Zheng Bajin didn't take these people's words to heart. Instead, he took Qingqing and walked on the dirt road after the rain and the sky was clear, stepping on balls of mud.
Qingqing was different. She felt very complicated. She was worried about Zheng Bajin, but at the same time, she was also a little confused. She couldn't help but said: "You already have a hundred and seven, why don't you just give that person a hundred, and don't provoke him again in the future?" Isn’t it enough for him to live a good life?”
No, you think too simply. If you pay back one hundred today, someone might come to ask for two hundred tomorrow. I don’t even know how much I still owe... Zheng Bajin complained in his heart and said with a smile: " Don’t worry, Brother Wen won’t come here in three days.”
"Why? Is he really afraid of you?" Qingqing looked at him doubtfully.
"This is a secret, please don't let it out!" Zheng Bajin said mysteriously.
Qingqing nodded. She believed Zheng Bajin's words. Although she didn't know what accident would happen to Brother Wen next, she didn't ask Zheng Bajin any more. It is said that those who reveal secrets will be punished by heaven.
In front of the village, one mile away, there is a river, which people call Lengshui River. It is famous for its cold water. Although the fish in it are the same crucian carp as in the fields in Nianjia Village, they taste more mellow and fresh.
Zheng Bajin took Qingqing directly to the river, put the basket in the water, and started fishing.
Qingqing looked at the clear river water and was very happy. She reached down into the river and played with the splashes.
"Come on down! This water is very cool and has no pollution." Zheng Bajin said, taking a sip in his mouth and drinking it, making a sweet and delicious appearance.
"No, I don't know how to swim!" Qingqing said, shaking her head.
Zheng Bajin did not pull her, but said with a smile: "Okay then, you just stay by the river, and I will give you the fish I catch."
The fish in this water are much smarter than those in the fields and are difficult to catch.
Zheng Bajin spent a lot of effort and failed to drive the fish into the basket. He couldn't help but feel a little angry. He took off his shirt, revealing his relatively strong muscles, and plunged into the bottom of the water with a sudden movement.
Qingqing was shocked. He didn't expect that the river was quite deep. Fortunately, he didn't listen to Zheng Bajin. Otherwise, he might have been being treated at close range by him at this time, or he might have been at his mercy and wouldn't have the ability to resist at all.
The most unacceptable thing is that there are still a few people standing on the shore, looking at me as if they are looking at something strange.
How embarrassing would it be if it really happened?
The water splash in the river slowly calmed down amidst the boos from the people. Qingqing's heart sank and she hurriedly shouted: "Stop playing, come out quickly!"
"Haha, you haven't gone in yet, how can you get out?" a man added with a smile, causing a burst of laughter.
Qingqing didn't know what was so funny about this, and cursed in her heart: "Psycho!" She looked at the water without blinking.
She didn't see Zheng Bajin coming out yet, so she really panicked. She turned back to look at the people on the shore and said, "Who knows how to swim? Please help me go down and rescue people."
No one answered her, but laughed.
Qingqing was anxious, but since she didn't know how to swim, she didn't dare to go down and almost started crying.
"Haha, this kid is trying to show off, and it looks like he's going to drown."
"It's a pity that such a good girl has to be widowed at such a young age."
People began to talk, but no one went to save people. Qing Qingqing saw the world clearly and started crying anxiously. He said: "Brother Zheng, if you don't come up, I will come down and I will die with you anyway." , you can’t leave me alone.”
As he said that, he really looked like he was about to get into the water.
At this moment, a head suddenly appeared in the water. It was none other than Zheng Bajin. He was startled when he saw Qingqing about to dive, and hurriedly said: "Come on, I'll take over!"
"Shameless, people are worried about you, but you actually..." Qingqing cried with joy, suddenly she didn't know what to say?
"Oh, I'm not kidding you, but this fish is so cunning that it actually ran into deep water." As he said this, Zheng Bajin held up a crucian carp in his hand, which was half a catty in size.
People were completely stunned. It was really possible to catch fish in such deep water. This guy was so good at holding back!
"Don't scare me anymore!" Qingqing glared at Zheng Bajin.
"Okay, okay." Zheng Bajin went ashore, put the fish in the bucket, and jumped in again.
This time, I quickly caught one, which was still as big as half a catty.
He repeated this process several times, focusing on picking out fish weighing about half a catty, which made people feel like he had raised the fish well. After a while, he caught six fish.
Qingqing, like everyone else, was stunned.
Zheng Bajin stopped going into the water, put on his clothes, carried the basket on his back, held the fish in one hand, and held Qingqing in the other, saying: "Let's go make soup for grandma!"
People were dumbfounded, watching the two people leaving happily, and couldn't help but curse: "Shameless, men and women holding each other's hands in broad daylight, it's really immoral!"
Zheng Bajin and Qingqing stopped at the edge of a field.
Zheng Bajin put down the bucket in his hand and began to pull the grass on the edge of the field.
"What is this?" Qingqing asked strangely.
"This is called wild shepherd's purse. Putting it in the soup can remove the fishy smell and make the soup more delicious." Zheng Bajin said and glanced at Qingqing. What he was thinking was, why does this little girl look like a city girl? People, don’t even know this?
Qingqing said "Oh" and helped him pull it out.
Zheng Bajin didn't stop him and looked at Qingqing who was bending down.
The clothes on her back were put up and pulled away with the force of her hands. On her back, two long whip marks were reflected in Zheng Bajin's eyes, which made him heartache.
