my backyard farm [system]
Chapter 25
Que Ganhua hung up the phone, thinking to ask Lan Yu later, how to sell the dried fish, and send me some.
Looking up, I saw the old father holding a small and pitiful river prawn, and shouted at Lan Yu: "Lan Yu, can these prawns be fished?"
Lan Yu seemed to have heard the somewhat familiar name Lemon. Turning around, he saw that Que Ganhua had already hung up the video. Thinking it might be an illusion, he called back to Que Yanshu, "Okay, I'll serve you wine tonight!"
"That night, you can't drink me down again!" Que Yanshu lowered his head and touched another big clam, and threw it into the bucket happily.
Que Ganhua turned to look at Lan Yu.
As a son, he knew very well what old man Que's drinking capacity was. If he could drink him down, what Lan Yu's drinking capacity was.
Que Ganhua looked at Lan Yu's tall but slightly thin figure, and was very suspicious of the other party's drinking capacity. He guessed in his heart that it was very likely that the old man Que was getting old and his drinking capacity was not good, but he refused to admit it, saying that Lan Yu could drink well.
Thinking of his old father looking for wine from his wine cellar, Que Ganhua felt helpless for a while. The eldest brother asked himself to stare at his father and drink less wine, he couldn't stand it.
The old man had a lot of friends, so he drove casually to find an old comrade-in-arms for a drink, and they really couldn't find anyone for a while when they were sons.
In the evening, I can make the old man drink less and drink less, and I can make a job with my elder brother.
Putting aside his troubles for a while, his eyes focused on the scene in front of him again.
It is as if a boulder has been cut off by a quarter, and a small waterfall cascades down from the top of the horizon, hitting the flattened position. Perhaps it has accumulated over time, forming an eight-quarter-sized Shitan.
The stone pool seems to have been repaired, and the edges are relatively regular. Que Ganhua also saw several stone steps. The place where the waterfall hits is deep, and the surrounding area is shallow. The father standing at 1.8 meters tall, the water only reaches knees.
However, this stone pool seems to be sealed, and there is no need to see the water outlet. Que Ganhua's eyes can't help but look towards the east along the lines of the water.
"It only weighs four catties." Lan Yu took the big black fish from Guan Tong's hand, looked at the bucket that was almost full, and said, "Catch some small miscellaneous fish to make small dried fish."
"That's fine. I saw a lot of small fish just now. This year's harvest is very good." Guan Tong wiped off his sweat, his eyes focused on Lan Yu's left chest, and Zhou Kong couldn't help looking over it.
Guan Tong's eyes lit up, "Did you bring Ah Sheh too?"
Lan Yu lowered her head, it turned out that Ah She woke up for some reason, with a pair of black beaded eyes poking out half of her head, cutely sticking out her tongue at Guan Tong, "Ayu, Ayu, I want to throw up!"
"Yes, Ah Sheh is more clingy." Lan Yu lowered her head, and her spiritual sense transmitted her voice, "Did you eat something bad?"
"I met a black dragon halfway along the way. He wanted to eat me, so I had to find Ah Yu, so I turned around and ate him!" Ah She felt a little sad when she thought of this, and continued, "Who knows what he would eat?" So stingy, he can eat me, but I can't eat him, I'm so angry."
Lan Yu: "..."
Well, Ah Sheh was found by the reason brought by the system.
Guan Tong took the plastic bag from Zhou Kong, and before handing it to Lin Hangtu, he grabbed a handful of bright red thornberries and stood up, "You guys eat it, I just picked it and washed it."
The three of them cheered, took their bags and ran under the magnolia tree to sit and eat.
Guan Tong picked the biggest and reddest one from his hand, and handed it to Ah She carefully. Ah She looked at the thorny berries made up of small balls in front of her eyes, opened her mouth and carefully swallowed them into her stomach, and then One immediately came to his mouth.
Charmaine swallowed the second one, and then felt very sad, "This human being is so enthusiastic, does he want to make a wish, but I... can't make my wish come true."
Lan Yu: "No, he simply likes you."
Ah Sheh excitedly straightened her upper body, half of her body was out of the pocket, "Really, really, I'm so happy~"
Que Ganhua was watching the scenery silently, when he turned his head and saw a translucent pink pet snake in Lan Yu's pocket, this snake was quite cute.Dad's description of caring for animals is quite appropriate.
Charmaine twisted and turned excitedly, "Really! Guan Tong really likes me! I want to stick with him!"
Seeing Ah She's happy look, Lan Yu took it out and handed it to Guan Tong, "A Sheh likes you very much, please help me take care of you for a while."
Guan Tong was so happy that he didn't know how to put his hands and feet, "Then what should I do."
Lan Yu looked at the Mao Maoshan hero T-shirt of the same style as her, and put it gently in the pocket where her heart was.
Ah Sheh adjusted her position, felt the cheerful heart beating through the clothes, she was very satisfied, and there was another creature who liked her.
Ah Sheh is awesome!
Guan Tong hurriedly ran to show off, and the uncles couldn't bear to feel disgusted when they saw Ah She, who was squatting in her pocket and opening her delicate mouth obediently, eating the thorn berries that Guan Tong fed one by one.
Although I don't know why snakes can be pets, but looking at the snake called corn snake in front of me, it looks cute.
Those who can speak will praise, and those who are not good at words will also say that they are cute when Guan Tong asks if they are cute.
Ah Sheh was so happy, her already transparent pink body gradually turned pinker, her cheeks were covered with rouge as if shy.
After showing off for a while, Guan Tong happily took Zhou Kong to the water outlet of Shitan to catch small fish.
There is still an open space on the east edge of the stone pool, on which a few magnolias are planted, the roots firmly grip the soil, bypassing the trees and descending to the cliff, and vertically descending from the cliff is a small river.
There is a water outlet at the bottom of the east side of the stone pool, and a new waterfall is formed on the cliff through the cave, and the water flows straight into the small river.
At that time, Lan Qiao hired someone to renovate the stone pool, and modified it here too. The water outlet was made smaller and deeper, and the filter was installed ten centimeters from the sunken water outlet, so that some small miscellaneous fish could swim along the gap.
Big fish will not get stuck when they swim over, and when the number of fish in the rock pool is small and need to be released for seedlings, they will not all run away.
Guan Tong and Zhou Kong took a special net bag and put it at the water outlet, and soon the small fish swam into the net along the water, maybe because there were too many people in the stone pool, many small fish were driven to the water outlet , The net bag will soon be full.
Seeing this, Lan Yu carried an empty bucket and prepared to go over to help, turned her head to look at Ah Hu who was squatting on the magnolia tree and taking a nap with closed eyes, "Ah Hu."
Ah Hu opened his eyes, "Meow, what's the matter?"
"Help me look at these three." Lan Yu pointed to the three eating thorn berries under the tree.
Ah Hu stretched his waist, "Meow, okay, what are you going to do?"
"I'll catch some small fish and fry them." Lan Yu was already walking towards Guan Tong with her belongings.
Ah Hu: "Meow, ok, you go, I'll watch them for you."
After speaking, he jumped down, walked in front of the three little ones with elegant and domineering steps, and the three little ones squatted down flattered, wanting to hug them.
Ahu stretched out his paw perfunctorily, clapped his hands high, and then squatted down to look at the cub seriously.
Que Ganhua could only hear Ah Hu meowing back and forth, seeing that Lan Yu had really given the child to the cat, she was a little surprised, but didn't think much about it, but didn't look at the scenery anymore, and paid attention to the child while processing the messages on the phone here.
Lan Yu came to help, and the three of them each took a seat, and put the net bags in their hands in turn to the water outlet to guard the fish.
Charmaine poked her head out, looked at the water outlet, and said to herself: There are many fish, many fish~
Although she knows that she does not have the ability to fulfill her wishes, Ah Sheh still habitually wants to satisfy the inner wishes of those close to her.
This net bag was extremely heavy, and Guan Tong didn't use the right strength to lift it up. He didn't get up for the first time, but Charmaine was poking her head out to observe, and she slipped out of the pocket and fell into the water.
Guan Tong was startled: "Oh!" He quickly reached out and grabbed Ah Sheh back.
As soon as Ah She fell into the water, Guan Tong grabbed her by the waist. Guan Tong's hands became a little more nervous. It was nothing at all, but Ah She was a little nauseous, and ate a large handful of thornberries , opened his mouth, and spit out the indigestible black unknown demon pill.
The terrain of the stone pool is high on all sides and low in the middle, and the black pearl-sized demon pills roll towards the middle of the stone pool along with the gravitational force.
Ah She was picked up by Guan Tong, held it in his palm, and checked with concern whether she was injured.
