Fisherman

"Zhou Qing, Zhou Xiu, what are you sisters doing dawdling in the cave? Come on, wash the wild vegetables we just picked."

The two little girls who were stopped stretched out their arms lazily, looked at the women who were processing wild vegetables in a group around the cave, and grunted, but they didn't mean to go outside, but they came from everyone. He touched two green dates from the place where the food was put together, and bit them into crispy ones.

"Hey, I said why are you two disobedient, but you started to eat instead of coming to work." A woman stood up with her hips akimbo: "Don't hurry up and get busy, what are you going to eat when you come back later!"

Zhou Qing shrugged her nose: "Auntie, what can the two of us do? You have so many people, and you are not short of us two sisters. Our hands and feet are not as good as you."

"It's not a bad thing. Since you open your mouth to eat, you have to work together. It's more or less a force. Look at your brother, too. He won't go to sea today, so he will sleep in a cave. Everyone who doesn't work will be rounded up by your family. Zhao Qian said that everyone should work together so that we can live a good life!"

Zhou Xiu took advantage of the situation and said: "Zhao Qian is our brother-in-law. He is the one who leads us. Auntie, don't bully our sisters while my mother and the others are away. I can tell brother-in-law when the time comes."

"You two girls!" The woman's face turned blue and red, and everyone tugged at the corner of her clothes, motioning her to squat down to wash the vegetables.

"Don't bother with them, you have sharp teeth and a sharp mouth, just like Zhou Wang."

"It's annoying!"

I can't get used to them, but I can't do anything about them. After all, they are Zhao Qian's relatives. If Zhao Qian really provokes Zhao Qian at that time, he will take care of him. Thinking about people's methods, who can stand it? They can't bear to be screwed up, and they can only turn a blind eye with a sigh.

Everyone was aggrieved, but a thick male voice sounded from beside them: "Didn't you two hear that if you don't work, you will have nothing to eat? You still feel that you are too full at noon, and you don't want to eat at night."

The two sisters who had said about their aunt were laughing proudly in the cave, and immediately their mouths turned up when they were provoked by these words, shouting: "My brother-in-law is Zhao Qian, he has helped the villagers so much, even if we don't Everyone should let us eat when we are doing work... oh!"

Before Zhou Xiu could speak, she was pinched by her sister and grinned in pain, "What are you doing!"

Seeing the tall man talking first, Zhou Qing was so frightened that she fell silent. She clutched her younger sister's arm and lowered her head, not daring to look out. Zhou Xiu realized later that it was Zhao Qian and Brother Zhou who had come, and closed the door immediately. He shut his mouth, his arrogance disappeared, and his little face turned red.

Brother Zhou was extremely annoyed, he didn't expect not only his elder brother to be lazy, but also these two girls, and what's more, he even used Zhao Qian's reputation to show off his power here, and his complexion became darker and darker, which made everyone How do you think about Brother Zhao? He went up a few steps.

"Everyone is working, you still have the face to eat here, shame on you!"

Zhou Qing, who was shivering like a swan, widened her eyes when she heard her second elder brother scolding. Zhou Ge'er never got angry before she got married, so she just knew how to work with her head down, like a rock. In the past, if there was anything he didn't want to do, he would definitely help them do it.It's good now, instead of helping her family to speak, she even scolded the two sisters in front of everyone. She felt wronged and unconvinced in her heart, she just married a better man, so what an air.

She stomped her feet, Zhao Qian was here, she didn't dare to scold Brother Zhou, so she had to turn her head away and answer him without looking at him, expressing her dissatisfaction in her heart.

Zhao Qian grabbed Brother Zhou's arm. It was rare for a young man to be so angry. He knew that his family was using him to make a fortune. Originally, he didn't think much about getting along with these two little girls who didn't know much about the world. No matter what, but looking at their attitude towards Brother Zhou, it is not difficult to imagine how miserable Zhou Brother's life at home used to be.

Other things can be tolerated, but bullying his wife must not be ignored.

"I heard from you two that I don't have to work anymore because I'm your brother-in-law?" Zhao Qian pulled Brother Zhou behind him and moved closer to the two little girls.

Seeing the burly man who suddenly approached, because they were too tall and had to lower their heads to talk to them at close range, Zhou Qing and Zhou Xiu subconsciously took two steps back, their legs trembling slightly, and gritted their teeth to retort: ​​"No, we Did not say."

Zhao Qian sneered, whether he thought I was deaf or blind, he turned around and asked everyone, "Didn't they say it?"

The women held the vegetable leaves and forgot to move their hands. They were all waiting to see the two girls being taught a lesson. When they heard the question, they laughed and said, "Zhou Xiu Zhou Qing, that's not what you told your aunt just now!"

