Farmer's Notes from Another World

Fang Zeng was delighted to hear about Li Fu's misfortune, and he was very motivated to do things for several days. He thought that his family didn't have a brother, and he was counting on him and Fang Zhiyuan to make glutinous rice cakes for Fang Zhiyuan's birthday. Certainly not.Therefore, he simply entrusted Lin Xin and Lin Zheng to help him.

Lin Zhengna only got Fang Zeng's advantage, and Zheng was embarrassed to take advantage of his brother for nothing.At this time, Fang Zeng asked him to do something, and he was happy in his heart, because Fang Zeng didn't treat him as an outsider, so he naturally readily agreed.Lin Xin was also easy to talk to, this birthday was a happy event, and Fang Zeng could not have met someone who asked his family to do business.

The two elder brothers of Lin Xin's family and Lin Zheng's family are the most important for making glutinous rice cakes, but the raw materials and grinding tools are all prepared by Fang Zeng.He originally wanted to exchange some glutinous rice back in the village, but the glutinous rice growers in the village couldn't afford the catty that Fang Zeng asked for, but Fang Zeng was very busy here, fishing and hunting. Weary.

Lin Zheng followed Lin Xin to the town, so he volunteered to help Fang Zeng go to the town to buy glutinous rice.And Fang Zeng went fishing with Lin Xin.There are several large ponds in Linjia Village. At the beginning of each year, the village family pays a lot of money per person to buy some fish fry and put them in the ponds.

It’s okay if a family needs to use fish for weddings and weddings, just pay a lot of money in the village, and then use a lot of money to subsidize some roads and bridges in the future.These are all acquaintances, and they don't pay that much attention, so Fang Zeng only needs to pay some money if he needs to use fish in his work.

Fang Zeng wanted to use fish, and the village also planned to collect water for fish at the end of the year.If there are young and middle-aged man's family, one man from each household will come out to fish together.The water in the pond began to be released a few days ago, and the fishing nets were also lowered yesterday, and today is the time to collect the nets to catch fish.On this day, the temperature had already frozen, and the water in the pond was bitingly cold, even the very angry men couldn't stand it when they entered the water.Therefore, even though children as old as Fang Zhiyuan clamored to go fishing, they were suppressed by the family's grandma.

And under Fang Zhiyuan's repeated promise to Fang Zeng that he would never go into the water and only take a look on the shore, Fang Zeng reluctantly agreed to let Fang Zhiyuan go and have a look.So, under the envious and jealous eyes of big and small Zhuang, Fang Zhiyuan proudly carried his basket on his back, and followed Fang Zeng to go fishing.

The fishers were all young and middle-aged, with straw sandals on their feet, thick animal skins on their trousers to keep the water out, and old coats they got from no one knew where, and they were all ready to go.As Li Zheng, Lin Xin was naturally in charge of the fishing process.

In the afternoon, when the water was not as cool as it was in the morning, dozens of men went into the water together, those who catch fish catch fish, those who collect nets collect nets, and the division of labor is clear.The net was collected in half an hour, seeing the fish in the fishing net, the eyes of the friends who had been waiting on the side were all smiling.The mothers who prepared complicated ginger soup hurriedly greeted the men who had landed to drink a bowl of ginger soup. They couldn't get sick just because they were catching fish this day.

Fang Zeng also pinched his nose and drank a large bowl of ginger-flavored soup. Fang Zhiyuan looked at it and laughed, Fang Zeng simply filled another half bowl and walked towards Fang Zhiyuan.Fang Zhiyuan saw that something was wrong, and asked Fang Zeng who was smiling strangely: "Uncle, what are you doing with ginger soup?"

Fang Zeng stood in front of him and said with a smile: "Huzi, you have been blowing by the water for a long time today. Children are prone to cold, so you should drink some ginger soup to relieve the cold." The ginger-flavored soup that could be smelled from far away, pursed her mouth in disgust, and silently refused.

