"I'll use only small crucian carp to make soup for you!"

Seeing Song Jingzhou's bright smile, Su Qingci felt a mix of emotions.

Seeing Su Qingci staring at him in a daze, Song Jingzhou reached out and tugged at her braid.

"What's wrong? Are you touched by your brother?"

"Don't worry, I'm very strong."

As he spoke, Song Jingzhou handed the kettle back, then used both hands to support himself on either side of the well opening and jumped up.

"I'm going back to change my clothes first. The captain will be dividing the fish after he weighs them."

After taking only two steps, Song Jingzhou felt a cold gaze pierce him.

He paused for a moment, then slowly turned around.

Shen Chuntao stared at him expressionlessly, her eyes as cold as a dagger.

Su Qingci followed Song Jingzhou's gaze.

"Sister Chuntao~"

The coldness in Shen Chuntao's eyes vanished instantly, and her bright, sparkling eyes seemed to be filled with stars as she looked at Su Qingci with a smile.

A surge of intense hostility instantly rose from the depths of Song Jingzhou's heart.

He knew that Shen Chuntao was no ordinary person, and he wondered if it was just his imagination, but he seemed to have sensed a murderous aura just now.

"Qingci, are you really dating that Song family boy?"

"Um."

"You need to think this through carefully. Don't be confused. You're so outstanding, there's no need to rush into finding someone."

"Furthermore, do you understand his family background, character, and personality?"

Seeing that Su Qingci's smile faded, Shen Chuntao quickly explained.

"I'm worried about you too, you can tell just by looking at me."

"Many of the men in this rural area have different ideas, habits, and thoughts than we do."

"Few of us educated youth who married into rural families are happy."

"You're still so young, who knows, you might be able to go back to the city someday?"

"If you marry someone from the countryside, what will you do when the educated youth are allowed to return to the city? Besides, you're still young and probably don't understand feelings yet. What if you meet someone you truly like later?"

"You're so outstanding, are you going to throw away your future? Are you content to stay in Peach Blossom Town for the rest of your life?"

"Have you thought about your family? The emperor is far away, and if you stay here, it will be difficult for you to see your relatives again."

Looking at Shen Chuntao's concerned face and her urgent speech, Su Qingci knew that the other party was doing it for her own good.

"Sister Chuntao, I know you care about me."

"But I know what I'm doing."

“Song Jingzhou is different from other men. He also has a high school education. We have common topics and common interests. He also takes good care of and respects me.”

"Most importantly, I like him."

Shen Chuntao looked at Su Qingci's serious face and didn't know how to persuade her, but she was also afraid that if she said too much, Su Qingci would be unhappy.

"Qingci, then, before you get married, you absolutely must not let anyone take advantage of you."

Shen Chuntao seemed a little hesitant to say it, "It's...it's that...um."

"You can't sleep with him, right?"

Shen Chuntao's eyes widened, and then she realized what was happening and quickly looked around to see if anyone was there.

Seeing that no one was paying attention, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, don't be silly, you need to know how to protect yourself."

Su Qingci was utterly speechless.

She wanted to, but unfortunately Song Jingzhou knew how to protect himself.

She couldn't even get close to it.

I tried using the excuse of being scared by thunder to get into bed, but that failed. I also tried using alcohol to get him into bed, but that failed too.

"Qing porcelain?"

Seeing that Shen Chuntao was waiting for her reply, Su Qingci could only say helplessly.

"Okay, I understand. I get everything you're saying."

Shen Chuntao breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the other party nod.

A complex emotion flashed in her eyes. Song Jingzhou, right?

He is not worthy of such fine Qing porcelain.

"Let's go watch the fish being divided."

Su Qingci pulled the preoccupied Shen Chuntao toward the lawn by the pond.

So a total of sixteen members went down to catch fish today.

Some unmarried men are not allowed to have children by their elders because they have not yet had children, fearing it will affect their health.

Some older, weaker, and lazy people wouldn't risk going to the doctor and taking medicine just for a fish, so not many people went down.

Liu Dazhu had 16 of the larger fish selected from the fishing team and placed aside as a perk for the members of the fishing cooperative.

All the other fish were weighed, totaling nearly 865 jin (approximately 437.5 catties). There was still more than half a basket of small fish that hadn't been weighed yet; these would be used to add to the weight when dividing the fish later.

When the village bought fish fry in the spring, the accountant collected money for 36 shares. This year, on average, each share of fish can get about 24 jin (12 catties).

This is truly a rare and bumper harvest.

Not to mention the commune members, even the brigade leader and the party secretary were so happy that they kept rubbing their hands together and their faces were flushed.

After weighing the total fish, the fish were divided.

Three scales were used simultaneously on site, with two people carrying the scales, one adding fish, and one watching the scales.

"We weighed 21.7 jin (18.5 catties), so we picked out the two smaller ones."

"That's enough, that's more than enough."

After weighing 24 jin (12 catties), pour it out and move on to the next batch. If it's almost full, pick up a few small fish from the basket and throw them in to add to the weight, making sure every bag weighs very high.

Song Jingzhou quickly changed his clothes and came over. He grabbed a burlap sack and squatted down next to the pile of fish to pick them up.

Crucian carp are much smaller than grass carp, silver carp, and common carp.

Many members of the team were watching closely, afraid that he would take advantage of the situation. They breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that he picked up mostly fish that were neither too big nor too small.

"Is this kid Song stupid?"

"The people who go down to catch fish can choose the fish first, so why do they specifically pick the kind with more bones and less meat?"

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