"Dad!" Zhang Hao's face was full of disbelief. He didn't understand the interests involved at all. He was told to apologize to the girl as soon as he heard about it.
If this gets out, he will be so embarrassed.
Zhang Hao was stubborn and unwilling.
Deputy Director Zhang was so angry that he kicked his son hard on the butt: "Apologize!"
Liu Yuefen was dumbfounded when she saw this scene. Even the director had to apologize to Xu Ying. How powerful is this girl?
I hope this damn girl won’t take revenge on her.
The more Liu Yuefen thought about it, the more terrified she felt. She turned around and saw that Xu Ying's family didn't notice her, so she turned around and ran away in shame.
"I won't apologize!" Zhang Hao looked reluctant.
Xu Ying was too lazy to pay attention to them: "Mom and Dad, go back. I took a day off today and it's just right for me to rest at home.
By the way, have we bought all the New Year's goods for our family?"
The Chinese New Year is just ten days away.
Everyone will pack up in advance. Villagers often say that whether you have money or not, you will go home to celebrate the New Year. On the 23rd, you will worship the Kitchen God; on the 24th, you will sweep the house; on the 25th, you will grind tofu; on the 26th, you will steam buns; on the 27th, you will slaughter a chicken; on the 28th, you will put flowers on the wall; on the 29th, you will buy a bottle of wine; on the 30th, you will shed your skin; and on the first day of the New Year, you will stick your butt out and bow.
At this time of year in previous years, Xu's mother would take her to the county town to buy some cloth and cotton to make a cotton-padded jacket.
Although the cotton-padded jackets and trousers at this time are ugly to wear, they are really warm. They just make people look plump.
Even if you are thin, you will look round when wearing it.
"I plan to go to the county town with your father tomorrow and buy some cloth and cotton. Our family has saved some money this year, so we can make new clothes for the whole family." Xu's mother said, holding her daughter's arm.
When Shitou and Huzi heard that they would have new clothes to wear, they were overjoyed.
In previous years, they both wore patched clothes during the Spring Festival, but they didn’t expect to have new clothes to wear this year.
They all shouted happily: "Wow, we have new clothes to wear this year.
Grandma, can you buy some firecrackers for me and my brother? I want to go out and play with my brother."
Xu's mother rolled her eyes at him, but still agreed. After all, her family was doing well this year. A few days ago, her daughter came back and gave her a hundred yuan directly, saying that the food factory gave her a bonus of 1,000 yuan, plus commission, she had another 200 yuan, so it was a lot of money.
As soon as she refused, her daughter got angry. Xu's mother was overjoyed. Her daughter was so filial: "Okay, okay, but you have to be careful when you play with Hu Zi. Don't blow him up."
Shitou nodded quickly and ran out proudly, ready to show off to his friends in the village.
"Let's go out first." Father Xu said to his wife and daughter.
Xu Ying looked at them with curiosity on her face: "Is there still work in the fields at this time?"
"What's the matter? We're going fishing." Xu Laoer's face lit up with excitement when he mentioned this.
Brother Xu smiled innocently: "Little sister, are you going?"
Xu's mother got angry when she heard this, and slapped her eldest son on the head: "You are deliberately looking for trouble, aren't you? Your little sister just fell into the river once, and you still dare to go!"
Brother Xu looked annoyed. He just wanted to take his little sister to see the fun and forgot about falling into the river before: "Little sister, don't go then. You finally get a break, so stay at home and thank everyone.
Dad and I will come back later and catch some fish for you."
There is a river in Xujia Village. Every year, everyone goes fishing together. However, this river belongs not only to Xujia Village, but to everyone. So it depends on each person's ability to fish.
In previous years, Xujia Village had the least amount of fish caught each time, and Xu Ying knew the reason.
She suddenly had an idea and said with a smile, "Dad, I'll go with you."
When Brother Xu heard that his younger sister was going too, he was overjoyed and said, "Dad, let my younger sister go too. She is lucky. Maybe when she comes, we will catch more fish."
Father Xu didn't believe it, but after seeing his daughter's expectant eyes, he finally nodded and said, "You can go, but you can't get too close. Just watch from a distance."
Xu Ying nodded.
The people in that village deliberately put some smelly things into their river, which made all the fish sick and they dared not swim to their side.
Xu Ying was speechless when she thought of these people's despicable behavior.
She opened the mall and bought some fish feed directly.
Everything produced in the mall is good.
When Xu Ying arrived with her father, all the strong men in the village had come. They had several large nets and several large basins beside them.
"Captain, we have everything ready, let's get started."
The strong men in the village were all smiling. After a year of hard work, they were most looking forward to the New Year. They were all very happy when they thought that they would be able to go fishing soon.
Although the number of fish caught in Xujia Village is not large every year, each family can still get two or three.
Every year, these fish are fried into fish balls, which are very delicious.
"Dad, you guys are busy. I'll just look around." After saying that, Xu Ying walked around the crowd and approached the river.
While his father was discussing safety issues with the villagers and had no time to take care of this side, Xu Ying threw all the fish feed into the river.
She bought a lot, several kilograms.
Just a moment after the fish feed went down, Xu Ying saw the fish pop their heads out, scrambling for the food.
She shouted, "Dad, look, there are so many fish."
As soon as Xu Ying finished speaking, the fish jumped out as if in response to her.
When Mr. Xu saw the fat fish, he was so happy that he immediately started arranging everyone to take action.
As several large nets were dropped into the river, the fish were instantly hooked and began to struggle.
"I think my net has caught something. Oh, you must have caught a lot of fish with such great strength."
Xu Ying stared at it intently.
In order to satisfy her curiosity, Father Xu looked at the boy who had just spoken and said, "Since you feel the net is caught, quickly pull it out and have a look. With such a big splash, there may be several fish.
Get it out before it struggles and runs away."
After the captain gave the order, the young guys pulled out the fishing net directly.
"Oh my god, why are there so many fish?" The young man was very surprised.
I saw that the not-so-big fishing net was filled with fish, and they looked quite big.
"Hurry and bring the big basin over."
"Captain, this basin doesn't seem to be enough."
"You guys go back and get a few more big buckets from every household." Father Xu was also shocked by this scene.
The volume of this network is almost half of that of previous years.
"Hurry up and get the other nets ready," Father Xu shouted.
With a sudden pull, the fishing net was brought to the shore.
The next few nets also caught a lot of fish, maybe not as many as the first one, but still a lot.
The fish filled several large basins, and even more than a dozen large buckets were not enough.
"Why are there so many fish this year?" The villagers looked surprised and shocked.
(End of this chapter)