Lan Yu felt everything, and was about to pick up this breathless demon pill with the silk thread condensed by his soul. The moment his soul touched the demon pill, Lan Yu seemed to see a monstrous monster soaring and surging in the clouds, and the deafening sound Ethereal yet real.
Lan Yu, who had never seen a dragon in the Cultivation Continent, now had an answer in her heart. This was the dragon pill of a fallen dragon.
Lan Yu was afraid that the dragon pill would have a bad influence, so she wanted to pick it up. She probed deeper, and found that there was only a trace of power left in the dragon pill, and it was the last remaining power just now.
After thinking for a while, he withdrew his soul thread, and let the damaged dragon core roll to the bottom of the pool. He muttered to himself: "When the Chinese New Year comes, the black fish will have a bumper harvest."
Guan Tong saw that Ah She was fine, and his nervousness dissipated. He vaguely heard what Lan Yu was saying, and raised his head, "What is it?"
Zhou Kong went ashore with a full bucket just now, and now he came back with an empty bucket, and asked doubtfully, "Huh?"
"I said it was a bumper harvest today." Lan Yu laughed.
Guan Tong looked at the small miscellaneous fish in the bucket at his feet, and agreed: "Today is indeed a bumper harvest!"
Guan Tong carefully put Ah She back into his pocket, and explained the snake dropping incident to Zhou Kong who didn't understand.
Xiaoyu picked up five buckets, and the village chief called everyone to call it a day.
When everyone went ashore, Que Ganhua looked at Ahu thoughtfully. With such a sensible cat, should he also ask Lan Yu for one?
The foster father helps supervise the old father to drink less.
The village head counted and found that the thirty or so barrels he had brought were all full. Excluding the five barrels of small fish, this year's harvest was good.
There are a total of sixty households in the village, and this year each household can be allocated two or three households.
The fishing activity was full of rewards, but halfway through the village head received a call, frowned, and said something to the branch secretary on the other end of the phone.
Lan Yu vaguely heard talking about artificial rain, and other villagers also carried buckets full of fish, saying that this year's rain is too little, and when the rice in the field is about to be watered, if it doesn't rain, we have to pump water from the small river .
Lan Yu put her head on Ah Hu's head, and Ah She, who Guan Tong reluctantly returned in her pocket, walked in the back with Que Ganhua.
Lin Jian injured his back while working abroad, and was squeezed away by other uncles when he wanted to pick fish. Now he took the three children to walk in the front, going around the hillside to pick some myrtle from time to time.
When they arrived at Lan Yu's old house, the fish were temporarily put into the blue plastic bucket in the courtyard. It was crowded with dark fish, which was a bit ugly, but in the eyes of the villagers, it was a harvest.
This year, the black fish harvested in Shitan, the back mountain of Meiyuan Mountain, is bumper.
Lan Yu distributed the Liangbai with honey to everyone, and asked everyone to sit down. The uncles didn't go in, but they pulled out a bench and sat in the corridor.
Que Ganhua looked at the crackling wild black fish in the big blue plastic bucket, and saw something interesting.
In the scorching heat of summer, Que Ganhua sweated after standing for a while, turned around and walked up three steps to the corridor between the courtyard and the front hall.
He carefully observed the carving style of the old house with great interest, stepped into the front hall and looked at the beams, windows and the seams of the door.After reading it, I was a little shocked. This...couldn't really be a house built entirely with mortise and tenon joints.
The uncles sitting on the porch of the right wing looked at Damei who was not afraid of people, and praised the cat for its good looks, and saw the kitten under Damei's belly with sharp eyes.
Of course, everyone lowered their voices subconsciously, for fear of disturbing the cat.
Guan Tong leaned into Zhou Kong's ear and whispered, Zhou Kong walked helplessly to the kitchen, while he himself ran to the refrigerator in the front hall to eat a large pudding, and handed one to Que Ganhua.
In terms of price, the popsicles Guan Tong bought were more expensive. After all, the small pudding was [-] cents and the big pudding was only [-] piece. The average price of those he bought was [-] yuan. Even if you buy [-] get [-] free, the price is still more expensive than the big pudding.Passing the big pudding to Que Ganhua was a smooth process, Guan Tong didn't have any other ideas.
Que Ganhua didn't think much about it. Looking at the blue and white package, she was a little interested. She tore open the package and took a bite. It tasted good.
Lan Yu took a big pudding by herself, and complained: "Didn't you say that the pudding popsicles I bought have a single taste, and you are the one who eats the most vigorously."
"That's because I was young and ignorant!" Guan Tong defended without stopping, "I am a loyal fan of pudding popsicles from today on!"
The various popsicles in the freezer were bought by Guan Tong, and the pudding in the small refrigerator in the front hall was bought by Lan Yu. When buying it, Guan Tong laughed at Lan Yu's taste, and was more active than anyone else when eating.
Zhou Kong took a big basin, filled it with popsicles, brought them out and put them on a wooden plinth next to the kitchen door, Guan Tong went over and told his uncles to take them by themselves, don't be too polite, just give him one more from the black fish later.
Everyone laughed and scolded Guan Tong for thinking beautifully, not being polite, and reached out to get the popsicle.
Not to mention, eating a popsicle in the summer really relieves the heat, but it's a bit chilly.
On the way back from the back mountain, the village chief posted a message in the group, and the villagers were rushing over one after another, and those who caught fish together were waiting to share the fish.
Zhou Kong looked at the villagers arriving one after another at the door, took out his mobile phone and called his brother, "Have you arrived yet?"
"Here we are." Team Zhou had just arrived at the foot of the mountain, and had a few words with the workers working on Maomao Mountain.
It wasn't too late when Team Zhou arrived, the village head had already started to divide the fish, set aside Lan Yu's share, the others lined up, and divided according to needs and contributions.
Every time those who help catch fish get a free fish as labor fee, others buy according to their needs and the distribution of the village head. The price is set by Lan Qiao, which is one yuan lower than the fish price in the market.
Team Zhou found Zhou Kong, and the two brothers leaned on the porch together to watch the bustling scene at the door of the kitchen, "Isn't this like selling fish?"
Zhou Kong replied after hearing the words, "No takeaway, basically all domestic sales, or half-sell and half-free." Then he told Team Zhou the rules and prices for buying fish.
Team Zhou: "Huh?"
Zhou Kong said very calmly: "So I said there are fish, bring money and come quickly."
"Understood." Team Zhou looked at the T-shirt and cropped trousers on his younger brother, and combined with what he heard from the villagers just now that whoever went into the water to help catch fish this year, he would get one more fish. gone."
Zhou Kong bowed his head and snorted: "I'm being passionate."
Team Zhou laughed.
Everyone was prepared in their hearts, and the village chief knew it well. After choosing the fish to weigh, they went to the side to pay the money. Lan Yu sat on the side and took notes on the weight and price.
This year's harvest is good. After all the villagers have finished dividing, there are still five three-pound ones left. Lan Yu and the village chief talked about Team Zhou. Enough is enough, and in the end it was stuffed with three more fish.
Team Zhou was about to pay when he was pushed out of the door by Zhou Kong, "Okay, you go back soon, it's already five o'clock, and Mom is going to cook."
"Okay, bro, let's go first, come to the house when you have time, my mother has accumulated sauerkraut, if you want to eat it, you can get it yourself." Team Zhou looked at the bright summer sky, reached out to mess with Zhou Kong's hair, and picked up The fish went down the mountain.
Zhou Kong watched his elder brother off, "Be careful on the road."
When Zhou Kong came back, Lin Sheng, the son of the village head, was discussing with Lan Yu where to eat for dinner.
What Lin Sheng meant was that at his house, the chickens and ducks were all killed.
Lan Yu thought for a while, "According to the old rules, my house has to open fire, but we have something to do at seven o'clock, so we can be back at eight o'clock."
Lin Sheng rubbed his chin and said, "It's eight o'clock, the sun is long now, and eight o'clock is not too late, so let's start a fire at your house, and I'll bring the chicken and duck over after cooking. When you come back at eight o'clock, you can start the fire." eat."
Lan Yu: "That's fine too."
Lin Sheng took out his mobile phone and checked the time, "I still have something to do, I'm going back first, if you need help here, let me know."
"Okay, you slow down."
Lan Yu sent Lin Sheng off, and returned to the front hall. The village head and Que Yanshu took out the chess and were fighting on the chessboard. Que Ganhua seemed to be videoing someone, showing the other party the house behind him from time to time, and lowered his voice with earphones.
"Old Guan hasn't come back yet." Before Lan Yu could speak, Lin Jianmo turned his head and said.
