Chapter 30 strange soup (next)
We dial forest to take the road, out of a short distance, I really see a water pool, due to darkness and fog cover, visibility is less than ten meters, can not see the size of this pool, but listen to the sound of the water in the distance flow is very large, it is estimated that the pool is not small, standing in the pool on the rocks to raise the lamp to a light, I saw the water tumbling, underwater, there are many fat black fish were attracted by the light, have swum together.
Balun left pastoral people regard fish as God, never eat fish catch fish, this grassland on the size of the lakes in the fish live freely, never afraid of people, unlike the mainland fish, see someone far away from the bottom of the lake, but we can not care about these, here in addition to the fish and horses can eat nothing else, in this desolate grassland, the fish is a god, the horse is a friend, eat a god or eat friends? For those of us who have been Red Guards, this is a problem that we don’t have to consider at all, and we will choose to eat the former without hesitation.
Fatty and I rolled up our arms and sleeves and prepared to catch fish, Ding Sishen settled the old sheepskin, tethered the old army horse, pick up some gravel around the stove, the forest has to be the dead tree branches and leaves, picked up a large bundle of them, she is very nimble to light a fire, set up a pot with a branch to boil the water, boil a little bit of water, clean the pot, and then boil some hot water for the group to drink.
For fat man and I have no daughter-in-law of the male youth, cooking is the most difficult level, although it is in the wilderness, to see Ding Si-Shiang also well organized, see her busy back, the heart inexplicably born a kind of melancholy mood, but this mood was soon driven away by the hunger, the two of us discussed, the fish here are not afraid of people, which eliminates a lot of trouble, do not have to be like in the Xing’anling as the muddy waters of the fish, directly! Find two branches, take the old sheepskin “KangXi knife” sharpened as a harpoon.
With a harpoon, of course, can not poke in the water, but the first kerosene lamp hanging on the surface of the water, the fat blackfish are attracted to the next but also patience, according to the water flow, bubbles, splashes, and other signs of figuring out the law of the fish swimming, due to the lack of light, we did not fully grasp the movements of the water swimming fish, although not too well prepared, but the pool of blackfish or we poked up seven or eight, and the rest of the big ones! The rest of the larger blackfish finally realized that there was danger, and swam into the deep water without looking back.
I look at these fish caught fat, and then more people are enough to eat, but people hungry up to the eye on the big, how to see how to feel the amount is small, so I and fat people to the fish to Ding Sishen packing down the pot, and then back to the edge of the pool, the same trick, forked a few tails of just from the distance swam over to the blackfish, which is almost enough for four people to eat, in fact, we catch the fish not to say four people to eat, even if four more people are enough.
Ding Sishen told us that the blackfish with a fire on the dry can not eat, so with a knife to cut the belly of the fish to remove the internal organs, scrape the fish scales, cut into segments down to the hot pot, it looks like it is going to cook a pot of fish soup, hot water gas forced, only to hear the pot of aroma overflowing, although there is no any condiments, but at this time who cares whether it is salty or bland, we swallowed our mouths and forced to suppress the hunger, not good eyeballs staring at the fish in the pot, looking at the eyeballs are almost We stared at the fish in the pot without looking at our eyes, and our eyes were almost falling out of the pot.
Fatty gluttonous saliva fell down, he used his sleeve to wipe a couple of wipes, said to me and Ding Si-Tian: “It is said that the North Great Wilderness Corps gang of buddies drink soup three meals a day, they also wrote a poem for the soup, before you drink the soup, I will recite to you first – ah! Soup, soup, soup, revolutionary soup! One meal without soup is a panic, two meals without soup is a slanderous panic, three meals without soup is a panic ……”
Tinsel and I were both amused by Fatty’s poem, and Tinsel said, “Where did Fatty get that poem from? That can be old history, the former North Great Wilderness is very desolate, there are rabbits and wolves, only long weeds do not grow food, and then the corps gradually more people, the North Great Wilderness built the North barn, I heard that now much better, do not have to drink soup all day long, I have a classmate there as a class president. By the way, what do you two eat in Xing’anmeng?”
Fatty said, our side of the delicious too much, the sky dragon meat, underground donkey meat are eaten all over, did not think there is what is good, not as good as our pot of fish soup, this soup can be really fresh, just smell is a kind of enjoyment.
Ding Sishen wondered: “Dragon meat also have to eat? Could it be that the old sheepskin grandfather said is true? Are there really dragons in this world?” I explained: “the sky dragon meat, underground donkey meat, this so-called dragon meat, in fact, is the mountain hazel chicken, it is also known as the common name of the flying dragon, because of the delicious flavor, is the best of the mountain delicacies in the game, so the name of the day dragon meat, in fact, with the ordinary pheasant is not much difference, the next time I will get you two from the other side so that you can taste the dragon meat, but the little fat said really quite right, I also I feel that our fish soup is too fresh, and we didn’t put any seasoning, how come it tastes so good? Maybe it’s because I’m hungry, anyway, I feel like I’ve never smelled such a tantalizing fish soup in my life.”
Speaking fish soup on the simmering almost, only tempted people to move their fingers, suddenly heard a cough behind, the old sheepskin slowly woke up, sniffing his nose smelled the pot of fish soup: “Oops, very fragrant …… This is what is cooking, how come this is so fragrant?”
We turned around to see him awake, are relieved, it seems to be really hungry over the head before passing out, smell the fish soup themselves woke up, I thought I can not say to the old sheepskin is fish soup, this old man, although it is also the poor peasants, but the bones of the superstitious ideas are still very serious, the feudal tail has not been cut off cleanly, I want to tell him is a fish soup, he will not allow us to drink it, not as good as to let him drink his fill and then tell him the truth, then he has nothing to say. I think this I do not wait for the fat man to eat.
Thinking of this I do not wait for the fat man to eat first, a grabbed his hands of the horse spoon, generously full of a spoonful of soup to the old sheepskin: “Our intellectual youth responded to the call to the mountains to the countryside, it is to the poor peasants to learn from the poor peasants should listen to the poor peasants, and accept the education of the poor peasants, you first taste, give us a review of the soup boiled how. ”
The old sheepskin may also be hungry hard, may also be due to the pot of fish soup flavor is too fragrant, see the horse spoon to the mouth, do not care to ask what, took two mouths and drank it, add the lips, not yet finished, trembling to the pot, spoon after spoon to drink up, he does not mind hot, a mouthful of half a pot of water, and even the inside of the fish also fished out to eat a lot.
Fatty looked anxious, so a big pot is enough for eight people to eat, this old man himself went to half a pot, this dry old man meals how so amazing? Dinsi sweet and I also look stupid, how with the magic like eating up endless? If we eat like this, won’t we die? Quickly pulling the old sheepskin: “Do you know whose meat is cooked in this pot? Eating so much without asking clearly, this is the black fish meat in the water pool in the forest ah.”
The old sheepskin already ate too much, propped up his straight rolled his eyes, heard that it is fish meat is also shocked: “even? Blackfish meat? Sin, this God God can eat? Eat to the retribution to come …… to the retribution to come ……” can say, he is like can not control their hands, and then went to fish with a horse spoon to eat fish.
I saw the old sheepskin two eyes glared blood red, and the weekdays are like two people, a person can never drink so much fish soup is still like a hungry ghost, my heart then thumped, a kind of ominous premonition arose, this pot of fish soup can not drink!