Chapter 144 Gu Jiandong Catches Fish
During this period, my family members get up at three or four o'clock every day, make breakfast, eat a few mouthfuls, and then go out to work.
Shen Shuyu was afraid that her grandparents would be tired, so she thought of ways to make delicious food for them, with plenty of oil and Shen Shuyu's spiritual spring water.
The old couple worked from morning to night without feeling tired. Every night after work, they would go to the vegetable garden to weed.
After these days of hard work, the people in the first, second, and third rooms were so tired that they couldn't even straighten their backs. They all looked like they had shed a layer of skin.
Uncle Shen and Zhang Cuicui saw their parents coming back and could carry hoes to the backyard to weed and water.
One by one, they began to doubt their physical fitness.
Are they too weak? They do the same work as their parents.
After work, I feel like all my energy has been drained away. I'm so tired that I don't even want to move my fingers. But my parents look like they can still harvest two acres of corn. What's going on?
Zhang Cuicui, Li Caixia, and Liu Pan were so tired that they didn't even want to cook dinner. They pushed their husbands away.
"You go and cook, I don't want to cook tonight."
Uncle Shen and Uncle Two were also tired, so they pushed their sons beside them.
"Jiabao (Jiaguo) goes to cook."
Uncle Shen had no son to tell him what to do, so he had to get up and cook dinner.
The desire for a son reached its peak at this moment.
Liu Pandi had the same idea. She touched her belly unconsciously, not knowing whether she could still get pregnant.
Shen Shuyu saw that everyone in the family had returned, but she didn't see Gu Jiandong, so she asked, "Xiao Qiu, did you see Gu Jiandong when you came back?"
Shen Qiu lay on the recliner, squinting his eyes, "Brother Jiandong said he would be back later, he wanted to go swimming in the river."
Knowing where he was, Shen Shuyu no longer cared about him.
At around nine o'clock, Gu Jiandong and Bai Luobo came back. Both Gu Jiandong and his dog were wet, with a string of fish hanging around their necks.
Li Caixia was the first to come forward and said, "Oh, why are there so many fish? Jiandong, you went swimming and there were so many fish hanging on your body.
It's so tiring to have a fish hanging on your body, come, let Second Aunt help you take it off."
"Second Aunt, I'm not tired. I'll pick the fish later. Where's Shu Yu?"
Gu Jiandong wanted to show off the fish he caught in front of Shen Shuyu, so he didn't let Li Caixia take the fish off.
Li Caixia smiled from ear to ear as she looked at the string of fish. "Shu Yu is taking a bath. She has been in for a while. She should be coming out soon."
The child didn't let her take the fish off her body, so Li Caixia wanted to take the fish off the white radish.
She squatted down and gently touched Bai Luobo's head. "Bai Luobo must be tired. Second Aunt will help you get the fish down."
White radish took two steps back and raised its paws to protect its fish, "Woof woof...Woof." Don't take it.
Li Caixia laughed, "You have to show it to Shu Yu too, okay, okay, I won't take it."
Shen Qiu jumped up from the recliner, "Brother Jiandong, did you go to poke the fish nest?"
Gu Jiandong was proud, "I was swimming in the river, and suddenly a lot of fish came out, and I caught so many with just a few scoops.
The others were so stupid that they took a long time to catch a fish, and the fat boy’s father couldn’t even catch a single fish.”
Zhang Cuicui thought that this child was really lucky. Every time she swam, a group of fish would come to her. Next time this child went to the river to swim, she would have to ask her husband and son to go with them. Who knows, her husband and son might be able to catch a fish or two.
Gu Jiandong thought that when Shen Shuyu opened the door, she would see him and his dog sitting at the door of the bathroom.
He rested his elbows on his knees, his chin on his palms, his head tilted.
The fish were not dead yet, their tails kept flapping. Gu Jiandong got angry and stretched out his iron sand palm to knock the fish unconscious one by one.
The two fish hanging on the white radish were also not obedient. The dog's paw and Gu Jiandong worked together to knock the struggling fish unconscious.