Lan Yu nodded: "Well, the puppet show starts at seven o'clock, and they say that it will only be performed for half an hour, and people can be picked up at eight o'clock."
"The days are long in summer, and it's still dark after seven o'clock." The village head thought for a while, "We will hold the banquet when Mr. Guan comes back. If you are hungry, cook some glutinous rice balls to fill your stomach."
Que Yanshu echoed: "Yes, I won't starve to death after a while, and Mr. Guan hasn't come back yet, so how can we start the banquet first."
"Brother Lin Sheng just said the same thing." Lan Yu smiled, "We eat barbecue at night, and the small fish and shrimp are also cleaned up and grilled, and the tender shrimp are just boiled."
Both Lin Jianmo and Que Yanshu had no objection, saying that it was fine for Lan Yu to make the decision, and the two old men were only responsible for eating.
Que Ganhua was speechless with the second brother on the other side of the video: Dad, you don't look like this at home.
Lan Yu went to the kitchen and talked to Guan Tong. Guan Tong rolled up his sleeves and was about to show off his cooking skills, but was stopped by Zhou Kong.
Zhou Kong took out the beef and ribs in the refrigerator and began to marinate them. He looked at the vegetables in the cupboard and ordered the two to chop some bamboo.
It is necessary to make bamboo tube rice, and then you need to sharpen some bamboo sticks for barbecue.Before Guan Tong could speak again, Zhou Kong pointed to the five barrels of small fish and said, "After the bamboo is cut back, these fish have to be cleaned up."
Guan Tong and Lan Yu didn't feel it when they were fishing, but now they saw so many small miscellaneous fish, and their scalps felt numb when they thought of cleaning the internal organs one by one.
When the two came to the bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain, Guan Tong complained softly: "My cooking skills are not that bad."
"Compared to the cooking skills of your seniors, your cooking skills are indeed unappreciable." Lan Yu said fairly.
Guan Tong touched his chin in embarrassment, "It seems to be the same. I have to go back to my hometown after the senior helps us build the greenhouse. I have to learn some crafts, otherwise I will starve my grandfather."
Lan Yu: "Huh? Go back to your hometown?"
Zhou Kong wants to go back to his hometown?
"Of course I have to go back. The senior's family is from the north. The company that the senior and his classmates jointly opened is also in their hometown. There is also a construction company to inherit at home." Guan Tong didn't notice Lan Yu's strange eyes and said it as a matter of course.
Seeing that there was nothing wrong with the expression on Guan Tong's face, Lan Yu was also a little puzzled, Guan Tong hasn't enlightened yet?
"This time, the senior came to see my brother and sister-in-law and return my favor by the way. My senior is a man of the school!" Guan Tong said with a look of admiration, and showed Lan Yu Zhou Kong's various designs when he was in college, "How about it? , Isn’t the senior very powerful!”
Lan Yu: "... very powerful."
Such a powerful person, if you say to build a pigsty, you will build it, and if you build a fence, you will build it. At noon, he also promised to help with the planting greenhouse.
Looking at it this way, you should be Guan Tong who is even more awesome.
Guan Tong raised his chin proudly, "That is!"
After cutting four moso bamboos, the two of them dragged two of them up the mountain. On the way up the mountain, Guan Tong kept outputting.
Lan Yu felt that her ears were a little dirty and she needed to wash them at night.
After stepping into the gate, Guan Tong shut up. The two saw the bamboo according to Zhou Kong's requirements and put it in a bucket for cleaning. Lan Yu was a little thirsty, so she opened the refrigerator and took a glass of spirit beast grass juice. Five people also handed a cup.
Que Ganhua looked at the disposable plastic cup in his hand that looked exactly like the photo taken with his father, and took a sip hesitantly. The village chief and Que Yanshu were already drinking it.
He frowned tightly, and the sourness in his mouth made people want to cry. After enduring it, the old man described the sweetness after the sourness, and after returning to the sweetness, there was the fresh taste of mint.He glanced at the old man and Uncle Lin who were drinking heavily.Que Ganhua had doubts about his taste buds, so he took another sip, and it was indeed different from the taste he had squeezed from the spirit beast grass juice from the same source. This cup was twice as sour and the aftertaste doubled.
How should I put it, there is a kind of spring water that comes out of a spring, and it is quite sweet when it comes out, and it feels the same when you pack it home and drink it.
But it tastes better than the ones he bought and sorted at the foot of Meiyuan Mountain, which also made him more certain that the spirit beast grass seeds in Lan Yu's hands were of high grade.
Lan Yu didn't care what Que Ganhua was thinking, and was arranged to sit on the porch of the kitchen with Guan Tong by Zhou Kong, and began to clean up the silvery white fish.
If the fish is too small, there is no need to remove the gills. For larger fish, use a fingernail to make a cut at the connection between the head and the body, and forcefully squeeze out the internal organs.
One is very simple, but five buckets of densely packed small fish can be handled...
Guan Tong dealt with it for a long time, and his tone was a little unlovable: "Brother, I think I am very tired."
Lan Yu looked sideways: "I'm tired too, my eyes are so tired now."
"Ah." Guan Tong looked up to the sky and sighed, "Why is the dried fish so delicious, but it's so troublesome to handle."
Zhou Kong, who finished handling the rice in the bamboo tube, came out with the remaining bamboo tube, "I'll take care of the small fish, you go get the bamboo sticks?"
Guan Tong thought for three seconds, then shook his head, "Forget it."
The two of them processed two barrels together, Guan Tong was quiet for a while, looking at the remaining three barrels, he couldn't help shouting up to the sky: "Heaven!"
"Boom!"
Guan Tong jumped up suddenly, throwing away the fish in his hand: "I'll wipe it!"
Lan Yu covered her ears with pain on her face, the voice was too loud, her ears hurt, and it felt like her eardrums were about to burst.
Zhou Kong had just peeled the bamboo sticks and was cooking in the kitchen when he suddenly heard a loud noise and Guan Tong's cry, rushed out and asked nervously, "What's wrong!"
"It seems to be thundering." Guan Tong was still in shock, and looked at the sky suspiciously, "Is it going to rain?"
The village head who played chess, Que Yanshu and Que Ganhua also came out, and everyone looked up at the sky.
There was no second ring.
The village chief walked outside the door and looked around, and asked strangely, "I didn't see a lot of clouds, is there artificial rain?"
Charmaine stuck out her tongue happily, it's raining, raining, raining!He likes to praise his uncles.
Uncles want it to rain, so let it rain!
"Boom!"
There was another loud bang, this time everyone could see clearly, the sky flickered with the sound of thunder, there was thunder and lightning, and it was indeed going to rain.
After a while, the sky suddenly turned dark, and the soybean-sized raindrops hit the ground in an instant, and soon soaked the dry ground as if it was steaming. The raindrops became more and more dense, and soon formed a line.
Everyone stood on the porch, watching the rain drop from drop to drop along the eaves, and soon formed a rain curtain. The bucket in the courtyard was soon half filled with water, and the mint planted in the corner was beaten. It has to be attached to the ground.
Lan Yu stood at the door of the kitchen, looking at Que Ganhua who was standing in the front hall, not very clearly, with a sense of fuzziness.
"It's raining heavily, and it's raining well!"
The village chief took a bamboo hat and coir raincoat and went out to have a look. It wasn't raining locally. Judging from the situation, it might be raining in the whole township. If I read it correctly, it was dark in the county town, and it was probably raining too.
It is said that spring rain is as expensive as oil. Their village grows two crops of rice, and summer rain is also very expensive. After all, it affects the harvest in October.
The more he watches, the happier he is. This is Timely Rain.
Que Ganhua took a photo of the porch in the rain and sent it to his second brother, and then sent it to Gu Kai. Seeing Gu Kai's screen swiping, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he cruelly rejected Gu Kai's video.
Can't make phone calls on rainy days.
This rain, it fell suddenly and stopped suddenly.
At six o'clock sharp, the rain stopped all of a sudden.
Everyone waited for 3 minutes, the rain did not come again, and the water in the courtyard was drained away. Lan Yu stepped on the floor washed clean by the rain, looked up at the clear blue sky as if it had been washed by the rain, breathing with the tip of her nose. An earthy air.
"Loving you is not two or three days~"
The ringtone that Guan Tong just changed was recommended by Senior Zhou Kong.
Seeing that it was Grandpa's call, Guan Tong answered it immediately, "Grandpa! It's raining just now, we can leave anytime!"
Lan Yu also came over. I haven't watched the puppet show for a long time, looking forward to it.
"Tong Bao...that..." Guan Lao hesitated to speak.
"What's wrong, Grandpa?" Guan Tong pressed the speakerphone, "Hey, Grandpa, talk to me."
