Chapter 53
Chapter 53
"There are three main ways to catch river prawns..."
Yu Nan stood in the river wearing a floral shirt and shorts, showing half of his body and beckoning to Zhu Yao, and plunged into the water again.
Zhu Yao was sitting on the bank with a red bucket in her arms, her calves stretched out in the river, watching Yu Nan's flexible figure in the water.
Unexpectedly... as weak as Yu Nan, who usually goes to the hospital at every turn, but is an idiot...
As the northernmost town in the motherland, it is not hot in summer, and the river is slightly cool.Zhu Yao can feel the smooth touch of the pebbles on the soles of her feet, and occasionally a fish swims past and pecks the soles of her feet, which is a very subtle touch.
Father Yu took the two of them to catch river prawns, and then went back home to get bait and tools for catching prawns. At this time, only the two of them were left by the river...
Yu Nan suddenly got out of the water, and walked towards Zhu Yao with her hands covered with something. The river water wet her body, and she could see faint lines in the sunlight...
Zhu Yao felt a little fever on her face, and turned her head away unnaturally.
"Sister, look!"
Yu Nan opened her tightly covered hands, and a gray-blue river prawn was jumping in her palm, and then fell into the bucket Zhu Yao was holding.
"It's amazing, can you catch it with bare hands!"
As a child who grew up in the city, Zhu Yao thought that fish and shrimp, such fast-swimming, dexterous creatures that live in water, can only be caught with nets, or set traps and catch them with hooks.
Yu Nan was a little proud, "Get into the water first, and then move your palms forward in a figure eight shape to catch it. Sister, do you want to try?"
Zhu Yao glanced at the wet Yu Nan, feeling the coolness coming from her calf, "Forget it, I'm not very good at water..."
She didn't want to get wet or get into the cool water.
Seemingly seeing through Zhu Yao's intentions, Yu Nan put his hands in the water, and raised his clenched hands in the air.
In the next second, a stream of water came out of Yu Nan's hand, which wet Zhu Yao's clothes.
Zhu Yao: ...
Just now Zhu Yao saw Yu Nan's movements very clearly, so she imitated Yu Nan's way to draw water, and put the water on Yu Nan's face.
Yu Nan patted the surface of the water vigorously, causing waves to attack Zhu Yao, "Ahem...you're plotting against me!"
Zhu Yao's clothes were completely wet by Yu Nan's "thumping", so she simply became playful and went into the river to catch Yu Nan.
The river water has reached the chest, and the cobblestones on the bottom of the feet seem to have moss, and they look like algae... anyway, it is slippery.
Yu Nan swam quickly in the water, and laughter like silver bells came from around.Zhu Yao couldn't tell where Yu Nan was, and she wasn't very good at swimming, so she slipped and fell into the water without paying attention.
When she first got into the water, Zhu Yao didn't expect that the river looked so small, but it was so deep that she couldn't see anything when she looked up in the water.
I couldn't open my eyes, the surroundings seemed to be plunged into darkness, and there was the sound of gurgling water in my ears...The river water with a fishy and salty smell poured into Zhu Yao's ears, mouth, and nasal cavity...
The instinct to survive was stimulated, Zhu Yao forgot that the water was not as high as hers, and struggled crazily.
Soon, she fell into a not generous but reassuring embrace behind her. Zhu Yao was picked up and her feet found the bottom of the river.
After Zhu Yao balanced, the embrace became tighter, and Yu Nan's chin rested on Zhu Yao's shoulder, panting slightly.
After coughing a few times, Zhu Yao relieved the soreness and bursting sensation in her nasal cavity, and then managed to hold her breath.
"Sister... I'm sorry, I didn't know you couldn't swim, I shouldn't have troubled you..."
There was no trace of panic in Zhu Yao's eyes, as if the incident of falling into the water hadn't happened, she covered Yu Nanhuan's hand around her waist, and said comfortingly, "Don't worry, I'm fine, I won't blame you."
"Besides, didn't you say that you would protect me."
On Kongtong Mountain, in the hot spring at night, Yu Nan also surrounded her from behind, put his chin on her shoulder, and smiled as if swearing—"I can protect you, I am not afraid of anything except ghosts and gods."
At this moment, just as at that moment.
At that time, she didn't know Yu Nan's intentions, she just thought it was a joke of a young man in his early twenties, and didn't take it seriously.
Now that I think about it... I'm afraid Yu Nan wanted to chase her at that time.
"Um…"
Yu Nan hugged her body and trembled slightly, like a child who is afraid of doing something wrong, or someone who is afraid of losing something precious afterward.
Zhu Yao took Yu Nan back to the bank, the two sat on the bank of the river, Zhu Yao was comforting her with her arms around Yu Nan.
"Okay, it's okay, don't you think I'm fine now?"
Yu Nan raised his head, the corners of his eyes were slightly red, "Sister, I made you choke on water just now, I would rather you scold me severely."
Zhu Yao chuckled and stroked Yu Nan's hair. The wet white hair was covered with golden water stains under the sun, "Then will you make trouble and drag me into the water again?"
"I won't do it in this life," Yu Nan's voice was muffled, and his whole body was downcast.
"That's good," Zhu Yao's movements were very gentle, calming Yu Nan's inner anxiety, "There is no need to scold."
Yu Nan grabbed Zhu Yao's clothes, felt that person's tolerance for her, and felt a little embarrassed about her behavior.
Uh... Zhu Yao's clothes shouldn't be wet.
