Chapter 121： catching toads in the rain

Chapter 121 Catching Toads in the Rain

When Xu Shiyan came home, the sky was a bit cloudy, and when the meal was ready for dinner, it started to rain patter outside.

Zhou Guilan looked at the weather outside the window and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Finally, I am looking forward to the rain. There is really little rain in this spring, and there will be two games in total.

After the rain, the ground should be a little wet. It’s just a few days to plant the land, which is good. "

"Well, the field has been dry for a while and is almost smoking, and this rain is very timely.

Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I will go to our private land to tidy up, and in a few days I will take time to plant some broomcorns, millet and so on. "

Old peasants depend on the weather for their food, and what the people in the village house want most is good weather.

Xu Shiyan moved here, and the team allocated half an acre of private land, which is not much, and it is enough to grow some grains and beans.

After all, the family has a small population, so something is enough to eat.

One spring and one autumn are the busiest seasons for the agricultural team, and the participating households are even busier.

Fortunately, these days, the work in Shendi is almost busy.

The ginseng ground for freezing and making goods has already passed the pond, and it will take a few days for the new planting to come out, which happens to be the time for planting.

"It's not the right time for me to be in confinement, otherwise I can go farming with you."

Su Anying, who had already had dinner over there, who was holding the baby and breastfeeding, couldn't help sighing when she heard it.

When Chun Geng was so busy, she just caught up with her confinement. There were so many jobs outside the house, leaving it all to her husband alone, which was enough for him to get tired.

"You, take a good confinement, and taking care of your body is more important than anything else.

Don't always think about working, women do everything, why do men need them?

Marrying a Han, marrying a Han, dressing and eating, farming and working are what they should do.

You can take care of the children at home with peace of mind, figure out the mess at home, and don't let the third child worry about it outside. "

Zhou Guilan couldn't help sighing when she heard this.

Among the daughters-in-law in her family, the third daughter-in-law is the most capable.

"My mother is right, don't worry about anything, and leave the whole family to me, so you can sit in confinement with peace of mind.

You have done a great job by taking good care of yourself. "Xu Shiyan also persuaded.

No one knows better than Xu Shiyan what kind of temper his daughter-in-law has.

Su Anying is just too capable. She is always busy on weekdays. Even in the late pregnancy, she didn't delay her work.

The sudden cold made her lie on the kang all day long, except for eating and sleeping, she was uncomfortable with leisure.

But no matter how uncomfortable it is, the confinement must be settled, and there is no need to discuss it.

While talking, he suddenly saw someone walking in hurriedly from outside. Xu Shiyan hurriedly opened the door and saw that it was the neighbor in the East Courtyard.

"Xiaofeng, why are you here when it's raining, what's the matter at home?" Xu Shiyan stepped aside and called the other party into the room.

"Brother Xu, there is nothing wrong at home, I just came to see you and asked if you are going to catch toads at night?

It didn’t rain much this spring, and the toad couldn’t even go ashore. I guess it’s raining tonight, and the toad will come up with all his brains.

Let's catch toads with flashlights, and we can catch old noses overnight. "

Sun Xiaofeng, Xu's neighbor to the east, is one year younger than Xu Shiyan.

The Sun family also belongs to the Second Brigade and the First Brigade. They work together all day long, and they are also neighbors. They get along very well with Xu Shiyan.

The toad Sun Xiaofeng mentioned is not a frog or a toad, but the Northeast Rana, which is a kind of Rana.

The dried fallopian tube product of the female Northeast Rana, also called Rana oil, is an extremely valuable tonic, known as "Snow Hammer Oil" in the south.

So, the Northeast Rana is also called snow clam.

Toads live in the woods in summer, and come down from the mountains in late autumn to spend the winter in the river.

Wait until the beginning of spring, then go ashore from the river, and lay eggs in ponds, ditches, or stable river bends.

After the spawning is over, they enter the forest to live again, and the cycle repeats.

Toad is the best river fresh food, especially the spring toad. After a winter in the river, there is no dirt in the stomach. The meat is delicious and nutritious. It is the favorite delicacy of the local people.

According to their habits, when it rains every spring, people go to the river with a flashlight to catch them.

"Hey, if you don't mention it, I really forgot. Okay, then I'll go after dinner, let's go together."

Xu Shiyan has been preoccupied with his wife's childbirth these days, and can't think of anything else.

When Sun Xiaofeng said this, he also realized that it rained late this year, so this crop of toads is probably the only one.

If you don’t catch it, you won’t be able to eat it this year.

"Success, then I'll go home and prepare first, don't worry, Brother Xu, eat slowly."

When Sun Xiaofeng heard that Xu Shiyan agreed, he was so happy that he didn't enter the room, turned around and left again.

Xu Shiyan returned to the east room and explained to his mother and daughter-in-law.

"Mom, taking advantage of the rain, Xiaofeng and I went to catch some toads and came back. We just stewed them for Yingzi's nourishment."

When I was in the big house, every spring, Xu Shiyan went to catch toads twice to satisfy everyone.

Now in Donggang, this habit cannot be changed.

"Okay, since Xiaofeng is looking for you, let's go, don't go too far, and don't come back too late." Zhou Guilan didn't stop her, but only ordered a few words.

Just like that, Xu Shiyan quickly ate a few mouthfuls of food, and then went to find a raincoat, a flashlight, and a woven bag.

After everything was ready, they went out to find Sun Xiaofeng, and the two of them left the door like this, heading straight for the direction of Caozihe.

Caozi River belongs to a branch of the upper reaches of Songjiang River, twenty miles away from Donggang.

For Xu Shiyan and Sun Xiaofeng, twenty miles is like playing.

The two walked forward with flashlights, staring at both sides of the road. It has been raining for a while, and it is very likely that there are toads on the roadside.

Sure enough, not far in front, a few black dots were bouncing up and down the aisle.

As soon as the light of the flashlight shone on them, they immediately lay down on the ground and did not move.

Xu Shiyan and Sun Xiaofeng ran over immediately and grabbed the toad on the ground.

The skin of amphibians is slippery and cold. People who have never caught toads are likely to be shocked.

For Xu Shiyan, there was no disturbance in his heart at all, but he felt that this toad was so fleshy when he grabbed it.

Starting with a big mother and baby, I feel that it can sink two or two.

Xu Shiyan sighed in his heart, speaking of it, it’s still a good time, unlike later generations, toads were caught in large numbers, and there were not many wild toads.

The point is that later, in order to make money, those people contracted the river section, and then used plastic sheets on the river bank to block the toads from traversing.

The plastic sheet is high and slippery, and the toad cannot jump over it, so they are all blocked under the plastic sheet, just grab it directly.

The toad trip is really a desperate plan. The wild toads were caught within a few years, and after that, they can only be artificially bred.

The toad that can be cultivated artificially, how can it taste better than the wild one?

"Brother Xu, go forward, there must be more ahead, go."

Catching toads is addictive, and the more you catch them, the more you want to keep catching them.

Sun Xiaofeng had already caught several of them. Seeing Xu Shiyan standing there not knowing what to think, he yelled at him to move forward quickly.

Xu Shiyan put the toad into the woven bag hanging on his waist, and walked forward quickly.

I didn’t go very far, and there were several toads in front of me. At this time, I didn’t have time to think about it, so I caught it.

(end of this chapter)