In the entire Xishan Village, there are few families like the Fu family who send all their children to school.

More often, older children would take younger children to the edge of the village, going up the mountain and down the river to dig for wild vegetables and catch small fish—this was the joy of their childhood.

Now that spring has arrived, many fish that were originally hiding at the bottom of the river have quietly surfaced.

Sometimes the children would catch fish the size of their palms. They would go right there on the riverbank, gut them, scale them, remove their gills, clean them, peel off the bark with a tree branch, thread it through the back of the fish, and then roast them over a fire.

All they need to do is go home, get some salt, sprinkle it on the fish, and grill it until both sides are golden brown. Then they'll chew the fish up and swallow it whole, bones and all.

Although it smells fishy, ​​at least it can fill your stomach.

After all, nowadays many families have children in large numbers, and three or four children per family is considered a small number.

Some families have more than a dozen children. With so many children, after deducting the food that the able-bodied men need to eat, the remaining food is naturally less when divided among the families.

Therefore, spring and autumn are children's favorite seasons.

In spring, everything comes back to life, and many things can be eaten.

Autumn is a season of abundant harvests, and there are many things to eat.

So when the news came from the educated youth settlement that they could exchange the small fish they caught for fruit candy.

Thinking of that sweet taste, many boys excitedly ran to the river to catch small fish.

Within a few days, all the fish fry needed for the two acres of land were caught.

Moreover, those fish fry were mostly small fish, only about two fingers wide, because the children were afraid that if they caught too small fish, the educated youth at the settlement wouldn't want them.

When Ning Jing saw the bucket full of tiny fish, each about two fingers wide, she was momentarily stunned.

However, Ning Jing did not let the consultants give up for nothing.

She stir-fried the eggs, then mixed them with seasoned chives, and made chive pancakes with wheat flour, which she then delivered to Tiedan after he finished his homework at school.

Since there are only 4 people left at the educated youth settlement, she made 8 sheets first, so that each person can get two sheets.

With the remaining wheat flour and filling, she made about twenty sheets.

She put six sheets in a bowl and asked Xiuhua to deliver them to the Zhao family.

The rest, each person in my family can eat at least two pieces.

After she finished making the chive pancakes, she sat by the well and carefully washed the little fish.

First, while Xiuchun watered the fish in the bamboo basket, she gently pressed and rubbed the small fish clockwise.

Soon, the silvery fish scales were rubbed off with the water that Xiuchun poured down.

Once the fish scales were almost removed, Ning Jing pinched the fish's belly and squeezed out all the intestines from the little fish's stomach.

Xiuchun and Siya followed their sister-in-law's example, one in each hand, and soon a bucket of small fish was cleaned up.

Seeing that the little fish had been cleaned up, and that Tie Dan and Xiu Hua had returned, Ning Jing urged them to hurry up and eat chive pancakes.

These chive pancakes must be eaten while they're hot, otherwise they won't taste good once the crust hardens.

When Fu Hongxing returned covered in dust, the children had already eaten their fill.

Meanwhile, Ning Jing's fish sauce was ready.

Looking at the big plate of small fish sauce, the children swallowed hard, their mouths full but their eyes still open.

Fu Hongxing, on the other hand, benefited from this. After washing his face and hands, he sat down and ate four chive pancakes with just the small fish sauce.