In the book, I was fed by my sister

The clothes of the three people were soaked by the river water, and a bamboo pole was full of their spoils.

The river returned to calm, and the blood in the water was washed away by the current. The sun shone on the quiet stream. Three people sat together, and two pairs of eyes looked at Song Li: "How are we going to eat?"

Song Lisheng has eaten livestock with fur and fish with scales. After following the team for a while to make a living, she learned a lot of life tips and changed her habit of eating raw meat and drinking blood.

Use a bamboo knife to push upwards from the fish tail, and the fish scales can be easily scraped off.

"So beautiful." The clam shells without the meat emitted a colorful luster under the sun, and Barley was fascinated by it.

"Give me the clam shell, be careful not to cut your hand." Song Li said.

The clam shell is thick enough that it can become as sharp as a knife after being slightly rubbed on a stone.

Song Li cut open the fish's belly, scooped out the fish's internal organs, cleaned out the fish's gills and threw them all into the water. Then he put the bamboo pole through the fish's mouth and out of the fish's body, and the grilled fish was ready.

Three fish were inserted diagonally next to the fire. There was a bamboo forest next to the river, and some bamboo shells were used as firewood.

The three big fish were very fat, and the fish meat was naturally fat and did not need to be greased. Their eyes were fixed on the sizzling fish roasting on the flames.

Song Li carefully controlled the fire, not letting it become too strong or go out.

As the fish is roasted by the flame, it begins to drip water and the skin gradually becomes browned and crispy.

Li Zi's face was filled with excitement and anticipation, and Da Mai looked at the grilled fish seriously without even using the clam knife. For them, every time Song Li turned over the grilled fish, it was like performing a sacred ritual.

The air was filled with the aroma of grilled fish, which made Li Zi and the other man salivate.

"How long will it take?" Li Zi asked after swallowing.

"Give me the salt."

At this time, the fish is roasted until golden brown, and the tail and fins are roasted until black.

Song Li sprinkled some salt on the fish and poked the golden skin with her fingers. The freshly baked part was warm and a little hot. She carefully tore off a small piece of fish skin and put it in her mouth to chew.

“It’s ready.” Without too much seasoning, the fish has a slight fishy smell, but more of it is the delicious taste of fish plus the flavor of charcoal.

When Li Zi and the other man heard this, they started to cut the fish meat.

"Hot! Hot! Hot!" The fish was so hot that I couldn't hold it with my hands. It was still hot when it jumped from my hands into my mouth, but it was so delicious that I couldn't bear to spit it out.

The two men opened their mouths and breathed, waiting until the fish cooled before they dared to chew it.

Li Zi has a large family. She has two older brothers, an older sister, and younger brothers and sisters.

My eldest brother got married last year, and my sister-in-law is pregnant now. She will soon become an aunt. My mother said that the house will be left to my eldest brother. In two years, my second brother will get married, and we will have to split up.

So her father and mother are now saving money to build a new home for her second brother. Her mother is even more careful with every penny she spends. Poor her, she only eats meat a few times a day, and when she does eat meat, she has to rely on her sister-in-law and the houseworkers.

Fortunately, she would gain weight even if she drank water, otherwise she would be as skinny as her two younger siblings.

Not to mention barley. Except for the Chinese New Year, you can only taste the meaty smell of chestnuts when you squeeze out from between your teeth at other times.

"Be careful of the thorns." Song Li reminded them when she saw the two of them wolfing down the food.

When the fish meat was cut, Da Mai fiddled with the fish skeleton, as if a fish was swimming freely in her hands.

As the sun gradually sets, the cows begin to moo, calling home.

The three men buried the fish bones in the soil, put out the fire, and everything returned to peace.

Li Zi burped loudly and suddenly shouted, "Oh no! Mommy has to cook pig food before dinner! She needs a fire starter!"

I don’t know whether Li Zi was beaten or not, but she got three fish, so I guess her mother wouldn’t care too much about it.

Song Li looked at the five fish left on the bamboo pole and smiled with satisfaction. She turned to Damai and said, "Da Mai, I'll go home and ask my sister to make smoked fish. I'll bring you some dried smoked fish then."

Da Mai eats like a big cat. When she heard about smoked fish, she waved her hands and said, "I can't eat any more. I can't eat any more. Da Mai is already full."

Song Li looked at Damai's funny appearance and said with a smile, "You are really a little fool. I'm going home. Remember to come back to your yard before dark." After that, she picked up the five fish on the bamboo pole and turned to leave.

Da Mai looked at Song Li's leaving back and muttered, "Go home, go home, Da Mai also wants to go home."

As she was about to leave, she saw the clam shell left by Song Li beside the fire and shouted to Song Li as he left, "Great hero, you dropped something."

Seeing that Song Li didn't look back, Da Mai picked up the clam shell and dusted it off.

"Sigh~"

The edge of the clam shell was polished to a sharp edge, and Barley's fingertip was cut by it, and blood flowed along the clam shell in a colorful stream.

"It's so beautiful." Barley held his bleeding finger and stared at the clam shell.

*

Grandma Gu took a bullock cart back to the village. When she arrived at her home, Song Ran was busy hanging clothes in the yard.

She walked into the yard with a smile on her face. "I forgot to ask you how many pounds of frogs you had when I left this morning. The shopkeeper said 4 pounds and 6 ounces when he received the goods. He rounded it up to an even number and gave me 70 copper coins in total."

"Almost." Song Ran took it with a smile, counted out ten, and stuffed the copper coins into Grandma Gu's hand.

Granny Gu declined, saying, "Oh, this is not possible!"

"What's the use of it? If you don't accept it, I won't bother you again next time."

"You're talking about two copper coins for the oxcart, why would you pay so much?"

The two pushed and shoved for a while, and finally Grandma Gu couldn't persuade Song Ran and accepted the money.

"I saw a happy thing today." Grandma Gu said after taking a sip of water.

Song Ran: "What's new?"

Grandma Gu thought about what she saw today, smiled and said, "The event is new, but the person is not. I just went to your house for dinner yesterday."

Song Ran was stunned for a moment. Did he have dinner at her house yesterday? Thinking of that strange man, he suddenly said, "The village chief's nephew?"

Grandma Gu nodded and said, "This time you finally remember this person. I have told you about him so many times before, but you didn't remember him."

"You gossip to me all the time. How can I remember people I've never even met talking to me about anything?"

"Yesterday he went to see a prostitute, but when he was leaving in the morning, he couldn't pay and was beaten out by the prostitute."

"There is such an embarrassing thing." Song Ran covered his mouth and laughed.

"Hahaha, he yelled that they had feelings for each other, and that money was not an option when two people were in love. In the end, the pimp robbed him, leaving only his underwear, and threw him out on the street."

Song Ran laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his back. "How did you run into such an interesting thing? It's a pity that we have to laugh secretly."

"It's no coincidence that you asked me to sell the frogs. This shop that serves night food is close to these places. Don't worry, there's a lot to talk about in the village. Wu Yinhong saw me selling frogs and followed me, saying that the price was good and asked her husband to catch them at night."

"She saw it, too?"

"Of course not. With Wu Yinhong's big mouth, I guess everyone in the village will know about it in two days."

Song Ran finished laughing and also talked about what happened today, "We had crabs for lunch today."

"Hey? Where did it come from? This thing is hard to catch."

"Chestnut brought it."

"Oh, maybe Du Liyun knew that her daughter had dinner at your house, and she felt embarrassed, so she came back."

"I think so. There has never been any favor between our two families before. Eat at my place tonight so you don't have to get angry when you go back."

The two were discussing dinner when Wang Guifang came in with a group of people.