Rebirth 1958: My Home is in Nanluoguxiang

At lunch, Chang Zhengyang presented Comrade Guo Huiying with the painting of a peacock spreading its tail by Lang Shining that he had bought at the ghost market the night before, which won Ms. Guo's praise. During lunch, Ms. Guo picked up some fish eye meat for him as a reward.

Chang Zhengyang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and put the fish eye meat back into the little girl's mouth.

Speaking of fish eye meat, there is an interesting story behind it.

In the past, when bandits were robbing houses, if they captured children from wealthy families as hostages, they would roast a fish for them to eat.

If the child accepts all the food, be it the fish tail or the fish belly, and eats it voraciously, it means that the child is either not valued at home or is a bastard and has never eaten good food. In this case, the meat ticket is worthless.

If the child eats the fish belly right away, it means that the child's parents and elders are more likely to dote on him, and the kidnappers may be able to demand a hefty ransom.

What if a child comes up and eats only the fish eye meat, and only this piece of meat?

Hey, this is a big fat sheep, because only the eldest son of a wealthy family with a long history would develop the habit of only eating fish eyes.

Chang Zhengyang smiled and told this story: "My grandfather used this to scare me, saying that if I ate fish eye meat, I would be caught by mountain ghosts..."

"What is a mountain ghost? Is it delicious?"

Everyone looked at the little girl with a face full of curiosity, and after a moment of silence, they burst into laughter.

"Yes, yes, mountain ghosts are delicious, and our pigs are so cute, haha..."

Chang Zhengyang reached out and rubbed the little girl's head. The child's innocence and childlike words were really interesting.

The little girl's eyes lit up: "Really? Big brother, if I were a mountain ghost, could you catch a mountain ghost for me to eat?"

Chang Zhenghe, who was eating at the side, raised his head and said loudly: "Zhuzhu, you little fool, there are no mountain ghosts in this world, big brother is just teasing you!"

After Chang Zhenghe finished speaking, he showed a smug expression, as if he knew a lot.

The little girl was stunned when she heard this, and looked at her fourth brother in disbelief, with tears in her eyes.

"Old Four, you're itching for trouble!"

No, there's something wrong!

Chang Zhenghe picked up the bowl and ran away. Chang Zhengming, seeing that the situation was not good, ran out right after him. His movements were so skillful and smooth that it was obvious that the two brothers had already practiced this technique.

"Be good, piggy is the cutest. Big brother will give you some soda."

Chang Zhengyang quickly opened a bottle of soda, which diverted the little girl's attention.

As for whether there are mountain ghosts in this world, there should be, or rather, they once existed. Isn’t it clearly described in the recipe book Shan Hai Jing?

What a joke this ancestor is. Doesn’t he know how to protect animals? He doesn’t even know how to leave some for his descendants!

The weather is getting hotter and hotter. The rainfall this year is obviously less than in previous years, and there is no wind at all. It looks like there are already signs of a severe drought this year!

Chang Zhengyang walked into the alley with a backpack on his back and another in his hand. He was lucky today as he met a farmer carrying watermelons outside the Pigeon Market. He quickly went up and bought 18 watermelons. Each watermelon weighed about 6 to 7 pounds, and each pound cost 8 cents. Including the backpack, he spent a total of 10.5 yuan.

If other people hadn't wanted to buy some, he might have bought all the watermelons.

These watermelons are all the old variety with black skin and oval shape. Chang Zhengyang had only eaten them when he was a child in his previous life, but he had never seen them again after he grew up.

Although this kind of watermelon has many seeds, it has a crunchy texture, is fragrant and sweet, and is very delicious.

I put the watermelon in the kitchen, fetched a bucket of water, and rinsed myself at the water pump in my shorts. I wiped myself dry and changed into clean clothes.

Today is the first day of summer vacation. Except for him, who has to go to school hard, everyone else in the family is still sleeping.

Senior high school students have no human rights!

In previous years, during the summer vacation, Guo Huiying would take a few students to Yulong Mountain to collect folk songs and stay in Caojiazhuang. They would not return until after the beginning of autumn. Chang Baichuan would take the little girl with them.

One reason is that Chang Zhengyang is about to take the college entrance examination this year, and his studies are very stressful. In fact, Chang Zhengyang does nothing but daydream in school. Another reason is that it is only July this year, and the temperature is already approaching 40 degrees. In this weather, except for children, adults would rather stay at home than go out.

Put flour, beat a few eggs, chopped chives, appropriate amount of salt and water in a bowl, stir well, and heat oil in a pan.

Chang Zhengyang raised and lowered his wrist, and the leek and egg pancake in the pan turned over.

Soon there were more than a dozen leek egg pancakes on the plate. Chang Zhengyang ate two pieces and two pieces of watermelon and then went to school.

When he came back at noon, if nothing unexpected happened, there were two more little kids in the house. One of them was fat and looked honest, but there was a hint of cunning in his eyes from time to time.

These two children, one named Hu Bayi and the other named Wang Kaixuan, were both from nearby large courtyards. Logically, the Chang family would not have had any contact with these children from large courtyards.

It was a coincidence that one day at noon a few days ago, Chang Zhengming and his brother Chang Zhenghe were playing in a nearby pond. They encountered a child who had run into a water ghost. In fact, his feet were hooked by water plants, so the two brothers rescued the child.

The kid was none other than the fat boy named Wang Kaixuan. The fat boy was also quite interesting. He wanted to become sworn brothers with Chang Zhengming and his brother at that time. Then, with the addition of Hu Bayi who was also present, the four of them kowtowed to each other in a daze and became brothers with different surnames.

Then Chang Zhengming and his friends invited the fat boy and his friends to their home to drink soda.

Then, Chang Zhengyang discovered that this little fat boy was really shameless. For a bite of food, he really...

"Brother is back, please take a seat..."

As soon as Chang Zhengyang entered the room, the fat man put a stool behind him and handed him a clean towel.

He is so attentive, just like a eunuch in the palace, except that he is a little fat!

"Hey, little fatty, you're not going to eat the whole melon by yourself, are you?"

Hey!

The little fat boy showed an honest smile. Xiao Hu beside him turned his head away, unable to bear to look at him. His slightly red face showed that he seemed to have eaten a lot too.

"Okay, just eat it and buy it next time."

Chang Zhengyang waved his hand and invited them to eat.

Xiao Hu and Xiao Pangzi's hometown is in southern Fujian. Their fathers are both high-ranking generals in the military and were transferred to Yanjing last month.

Since the adults of both families had just been transferred to other jobs, they were so busy all day that they had no time to take care of Xiao Hu and the fat boy.

When the two boys saw that the Chang family had an abundant meal, they shamelessly ate there. Of course, it was mainly the fat boy who ate there, as Xiao Hu was the passive type.

Chang Zhengyang also noticed that although Xiao Hu appeared to be gentle and refined on the surface, and had a melancholy and artistic temperament at a young age, he was actually a restless person at heart.

After the two adults knew about this, they brought a lot of nutritional supplements one night to express their gratitude, and also left money and food coupons.

Now Xiao Hu and Little Fatty came to eat openly every day.