On the 28th of the lunar year, it was the day for the Datang Production Team to catch fish. Early in the morning, Zhang Xiaojun brought Fang Fang, Lin Sijun brought Lin Wujun and Li Wanda all came over, they were ready to go to the pond with the Xiao family. However, this year was a little different from previous years. This year, there were more fish in the pond, and villagers were allowed to buy them with money. In previous years, they exchanged them with work points, but work points could be exchanged for food, and many families were reluctant to use work points to exchange for fish. This year, the team leader applied to the commune and allowed everyone to buy fish directly with money.
After all, the fish in the pond are the village's business. Since it is not an individual's business, buying them with money is not considered speculation. Moreover, if there are extra fish, they still have to be purchased from the supply and marketing cooperative. However, the price purchased from the supply and marketing cooperative is cheap, but the price of reselling them is 10 cents more expensive. Now the brigade sells fish directly to the villagers, and the price of fish is set at 30 cents per catty according to the price purchased from the supply and marketing cooperative.
Xiao Shiyi watched his uncles and brothers take off their shoes and roll up their trouser legs. He followed suit. Xiao Shiyi took off his shoes, stood on the ground in his socks, and then began to roll up his trouser legs. His little feet were hooked in his socks because it was a bit cold.
Seeing her son like this, Lin Yiyi couldn't help but asked with a smile: "Eleven, what are you going to do?"
Xiao Eleven shouted, "Let's catch some fish. We need to eat some." As if he could catch a lot of fish.
After hearing what Xiao Shiyi said, everyone looked at him, and then shook their heads in tacit understanding. Is he catching fish? Or is he waiting to be caught by the fish? Lin Yiyi didn't want to go into the pond today, as she was very afraid of the cold. However, seeing that her son wanted to go out to play, she was a little worried, so she had to follow him into the pond. In fact, other three or four-year-old children in the village would follow him into the pond, and then pick up small fish and other things near the shore. Although Xiao Shiyi is a little coquettish in terms of food and clothing, he is not coquettish in character. Lin Yiyi doesn't treat her son coquettishly either. For boys, it's okay to be a little rough, and she lets him play however he wants. Girls should be more careful so as not to hurt themselves.
Lin Yiyi: "Then you should catch more fish today. We will give you all the fish for lunch."
Xiao Shiyi: "Okay, I'll catch a big fish for Yi Yi to eat." He said it with full of confidence.
Lin Yiyi: "Thank you, Xiaoyi."
Xiao Shiyi: “You’re welcome.”
Fang Fang saw Lin Yiyi preparing to go into the pond, and she was also tempted to take off her shoes. In order to avoid getting their shoes dirty, everyone went barefoot in straw sandals. The reason they didn't take off their shoes there was that they were worried that they would not be able to find their shoes after taking them off. Because no matter where you are, there are always people with dirty hands and feet, so it's always okay to be careful.
After everyone was ready, they rested for a while. During the rest time, Qin Xiangju, Grandma Xiao and Grandpa Xiao came. Grandma Xiao did not go into the pond. She was old, and even if she was in good health, she was not suitable for going into the pond. Qin Xiangju and Grandpa Xiao went out from the Xiao family.
When Qin Xiangju saw Sun Zi's expression, she couldn't help but laugh: "Little Eleven, are you going to the pond too?"
Xiao Shiyi: "Yes." He carried his small backpack. His small backpack was very small. It was made by Grandpa Xiao for him, specially for children like him. Moreover, the small backpack was very light, so he could carry it.
Lin Yiyi looked at him and felt really helpless.
At 7:30, everyone went to the pond together. Lin Wujun and Li Wanda took Xiaoyi with them, and everyone was very excited.
On the way, they met Xiao Jixiang who was carrying a small backpack, and the team became larger again.
When we got to the pond, the water had almost been drained out. The captain said a few words to make things clear, and everyone went down into the pond. The men went to the deep end of the pond, where the fish were the most numerous and the largest. The women stayed to the side, and the children stayed on the river bank.
