Chen Qiangwei could imagine that if there was water in the pond, these children would be like dumplings being put into a pot, with a plop-plop sound.

The adults on the shore were not worried. The water in the fish pond had been drained, and it was just a little muddy at best. There was no danger except for the cold.

However, in order to make his children more alert, he still shouted to remind them from the shore.

"Goudan, you naughty monkey, pay attention. Come up when you're almost done. If you catch a cold, I'll let you taste the flavor of stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots."

"Maodan, if your clothes are dirty, wash them yourself. If they are damaged, you will eat yourself."

Maodan's mother took a day off from her colleagues today and came back to help and bring some fish back to the commune to eat.

"Heizi, watch your brother and don't let him be naughty. If he doesn't listen, beat him hard." This is undoubtedly his biological mother.

Wang Xiaomai looked at the children splashing around in the fish pond with regret and envy. It was a pity that Third Grandma and Sister Weiwei didn't let her go in, otherwise she would definitely catch more fish than these kids.

Chen Qiangwei sighed that the good thing about being young is that you have a lot of energy and don’t know what cold is.

Gu Sannai had no idea what Wang Xiaomai was thinking, and even if she did, she wouldn't let her go down to the pond.

The weather was cold, and the mud in the fish pond was even colder. It would not be good for a girl like Wang Xiaomai to catch a cold. If the cold was too severe, it might even affect her fertility.

Moreover, looking around, no grown-up girl would follow a child to the pond to fish, otherwise it would be a joke.

Xiaomai is not young anymore, and she will have to look for a husband in two years. It will be difficult to find a good husband if her reputation is not good.

I have to say that Gu Sannai really treats Chen Qiangwei and Wang Xiaomai as her own descendants and always considers them in every way.

The children went down to the pond excitedly to catch fish. Liu Jinhua and a group of women had already sorted the fish by size. There were several piles of fish piled high, which was a pleasing sight.

The male educated youth had just gone to the pond to catch fish. Now that he was on shore, a cold wind blew and he shivered suddenly.

After drinking the hot ginger soup brought by Xie Dani and others, they got rid of the cold and hurried back to the educated youth camp to change clothes. After changing clothes, they still had to line up to get the fish.

After the people who had gone back to change clothes arrived, Gu Aiguo picked up the loudspeaker and announced, "Start distributing the fish!"

Without the captain's order, the team members had already lined up in a long queue, carrying the wooden barrels prepared in the morning, waiting to share the fish.

The children in the fish pond were splashing around happily, and the adults on the shore were waiting with joy to divide the fish.

The fish in Huaihua Brigade are all common fish, such as silver carp, grass carp, carp, crucian carp, etc.

The team distributes fish in the same way as pork, based on households and work points. Of course, the fish must be matched according to type and size.

At this time, families with large and hardworking members are envied, and the more work points they get, the more fish they get.

People like Chen Qiangwei and Wang Xiaomai, who just arrived this year, are usually very active in their work and have earned quite a few work points, but they are working alone. For a family with a large population, their work points are not enough.

Because there were two martyrs in Gu Sannai's family, she received extra care every year when the meat and fish were distributed.

Chen Qiangwei and Wang Xiaomai were only given one fish each, but Gu Sannai, who was taken care of by the team, was given two. So, the three of them were given four fish in total: two large and two small. The largest was a silver carp, weighing about four pounds.

Liu Jinhua knew that Chen Qiangwei and her husband would celebrate the New Year with Gu Sannai this year, so the fish for the three of them were put in one wooden barrel.

With the idea of ​​taking care of his future daughter-in-law, he picked the biggest of the two fish and gave it to her, and others had no objection when they saw it.

Not to mention that Chen Qiangwei and Gu Anyang have already established a relationship, as a sixth-grade teacher at Hope Primary School, Chen Qiangwei still has some prestige in the team.

It would be a fool not to take advantage of an opportunity, and besides, this did not violate any principles. Chen Qiangwei held the fish and thanked Liu Jinhua and the others generously.

Gu Sannai urged Chen Qiangwei, "Take it home quickly and put it in a pot. It will be a delicious dish during the New Year."

Although the Four Olds have been destroyed, because "fish" is the same as "surplus", which means surplus every year, every household will cook a whole fish during the Chinese New Year, hoping that everything will go well in the family in the coming year, and there will be surplus every year, with each year better than the last.

While the adults were busy dividing the fish, the children in the pond were also enthusiastically catching fish. Goudan, Maodan and other little kids even shouted to Chen Qiangwei, "Sister Weiwei, we'll bring the fish to you when we finish catching them."

Although Chen Qiangwei is already a teacher at Hope Primary School, Maodan, Goudan and others still like to call her Sister Weiwei. According to them, this makes them seem closer and shows that Sister Weiwei has a good relationship with them.

As soon as these words were spoken, the parents of several people laughed and scolded them, and joked that they were ungrateful. However, it was just a joke, because in the past year, Goudan, Maodan and others would always give Chen Qiangwei the good things they found first, and Chen Qiangwei never let them go back disappointed.

The children of their families have eaten more candy this year than in all the previous years combined, so parents are still very happy for their children to get close to Chen Qiangwei.

Chen Qiangwei's eyes curved, "Okay, I'll wait, but you guys should take care of yourselves. Come up quickly if you feel cold."

The fish had been out of water for quite a while. Chen Qiangwei hurried back with the bucket. She had to put the fish in a wooden basin as soon as possible, otherwise it would be a pity if it died.

In the afternoon, Maodan, Goudan, Tiedan and others came to Gu Sannai's house carrying a small wooden barrel with half a bucket of small fish in it.

It looked like he hadn't even gone home. His clothes and pants were covered in mud, and even the mud on his hair, face, hands and feet hadn't been washed off.

They were smaller than the children in grades three, four, five and six, so they didn't catch any big fish, but having so many small fish was enough to make them happy.

Thinking about preparing for the Chinese New Year, Chen Qiangwei not only gave each of them two White Rabbit milk candies but also gave each of them a dime, which made the children so happy that they somersaulted on the ground.

Chen Qiangwei poured the small fish into her own wooden basin and returned the small wooden bucket to them. "Alright, go back and change your clothes quickly, and wash your head, face, hands and feet. Otherwise, you'll catch a cold and get a beating."

The few of them thanked Chen Qiangwei again and left with the wooden bucket.

There were no secrets in the village at all. The news that Maodan and his friends had exchanged small fish for White Rabbit milk candy and money from Chen Qiangwei spread like the wind throughout the Huaihua Brigade in no time.

Many young boys came with small fish and asked Chen Qiangwei if she wanted more fish.

Seeing them covered in mud but with hope in their eyes, and Chen Qiangwei wanting to make some delicious food as a gift for the New Year, she did not refuse.

"Yes, but I only want fish the size of my little finger. I don't want any that are too small or too big. You can clean them up and send them back to me."