The two little girls were about to cry, Zhao Qian raised her eyebrows, and her expression instantly turned fierce: "When the two caves joined forces, I told you again and again that you can only eat if you do it. Those who are lazy in the middle are better off, so as not to be embarrassing you when I find out, I see that you two girls are not usually thick-skinned!"

"Since you don't want to work, that's fine. Don't think about enjoying the fruits of everyone's labor. This is not the Zhou family, and no one will provide for you." Zhao Qianlang said, "Zhou Qing and Zhou Xiu are not allowed to eat tonight. And don't give them any food!"

Zhou Qing burst into tears and shouted, "Why!"

"Because I'm your brother-in-law!" Zhao Qian said with a smile, "Don't worry, a meal can save you from starvation, and can also cure your laziness!"

"Did everyone hear that?" He raised his voice again.

The woman outside was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Okay, so many pairs of eyes are staring at us."

As soon as the words fell, a lazy voice came from inside the cave: "Mother, bring some hot water with me."

The cave was extremely quiet, no response was heard, and the voice rang again: "Mother! Ah Qing, bring me some water."

Zhao Qian raised his eyebrows. The lazy guy in this family used to call him lazy. It seems that Brother Zhou is too diligent to take care of the house and hides all the lazy people in the Zhou family, so he is notorious. Far Yang.

He scooped up a bowl of hot water from the pot in front of the stove, drinking it would definitely keep him warm in the windy winter, he went inside, and there was a thin man sleeping on the ground, hunched up and sleeping on a cushion, he looked comfortable, how could he Symptoms of being a little sick, with a ruddy complexion, it is clear that he is full and has nothing to do.

Sensing that someone was coming, Zhou Duoyu didn't even open his eyes: "Water, let me take a sip."

Zhao Qian looked at the man who stretched out his hand and was too lazy to open his eyes. With a backhand, he splashed the hot water in the bowl on Zhou Duoyu's face, and with a bang, Zhou Duoyu sat up instantly. , wiping his face indiscriminately: "It's raining heavily!"

When he opened his eyes and woke up, Zhou Duoyu was startled when he saw the man with his hands on his chest in front of him, and he was relieved when he saw Brother Zhou behind Zhao Qian: "It's you two."

Zhao Qian said coldly: "I heard that you are not feeling well, let me come and see."

Zhou Duoyu waved his hands with a smile: "It's nothing, I'll trouble you to take a look, it's my mother who has nothing to talk about."

"It's okay to lie in the cave during the day, it's not a bad day."

Zhou Duoyu scratched his hair, and smiled honestly, without feeling guilty at all, Zhao Qian felt that Zhou Geer's sentence didn't quite understand.

For this kind of late-stage lazy cancer patients, he said that only the one-on-one care of the village head can save them: "Then you continue to lie down and don't move around. After a while, the food in your stomach will be digested, and the next two days will be difficult." sad."

After speaking, he dragged Brother Zhou out.

"Don't feed Zhou Duoyu for two days, and greet the village chief for me."

The women were all overjoyed. They thought that Zhao Qian would help the Zhou family, but unexpectedly he gave everyone a sigh of relief: "Don't worry, we will definitely take care of it."

"Then thank you for your hard work! After a while, I will go to the market and I will ask everyone to bring some quilts back to your cave. It will be easier in the cold winter months."

When the woman heard this, she couldn't control the smile in her eyes, and quickly thanked Zhao Qian.

"We are all fellow villagers. We should. If life is difficult, let's get through it together. If anyone is lazy in the future, just tell the village chief or come and tell me!"

After finishing speaking, he and Brother Zhou took their fishing tools and headed to the cave on their side. When they came back, they came here directly, before they had time to go back and release the fish.

Brother Zhou walked a few steps and suddenly said, "Brother Zhao."

Zhao Qian stopped in her tracks and looked at Zhou Ge'er who was embarrassed: "What's wrong?"

"I'm troubling you again."

Zhao Qian smiled: "What are you talking about? The two of us are a family. Don't feel any psychological burden. You used to be in Zhou's house, and you were often angry with them."

Brother Zhou shook his head, he has been used to it for many years, and now living with him, he seems to be even more unfamiliar with those days: "Zhou Qing and Zhou Xiu love to play tricks, I don't bother to pay attention to them, after all, parents are very It's not very good for the two of them to favor the eldest brother, and they have some good tempers, so as not to be ordered by the mother to serve the eldest brother."

"Zhou Duoyu is really the best, he didn't bully you, right?" Zhao Qian worried, after all, the Zhou family is very patriarchal, the brother's status is not as good as the girl's, so he must be the one who suffers the most at home.