"Yi Yi, are you going into the water?" Lu Xiaochun walked past Lin Yiyi, a little surprised. This was the first time he saw Lin Yiyi going into the pond.
Lin Yiyi: "Auntie, the child wants to go in the water, so I'll take him to play."
Lu Xiaochun: "The water is cold, be careful, there may be screws under your feet, don't get cut."
After hearing this, Lin Yiyi walked very carefully: "Thank you, Auntie She." Lin Yiyi did not carry a backpack. She followed Xiao Shiyi and threw the fish she picked up into Lin Wujun's backpack. She came mainly to take care of her son.
At the beginning, Lin Wujun led Xiao Shiyi and caught fish slowly. Later, he got interested and Lin Yiyi let him catch fish by himself. She led Xiao Shiyi with one hand and held Xiao Shiyi's backpack with the other. Xiao Shiyi caught fish very slowly. Although the pond was filled with water and fish could be caught easily, fish were slippery and live fish would jump. Xiaoyi caught several fish but they all ran away. Moreover, his hands were small and he could not catch big fish. He could only catch small fish. However, small fish fried in oil were also delicious.
Xiao Shiyi was still young and couldn't play in the pond for long, so after half an hour, he got tired. Lin Yiyi carried the child to the shore, washed his feet with water from the military kettle, wiped him clean with a towel, and then put on socks and shoes for him: "You stay here and watch your brother and uncle catch fish, okay?"
Little Eleven: "Okay." He sat on a stone, stretching his short legs and shaking them.
Lin Yiyi took out two sweet potato chips and rubbed them against his teeth: "Eat it."
Xiao Shiyi took a bite and said, "Where's my fish?"
Lin Yiyi brought the small basket in front of him. Although it was full of small fish, his basket was already full. Xiao Shiyi looked at the full basket and was very proud. He didn't care how small his basket was or how big other people's baskets were. In his opinion, his basket was full anyway. But in fact, there was not even a bowl of fish in it.
Xiao Jixiang walked to the shore opposite Xiao Shiyi and said, "Xiao Shiyi, aren't you going to catch fish anymore?"
Xiao Shiyi: "I want to take a rest." Hearing this, the women nearby laughed.
One woman said, "Shiyi, come and catch some fish. Your mother is waiting to eat them." During this time, Shiyi and a few other children often played football in the playground, so the women gradually got to know him and started to joke with him. In the past, Lin Yiyi's family always seemed a little out of their league in their eyes.
Xiaoyi: "My mom told me to take a rest. My feet are dirty and my backpack is full."
Lin Yiyi touched his head and said, "Eleven is so good."
Little Eleven looked up at his mother and said, "Eleven is the best."
After a while, Lin Yiyi thought it was almost done. Lin Sijun and his friends would have to take a bath after catching the fish, so she said to Xiao Shiyi, "Mom is going home to boil water for the uncles to take a bath. Can you come home and help?"
Xiao Eleven looked at his mother.
Lin Yiyi: "Good children will help their mothers when they are busy."
Xiao Eleven: "Okay."
Lin Yiyi smiled.
Xiao Shiyi: "I really can't do anything with you."
Lin Yiyi: “…Where did you hear that?” It’s so funny for a little boy to say that.
Xiaoyi: "Dad."
Lin Yiyi thought about it and thought that her brother Yu seemed to have said this. However, it was different for her husband to say it and for her three-year-old son to say it.
My husband said it was a kind of pampering, but my three-year-old son said, isn’t this a joke?
Xiao Shiyi didn't know what his mother was worried about. He looked at her with sparkling eyes.
Lin Yiyi picked him up and said, "Let's go home." Then she said to Fang Fang who was still in the pond, "Fang Fang,
We are on shore, let’s go home.”
It was Fang Fang's first time to play in the pond. If it was any other time, she would definitely give up, but today she thought it was fun: "Here we go."
She walked onto the shore barefoot. As she passed by several people, someone asked, "Who is this? I've never seen her before."
"I don't know him either. He should be a relative of Xiao Laoer's family."