"Tongbao, it rained just now, the field is wet..." Guan Lao's voice was exhausted.
"Let me tell." There was the voice of snatching the phone from over there, and the voice of Grandpa Li, "Tong Bao, the puppets are all given to you, my closed stage performance was ruined by my unfilial son, you come here now If the puppet is taken away, I will go and die with my son!"
"Farewell, Grandpa Li! We haven't seen you closing the stage yet!" The three shouted in unison.
"Old Li, bear with me, maybe your son didn't do it on purpose?" This was Guan Lao's comforting voice.
"I can't bear it! Is he Lao Tzu or I am Lao Tzu! He dared to say that I would burn my puppet without blocking the station! Today, he will die or I will live!" Li Lao roared, and then there was the sound of dialing.
The voice of the elderly phone is really loud, and Lan Yu can hear it clearly through a mobile phone.
"The surname is Li! What do you mean! I have tolerated you for a long time!"
On the other side of the phone, Mr. Guan and other old friends persuaded Grandpa Li to turn on the phone. The village chief and the others gathered around when they heard the voice, and listened to the voice of Mr. Guan's elderly phone live broadcasting Grandpa Li angrily scolding his unfilial son.
Lan Yu couldn't hear the answer of [Unfilial Son], but Grandpa Li was indeed very angry.
"What's wrong with me? I'm messing around, I'm old but I'm not confused!"
"You said children are afraid of puppets, so I put them away and hid them in the basement."
"You asked me to close the platform, I will listen to you obediently, and wait for your arrangement. You said that after the platform is closed, I will either throw away the puppet or give it away. If you dare to bring it home, you will burn it. A group of old partners who are about to die will give me the final closing performance."
"You said that the venue is not easy to rent, and we will pay for it; you said that the indoor venue is gone, there is only outdoor, and we have no objection; you said that our old script is not good, and you gave us a funny novel that we found on the Internet, and we contacted the author ourselves. , play script rehearsal."
At the end of Grandpa Li's speech, he began to choke up, "We, a group of old guys, practiced from dawn to dusk, our voices became hoarse and we took throat lozenges, just for the final stage closure. But you were lucky, a rain that lasted less than an hour, what did you say?" Slip, the performance is cancelled..."
"You speak out of your dark conscience! Is it too much for your old father to want to close the stage with an audience! My master was still performing everywhere at my age! How aggrieved I was when I closed the stage at such a young age. I didn't Say it! Just because I didn’t say it doesn’t mean I don’t know it!” Grandpa Li roared, “Li Chungang! I want to sever the father-son relationship with you!”
Lan Yu can imagine the picture of the old man blushing and thick neck without seeing it with his own eyes.
When the elderly machine was picked up by Grandpa Li again, the old man was refreshed and full of energy, as if the breath that was pent up in his chest was finally released, "Tong Bao, come to the nursing home, I entrust the puppet to you !"
Listening to Grandpa Li's angry voice, everyone felt extremely sour.
I only heard Grandpa Li continue: "I'm sorry, you won't be able to see the closed show, but the script can be passed on to you. The little girl who wrote this novel confiscated the copyright fee and gave it to me for free, but I secretly went to tip it." Hehe~"
"Okay, Grandpa Li, just wait, I'm leaving now!" Guan Tong replied loudly into the microphone.
Grandpa Li: "Okay! I'm waiting for you!"
The phone hung up, and before hanging up, I heard Grandpa Li yelling loudly: "How dare you call, don't answer!"
Guan Tong and Lan Yu looked at each other, they thought of going together, just like when Guan Tong came to see Lan Yu and sneaked off to see the slaughter of pigs when he was a child, they had the same thought at this moment.
Guan Tong: Bring people together, three audience members can also close the stage to perform!
Lan Yu: Yes, if you bring people together, how can there be no audience? Uncles in the village, just shout out on WeChat and come!
Guan Tong: Brother, you still understand brother!
Lan Yu: You go pick someone up, I'll call someone, no problem!
Zhou Kong: "..."
The village head and Que Yanshu each took a picture, waking up the two who were causing trouble, "Why are you in a daze, hurry up and pick him up."
Guan Tong woke up like a dream: "Oh oh oh." He pulled Zhou Kong and ran away.
Zhou Kongfan dragged Guan Tong upstairs, "The car keys are upstairs."
Lan Yu rolled her eyes, leaned closer to the village chief's ear, and muttered.
Que Ganhua was searching for a place name puppet show, looking at the popular science above, the corners of his mouth were pursed, and his eyes were obscure.
After listening to Lan Yu's idea, the village head said, "Everyone is happy to watch the free puppet show. Go and pick people up, and I'll shake them up for you."
Lan Yu habitually took out a candy from her pocket and handed it to the village chief who wanted to smoke.
The village head stared, Lan Yu smiled and said, "Brother Lin Sheng ordered it."
The village chief fell silent, peeled off the candy wrapper angrily, and ate the candy.
The village chief knows Guan Tong and Lan Yu better. One with parents is worse than no one, and the other has been sensible and caring since childhood. Looking at the eyes of the two of them, you can guess what they want to do. Just do it."
In the past, puppet theater troupes could be seen performing in every village, but now many children have never seen a puppet theater, let alone like it.
Nowadays, entertainment is so developed, TVs, mobile phones and computers are all exciting, and there are all kinds of live short videos.
There are two types of their puppet show, one is to lift the string, and the other is to hold the hand.
The thread-lifting is controlled by a person who connects the silk thread connecting the joints of the puppet, and then makes various movements and expressions.
Hand raising is to manipulate the puppet to make various expressions and movements under the cover of the dress.
In Lan Yu's place, the string-lifting style is popular, so among some older generations, the puppet show is also called hanging puppet show.
It is difficult to get started as a puppet master, and it tests finger and mouth skills. After all, you have to rely on two hands to flick the silk thread to control the puppet to make various movements and expressions, and to cooperate with rap and sing.
Talented and willing to work hard, but after studying as a teacher, there are not many performance opportunities, and the money earned is not much. Except for some inheritors and fans who can persist, most of them have changed careers.
The threshold is high, the income is low, and fewer and fewer people are learning it, and those who know it are becoming more and more unable to persist.
After Guan Tong and Zhou Kong took the keys and changed their clothes, the village head had already called Lin Sheng, "My pickup truck is open, so I can store my equipment."
Guan Tong, Zhou Kong, Lin Sheng, and Que Ganhua, who had watched the puppet show on Baidu, drove two Land Rovers (cars owned by Zhou Kong and Que Ganhua) and two pickup trucks (sponsored by Que Ganhua) to the nursing home in the county seat.
Lan Yu has a driver's license, but after getting the license, she basically never drove it.After wearing it back, Yu Jianfei was quite good at flying, so he got into Que Ganhua's car.
Guan Tong, Zhou Kong, Lin Sheng, and Que Ganhua were driving pickup-land rover-pickup-land rover respectively.
When Lan Yu got into the car, Ah She also followed. Ah She was sleeping in her pocket.
Que Ganhua drove seriously, Lan Yu closed his eyes and rested his mind, and casually chatted about the taste and combination of spirit animal grass juice on the way.
Lan Yu probably understood why Que Ganhua came here.
After the five people parked their cars, they saw a group of old people surrounded by the entrance of the nursing home, making a lot of noise.
The five squeezed in, and saw Grandpa Li standing in front of Mr. Guan and other elders in long robes, yelling at a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes who looked a bit Mediterranean: "You want to burn my puppet? dream!"
"Don't burn this evil thing, it will hinder your grandson, and your grandson's good fortune will be ruined because of these things!" The middle-aged man looked at Grandpa Li and hated iron, "Dad, don't So selfish, do you really want to disregard our lives for your own preferences?"
Grandpa Li suddenly calmed down. He looked at his son who had worked so hard to raise him coldly, "You say I am selfish, so I will be selfish for a while. Since you think I carved it myself, it took more than [-] years to complete the puppets. It's evil, and it's hindering my grandson's good fortune, so I will sever ties with you, or you can drive me out."
The middle-aged man seemed very impatient, he didn't expect the old man to be so stubborn, "Dad, you are only my son, how can you say such things as breaking off ties and separating the family so easily."
"Why not!" Grandpa Li saw Guan Tong and the others, who only knew Guan Tong, pointed at Guan Tong and said, "Li Chungang, as you said, as long as someone wants it, it will not be burned, and the person who will take over the puppet has already arrived. "
"No one wants those broken logs." Li Chungang remembered what the master said, and just about to say something, he heard a young man's voice behind him, "Grandpa! Here I come."