After knocking the fish unconscious, the man and the dog continued to raise their heads proudly and looked up at the sky.
Shen Shuyu opened the door and saw this scene. She chuckled, "Gu Jiandong, Bai Luobo, you guys are back. You went swimming and caught so many fish. That's amazing."
Gu Jiandong scratched his head and smiled brightly at Shen Shuyu, "It's just average."
White Radish wagged its tail, opened its mouth, stuck out its tongue, and circled around Shen Shuyu with a big grin, laughing in a silly way.
Shen Shuyu wiped the water off Gu Jiandong's face, then squatted down and touched Bai Luobo's head.
"Shu Yu, how about we have grilled fish tonight?"
Shen Shuyu always responded to his requests. "Okay, take the fish down. Go back to the house and change your clothes before we grill it."
Without Gu Jiandong having to do anything, Li Caixia had already taken off the series of fish from his body.
Li Caixia counted them and found there were fifteen fish, each weighing more than one kilogram, which was not small.
They were really exhausted these days, so they wanted to eat something good to replenish their bodies.
Gu Jiandong caught so many fish at once. Zhang Cuicui, Li Caixia and Liu Pan became more interested and discussed with Gu Jiandong.
"Jiandong, you can't finish all these fish in one go. Can you give us two?"
Gu Jiandong waved his hand and said, "You can exchange it, but you have to exchange it with eggs."
He pointed at Liu Pandi and said, "I don't like her very much. She can only change one."
Liu Pandi: “…” It’s all Shen Xue’s fault. Why did he annoy him at home before?
Zhang Cuicui and Li Caixia didn’t care how many pairs Liu Pandi could change, as long as they could change two.
The three sisters-in-law went back to the house, took eggs for Gu Jiandong, and started picking fish from the bucket.
Old Lady Shen and Shen Chunling came back from the backyard and saw them all gathered around the water tank.
Shen Chunling asked curiously, "What are you doing there?"
Shen Qiu raised the fish in his hand and said, "Choose fish. Brother Jiandong has caught a lot of fish.
We traded eggs and Jiandong for fish."
The two of them came closer and took a look, "Wow, that's quite a lot.
Jiandong, how did you catch so many fish? "
Gu Jiandong: "You can catch it just by stretching out your hand while swimming in the river."
Shen Chunling: The fish in the river look like cabbages.
Gu Jiandong had a good time playing with the two grandsons of Shen Erzhu's family. Thinking of his skinny little friend, he casually grabbed two fish and said, "Shu Yu, I'm going to the second grandfather's house to deliver the fish. I'll be back soon."
Zhang Cuicui used the straw rope to string a fish together and handed it to her daughter-in-law, "Fangfang, take this fish back to your parents' home to nourish their bodies. We can make fish soup with the remaining fish later."
Yang Fangfang didn't expect her mother-in-law would still think of her family after exchanging the fish. She was very touched and said, "Mom, it's just two fish. Just keep them for our family to eat."
"Just take it when I tell you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense? Go quickly and come back soon."
Yang Fangfang was afraid that her mother-in-law would be angry, so she trotted back to her parents' home with the fish, and when she came back she also brought four pieces of tofu.
She took out two pieces and said, "Grandma, this is tofu made by my mother. It is best used to make fish soup."
The granddaughter-in-law presented it to her as a gift, and Old Lady Shen happily accepted it and said, "Come to grandma's place for dinner later."
"Grandma, Jiabao has prepared the meal. We have also cooked the fish soup. You can just eat by yourselves."
After changing the fish, the first, second and third wives did not plan to keep it. They took out knives and scraped the scales off the fish, cleaned the internal organs, and took out some dried vegetables and put them in the pot to stew with the fish.
The whole yard is filled with the aroma of fish.
The grilled fish that Gu Jiandong wanted to eat was skewered on wooden sticks, grilled over a fire, and smeared with seasoning, which made the taste even more overbearing. Fortunately, there were no neighbors around their house.