Under the spring sunshine, Chen Ling took her two puppies to the edge of the reservoir, took off her shoes and stepped into the mud at the water's edge.

It was around four o'clock in the afternoon, the sunshine was mild, and the shallow water area had almost become a paradise for crayfish.

Chen Ling caught a bamboo basket in a short time.

The reservoir is rich in nutrients and has an abundance of plankton, which not only allows crayfish to overflow, but also contributes to their plump physiques.

This bamboo basket weighed almost thirty kilograms. Chen Ling put it in his net bag and it was full.

"Young man, what are you doing catching that thing? It doesn't taste good, and it keeps getting sick when you feed it to chickens and ducks. It's of no use."

Not far away, an old man fishing saw him catching crayfish and shouted to him.

Chen Ling glanced at the old man, looked at the stranger, then looked at the car parked under the tree at the dam, and knew that it was coming from a nearby village to fish.

He just laughed and didn't explain much. He walked over and glanced at the cage next to the old man, "Old man, how was the fish catch today?"

"Forget it, the little fish are making a nest. It's only been an hour, but I've only caught two red tails, and not a single big one."

The old man was very frustrated, "If you tell me, these red shell shrimps are a scourge. In the past two years, there have been fewer and fewer big fish in the library."

Chen Ling laughed inwardly after hearing this. Nowadays, crayfish are indeed a scourge because people haven't figured out how to eat them yet, and that won't be the case in a few years.

In later generations, crayfish was an extremely popular delicacy, and many people made a fortune from crayfish.

Although the harm is still serious, it can only be said to pale in comparison to the famous Australian hare and the Asian carp that have become a nightmare in America.

"Uncle Fugui, uncle Fugui, can you help me pick a few apricots?"

Chen Ling picked up her shoes and walked up to the dam, when she saw Chen Yuqiang's son Xiaosen running towards him from a short distance, followed by a group of children and two puppies, Heiwa and Xiaojin.

"Why are you picking that thing? It's not ripe yet, and you can't eat it after you pick it."

There are quite a lot of miscellaneous trees on both sides of the reservoir and dam. Willows, elms, and locust trees grow slantingly and randomly. There are also two black dates and apricot trees growing close to the entrance of the village.

Once you mature, you will become quite attractive.

"I don't want to eat it, I just use it to play with and load things into the car..."

The boy was laughing, holding a small shovel in one hand and a rope in the other, pulling a wooden cart.

Just now, Heiwa and Xiaojin were attracted by this gadget and ran after the little dolls.

Compared with Liu Nier and the others, the two puppies prefer to play with these four or five-year-old dolls. Perhaps because they are of similar mental age, they both like to run around in various places in the village.

"Okay, I'll pick some for you."

"We agreed in advance that no one is allowed to eat it, you know, or else you'll have a stomachache for the whole day."

Chen Ling gave instructions and plucked two handfuls of small green apricots from the branches for the little ones.

"Uncle Fugui, you are so kind!"

"My grandma said before that you were possessed by an evil spirit, that you were possessed by a kid..."

Chen Ling picked apricots for them, and a little baby complained.

"Don't listen to your nonsense. How dare you, a brat, have sex with your uncle?"

"Uncle is obviously a glutton. He specializes in eating little babies like you. They have fine skin and tender meat. One bite at a time. They taste crunchy."

Chen Ling said, rolling his eyes and sticking out his tongue to scare them.

The little dolls were immediately amused and giggled so much that they were not afraid of him.

In fact, Chen Ling used to be very popular with little kids, and he was good at climbing trees, catching fish, and stealing bird eggs.

However, I can't get along well with my parents, elders, and my wife because I'm afraid of being criticized. Once I hear these nagging words, I feel annoyed and my temper can't be suppressed.

It's different from being with a little baby. You don't have to do anything serious, and you don't have to think so much. You just play, and you don't get tired of playing with any number of tricks. The little baby naturally likes to play with him.

"Uncle Fugui, I want to play pulling out carrots!"

A doll wearing crotchless pants spread his arms and raised his little head and yelled.

In rural areas, the game of pulling out radish is for an adult to hold a child's head with both hands and pull it up. It is said that this can make the child grow taller.

But sometimes it can hurt children if not done properly.

"No more pulling it out. My uncle's hands are full of mud and he hasn't washed them yet."

Chen Ling is now strong and strong, so if he hurts the little baby, it might be difficult to explain.

Then he told Xiaomori: "You guys will come to the reservoir from now on. People from our two brigades are building greenhouses on the west side. If you accidentally fall into the water, no one will save you."