Li Chungang turned his head and saw five young and middle-aged men with an average height of over [-] walking side by side, and the shortest one greeted the old man: "Li
Looking up, I saw the old father holding a small and pitiful river prawn, and shouted at Lan Yu: "Lan Yu, can these prawns be fished?"
Lan Yu seemed to have heard the somewhat familiar name Lemon. Turning around, he saw that Que Ganhua had already hung up the video. Thinking it might be an illusion, he called back to Que Yanshu, "Okay, I'll serve you wine tonight!"
"That night, you can't drink me down again!" Que Yanshu lowered his head and touched another big clam, and threw it into the bucket happily.
Que Ganhua turned to look at Lan Yu.
As a son, he knew very well what old man Que's drinking capacity was. If he could drink him down, what Lan Yu's drinking capacity was.
Que Ganhua looked at Lan Yu's tall but slightly thin figure, and was very suspicious of the other party's drinking capacity. He guessed in his heart that it was very likely that the old man Que was getting old and his drinking capacity was not good, but he refused to admit it, saying that Lan Yu could drink well.
Thinking of his old father looking for wine from his wine cellar, Que Ganhua felt helpless for a while. The eldest brother asked himself to stare at his father and drink less wine, he couldn't stand it.
The old man had a lot of friends, so he drove casually to find an old comrade-in-arms for a drink, and they really couldn't find anyone for a while when they were sons.
In the evening, I can make the old man drink less and drink less, and I can make a job with my elder brother.
Putting aside his troubles for a while, his eyes focused on the scene in front of him again.
It is as if a boulder has been cut off by a quarter, and a small waterfall cascades down from the top of the horizon, hitting the flattened position. Perhaps it has accumulated over time, forming an eight-quarter-sized Shitan.
The stone pool seems to have been repaired, and the edges are relatively regular. Que Ganhua also saw several stone steps. The place where the waterfall hits is deep, and the surrounding area is shallow. The father standing at 1.8 meters tall, the water only reaches knees.
However, this stone pool seems to be sealed, and there is no need to see the water outlet. Que Ganhua's eyes can't help but look towards the east along the lines of the water.
"It only weighs four catties." Lan Yu took the big black fish from Guan Tong's hand, looked at the bucket that was almost full, and said, "Catch some small miscellaneous fish to make small dried fish."
"That's fine. I saw a lot of small fish just now. This year's harvest is very good." Guan Tong wiped off his sweat, his eyes focused on Lan Yu's left chest, and Zhou Kong couldn't help looking over it.
Guan Tong's eyes lit up, "Did you bring Ah Sheh too?"
Lan Yu lowered her head, it turned out that Ah She woke up for some reason, with a pair of black beaded eyes poking out half of her head, cutely sticking out her tongue at Guan Tong, "Ayu, Ayu, I want to throw up!"
"Yes, Ah Sheh is more clingy." Lan Yu lowered her head, and her spiritual sense transmitted her voice, "Did you eat something bad?"
"I met a black dragon halfway along the way. He wanted to eat me, so I had to find Ah Yu, so I turned around and ate him!" Ah She felt a little sad when she thought of this, and continued, "Who knows what he would eat?" So stingy, he can eat me, but I can't eat him, I'm so angry."
Lan Yu: "..."
Well, Ah Sheh was found by the reason brought by the system.
Guan Tong took the plastic bag from Zhou Kong, and before handing it to Lin Hangtu, he grabbed a handful of bright red thornberries and stood up, "You guys eat it, I just picked it and washed it."
The three of them cheered, took their bags and ran under the magnolia tree to sit and eat.
Guan Tong picked the biggest and reddest one from his hand, and handed it to Ah She carefully. Ah She looked at the thorny berries made up of small balls in front of her eyes, opened her mouth and carefully swallowed them into her stomach, and then One immediately came to his mouth.
Charmaine swallowed the second one, and then felt very sad, "This human being is so enthusiastic, does he want to make a wish, but I... can't make my wish come true."
Lan Yu: "No, he simply likes you."
Ah Sheh excitedly straightened her upper body, half of her body was out of the pocket, "Really, really, I'm so happy~"
Que Ganhua was watching the scenery silently, when he turned his head and saw a translucent pink pet snake in Lan Yu's pocket, this snake was quite cute.Dad's description of caring for animals is quite appropriate.
Charmaine twisted and turned excitedly, "Really! Guan Tong really likes me! I want to stick with him!"
Seeing Ah She's happy look, Lan Yu took it out and handed it to Guan Tong, "A Sheh likes you very much, please help me take care of you for a while."
Guan Tong was so happy that he didn't know how to put his hands and feet, "Then what should I do."
Lan Yu looked at the Mao Maoshan hero T-shirt of the same style as her, and put it gently in the pocket where her heart was.
Ah Sheh adjusted her position, felt the cheerful heart beating through the clothes, she was very satisfied, and there was another creature who liked her.
Ah Sheh is awesome!
Guan Tong hurriedly ran to show off, and the uncles couldn't bear to feel disgusted when they saw Ah She, who was squatting in her pocket and opening her delicate mouth obediently, eating the thorn berries that Guan Tong fed one by one.
Although I don't know why snakes can be pets, but looking at the snake called corn snake in front of me, it looks cute.
Those who can speak will praise, and those who are not good at words will also say that they are cute when Guan Tong asks if they are cute.
Ah Sheh was so happy, her already transparent pink body gradually turned pinker, her cheeks were covered with rouge as if shy.
After showing off for a while, Guan Tong happily took Zhou Kong to the water outlet of Shitan to catch small fish.
There is still an open space on the east edge of the stone pool, on which a few magnolias are planted, the roots firmly grip the soil, bypassing the trees and descending to the cliff, and vertically descending from the cliff is a small river.
There is a water outlet at the bottom of the east side of the stone pool, and a new waterfall is formed on the cliff through the cave, and the water flows straight into the small river.
At that time, Lan Qiao hired someone to renovate the stone pool, and modified it here too. The water outlet was made smaller and deeper, and the filter was installed ten centimeters from the sunken water outlet, so that some small miscellaneous fish could swim along the gap.
Big fish will not get stuck when they swim over, and when the number of fish in the rock pool is small and need to be released for seedlings, they will not all run away.
Guan Tong and Zhou Kong took a special net bag and put it at the water outlet, and soon the small fish swam into the net along the water, maybe because there were too many people in the stone pool, many small fish were driven to the water outlet , The net bag will soon be full.
Seeing this, Lan Yu carried an empty bucket and prepared to go over to help, turned her head to look at Ah Hu who was squatting on the magnolia tree and taking a nap with closed eyes, "Ah Hu."
Ah Hu opened his eyes, "Meow, what's the matter?"
"Help me look at these three." Lan Yu pointed to the three eating thorn berries under the tree.
Ah Hu stretched his waist, "Meow, okay, what are you going to do?"
"I'll catch some small fish and fry them." Lan Yu was already walking towards Guan Tong with her belongings.
Ah Hu: "Meow, ok, you go, I'll watch them for you."
After speaking, he jumped down, walked in front of the three little ones with elegant and domineering steps, and the three little ones squatted down flattered, wanting to hug them.
Ahu stretched out his paw perfunctorily, clapped his hands high, and then squatted down to look at the cub seriously.
Que Ganhua could only hear Ah Hu meowing back and forth, seeing that Lan Yu had really given the child to the cat, she was a little surprised, but didn't think much about it, but didn't look at the scenery anymore, and paid attention to the child while processing the messages on the phone here.
Lan Yu came to help, and the three of them each took a seat, and put the net bags in their hands in turn to the water outlet to guard the fish.
Charmaine poked her head out, looked at the water outlet, and said to herself: There are many fish, many fish~
Although she knows that she does not have the ability to fulfill her wishes, Ah Sheh still habitually wants to satisfy the inner wishes of those close to her.
This net bag was extremely heavy, and Guan Tong didn't use the right strength to lift it up. He didn't get up for the first time, but Charmaine was poking her head out to observe, and she slipped out of the pocket and fell into the water.
Guan Tong was startled: "Oh!" He quickly reached out and grabbed Ah Sheh back.
As soon as Ah She fell into the water, Guan Tong grabbed her by the waist. Guan Tong's hands became a little more nervous. It was nothing at all, but Ah She was a little nauseous, and ate a large handful of thornberries , opened his mouth, and spit out the indigestible black unknown demon pill.
The terrain of the stone pool is high on all sides and low in the middle, and the black pearl-sized demon pills roll towards the middle of the stone pool along with the gravitational force.
Ah She was picked up by Guan Tong, held it in his palm, and checked with concern whether she was injured.
