Became a poor little boy abandoned by his educated youth mother?

Chapter 39: Does this fish like your cooking skills, Old 3?

Early in the morning, her uncle, second uncle, father, and fifth uncle went fishing, followed by several children.

"I told you that last time I threw out the bait, a lot of fish came up. We caught dozens of them at a time, and it took us many days to eat them all." An Xueyan started talking about her past achievements along the way.

"Really? The fish in this river are so easy to catch now. Are they frozen silly in winter?" Cousin An Jiye couldn't believe it. Why didn't he catch any in summer?

"It must be true. The fish you ate last night was the one we caught that day. It took my dad and I working together. Both are indispensable, otherwise we wouldn't have caught so many." He never forgot to remind himself of his own contribution.

Hearing his little niece bragging, An Qingguo patted his third brother's shoulder.

He laughed and said, "Third brother, whether my brother can eat fish today depends on you, hahahaha..."

A burst of hearty laughter came from far away.

The fifth brother, An Qinghe, also said with a smile: "Third brother, your daughter has blown the cow out of you, you can't let her down, otherwise my niece will cry."

He glanced at Lao Wu and said, "You guys are forcing me to use all my strength. I have to show everyone that I am the best at catching fish among my brothers."

"Third Uncle, come on!"

"Dad, come on!"

"Dad, don't be timid, just go for it!"

When An Qingping heard his daughter's words, he slipped and almost fell on the ice.

What he got in return was the merciless ridicule of his brothers.

Ignoring them, An Qingping turned around and looked at his well-behaved and pretty daughter. He said to her, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Yan Yan, let's not learn those rude words from boys, be good."

An Xueyan looked innocent and nodded: "Okay!"

The group chose a place and started to chisel ice. A few adults worked on it, and a group of children skated on the ice.

With more people working together, the work can be done much faster. A hole was dug in just a few minutes.

He skillfully cast the net and threw in the bait. Within a minute, he saw all the fish swimming over to grab the food.

The second brother, An Qingshun, asked in surprise, "Third brother, what did you put in the bait?"

An Qingping said honestly, "It's just the ones everyone puts in there, nothing else. Lao Wu even watched me make it."

The eldest brother, An Qingguo, teased, "Could it be that this fish likes your cooking skills, Third Brother?"

The fifth brother, An Qinghe, also joked: "Hehe, maybe it's true, Third Brother is a good cook. He even likes fish."

Seeing his brother and younger brother like this, An Qingping reminded them: "Hurry up and cast another net later."

Several people started to move and pulled the net up together. This attracted the children playing nearby.

An Xueyan was so excited when she saw so many fish.

He said proudly, "Look, do you believe me now? My dad and I always catch fish, no matter what."

This little look makes people want to try it.

Cousin An Jinbao couldn't help but take action. He flicked her head and said with a smile, "Little girl, you are so arrogant. That's because Third Uncle is so powerful. What does it have to do with you, a little kid?"

"That's my dad, I'm showing off~" I won't tell you that I added ingredients to the bait.

An Liping said happily, "We will have enough fish to eat for many days."

Thinking about the different kinds of food she would eat every day, she no longer wanted to go to the city.

A group of children stopped playing and just stood by to watch the adults cast the second net. The older one, An Jinbao, helped to cast the net right beside them.

After throwing the bait, everyone stretched their heads to look at the school of fish below. They were all big fish, and the small ones couldn't squeeze in at all.

“That’s a lot of fish.”

"How can these fish be so stupid?"

"It's a bit silly indeed."

"Are they still looking for food? Brother Jinbao, throw some more bait."

A group of half-grown children chattered and tried to throw a little bait in. They saw the fish below scrambling for it frantically.

"They just came here because of the smell of the bait."

Several adults were watching the children nearby to prevent them from falling in accidentally, and they were not in a hurry to catch the fish.

I waited until I had seen enough before I netted the fish. The two nets together held almost 100 kilograms of fish.

The brothers An Qinghe and An Qingshan, who were not far away, also saw their situation and ran over to take a look for a while.

An Qinghe bravely asked, "Captain, since you guys are not fishing anymore, could you lend me some of your leftover bait? I'll trade it for cornmeal."

"There's only a little left. I'll give it to you." An Qingping gave him the remaining little.

It's really just a little bit. A few kids just gave it to me to play with. Now the remaining ones are probably enough for a net.

"Thank you, Uncle Qingping!" An Qinghe thanked him.

The two brothers went fishing happily. It was basically impossible for people in the village to catch a lot of fish these days.

The big fish are all at the deeper bottom of the river and rarely come up.

Also, the fish in the river are all wild and no one is raising them specifically. Due to limited living conditions, not many will survive.

Nowadays, people are greedy for meat. When they have nothing to do, they just stare at the fish in the river and try to catch all they can.

Cast the net a few hours in advance and come back to collect it when the time comes. If you are lucky, you may catch a few to more than ten fish.

Some people use bait to fish. If they are lucky, they may catch a few fish after half a day, but sometimes they may not catch any.

The An Qinghe brothers went directly to the place they had just dug, threw the net down and spread the bait, and soon saw a bunch of fish swimming over.

The two of them caught about 40 kilograms of fish and happily went home carrying the fish.

When their mother got back and saw so many fish, she was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling and kept praising the two of them for their skills.

The eldest and second sister-in-law rarely smiled, not to mention that they were just eating for free.

"Mom, we caught it with the bait given by Uncle Qingping." An Qinghe told his mother the truth.

His mother asked with shining eyes: "An family's third son, have you asked how he makes his bait?"

An Qinghe's father's name is An Dagen, so everyone calls his wife Dagen's or Aunt Dagen.

An Qinghe was speechless: "Mom, this kind of family might have some secret recipe, how can I ask?"

His mother is addicted to taking advantage of others.

His mother said nonchalantly, "What does it matter? We are all relatives. How can we hide good things from each other?

You two brothers are just shy. I'll go ask them when I have time."

After saying that, he turned around and went to clean up the fish.

An Qinghe and An Qingshan whispered to each other for a while and then went out.

At the An family's side, the women and girls were happy to see so many fish.

Nowadays, the fear is: a good cook cannot cook without rice.

As long as they have food, they won't worry.

When they learned that the fish liked the bait made by An Qingping, everyone praised him.

An Qingping could only laugh and laugh~

He himself hasn't figured out what's going on yet, and he feels guilty about being praised.

After all the ingredients are prepared, go home and clean up the whole family before getting ready to welcome the New Year.

Saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, a new beginning in the new year, this is a fine tradition for every Chinese person.

A few days ago, they went to the bathhouse in town and had a good time, and An Xueyan also gained some new insights.

So this is what bathhouses in the north are like!!!