After Liu Nier went to school, Xiao Sen became the big brother, leading a bunch of little kids around all day long without fear of anything.

"I know Uncle Fugui will never come again."

"Then can I go to your house to play? I want to see the little rabbit and the little quail..."

"Okay, come on."

So, Chen Ling returned home with a bunch of dolls.

After arriving home, I filled a large basin of water from the pressurized water well and put the whole crayfish in the bamboo basket into it to rinse.

The little kids squatted aside, watching a few little rabbits and feeding them with weeds pulled from the road.

After the little rabbit is born, all he sees when he opens his eyes is people, so he is not afraid or hides, and lets them watch, and he will not refuse the grass that is fed to him.

"Aling, are these shrimps really edible?"

Wang Susu helped Chen Ling clean the crayfish and couldn't help but asked with some suspicion.

People in the village say that this stuff is so bitter that even chickens and ducks won't eat it. If it's delicious, they can't be allowed to overflow in the reservoir.

"Just wait and see, I'll show you around dinner."

Chen Ling said with a smile.

After washing twice, I fished the lobster into a clean iron bucket.

As a result, as soon as the crayfish was halfway poured into Tietong, Wang Susu shouted: "Hey, wait a minute, there is a snake, there is a snake in the basin!"

As he said that, he reached out his hand to grab it.

Chen Ling also looked down and saw two very small red snakes clinging to the edge of the basin, mixed in with the crayfish. You couldn't tell them at all unless you looked carefully.

"Huh? This doesn't seem to be a snake, but more like an eel."

Wang Susu grabbed it, looked at it carefully, frowned slightly, and handed it to Chen Ling.

The little kids also heard the sound and ran over, staring curiously.

"Well, this is the eel, but the color is different. I guess it is a variant."

Chen Ling glanced at it twice and didn't care.

The bodies of these two eels are as slender as two red ropes. The red color is bright and fresh. They look like two little snakes that have just emerged from their shells. The color is quite special.

However, Chen Ling had eaten blood eels several times in Guangdong Province in his previous life, and was not surprised by eels of this color.

"It's too young. Just throw it in a water tank and keep it until it grows up."

Chen Ling said casually.

Then I picked out some crayfish, prepared seasonings such as aniseed, wild onions, wild garlic and pepper, and made a spicy crayfish dish in the yard.

In the evening, when the rich aroma wafted out, the little kids were so greedy that they swallowed their saliva. They didn't care that the soup was scalding their hands. They each held a fragrant crayfish in their hands and jumped back to their homes.

It wasn't until the moon was above the branches that Chen Ling and his wife destroyed most of the crayfish in the pot.

Wang Susu sucked the soup on her finger and praised: "Aling, you are so awesome. I didn't expect you to make this shrimp so delicious."

"Haha, didn't you listen to what the mother-in-law in the village said? If my heart can be divided into eight parts, seven of them must be used for eating, drinking and having fun..."

"I am self-taught when it comes to eating and playing."

"Huh, that's what they're talking about."

Wang Susu snorted in disbelief.

Then he added: "I'm going to wash the pots and dishes. I'll go to the house later and try on the newly made tops and trousers to see if they fit me. If there are any inappropriate spots, I'll change them tomorrow. You'll almost have nothing to wear."

Already."

Chen Ling responded, patted his belly and stood up, carrying the bucket to the backyard to feed the cows.

By the way, I put two small red eels into the water tank in the backyard. Because they were too small and the fish taken out of the cave were too fierce, if they were put together, these two small red eels might not be enough to fit between their teeth.

Chen Ling put it in a smaller water tank, added some stream water and aquatic plants from the cave, and left it alone.

When she arrived at the front yard, Wang Susu washed the pots and dishes, took out the jacket and pants that had been made for him in the past few days, and asked him to try them on.

Since having Dongtian, his figure has become a little taller and stronger, and the clothes he wore before seemed tight.

In addition, when the two puppies were young, they used to bite his pants and play with him, but they didn't know that their teeth were so sharp that they chewed up two of his trouser legs. Seeing that the current litter of little rabbits behaved like this again, it made him miserable.

Chen Ling's pants are not enough.

So Wang Susu has been busy making new clothes for him recently.

After changing clothes, I looked in front of the mirror. He was wearing a light blue top, navy blue trousers, a handsome and fair face, and dark and shiny eyes. Even if he looked carefully, he could not tell that he was a farmer at all.
To be continued...