Lan Yu felt everything, and was about to pick up this breathless demon pill with the silk thread condensed by his soul. The moment his soul touched the demon pill, Lan Yu seemed to see a monstrous monster soaring and surging in the clouds, and the deafening sound Ethereal yet real.
Lan Yu, who had never seen a dragon in the Cultivation Continent, now had an answer in her heart. This was the dragon pill of a fallen dragon.
Lan Yu was afraid that the dragon pill would have a bad influence, so she wanted to pick it up. She probed deeper, and found that there was only a trace of power left in the dragon pill, and it was the last remaining power just now.
After thinking for a while, he withdrew his soul thread, and let the damaged dragon core roll to the bottom of the pool. He muttered to himself: "When the Chinese New Year comes, the black fish will have a bumper harvest."
Guan Tong saw that Ah She was fine, and his nervousness dissipated. He vaguely heard what Lan Yu was saying, and raised his head, "What is it?"
Zhou Kong went ashore with a full bucket just now, and now he came back with an empty bucket, and asked doubtfully, "Huh?"
"I said it was a bumper harvest today." Lan Yu laughed.
Guan Tong looked at the small miscellaneous fish in the bucket at his feet, and agreed: "Today is indeed a bumper harvest!"
Guan Tong carefully put Ah She back into his pocket, and explained the snake dropping incident to Zhou Kong who didn't understand.
Xiaoyu picked up five buckets, and the village chief called everyone to call it a day.
When everyone went ashore, Que Ganhua looked at Ahu thoughtfully. With such a sensible cat, should he also ask Lan Yu for one?
The foster father helps supervise the old father to drink less.
The village head counted and found that the thirty or so barrels he had brought were all full. Excluding the five barrels of small fish, this year's harvest was good.
There are a total of sixty households in the village, and this year each household can be allocated two or three households.
The fishing activity was full of rewards, but halfway through the village head received a call, frowned, and said something to the branch secretary on the other end of the phone.
Lan Yu vaguely heard talking about artificial rain, and other villagers also carried buckets full of fish, saying that this year's rain is too little, and when the rice in the field is about to be watered, if it doesn't rain, we have to pump water from the small river .
Lan Yu put her head on Ah Hu's head, and Ah She, who Guan Tong reluctantly returned in her pocket, walked in the back with Que Ganhua.
Lin Jian injured his back while working abroad, and was squeezed away by other uncles when he wanted to pick fish. Now he took the three children to walk in the front, going around the hillside to pick some myrtle from time to time.
When they arrived at Lan Yu's old house, the fish were temporarily put into the blue plastic bucket in the courtyard. It was crowded with dark fish, which was a bit ugly, but in the eyes of the villagers, it was a harvest.
This year, the black fish harvested in Shitan, the back mountain of Meiyuan Mountain, is bumper.
Lan Yu distributed the Liangbai with honey to everyone, and asked everyone to sit down. The uncles didn't go in, but they pulled out a bench and sat in the corridor.
Que Ganhua looked at the crackling wild black fish in the big blue plastic bucket, and saw something interesting.
In the scorching heat of summer, Que Ganhua sweated after standing for a while, turned around and walked up three steps to the corridor between the courtyard and the front hall.
He carefully observed the carving style of the old house with great interest, stepped into the front hall and looked at the beams, windows and the seams of the door.After reading it, I was a little shocked. This...couldn't really be a house built entirely with mortise and tenon joints.
The uncles sitting on the porch of the right wing looked at Damei who was not afraid of people, and praised the cat for its good looks, and saw the kitten under Damei's belly with sharp eyes.
Of course, everyone lowered their voices subconsciously, for fear of disturbing the cat.
Guan Tong leaned into Zhou Kong's ear and whispered, Zhou Kong walked helplessly to the kitchen, while he himself ran to the refrigerator in the front hall to eat a large pudding, and handed one to Que Ganhua.
In terms of price, the popsicles Guan Tong bought were more expensive. After all, the small pudding was [-] cents and the big pudding was only [-] piece. The average price of those he bought was [-] yuan. Even if you buy [-] get [-] free, the price is still more expensive than the big pudding.Passing the big pudding to Que Ganhua was a smooth process, Guan Tong didn't have any other ideas.
Que Ganhua didn't think much about it. Looking at the blue and white package, she was a little interested. She tore open the package and took a bite. It tasted good.
Lan Yu took a big pudding by herself, and complained: "Didn't you say that the pudding popsicles I bought have a single taste, and you are the one who eats the most vigorously."
"That's because I was young and ignorant!" Guan Tong defended without stopping, "I am a loyal fan of pudding popsicles from today on!"
The various popsicles in the freezer were bought by Guan Tong, and the pudding in the small refrigerator in the front hall was bought by Lan Yu. When buying it, Guan Tong laughed at Lan Yu's taste, and was more active than anyone else when eating.
Zhou Kong took a big basin, filled it with popsicles, brought them out and put them on a wooden plinth next to the kitchen door, Guan Tong went over and told his uncles to take them by themselves, don't be too polite, just give him one more from the black fish later.
Everyone laughed and scolded Guan Tong for thinking beautifully, not being polite, and reached out to get the popsicle.
Not to mention, eating a popsicle in the summer really relieves the heat, but it's a bit chilly.
On the way back from the back mountain, the village chief posted a message in the group, and the villagers were rushing over one after another, and those who caught fish together were waiting to share the fish.
Zhou Kong looked at the villagers arriving one after another at the door, took out his mobile phone and called his brother, "Have you arrived yet?"
"Here we are." Team Zhou had just arrived at the foot of the mountain, and had a few words with the workers working on Maomao Mountain.
It wasn't too late when Team Zhou arrived, the village head had already started to divide the fish, set aside Lan Yu's share, the others lined up, and divided according to needs and contributions.
Every time those who help catch fish get a free fish as labor fee, others buy according to their needs and the distribution of the village head. The price is set by Lan Qiao, which is one yuan lower than the fish price in the market.
Team Zhou found Zhou Kong, and the two brothers leaned on the porch together to watch the bustling scene at the door of the kitchen, "Isn't this like selling fish?"
Zhou Kong replied after hearing the words, "No takeaway, basically all domestic sales, or half-sell and half-free." Then he told Team Zhou the rules and prices for buying fish.
Team Zhou: "Huh?"
Zhou Kong said very calmly: "So I said there are fish, bring money and come quickly."
"Understood." Team Zhou looked at the T-shirt and cropped trousers on his younger brother, and combined with what he heard from the villagers just now that whoever went into the water to help catch fish this year, he would get one more fish. gone."
Zhou Kong bowed his head and snorted: "I'm being passionate."
Team Zhou laughed.
Everyone was prepared in their hearts, and the village chief knew it well. After choosing the fish to weigh, they went to the side to pay the money. Lan Yu sat on the side and took notes on the weight and price.
This year's harvest is good. After all the villagers have finished dividing, there are still five three-pound ones left. Lan Yu and the village chief talked about Team Zhou. Enough is enough, and in the end it was stuffed with three more fish.
Team Zhou was about to pay when he was pushed out of the door by Zhou Kong, "Okay, you go back soon, it's already five o'clock, and Mom is going to cook."
"Okay, bro, let's go first, come to the house when you have time, my mother has accumulated sauerkraut, if you want to eat it, you can get it yourself." Team Zhou looked at the bright summer sky, reached out to mess with Zhou Kong's hair, and picked up The fish went down the mountain.
Zhou Kong watched his elder brother off, "Be careful on the road."
When Zhou Kong came back, Lin Sheng, the son of the village head, was discussing with Lan Yu where to eat for dinner.
What Lin Sheng meant was that at his house, the chickens and ducks were all killed.
Lan Yu thought for a while, "According to the old rules, my house has to open fire, but we have something to do at seven o'clock, so we can be back at eight o'clock."
Lin Sheng rubbed his chin and said, "It's eight o'clock, the sun is long now, and eight o'clock is not too late, so let's start a fire at your house, and I'll bring the chicken and duck over after cooking. When you come back at eight o'clock, you can start the fire." eat."
Lan Yu: "That's fine too."
Lin Sheng took out his mobile phone and checked the time, "I still have something to do, I'm going back first, if you need help here, let me know."
"Okay, you slow down."
Lan Yu sent Lin Sheng off, and returned to the front hall. The village head and Que Yanshu took out the chess and were fighting on the chessboard. Que Ganhua seemed to be videoing someone, showing the other party the house behind him from time to time, and lowered his voice with earphones.
"Old Guan hasn't come back yet." Before Lan Yu could speak, Lin Jianmo turned his head and said.
Lan Yu nodded: "Well, the puppet show starts at seven o'clock, and they say that it will only be performed for half an hour, and people can be picked up at eight o'clock."