There were two bottles of water in the thermos at home. Lin Yiyi took the thermos to the bathroom. "Fang Fang, take a bath first."
Fang Fang: "Sister, I don't have any clothes." What a miscalculation. If I had known this, I wouldn't have gone into the pond today.
Lin Yiyi: "Why don't you wear mine?"
Fang Fang: “Isn’t this a bit bad?”
Lin Yiyi: "Only your outer clothes and the pants underneath are dirty. The clothes inside are still clean. I'll give you a pair of cotton pants and outer trousers."
Fang Fang: "Then I'll wash it and give it back to you."
Lin Yiyi: "No need, my pants are still new, you can wear them. You have just arrived in the countryside, so you probably don't bring many clothes with you. It's fine as long as you don't mind." In fact, she didn't really want to wear clothes that had been worn by others.
Fang Fang naturally wouldn't complain. It's just that the girls in the city have a good relationship with each other and they wear each other's clothes. Besides, Lin Yiyi's clothes and pants look good.
Lin Yiyi brought a pair of white cotton trousers and a pair of navy blue tweed trousers from the room. In those days, she either wore corduroy or tweed in winter because these two materials kept her warm. Fortunately, Fang Fang was also thin. Even though she was two or three centimeters taller than Lin Yiyi, she could wear both cotton trousers and tweed trousers. Cotton trousers had to be worn with socks, which were a little long for Lin Yiyi, but this kind of trousers were a little long, so they were just right for Fang Fang. As for tweed trousers, they were just right for Lin Yiyi. When she wore cloth shoes, they were about two centimeters off the ground, so they wouldn't be short for Fang Fang.
Lin Yiyi: "Put on these two pairs of pants after you take a shower. When you're done, brush your cotton shirt with a brush to remove the mud on the outside. Then put it in the sun and it will dry."
