Chapter 9: The Wonderful Use of Eel

"Little sister, why do you have to walk with your legs apart?" Yan Moshan asked in confusion.

"I don't know, but I know that when my mom is upset, my dad will go buy dry eels. After buying them, my mom will be happy the next day."

"So that's how it is." Yan Moshan then said to Erlangzi with a smile: "Erlangzi, give me the eels, you can go to my orchard and eat as much as you want, but you can't take them outside!"

Erlangzi's eyes widened and he thought for a long time, "I'll give you half, and then go to your orchard and eat half, how about that?"

"Hehe, you're not staying here now." Yan Moshan reached out and touched Erlangzi's head like an adult, "What do you want to do with half of it?"

"Leave it to my dad, my dad is back today, otherwise he will beat my ass."

"Okay, half is half." Yan Moshan broke a willow branch, peeled it into slippery strips, and threaded three big eels in a row.

"Yan Moshan, don't just pick the big ones!" Erlangzi felt a little reluctant when he saw the three big eels in Yan Moshan's hand.

"That's different. Go to my orchard and pick the big fruits, the biggest ones!"

Erlangzi hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay!"

Yan Moshan handed the eel to Xu Xiaona and said, "Here, take it. I'll send it to Uncle San later. He will definitely like it!"

Xu Xiaona felt that the cold in the mountains was still quite strong. It would be good to bring some dry eels to her parents to replenish their bodies. Therefore, she was also happy to carry the dry eels and follow Yan Moshan.

After Yan Moshan pulled the wheat to the drying yard, he carried the eels and rushed to the forest farm on the mountain.

When I arrived at the forest farm, I saw Uncle San smoking outside the wooden house. In front of him was a large earth pit that was two meters deep and about four meters wide. Although Yan Moshan didn't know what Uncle San dug the big earth pit for, he didn't pay much attention to it.

"Uncle San, look what I got for you." Yan Moshan raised the dry eel in his hand in front of him and looked at Uncle San with a smile.

"What is this?" Xu Fusheng didn't pay much attention. When he looked up and saw the eel in Yan Moshan's hand, his eyes lit up immediately, "Hey, how did you know to bring this thing to Uncle San."

"Didn't Xiaona say that you like to eat eels? When I saw that idiot carrying a snakeskin bag, I remembered Uncle San, so I picked out the three biggest ones and brought them to you."

"Oh, you are really good at handling things. Uncle San was right about you. You have a bright future." Xu Fusheng said to Yan Moshan with a thumbs up, and then took the big eel from Yan Moshan, smiling and saying, "Your aunt will be happier than me when she sees this. Let's go in."

Xu Fusheng ran into the house happily with the big eel, and Yan Moshan followed slowly behind.

"Hu Guiying!" Xu Fusheng shouted as he entered the door, "Look what I got for you?"

"You still remember to come back. If you have the guts, go and dig your big earth pit!" A strong voice pierced from the stove, and then a fat woman came out with a water ladle. She was a bit wealthy, but her appearance was very neat.

Xu Fusheng did not say anything, but lifted up the eel in his hand and waved it in front of his eyes, "What are you yelling about? Look what this is. I'll stew it for you tonight. I guarantee you'll be satisfied overnight!"

"Look at your expression. What are you talking nonsense in front of a child?" Then he covered his smile and asked, "Where did you get this? Did you rush to catch it early in the morning?"

"Still catching it? How can this kind of dry eel be caught so easily? If it was so easy to catch, it wouldn't be so magical!" Xu Fusheng carefully put the eel in a plastic basin on the ground, covered it with a wooden lid, and finally moved a brick to press on the lid, "This thing, if it runs away, I'll be so resentful. Nothing will taste good during the New Year, not even meat dumplings!"

"Look at your useless look!" Hu Guiying came over with a smile, "Where did you get it?"

"The kid Moshan exchanged it from Erlangzi." Xu Fusheng said.

Hu Guiying laughed when she heard it, and walked towards the stove while saying, "What, is Erlangzi's father useless? No wonder, look at the strength of Erlangzi's mother, convex in front, curved in the back and thin in the middle, what kind of man can withstand the torment! Fortunately, Erlangzi's father teaches in the village and comes back every three or five days, otherwise he would have collapsed from exhaustion long ago."

Yan Moshan listened with relish, and now he understood everything. According to this, the village chief's son Li Fugui will also have to eat this dry eel. Thinking of Li Fugui, Yan Moshan thought of Zhang Xiuqin, who said she would go to the orchard to buy apples from him this morning. Thinking of this, Yan Moshan couldn't help laughing out loud.

"What are you laughing at!" Xu Fusheng pretended to be angry and wanted to hit Yan Moshan, "What do you know, little kid?"

Yan Moshan shrank his head, hid away, and ran outside to study the big pit dug by his uncle.