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The two of them went to bed early last night, and when they got up this morning, Gu Qiu had time to look at the things Lin Dashan bought, including pork belly, pork bones, a piece of pork liver and a whole pig lung.

"Dashan, why did you buy a pig's lung back?" Gu Qiu was a little surprised when he carried a big pig's lung.

"I didn't buy it, the butcher gave it to me."

"Giving such a big one, this boss is really generous." Gu Qiu was speechless.

Lin Dashan said with a smile: "Where, we rarely eat this stuff here, so the boss gave it to you. How to eat this thing, can you do it?" Although Lin Dashan asked this, but for Gu Qiu also said that he is very confident, his brother's cooking skills are not so good.

Gu Qiu carried the pig's lungs into a wooden basin and said, "I've never done it before, but I've eaten it at a small stall before. It tastes good. I'll try it. I'll wash it first."

At noon, the bought meat and bones were put away first, and the pork lungs and livers were eaten first.

Pig lungs, put water in the pot, add scallions, ginger slices, and dried peppers, bring the water to a boil, put in the pig lungs that have been washed repeatedly in the morning, cook for a while, remove, drain, cut into slices, add scallions and ginger , Chili, Chinese prickly ash, tangerine peel, soy sauce, cooking wine and other spices are stir-fried, and a plate of delicious and attractive stir-fried pork lungs is out of the pan.There was only a small piece of pork liver, Gu Qiu used it to make pork liver soup, and then fried a vegetable, which made Lin Dashan eat another big bowl of rice at noon.

In the afternoon, Lin Dashan helped Gu Qiu tidy up the yard.

The yard of Lin Dashan’s house is quite large, with a pigsty and a barn in the back yard, and a few plots of land on the right side of the front yard, where the family grows some seasonal fruits and vegetables, while the left side is empty, and a persimmon tree is planted at the gate of the yard. It was planted by Lin Dashan's father for some years.

Gu Qiu estimated that the three members of his family would not be able to eat too much, so it is better to have more varieties and less food.So I planted some loofahs, cucumbers, eggplants, beans, and green vegetables. I also planted some onions, ginger, and garlic, and I also planted a lot of peppers. After all, my family likes spicy food, so it’s better to have more varieties.

Ten days passed, and it was the day of the appointment with Zhang Dafu, it was more troublesome to transport the fish fry, Gu Qiu helped Lin Dashan prepare a few wooden barrels to hold the fish fry back.The fish fry had to be brought back in buckets, and it would be impossible if they were not careful on the road. Therefore, Gu Qiu planned to go with Lin Dashan. Since the two had to go out, Gu Dong entrusted them to Jiang Tao's house as usual.

Gu Qiu sat in the cart, and Lin Dashan set off with the ox cart.The ox cart was a bit bumpy, Lin Dashan was afraid of jolting Gu Qiu, so he deliberately slowed down.Before the car left the door, a brother with a belly of five or six months walked up to him and stopped Lin Dashan's car with a smile.Seeing this person, Lin Dashan frowned inadvertently.

"Brother Lin, are you taking me out? What kind of buckets are you taking? Where are you going?" Big Belly asked with a smile.

"Go to Zhangjiazhuang." Lin Dashan said politely.

"Zhangjiazhuang, it's really far enough to go back and forth this time. But did you suffer from my old cow?" The beautiful brother raised his eyebrows, showing a distressed look.

Lin Dashan was a little impatient in his heart, but it also showed on his face, saying: I borrowed this cow from Lizheng, don't worry, I will use it carefully.

Seeing that Lin Dashan didn't eat oil and salt, the little brother exchanged greetings with Gu Qiu before leaving with a big belly.

The two drove the car out of the village, and Gu Qiucai asked, "Who was that person just now?"

"It's the elder brother of Li Zheng's second son's family, Brother Qiao, he is a very caring person, not easy to get along with. Don't get too close to him in the future, this person is not easy to get along with."

Gu Qiu thought about the look of that person just now, and nodded.

This time, Lin Dashan drove slowly, and it was almost noon when he arrived in Zhangjiazhuang. Lin Dashan thought about it for a while and Gu Qiu went to a small restaurant, and the two planned to eat before going there.

Although this restaurant is small, it has everything you need. It's meal time at this time, and the small restaurant is full.Gu Qiu and Lin Dashan waited for a while before finding a seat to sit down.

Lin Dashan felt sorry for Gu Qiu who had rushed all morning and ordered several dishes. Gu Qiu was worried about Qian and gave Lin Dashan several glances.The boss served the dishes quickly, and Lin Dashan's fried pork with loofah, braised tofu, and vegetable soup were all served in a short while.Gu Qiu looked at the rich dishes in front of him and felt sweet in his heart.

Lin Dashan first put a few pieces of meat in Gu Qiu's bowl, coaxed Gu Qiu to eat it, and then ate by himself.There were people coming and going in the shop, Gu Qiu was a little embarrassed, and buried his head in his meal.Lin Dashan was a little hungry, so he took a few mouthfuls of food before slowing down and eating slowly.

"Well, this dish is not as delicious as your cooking." Lin Dashan frowned, and whispered to Gu Qiu's ear, "The meat is salty, and the soup is too oily."

Gu Qiu nodded after listening, the dishes made by this restaurant are indeed not very good, but the price is quite affordable, three dishes only cost eleven cents.After the two finished eating, they went to Zhang Dafu's house.

