The next day, the family of three all got up early in the morning, and after having breakfast together, Zhao Xiaolan asked Chen Feng to stay and watch the house, told her to come back before noon, and followed Chen Dayong out of the door.

Chen Feng watched the fourteen-inch black-and-white color TV at home alone, at this time the TV programs of each station were really boring, TV commercials accounted for at least half of the broadcast time, and most of them were the same kind without creativity, after watching a few channels that were very limited for an hour, he really couldn't watch it, so Suo * turned off the TV, locked the door, and went out of the yard.

Not long after I went out, I saw my cousin Chen Ping sneakily trotting all the way from the entrance of the village. If he remembers correctly, Chen Ping is already in the second grade this year, and today is Monday, more than a month before the summer vacation, and this is the time for class.

"Xiao Feng, let's go to the field to catch loaches. You wait here for a while, and I'll go home and get something. ”

Before Chen Feng could speak, he had already run away.

His home is not far away, and it didn't take long for him to turn around, carrying a few cylindrical bamboo baskets and a net pocket that are specialized in catching loach eels, one end of this bamboo basket is sealed with a bamboo sleeve, and one end is funnel-shaped, there is a small hole, if the loach field eel and the like enter from this hole, it is basically impossible to enter and exit, there is no return, there is also a larger bamboo basket of similar design placed in the river specifically to catch fish, the locals commonly call such bamboo baskets "the door of life and death", a very vivid title.

"Brother, aren't you going to school today?" asked Chen Feng.

Chen Ping scratched the back of his head and said with a smile: "The teacher didn't come to school for the two math classes in the morning, and it became a self-study class. By the way, you can't stop complaining to my dad without being righteous. ”

Chen Ping in his memory really hasn't changed, he has been playful since he was a child, and he didn't care about studying, he was forced to study by his father, and he hastily got a junior high school graduation certificate and officially dropped out of school when he read the second year of junior high school. Later, he seemed to have been fooling around at home for two years, so he followed one of his uncles to work in a big city in the south, and then for several years, even if he went home for the New Year, Chen Feng never met with this cousin, and when he was in college, he heard that this cousin was mixed with the underworld over there, and was sentenced to five years in prison after being injured and crippled with a leg. This time he was reborn, and of course he didn't want his cousin to embark on this road of no return. There are still several years before the time when he goes to work in the south, and Chen Feng firmly believes that he can change the fate of the cousin in front of him.

"I don't have a hobby of making small reports, so you're still worried that others will see you and report you. Chen Feng gave him an angry look.

"Okay, well, I know that you are righteous enough, and if you catch loaches and field eels later, I will give you half of them." ”

"It's daytime, can you catch it?" This bamboo basket is usually buried in the field at night and harvested in the morning.

"Rest assured, the fields have just been plowed by tractors, and there are the most loaches and eels now, even during the day. ”

Chen Ping knows more than Chen Feng in this regard, anyway, it's okay, Chen Feng has no choice but to follow Chen Ping to the field outside the village.

With Chen Ping, they first dug up some fat earthworms on the ridge of the field, put them into the bamboo basket as bait, and then buried the bamboo basket deep in the paddy field and marked it so that no one would find it.

Then Chen Ping took him to the water and grass by the river to use a net to pocket shrimp, and in less than an hour, the harvest was very rich, and the plastic bag brought by Chen Ping was almost full. This can't help but make Chen Feng feel a little emotional, because in no more than three years, the river in his hometown will be completely polluted by the small enterprises and workshops set up by various families, and it will become a pitch-black patch, and fish and shrimp will almost disappear. This is the general trend in China in the next few years, at the expense of the natural environment in exchange for the rapid development of the economy.

After catching a plastic bag full of river shrimp, because Chen Ping had to rush to the school for the third class, the two went together to check the bamboo baskets buried in the paddy field before, a total of five, almost every bamboo basket has been captured.

"At noon today, I ate fried field eels with leeks, fried loaches, and steamed river shrimp. Chen Ping said happily, making Chen Feng drool alongside him.

The two ** harvested and returned home together, and Chen Ping was very trustworthy and gave half of the field eels, loaches, and river shrimp to Chen Feng.

This made Chen Feng very moved, in his previous life, because of the "drenching incident", he and this cousin turned against each other, even when he grew up, he was still haunted in his heart, and now he was reborn, and he experienced a childhood experience here again, and he found that his cousin was really very concerned and cared for himself. If this "brotherhood" is missed, it will never be there again for the rest of your life.

