Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

The Wenhan brothers over there are also building a dock there. There are a lot of fish at this time, and there are a lot of fish in every dock. The big ones are as big as a palm, and the small ones are as long as three inches. They are usually crucian carp, willow root, noodle fish, bullhead fish, etc. Wen Han and the others came with a wooden barrel, and now the barrel was full.

"Brother, we're home. We caught a lot of crickets." Jinghan shouted. "I'll go back and make cricket tofu later."

Wenxuan heard Jinghan's shout and shouted to Jinghan, "Second sister, we caught a lot of fish, and now there are fish to eat." His voice was very excited.

When Wenhan and the others came over with the barrels, everyone looked into the barrels and laughed. This mountain is really good. If it were in the village, there wouldn't be so many fish at all. Jinghan took a look and said, "Brother, one day you go to town again and buy a hanging net. From the looks of it, there should be big fish in the river. Wouldn't it be better if we could get some big fish to eat?"

Wenhan nodded. He also estimated that there could be big fish in the river. Unexpectedly, Jinghan also said the same, "Okay, I will go when I have time in the next few days. When the time comes, we will catch the fish. In addition to eating, we can also sell some." Wenhan Those who were trained by Jinghan now know that they have to sell good things.

Xue and Zhu packed up the clothes to dry, and then everyone walked back together. For them, three or four miles away was just like playing, and they returned to the venue in a short while. "Grandma, we are back. Look, we caught crickets and a lot of fish." Jinghan said.

Mrs. Chen sat at the door, looked up, and didn't smile.

Jinghan felt something was wrong at first sight. If grandma had heard this before, she would have quickly gone to get a big basin and everyone would squeeze the fish together. What happened today? "Grandma, what's wrong with you?"

"Hey, your fifth uncle has been gone for such a long time. Even if he was admitted to the Jinshi, he should have come back a long time ago? Why haven't you received any news yet?" Mrs. Chen sat there and sighed.

When Chen said this, everyone remembered it. But no, Zhixiang left in the first month of the year, and now it's the end of April, so there should have been some movement. "Mom, don't worry, Zhixiang is old, it's okay. Maybe he really won the Jinshi, or maybe he just stayed in the capital." Mrs. Xue comforted the old lady like this. In fact, she knew in her heart that this was impossible. Even if she was really hit, she would still have to come back to worship her ancestors, right?

"You don't have to go easy on me. Even if I don't understand these things, I still know that I have to go back to my hometown if I pass the exam. Besides, someone has to come back to report. I guess he didn't pass the exam and wants to stay. I'll take the exam in three years in the capital. Then I have to send a letter to my family. Oh, it's really worrying." Mrs. Chen sighed again, "Forget it, I don't think so, there will be a letter sooner or later. Come, let's squeeze the fish first and cook the crickets later. There's no grinding machine on the mountain, so we can't make crab tofu." Mrs. Chen started to squeeze the fish with everyone.

"Mom, let's save some of the bigger ones to stew and eat at night, and squeeze the smaller ones and dry them in the sun, okay?" Jinghan asked, looking at the fish.

"Okay, what's wrong with this? The big fish doesn't want to be cooked in the sun, and it takes a lot of effort to eat, not as good as the small ones. Let's stew the fish tonight. I'm a little greedy these days, so I'll stew it in the evening. Fish, can you cook crickets?" Mr. Xue said while working.

When the children heard this, they all became happy. After all, it was meat, so it could satisfy their craving, right? "Great, there are fish to eat." The children cheered.

In the evening, we stewed fish and cooked crickets as expected. The crickets actually didn't have much meat, only the two front claws and the tail had meat, and they tasted very delicious. However, this food takes time to eat, so Chen let the children eat it as snacks after the meal. So, everyone ate the fish first, and when they were full, they would play with the crickets one by one.

On the third day of May, someone from the village happened to come and brought a letter from Zhixiang. It turned out that he didn't pass the exam. After failing the exam, he originally wanted to come back. Later, one of his classmates, the son of the governor, passed the exam and insisted that Zhixiang stay with him in the capital. After the palace examination was over, Zhixiang's classmate won the Jinshi, and with the help of his family, he was sent a county magistrate. Now, he refused to let Zhixiang leave, and insisted on letting Zhixiang go to that county with him to help him. Zhixiang also thought it was feasible, so he followed the man directly to his appointment. Before leaving, he had someone send a letter home.

"Uncle, aunt, the person who sent the letter said that they had something to do on the road, so they delayed their return for a while, so the letter came late. At that time, the address Zhixiang gave me was still the address of your old house in the village, so the village chief accepted it. Leave the letter and ask me to bring it here." The people here happened to be the Wu family, the same family where Jinghan saved her son.