The old nanny standing beside Fang Zeng and the others agreed with Fang Zeng's words, and said to Fang Zhiyuan, "Baby, your uncle is right, drink it to get rid of the cold. Otherwise, you will suffer the cold yourself." Your uncle is worried because he still has to be tired. Hurry up and drink!"

Fang Zhiyuan himself must have had a drink today, and he felt a little annoyed that he stopped laughing at his uncle earlier, is this the reward for the world?Under the watchful eyes of the old mama, he closed his eyes and poured half a bowl of ginger soup into his heart.Ginger water without sugar is no different from poison. Fang Zhiyuan secretly made up his mind that he must not get cold in the future, and he never wanted to taste the taste of ginger soup again.

The water in the pond was drained, and besides the fish, there were other snails, river mussels, loaches and eels, etc.In these villages, whoever catches it will return it, because there is silt in the pond, some brothers found animal skins at home to wrap their feet and calves, and then went down to pick them up.

Looking at these, Fang Zhiyuan thought of a lot of delicious food. He had already prepared for it, and took out four pieces of robe skins from the basket.Fang Zeng was a hunter, and he had the most skins in his family.Many people in the village like to ask Lin Ah Mo for these skins when Lin Ah Mo is around. For the past half a year, because only Fang Zeng and Fang Zhiyuan are there, those brothers are not easy to go, and the men in the family have nothing to do for them. I went to find Fang Zeng with some skins, but there were quite a few left at home.

Fang Zhiyuan handed his uncle two yuan, and he tied the leather on his feet and calves with a fine hemp rope. After trying it out, it was very good, neither leaking nor ventilating.Fang Zeng had already been described by Fang Zhiyuan last night how delicious the boiled snails, tofu loach, and braised eel were, so he was tied up and ready to pick them up at this time.

Fang Zeng took Fang Zhiyuan to pick it up by the river, and stopped moving when he stepped down, then bent down and started picking it up.Fang Zeng did a good job of snails, river mussels, catching loaches and eels.Fang Zhiyuan, who could only pick up some small screws and mussels, was envious. Fortunately, some small shrimps jumped out to comfort him.

Fang Zhiyuan's own small pannier was soon full, and the pannier that Fang Zeng was carrying seemed to be full as well. The uncle and nephew looked up, and there were quite a few men helping their brother to pick up screws.At this time, Lin Xin also divided up the fish and asked everyone to get the fish.

According to the head, regardless of adults or children, each person has six catties of fish, and those who go fishing in the river will give two extra fish as a reward.Fang Zeng and Fang Zhiyuan were just the two of them, and they also took twelve catties of fish, divided into six crucian carps of seven or eight taels, two silver carps of two or three catties, and two mullets as rewards for fishing in the water.Fang Zeng ordered six crucian carp, two five-jin grass carp and four mullet carp for a birthday banquet, and gave him fifty dollars.

Fortunately, he brought baskets, put all the fish in one basket, put Fang Zeng's pannier in the other basket, and Fang Zhiyuan carried his own pannier on his back.The uncle and nephew went home happily.

On the way, Fang Zeng seemed a little excited, and said to Fang Zhiyuan mysteriously: "Huzi, uncle will show you something good later." Fang Zhiyuan looked at Fang Zeng curiously, and couldn't help asking: " Uncle, what good thing? Tell me now."

Fang Zeng was unwilling to say anything, but his expression was very happy, which made Fang Zhiyuan's heart itch.

After returning home and raising the fish in wooden barrels and tubs, Fang Zeng took off the lid of the basket and took out a black thing from it.He waved to Fang Zhiyuan and said, "Huzi, come and see what good things uncle caught."

