through those heavy years

The day can return to calm like autumn water, which seems to be a luxury that has been prayed for for a long time.The weather is slightly cold, and the cool breeze blows the weeds and trees, as well as the mountains and streams.The autumn harvest season is over, the grass is withered and yellow, the leaves are falling, and the farmland is bleak and barren.When I came back from skipping classes at school, my grandma was not at home as usual, and people in the village didn't go out, and basically picked up rice stalks in their huts.I picked up the shovel and wore my father's patched boots to face the cold wind, and went out with a sunny smile on my face. I walked towards the farmland where lotus roots were planted, digging some lotus roots and loach by the way.I like this environment, and I like the moment when a person is working alone in the empty rice field.

There are the most loaches in lotus root fields.The lotus leaves block the sunlight, and the soil is soft and soft, rich in nutrients, and is deeply loved by loaches.Rotten lotus root belts and lotus leaves withered and dropped into the field to corrode are also a kind of food that loaches like to eat.If you are lucky, you will not have to worry about a few days of meat dishes, and you may dig a thick eel, which looks like a dragon snake, and the meat is delicious.If you are unlucky, with long thin fingers, malnutrition, such as deformed development, digging for a long time can only barely eat one meal, which is very annoying.Fortunately, this task itself is interesting, even if you don't dig it, you won't be disappointed.

The shovel has to shovel down hard.The lotus root is dug deep, and the loach generally lives in the deep and rancid mud layer, so it is not a waste of effort.The mud was moist and loose, and after a while, a long string of thick and white lotus root was dug up, lying in the mud like a Sleeping Beauty who fell into hell.At this time, the shovel can no longer be used, and it must be taken out by hand.Be careful not to break it, because it is not easy to wash off if it is stained with mud, and the taste is not so sweet.After digging out the lotus root, you have to turn it over, maybe there is a cunning loach hiding in the surrounding mud, trying to escape by luck.I turned it over, unfortunately, there is no cunning loach.After continuing to dig for 10 minutes, there was still no sign of loach.I couldn't help but think that today would not be so unlucky, and usually at least I can have a meal.

Put the lotus root away, and change the position to continue digging the loach.Loach is also very smart. Knowing that the place where they used to live has become a harvesting ground for human beings, they will continue to live in a more secret place.After a few shovels, I straightened my waist and stretched out my hands to stroke my hair. I felt a little warm in the frosty weather at the end of autumn.At this time, I am very lucky to look forward to a cool breeze, blowing the lotus leaves slightly layer by layer, the rustling sound seems to be singing from afar, the clean air is accompanied by the tranquil fragrance of the lotus leaves, refreshing and intoxicating .At this time, someone noticed that there was a sudden irregular sound, which sounded very strange.Stretching his neck to look around carefully, he vaguely felt someone was there.After looking for a while, I couldn't find anyone, but there was a slope in front of me. If someone wanted to hide on purpose, I couldn't see it from my current position.I thought that no one in the village would be bored, and no one would come here to watch me dig loaches, so I didn't plan to go behind the slope to see what happened.Maybe it's a partridge, always flying away with a "swish".

Bend down and continue digging down with shovel after shovel.The location is slightly better than before, and there are several loaches one after another.It's just not big enough to be described as a little finger. It doesn't look like it fits between the teeth as a whole.Then the situation turned bad again, and there were no loaches smaller than a little finger.It seems that the loaches hated me and made up their minds to move the family to a distant place.

"Hey" sighed, digging loach today was the worst time ever.My hands were covered with mud and my backpack was covered with sweat, but I didn't even get half a bowl of meat dishes for dinner.I didn't dare to waste any more time on digging loaches. While it was still early, I had to pick up the shovel and bucket to catch fish.

At this time, the fish season is about to pass, and from the whole summer to mid-autumn, all the men in the village will come out to fish.It's just that they use the kind of battery for fishing - high-tech, square and square, filled with sulfuric acid, carried on the back heavily, the positive and negative tweezers are tweezed at the interface on the top of the battery, and then two long bamboo poles, each Then the wires, one end is tied with a net, the other end is tied with an iron coil, and a button is attached to the hand, which is made of scrapped bicycle inner tires.Along the long river, put two long bamboo poles in the water, and when you click the sound, it seems that without any effort, the fish will come out of the water and come out of the water, and then catch the net and go in for fishing In a person's fish bucket, the whole set is simple and neat, very beautiful.

How I wish I could have a set of fishing tools like this.It's a pity that it's quite expensive, and I can't bear to buy it if I have money.So I can only use my soil method-carry a bucket, pile up the mud to block the water flow, and then struggle to scoop out the water.Of course it is hard work, but how can we be afraid of this hardship.Sometimes ponds as large as half an acre of land are scooped up abruptly.Inside, crucian carp, catfish, color fish, and lobster, because the water is dry, are bouncing around in the pond.There are also snails and mussels around the pond.Large snails can be boiled and the meat can be picked out. Like river mussels, stir-fried with chili can become a refreshing meat dish.Small field snails can be boiled, cut off the tail with scissors, and then stir-fried with oil, salt and pepper to make snails, which becomes a delicious snack.Now, I also plan to find a pond that is not too big or small to do a big job.The fish in the creek were basically caught by sharp fishing tools, only in this pond, there were some fat ones left for me.

