My 1979

Looking at my figure, I am not too short when I grow to 175 at the age of 18. I am undernourished and have a few pitiful ribs. However, I don’t have the pot belly that I will have in future generations. I can’t help but feel satisfied. I must keep it in this life.

There were not many big fish in the basket, so he simply used straw poles to string up their gills and held them in his hands. In this way, Li Long sent six baskets of small fish back and forth, and more than 20 big fish, each of which was about a year old. How much does it weigh?

That's not all. In the spirit of not missing anything, I also pulled out a basket of loaches from the mud bottom.

At noon, the dam was opened so that the canal would not be blocked. The brothers called it a day and went home for lunch.

Wang Yulan was cleaning the fish maw, while the fourth and fifth boys were drying the fish in a pile of grass.

Li Mei had already cleared the dining table and placed a bowl of batter in front of everyone.

The fish soup in the pot is already simmering fragrantly. Frying and braising are extravagant and waste a lot of oil.

Eels, loaches, and hairy crabs have been raised in water basins, and Li He hopes to see if he can sell them when he goes to the county town tomorrow. At this time, control was not as strict as before. There was already a so-called black market at the south gate of the county. He had always attended high school in the county and was familiar with the roads.

It’s hot and the fish can’t be raised at all. Even if they can be raised, they can’t be transported. Without cars and oxygen rods, it will stink when they arrive in the county.

The most reliable way to sell dried fish is because the sun is poisonous. If you turn around a few times, it will be hard in the afternoon.

"Sister, I will go to the county town with my third son tomorrow. I will sell fresh loaches and eels, and I will sell dried fish. Make us some pancakes and leave at night." Li He said to Li Mei. Li Mei is the leader.

Li Mei didn't know what caused the sudden change in her eldest brother. It seemed that he came back from the college entrance examination holiday with a different energy and responsibility than before. In the past, when he came back, he only hid in the room and read books, rarely cared about family affairs, and occasionally went to the river to catch shrimps. Fishing, but I have never thought about subsidizing the family so unprecedentedly.

Li He made up for the fourth child's homework in the afternoon, then picked up the third child and continued fishing for eels and loaches, and caught another twenty kilograms.

After dinner, the weather was sultry. He came to the river and felt a coolness all over his body without touching the water.

As a boy, there is no need to be scrupulous, just put on your underpants, rush over, and jump into the water with a splash.

Standing under the bright sun during the day, the steaming heat rushes directly to people. At night, the wind comes up, and the suffocation is gradually suppressed.

After finishing everything and washing his feet, he asked Li Long to go to bed quickly.

He also went to bed directly. These days, there are no lights, no phones, no TV, no WiFi. Apart from the things between husband and wife, there is no activity that can be called entertainment. Otherwise, how would there be so many children.

When the rooster crows for the second time, he quickly urges Li Long to get up. It would be troublesome if the neighbors find him.

Although things have become more open in the past two years, you still have to be careful when doing business.

Passing by the village, dogs barked everywhere and the sounds of people getting up at night were heard.

He was afraid that the eel would suffocate to death, so he had to dip the snakeskin bag in water by the river every half an hour, which would make the bag heavier. The tired brothers panted heavily and walked about 20 miles before reaching the county seat.

The sky has not yet opened, and the light is not very bright, making the scattered objects around him shadowy.

The hawkers who arrived early have already opened their stalls, and there will definitely be no hawking. This is still the age of speculation and guerrilla warfare.

The differences between the city and the countryside begin to unfold almost every morning.

Li He quickly took a seat, then took out the dry biscuits from his arms and asked Li Long to eat some quickly. Seeing that a boiling water teahouse had been lit in the distance, he went to ask for some boiling water, and the two brothers drank some.

The sky is slowly getting brighter, and there are more and more pedestrians on the road, including more people buying groceries.

He walked around and saw a pork stall nearby. He asked about the price and had an idea. These days, only pork is considered a meat dish, which is rich in oil and water.

It is impossible to sell eel and loach at a higher price than pork. This is also the concept of the times.

"Sister, I'll catch you a few fish to replenish fatigue and dispel rheumatism." Finally, he saw that the eldest sister was staying at his stall, and asked him if he wouldn't sell it now.

"How much?"

"Sister, 40 cents. If you have food stamps, you can exchange one pound of meat stamps for one and a half pounds." Li He's throat hurt from eating corn for these few meals. He really needs food stamps to buy some fine grains. Otherwise, without food stamps, he can only have money for supply and marketing. No one in society will sell you. As the saying goes, if you have a ticket, you can travel all over the world, but if you don’t have a ticket, you can’t move even one inch.

Peasants do not have food stamps. According to the "work points" for participating in collective labor, they can get "rations". If they don't have enough to eat, they have to find another way.

Some farmers use their own eggs and vegetables to exchange food stamps with urban residents to solve the problem of insufficient food rations.

"That's too expensive, only thirty-five cents. If that's okay, give me five kilograms."

Li He sighed inwardly. He had always made five-cent calculations, and the more he thought about it, the more boring he became.

"Sister, I don't want to make any money from you when I start a stall business. I just want it to go smoothly." Li He said and used an old scale to weigh the other party's basket, then pinched the eel from the bag and put it into the basket. The weight was hung high. "Sister, you see it's 6 pounds and 4 taels, minus the 1 pound and 1 tael in your basket. I'll give you an extra three taels and give it to you. It's delicious. Come and see me next time."

"You have a very strong voice." The eldest sister looked at the eels in the basket and walked away after giving her the money.

There are no plastic bags, so bringing your own basket is a must if you want to go shopping for groceries.

In order to prevent the eels from slipping into the basket, Li He had to go to the trouble of piercing the gills with dogtail grass after selling. It was the same as skewering fish, but there was no other way.

He looked at the pitiful amount of money in his hand and couldn't muster any energy, so he threw it to Li Long and asked him to keep it.

He thought that he might as well look for an opportunity. Once he got a big deal and got the vote, he still wanted to go to the Imperial Capital. Even if he could masturbate in a few more toilets within the Second Ring Road, he wouldn't have to worry about it not only in this life but also in the next life!

It's just a few cents, it's just scraps and it's not very exciting. Li He can't bring himself to have any energy.

When Li Long saw his brother asking him to collect money, he liked it very much.

The subsequent buyers came here piecemeal, and Li He all asked the third one to come out to settle the accounts, weigh the scales, and collect the money.

Occasionally, there would be a few people around, and he would come out to help.

Loach can be sold for 3 cents per catty, eel for 4 cents, and other small dried fish for more than 1 cent.

He didn't dare to stay long after selling, and he didn't dare to count the money on the street, so he quickly packed up and hurried back!

Halfway there, feeling hot and thirsty, the brothers had no choice but to sit under the shade of a tree and rest.

Li Long quickly opened the pocket that he had been holding tightly, took out a large amount of change, unfolded it carefully one by one, and counted every penny five or six times.

"Brother, brother, how much do you think it is?" Li Long's mouth opened with a smile.

"You can get it for 20 yuan," Li He said casually, not wanting to dampen his brother's enthusiasm.

"31 yuan and 35 cents, 5 kilograms of meat stamps, 9 kilograms of food stamps, brother, we have given them out." Li Long quickly and excitedly leaned into Li He's ear and whispered. Although there were few people passing by on the road at this time, he was still afraid that others would listen. arrive.

"Get away, it's so hot, don't push over, let's see what you can do." Li He pushed Li Long aside, it was really too hot, and he was soaked in sweat, but it's no wonder that Li Long was so excited. He was so excited about this. For a family, two yuan is a huge amount of money.