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Xu Tongdao took all the bamboo poles he found out of the kitchen and put them all in the open space outside the kitchen, and then went to find the axe.

Following that, he began to cut the bamboo poles.

Cutting each bamboo pole into four pieces, he was not very skilled at this, but it was just a little slower.

The movement of his cutting bamboo here quickly attracted his younger sister and younger brother.

Ge Yuzhu: Brother, what are you doing? What are you doing when you cut open a good bamboo?

Xu Tonglu frowned, but didn't ask anything.

He is still angry with Xu Tongdao!

Make some shrimp sticks.

Tongdao Xu replied casually, but the work at hand did not stop.

Shrimp sticks are tools for catching shrimps, all three brothers and sisters know about it.

Ge Yuzhu was surprised, Make shrimp sticks? Brother, are you going to put shrimp sticks?

Xu Tongdao hummed.

Then do you have gauze? Ge Yuzhu expressed doubts.

I'm going to cut the mosquito net on your bed for use, and I'll buy you a new one later. Your mosquito net is very old anyway!

This... my mosquito net can still be used...

Ge Yuzhu was obviously a little reluctant.

Tongdao Xu glanced at her and said casually: The fish money you sold today, you can buy a new one later. Buying new gauze to make shrimp sticks is too wasteful and not worth it!

Gauze is one of the necessary materials for making shrimp sticks.

Oh, okay, okay! What a pity...

Ge Yuzhu was still a little reluctant, but since the eldest brother said it, she still agreed.

Xu Tonglu, who had not spoken for a while, suddenly asked, Didn't you say you would go out to find a job in two days? Why are you still making shrimp sticks?

I changed my mind. I'm going to start a small business, but I'm still short on capital, so I'll start with shrimp for a few days and sell some money.

Tongdao Xu continued to cut the bamboo and explained a sentence casually.

Xu Tonglu listened and didn't ask any more questions.

After a moment of silence, he went into the kitchen and took out an old kitchen knife, picked up a bamboo slice that had just been cut on the ground, lowered his head and silently began to thin the bamboo slice with the kitchen knife.

In fact, the two brothers have done a few of them a few years ago, so they all have experience.

The bamboo slices for making shrimp sticks need good elasticity, which requires thinning the bamboo slices, which is a meticulous and labor-intensive process.

Originally, Tongdao Xu had to cut the bamboo a little by himself.

Now with more help from Xu Tonglu, the efficiency has naturally improved a lot.

Brother, then... Then I'll go get you the mosquito net?

Seeing that the second brother had started to help, Ge Yuzhu thought about it and offered herself up, and was ready to help.

Xu Tongdao snorted, and she immediately turned around and went back to the house to get the mosquito net.

When she brought the mosquito net, she also brought the scissors for cutting the mosquito net.

Brother! How big is the cut? I'll cut it for you!

Ge Yuzhu gestured at the mosquito net with scissors, and was ready to cut.

Tongdao Xu looked at her, thought about it, and said, Don't cut the mosquito net in a hurry, go to Xiao Linzi's house and ask him if anyone wants to go to the polder today, and if so, ask his house to help. A word for our mother!

Ge Yuzhu was puzzled, What are you talking about?

Tong Xu said: Tell my mother, I have dinner today to replace her, and I won't go there during the day if I have something to do.

Ah? Oh, good! I know, then I'll go!

Ge Yuzhu agreed, put down the scissors immediately, and ran away.

When she left, only the brothers Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglu were left outside the kitchen door.

The two didn't speak for a while, silently doing their own thing.

After a while, Xu Tonglu suddenly spoke up and broke the silence.

What business are you going to do?

When Xu Tongdao heard the words, he raised his eyes and glanced at him, seeing that the boy was still expressionless,

It is estimated that the anger in my heart has not completely disappeared.

But this kid can take the initiative to help him cut bamboo pieces, and then he takes the initiative to speak to him, which means that the anger in this kid's heart has almost disappeared.

Tongdao Xu is not a character who likes to explain, but it is rare for his brother to take the initiative to speak. After thinking about it, he told Tonglu Xu his idea of ​​making skewers.

After he finished speaking, Xu Tonglu was silent for a while before he said, You want to set up a stall in the county town. After closing the stall at night, where will the things be stored? Do you need to rent a house? It will cost a lot of money. How many days will it take to save enough money? Shrimp Bangzi can't get as many river prawns in a day!

I know!

Xu Tongdao's expression did not change, because he had thought about this issue for a long time.

Xu Tonglu looked up at him, frowning slightly, Then what are you going to do?

Tong Xu said: You don't need to worry about this, I will solve it.

Xu Tonglu looked at him again, pouted, and really didn't ask any more.

In fact, the characters of the two brothers who are less talkative are the same.

Not long after, Ge Yuzhu trotted back and reported to Tongdao Xu—it had already been agreed with Xu Tonglin's mother, and Xu Tonglin's mother agreed to help and speak to their mother.

Then the three brothers and sisters work together to make shrimp sticks.

In fact, the structure of the shrimp stick is very simple. Two thin bamboo pieces are crossed and tied together in a cross shape, and then according to the length of the bamboo pieces, a square piece of gauze is cut out, and the four corners of the gauze are tied together. The four ends of two bamboo pieces.

Finally, use a rope... One end is tied to the intersection of two bamboo pieces, and the other end is tied to a bamboo pole or wooden stick, and it's OK.

The length of bamboo poles or wooden sticks does not need to be very long. One meter long or two meters long is ok, and three or four meters long is fine, so don’t be too particular about it.

It took the three brothers and sisters a whole morning to make more than a dozen shrimp sticks.

Do you still have rice bran at home?

When the shrimp stretcher was ready, Tongdao Xu straightened his waist and asked his sister Ge Yuzhu while moving his waist and neck.

Ge Yuzhu: Yes! Didn't we have two pigs before? The pigs were taken away a few days ago, and the rice bran was worthless. Those people didn't want it, they are still at home!

Tongdao Xu chuckled, That's good! Let's cook! Let's have lunch, and we'll go out to put shrimps in the afternoon!

Ge Yuzhu: Hey, I'll go right now!

Ge Yuzhu was going to cook, and Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglu together packed up the prepared shrimp sticks and put them in the main room. After putting them away, Xu Tonglu said again, I'll go with you in the afternoon!

No! You stay at home and read!

Xu Tongdao refused, turned around and walked out of the main room, went to the eaves behind the house, and began to pick up broken tiles. In the afternoon, he went to put the shrimp sticks. He needed some broken tiles to add weight to the fluffy shrimp sticks, otherwise the shrimp sticks would be placed Going into the water, you can't sink to the bottom for a long time. If you want to catch river shrimp, that is a dream.

After picking up some broken tiles, Xu Tongdao went to find an old plastic pot, took half a pot of rice bran, added a few handfuls of rice, brought it to the kitchen, and poured some rapeseed oil into the rice bran and rice.

After mixing these things evenly, it is the bait for catching river shrimp in the afternoon.

I just don't know what the harvest will be this afternoon...