"The days are long in summer, and it's still dark after seven o'clock." The village head thought for a while, "We will hold the banquet when Mr. Guan comes back. If you are hungry, cook some glutinous rice balls to fill your stomach."
Que Yanshu echoed: "Yes, I won't starve to death after a while, and Mr. Guan hasn't come back yet, so how can we start the banquet first."
"Brother Lin Sheng just said the same thing." Lan Yu smiled, "We eat barbecue at night, and the small fish and shrimp are also cleaned up and grilled, and the tender shrimp are just boiled."
Both Lin Jianmo and Que Yanshu had no objection, saying that it was fine for Lan Yu to make the decision, and the two old men were only responsible for eating.
Que Ganhua was speechless with the second brother on the other side of the video: Dad, you don't look like this at home.
Lan Yu went to the kitchen and talked to Guan Tong. Guan Tong rolled up his sleeves and was about to show off his cooking skills, but was stopped by Zhou Kong.
Zhou Kong took out the beef and ribs in the refrigerator and began to marinate them. He looked at the vegetables in the cupboard and ordered the two to chop some bamboo.
It is necessary to make bamboo tube rice, and then you need to sharpen some bamboo sticks for barbecue.Before Guan Tong could speak again, Zhou Kong pointed to the five barrels of small fish and said, "After the bamboo is cut back, these fish have to be cleaned up."
Guan Tong and Lan Yu didn't feel it when they were fishing, but now they saw so many small miscellaneous fish, and their scalps felt numb when they thought of cleaning the internal organs one by one.
When the two came to the bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain, Guan Tong complained softly: "My cooking skills are not that bad."
"Compared to the cooking skills of your seniors, your cooking skills are indeed unappreciable." Lan Yu said fairly.
Guan Tong touched his chin in embarrassment, "It seems to be the same. I have to go back to my hometown after the senior helps us build the greenhouse. I have to learn some crafts, otherwise I will starve my grandfather."
Lan Yu: "Huh? Go back to your hometown?"
Zhou Kong wants to go back to his hometown?
"Of course I have to go back. The senior's family is from the north. The company that the senior and his classmates jointly opened is also in their hometown. There is also a construction company to inherit at home." Guan Tong didn't notice Lan Yu's strange eyes and said it as a matter of course.
Seeing that there was nothing wrong with the expression on Guan Tong's face, Lan Yu was also a little puzzled, Guan Tong hasn't enlightened yet?
"This time, the senior came to see my brother and sister-in-law and return my favor by the way. My senior is a man of the school!" Guan Tong said with a look of admiration, and showed Lan Yu Zhou Kong's various designs when he was in college, "How about it? , Isn’t the senior very powerful!”
Lan Yu: "... very powerful."
Such a powerful person, if you say to build a pigsty, you will build it, and if you build a fence, you will build it. At noon, he also promised to help with the planting greenhouse.
Looking at it this way, you should be Guan Tong who is even more awesome.
Guan Tong raised his chin proudly, "That is!"
After cutting four moso bamboos, the two of them dragged two of them up the mountain. On the way up the mountain, Guan Tong kept outputting.
Lan Yu felt that her ears were a little dirty and she needed to wash them at night.
After stepping into the gate, Guan Tong shut up. The two saw the bamboo according to Zhou Kong's requirements and put it in a bucket for cleaning. Lan Yu was a little thirsty, so she opened the refrigerator and took a glass of spirit beast grass juice. Five people also handed a cup.
Que Ganhua looked at the disposable plastic cup in his hand that looked exactly like the photo taken with his father, and took a sip hesitantly. The village chief and Que Yanshu were already drinking it.
He frowned tightly, and the sourness in his mouth made people want to cry. After enduring it, the old man described the sweetness after the sourness, and after returning to the sweetness, there was the fresh taste of mint.He glanced at the old man and Uncle Lin who were drinking heavily.Que Ganhua had doubts about his taste buds, so he took another sip, and it was indeed different from the taste he had squeezed from the spirit beast grass juice from the same source. This cup was twice as sour and the aftertaste doubled.
How should I put it, there is a kind of spring water that comes out of a spring, and it is quite sweet when it comes out, and it feels the same when you pack it home and drink it.
But it tastes better than the ones he bought and sorted at the foot of Meiyuan Mountain, which also made him more certain that the spirit beast grass seeds in Lan Yu's hands were of high grade.
Lan Yu didn't care what Que Ganhua was thinking, and was arranged to sit on the porch of the kitchen with Guan Tong by Zhou Kong, and began to clean up the silvery white fish.
If the fish is too small, there is no need to remove the gills. For larger fish, use a fingernail to make a cut at the connection between the head and the body, and forcefully squeeze out the internal organs.
One is very simple, but five buckets of densely packed small fish can be handled...
Guan Tong dealt with it for a long time, and his tone was a little unlovable: "Brother, I think I am very tired."
Lan Yu looked sideways: "I'm tired too, my eyes are so tired now."
"Ah." Guan Tong looked up to the sky and sighed, "Why is the dried fish so delicious, but it's so troublesome to handle."
Zhou Kong, who finished handling the rice in the bamboo tube, came out with the remaining bamboo tube, "I'll take care of the small fish, you go get the bamboo sticks?"
Guan Tong thought for three seconds, then shook his head, "Forget it."
The two of them processed two barrels together, Guan Tong was quiet for a while, looking at the remaining three barrels, he couldn't help shouting up to the sky: "Heaven!"
"Boom!"
Guan Tong jumped up suddenly, throwing away the fish in his hand: "I'll wipe it!"
Lan Yu covered her ears with pain on her face, the voice was too loud, her ears hurt, and it felt like her eardrums were about to burst.
Zhou Kong had just peeled the bamboo sticks and was cooking in the kitchen when he suddenly heard a loud noise and Guan Tong's cry, rushed out and asked nervously, "What's wrong!"
"It seems to be thundering." Guan Tong was still in shock, and looked at the sky suspiciously, "Is it going to rain?"
The village head who played chess, Que Yanshu and Que Ganhua also came out, and everyone looked up at the sky.
There was no second ring.
The village chief walked outside the door and looked around, and asked strangely, "I didn't see a lot of clouds, is there artificial rain?"
Charmaine stuck out her tongue happily, it's raining, raining, raining!He likes to praise his uncles.
Uncles want it to rain, so let it rain!
"Boom!"
There was another loud bang, this time everyone could see clearly, the sky flickered with the sound of thunder, there was thunder and lightning, and it was indeed going to rain.
After a while, the sky suddenly turned dark, and the soybean-sized raindrops hit the ground in an instant, and soon soaked the dry ground as if it was steaming. The raindrops became more and more dense, and soon formed a line.
Everyone stood on the porch, watching the rain drop from drop to drop along the eaves, and soon formed a rain curtain. The bucket in the courtyard was soon half filled with water, and the mint planted in the corner was beaten. It has to be attached to the ground.
Lan Yu stood at the door of the kitchen, looking at Que Ganhua who was standing in the front hall, not very clearly, with a sense of fuzziness.
"It's raining heavily, and it's raining well!"
The village chief took a bamboo hat and coir raincoat and went out to have a look. It wasn't raining locally. Judging from the situation, it might be raining in the whole township. If I read it correctly, it was dark in the county town, and it was probably raining too.
It is said that spring rain is as expensive as oil. Their village grows two crops of rice, and summer rain is also very expensive. After all, it affects the harvest in October.
The more he watches, the happier he is. This is Timely Rain.
Que Ganhua took a photo of the porch in the rain and sent it to his second brother, and then sent it to Gu Kai. Seeing Gu Kai's screen swiping, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he cruelly rejected Gu Kai's video.
Can't make phone calls on rainy days.
This rain, it fell suddenly and stopped suddenly.
At six o'clock sharp, the rain stopped all of a sudden.
Everyone waited for 3 minutes, the rain did not come again, and the water in the courtyard was drained away. Lan Yu stepped on the floor washed clean by the rain, looked up at the clear blue sky as if it had been washed by the rain, breathing with the tip of her nose. An earthy air.
"Loving you is not two or three days~"
The ringtone that Guan Tong just changed was recommended by Senior Zhou Kong.
Seeing that it was Grandpa's call, Guan Tong answered it immediately, "Grandpa! It's raining just now, we can leave anytime!"
Lan Yu also came over. I haven't watched the puppet show for a long time, looking forward to it.
"Tong Bao...that..." Guan Lao hesitated to speak.
"What's wrong, Grandpa?" Guan Tong pressed the speakerphone, "Hey, Grandpa, talk to me."
"Tongbao, it rained just now, the field is wet..." Guan Lao's voice was exhausted.
