Chapter 210 Experience
Before the two little guys had a chance to play properly for a whole day, they followed Zhang Jing back home, saved up the red envelopes they had received in the past few days, and then took out their homework and started writing.
"If I don't write it now, I'll finish it when school starts. Then I'll cry while writing it, right?"
Zhang Jing looked at the two of them and smiled.
The two little guys had suffered a loss once, so they naturally wouldn't suffer a second time. They had almost finished their homework a long time ago. After the holiday, they would do a part of it every day before going out to play. If they hadn't followed Zhao Yi and Zhang Jing to visit relatives, they would have finished their homework long ago.
"By the way, head of the family, have you arranged the marriage on the eighth day of the first lunar month?"
Zhang Jing looked at Zhao Yi and asked.
Ever since Liu Wentao came here to prepare banquets, more and more people have come to eat, and there are basically at least three banquets here every month.
"It has been arranged long ago, but I am not sure about the meat."
Zhao Yi nodded.
Xiahe Village, Linkou Commune.
Not far from Wangou Village.
The village is surrounded by rivers on both sides, and there are many more fields than dry land. There is no shortage of water all year round, and there has never been a famine in the village. There is just no side job, but there is no shortage of food and clothing.
One pound of rice can be exchanged for more than two pounds of cornmeal. Although the village grows rice every year, rice is rarely eaten. The rice that is grown is exchanged for cornmeal.
However, this year, several families were willing to cook a pot of rice to satisfy their children's cravings during the Chinese New Year.
Although there is no oil or water, the people of Xiahe Village are not short of meat. There are rivers surrounding the village on both sides, and there are many fish in the rivers, especially at the confluence of three rivers at the end of the village. People in the village with rich fishing experience can catch at least two big fish every day and cook them home.
As for whether he would not be able to eat enough for a long time, Zhao Yi didn't know. He only knew that during famines, he would pick up sweet potato roots, radish tops, even rotten cabbage, dried radishes and other vegetable roots and leaves and bring them home to fill his stomach.
The dried sweet potato vines that are usually used to feed livestock are also washed, chopped, ground into powder with a stone mill, and mixed with a small amount of sweet potato flour to make steamed bread to satisfy hunger.
Later, even the sweet potato vines were eaten up, and people had to fill their stomachs with wild vegetables, grass roots, leaves, and tree bark.
At that time, the hillsides, fields, and riverbanks were full of people digging wild vegetables.
Dandelions, shepherd's purse, wild amaranth and other wild grasses have become food that people rely on to fill their stomachs.
But because every family dug them every day, the wild vegetables did not grow as fast as they were dug, and there were fewer and fewer of them. When people could no longer dig wild vegetables, they began to think of other ways.
Toona sinensis leaves, acacia leaves, acacia flowers, elm leaves, elm seeds and even elm bark are all excellent foods.
After eating these delicious and non-toxic leaves and barks, some people drove pigs up the mountain and dug up whatever the pigs ate and brought it home.
At that time, people from nearby villages would often come to Xiahe Village to ask for fish to eat, but there were never many people coming. Most people went to the cities, but it was not easy to get food in big cities.
In that day and age when thieves come, we are not afraid of thieves but we are afraid of guests. If a thief comes, there is nothing for him to steal at home, but when relatives come, we have no way to entertain them. There is not much food at home, so we have to find a way to entertain them.
Many people go to the city to beg for food in order to seek refuge with distant relatives. It is slightly better to go to villages like Wangou Village and Xiahe Village where there is no shortage of food. After meetings and discussions, they usually agree to stay and work with them.
In order to survive, some women would marry men in the village who would not be able to find wives.
For those whose grain harvest is usually only enough to sustain the village's food supply, a simple treat would force them to find other ways out.
Now Xiahe Village has side income. Although the income is not much, it is still income. At the beginning of this year, everyone in Xiahe Village started raising pigs like Wangou Village, and those who fished and sold their fish to Zhao Laowu and Liu Qi now have income.
He went to Wangou Village to learn from the other members how to raise pigs. He was able to raise more than 200 kilograms of pigs a year, which made people very enviable.
As soon as Zhao Laowu and Liu Qi arrived in Xiahe Village, the villagers would give them a warm welcome. After dinner, they would be invited into the house to drink a bowl of sweet wine and chat.
Early in the morning, Zhao Laowu and Liu Qi brought their wives to Xiahe Village.
When they saw a few people arriving at the entrance of the village, everyone happily led them into the village.
"Comrade Zhao, how many fish does Comrade Liu want this time?"
The captain looked at the two and asked.
When Zhao Laowu and Liu Qi came to buy fish, they didn't buy them by pound, but by individual fish. Each fish had to weigh at least four pounds.
"Twenty-five fish is the minimum, but thirty will be fine if more."
Zhao Laowu said with a smile.
Twenty tables have been booked for a wedding banquet on the eighth day of the first lunar month, but work has to start on the sixth day, and the restaurant has to sell at least a dozen fish every day.
Zhao Laowu wanted to buy more, but the four of them could only bring over twenty or ten fish a day. The pond in Zhao Yi's yard could only raise so many at most. They had to walk along a mountain road and had no car to help transport the fish.
If I hire a truck to transport the goods, I don't know if the profit from one trip will be enough to cover the freight.
Liu Qi's child is fifteen or sixteen years old and also came along this time.
The money they earn depends on how much they transport and their own ability. They earn 1 cent for every pound of fish. A wooden barrel filled with water weighs at least 80 pounds, and they have to travel for more than four hours on the mountain road. A wooden barrel can hold three fish at most.
On average, a four-pound fish and a wooden barrel would bring in more than one yuan in revenue.
That’s more than most workers make in a day.
Now even if I don’t collect pork, my monthly income is still not low.
Several people started to rush to the area carrying wooden barrels. The little guy carried the wooden barrel for more than an hour and felt a burning pain in his shoulders. However, he remembered what his father said that as long as he earned the money with his own ability, he did not have to hand it in, and he became very motivated.
From now on, you can go to the commune to read comic books and wear shirts. You can buy whatever you want and read whatever you want.
All the way to the department store, the little guy gritted his teeth and refused to fall behind.
"So, money is easy to spend but hard to earn, right? You ask me for money all day long, now you know where the money comes from, right?"
Liu Qi looked at his son and smiled.
"I can earn it."
The little guy glanced at his father and said with gritted teeth, although he felt that his shoulders no longer belonged to him, he felt happy when he thought that he had earned nearly two dollars on this trip.
"Brother Yi."
When they arrived at the entrance of the department store restaurant, they shouted towards the repair shop.
"Here I come."
Zhao Yi walked out of the repair shop. Although he had nothing to do for the next few days, he still had to stay in the shop.
"This little one has grown so tall. Time really flies by."
Looking at Liu Qi's son Zhao Yi, he said with a smile.
"Uncle Zhao."
The little guy also smiled when he saw Zhao Yi.
"Have you started to earn money and save it to get married?"
Zhao Yi joked.
"If he doesn't study hard, I'll let him try to make money. He has to spend a few cents a day at school, thinking that money comes from the wind. If he can't bear this hardship, I'll let him go back to school to continue studying."
Liu Qi looked at Zhao Yi and explained.
"Boy, you should study more. You are not suitable for this at your age."
Zhao Yi looked at the little guy and said.
"It's vacation now, so I can earn some pocket money."
The little guy said unyieldingly.
"I have ambition, but I need to study hard."
Zhao Yi nodded, and Liu Qi let his son experience their hard work.
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