There will be some ponds next to the farmland.I don't know when it was dug, but I guess it may have been excavated to store water and fertile fields during the Daxing water conservancy project, or it may be used for other purposes.I picked a pond that was surrounded by weeds, low-hanging shrubs, and cloudy water.At first glance, this kind of pond is a good pond with fish. As the saying goes, if the water is clear, there will be no fish!

Wrap the loach with lotus leaves, put some water, and carefully place it in a pit in the dry field.Then I used a shovel to shorten the distance between the pond and the rice field, planning to scoop water directly into the field.

He took off his coat and boots, rolled up his trousers and went down.The water was a bit cold, but my feet were hot, so I didn't feel cold at all.Then struggling to scoop up water will take a lot of time.However, the weather is still early, and it is estimated that it will be done before dark.

I buried my head in scooping water, and when I exercised more, I became hot, so I took off the clothes inside as soon as I got hot. □□'s upper body looks very thin, and the skin is naturally fair, which makes people feel a little weak.But people have never been judged by their appearance. There is strength in their arms, which belongs to that kind of potential body.

Soon, half of the water was scooped up.However, some water eyes are constantly bubbling, and I can only compare their speed with them.

When a person stood on the shore, I really didn't notice it at all. I was completely devoted to my own hard work, with the longing for harvest and the joy of the process.I should have expected that she is always eccentric and leisurely, and she is always lingering and unexpected.It is rare to say that the days are peaceful, and the days are short-term peace for me.Or for the day, its lull itself ephemeral.After all, what you face in life is your own heart.

Teacher Zhou suddenly yelled "Wow".The bucket that caught me off guard almost dropped.Teacher Zhou is full of energy, which is amazing.She didn't teach well at school, so she walked up those difficult mountain roads and came to this poor and remote place.Her shoes were dirty, a fine pair of white canvas shoes covered in dust.

After figuring out the situation, I thought for a moment that I was still in the upper body, and my face turned red all of a sudden.Quickly drop the bucket that is about to fall, and put on your clothes.Teacher Zhou smiled "giggle", casually looking at whether I was wearing clothes or not.Her face was full of joy, she was very curious, her eyes were full of eager expectations, and she didn't care about my embarrassment and dissatisfaction at this time.She raised her eyebrows, not feeling abrupt at all, and said excitedly: "You are catching fish, you look so fun!"

"Let me come down and help you!" Teacher Zhou became more and more casual towards me, not caring what other people thought, but forcibly joining me.She took off her shoes and rolled up her sleeves and trousers with a laugh.Her snow-white feet stepped on the mud, and the water icyly shrank upwards, with a hiss, then she gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and dived into the dirty water, making people feel unbearable for her feet.

She picked up the bucket from the half-dried pond, straightened her sleeves, and said, "Is it okay to scoop out the water like you did!" After finishing speaking, before I could answer, she started to do it in a decent manner, Completely ignoring his identity as a teacher, he ran to catch fish with a student, big or small.

At a glance, she knew that she was the kind of urbanite who hadn't done any heavy work, and the sweat covered her forehead densely after just a few strokes.The bucket was half full of water, and when it was lifted up it was wobbly, and when it was poured out, a lot of it splashed on the body, and the white clothes were speckled with mud, and the body was already half wet.In terms of overall image, she is about to become a big sister in the village, and she lacks her usual intelligence. She is so stupid that she wants to be knocked on the head.

When she came suddenly, I was very angry at the first time, but seeing her smiling face, I slowly turned into indifference.I didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, I just stood aside and watched indifferently, to see how long she could scoop, and to see if there would be a signal of begging for mercy in her bright eyes.

"I'm so tired!" Teacher Zhou shook his arms, still smiling.I just checked the situation of the water in the pool, and my whole person suddenly became depressed again, "No way, it's fine if the water hasn't decreased, it seems that there is more." After finishing speaking, he pouted and looked at me, wanting to get an explanation .Seeing that I didn't speak, I started working alone again.Naturally, she knew clearly in her heart that I was not happy about her sudden visit.But she can also pretend, ignore your emotions, and entertain herself.

Her face was flushed, and her temples were wet with sweat. The water in the bucket became less and less, and the water in the pool became more and more full.She was exhausted, but she continued to work without looking at me.Mr. Zhou was very persistent. Seeing her like this, his heart was moved, so he took it.In other words, according to her progress, not to mention that the work cannot be completed before dark, it is fine if the water in the pool is not full before dark.

Seeing me take back the bucket, she let out a big breath, stood in the pool and kneaded her arms vigorously, "Oh my God, how can I be so useless!" After finishing speaking, she saw that I scooped water extremely fast, and it was so big He shouted, "Wow, it's amazing!"

He paused in his hands for a while, thinking to himself, why are you so angry, Mr. Zhou is a good person, a good teacher with a kind heart.She has been helping me out of genuine concern.Her arrival today is also out of concern, and I shouldn't show embarrassment to others.What am I, Wang Xiaodong, to be cared about by Mr. Zhou is a blessing from heaven!

While scooping water, think for yourself.Teacher Zhou stood in the pool and watched, helping from time to time.Then always laugh, always exclaim.Because there are really not a few fish in this pond, and there are several big ones.