At this time, Zhang Dafu was chopping firewood in the yard, when he saw the Lin family couple immediately put down the things in their hands and came up to meet them.

Zhang Dafu had already prepared the fish fry that had been agreed upon, and packed them in several large wooden barrels.Lin Dashan took a look into the bucket, and found that these small fry were really good. Each fry was about half the length of a pinky finger, swimming around, up and down, looking full of vitality, and it seemed that the money was well spent.

"Brother Zhang, these fish fry are really good, none of them are wilted." Lin Dashan nodded and said to Zhang Dafu with a smile.

Hearing this, Zhang Dafu grinned, "That's natural, I don't dare to say anything else, just talk about fish farming, I can assure you that there is no one in the ten miles and eight villages who can compare with me."

After stopping these words, Zhang Dafu's brother spat at him with a smile, "I'm still bragging, and I haven't helped Brother Lin put the fish fry into the wooden bucket that I brought, come and help me."

Together, the four of them packed these young fish fry into the wooden barrel brought by Lin Dashan. Fortunately, Gu Qiu had estimated it before and brought enough wooden barrels, otherwise it would be really difficult to pack so many fry.

Eight buckets were filled with [-] fish fry, and almost seventy fish were filled in each bucket.Gu Qiu put the lid on the barrel to prevent it from shaking out on the way back.

Since there were wooden barrels in the car, they had to walk slowly along the way, Gu Qiu and Lin Dashan were not polite to Zhang Dafu, so they left immediately.

Eight wooden barrels were loaded on the carriage, and the entire carriage was packed to the brim. Fortunately, Gu Qiu was relatively small, otherwise he would not have been able to sit in the carriage.Gu Qiu was sitting in the back of the car, looking at these fish fry, Lin Dashan was a little worried about Gu Qiu who was sitting on the back of the car, so he carefully twitched his whip and started on the road.

"Dashan, no, no, the fry are shaking out, you should stop immediately!" After walking for a while, Gu Qiu shouted to stop.As soon as the carriage was on the road, the wooden barrel on the carriage shook, and a lot of water was shaken out.The lid of one of the wooden barrels was shaken off, and many fry were shaken out.

When Lin Dashan heard Gu Qiu's voice, he stopped immediately, picked up the fish fry that were jumping on the ground and put them back into the bucket.

Looking at these wooden barrels, Gu Qiu couldn't help feeling a little worried: the mountain road behind is even more bumpy, and the fish fry will definitely be shaken out, what should I do?

Seeing Gu Qiu frowning and worrying, Lin Dashan also felt a little distressed. He patted Gu Qiu's head and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, there is always a way. Why don't we go back first, Zhang Dafu and the others may have been raised for a long time. There will be a way."

Feeling Lin Dashan's generous and warm palm, Gu Qiu's heart also settled down, Dashan must have a way.

"Why are you back again?" Zhang Dafu was a little surprised to see Lin Dashan and his wife back again.

Lin Dashan pointed to the wooden barrel on the car, and explained: "When the road bumped, the fish fry were shaken out. Brother Zhang, what can you do? If you want to go back like this, there are not many fish fry left."

Zhang Dafu looked at the wooden barrels on the car, and frowned. No one had bought fry from them before, and he had no experience. He thought for a while and said, "Can you use nails to nail the barrel and the lid?" superior?"

Gu Qiu shook his head and said, "Many of these buckets are borrowed from neighbors, so that's not good."

Lin Dashan thought for a while and said to Gu Qiu: "Why don't we use more rope to tie the barrel up, and let's walk slowly and carefully on the way, and we can go back." Agreed, after all, there is no good way now.

Lin Dashan and Gu Qiu didn't bring rope before, so they had to borrow rope from Zhang Dafu, who was always stingy. Unexpectedly, Zhang Dafu was extraordinarily generous at this time, and took out a large bundle of rope from the house, which really made Lin Dashan eat a lot. shock.

Zhang Dafu was as thick-skinned as a city wall, he was not embarrassed when he saw Lin Dashan and Gu Qiu's surprised expression, instead he smiled and said to Gu Qiu, who was looking at the talkative Gu Qiu: "Brother Gu, Brother Zhang, I can't do anything else. I still have this bit of rope. I think it’s quite a novelty to raise fish in your paddy field. If you need fish fry in the future, remember to come to Brother Zhang’s house to buy it. You don’t have to rush to return the rope, just come back later when you have a chance.”

After hearing this, Gu Qiu's impression of Zhang Dafu changed from being stingy and greedy for money to being stingy and greedy for money plus love to take advantage of petty advantages, but Gu Qiu also smiled and agreed, and thanked Zhang Dafu affectionately, but Gu Qiu thought about the future Maybe I will cultivate fry by myself and sell the fry, so I can buy them here.

Lin Dashan and Gu Qiu worked together to tie the barrel firmly, fixed the body and lid of the barrel, and tied the barrel and the body together.This time it was much better than before. The two walked slowly and carefully, and finally arrived home safely.But it was already dark at this time, and the two of them returned home tired and hungry, did not cook, and went directly to Jiang Tao's house.

"Oh, why are you so tired!" Jin Yun was a little worried when he saw the appearance of the two of them, "I haven't eaten yet, Taozi and I have left a meal, it's still hot, you two should go and eat first."

Lin Dashan and Gu Qiu were not too polite, they ate hot soup and hot rice, thinking that it would be nice to have brothers to take care of them.