"Jiajun, thank you for coming all the way." After receiving his son's letter, the old man felt at ease and quickly thanked him.

"Uncle, what does this mean? I have been with Brother Zhixin for so many years, how can I still be polite? Okay, uncle, I have also sent this letter. I have to go back quickly. There is a holiday tomorrow and the family is very busy. "After Wu Jiajun finished speaking, he walked out.

Of course Zhixin followed him out and said, "Jiajun, please walk slowly. I'd like to trouble you to run for a while."

Wu Jiajun waved his hand and drove the bullock cart away.

Now that Zhixiang has received the letter, the family is relieved. Mrs. Chen is finally relieved and no longer sighs. "Meilin, the day after tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival. Didn't you buy glutinous rice at home? Zhixin, hurry up to the town and buy some rice. Let's make some rice dumplings quickly. We have to prepare some for the festival. Let's That's all for adults, there are still so many children, aren't the children looking forward to the festival?" Mrs. Chen took out the money and asked Zhixin to buy rice quickly.

Zhixin took the money, turned around and walked out. Jinghan stabbed Wenhan, "Brother, you go with our father and see if there are any fishing nets." They have been thinking about this matter for the past few days, and there happened to be Opportunity, don't hurry up and follow.

Wenhan ran out and followed Zhixin to the town.

In the afternoon, Zhixin and Wenhan came back from town and bought not only rice dumpling leaves but also hanging nets. Jinghan and the others were all so happy that they had to get off the net. There was no other way, so the two brothers Zhixin and Zhiming took a large group of children to the river to set the net. Fortunately, they have done this before and managed to lower the net. We will see if they can fish out tomorrow.

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Early the next morning, Zhixin led the children to the riverside and picked up the nets set yesterday. When the net left the tree on the water, Jinghan's heart also lifted. I saw a lot of fish jumping lively in the net, and their silver fish scales dazzled everyone's eyes in the early morning sun. The children all shouted happily. They had never expected that there were actually fish, and there were so many of them. Everyone hurriedly fished the fish into the bucket. One bucket was not enough, so Wen Cheng ran back and got another bucket, which was enough.

Everyone returned to the venue happily. Mrs. Chen and the old man were surprised when they saw it. "Oh, I didn't expect that there were so many fish in one night. We are so old, can't we eat it?" Chen Shi looked at the two buckets of fish and didn't know what to do with them.

"Grandma, we have already discussed it. We will celebrate the festival tomorrow. There will definitely be a lot of people in the town today. We will keep a few for the festival and eat the rest. We will take the rest to the town and give a few to my aunt's house to replenish her health. , and sell the rest. It just so happens that we can still make some money, so how can we earn the money to buy the Internet?" Jinghan had just made the plan on her way back.

"Okay, Jinghan has a good idea. Little girl, how do I feel that since you went up the mountain, your little head is full of good ideas?" Mrs. Chen touched Jinghan's head and said with a smile. With.

Jinghan smiled and said, "Mom, is the food ready? We need to eat quickly, and then go to town to sell fish." It was early in the morning, and I was really hungry now.

"The food is ready, let's eat quickly." Mrs. Xue led Jingya to put all the food on the table, and then everyone started eating. After breakfast, it was Zhiming who drove the cart. Wenhan, Wencheng and Jinghan got on the ox cart together, and they were going to town. Zhiming led the children to dig some medicinal materials this time, and they all took them to the town to sell them today.

The group of people rode in an ox cart and walked for more than an hour before arriving in the town. First, they went to give Huixin four carps. When the Tao family saw the four carps, they each weighed three kilograms. They were big fish. The old man of the Tao family said quickly, "Look, I still have to trouble you. If you buy such a big fish in the town, one would cost at least forty coins. Now there are four fish, and you can't even sell them for a hundred coins." Fifty or sixty cents? You don’t have to send it here anymore. It’s not easy for you in the mountains. It’s good to keep some money.”

"Uncle, it's okay. We are close to the river. It won't take much effort to get it back. Now that Huixin has it, we don't have anything good to send over, just a few fish. We will keep it for Huixin to replenish. That's fine." Zhiming felt unhappy when he saw the old lady's disapproving look on her face, so he said that the fish was given to Hui Xin to replenish her health.

When the old lady heard this, her face immediately turned ugly, "Huixin, third brother, why do you sound like we have abused Huixin? Huixin has never been to my house, she can't do much work, and she always likes to make trouble." What’s wrong, we didn’t say anything wrong? Since she is our Tao family’s daughter-in-law, how can we care about her?”