The next morning, Wei's mother hired a day's work, even though she didn't earn many work points for cutting pig feed.
Early in the morning, the crucian carp were laid out to dry on wooden boards, waiting for the sun to rise.
Wei Mo got up very early, but his mouth felt unusually uncomfortable, so he opened the trading system.
The children's toothbrush costs 35.8 yuan (gold coins), so I'm passing on it. (Gold coins and yuan are easily confused, so I'll use yuan for both.)
Disposable toothbrushes are 5 (gold coins) yuan for 60 pieces. This is good, I'll buy them.
We're too poor! We need to learn how to manage our finances.
Toothpaste: Search for the lowest price directly. Five tubes of toothpaste nearing their expiration date are 3 yuan each. There are still 3 months left on the shelf life, which is enough for me. Buy it.
Wei Mo took the toothpaste out of his backpack. It was perfect; it was pure white with not a single word on it.
Taking out four toothbrushes and five tubes of toothpaste, Wei Mo began searching for his protector: his mother!
"Mom, come quick!"
Hearing her son's call, Wei's mother immediately went back into the house and looked at the thing in her son's hand, which she did not recognize.
"What is this, son?"
Wei's mother took the toothpaste from Wei Mo, opened it, and smelled it. A fresh fragrance filled her sense of smell.
"Mom, Grandpa Dragon King said this is for brushing teeth, so that we can protect our teeth and eat meat better."
Looking at the things in her hands, Wei's mother thought it was such a waste to use something so fragrant to brush her teeth. In the rural areas of the 1960s, there was no such thing as brushing teeth.
Seeing Wei Mo skillfully brushing his teeth at the door, Wei's mother called over her two daughters, and the three of them imitated Wei Mo's brushing technique.
Breakfast was sweet potato porridge, which tasted absolutely delicious.
Before long, one after another, the young lads came to find Wei Mo, having made an appointment yesterday to go fishing today.
Actually, Wei Mo has lost interest in fishing now, since he can't retrieve any fish today, but he still has an old turtle in his backpack that he can retrieve.
You can earn 65 yuan in trading currency by recycling wild turtles.
Wei Mo's eyes lit up; the price of the turtle was surprisingly high.
The children in the yard kept urging Wei Mo to hurry up and leave, and Wei Mo saw that almost everyone had arrived.
He took four fishing rods from the kitchen, and led his two older sisters and a group of children toward the dilapidated temple.
Li Fu held onto the longest fishing rod tightly, clearly wanting to secure a rod first since there were too many people around.
There were nine little children in total, chattering away the whole way. Among them were Shan Zhenhai and his younger brother Shan Zhenjiang, as well as two little girls, Tian Yue and Tian Xue, whom they had greeted before, and their older brother, Tian Boguang.
Wei Mo carefully examined Tian Boguang. He wasn't ugly or deformed, so he shouldn't be related to the Smiling, Proud Wanderer!
(Anyway, the author won't admit that they're terrible at naming things.)
Tian Boguang was only 7 years old. The older ones were all working, and the worst job they did was chopping pig feed, which was what Wei Ma did.
Seeing Li Fu, Wei Xiaomin, Wei Xiaohui, and Wei Mo catch fish one after another, the other kids on the side could no longer sit still.
"Wei Mo, can I fish for a bit, please?"
Seeing that Shan Zhenhai, who was half a head taller than Wei Mo, was begging him without any intention of snatching him, Wei Mo gave him a good review in his heart. He was polite and worth befriending.
"Okay, here you go, but let's make it clear first, it's a loan, and the fish you catch are mine."
Shan Zhenhai nodded vigorously. The old village chief wouldn't even let anyone touch it; he treasured it dearly.
I've watched for so long and learned almost everything. All that's left is to accumulate experience.
Wei Mo sat to one side and began assembling a new fishing rod.
Tian Boguang kept circling around Wei Mo, saying that fishing was so interesting that he wanted to borrow it to try it out once Wei Mo finished.
"Wei Mo, can I play with this? Don't worry, the fish you catch are yours, you're just lending it to me to play with."
Tian Boguang spoke up from the side, his eyes still fixed on the fishing rod in Wei Mo's hand.
"Here, take it!"
Tian Boguang led his two younger sisters and ran towards the river.
Not long after, Shan Zhenjiang came over crying.
"Wei Mo, please, lend me another fishing rod. My brother won't let me play with it. If you let me play with it, you're my brother, sob sob."
Seeing Shan Zhenjiang's pitiful state, Wei Mo made another fishing rod for him.
After getting the fishing rod, Shan Zhenjiang snorted at his brother and ran over to Shan Zhenhai to start fishing.
Wei Mo, however, has been idle. He only traded one item today and still needs to figure out how to get two more.
Unfortunately, the fish was no longer available this week, so Wei Mo had to think of other solutions.
Seeing the birds chirping in the willow bushes, Wei Mo's eyes lit up, and he decided that this was the one.
Just thinking about it makes my mouth water.
I quickly searched through the online store and found that the clips were 1.5 yuan a tray, so I bought 10.
The wallpaper knife costs 2 yuan, I'll buy one too, since I'll need it later.
"Tian Xue, Tian Yue, come here quickly!"
The two little girls, Tian Xue and Tian Yue, were watching their older brother fish. They were getting a little impatient, and when they heard Wei Mo calling them, they ran to Wei Mo's side.
Tilting her little head and staring with big eyes,
"What's wrong, Wei Mo?"
"You two help me peel some cornworms, and I'll give you a crucian carp in return. Twenty cornworms for one fish."
Tian Xue and Tian Yue's eyes lit up. Rural children are all too familiar with these things. Maybe others would find them disgusting, but in this era, there aren't so many fussy things. As long as you can eat your fill, that's enough.
Seeing the two run away, Wei Mo also started to get busy.
First, they found some willow twigs of suitable thickness and began to make the support sticks and pins for the clamps.
I made 10 of each kind and tied them with fishing line. I just need to wait for the cornworms to arrive before I can start hunting birds (that's what Qiaoqiao calls them in her hometown).
The clip was a semi-circle with a handle at the back that could be pried open, but Wei Mo was too weak. After removing half of the spring, he could barely pry it open.
Not long after, the two girls, Tian Yue and Tian Xue, ran back. In this era, corn weevils were plentiful because there were no pesticides! Everything was organic.
"Wei Mo, look how many we've caught."
The two girls were quite clever; they made a small cup out of mud and put some corn stalk cobs inside.
"I'll give you two crucian carp in a bit."
Wei Mo counted them, but the two girls couldn't count either. They had actually caught 38 people. Luckily, he wasn't an evil capitalist.
The two girls were overjoyed to hear this, and the thought of eating fish for lunch today brought tears to their eyes.
"Do you still want it? If so, I'll go catch another one."
Wei Mo nodded, and the two girls happily ran off to catch corn worms again.
The fishermen were all focused on fishing and didn't notice what was happening here. Wei Mo secretly walked towards the willow thicket, looking for some low-lying areas with branches.
Before each trap is laid, the surrounding grass is cleared away to expose the black ground, which contrasts sharply with the white corn worms.
Although it was difficult to pry open the clip, Wei Mo's mouth watered at the thought of the results.
Friendly reminder: It is illegal to hunt birds now; please do not attempt it, including sparrows.
Find some tree branches to secure the back of the clamp to prevent it from being pulled away by large objects.
After arranging everything, Wei Mo slowly walked towards the fishing spot.
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