Brother Zhou smiled: "No, big brother is pretty good except he doesn't work, he never scolds me, and sometimes helps me talk." Of course, he just lay on the bed and said, It's probably because I listened to my mother talking about what was wrong with him all day long, and disturbed him to sleep when some tasks were not finished, so I helped him to say a few words.

He didn't tell Zhao Qian what he said later, it was just to make him feel that he had no place in the Zhou family, life was not as hard as he imagined.

Zhao Qian patted his head: "Then I'll go to the village chief tomorrow and ask him to give Zhou Duoyu some food."

"No, he's too lazy, and he should be taught a lesson, so as not to lose his memory in the future."

Zhao Qian rubbed his chin, and suddenly thought: "Do you think your elder brother is lazy, or the old me is lazy?"

Brother Zhou narrowed his eyes, and walked forward with his arms around the fishing net. He wanted to say that they were comparable, but he couldn't help but smile again: "Is that you from before?"

Zhao Qian smiled.

Today was the first time the two went back to the cave, and the aunts were still cooking.

"Hey, it's so early to collect work today, our meal hasn't been ready yet."

"It's okay, it's something to go to the cave next door, and the work is so early." Zhao Qian put down the fishing tools and rolled up his sleeves: "Let me cook for everyone."

The aunts moved away a little and said with a smile, "Hey, Zhao Qian, you can cook!"

"Not so much, I learned something when I fought with Brother Zhou." Zhao Qian said to Brother Zhou: "Is it?"

A group of women laughed: "Look at you two!"

Brother Zhou was a little embarrassed, his eyes dodged and he said, "I'm going to the cave."

Tie Zhu's mother watched Brother Zhou leave, and whispered to Zhao Qian, "Brother Zhou is too thin-skinned! Isn't it like this when you all sleep together?"

Zhao Qian's eyebrows twitched, he smiled, and didn't agree.

"Then you should be thick-skinned and complement each other. Don't think that you won't have children because of the bad times. My brother is not easy to conceive. You should work harder while you are young."

The smile on his face gradually froze, and he even suspected that his aunt had been brainwashed by the village head, and wanted to contribute to the population revival plan!

"Yeah." He took his hand back from the vegetable bowl and wiped it on his waist twice: "I'm a little thirsty, I'll go in and drink some water."

The aunt smiled and said: "Go, go, you've been tired all day, take a good rest."

Zhao Qian nodded again and again, he secretly felt that Brother Zhou was smarter and slipped so fast.

"Zhao Qian and Brother Zhou are both good boys." Tie Zhu's mother shook her head and sighed a little: "They are both thin-skinned."

The rest of the women joined in.

Tie Zhu's mother suddenly had a flash of inspiration, beckoned other women to come closer, and muttered, and Hu Lingling was carrying the dishes, wondering what the aunts were talking about together, and saw They all showed kind or satisfied smiles, and she frowned.

At night, everyone ate around the stove as usual. Tonight, apart from some seafood, there was also a dish of fried haggis, which was lamb kidneys and tripe that were not used to make soup before, and wild leeks that were dug together. Fried together, the taste is very fragrant.

The men who had been busy all day stretched their chopsticks towards this hard dish.

Zhao Qian stretched out his chopsticks and was about to pick some lamb tripe for Brother Zhou, but three pairs of chopsticks stretched out from his own bowl, and all the aunts picked up vegetables for him. He was flattered: "Thank you, I can pick it up myself."

"Looking at the day-to-day work, my face is thin, eat more."

Zhao Qian picked up a piece of lamb belly and put it in Brother Zhou's bowl: "Have I lost weight?"

Brother Zhou stared at his face three times, then shook his head.

"Since the aunts are all saying that they are thinner, let's eat more food." Brother Zhou felt ashamed because he didn't see that Brother Zhao had lost weight. As a husband, he was not as good as the aunts. A large chopsticks leek.

Zheng Shu, who was on the side, saw the leeks Zhou Geer picked up after seeing the two whispering. In the end, he attributed the reason to him, and then he silently put a chopstick of leeks into the husband's bowl.

Liu Jun glanced at his husband: "Why don't you pick some wild vegetables with me."

Zheng Shu glared at him: "It's delicious, eat more."

Liu Jun muttered, and being stared at by Fu Lang, he had no choice but to stuff the food into his mouth.

During the whole meal, everyone ate very happily, but Hu San'er was unusually quiet today, and he would look out of the cave from time to time, until the meal was almost over, he seemed to be absent-minded. As if determined, he picked up two steamed crabs and took them aside.