Team Four, here they come, three of them.
"Let’s go upstream and see if we can catch some ducks. Stewed with pickled radishes, it tastes pretty good."
The three of them left the crowded area and headed upstream.
It must be said, they were quite bold. Seeing the ducks in the reeds, Zhao Tianhe and Zhao Tianlei took off their shirts, clad in shorts, they waded into the river to catch wild ducks.
It could be said that their trip was quite fruitful.
One for each family, they also found about twenty wild duck eggs and caught several grass carp and crucian carp.
As soon as Zhao Tianlei got home, he put the things in the kitchen and went to find clothes to change into.
"Did you go into the river?"
Zhao Tianlei quickly explained, "I was picking duck eggs by the reeds and accidentally got wet."
Why did his wife wake up so quickly?
And caught him changing clothes?
He felt somewhat guilty.
"It stopped raining, and you didn’t call me to go to the riverbank?"
Blaming him for this?
Zhao Tianlei looked up at his wife’s serious expression, seemingly upset about this matter.
"You weren’t awake at that time."
Was he blaming her now?
But looking at his sturdy physique, she couldn’t beat him.
The muscles he possessed were not just for show, unlike those you see pumped up from the gym.
"Can we go out now? Can we still check if people at the riverbank are wrapping up?"
So they must go out and make a scene, right?
But stepping out soon would get their feet covered in mud.
"Xiaoxiao, I’ll stew some sour radish duck soup for you later. We won’t go to the riverbank."
Sour radish duck soup?
"Sour radish duck soup tastes even better with dumplings. Let’s add some dumplings, slice the duck breast meat for the filling, stew it, and invite mom and dad to come over for dinner."
But wild ducks weren’t very fatty.
However, if his wife wanted to eat it that way, he could prepare it like that.
"Okay, let’s have dumplings, I’ll make them."
"Add some pickled vegetables, make pickled vegetable stuffing for the dumplings, I’ll help too."
The old house wasn’t as cosy.
"Brother Xiao Hai, why don’t you go to the riverbank to catch fish? Elder Brother’s family caught quite a few."
Zhao Tianhai turned over, "With so many people in our brigade, how many can one person catch? It’s better to rest a bit, and tomorrow we have to go to the homestead, busy with building the house."
Zhao Tianhai didn’t want to go to the riverbank, didn’t want to join the crowd, and didn’t want to get his clothes wet.
"But, Elder Brother caught fish?"
Wanting to eat meat now.
During the harvest, the brigade’s canteen had some meat dishes, but after the harvest, when mother-in-law cooked, it was eggs, and those were evenly divided among everyone.
But there were only those few chickens at home.
"During the New Year, when the brigade distributes meat, you can eat more."
Zhao Tianhai wasn’t as honest as his elder brother Zhao Tianxiang, nor was he as smart and calculating as his younger brother Zhao Tianlei, managing to secure meat for himself.
Da Shu’s mother glanced at her husband. If they hadn’t split the family, the fish that Elder Brother caught, their branch could have also had some.
They could only watch the main branch eat meat.
As for their uncle’s household, needless to say, Laosan would definitely go to the riverbank to catch fish, and even if he didn’t bring some fish to their branch, he wouldn’t fail to bring some to his parents.
Da Shu and Xiao Shu were grandchildren from the Zhao family; if the grandparents had fish to eat, Da Shu and Xiao Shu could also get a bite of fish meat.
It must be said, Da Shu’s mother’s plans were so loud, even the neighboring hill could hear them.
Educated Youth Institution, on this side.
Because of the rain in the past two days, it stopped Educated Youth Liu from leaving; the heavy rain deterred him from daring to travel back to the city in such weather.