Fang Zhiyuan couldn't bear it anymore, he ran over in one step, took a closer look at the dark thing, and then realized that it was a soft-shelled turtle, commonly known as a bastard, and this thing was also a great tonic.Fang Zeng looked at his nephew proudly, and said with a smile: "Uncle touched the eel when he touched it. At first he thought it was a big river clam, but when he touched it, he knew it was this thing. Uncle took advantage of no one's attention. Help it and throw it in the backpack."

Fang Zengyu said to Fang Zhiyuan earnestly: "You, remember what uncle said, you must not have the intention to harm others, and you must not have the intention to guard against others. They are all picking up screws together. If I said that I caught them at the time Turtle, what do people think about this? It’s all from the village, and everyone has a share. Some people will not be convinced if you share an extra fish, let alone something that can be worth some money. You said, when the time comes, you can take it. Everyone doesn’t say anything, but they are not convinced in their hearts; but give it to others. If there are so many people in a village, others will be willing. If you ask you to take out something you have touched, you may not be happy. How about Just like that, without making a sound, if no one knows, there will be no disputes. In the future, Huzi, you have to think about everything and make a fortune in silence."

Fang Zhiyuan looked at his uncle staringly, he is talented, it is really lucky to meet a wild bastard in this pond.What's more, the ponds here are dredging for fish every year, so naturally there is no way to keep bastards.His uncle can catch it, this is his character.The most important thing is that his uncle has a very righteous idea in his heart and is very skilled in human relations. Although his vision may not be lofty, he is quite enough for an authentic farmer.

Fang Zeng looked at the soft-shelled turtle and said to Fang Zhiyuan: "Let's stew it tonight. I heard from the old man that this stuff is a great tonic, so I'll give you a good tonic."

Fang Zhiyuan disagreed, now that it's the end of the year, everything is going up in price.If this wild soft-shelled turtle is sold to Shopkeeper Chen, it might fetch a fortune or two.His uncle had spent a lot of money for his birthday celebration, and the sale of this thing was just a good way to subsidize the family.As for making up for one's body, after he came to Fang's house, Fang Zeng never did anything wrong to him.Meat and vegetables are not to be said to be available every day, but they are also eaten every now and then, and he has been raised for a long time. He is in great shape, so use soft-shelled turtles.Besides, it is not realistic to eat a soft-shelled turtle to be strong.

Fang Zhiyuan thought so in his heart, but he couldn't say so, he tentatively said: "Uncle, look, now the family wants to eat every meal, I'm as strong as a calf, so I need it Make it up like this. Otherwise, you can sell it and exchange it for other delicious ones."

How could Fang Zeng fail to see his nephew's carelessness, he smiled, and said to Fang Zhiyuan: "Although this thing is worth some money, I would be embarrassed if I sold it to Shopkeeper Chen. After all, there is only one. A few days ago Shopkeeper Chen also helped our family. If I want to take it here, should I sell it or give it away? If I sell it elsewhere, it would be bad for people to know. It’s better to put it in the belly of my family, it’s the most affordable."

When Fang Zhiyuan heard it, he knew that his uncle had seen through his thoughts, so he blushed a little, and stopped arguing. After thinking for a while, he said to Fang Zeng: "Then, I'll stew it into soup and eat it. I'll cook a crucian carp for uncle." Drink and eat”

Fang Zeng was in charge of cleaning up the soft-shelled turtle and crucian carp, and Fang Zhiyuan put the screw in the barrel and vomited.Then I separated the eel from the loach, and planned to buy a few pieces of tofu tomorrow to go with the loach.Fortunately, eel is a long thing that can be fed, otherwise, it would be too much to eat together.There are also river mussels, which are also raised, and they are also a good soup to eat usually.

Fang Zeng cleaned up the soft-shelled turtle and crucian carp, and said to Fang Zhiyuan, "Huzi, I'll call you Uncle Lin Xin and Uncle Lin Zheng to eat together, and you can add a handful of rice. They come to drink soft-shelled turtle soup and give them supplements."

Fang Zhiyuan agreed loudly.