"Yu Nan", Zhu Yao's voice was very soft, "Can you tell me when you fell in love with me?"
"I don't know, I just... like it more and more."
"For example, what specific thing moved you?"
Yu Nan leaned on Zhu Yao's body and put her weight in her arms, "There are so many things that make my heart beat~"
"I like the breakfast you made, I like the back view of you wearing an apron while cooking, and I like the note with cute emoji left next to the breakfast..."
"I like the way you put your hair behind your ears when you patiently explained the difficult points of the professional book..."
"I like to go to the beach to set off fireworks at night, and the temperature of your palm when you take me to walk on the beach..."
"When playing horror games, you repeat the sound of the game because I'm scared..."
"I like you driving me in the car, watching the side face in front of you carefully..."
"I like the poems you read, and your smile..."
"I really like you, probably the moment I saw your smile when I woke up in the hospital, the seed of my heart was planted."
Zhu Yao brushed away Yu Nan's wet hair sticking to her face, and slowly lowered her head...Yu Nan also wrapped her arms around Zhu Yao's neck...
In the distance, Father Yu, carrying a shrimp pot and a mosquito net, walked slowly towards the river: …
Yu's mother who followed: ... Cough, let's buy some water for the child.
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There are three main methods for catching river prawns in wild rivers. The first method is that Yu Nan catches them directly with his hands, and the second method is to catch them with mosquito nets.
Take a square mosquito net, fix the four corners with bamboo pieces, connect the bamboo pieces in series with a rope, and tie them to the bamboo poles.
Put the bamboo pole on the river beach, put the mosquito net in the river water, take a piece of shrimp bait and put it in the mosquito net, wait quietly for a while, when the shrimps gather in the middle of the mosquito net to eat the bait, with a quick lift, you can get a whole net alive and kicking of freshwater shrimp.
The third is to put the shrimp cage in the water and pour out the shrimps that enter the cage regularly.
Yu's father took Yu Nan to get mosquito nets and shrimp cages, while Yu's mother and Zhu Yao set up a small table by the river, on which were the drinks and fresh ingredients that Yu Nan's parents had just bought.
Yu's mother skillfully built a kiln with mud, and took out a few pieces of charcoal and put them in the kiln, "Miss Zhu, people in the city don't know about picnics in the countryside. In the past, Yu Bao and his brother liked to come to the river to catch fish. She and I Dad used local materials and watched them play in the water while leading them to improve their meals..."
Zhu Yao really didn't know about such a vigorous picnic method, but she knew about using charcoal barbecue, so she also helped Yu's mother.
While helping, while listening to Yu's mother rambling about Yu Nan's childhood——
For example, I was scared to cry when I caught an ugly fish, and I cried because I didn’t know how to remove the internal organs when I grilled the fish by myself...
On the other side, Yu Nan and Yu's father came with half a bucket of lively river prawns, "There are still some shrimps in the cage, I will fry some more and send them to the neighbors..."
Yu's mother skillfully steamed the river prawns, took a few more and grilled them over charcoal, and grilled some of the ingredients along the way.
"How come there are leeks here? It's so spicy!"
"Old man Zhou gave it to me." Yu's mother glanced at it, then turned her gaze back to the kiln, "Only his family's chives are spicy, and they give them away everywhere. Who eats leeks and spicy food..."
Zhu Yao instantly remembered that it was the old man Zhou who pedaled three rounds.
"Let's find a slate later, and let's eat teppanyaki shrimp."
"Yes, Dad, I just saw a piece of bluestone that is quite suitable."
"Both of you," Mother Yu laughed angrily, "It's very troublesome to heat the stone!"
"Xiao Zhu came all the way, show off to others!"
Yu's mother didn't say any more, just now Yu Nan caught a few loaches, and now they were wrapped in mud and roasted in the kiln.
It was the first time Zhu Yao saw such an original way of eating, and she couldn't help being stunned.
"At times like this, you should drink some wine." Yu's father hiccupped in comfort, feeling a little emotional, "Next time you bring a few more people to play, uncle will open a jar of good wine to entertain you!"
Yu's mother was a little surprised, "You don't mean the altar of flower carvings buried when Yu Nan was born, did you?"
There is a custom in this small town - when a family gives birth to a daughter, they will bury a jar of Huadiao wine, and wait for the day when the daughter gets married to dig out the wine to entertain guests.
"Well, it's time to take it out, and I can relax by handing my daughter to Xiaozhu."
Even though he had been mentally prepared for a long time, seeing Yu Nan snuggling in Zhu Yao's arms shyly and kissing Zhu Yao ecstasy still gave Father Yu a great shock.
Even when the net was released just now, Yu's father also instructed Yu Nan alone - pay attention to the occasion, whether it is outside or outside, and what things can be done at home.
"Dad!" Yu Nan blushed.
"Hey, are you shy when you think about it now?" Mother Yu stabbed Yu Nan, "Who's the eldest girl was so bold just now?"
Yu Nan buried her face on the table, and Zhu Yao, who was sitting beside her holding her chopsticks, was also a little shy. Just now... she was seen by her uncle and aunt.
And...Yu Nan's parents' acceptance is unexpectedly high?
Zhu Yao never thought that coming out of the closet could be so smooth, and that there were such talkative parents in the world.
They understand and respect their children's choices, they are willing to trust their children, they are willing to accept new things, and they are willing to let their children develop freely.
Always full of love and tolerance, always a trustworthy safe haven, giving people the confidence not to be afraid of failure.
Even Zhu Yao can feel the care from Yu Nan's parents.
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