Fang Fang: “Oh.” The elder sister actually gave her such good material to wear. The elder sister is really a good person.
Lin Yiyi, not knowing that Fang Fang was moved, continued to boil water. There were many people taking a bath today, so a lot of water needed to be boiled. However, since there was a water carrier today, she was willing to boil water.
方芳洗的很快，本來也就是大腿以下的地方洗洗，所以十分鐘後她就出來了，穿着林依依的褲子，她自己也欣喜的不得了：“大姐，你這褲子我剛剛好子。”
林依依：“剛剛好你就穿着吧，不用還給我，這條褲子我也就買來的時候穿了兩次，因為我有點長，所以一直就沒穿了。”說話當然要漂亮點，自己不要穿，和自己有點長沒穿，這是兩種說法。
方芳：“這是大姐的褲子，我怎麽好意思啊？”
林依依從她的語氣中聽出了喜歡，她道:“怎麽就不好意思了？你不是我弟妹嗎？難道你嫌棄了？嫌棄了大姐就沒辦法了。”
方芳：“沒有沒有，我很喜歡，這褲子料子這麽好，我怎麽會嫌棄呢？”
林依依：“你不嫌棄就好。方芳，你待會兒看着火，再幫我看一下小十一，我去供銷社那邊看看今天有沒有豆腐，咱們中午做魚湯，魚湯放豆腐最好吃了。”
方芳：“哎，我會看着的，姐你放心吧。”
林依依拎着籃子，籃子裏裝了兩個大盤子，然後騎着自行車走了。過了兩個小時，她才回來，到家門口就聽見裏面的聊天聲，林四軍張孝軍等人已經抓魚回來了。
一見林依依回來，林四軍道：“姐，豆腐買了嗎？”
林依依：“供銷社沒有豆腐，姐去縣城買的，還從國營飯店買了汽水。”
林四軍：“哇，那中午可以喝汽水了？”
林依依點點頭，看他們已經洗好澡了，便道：“二軍，水缸裏的水被你們用完了，你去挑滿，四軍去幫忙打水。”
張孝軍：“哎。”為什麽又是叫他挑水？他看林四軍的塊頭都比他大。當哥哥的就是這樣吃虧嗎？如果是在別的地方，他肯定拒絕，但是在大姐這，他不敢拒絕。也不知道怎麽回事，以前被他拿捏牽着鼻子走的姑娘，現在讓他都不敢不聽話。
林依依看了一下魚，大魚竟然有三條，小魚有半桶，是林五軍和李旺達一起抓的：“大操場上還有在賣魚的嗎？”
林五軍：“有的，都好熱鬧。”
林依依拿上藍子和錢就出門了。出門前不忘道：“你們把小魚洗了，魚頭直接不要了，待會兒給你們油炸小魚，脆脆的很好吃哦。”
林五軍：“馬上洗。”
大村委辦公室前大操場賣魚的很熱鬧，不僅僅是本村人，還有外村的，不過親戚在本村，都是通過本村人買的。林依依排在後面，輪到她的時候，她道：“大隊長，給我來十五條魚。”
大隊長：“這麽多？”這個魚大，十五條得有30斤了。
林依依：“家裏弟弟多，給他們送幾條過去，再腌幾條，就沒幾條了。”而且，魚養上半個月都沒問題的。
大隊長叫人利索的稱了十五條，林依依給會計付了9塊錢。
旁人看了，羨慕的不得了，他們買三條都要考慮一下，人家一口氣買15條，哎。
林林依拎着魚回到家，又拿出一個水桶，往裏面裝了大半桶的水，然後把15條魚裝進去，看着魚在水裏游來游去心情很好。接着她回到屋內，拿起一盤子豆腐去了老宅，盤子裏的豆腐不是那種盒裝，而是菜場裏那種一塊一塊的新鮮豆腐，符合這個年代。不過，這也是系統商城太牛遇了。
“三弟妹。”林依依看到梁氏在院子裏。梁氏已經出了月子，這會兒正在吆喝着吉祥洗澡。
看到林依依來了，梁氏道：“大操場在賣魚，二嫂去買了嗎？”今年他們沒有送魚給二房，因為今年大隊裏可以用錢買魚，往年是用工分的，二房沒有工分，所以他們用工分換了魚給二房送過去，但是今年能用錢買，二房肯定會買的，所以他們就沒送了。而且，今年她一個剛出了月子的不好下水塘抓魚，肖賓又還沒放假，他們家也沒有魚，魚也是要花錢買的，花錢買的魚再去送就沒有意義了。
林依依：“買了，買了15條。”
粱氏吃了一驚：“這麽多？”
林依依：“過幾天我大弟妹要生了，魚多養幾天也沒事，說不定可以給她下奶水。就算有奶水，也能給她補身體。而且，幾個弟弟也是要吃的，就索性多買幾條了。”
梁氏一聽：“還是二嫂想的周到。”要是別人家，誰管弟妹有沒有奶水啊。不過今年他們家有錢，她也打算多買幾條，過年的時候給娘家多送兩條去。
林依依道：“我上午去了縣城，買了幾塊豆腐，這兩塊給你們。”盤子上一共四塊，另外兩塊得給長輩們。
