu called Chunhua, who was obsessed with fish and could not extricate herself, touched the reed leaves in her hand to the ground, and began to demonstrate in front of them. After a while, the damaged hole in the gauze was blocked by the reed leaves. Paying attention to the stunned expressions of the three people, after distributing the remaining reed leaves, the few people started their fishing business.

Chunqiu has seen modern fishing nets. Although the materials are not complete, who is Chunqiu?No father and no mother, top hands-on ability.So after a few people have completely mended the gauze nets, a simple fishing net is completed. Chun uses reed leaves to tie a stone to maintain the weight of the whole fishing net at a certain distance. Brother Er put the fishing net horizontally above the current.

"Well, yes, then let's go to the reed marsh to see if there are any wild duck eggs. My second sister and I came here before and saw wild ducks." The next time Chunqiu plans to go to the reed marsh to have a look. The spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, and the ducks at home have already laid eggs. It makes no sense that there are no wild ducks in the reeds. Chunqiu plans to go in and try his luck.

"Okay, okay, pickled duck eggs are delicious." Chunhua took a breath and said after hearing Chunqiu's words.

"Sister, let's go and have a look together." Hu Zi also agreed.

"Where is the stone?" Chunqiu smiled and said to the little stone that had just arrived on his chest.

"Yes" Stone nodded.

"Then let's go!" Chunqiu shouted happily, and then ran into the reed marsh at the head of the horse.

"Third sister wait for me"

Seeing his sister running away and disappearing, Huzi yelled and chased after her regardless.

"Third Sister, and Shitou and I"

Chunhua pulled over the small stone beside her who was still in a daze, and then rushed in.

For a while, the reeds were full of laughter.

(End of this chapter)