There were more than a dozen women squatting or sitting in the yard, with three or two of them sitting together picking vegetables.
Brothers Shen Rong, Shen Ming and Zhang Mancang also squatted in the corner to kill chickens and bleed them.
When Song saw Shen Yu'an and Dalang coming back, she stood up and walked over to look into the basket they brought back.
She stretched her head and said, "Did you catch any fish? If not, forget it, we can try something else."
Dalang and Erlang carried a basket, Sanlang and Silang also carried a basket, and the blue veins on their hands were exposed.
Even Wulang, Liulang, Huanan and Hualing, who were following behind, were holding a small basket with a few jumping fish in it.
Hearing Song's words, Wu Lang, who was walking behind, ran up to her with a basket and said, "Mom, what are you looking at? We caught a lot of fish."
"You stinky boy, how dare you talk about your mother!"
Song slapped Wulang, but Wulang stuffed the basket in his hand into Song's arms and dodged the slap.
Song looked at the basket full of fish and was too lazy to argue with Wu Lang. She looked into the baskets of Shen Dalang and the others one by one.
Seeing that the baskets carried by Shen Dalang were full, he was instantly happy and said, "You have made quite a harvest this time. You caught so many fish in the river."
"You won't be able to eat them all in one day. Hurry up and find some big buckets to put the fish in. We'll kill them according to the number later. Keep the ones you don't need so you can eat them fresh later."
Shen Dalang and his men put the basket on the ground, carried two large buckets out of the house, and poured all the fish into them.
“Wow!”
The women who were sitting together picking vegetables were stunned. How many fish did they catch?
Although the rice cooked from fish smells fishy and has many bones, it is still delicious meat, so the villagers have caught it many times in the past.
But the fish were very smart. Once they got into the water, they ran faster than rabbits. Also, the river was not shallow, so it was not very safe to catch fish there. Over time, no one went there to catch fish anymore.
“How come they caught so many fish?”
Shen Yu'an lent a hand to help and replied with a smile: "There are few people going to the river to catch fish, so those fish were slow to react and were caught. We were lucky."
Shen Yu'an didn't say that she took the bait developed by later generations in the space and sprinkled it into the river.
No one asked much questions, they just kept praising them for their good luck and abilities, and they didn't stop working.
Several people from the Zhang family next door also came to the Shen family's yard to work together, and the yard was bustling with activity all day long.
The women who came to help early in the morning not only received their wages for the whole day, but also got a glimpse of how sumptuous the feast would be tomorrow.
Oh my, the Shen family and the Zhang family are really generous. They have seen a lot of meat alone.
A group of people worked until the evening to pack up the chickens, ducks, fish, meat and various vegetables they brought back. They put the vegetables and meat together, which would be much more convenient when cooking tomorrow.
They were busy until the evening, and the women who came to help had all left. The Shen family simply made a large table of dishes with the dishes they had prepared today, as a way of celebrating themselves.
The meat and vegetables were ready. After the three Song sisters-in-law and Ding Hehua worked in the kitchen for a while, the meal was ready.
During the meal, the old man drank two extra glasses of wine. Before he even left the table, he was already dizzy and was giving instructions to everyone at the two tables one by one.
"Da Lang, you are better at learning than your father. If you become an official in the future, you must remember the suffering of our people and be a good official."
"And the same goes for you guys. No matter where you go, you must remember this. Don't bully the people and do evil just because you become rich and powerful in the future."
"It doesn't matter if I fail the exam later. We have many scholars in our family and we can open a school in town. Anyway, we won't let anyone starve to death."
"Sanlang, if you want to join the army, I won't stand in your way. But if you become a soldier, you will be on the battlefield. You must be careful on the battlefield because swords are blind."
The eyes of several young boys were reddened by the old man's words, and they almost stood up and raised their hands to swear.
Although everyone was happy, they did not forget that they had to get up early the next day, so they went to bed early after dinner.
Just after breakfast the next day, the women who were invited to help cook and wash dishes came to the Shen family to report.
Those who cut vegetables, those who cook, and those who wash dishes all started working with clear division of labor.
Several people from Song's family were also invited.
After such a long period of recuperation, Mr. Song's health has recovered a lot, but it is impossible to return to his original state.
But people are in high spirits when they are happy. The old man put on decent clothes and sat there looking very energetic.
Xiao Zhang's two children are not shy about strangers. Everyone is busy with their own things, and the elderly people help take care of the children and enjoy their old age.
Old Master Song was amused by the two little guys and laughed continuously. He also had the idea of letting his grandson get married as soon as possible.
He is in much better health now. If his grandson gets married earlier, he might be able to help take care of the child for two years.
The more the old man thought about it, the more he felt it was feasible, and he planned to urge the marriage when he returned today.
In the Shen family's yard, everyone was busy preparing dishes for the lunch reception. On the other side, every household in Longxian Village also brought tables and benches over.
Seeing them coming, Shen Yu'an asked them to put the tables and benches in appropriate locations, leaving space for serving the dishes later and not blocking the road.
There was so little space in the Shen family's yard that it was impossible to accommodate everyone in the village. However, the Shen family's house was at the end of the village, so there was plenty of empty space outside the yard.
More and more people came, and Shen Yu'an couldn't handle it all by herself. Zhang Wendong saw this scene in the yard, stood up and went out to help her.
Song Xiaoni and Hua Ling had nothing to do sitting there, so they simply went out to greet them.
"Hey~be careful."
Song Xiaoni saw a man walking towards her carrying a large square table on his shoulders. The table was too big to see the way clearly, and when he was moving towards the door, he tripped over a stone and staggered. She was so scared that she quickly went forward to help him.
But there was a huge difference in height between Song Xiaoni and the man. When Song Xiaoni raised her hands to support him, she felt something was wrong. When she looked up, she found that she was actually resting her hands on the man's rolled-up arm.
Song Xiaoni looked up at the man's face. Hey, it's someone she knew.
Isn’t this Zhu Yushan, the grandson of Zhu Lizheng from Longxian Village? He came to help when the house was being built.
Song Xiaoni's face instantly turned red, and she withdrew her hand as if she had been electrocuted.
She blushed and explained, "I saw you almost fell and wanted to help you. I didn't mean to touch you."
At the end, Song Xiaoni's voice became as loud as a fly.
When Zhu Yushan saw that it was Song Xiaoni, his eyes lit up, and he put the large square table in his hand to the ground with a bang with a silly smile.
He said: "Thank you, Miss Xiaoni, and thanks to you for helping me up just now, otherwise I would have fallen."
It is impossible to fall, but you must thank me.
He had inquired and learned that if he liked a girl, he had to praise her and make her happy, but he never had the chance to show it.
Move your fingers and cast your precious gold and silver bills, thank you!
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