In the afternoon, Chen Qiangwei didn't make an appointment with anyone. She carried a backpack, a hoe and a machete and went up the mountain alone.
The excuse was to go up the mountain to chop firewood, but the main purpose was to find some wild fruit trees and plant them in the space.
After a walk up the mountain, Chen Qiangwei successfully found the myrtle (called myrtle in some places), jujube (called longevity fruit in some places), oil-ammonium fruit, peach, and guava (also known as guava, but there is a certain gap between it and the guava on the market in the 21st century, it is only one-third of the size of guava).
Big trees are difficult to dig, so Chen Qiangwei specifically chooses to dig up new small trees under big fruit trees. After digging them, she observes that there is no one around and quickly puts them in the space. She digs three trees of each type and leaves some space for other fruit trees.
There are not many fruit trees in Huaihua Brigade, but there are quite a few fruit trees in other brigades, otherwise Shengli Commune would not have a cannery.
Chen Qiangwei plans to visit other brigades when she has the chance, and then take the opportunity to exchange some fruit tree seedlings to plant the one acre of fruit trees in the space.
After digging up the fruit tree seedlings, Chen Qiangwei felt her stomach and felt a little hungry. She hadn't eaten meat properly for a long time. There was some excellent pork belly in the space but she couldn't take it out. Who could understand the pain of being able to look at it but not be able to eat it?
She put the hoe and machete into the backpack, took out the machete from the space, and wandered around the mountain for a long time, but didn't even see the shadow of a pheasant or rabbit.
Chen Qiangwei turned her attention to Damao Mountain behind Nanshan. There was a stream and thorn bushes between the two mountains. She heard from Gu Sannai that Damao Mountain was full of dangers. In the past, there were not only wild boars and wolves, but also the roars of big beasts.
Therefore, people from the Huaihua Brigade generally would not enter Damao Mountain, even during the particularly difficult times in the past few years. When they were very hungry, the brigade leader would organize young and strong men to hunt in the streams and on the edge of Damao Mountain.
Thanks to the fish in the stream and the wild animals on the edge of Damao Mountain, everyone survived safely.
Chen Qiangwei was not so arrogant as to think that she could dominate the world with the Tang sword in her hand. She just set her sights on the stream.
After so many years of recuperation, there should be a lot of fish in it. It would be good to have some fish to satisfy your craving if there is no meat.
As expected, many fish were swimming leisurely in the clear stream. Having never experienced the harshness of society, these naive people had no idea that there were dangers in this world.
Chen Qiangwei came to a relatively narrow place in the lower swimming pool, took out the hoe and machete, and then stuck the backpack in the narrow place. There was a stone on each side that could hold the backpack tightly.
Then, she found a handy wooden stick, started from upstream and walked downstream, knocking on the water surface and grass as she walked, driving the fish into the basket.
The stream water became turbid under her beating. Looking at the splashing water surface, Chen Qiangwei smiled with her eyes curved. This is all meat.
After being disturbed, the fishes quickly fled downwards and got into the backpacks. After entering the baskets, they realized that they had fallen into a trap and started flapping their wings vigorously.
Fortunately, Chen Qiangwei was afraid that the backpack was not stuck firmly, so she moved a few large stones to block the back of the backpack, otherwise the backpack would have been overturned by them.
Chen Qiangwei happily dropped the hoe and ran to pick up the backpack. Water splashed out of the basket and the fish rolled around in it.
There are half a basket of fish, a great victory!
Fearing danger if she stayed too long, Chen Qiangwei picked up a hoe and a machete, put on her backpack and left the stream.
After returning to Nanshan, I picked some wild grass and put it in the backpack to cover the fish, then went down the mountain.
Chen Qiangwei opened the gate and called out, "Xiaomi, take out the vegetable basin and fill it with water."
Upon hearing this, Wang Xiaomai quickly put down her needle and thread, "Okay," she went to the kitchen eaves and took the vegetable washing basin that was flipped up under the eaves.
Watching the fish plop into the sink, Wang Xiaomai's eyes widened in surprise. She swallowed and asked, "Sister Weiwei, where did the fish come from?"
The fish in the streams in the fields had long been caught by the boys, and even during the spring planting season, there were few fish that escaped the nets.
Chen Qiangwei smiled and said mysteriously, "It's a secret."
Gu Sannai's eyebrows and hair stood up. "You disobedient girl, did you go fishing in the stream between Nanshan and Damaoshan?"
She couldn't think of any other place where she could catch so many fish.
Chen Qiangwei retorted, "Third Grandma, you just have a quick temper. I just exchanged it with someone in the team."
The half-grown boys in the team often look for food everywhere. They can always find some food by climbing trees to take bird eggs and going to the river to fish. Especially those who are good at swimming, they often rely on their ability to swim to catch fish in the river.
Chen Qiangwei swore again and again before Gu Sannai believed her.
Chen Qiangwei wiped her sweat. It seemed that she really had to exchange some fish with those guys in the future, otherwise it would be too easy to be exposed.
Seeing a few palm-sized crucian carps in the vegetable bowl, she said, "Third Grandma, let's make some crucian carp and tofu soup. It's nutritious and delicious."
Gu Sannai nodded and said, "I'll pack some soybeans and coarse grains and go to Gu Laowu's house to exchange them for two pieces of tofu."
Gu Laowu's wife He Manxiang (also known as the sister-in-law who keeps her mouth shut) has a unique skill in making tofu. She makes a plate of tofu every month. Anyone in the team who wants to add a dish can exchange it with her for some soybeans and coarse grains.
A piece of tofu costs 2 cents at the supply and marketing cooperative. He Manxiang's price is the same as that of the supply and marketing cooperative, but the tofu is cut a little bigger than that of the supply and marketing cooperative. On the surface, he does not exchange it for money, but only for things of equal value.
Soybeans, sweet potatoes, etc. can be exchanged for equivalent value. The current price of soybeans is 1.5 cents per catty, and the price of sweet potatoes is 1.5 cents per catty.
Everyone is short of soybeans, so people usually exchange them for sweet potatoes.
Wang Xiaomai picked up a small bag of sweet potatoes, weighing about two and a half kilograms. "Third Grandma, I can walk fast, I'll go." After saying that, he took a large bowl from the cupboard, put it in the basket, and went out quickly.
After a while, he came back with a basket and two pieces of white and tender tofu full of bean fragrance in a large bowl.
Gu Aiguo has been very unhappy recently. He has a stern face every day and the atmosphere at home is very low. No one wants to offend him at this time. Even Gu Linger becoming a scorer did not make him much happier.
No one would be happy if his grandchildren, already grown up, were still pointed at and scolded by someone younger than him, even if the person younger than him was the leader of the commune.
Thinking of the last meeting when the commune secretary criticized Huaihua Commune in front of the other seven team leaders, Gu Aiguo's face lengthened even more.
Now the Huaihua Brigade has become famous among the other seven brigades, but unfortunately it has become notorious. In the future, it will have a significant impact on the young men in the team who want to get married and the girls who want to get married.
If Liang Fugui and Widow Zhou had not been sent to the Great Northern Wilderness, he would have kicked them twice, these two shameless people.
Maodan ran and shouted, "Grandpa, someone is coming. The high-ranking official from the commune is here, the same official who asked my aunt to be the scorekeeper last time."
He saw someone riding a bicycle from a distance and quickly ran back to tell Gu Aiguo.
Gu Aiguo raised his head quickly, his heart skipping a beat. Could something have happened again?
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