It was almost time for the late rice harvest, and Lin Guoqing planned to stop working mid-month after today's trip. Over the past two days, everyone had already started cleaning the rice drying yard and organizing tools, so he couldn't afford to keep asking for leave.
So this time I specially collected some more eggs. The big basket that was used to store mushrooms was also full of eggs. I will sell the mushrooms this month.
After finishing lunch at noon, he took a nap for a while, then took his big and small baskets to the intersection to wait for the bus.
Ye Juncai met Lin Guoqing when he heard him ask if there was a ready-made tricycle for him to buy today. He was stunned for a moment.
"Have you saved enough money for National Day?"
"Yeah, I've saved enough!" Lin Guoqing suppressed his smile desperately, "Juncai, um, your... discount..."
This is really a bit shameless. After all, it is someone else's workers' welfare. It is a favor if they give it to you, and it is their duty if they don't. How can you ask for it like this?
But if it could really be saved by twenty or thirty yuan as Ye Juncai said, Lin Guoqing felt it was worth it to be shameless.
Ye Juncai didn't think there was anything wrong with him and said happily, "There are discounts, don't worry! I even asked about it last time! Are you going to the factory with us today?"
Lin Guoqing nodded vigorously, "Yes! Let's go today! Thank you, Juncai! Otherwise, I'll treat you to dinner tonight..."
"We have food in the cafeteria, why do we need you to treat us? We saved up some money with great difficulty, so what's the point of just eating it casually..."
"Yes, yes. I haven't eaten at a state-owned restaurant yet. I heard that the chefs there are amazing cooks! Is that true?"
"Of course, especially the braised pork from our city..."
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Sihe Village is draining and drying the fields these days, and the harvest will be ready in a week.
The big guys who went to work to earn work points were busy doing the final weeding in the fields, while those who did not earn work points would also come to the fields with baskets and backs to look for something. Even Lin Yulan, who had too young children to leave, sent her three daughters, the four daughters, to get some back.
Not to mention the main worker of the Lin family - Mrs. Liang.
Liang Shengdi has been weaving at home for the past two days. She has a long hollow bamboo basket, a eel cage with a big head and a small tail, a small backpack made of straw and bamboo silk, a fish basket, a fishing tool, a winnowing dustpan... and so on.
Chen Chunhua was stunned. "Mom, didn't you make a few when you wanted to catch fish before? Why do you need to make so many? Can you use them all?"
"What do you know?" Liang Shengdi had already begun to look down on her daughter-in-law. "The fields are different from the rivers. You can use whatever you catch. Besides, I'm not the only one using it."
There are still three underage members in Mrs. Liang's mountain and river climbing team. Lin Shuchao can't do much else, so he just helps carry things. But there are still two older ones!
During the busy farming season, the village primary school will finish school earlier in the afternoon. It used to be at 4:30, but it will be advanced to 3:00 for the entire month of November.
Lin Shuying and Lin Shu rushed to the fields after school, not even leaving their bags at home. They followed their grandmother to the fields.
Generally, about a week after transplanting rice seedlings, people will throw some small fish fry into the rice fields, and throw in whatever small fish they find in the river.
When the rice is ripe, we can not only obtain aquatic products, but also use these fish and crabs to eat pests and weeds in the rice fields, excrete manure, and turn over the soil to promote fertilizer decomposition, allowing the rice to grow better and even increase the yield by about 10%.
Living things in the water will attract other creatures, and over time, the produce will become abundant. This has been done since ancient times, and it is the wisdom of this land for thousands of years.
Normally, people would take some fish or eels home to improve their diet. Once the water level dropped, the food on their plates would be exposed to everyone. These things were allowed to be taken home, because if you didn't catch them all, it would be very troublesome to harvest the rice.
Liang Shengdi threw the two eel cages into the field early in the morning, found a place to put the long hollow bamboo basket, and then went back to lie down. After Lin Shuying and the others got out of school in the afternoon, she took the three children to start... scooping fish.
Yes, it is really shovel fish. The most common ones here are crucian carp and grass carp. These two types of fish have a high survival rate and have been eating rice flowers and weeds for several months. Even though they are not as big as those raised in the river for two or three years, they look very fat. They are huddled together and swimming hard in the shallow water of the fields.
Liang Shengdi covered the field with a hood, then took a winnowing basket and shoveled the fish into the basket. As the basket went down, water leaked out, and the fish tossed and turned. When the basket was full, she handed it to Lin Shuying, who was standing on the edge of the field. Lin Shuying ran a few steps and passed it to Lin Shugan, who then took it to Lin Shuchao and Lin Shumei, who were squatting at the edge of the field and were responsible for looking after it.
"Oh, Chunhua! Your mother-in-law is great!" Wang Jingui looked at Liang Shengdi's agility. She harvested three crops at once. There was no trace of the rumored image of the lazy woman of the Lin family. She could even be called a model worker.
Wang Jingui was so busy weeding that she had no time to think about it. She kept looking around. Her mother-in-law and son were also fishing in the fields. Just then, her son was holding a fat fish to show his mother, but the fish escaped in the next second and slammed his tail into the mud.
It’s so disgusting to watch. I really want to go out and catch fish myself!
Chen Chunhua straightened up and took a look. She couldn't help but chuckle at the assembly line operation. Her mother-in-law seemed to have said she wanted fried crispy fish yesterday. No problem! Arrange it!
Ma Fengjuan has not appeared in the fields for a long time since she stopped being a team leader and stopped working. Today, her mother-in-law had something to do and was reluctant to give up the good things in the fields, so she asked Ma Fengjuan to come to the fields.
Seeing Liang Shengdi catching a basket of fish in just a few minutes, Ma Fengjuan couldn't help herself and shouted in a sharp voice,
"National Day Mom! What are you doing? How can you catch fish like that? If you catch all the fish by yourself, what will be left for us?"
When she called out, everyone in the field stopped what they were doing and looked over. Even those around who hadn't noticed Liang Shengdi and the others just now noticed her actions, as well as the neatly arranged fish baskets next to the two children from the Lin family at the edge of the field. Lin Shuying and Lin Shugan were standing on the edge of the field, feeling a little embarrassed to be stared at.
Liang Shengdi had already filled her third basket with fish. When she heard Ma Fengjuan's shout, she straightened up and looked back.
"What's the matter? I caught your fish? Which one is yours? Tell me and I'll give it back to you."
Ma Fengjuan choked, but still stiffened her neck and shouted, "What do you mean by 'my family's fish?' This is everyone's fish! Collective labor, equal distribution! Do you understand? Your family has taken so much, what else are we going to eat? You're taking advantage of the collective! You should divide the fish equally among us!"
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