After catching the big fish in the pond, the small fish are released back to allow them to continue to reproduce and grow so that there will be more fish to harvest next year.
The next step is to allocate time, which is the task of the team leader and the accountant. Basically, every household can get a few fish, some big and some small depending on the situation. It cannot be said to be absolutely fair, but it ensures that every family can eat fish.
There was nothing interesting about dividing the fish, so Li Qingyun went home first. After Gu Tingzhou helped to divide the fish, he would bring back his own fish.
Li Qingyun went home first, packed up and prepared to cook dinner.
The villagers we met along the way were all cheerful and carrying their own large basins to share the fish.
"Mr. Tingzhou, go home and get a basin quickly. The fish will be divided soon." A kind aunt reminded.
"It's okay, auntie, there's no rush. It doesn't matter if we divide it later. Every family has it anyway."
"Yeah, I'll go and queue up first." Auntie hurried away carrying the basin.
In the past two days, everyone in the village has distributed food, and they are all smiling whenever they meet someone. This food is everyone's food ration for a year. Some more will be distributed during the summer harvest next year, but the amount distributed then will be relatively small.
As long as there is food at home, there is no need to worry. Although life is tight with this food, women who are resourceful are used to spending money carefully.
They exchanged some of the fine grains for coarse grains. One pound of fine grains could often be exchanged for several pounds or even ten pounds of coarse grains. Anyway, as long as the farmers could eat their fill, they didn't care what they ate.
Another part of the fine grain is used to exchange for money, or to buy daily necessities for the household. Food, clothing, weddings and funerals all require money, so you have to be frugal.
The same thing happened to Gu's father and mother at the old house. Although they had earned a lot of work points and money this year, and also had income as carpenters, they still only kept a portion of the fine grains they were distributed, and exchanged the rest for coarse grains and money.
The older generation is used to being frugal. No matter how much money they have, they are reluctant to spend it. No matter how much food they have, they are reluctant to eat it. They always like to save it for emergencies. They are really afraid of poverty and suffering.
Every time Mother Gu came over here, she gritted her teeth, fearing that she would accidentally say something wrong and make Li Qingyun unhappy.
Li Qingyun was really generous. She had rice, white flour buns, and even fried vegetables with a spoonful of oil. There was basically some meat in the house every day. Fortunately, outsiders didn't know about it. This was the life of a wealthy landlord.
Mother Gu was also glad that the family had separated early. They lived with the eldest son. Although the eldest son's wife was sometimes talkative, her life values were exactly the same as hers. She knew how to live frugally. If she lived with the second son's family, she would sooner or later become a lunatic, unable to say anything and unable to scold.
Li Qingyun had no choice. As someone from the future, she could not accept this kind of life where she had pickles one meal and black porridge the next. She felt that she was already frugal enough.
I can only say that the two generations have different values. The family has the means, so why do you have to save a little on your food? You can't save much, and it will only torture your body.
Fortunately, Gu Tingzhou's values are the same as hers. Neither of them is the kind of person who would treat themselves badly just to save money. As long as they don't waste anything and it's within their means, they can eat whatever they like.
This may also be the reason why Li Qingyun is satisfied with Gu Tingzhou. With her outlook on life, in this era, many men in the village or even in the city would probably slap her in the face, right?
Maybe it's because the two of them can find ways to make money and have space, so they are not worried. The villagers have to work in the fields all year round for a living, so how can they not live frugally? There is nothing they can do about it.
When Li Qingyun got home, she described to Qinghuan the bustling scene of fishing in the pond. Qinghuan was not interested at all. When she was a child, she often went to watch the fish, and after finally getting a share of the fish and taking them home, they all went into the stomachs of Li Debao and the others, and the sisters could only share the leftovers. It made her sad to think about it.
The two of them were discussing what to eat in the evening. Since they had divided the fish today, they must kill a fresh fish and eat it. It just so happened that these past few days had been full of happy things. They had taken back Qinghuan's head food in the morning, so she wouldn't feel too guilty staying at home. Besides, their family had also divided so much food.
Speaking of eating fish, Li Qingyun thought of the pickled fish in her previous life. She hadn't eaten it for a long time. It was sour and spicy, and went very well with rice.
Unfortunately, the sauerkraut at home was not ready yet, but she remembered that there was still sauerkraut at Gu's mother's place. The last time Gu's mother sent it here, she had already eaten it all by making pork and sauerkraut stewed with vermicelli.
It must be said that Gu's mother is very good at making sauerkraut. The sauerkraut she makes is crispy and refreshing, and the saltiness is not too strong, just right.
How about going to her and asking for two pickled cabbages?
Li Qingyun first steamed the rice for dinner, then found a few hemp twists from the cabinet where snacks were kept, wrapped them in oil paper, and went to the old house.
"Mom, Qingyun is here." As soon as Li Qingyun opened the door, she saw Mrs. Gu washing clothes in the yard. When she saw Li Qingyun coming in, she howled.
Mother Gu wiped her hands and hurried out of the kitchen: "Second brother's family is here? What's going on?"
Li Qingyun handed the hemp twist in her hand to Gu's mother with some embarrassment: "A few hemp twists."
"What's going on? It's not a festival now, why should we send gifts? Take it back for Dabao and the others to eat." Mother Gu asked in confusion.
"Um, Mom, do you have any sauerkraut in the jar? I want a few. The sauerkraut we just harvested at home is not ready yet." Li Qingyun had to explain her purpose embarrassedly.
While rubbing the clothes, Mrs. Gu looked at the big hemp twist in her hand with envy. The second son's wife was really generous. She exchanged such good hemp twist for a few worthless pickled cabbages. She hoped that her mother-in-law would leave these hemp twists for Dani and Erni to eat.
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