After fishing for two or three days, I became more familiar with Li Hao, and I felt annoyed by her chopping off her hands and feet every day.
In order to prevent her fishing partner from running away and leaving her bored, Zhou Yian decided to help think of a solution.
Although food is the most important thing for people, first of all, the grain had just been distributed after the autumn harvest. Even if Widow Li's family was poor, they must still have food now.
I guess they save a little money since they don't have to work in the winter.
But cotton cloth and other things need to be bought, and they are not cheap. Often, a whole family only has one set of warm clothes. Whoever goes out to do something wears it, while the others stay at home and can wear less.
Last time, even when we were distributing the pig-killing dishes and sugar, there were still many people at home.
Moreover, Li Hao was also fishing in the ice hole, so it would not be good if he did not have thicker clothes. It would be bad if he got sick from the cold.
Song Songbai was willing to accompany her at first, but he was not idle either. He also had to study machinery and radios.
Li Hao is my only female fishing partner now, and it’s nice to have someone to accompany me.
Zhou Yian always goes fishing fully armed, for fear of catching some serious illness from the cold.
She thought of asking Li Hao to use the fish or pig grass to exchange for her cotton clothes.
She can buy on credit(*^ω^*).
Her own and Song Songbai's definitely cannot be exchanged.
She remembered that when she went to the countryside, she took out some of Liu Hong's clothes. Later, she didn't want to wear hers when she went to the countryside, so she kept them in her space.
Zhou Yian thought it was a good thing that she was reluctant to throw things away, because who knows when they might be useful.
I took out all the clutter in the space and found a set of junior high and high school textbooks.
Zhou Yian felt uneasy. He had nothing to do in the winter and didn't really want to study.
Ah, put it back, put it back, it’s still early, there’s no rush to study.
I took out other miscellaneous items and put the useless ones outside. The space was small to begin with, so it was time to clean it up.
Finally, I found a Liuhong cotton coat, which was gray and a little old.
But no matter what, it is better than the one Li Hao is wearing.
She had specially picked out some thick clothes from Liu Hong's closet.
That should be enough. Just add another pair of gloves. I won’t have to worry about too much debt anyway.
I wrapped the cotton coat and gloves and put them aside. After thinking for a while, I put a few more candies in it. She likes White Rabbit milk candy, so I left it out. She doesn't like hard candy, so I can give her a few more.
The next day, Zhou Yian got up early despite being sleepy. Li Hao usually went fishing in the morning, so it would be better to get up early and give the food to him so that he could warm up earlier.
Sure enough, there was a little kid in the usual place that morning, squatting there fishing.
Zhou Yian came forward carrying some things. "These are for you. You're fishing here in such a light outfit. Don't get cold."
Li Hao took it and took a look without understanding what was going on. Inside was an adult's cotton-padded jacket and gloves.
"Zhou Zhiqing," Li Hao held the package and bowed deeply to her, "I really appreciate your kindness, but I can't accept it. I can't let you spend so much money."
"I'm not giving it to you for free. With these clothes, you don't have to go home to keep warm, and you can fish more," Zhou Yian comforted her. "And I'm not giving it to you for free either. When your mother recovers, you can give me the fish. We can exchange fish for equal value."
Li Hao hesitated for a moment, but finally accepted it. "But a few fish are not worth much."
"This dress belongs to my stepsister, and it doesn't look good on me. Your Uncle Song happens to like eating fish, so it'd be nice to have a few more. If it's not enough, you can help me pick grass for the pigs in the spring and earn some money with your labor."
Song Songbai no longer wants to eat fish...
Li Hao nodded heavily. "Zhou Zhiqing, remember this. I will catch a lot of fish or give you a lot of pig grass."
Zhou Yian nodded, "Okay."
Anyway, it’s Liu Hong’s clothes, so if you round it up, it means it’s free, haha.
And I got a laborer for free.
Zhou Yian fished peacefully, as he just had to exchange the items.
Li Hao didn't even fish and went home directly.
Widow Li coughed when she saw the package and said, "Where did this come from? Well, we are a good family and we can't just take other people's things."
"Mom, I don't have any. Zhou Zhiqing saw that I was cold, so he gave it to me first. I will give Zhou Zhiqing fish when the time comes, and pick pig grass for her in the spring." Li Hao said with her head lowered, feeling embarrassed. In fact, she was taking advantage of him, but it was really cold. Every time she went fishing, she could only fish for a while and couldn't help but want to go home.
"How can you exchange that cotton-padded jacket for a few fish?" Widow Li became even more angry after hearing this. "Every family has a hard time. How can you just take other people's things? Return it immediately."
"Zhou Zhiqing said the dress belonged to her stepsister and she didn't want to wear it anymore, so she wanted to change it."
"Even if the clothes are not worn anymore, the cotton inside the coat is still good cotton if you take it out." Widow Li said with a cough.
Zhou Yian, who had never thought that cotton could be taken out...
"Then I'll go back?"
Widow Li looked at her daughter's thin and trembling body and sighed deeply. "Zhou Zhiqing is kind-hearted. He'll let it go this time, but we must remember that you must return the fish you catch in the future."
Li Hao said hesitantly, "I'll keep one fish for my mother's medical treatment, and give the rest to Zhou Zhiqing. If it's not enough, I'll cut pig grass for her and count it as work points."
"Okay, you're worried about Mom," Widow Li nodded in agreement. "Zhou Zhiqing is a really good person, but you can't tell anyone about it. Otherwise, everyone will go looking for her, and we'll be the ones getting into trouble."
"I understand, mother."
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Zhou Yian didn't know that Widow Li was so thoughtful and only knew how to fish.
There was a commotion in the distance.
After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Yian went over. There was always a time to fish, but the excitement was something you had to watch.
Walking back, I saw that everyone had packed up their stalls and was ready to watch the fun.
I don’t know where the excitement is, so I just follow the crowd.
The noise was so loud that even those who were not afraid of the cold came out to watch the fun.
Zhou Yian finally arrived at his destination, and a group of people were standing at the door of a house watching.
I randomly found an old lady and asked, "What's going on?"
"The police are here at Ge Jun's house, that's Aunt Qi's house."
It’s so slow. Why did it come just now? She has been waiting for several days.
I can't wait to see Ge Jun's family get into trouble.
"What's going on?" Zhou Yian pretended not to know. "Why did the police suddenly come?"
"Some people say it seems to be Ge Jun's problem. I came late and don't know what exactly happened."
There were whispers from people around. It was not a decent thing for the police to come and question them. The villagers were worried that it would affect their advanced brigade.
After waiting for a long time, the police finally came out of the room.
They were familiar faces, the police officer Zhao Tianliang who escorted Liu Tianbao, and the gentle policewoman Zhang Li.
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