梁氏：“我給你拿錢。”
林依依：“不用。”
梁氏不依，拿了四毛錢給林依依。林依依見狀，也就收下了：“我去那邊了。”
梁氏：“哎。”
林依依：“對了，家裏買了汽水，中午讓吉祥來吃飯喝汽水。”
小吉祥一邊洗澡一邊道：“二伯娘，我會來的。”
梁氏哭笑不得：“這孩子，一點都不懂客氣。”
林依依：“自家人，要客氣幹什麽？”說着，她去了秦香菊那邊。秦香菊今年也買了魚，跟林依依一樣，他們也打算腌幾條魚，主要也是因為家裏有錢，這幾年下來，肖大強在公社門衛這個崗位上，也賺了千把塊了，所以手中有錢，自然就舍得花錢了。
看到林依依來了，秦香菊道：“我聽說你買了15條魚？”秦香菊去買魚的時候，就聽到大家在說。
林依依道：“可不是，我打算做幾條腌魚，還要請娘和奶奶來幫我呢，我不會腌。”一邊把盤子裏的豆腐給肖奶奶，“這是上午去縣城買來的，我想着中午可以放豆腐魚湯。”
肖奶奶接了豆腐：“那有什麽，家裏有槽米，下午給你拿過去。”說看，進了屋內，出來的時候把裝豆腐的盤子給帶上了。
從老宅出來，林依依就準備午飯了，方芳給她燒火。家裏有兩個鐵鍋的好處，在這個時候就體現出來了，一個鐵鍋燒飯，一個鐵鍋燒菜，不過他們家有鐵爐，所以豆腐魚湯就在裏面炖。
今天家裏人多，但除了豆腐魚湯，其他都是蔬菜，都是家裏種的菜，有椒鹽土豆絲、花菜羹、醋溜白菜、番茄炒蛋、紅燒蘿蔔，再加上豆腐魚湯，六個菜，看着比人家過年還要好。
方芳在下鄉之後覺得，農村裏真是一團槽，不衛生不說，吃的也是特別差，但是在見過林依依家之後，就不這樣認為了。林依依家菜其實沒有特別好，因為都是蔬菜，但是看着特別有色香味，就是簡單的蔬菜，比如番茄和雞蛋，都能少在一起吃，帶着微微的酸味，很下飯。她覺得，菜的好壞，跟蔬菜不蔬菜沒有關系，跟好吃不好吃才有關系。
林依依：“你們都坐好，吃飯了，二軍會開汽水嗎？”家裏不算小十一有七個人，她拿出七瓶汽水。
林四軍：“我來。 ”
張孝軍：“會。”
兩兄弟很快把七瓶汽水開好了，林依依和小十一拼一瓶，其他人一人一瓶。這頓午飯，大家吃的很開心。
方芳：“我都一年沒喝過汽水了。還設下鄉的時候，我去國營飯店吃飯，也會買汽水。”汽水不用票，有錢就能買。
張孝軍想說，他才喝過兩次汽水，第一次是剛過繼到張家的時候，養父養母帶着他們去國營飯店吃飯，給他們買了一瓶汽水。後來就再也沒有了，之所以有第二次喝汽水，還是自己想念汽水的味道，偷愉跑到國營飯店去買的，用的是自己存下來的零花錢。
午飯後，林依依拿出六條魚：“二軍、方芳，這兩條魚你們拿去。” 倒不是林依依特別大方，兩夫妻今天抓的魚的确能換上兩條，他們也就是占着林依依的面子來抓魚而已，這兩條魚其實是他們自己勞動得來的，但是在他們眼中，這是林依依送他們的，所以心裏很觸動。
張孝軍：“我們不用了。”他一貫是臉皮厚的，也會算計着怎麽占便宜，如果是平時，別人給了魚，有這樣的便宜，他肯定占。但是今天，他不想占便宜。
林依依：“拿着，過兩天大年三十的時候，和方曹一起吃頓好的。 ”
張孝軍低着頭。
接着，林依依又拿出四條魚：“四軍，兩條給你們過年吃，另外兩條養着，等你大嫂生孩子了給她補身體。”
林四軍：“哎。 ”相比較于張孝軍的客氣，林四軍就不懂客氣了。
分好魚，大家就回去了，來的時候一隊人，去的時候一隊人，還挺熱鬧的。
進了村子裏，路人看到了林四軍他們，熱情的問：“四軍，去你們大姐家了？”
林四軍：“哎。”
“你們大姐又給你們送了什麽？”
林四軍：“給了二哥兩條魚，給了我們四條魚。”
“這魚可真大，你們大姐對你們這麽好，你們長大了要孝順她啊。”
Lin Sijun: "Of course, my money is managed by my eldest sister."
Passerby: Young man, no lesbian will be willing to marry you if you are like this.
Troops
The army also has a holiday during the Chinese New Year, but it is relatively short, and the time to go back and forth is not enough to be delayed on the train, so most people don't go home. For someone like Lin Sanjun who has only been in the army for two years, it is even more impossible to go home.