"There is a beautiful flower in the world. It is the beauty of youth. It blooms with strong bones and is dyed red with blood. Ah~ah, velvet flower, ah~la..."

Nan Ruobing hummed to Nan Yi, who took her to watch the movie "Little Flower", and her favorite episode "Velvet Flower". She stepped on the field ridge with her bare feet and bent down from time to time to see if there were any holes in the wall of the field ridge.

If you see a hole, you will put a handful of dry mud on the vertical line between the field edge and the hole, and then continue to explore forward.

After quickly looking at a few field ridges, I walked back to the edge of Nanyi.

"Dad, did you catch anything?"

"Look at the fish basket yourself."

Nan Yi was bending over, holding an eel hook made of iron wire and bamboo slices in his hand. There were big green earthworms strung on the hook. The eel hook slowly moved in and out of the eel hole, seducing the eels.

Nan Ruoping opened the lid of the fish basket hanging on Nan Yi's waist and looked inside, "Wow, Dad, you are so awesome. You have already caught two."

"Shh, don't make any noise."

"Well!"

The little girl covered her mouth and tiptoed to the side of Nanyi. Her little eyes looked at the eel hook attentively.

When the little girl screamed just now, the eel that was about to take the bait shrank back again.

Nan Yi was still teasing him patiently. After two minutes, a two-centimeter-thick eel cautiously crawled out of the cave entrance.

Nan Yi moved the eel hook little by little toward the entrance of the cave, and the eel also moved forward little by little to test.

Suddenly, the eel glided forward, trying to bite the earthworm.

With quick eyes and quick hands, Nan Yi's left hand was as fast as lightning. He grabbed seven inches of the eel with his index finger and thumb and pulled the entire eel out of the hole.

"Wow, it's so thick. Dad, this one can be used to make a dish, braised eel segments."

"It's too thick and won't taste good when braised in soy sauce. Keep it for now until dad catches a snake and makes you a double dragon playing with pearls."

"Dad, the dragon is made of eels and snakes, so what are the beads made of?"

"There are many things you can use to make them. If you are older, dad will use eggs. If you are younger, dad will touch the mussels and use their meat to make them for you."

"Are river clams delicious?"

“It’s delicious and the taste is very fresh.”

Nan Ruoping's eyes lit up, "Then let's go touch the river clams now."

"Don't worry. Dad will catch two more eels and mark the holes. Then we will go pick up the snails first and then go back after we finish."

"Uh-huh."

Today's eels are living too comfortably and have not yet learned to be smart. It only took Nan Yi a few minutes to mark the two eels, but it took more time to mark them.

After making the marks, Nan Yi took Nan Ruobin to the lotus pond.

The lotus pond is in an irregular figure-8 shape. The water is relatively shallow at the connection between the upper and lower circles of the figure-8 shape, and there is a gentle slope. There are many snails and snails growing in this position.

It is said to be picking, but in fact it should be called digging. The snails here are very densely distributed, and you can grab a handful by pulling at the bottom of the water with your hands.

After picking out the small stones inside, Nan Yi and the others put them into the basin.

"Dad, this snail is so big."

"The big ones have a lot of meat, but they don't taste as good as the snails. When we go back, we pick out the meat and we grill it for dinner at night. We cut off the buttocks of the snails and make sauce to fry them."

"Yeah, yeah, put more bean paste, more chili, it's spicy and delicious...ah! Dad, snake, snake."

"Why are you panicking? The only ones that can soak in water are water snakes. This one is a red-spotted snake. It's too thin. Let it go and drive it away." Nan Yi glanced at the water snake swimming next to Nan Ruoping.

said.

"Not poisonous?"

"It's not poisonous. A bite will only hurt a little bit."

"Oh! Little snake, little snake, swim away quickly, you are too thin, we won't eat you."

Nan Ruoping slapped the water with her little hands, scaring away the water snakes, and then helped Nan Yi carve snails together.

After playing around with it, I picked up a full pot in half an hour.

The father and daughter sat on a dry stone for a while, Nan Yi smoked a cigarette, Nan Ruobing looked around, and soon focused on the water chestnut.

"Dad, are the water chestnuts ripe?"

"Not yet. The water chestnut we have here has only two corners on it. The one in the lotus pond is the July water chestnut. It will not fully mature until the seventh month of the lunar calendar. But this year is a leap year, and it will mature in leap June.

It’s ripe.”

"Oh, it's a pity, I can't eat it now."

"Yes, I can't eat it. I could eat it raw a month earlier. It's sweet and delicious. Now, the taste has become bitter, so I can only eat it after cooking. We can't eat water chestnuts. We can fish some water chestnut vines back.

, it tastes great when fried with chili peppers.”

"tasty?"

"Yeah, it's delicious."

"Dad, I'm going to fish for it."

Nan Ruoping stood up suddenly and wanted to throw herself into the water.

"Sit down and I'll go fishing later. It's too dangerous for you to fish for water chestnut vines. If your feet get entangled, you'll drown."

"Oh, Dad, have you rested enough?"

"Wait a minute while I drink some water."

I lowered my net, fished for eels, picked up snails, fished for water chestnut vines, touched river clams, and found a snake nest on the way back.

The dishes for dinner are very rich, including Two Dragons Playing with Pearls, Bigan Wuxin [charcoal grilled snails], Chang'e descends to the earth [freshly fried river mussels], dad's private dish [fried water chestnut vines with red pepper], fish tribe meeting [miscellaneous fish pot], orange red

[Braised dried shrimps], [Fried taro stems].

There are also the untouchable [Pig Front Legs], Qilin Jie [cold watermelon rind], Flaming Mountain [tomatoes mixed with sugar], and Green Onions and White Jade [cucumber mixed with sugar] that are simmered before going out.

"Yeah, delicious!"

"Hmm, it's delicious!"

"Yeah, yeah, this is delicious too."

"Dad, everything is delicious, but my stomach is full."

After eating hard for a while, Nan Ruoping touched her belly and oh oh oh oh oh, but her eyes were still fixed on the dishes on the table.

"If you can't eat it, eat it tomorrow. I'll put the vegetables in the drawer and soak them in the sink. They won't go bad."

"Well, Dad, there is no TV to watch here."

The little girl was full and warm and missed TV. After being satisfied with material civilization, she immediately began to pursue spiritual civilization.

"There's nothing I can do about the TV. Dad no longer has a TV ticket. I can't buy a TV without a ticket."

"Dad, I'm lying. I obviously saw a lot of votes last time."

"Haha, those are not TV tickets. Dad really doesn't have them. It's only the puppy who lied to you."

"Oh, there is no TV, so I can only read a book. The long night is so hard." Nan Ruobing held her chin and looked up at the stars in the sky, as if she was missing her lover Nobi Nobita.

Nan Yi put away the dishes, wiped the table, and washed the dishes and chopsticks at the mouth of the river in the yard.

Make a cup of tea for yourself, and a cup of milk for Nan Ruoping, open the courtyard door, Nan Yi sits on the threshold, the little girl follows closely behind, and also sits next to Nan Yi, leaning her head against Nan Yi

On his lap, he looked up at the sky.

"Dad, let me share a secret with you."
Chapter completed!