This must have been the one Bao Juan tortured in the first place?
In the future, even if Qingqing wants to wear high-waisted clothes!
That man only hit the places she couldn't see. It was really abominable. I hope there were no traces left in other key places.
Zheng Bajin couldn't bear to mention it and didn't dare to look again. He quickly lowered his head and pulled out the mustard greens, fearing that Qingqing would find out.
The two of them quickly pulled out a large handful, washed them in the ditch, and threw them into the basket on their backs.
Back at his uncle's house, Zheng Bajin broke off a few coriander leaves from the ground.
Although it doesn't taste as good as tender coriander, I can only make do with it. A little bit is better than nothing.
Besides, this season, there are no more tender corianders in the ground.
Hu Ying cooked a meal at Zheng Jiashan's house. When she saw Qing Qing's tired face covered with sweat, she said heartbrokenly: "Quick, come and wash your face. You must be starving after eating."
"I'm not hungry. I ate in the morning." Qingqing looked at Hu Ying and smiled, feeling happy in her heart. This kind of care was something he had never experienced at home.
"Hey, I only ate two potatoes in the morning, so I must be hungry now." Hu Ying said heartbrokenly.
Zheng Bajin glanced at it and saw that the crowd had left, so he quickly asked: "How is grandma?"
"Much better." Hu Ying nodded and said, suddenly having an indescribable feeling towards Zheng Bajin, always feeling that something was wrong with this kid.
"Don't be busy eating yet, wait until I stew the fish and eat together. It will be quick." Zheng Bajin said, and he had already started to work, carving the fish with extremely skillful hands.
Zheng Jiashan walked out and saw Zheng Bajin holding a crucian carp about half a catty at a glance, and he came up to help.
"No, uncle, please boil some water for me. I'll be fine soon." Zheng Bajin said with a smile.
Zheng Jiashan was stunned and was busy boiling water.
Qingqing was unable to help. She watched Zheng Bajin quickly chop up the fish, wash it in water, and just throw it into the boiling water to cook without chopping it into pieces.
At this time, Zheng Bajin added salt and lard to the water, put in the coriander leaves and shepherd's purse, stirred it gently with a spoon, and turned the fish over.
After the fish was done, Zheng Bajin first served a bowl to his grandma, and then distributed it to Qingqing, Hu Ying and others.
Mrs. Zheng's spirits improved a lot. She was so happy that she couldn't help but smile from ear to ear when she saw the fish that Zheng Bajin personally served. She kept saying, "My grandson made this by himself. You must try it!"
Hu Ying and Zheng Jiashan didn't want to eat it, saying they didn't like the taste.
Zheng Bajin said with a smile: "Don't worry, eat it. It's very delicious. Grandma can't eat so much. Besides, if you like it, you can catch it another day."
Zheng Jiashan looked at him and didn't know what to say.
Mrs. Zheng didn't care about this. With Qingqing's help, she cooled it down a bit, took a sip and said it tasted good.
"Does it taste good? Then drink more. I'll go catch it in the river tomorrow." Zheng Bajin saw his grandma happy and felt happy in his heart. For the first time, he felt that bringing happiness to his family was such a joyful thing. .
"Okay, okay, I just told you that Bajin is a good boy and he has been smart since he was a child. You still don't believe it, but you have seen it now, right?" Mrs. Zheng nodded and started nagging to Hu Ying.
"Come on, come on, let's all have a drink and try Bajin's cooking. He is my grandson." Mrs. Zheng glanced at the crowd and said unhappily when she saw that no one moved their mouths.
"Okay, grandma said, if you don't eat, you won't give the old man face." Zheng Bajin said and distributed the soup on the table to everyone.
Zheng Jiashan picked up the bowl, took a sip, nodded, and said, "That's great. We are all a family when we eat together. Why should we be polite?"
With that said, he handed a bowl to Qingqing.
Qingqing took it and glanced at Zheng Bajin.
Zheng Bajin nodded.
At this time, Zheng Jiashan picked up another bowl and handed it to Hu Ying's hand.
Zheng Bajin said hurriedly: "I'm not polite, I'll do it myself." As he said that, he picked up a bowl and took a sip of soup.
Although he cooked it himself, he always felt that it was a bit more delicious than the big fish and meat he had eaten in his previous life. Perhaps this was just a feeling after eating!
Zheng Jiashan scooped two fish from the pot into a large bowl, brought it to the table, tore off a piece, carefully removed the spines, and gave it to Mrs. Zheng to eat.
Qingqing said hurriedly: "Uncle, let me do it, you eat quickly!"
With that said, he put down the bowl.
"You eat, I'm not too hungry. I'll eat later." Zheng Jiashan refused and insisted on letting Qingqing eat first.
Unknowingly, his attitude towards Zheng Bajin changed a lot, and he also had a good impression of the sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl in front of him.
He glanced at Zheng Bajin. He had a lot to say, but he didn't say it. He just looked at Zheng Bajin deeply.
Zheng Bajin knew what he was going to say and nodded.
This meal, including Hu Ying, was the happiest meal for the whole family. However, Hu Ying's eyes always looked outside the door inadvertently.
Zheng Bajin didn't say anything, and sighed inwardly. The palms and backs of his hands were all flesh.
However, everyone was full and even the soup in the pot was eaten clean, but Zheng Laohai and Zheng Baliang still didn't show up!
