CH 59.1

With so many fishes to kill, one person definitely couldn’t finish them all, so Lu Gu went out to help after heating up the stove.

He took the knives and scissors and three old bamboo plaques, one bamboo plaque was used to store the guts that had been taken out, and left it for chickens and ducks to eat, and the piles fish scales. It was convenient to pour them out, otherwise it would be difficult to sweep when you threw them on the ground, making the ground looked dirty.

Shen Xuanqing brought over two tree stumps, which were a little shorter but had a flat section and were quite heavy. They were just right for killing fish and wouldn’t shake.

Pour some water to wash off the ashes on the tree stump, and when Lu Gu brought the stool over, he took it and sat down, took out a fish from the barrel, and cut the fainted fish with the knife.

Seeing that what Lu Gu took out was a big fish, its tail was still flapping, Lu Gu had thin arms and legs, even if he had strength in his hands, Shen Xuanqing still handed over the one that had already fainted, and exchanged it with the big fish.

It was unavoidable that the fish scales were scraped and splashed. After there were too many piles on the tree stump, used a knife to scrape off the tree stump, and most of the fish scales would fall into the bamboo plaque.

The puppy stood up and lay prone on the edge of the barrel, stretching out a thick paw to pat the fish in the barrel.

After scraping the scales of the fish, Lu Gu got up first to add firewood, and when he came out of the kitchen, he saw the puppy poking his head into the barrel and trying to bite the fish, but was stopped by Dahui who came over with a low growl.

The dogs also knew how to wink, and the puppy stopped holding the barrel, and stood down on the ground, and without being honest, he went to pat the tail-wagging fish in the fishing net on the ground, and even lowered his body and swooped forward , he could play with himself, he used his paws to pat the fish to play, and Lu Gu didn't care about it.

The sun shone through the gaps in the clouds, and the sky became brighter. It was clear that there would be no more rain.

After killing a few fishes, the body of the fishes were cold, and his hands became a little stiff unconsciously. Lu Gu went to the kitchen to scoop up hot water.

Shen Xuanqing threw the fish gut he took out into the bamboo plaque, and then soaked his hands in the warm water. He looked up at the sky and said: "Let’s look tomorrow, when the ground is dry and easy to walk. I will go out to hunt foxes the day after tomorrow, and tomorrow both of us will kill all the fishes."

His cold hands were soothed in the warm water, he twisted a hot cloth towel to wipe his hands, and told Lu Gu: "If I go out, you have to remember to boil more hot water to warm your hands, so much firewood is enough, so there is no need to save."

After saying this, Shen Xuanqing thought of something again, and said, "If we go down the mountain this time, buy Tang Pozi and bring it up, and pour boiling water into it. During the day, when your hands are cold, hold them, and at night, you could tuck them into the quilt to keep you warm."

[汤 婆子tāng pó zǐ: lt. Mrs. Tang; a household heating appliance , is filled with hot water and placed on a bed to increase the temperature . It’s a copper or magnetic flat round pot with a hole with a screw cap on the top, through which hot water is poured ]

Tang Pozi was a good thing. They couldn't afford good charcoal in the countryside, and the hand stove and foot stove couldn't be used, but Tang Pozi, that only needed pouring hot water, they could grit their teeth and bought one.

Lu Gu only touched Lu Wen's Tang Pozi twice. It was Du Hehua who asked him to bring him into Lu Wen's room. It was cold winter at that time, and it was fine during the day, and he could find a sheltered place to bask in the sun, but not at night. Tang Pozi felt so warm to the touch, he remembered it for a long time, and sometimes he thought, if he had money, he would buy one, so that he wouldn't be cold at night.

But at that time, he only dared to think about it. Now when Shen Xuanqing said he wanted to buy it for him, he subconsciously looked at him, thinking that he had money from selling goji berries and other things in his hand, so he should be able to afford it.

Seeing his unblinking eyes, looked expectant and serious, he smiled and continued: "If one is not enough, buy two, put one by your feet to warm your legs at night, and put the other in the middle, so it will be warmth."

He needed to buy two, Lu Gu thought for a while, the hot Tang Pozi warmed his feet, and there was one in the middle of the quilt, how warm it would be.

He smiled after thinking about it, his brows and eyes were slightly curved, and he was as happy as if he had already bought Tang Pozi.

Seeing this, Shen Xuanqing held the cloth towel in his hand and forgot to put it down, and stared blankly at Lu Gu. He had never seen Lu Gu smiled so happily. After watching for a while, he couldn't hold back his laughter. It was too far away, otherwise he had to buy it for Lu Gu right now.

The dogs didn't understand why they were laughing, but they could feel the good mood. They ran around the yard to had fun, barking constantly, and it sounded quite lively.

There was a fishy smell in the yard, and a row of fishes hung under the eaves. Shen Xuanqing also built four wooden frames for hanging the fishes on the open space in the front yard at night. There were so many fishes, all four horizontal logs were fully hung, and a few were placed on the bamboo plaque.

Shen Xuanqing got up early and went out. The sun was getting bigger and warmer after a while.

Sitting under the sun, Lu Gu killed the loaches he caught that morning when it rained. He killed a few loaches yesterday and ate them for stew, and the rest were dried in the sun when the weather was good.

The loach was not too much, and it could be spread out on a bamboo plaque. Lu Gu thought, after drying, pack it up and eat it in winter.

After finishing all this work, he pulled out the mat and spread out the purslane vegetables on it evenly. It rained two days ago and the wild vegetables were not dry.

The mat was fully occupied, so there was no need to dig wild vegetables anymore. There were still a lot of tianwogen that had been moved to the corner of the main room. Shen Xuanqing told him not to dig too much. Shen Yan and the others would also dig up some in the mountain. Tianwogen were heavy, it was hard to take it down the mountain.

Lu Gu was not idle either, he took a sickle and carried a bamboo basket and went outside to cut grass.