Tao Hongying drove the mule cart to another village called Xiaowang Village.
There are many people in Darongshu Village, which is only four or five miles southwest of Suijintan. It is clean and prosperous.
Xiaowang Village is a little far away, but it is seven or eight miles southeast of Suijintan, close to the official road, and there are more people doing business in the village.
The Li family's mule cart really bought a lot of things here, including oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar, a piece of fresh pork belly, and even a dozen pieces of freshly cooked tofu.
Jiayin's mouth watered when she thought of the big fish stewed with tofu, and she quietly moved two more carps out of the space.
The two carps suddenly ran out of water and jumped angrily, splashing the water on the old lady's face.
She quickly pulled the rope, pierced the gills of the two fish, and hung them on the basket. Then she glared at her granddaughter and warned her in a low voice, "We'll be home soon, please be honest."
Jiayin chuckled. , threw herself into grandma's arms, and smeared saliva all over grandma's face.
Mrs. Li sighed inwardly, feeling really happy and conflicted.
The little granddaughter, who was less than two years old, knew how to avoid her injured shoulder even if she threw herself into her arms coquettishly.
Who could not love such a sensible child?
It's her magical ability that always makes people fearful.
Now that the family has little ability and cannot help to do good deeds and accumulate merit, will the granddaughter's longevity be shortened?
"Hongying, take the big fish and tofu you just bought on the road, add some cabbage, stew some more, and share it with everyone, especially the village chief, Uncle Zhao, the doctor Zhang, and the new Master Han. Don't be left behind."
"I know, mother, our family has good food, and these elders have never been left behind." Tao Hongying turned around, glanced at the two big fish, and cracked the whip two more times in her hand.
Seeing that the sun was almost reaching her head, she was in a hurry to go back and cook.
Thousands of tofu and thousands of fish, this big dish is not delicious if it is stewed for a short time.
Sure enough, by this time all the people working on the mountain had returned.
Zhao Yuru and Dongmei cooked sorghum rice porridge together and were wondering what to cook.
Seeing Mrs. Li and her daughter-in-law returning home with a full load, not to mention their own family members who were surprised and happy, even the villagers also came over one after another.
"Auntie, have you become rich? You actually bought so many things?"
Mrs. Li jumped out of the car with a smile and responded loudly, "I visited both Darongshu Village and Xiaowang Village. I'm lucky. I bought two big fish and tofu and stewed them in a while. Everyone followed to satisfy their greed."
"No, no, Auntie, you can keep it for the children. Jiaxi Jiaan is still injured, that is Funiu. They were all frightened, please give more supplements to the children."
The villagers declined sincerely, and Mrs. Li didn't say much.
But the Li family kept only half of the cabbage and radishes they unloaded, and let the villagers carry the rest to Dazao.
Soon, as soon as Mrs. Li hid the basket of eggs, the village chief sent someone to bring three or four kilograms of japonica rice over, obviously not wanting the Li family to suffer a loss.
Mrs. Li happily gave it up and sat in the shack to rest.
Jia Huan, who had always been taciturn, was smiling from ear to ear while carrying two big fish. Le Dian Dian ran to the river to clean them up and asked her grandma loudly.
"Grandma, do you want to fry this fish in oil and then stew it?"
Mrs. Li couldn't help but smile and replied, "Don't be afraid of wasting oil. You can make it as delicious as you want. It's rare to encounter a big fish. Besides, I bought it today. I came back with two kilograms of oil, and it's just like this."
Jiayin sat next to her grandma with her little face in her hands, drooling at her stove, wishing that the big fish could be stewed immediately.
Jia'an Jiaxi was sitting in the shack, wearing half of his trousers, with his legs and bare feet exposed. The blisters on my legs have shrunk a bit because of the medicine, but the color is not good-looking.
But it was so lively outside, especially the big white goose that I bought and tied to the side of the shack, attracting more than a dozen children from the whole village, all chattering and laughing.
"Is this the big white goose? My mother said that one goose egg is bigger than three chicken eggs!"
"Your mother is lying. Look at how small her butt is."
"My mother doesn't lie. If you don't believe me, ask Grandma Li to take a goose egg and see it."
"No, I'm afraid that Grandma Li will beat someone. Yesterday's Anjia family Xi was pinched."
Jia An Jia Xi was in the shack, feeling as if his heart had been scratched by a cat, itching terribly.
While grandma was holding her sister and watching my mother stew fish, they quietly opened a hole in the back of the shack and got out.
When the friends saw them, they were all surprised. They even wanted to call someone but their mouths were covered.
When naughty boys get together, never expect them to be quiet.
After a while, a boy picked up the big white goose, buttocks upward. Everyone came forward, not only to look at it, but also to study it.
Doesn't the big white goose have no respect for face? Aren't you shy?
So, just when Jiayin was about to gulp down his saliva, he heard a scream next to the shack.
Then, the naughty boys stumbled out, followed by the crazy white goose.
The big white goose kept running and flying low, specializing in catching naughty boys' buttocks and pecking them hard.
For a moment, there were howling ghosts and wolves in the valley, which made everyone jump up in shock, thinking that a wild beast or insect snake had come in.
In the end, it was Li Laosi who pinched the big white goose's neck and saved Jia An Jiaxi, who was the most attacked.
"What's going on with you two? If you don't recuperate in the shack, why are you provoking a big goose?"
Jia An's family was so happy that they cried without tears. They were just curious.
The villagers also arrested their own boys for questioning. When they understood the whole story, everyone was really funny. Angry again.
Needless to say, every one of the naughty boys was slapped and starved.
Jiaxi and Jiaan were no exception. Li Laosi took them and washed their dirty feet in the hot spring, then threw them into the shack. The whole family ignored them.
Soon, the big fish stewed with tofu and cabbage came out of the pot, and the elderly in the village all shared a bowl, especially the new Master Han. There was a large piece of fish in his bowl, and he was so happy that he kept thanking him.
In the end, there was only half the pot left. Mrs. Li chose a bowl of fish for her granddaughter, poured a spoonful of fish soup on it, and the whole family gathered around the stove to eat.
"Smells, it smells really good!"
"Yes, fish stew needs to be fried in oil to remove the fishy smell and the color of the fish soup will be better."
"Tofu is the most delicious. After soaking up the fish soup, it will be oily with every bite. ."
Everyone praised it while eating, and the greedy An Jiaxi cried in the shack.
Jiayin smiled and squatted in the shack to eat fish. He saw his two brothers crying with runny noses and tears, and laughing until their intestines were knotted.
In fact, fish are hairy animals. There are so many blisters on their legs. Even if they are not naughty, they cannot be fed.
But they don't know, they really think that their family doesn't care about them, they are as pitiful as abandoned puppies.
Jiayin was not going to tell them, because these two brothers were too naughty.
Yesterday she almost became a slate barbecue, and today her legs were covered in blisters without being able to calm down, and she was in a state of chaos in the camp.
If I don't scare them, I'm afraid there will be trouble in the future.
It was obvious that every family had this idea. They ate when they needed to and drank when they needed to. They pretended that they couldn't see the naughty boys, letting them rub their butts that had been scratched by the goose, and then hungrily wiped away their tears.