Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

He Lai was lying on the bed thinking about tomorrow's plan. The last time he went fishing with a group, he prepared some more fishing equipment: two fishing rods. He could try a small rod with double hooks, which would be more efficient. Some fish hooks and some fishing lines. He could try to set a fishing line in the middle of the river.

That should be enough, go to sleep and rest.

When He Lai just got up, Sha Zhu and Xu Damao were already waiting in the yard. Sha Zhu had already prepared the bait, and the aroma made by the chef was very good.

He Lai asked Sha Zhu and Xu Damao to tie the hooks together. After a while, 30 hooks were ready. They prepared the tools and set off.

There were two bicycles, one belonged to He Lai and the other to Xu Fugui. Sha Zhu brought He Lai with him while Xu Damao rode by himself, after all, he was still small and could barely reach the ground.

Although there are a lot of people in Shichahai, we can ride a bicycle farther and start to make our nest when we get to an open area.

Everyone had his own job. Xu Damao made the grass nest, Sha Zhu threw the bait, and he and He Lai put on the fish hooks together.

He Lai also got a few pieces of pork liver to see if he could catch a soft-shelled turtle or something. After that, he took the hook and went to look for a fishing boat. He found one and paid him 2000 yuan to take him to the middle of the river to set the hook.

The old boatman expressed his surprise that this was possible, as he could hardly catch any fish using his own fishing net.

When they came back, Sha Zhu and Xu Damao were already competing with each other. Xu Damao said that Sha Zhu only knew how to use brute force.

Sha Zhu said that was better than being a woman, a personal attack. Xu Damao pointed at Sha Zhu and said to He: "See, he cursed and insulted people, what else can we call him but Sha Zhu!"

"You call me Shazhu, so I will call you Shamao from now on. Well, no one will suffer anyway." Shazhu said indifferently, aiming to follow suit.

In the past, my father also called me that. I couldn't refute it, but now my father is backing me up, and my unscrupulous nature is clearly revealed.

Xu Damao could only look at He Lai with a face full of grievance and ask him to take care of this silly Zhuzi. After all, he was only 14 years old and had not experienced many things. He could not beat him even if he was beaten. If he was scolded, he would just learn from him. There was no other way.

He Lai spread his hands, saying that he was only an 8-year-old boy, "Brother Damao, the fish float has gone down, hurry up and pull up the rod."

Damao instantly changed his mood and pulled the fishing rod. Hey, it’s hard to believe that the pulling force was quite strong.

It was caught after a while. It was a red carp weighing about 5 jin.

He Lai saw Sha Zhu with a crooked mouth, so he pulled the corner of Sha Zhu's clothes and said, "Brother Zhu, have you learned how to make sweet and sour carp? Can you arrange it?"

Sha Zhu looked at the fish, glanced at Xu Damao who also wanted to eat it, and nodded, "No problem, but this is the old man's specialty, so I guess he has to do it."

Seeing that Sha Zhu was of no use, Xu Damao immediately said, "Tsk, he turned out to be a half-baked one. I thought he was some kind of chef."

Sha Zhu immediately stood up and said he would stuff the fish into Xu Damao's mouth. He was stopped by He Lai, and then he went back to fishing.

After a while, He Lai said to Xu Damao, "Brother Damao, how about you go and check on the grass carp nest?"

Xu Damao immediately stood up and left with the fishing rod. Sha Zhu and He Lai smiled at each other.

In this way, Sha Zhu and Xu Damao pulled the fish back and forth and had a great harvest, including 5 big grass carps, more than 40 crucian carps, 8 mandarin fish, 4 carps, some miscellaneous fish and small white stripes.

It was a great harvest. The three of them decided to sell 3 grass carps and 20 crucian carps in exchange for food, and let Xu Damao take the rest back to He Daqing.

As he spoke, he packed the bags, tied the car for Xu Damao and went back. He Lai and Sha Zhu took the things to the fishing boat, paid another 2000 yuan for the fare, and got on the boat. Sha Zhu held the edge of the boat tightly with both hands, thinking that he should not have followed the big guy.

After a while, I reached the hook position and lifted the rope. It was quite heavy. Now it was time to unbox.

"Brother Zhuzi, you come and pull it." Sha Zhu was still afraid of falling into the water, but when he heard that he had to pull the fish, he immediately forgot that he was on the boat.

Pretty good, some big crucian carp and mandarin fish. I hope the last ten pig liver hooks will have a big catch.

As soon as Sha Zhu pulled up the bait, he said he had a big catch. It turned out to be a big black fish. Sha Zhu said this fish was a good thing and the meat was delicious. He quickly pulled up another catfish, but he didn't want to eat it and had to sell it.

In the end, both of them felt that there was no hope, but unexpectedly, they caught two large turtles of similar size, and they were very happy.

In this era, ordinary people think that soft-shelled turtles are nothing special because there is not much meat on them. But chefs are different. They know that they are a good thing and only people who know how to eat would appreciate them.

In this way, the two of them packed up and divided the fish, put the ones they didn't sell in a separate place, and went to the market again, opened the bag, and just as they squatted down to shout a few words to sell fish, they heard someone calling Zhuzi not far away. Sha Zhu looked up and saw that it was his manager.

I quickly greeted him and exchanged a few words. When I found out that he was selling fish, I immediately said I wanted some.

The relationship was pretty good. The two of them said they wanted all the goods at 2500 yuan per pound. They nodded in agreement and sold all the more than 70 pounds. The manager generously gave them 18 yuan.

At this time, the manager saw a small bag next to He Lai and immediately became interested. Before He Lai could react, he opened the bag and saw that all the good stuff was hidden. Sha Zhu said he ate it himself.

The manager was also very smart. He said, "Zhu Zi, these are all good things. It would be a waste if you eat them all. Wouldn't it be nice to use the money to buy something else when you take it back?"

Sha Zhu was dumbfounded, it seemed to make sense, and he glanced at He Lai. He Lai thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll sell it to you, but you have to leave a turtle for us, as we have an old man at home."

The manager was also surprised to see that He Lai was in charge, but he quickly adjusted himself and paid 8 yuan to buy the fish. He also told Sha Zhu to bring any fish he had to the restaurant, and the restaurant would buy them.

The two of them had a great harvest. With 26 yuan, they could make a big purchase. Pork was 4000 yuan per catty, so they bought 20 catties. They also bought 3 chickens and ducks, which cost 6 yuan for 9 chickens. They also bought a lot of side dishes and a barrel of oil. They only had 6 yuan left, which they decided to give to Xu Damao. After all, it was Sha Zhu's family who was treating them.

It was almost four o'clock when the two returned to the courtyard. Tables had already been set up in the middle courtyard, almost reaching the entrance of the courtyard.

He Daqing from the He family has already started preparing the side dishes. Many aunties and grandmas are helping, including Wu Juan and Yu Shui.

Sha Zhu went in carrying the ingredients, and when everyone saw what Sha Zhu was holding, they all exclaimed in surprise.

This, this, this, chicken, duck, fish and meat. This amount of food is enough for the family to eat for half a year. If you don't call you a fool, what else do you know? What everyone doesn't know is that the instigator is playing with the rain next to the bucket.

He Daqing said that he was careless about such a big piece of meat. What Sha Zhu took was enough to eat, so there was no need to waste effort. Fortunately, he was the one who was in charge of the cooking and cut off a small half, so it was no problem.

With the addition of Sha Zhu, the meal was quickly prepared.