"Let me tell." There was the voice of snatching the phone from over there, and the voice of Grandpa Li, "Tong Bao, the puppets are all given to you, my closed stage performance was ruined by my unfilial son, you come here now If the puppet is taken away, I will go and die with my son!"
"Farewell, Grandpa Li! We haven't seen you closing the stage yet!" The three shouted in unison.
"Old Li, bear with me, maybe your son didn't do it on purpose?" This was Guan Lao's comforting voice.
"I can't bear it! Is he Lao Tzu or I am Lao Tzu! He dared to say that I would burn my puppet without blocking the station! Today, he will die or I will live!" Li Lao roared, and then there was the sound of dialing.
The voice of the elderly phone is really loud, and Lan Yu can hear it clearly through a mobile phone.
"The surname is Li! What do you mean! I have tolerated you for a long time!"
On the other side of the phone, Mr. Guan and other old friends persuaded Grandpa Li to turn on the phone. The village chief and the others gathered around when they heard the voice, and listened to the voice of Mr. Guan's elderly phone live broadcasting Grandpa Li angrily scolding his unfilial son.
Lan Yu couldn't hear the answer of [Unfilial Son], but Grandpa Li was indeed very angry.
"What's wrong with me? I'm messing around, I'm old but I'm not confused!"
"You said children are afraid of puppets, so I put them away and hid them in the basement."
"You asked me to close the platform, I will listen to you obediently, and wait for your arrangement. You said that after the platform is closed, I will either throw away the puppet or give it away. If you dare to bring it home, you will burn it. A group of old partners who are about to die will give me the final closing performance."
"You said that the venue is not easy to rent, and we will pay for it; you said that the indoor venue is gone, there is only outdoor, and we have no objection; you said that our old script is not good, and you gave us a funny novel that we found on the Internet, and we contacted the author ourselves. , play script rehearsal."
At the end of Grandpa Li's speech, he began to choke up, "We, a group of old guys, practiced from dawn to dusk, our voices became hoarse and we took throat lozenges, just for the final stage closure. But you were lucky, a rain that lasted less than an hour, what did you say?" Slip, the performance is cancelled..."
"You speak out of your dark conscience! Is it too much for your old father to want to close the stage with an audience! My master was still performing everywhere at my age! How aggrieved I was when I closed the stage at such a young age. I didn't Say it! Just because I didn’t say it doesn’t mean I don’t know it!” Grandpa Li roared, “Li Chungang! I want to sever the father-son relationship with you!”
Lan Yu can imagine the picture of the old man blushing and thick neck without seeing it with his own eyes.
When the elderly machine was picked up by Grandpa Li again, the old man was refreshed and full of energy, as if the breath that was pent up in his chest was finally released, "Tong Bao, come to the nursing home, I entrust the puppet to you !"
Listening to Grandpa Li's angry voice, everyone felt extremely sour.
I only heard Grandpa Li continue: "I'm sorry, you won't be able to see the closed show, but the script can be passed on to you. The little girl who wrote this novel confiscated the copyright fee and gave it to me for free, but I secretly went to tip it." Hehe~"
"Okay, Grandpa Li, just wait, I'm leaving now!" Guan Tong replied loudly into the microphone.
Grandpa Li: "Okay! I'm waiting for you!"
The phone hung up, and before hanging up, I heard Grandpa Li yelling loudly: "How dare you call, don't answer!"
Guan Tong and Lan Yu looked at each other, they thought of going together, just like when Guan Tong came to see Lan Yu and sneaked off to see the slaughter of pigs when he was a child, they had the same thought at this moment.
Guan Tong: Bring people together, three audience members can also close the stage to perform!
Lan Yu: Yes, if you bring people together, how can there be no audience? Uncles in the village, just shout out on WeChat and come!
Guan Tong: Brother, you still understand brother!
Lan Yu: You go pick someone up, I'll call someone, no problem!
Zhou Kong: "..."
The village head and Que Yanshu each took a picture, waking up the two who were causing trouble, "Why are you in a daze, hurry up and pick him up."
Guan Tong woke up like a dream: "Oh oh oh." He pulled Zhou Kong and ran away.
Zhou Kongfan dragged Guan Tong upstairs, "The car keys are upstairs."
Lan Yu rolled her eyes, leaned closer to the village chief's ear, and muttered.
Que Ganhua was searching for a place name puppet show, looking at the popular science above, the corners of his mouth were pursed, and his eyes were obscure.
After listening to Lan Yu's idea, the village head said, "Everyone is happy to watch the free puppet show. Go and pick people up, and I'll shake them up for you."
Lan Yu habitually took out a candy from her pocket and handed it to the village chief who wanted to smoke.
The village head stared, Lan Yu smiled and said, "Brother Lin Sheng ordered it."
The village chief fell silent, peeled off the candy wrapper angrily, and ate the candy.
The village chief knows Guan Tong and Lan Yu better. One with parents is worse than no one, and the other has been sensible and caring since childhood. Looking at the eyes of the two of them, you can guess what they want to do. Just do it."
In the past, puppet theater troupes could be seen performing in every village, but now many children have never seen a puppet theater, let alone like it.
Nowadays, entertainment is so developed, TVs, mobile phones and computers are all exciting, and there are all kinds of live short videos.
There are two types of their puppet show, one is to lift the string, and the other is to hold the hand.
The thread-lifting is controlled by a person who connects the silk thread connecting the joints of the puppet, and then makes various movements and expressions.
Hand raising is to manipulate the puppet to make various expressions and movements under the cover of the dress.
In Lan Yu's place, the string-lifting style is popular, so among some older generations, the puppet show is also called hanging puppet show.
It is difficult to get started as a puppet master, and it tests finger and mouth skills. After all, you have to rely on two hands to flick the silk thread to control the puppet to make various movements and expressions, and to cooperate with rap and sing.
Talented and willing to work hard, but after studying as a teacher, there are not many performance opportunities, and the money earned is not much. Except for some inheritors and fans who can persist, most of them have changed careers.
The threshold is high, the income is low, and fewer and fewer people are learning it, and those who know it are becoming more and more unable to persist.
After Guan Tong and Zhou Kong took the keys and changed their clothes, the village head had already called Lin Sheng, "My pickup truck is open, so I can store my equipment."
Guan Tong, Zhou Kong, Lin Sheng, and Que Ganhua, who had watched the puppet show on Baidu, drove two Land Rovers (cars owned by Zhou Kong and Que Ganhua) and two pickup trucks (sponsored by Que Ganhua) to the nursing home in the county seat.
Lan Yu has a driver's license, but after getting the license, she basically never drove it.After wearing it back, Yu Jianfei was quite good at flying, so he got into Que Ganhua's car.
Guan Tong, Zhou Kong, Lin Sheng, and Que Ganhua were driving pickup-land rover-pickup-land rover respectively.
When Lan Yu got into the car, Ah She also followed. Ah She was sleeping in her pocket.
Que Ganhua drove seriously, Lan Yu closed his eyes and rested his mind, and casually chatted about the taste and combination of spirit animal grass juice on the way.
Lan Yu probably understood why Que Ganhua came here.
After the five people parked their cars, they saw a group of old people surrounded by the entrance of the nursing home, making a lot of noise.
The five squeezed in, and saw Grandpa Li standing in front of Mr. Guan and other elders in long robes, yelling at a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes who looked a bit Mediterranean: "You want to burn my puppet? dream!"
"Don't burn this evil thing, it will hinder your grandson, and your grandson's good fortune will be ruined because of these things!" The middle-aged man looked at Grandpa Li and hated iron, "Dad, don't So selfish, do you really want to disregard our lives for your own preferences?"
Grandpa Li suddenly calmed down. He looked at his son who had worked so hard to raise him coldly, "You say I am selfish, so I will be selfish for a while. Since you think I carved it myself, it took more than [-] years to complete the puppets. It's evil, and it's hindering my grandson's good fortune, so I will sever ties with you, or you can drive me out."
The middle-aged man seemed very impatient, he didn't expect the old man to be so stubborn, "Dad, you are only my son, how can you say such things as breaking off ties and separating the family so easily."
"Why not!" Grandpa Li saw Guan Tong and the others, who only knew Guan Tong, pointed at Guan Tong and said, "Li Chungang, as you said, as long as someone wants it, it will not be burned, and the person who will take over the puppet has already arrived. "
"No one wants those broken logs." Li Chungang remembered what the master said, and just about to say something, he heard a young man's voice behind him, "Grandpa! Here I come."
Li Chungang turned his head and saw five young and middle-aged men with an average height of over [-] walking side by side, and the shortest one greeted the old man: "Li
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