Chapter 168
Xiao Jian was hit on the butt and fell face down.
At this time, he just got up, wiped the mud off his face and started cursing at the crowd above.
"That bastard pushed me down?"
"Fuck you! It's so cold, I'm going to die."
"Who the hell did this? Stand up!"
Xiao Yuehua's face remained calm, and she said, "Coward, what are you yelling about?"
"It's already gone down, hurry up and get the fish, useless trash."
"Didn't you see that Big Brother was fishing on his own? You're really not active in anything. Even a pig can't catch up with you when it comes to eating."
Xiao Jian was furious. He had just made new cotton trousers for the Chinese New Year last year, and he had been reluctant to wear them. Today, he wore them to show off, and now they were soaked with water and kept dripping down. He could only hold them up with his hands.
And his shoes and socks.
He was really going to explode.
"Xiao Yuehua, did you do this?"
Xiao Yuehua looked innocent, "No!"
"Look at how many people are standing here. Why are you standing so close to the pond if you're not going down?"
"It's so crowded here, it's normal to get pushed down accidentally. You're just petty. How can there be so many bad people in this world?"
"Hurry up and take off your cotton pants and shoes. Ask Xiao Juxiang to take them to the well and then go home to warm them."
Xiao Yuehua enticed, "The fish are so fat this year. The big ones weigh four or five kilograms."
"Catch a fish and give it away for free. You earn your own food and eat it yourself. Who dares to say anything?"
Xiao Jian thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. He had already come down to soak in the water, so he would just eat the big fish that was his for the taking by himself.
He immediately turned around and headed towards the puddle area in the middle.
Xiao Quangui grabbed a leafless branch by the pond to steady himself, and looked at Xiao Yuehua with a bad look.
He is not as easy to fool as Xiao Jian. He must have been killed by this unfilial daughter.
"You bastard, your father is already 49 years old this year. In such cold weather, you still dared to kill him."
"Don't think I don't know your little thoughts. You're already married, and you still want to go home and share the fish. Bah."
"Have some shame!"
"Other children are filial to their parents, but you're the opposite, always thinking about going back to your parents' home to beg for money."
Xiao Yuehua grinned, "Why can't I get a share of the fish? I wasn't married when the seedlings were introduced. A few months ago, when it was our family's turn to cut the fish grass, I also cut it."
"I go home for a meal and that's considered asking for money, but what's the point of you sending bags and bags of it to Widow Wang's house?"
"So you feel bad when your own child or nephew eats a bite, but you're happy to raise someone else's child?"
Xiao Quangui was so angry that his lips were trembling when he saw Xiao Yuehua talking nonsense in public.
"Don't talk nonsense here. I'm too lazy to talk to you."
Xiao Quangui waved his hand and headed towards the puddle area in the middle.
Xiao Yuehua looked at the scene in front of her with satisfaction.
The Xiao family sent three strong men to catch fish. Each of them could choose a big fish weighing nearly 10 to 20 kilograms. Adding the share invested by their own family, they should be able to get 40 kilograms this year.
The Xiao family consists of Xiao Quangui, Xiao Jian, Xiao Long, Song Zaizhao, Xiao Juxiang and Xiao Xiaobao, five adults plus one child. If the child is not counted, then there are five, plus myself, which makes six.
Forty pounds divided by six means she can get seven pounds of fish.
Rounding off, seven jin equals ten jin.
Xiao Yuehua clapped her hands together and said, "Great, we've got some cured fish for this year's New Year."
Su Qingci, who was standing next to him, was stunned.
No wonder Xiao Yuehua can live such a comfortable life in this rural area where men are valued more than women. She is really capable.
"Xiao Huahua, aren't you afraid that they will gang up on you and beat you up?"
"Don't be afraid, they can't beat me!"
"That's your biological father, how dare you?"
"What's the big deal? You don't even know. This old man is restless and keeps going to the house of Widow Wang at the east end of the village. Widow Wang's daughter even dared to show off in front of me, but I slapped her so hard that she fainted."
"The old man even came over here to make decisions for someone else's daughter, and forced me to go to Widow Wang's house to apologize."
"Did you go then?"
"Why not? I'll definitely go!"
"I went to her house that day and carried her grain jar back to my brother and sister-in-law."
"I haven't coveted a single grain of rice from them."
"I think my dad's mind has become a little unclear since my mom left."
Xiao Yuehua said seriously, "Or maybe he's in too good health and too energetic. He should get some sick."
"Xiao Jian hasn't even married yet, but he's thinking of getting himself married first."
"This Xiao Jian is also a loser. He only thinks about eating all day long and has no plan at all."
Suddenly, Xiao Yehua seemed to have thought of something, "Huh!"
"Then it seems that Widow Wang's eldest daughter is also old enough to find a partner."
The corners of Su Qingci's mouth twitched, "You really live a wicked life."
Xiao Yuehua said seriously, "Qingci, you don't understand."
"My sister-in-law is pretty good."
"Capable, quiet."
"The old man is messing around, the brother-in-law is a bother, and there's no mother-in-law to manage things. All of this is her responsibility."
"Xiao Long is also a piece of shit. He doesn't care about anything else except making money."
"What if my sister-in-law also quits this huge job?"
"The old men in that room are likely to fall on Xiao Juxiang or me."
"When Xiao Juxiang gets married, won't she fall into my hands?"
"So for my happy life, nothing can happen to my sister-in-law."
Su Qing Porcelain……..
In the pond.
The strong man, his clothes soaked, struggled to catch the fish.
Everyone put in all their effort, wanting to catch all the fish as quickly as possible and get ashore early.
Baskets of fish were brought up.
The accountant, scorer, team leader, secretary and others were weighing and registering at the same time.
After being weighed, the fish were dumped on the lawn next to them, flapping and jumping around.
Some children were running around the school of fish, shouting and laughing happily.
Even before the Little New Year, Gaotang Brigade was already filled with the festive atmosphere.
Soon, all the fish in the pond were caught, and the men, shivering from the cold, climbed up and jumped into the well not far away.
The well water in the village is an underground spring. It is warm in winter and cool in summer. One sip after another is like a string of candied haws.
The first one is a drinking well, used for drinking water for the whole village. The next one is for washing vegetables, then for washing clothes, and the last one is for washing dirty things.
The shivering member jumped to the third well. His frozen body was surrounded by warm well water. He quickly rubbed the mud off his body with his hands. The family members next to him hurriedly handed him a cotton jacket.
Su Qingci found Song Jingzhou holding a military water bottle.
"What are you going down there for?"
"Are we missing that one fish?"
"It's so cold, if you catch a cold, wouldn't that be asking for trouble?"
"Here, I just made you some ginger soup. It's still piping hot. Drink it up quickly."
"After drinking, go back and change clothes."
Song Jingzhou listened to Su Qingci's incessant chatter, with his head held high and a smug look on his face.
It seems to be saying, look, someone is taking care of me now.
He took the kettle and took a few big gulps.
The boiling hot ginger sugar water is sweet, spicy and pungent.
After a few gulps, my whole body began to warm up, and even a thin layer of sweat appeared on the tip of my nose.
"It's okay, I'm used to it."
"This little bit of cold is nothing!"
"Didn't you say you like crucian carp?"
Song Jingzhou tilted his head back and smiled, "Those who go fishing can choose the fish first. I don't want any silver carp or grass carp later."
"I pick small crucian carp weighing more than one or two kilograms and make soup for you every day."
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