Chapter 20 Rising Tide Feng Chunhua just walked back without giving any response.
However, after arriving at the door of the house, Feng Chunhua did not go in. Instead, she ran into Hua Daling's house next door.
Angrily shouted, "Hua Daling, come out!"
Hua Daling was preparing to cook in the kitchen, when she heard Feng Chunhua's voice, she walked into the yard unhurriedly, "Feng Chunhua, have you been released? What are you yelling? Don't you know how to knock when you come into my house? "
Feng Chunhua's eyes were burning with anger, and she asked, "Did you say something to that dead girl Chu Xuan? Did you forget what you promised me?"
Hua Daling immediately made an oath, "I can swear to the conscience of heaven and earth that I have never told Chu Xuan your secret!"
This was heard by Chu Zhi outside the door.
Chu Zhi blurted out, "Mom, what's your secret?"
Why doesn't he know? Could it be that what Chu Xuan said was true?
Isn't his elder brother his own elder brother? If this is the case, will the eldest brother's death compensation be recovered? Feng Chunhua looked at Chu Zhi and pointed to the door, "You stay there while I go to the house with you, Sister Hua, to talk about something important."
Chu Zhi quickly promised, "I will keep it safe!"
I was very curious.
When Hua Daling and Feng Chunhua entered the main room and closed the door, Chu Zhi did not stand obediently outside the courtyard door, but quietly approached the window of the main room.
"What's going on? Seeing how you're asking questions, your granddaughter probably knows your secret, right? I didn't say that her father isn't your own son."
"Hua Daling, keep your voice down! Back then your mother-in-law used this matter to blackmail me with twenty catties of flour. Now that your mother-in-law is dead, you are the only one who knows the secret. It wasn't you who said it, but who could it be?"
"Chu Xuan did ask me if I knew your secret. But I told her, I don't know. Could it be that Chu Xuan heard you talking in your sleep before..."
"It's also possible. If she's listening to sleep talk, I won't admit it! Hua Daling, you have to keep your mouth shut! Otherwise, I'll ask your family for twenty catties of flour!"
"Don't worry! Even if the knife rests on my neck, I won't say anything."
Chu Zhi heard this and hurried back to the courtyard gate.
Wait for Feng Chunhua to come out and go home together.
There is no food at home, so I can go to the village office for dinner. However, after today, every time I eat a meal, I have to issue an IOU of [-] cents per person.
Feng Chunhua is reluctant to part with money, and now she only has ten yuan in hand given by her brother Feng Ti.
"Xiao Zhi, if we go to the old house to block the door tomorrow morning, I don't believe that we can't get food from Chu Xuan!"
Chu Zhi couldn't help but said, "Mother, if Chu Xuan finds out that elder brother is not your own son, not only will he not give food, but he will also recover the death compensation for elder brother."
"You naughty son is eavesdropping..." Feng Chunhua secretly cheered herself up and continued, "That damn girl Chu Xuan is deceiving me today! It must be! She doesn't have any evidence to prove that your eldest brother is not my biological son! In a moment, Go to the village office to eat, have a good sleep at night, and tomorrow morning go block the door and ask for food!"
At this moment, Chu Xuan has arrived at Gao Meijuan's house.
Gao Meijuan was drying the clothes. When she saw Chu Xuan coming in, she said gently, "I was just about to finish drying the clothes and go to your house. If you come, I don't have to make a trip. Feng Chunhua mother and son can be released, let me guess Pretty much the same. It was Feng’s family looking for connections, and Chu Dashan was responsible for it, saying that he threatened Chu Zhi and Feng Chunhua to rob your house. Feng Chunhua and Chu Zhi also changed their statements..."
Chu Xuan was not surprised at all, "Grandma Gao, today I discovered a secret about Feng Chunhua. My father is probably not her biological son. Hua Daling definitely knows about it, but she refuses to tell. The Peanuts thing?"
Gao Meijuan agreed without saying a word, "My mother-in-law should know. I'll just go to town."
Wang Depin's eldest brother has a regular job in the town, and his mother lives in the town with her eldest son to enjoy the blessings. She rarely comes back, and Gao Meijuan and the others go there to visit the old man.
Chu Xuan said with gratitude, "Grandma Gao, I'm sorry to trouble you!"
"What's the trouble? I haven't seen my mother-in-law for half a month. I'm leaving. You help lock the door. Is Sasha at your house? She has the key, so let her come back to make dinner."
"Okay."
After watching Gao Meijuan leave by bicycle, Chu Xuan locked the courtyard door.
When I got home, I gave Wang Shasha a large bowl of fried blue-scaled fish and ten steamed buns with mixed noodles before sending her out.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, the construction team called it a day.
There are a lot of unused red bricks and cement neatly placed in the yard. Now that there are high courtyard walls and big iron gates, there is no need to worry about thieves.
After sending off the construction team, Chu Xuan and Chu Feng cleaned up the yard and reviewed the textbooks for the first grade before going into the kitchen for dinner.
There was seaweed and egg drop soup, fried green scale fish, and steamed buns with mixed noodles left at noon. The two of them ate dinner in a hurry. Chu Feng cleaned up the dishes, and Chu Xuan took the flashlight and fishing tools, and walked towards the beach...
Got there and the tide was ebbing.
There are many clams on the beach, but few people pick them up.
Chu Xuan was a little puzzled, usually there were many people picking clams, what happened tonight?
I took a flashlight and looked into the distance, only to find that most of the people had gone to the rocks.
That was the place Chu Xuan had been going to for the past few days. There were so many people there that even if there were good products, they might not be able to grab them.
I plan to make fried clams at noon tomorrow, so I’ll pick up half a bucket first.
Half an hour later, after finally picking up half a bucket of clams, Chu Xuan stood up with support on his waist.
Carrying the bucket, I walked forward until I reached the seawater. I took a flashlight and shined it. I saw a dead Spanish mackerel weighing about two kilograms. I picked it up and looked at the gills. It was quite fresh and put it in the bucket.
At this time, a transparent umbrella-shaped object washed ashore, and Chu Xuan saw clearly that it was a jellyfish.
She didn't touch it. She doesn't like to eat this food, and it's very troublesome to handle. If it's not handled properly, it may be poisoned.
Go around the jellyfish and keep going.
I found two ugly fish that were as big as an adult’s hand.
It's skinned fish.
This kind of fish is not worth much in this era, when it was the cheapest, it cost a few cents a catty.
Its nutritional value is no worse than other fish, and its meat is sweet and liver is large and can be used to make cod liver oil.
Fish skin is very tough and contains a small amount of toxins, so it must be peeled before eating.
Chu Xuan found that both fishes were still fresh and could be steamed tomorrow.
In fact, this kind of fish is delicious when made into grilled fish fillets, but there are only two of them, which are not worth grilling.
After searching for another half an hour, I didn't find any good goods. The tide was about to rise, so I was ready to leave.
Suddenly I saw a sea bass on the sea surface that was more than 40 centimeters long and weighed about [-] kilograms.
It costs RMB 30 per catty, and if you catch this fish, you can sell it for about RMB [-].
Chu Xuan was moved.
Putting down the bucket, I took a hand net and drenched the sea water to catch fish. The sea water had just covered my calf.
Compared with this fish, the handmade net in Chu Xuan's hand was a bit small.
The first time I fished it, I didn't get it.
After seeing its figure clearly, he shot again and let it escape again.
The tide had already started to rise, and the seawater had reached Chu Xuan's knees.
It's a pity to give up like that.
The higher the tide, the more joyful the fish swims.
(End of this chapter)