Chapter 9 Nosy

I saw densely packed fish swimming around under Ah Li's feet.

Erlang Sanlang was afraid of scaring the fish away, so he didn't scream.

The two people went up to catch the fish and fish it into the wooden barrel.

Ah Li was laughing happily on the side.

It didn't stop until the barrel could no longer be filled.

By chance, Mrs. Yan also came over with a basket full of wild vegetables.

"How's it going? Did you catch the fish? It's time for us to go home and cook."

"Mom, come and see."

Yan took a look into the barrel and was shocked, "I caught so many!"

"It's not because the little aunt was here that we caught them. We and Da Zhuang didn't catch any of them over there." Erlang whispered to his mother.

"Then let's go back quickly without making any noise!"

Sanlang ran to say hello to Li Dazhuang and they hurried home.

While Yan was cooking, Ah Li squatted beside the barrel, poking at the fish inside, thinking about how to eat it.

In the past, when she ate small fish in the wishing pond, she would swallow them directly. How should she swallow this fish because it was too big?

At this time, Mrs. Yan came over, grabbed two fish from the bucket, put them to the well and slapped them twice with a knife until they stopped moving, and then skillfully cleaned the scales and internal organs of the fish.

Ah Li was dumbfounded by this operation.

Then she followed behind Yan, watching her fry the fish in lard until golden brown on both sides, add water, ginger slices and salt to boil.

In a short while, the rich, white and fragrant fish soup will be out of the pot.

It turns out that fish can still be eaten like this!

Mrs. Yan knew that Ah Li was greedy, so she quickly put a bowl of fish and soup in a big bowl for her and put it on the table.

"Come here, let's try the fish soup made by my sister-in-law."

Ah Li shook his head, "The fish soup is delicious. I have to go and deliver food to my parents, otherwise they will be hungry."

"Oh, how can you be so sensible? As expected, the little cotton-padded jacket is so considerate. I also have some fried vegetables. You can finish it first and then go."

When Ah Li heard this, he took Erlang and Sanlang together to finish the fish soup and then went to deliver food to Lin Changlu and the others.

Before they reached the place, the three children shouted to Lin Changlu and Pei who were working in the fields.

"Dad, Mom, let's have some food."

"Grandpa, grandma, it's time to eat!"

Lin Changlu and Mr. Pei looked up when they heard the sound, and the smiles on their faces became a little wider.

"Slow down, don't fall."

After Mrs. Pei shouted, she turned back to Lin Errong and Lin Sanrong who were working and said, "Hurry up and take a rest! Lili and the others are bringing food."

A few people wiped their sweat and sat under the shade of the trees at the edge of the field.

Ms. Pei stepped forward to pick up a few little ones, making sure not to miss their lunches.

"Yeah! There's still fish soup to drink today!"

Lin Errong opened a big bamboo bucket and was entertained.

Erlang told a few people about the new news of catching fish today.

"Thank you, our little carp, for allowing us to drink such fragrant fish soup."

Ah Li seemed to understand this sentence and said with a smile: "Third brother likes it, let's go catch it again."

"Okay, but you are not allowed to go alone, you know?"

Ah Li shook her two pigtails and nodded obediently.

Lin Changlu was not good at expressing emotions, so he didn't say much. He sat aside and looked at A Li, and the smile on his face never faded.

When they eat happily.

A strange voice came from behind.

"Hey! Let my old lady have a taste of whatever this family eats!"

An old lady in her sixties quickly jumped in front of them, but when she got her hands on it, there was only a pile of diabolo tubes left.

"You guys eat too fast, you really don't leave any residue behind."

"Aunt Geng, it's good to have something to eat these days. How can there be any leftovers?"

Mrs. Geng is a well-known woman in the village who likes to take advantage of herself. She never goes home empty-handed when visiting other people's homes.

And he also likes to rely on his old age to teach others.

"Xiuzhi, I say you are really confused. You are still ignorant at your age. Your family is having a hard time and you are raising someone else's baby. You are not afraid that others will take it back and raise it in vain."

Mrs. Pei looked a little unhappy and was about to reply to her, but Lin Errong said first, "Granny Geng, last time I went to the county town I heard that an old lady lived to be 105 years old. Do you want to know why?"

When Mrs. Geng heard this, she became interested. She quickly walked over and asked, "Second boy, please tell your mother-in-law why?"

"That old lady said she never cares about other people's business."

Hearing this, Mrs. Geng could still hear the underlying meaning behind his words, and her face immediately turned pale.

"Changlu! You little brat is so imitated that you can even curse people in a roundabout way."

Lin Changlu took two puffs of dry cigarette, "I think what the second brother said is quite reasonable. Aunt Geng, we have to work, you should go and do it too!"

Mrs. Geng saw that none of the family wanted to pay attention to her. She glanced at Ah Li with a somewhat unkind expression and muttered, "Good intentions are nothing but donkey's liver and lungs. You will cry sometimes."

After saying that, he staggered away with his hands behind his back.

Ah Li sat next to Ms. Pei, grabbed her clothes and said, "It's so scary."

"You are not afraid, Lili. With your parents and brother here, no one dares to bully you."

Lin Changlu quickly said: "Third brother, please stop doing this afternoon and send Lili and the others home!"

Lin Sanrong nodded, packed up his things and went back.

Lin Sanrong did not go to the fields in the afternoon, but read and practiced calligraphy at home. The village school will be built in more than a month, and he will also consolidate it by then.

Next year he can take the children's examination and the provincial examination.

As a child from a poor family, there is no saying that a scholar does not have to work, so he has always been working while studying.

When he has nothing to do, he will also teach the four men in his family to learn some simple words.

A Li was very interested in reading and writing. Lin Sanrong read with a book. She sat aside and shook her head along with her, looking very cute.

Seeing that she liked it so much, Lin Sanrong took out his collection of copybooks that were almost torn and taught her word by word.

Ah Li also studies very seriously and her learning progress is very fast. She can basically do it once.

Lin Sanrong pinched her little face and said, "Li Li, you are so smart. It's a pity that the third brother doesn't have money to buy paper for you to practice calligraphy. I will buy it for you when I go to copy books to make more money."

"Li Li also buys it for Third Brother when he makes money." Ah Li looked at him with big eyes and said very sincerely.

After a while, Ah Li kept nodding his head while chanting, and his words were slurred.

Lin Sanrong picked her up and saw that the little one couldn't open her eyes, so he quickly took her to bed and slept.

She slept until it was almost dark before getting up.

Just when she woke up, Lin Darong came back with Dalang Silang.

However, none of them looked very good, and they didn't say much when they came back.

Mrs. Pei asked curiously: "Didn't you say you stayed one night before coming back? Why did you come back today?"
Chapter completed!