Chapter 160 Crucian Carp Soup

Look, after Hua Qingmei got married in this life, although she didn’t go back to her parents’ home very often, she did come back occasionally. But in her previous life, she never came back once after getting married. She even took her parents and younger brother away. She never came back in her entire life, not even when her house was demolished.

From this, it can be seen that Hua Qingmei was indeed avoiding her in her previous life. She stole her spiritual spring space and watched her soak in bitter water for her entire life!
After the wood ear mushrooms were successfully grown in the greenhouse at Huazhuang, the professor brought his students back again to teach everyone how to control the temperature in the greenhouse and how to water the wood ear mushrooms. Then they went back and they were no longer needed for any subsequent matters.

After the villagers learned that the wood ear mushrooms had grown successfully, they all came to visit. The greenhouse manager did not let them in and only allowed them to take a look at the door.

There is no water in the river now and it is impossible to pump water, so the water used to water the wood ear mushrooms is also drawn from the well. They first carry the water and put it in the small thatched shed in front of the wood ear mushroom shed, which makes it much more convenient to fetch water when watering.

They also draw water from the public well behind Hua Xiali's house. Hua Xiali would occasionally add spiritual spring water into it, so Hua Xiali did not need to go to the wood ear greenhouse specifically to add spiritual spring water. As long as they kept drawing water here, they did not have to worry about the growth of the wood ear.

When the bamboo fungus season came, Hua Xiali went to his fourth uncle's house every day, going up the mountain to pick bamboo fungus early in the morning and then returning home in the morning.

Fourth uncle takes care of Hua Xiali's six acres of vegetable garden, while eldest cousin Jia Yujie goes to pick bamboo shoots with fourth aunt. Hua Chunli is 24 years old this year. You can imagine the age of eldest cousin, he is at least almost 30, but he still doesn't have a girlfriend. How can fourth uncle and fourth aunt not be anxious?

Now I want him to find a girlfriend at home and get married as soon as possible.

In the eyes of the older generation, it seems that they have accomplished their mission once their children get married. Until now, both of their sons are still not married, and they feel that their mission is not completed, and they are particularly anxious.

Fortunately, working with Hua Xiali, the family can earn several hundred yuan a month, which can also help them reduce their anxiety.

Fourth aunt didn't mean to let Hua Xiali introduce a girlfriend to Jia Yujie. Hua Xiali didn't know many people, and he was always busy outside, so he had almost no stable friends. If he introduced those people who were not very familiar and didn't understand him to Jia Yujie or Jia Yuqiang, wouldn't that harm them?
So just let them find it themselves!
Now both Jia Yujie and Jia Yuqiang stay in their hometown. As long as they work hard, they can find their other half to accompany them for life even in the countryside or in the mountains.

In mid-June, we entered the plum rain season and it finally started to rain. Last year, there was not a drop of rain in the entire year, leaving the whole world dry for the whole year. Now it is finally raining and the whole world is foggy, giving it a Jiangnan water town charm.

It was raining, and many things had to be put on hold. For example, Hua Qiuli's house was under construction, and everyone couldn't go out to sell goods. They all stayed at home eating melon seeds or chatting with others.

Hua Xiali gave the warehouse employees a day off. After they left, he put the fruits and some food into the space. If they were left outside, they might rot after the plum rain was over.

Although everyone was given a holiday, the night patrols could not stop and they still had to take turns to arrange it. At any rate, no damage would be allowed to the warehouse.

Bamboo shoots and bamboo fungus picked on rainy days are easy to rot, so Hua Xiali did not pick bamboo fungus, and also asked them not to pick bamboo shoots. On this day, the rain stopped for a while, Hua Xiali went to the doorstep to breathe fresh air, and heard something splashing water in the rice field in front of the door, so he tiptoed and looked forward, and saw some fish darting happily in the water, very fast, and it darted out in a flash, and then darted to other places.

It's like this in the countryside, where there is water, there are fish. It has only rained for a few days, and such big fish appeared in the rice fields from nowhere.

There are two rows of rice fields in front of Hua Xiali's house. The two rice fields closest to her house belong to them, and the rice fields next to theirs belong to other people.

No one could say anything about catching fish in one's own rice field, so Hua Xiali went home to get a bamboo dustpan, rolled up his trouser legs, and went straight into the water in his sandals to start searching.

It had rained for a few days and the water in the rice fields was almost knee-high. However, the rain had stopped for a few hours, so the water in the rice fields was crystal clear and you could see the fish clearly when they darted past.

Hua Xiali originally thought there were only one or two, but when she walked to the middle of the rice field, she realized there was a group of them. They looked quite big, as big as her entire hand and almost ten centimeters long.

When he saw the fish swimming over, Hua Xiali scooped it up directly with a scoop basket. Then he lifted the scoop basket out of the water and saw a big crucian carp jumping and struggling on the scoop basket. Hua Xiali quickly threw the big crucian carp far away to the open space in front of his house, and then continued to scoop up the fish.

The water was too deep and the field was too big, making it difficult to catch fish. Hua Xiali tried for a long time but failed to catch a second fish. After thinking about it, she put a drop of spiritual spring water on the dustpan and then put the dustpan into the water. Sure enough, she saw fish swimming towards her and even swam onto the dustpan on its own initiative. Hua Xiali was shocked. She had not expected that the spiritual spring water would also be attractive to fish!
If she had known this earlier, why would she have walked slowly forward in the river and reservoir? Wouldn't it be enough to just drop a few drops of spiritual spring water on the side?

If a few drops aren’t enough, then just drop a few more drops!

Hua Xiali picked up the dustpan and went ashore with the fish in it, walking towards the door of his home. When Hua's mother saw the big crucian carp jumping in the dustpan, she was a little surprised and said, "Xia Li, why did you catch so many crucian carp seeds? Crucian carp seeds have too many thorns and are not tasty."

"Whether it tastes good or not, we'll know after I cook it!" Hua Xiali picked up the big crucian carp that had been thrown up earlier, put it in the scoop, and took it to the backyard.

To be honest, crucian carp is really delicious among all fish. Some fish are more tender, while some fish taste like snot and have a bad texture. Crucian carp, on the other hand, has no other disadvantages except for the many bones.

At noon, Hua Xiali cooked the whole big crucian carp, half of which was braised crucian carp and the other half was crucian carp soup. There was no tofu at home, so he put some cucumber strips in it and stewed it together. This way, the crucian carp soup also had a bit of cucumber fragrance.

When Hua Xiali was cooking fish in the kitchen, she was the only one there, so she served Huo Beixi one fish of both flavors.