Father Xu took everyone to distribute fish door to door.
When they got home, several young men insisted on giving Father Xu a few more fish: "Uncle Captain, we all owe it to you to live such a good life. You worked so hard to catch a few more fish for us, so what's wrong with that?"
Xu's mother didn't want to hold the man back, so she helped to refuse: "I dare not take this, your uncle is the captain, he should work harder for everyone.
If we take this fish, wouldn't that be an abuse of public power? As long as everyone lives a good life, your uncle will be happy. We don't want this fish."
Father Xu nodded with satisfaction and said, “I can’t take this fish. Everyone has shared it. If I take the lead in doing this kind of thing, the village will be in chaos in the future.
Since I am the captain, I should lead and teach everyone, not take everyone's property. I appreciate your kindness, but you must not take the fish."
Several young men looked at Xu's father with awe. There was not only one leader, the captain, in the village. There was also a deputy captain and a village party secretary. However, these two men were not good people before. Relying on their status, they asked everyone for things openly or secretly.
Father Xu is the most upright leader they have ever met.
If all the leaders in this world were so upright, farmers' lives would be better and everyone's life would be better.
"Captain, let's continue to divide the fish."
Father Xu and a group of people divided the fish. When they went back, they caught a lot more fish. They pulled them all out and put them in the buckets, which were full again.
"Captain, why are there so many fish this year?"
"Who knows, maybe the fish have also realized that our Xujia Village is different this year, so they all came to our place." The man said excitedly, and he felt good when he saw the fish next door being humiliated.
Xu Lao Er curled his lips and said, "It's all thanks to my little sister. In the past, there wouldn't be so many fish if she didn't come. But this year, there are so many fish when she comes."
When Mr. Xu heard this, he glared at his son. How dare he say such feudal words? If someone with ulterior motives heard it, he would be in trouble.
Xu Lao Er chuckled and scratched his head: "I spoke softly, no one can hear me."
"Shengcai, you are right. I also think your little sister is a lucky person. Without her, our life would not be so good.
First, the state-owned restaurant bought our food, and then the food factory built a workshop in our village. This is all thanks to your younger sister.
I think the fish smelled the good fortune of your little sister, so they rushed to our Xujia Village. "
When Mr. Xu heard this, he smiled modestly, but he felt in his heart that it was true.
"It's not that serious. My daughter just accidentally brought a way to make money to our village.
She also cares about our village and knows that everyone has been kind to her since she was a child. "Father Xu also praised his daughter for her kindness and filial piety.
Everyone nodded frequently after hearing this.
Compared to the jubilant people in Xijia Village, everyone in Lijia Village was dejected.
Originally they thought that they could catch dozens of fish in a day, and even if the fish were bad, it wouldn't be a problem for each family to share two kilograms of meat.
But I didn’t expect that Lijia Village would be so bleak this year.
Let alone a family sharing two kilograms of fish, it seems difficult to even share one kilogram of fish now.
Captain Lijiacun had a bitter face and his brows were tightly furrowed.
He looked at Xujia Village, thought about what the old woman said, and finally spoke: "I'll go to Xujia Village over there."
When the people of Lijia Village heard what the captain said, they were immediately delighted: "Captain, you should have done this a long time ago. They are all from the same river. Why does Xujia Village have so many nets while our village has only so few?
They in Xujia Village have made a lot of money this year, how can they miss such a small amount of fish! "
He walked towards Xujia Village with a smile, but his eyes were glued to the big fish: "Brother Xu, there are quite a lot of fish in your Xujia Village this year."
"Indeed, our village had the least in previous years, but this year we finally have one more chance." Father Xu replied with a smile, and the smile on Captain Li's face had faded a lot.
"Captain Li, why are you coming to our place instead of fishing?" The people in Xujia Village were unhappy. Looking at Captain Li's attentive look, they knew he had no good intentions.
Captain Li smiled awkwardly and rubbed his palms: "Alas, you have also seen that our Lijia Village really didn't catch many fish this year.
It's hard for a family to share even a pound, can you give us some?"
As soon as Captain Li said this, the people in Xujia Village, who were protecting their children, all guarded the fish behind them.
Father Xu felt that this scene was inexplicably familiar. He seemed to recall that the first time their village caught very few fish, the villagers shamelessly went to Captain Lijia Village, but Captain Lijia Village refused without hesitation.
"Captain Li, you said before that whoever catches a certain amount of fish will get that amount. Don't forget what you said when we asked you for fish.
Now you have the nerve to come to us and ask for fish, but we don’t have any.” The villagers of Xujia Village said viciously, and at the same time they felt relieved that they had finally resolved their grudge.
Xu Ying took this opportunity to speak up: "Brother, brother, we don't usually throw any garbage into this river, so why did we clean up so much yesterday?
It stinks. No wonder we always catch less fish in previous years. Everyone should be more conscious and stop throwing garbage into the river."
"Ah? Little sister, we don't have it!" Brother Xu said naively.
"Shut up." Xu Ying scolded immediately.
Brother Xu covered his mouth in horror.
"How could that be? We don't normally throw garbage into the river."
"I don't have any. Who is so wicked as to throw garbage into their own village? Besides, there are still fish in the river. We are still counting on eating fish in the winter."
"Neither have I."
The villagers of Xujia Village looked at each other and shook their heads.
Xu Ying was extremely surprised: "Oh, you didn't throw any garbage, then who threw it? How could we catch fish with so much garbage? The fish would run away to other places because of the stench."
Captain Lijiacun felt very guilty when he heard this.
He looked left and right, not daring to meet everyone's eyes.
There is nothing that the people in Xujia Village don't understand, and Xu's father is even more furious.
Compared to others, the people in the village are more important: “Brother Li, our fish are caught by our own ability, we can’t give them to you.
The time it takes to catch fish is enough for you to continue fishing. We are busy and will not accompany you."
Originally, Xu's father wanted to leave some for the people in Lijia Village, but now he wanted nothing more: "Keep fishing until there are no big fish left, then go back."
So the fish from Xujia Village were caught in one net after another, and the people who divided the fish ran back and forth again.
"Why are there so many fish? We already have more than a dozen fish at home." Xu's mother looked suspicious. How could this be such good luck that there are so many fish today?
"Mom, the harvest is good this year and we caught a lot of fish." Xu Ying's face was full of smiles and she had already thought about what to do during the New Year.
(End of this chapter)