This made the boys very happy. They didn't go back, but asked their younger brother and sister-in-law to run home and get a bucket. Then they squatted in front of the gate of Gu Sannai's house and picked out the fish that Chen Qiangwei wanted and put them in another small bucket.

After picking up the trash, he handed the bucket to Chen Qiangwei and looked at her nervously.

Chen Qiangwei kept her word. She accepted all the fish as big as her little finger and gave them money according to the number of fish. Well, as for candy, forget about it, because that was a benefit for Maodan, Goudan and others.

But this is enough to make these kids happy. They may not even get five cents of pocket money after helping out at home for a year. They didn't expect that these unwanted little fish could be exchanged for money from Chen Zhiqing.

Children go to the pond to catch fish for fun, and also to ask adults to fry them until they are crispy as a snack. However, oil is rationed nowadays, and no one has extra oil, so it is good enough to eat a few fish to satisfy their craving.

The others are either boiled in water and eaten with rice with a fishy smell, or chopped up and fed to chickens.

At this moment, they wished the pond was full of small fish so they could pluck them to their heart's content.

Seeing these little fish today reminded Chen Qiangwei of her roommate in college in her previous life. This roommate's home was in the coastal area, where the specialties were various seafood, such as shredded squid, spicy fish, etc. She especially loved spicy fish.

So I plan to make some spicy fish myself. I learned how to make it from my roommate. The method is simple and the taste is amazing, but it uses a lot of oil.

Before they even started, she could already imagine Gu Sannai's expression.

Spicy small fish is an appetizer and a rare delicacy.

After cooking this spicy fish, the kitchen oil tank was empty again. It was impossible for Chen Qiangwei to use up all the oil in the kitchen just to satisfy her appetite. Moreover, spicy fish cooked with lard is not as good as peanut oil and rapeseed oil. If it is not cooked well, there will be a layer of white grease after cooling.

Thinking of the baskets of peanuts in the space, Chen Qiangwei's eyes rolled, and she found an excuse to go out. When she came back, there was a can of fragrant peanut oil in her backpack.

She planned to try making some first. Although she knew the method, it was her first time making spicy fish.

Chen Qiangwei took out half a pound of small fish and cleaned them. One advantage of small fish is that there is no need to clean the internal organs, just wash them with water, which is convenient and quick.

Prepare ingredients such as perilla, garlic, ginger and chili. It is not difficult to make spicy fish. You just need to pay attention to the heat. If the heat is too high, the fish will easily turn black.

You know what, probably because of her foodie nature, Chen Qiangwei made it right the first time, and the taste was no different from the one her roommate brought her in her previous life.

Some southerners can eat spicy food, while others cannot. While the fire in the stove was still going out, Chen Qiangwei wrapped the fish in cornmeal and made some crispy fish.

That afternoon, bursts of fragrance floated over the Huaihua Brigade, causing adults and children in the team to constantly fan their hands to drive the fragrance into their noses.

The more the children smelled the food, the more greedy they became. They cried and asked for fried fish to be eaten at home. Some even lay on the ground and rolled around in the mud to show their displeasure, which attracted scolding and beatings from the adults, causing another round of chaos.

Some people spat on the ground in anger.

"It must be Chen Zhiqing. Young people just don't know how to live. It's strange that she can get married if she's so extravagant. Who can afford to support such a wasteful woman?"

The news that Chen Zhiqing exchanged small fish with the boys spread throughout the brigade, and there was no one else in the entire commune who could be so generous.

Upon hearing this, the others first looked in the direction of the captain's house.

"You're going to die. Luckily Liu Jinhua isn't here, or she'd scratch you in the face. You know Gu Xiaowu is completely besotted with Chen Zhiqing. He doesn't even care about the girls in the city. Every time he comes home, the first thing he does is go to Gu Sannai's house."

As for why he went to Gu Sannai's house, anyone with a brain would know.

Others rolled their eyes. "Teacher Chen needs to be supported? How many people in the team are just toads wanting to eat swan meat? They just think she's beautiful and they have the money to marry her and support the family, right?"

Some people also envy, "It would be great if I could be like Chen Zhiqing one day." Eat meat you want and add as much oil as you want.

"Pfft, you're not that good-looking, why are you dreaming of beautiful things? Go home, take a shower, and go to bed. You can have whatever you want in your dreams."

The person making the joke stood up, patted his butt, and said, "It's getting late, let's go home and cook." Otherwise, he would get hungrier just by sitting here and smelling the food.

The teased young wife blushed, lowered her head and hurried home.

The others, smelling the fragrance, no longer had the heart to sit here and chat, so they packed up their things and took their sewing baskets home.

People who were smelling the scent outside were like this, and Wang Xiaomai, who was surrounded by the fragrance, was even more greedy. She looked at Chen Qiangwei eagerly.

Chen Qiangwei tasted it and stuffed a spicy fish into Wang Xiaomai's mouth. "Try it, how does it taste?"

The overbearing spicy taste spread in her mouth. Wang Xiaomai's eyes turned red from the spiciness, but she was reluctant to spit it out. "It's spicy, but so delicious. Sister Weiwei, you are amazing."

It’s a pity that Gu Sannai couldn’t eat these, so she could only taste them. “It’s worth wasting such good peanut oil.”

Chen Qiangwei served the spicy dried fish and crispy dried fish on the table. They would be our dinner tonight. "In a few days, I'll make the dried fish from the store into spicy dried fish and crispy dried fish. Xiaofeng and the others will surely love them."

Wang Xiaomai cried because of the spiciness but he didn't stop eating. He held the water ladle and took a mouthful of spicy fish with a sip of water. He was definitely a food addict.

Some of it is kept for the New Year to entertain the children who come to visit. The spicy fish can be kept for a long time. Except for the ones kept for the New Year, the rest are all put into cans and kept for later consumption.

Gu Sannai didn't object. Because of these two girls, the kids in the team didn't seem to be afraid of her anymore, and her house became a lot more lively. Knowing that Chen Qiangwei was generous and open-minded, she knew that there would definitely be a lot of children coming to her house during the New Year.

Well, she had to prepare the sweet potatoes and peanuts, make some dried sweet potatoes while the weather was cool, and then make some salted peanuts after the New Year.

Dried sweet potatoes and salted peanuts are good snacks for children in the countryside. Sweet potatoes, corn and rice are all things that fill the stomach.

Nowadays, every household can only eat until they are 60% to 70% full, and few people are willing to make sweet potatoes into dried sweet potatoes for children as snacks, except during the Chinese New Year.

After the fish were distributed, the old educated youth at the educated youth point began to take action and look for people with a good reputation in the team to help make bacon and cured fish as gifts for their families when they go home. The journey was too long, and if they were not made into bacon and cured fish, the meat would probably turn into rotten meat and dead fish halfway.

If you ask who in the team makes the best cured fish and cured meat, it must be Liu Jinhua. Moreover, Liu Jinhua is not the kind of person who would take advantage of small profits. The old educated youth are happy to ask her for help and then give her some "hardship pay".