When he got home, his mother hadn't come back yet, so Chen Feng decided to cook and cook by himself to surprise his mother. Since junior high school in his previous life, Chen Feng often helped his mother in the kitchen, and at that time he was already able to simply fry a few dishes, and in high school, because of his father's illness, he did a lot of kitchen work. You must know that Chao Xiaolan's cooking skills are among the best among the housewives in the village.

However, at this time, the gas stove has not yet been popularized, and the family still uses the stove made of bricks and cement by my father's own hands, mainly using straw as fuel, this thing burns fast, and the stove hole is not very big, on average every two or three minutes to add it once, if you cook a person, you have to run several times before and after, how can there be a later gas stove convenient.

Fortunately, Chen Feng had the experience of showing Zhao Xiaolan when he was five or six years old, but even so, by the time he cooked the rice and cooked three dishes, it was already more than two hours later.

At this time, it was almost noon, and seeing that his mother had not returned, Chen Feng couldn't help but be a little worried. Although my uncle's family has some money, in this era, 2,000 yuan is still a "huge amount of money" for a rural family, not to mention that even if my uncle agrees, my aunt is not a good talker. The aunt in my memory is a fat woman with an unforgiving mouth and some bitter meanness, when her mother and father died and lived with their brother*, she was not less idle, and her uncle was afraid of his wife, although he felt sorry for his sister, but some things were not easy to say. Later, my mother and father fell in love freely until they got married, and the dowry was pitifully small because of the fat woman's efforts to obstruct it, almost equal to nothing, and was gossiped about by many people at that time. This matter has always been a piece of my mother's heart. If it weren't for the fact that there was no other place to borrow so much money, my parents would never have gone to my uncle's house to borrow it.

After waiting for almost an hour at home, I saw Zhao Xiaolan come back with a sad face.

"Mom, have you borrowed any money?" Chen Feng asked with some worry as he looked at the handbag she was carrying.

Zhao Xiaolan nodded, and walked to the bedroom in the back room.

Chen Feng knew that his mother had been wronged at his uncle's house, so he deliberately diverted the topic loudly: "Mom, I have already cooked and cooked good dishes." Come and eat first. Saying that, Chen Feng stepped forward to open the bamboo table lid on the dining table, which happened to be three plates of local "famous dishes": fried eel with leeks, steamed river shrimp, and fried loach, all of which were full of color, flavor, and flavor.

Zhao Xiaolan was stunned for a moment, and asked in disbelief: "Xiao Feng, you said that you cooked these three dishes?"

"Of course, your son and I are a genius!" Chen Feng pretended to be proud, crossed his waist with one hand and raised his thumb with the other and pointed at himself, looking like his nostrils were facing the sky.

When Zhao Xiaolan saw her son's appearance as a little adult, she couldn't help but feel better, showed a happy smile, stepped forward and touched his head, and kissed him like a reward.

"By the way, where did the field food, river shrimp, and loaches come from?" asked Zhao Xiaolan.

"Oh, I went with my brother to catch it today, and he divided half of me. Chen Feng told the truth.

"Didn't this kid Chen Ping go to class today? he skipped school again?" Zhao Xiaolan asked with some anger.

"No! The teacher didn't come to school in the morning, so he didn't have to go to class. Chen Feng was afraid that his mother would tell him, so he was busy covering Chen Ping, and immediately changed the topic, "Mom, come and try it, I learned it from you, but I have worked hard." All three vegetables are fresh, and the leeks are also freshly picked in my own back garden. ”

"Okay, I'll try it. ”

Zhao Xiaolan picked up the chopsticks and took a bite and tasted them, and looked at Chen Feng again in disbelief: "Son, to tell you the truth, these three dishes are all cooked by yourself? ”

Chen Feng pretended to be angry and glanced at her: "I said that your son is a genius, and it is not easy to cook these three simple home-cooked dishes." Mom went to the street early in the morning to sell vegetables, and I don't know if he has come back at this time. ”

"If you really burned it, then you are really a genius!"

"Of course, your son is a pure genius, you will wait and see. Chen Feng gave his mother a preventive shot in advance.

Zhao Xiaolan smiled, although she still didn't believe it in her heart, but seeing that her son was so well-behaved and sensible, she didn't say anything more.

Chen Feng was very filial to his mother, and the mother and son finished this "sumptuous" lunch together.

ps: Happy June 1st, may everyone in the world keep a childlike heart!!