The Jiang family was known in Wu Village for their ability to make a lot of money and process medicinal herbs.
Now her two sons have opened a hot pot restaurant in town, and the business is booming. Even the families of Xiao Hu and Xiao Ma, who initially hung out with them, are now living a good life!
The Jiang family has changed so much that they have gone from being the poorest family in the village to the richest!
Widow Liu has a good eye! She didn't stop Daxue and Qingshan from dating when they were poor. Now that her son-in-law's family is successful, not only is her daughter well-married and living a good life, but even her family is being taken care of!
Unfortunately, the second son of the Jiang family said that he would focus on business for the next two years and would not consider marriage. Otherwise, they would really like to send their daughter to marry him!
Da Mei looked smugly at Wu Cuihua, who had just spoken, and thought to herself, "Da Xue married well. Is this person just jealous?"
Looking at the resentful look in her eyes, she couldn't help but guess that the other person wanted to steal Da Xue's husband.
"Da Mei, stop talking. We haven't gotten together in so long. Tell me how you've been doing since you got married."
Da Xue awkwardly pulled down her sleeves to block others' view and changed the subject.
She always adhered to the principle of not flaunting her wealth and not causing trouble for her husband's family.
Da Mei's joke made everyone stare at her, which wasn't a good feeling.
"Oh, I married my aunt's nephew from Jiangjiawan. I'll catch a duck and bring it to you to try sometime."
Da Mei stood proudly with her hands on her hips. Although her husband wasn't rich, he wasn't bad either.
Her husband was the only son in his family, and he was also handsome and refined, just the type she liked.
Today is their homecoming. The bride's family arranged for the young couple to return by car, and they also brought two ducks and various local specialties, in big and small bags.
So, just when the village fishpond was opening its gates to distribute fish, her parents brought the young couple over to help. The village chief would also give them some fish as a token of appreciation.
"That's good. We don't need the duck. My in-laws have everything. They don't need any meat."
When Daxue heard that her friend was doing well after getting married, she was genuinely happy for her.
The two chatted and laughed, making Wu Cuihua appear even more lonely and isolated.
Actually, no one in the village liked Wu Cuihua's mother. They disliked her because she was a big mouth and loved to meddle.
As a result, I didn't like Wu Cuihua very much anymore.
Wu Cuihua snorted coldly, and seeing that no one paid any attention to her, she ran to her mother to complain, feeling resentful...
"That's enough, everyone move aside, one team, start going into the pond!"
As the water level dropped below halfway, the fish and shrimp in the pond began to jump and frolic, forming a vast, uncountable mass.
Jiang Yue watched from a distance, not daring to get too close to the crowd.
She also summoned her children and daughter-in-law, forbidding them from leaving her sight, fearing that in the chaos around her, they might accidentally be pushed into the pond!
"Don't worry, your Uncle Yongfa is an old hand. He's arranged for a few good swimmers to be waiting on the side."
Old Mrs. Zhou smiled, sat on a small stool, and leisurely watched the commotion.
However, when her gaze fell upon one person, her expression immediately changed, and she stood up angrily, shouting:
"You old geezer! I told him not to come, but he still sneaked over. I'll twist his ears off!"
kindness?
My father-in-law is here?
Jiang Yue was completely confused. Didn't her mother-in-law say that her father-in-law was at home taking care of the house? Why was he here?
"Hey yo hey~"
"One, two, three, four~"
"Pull~"
The laborers started pulling the nets, and the older women and men watched with great enthusiasm, cheering them on.
Old Master Wu was one of them; only after his ear was twisted did he break into a wide smile and repeatedly beg for mercy.
"Old woman, I was wrong, I'll go home right now~"
"Pah, too late, you old geezer! I'll twist your ears off!"
"Ouch, that hurts!"
......
Most of their attention was focused on the fishpond, and the noise drowned out the voices of the elderly couple.
Old Master Wu covered his face, pretending to be oblivious, and followed his wife ahead of him.
Qingyun watched her grandparents' retreating figures, her brows furrowed, and said with lingering fear:
"It's not Grandma's fault for being angry. It's all because Grandpa refused to admit he was old the year before last, went down to the pond to catch fish, slipped and fell, and was bedridden for three months..."
Jiang Yue suddenly realized, no wonder.
But he said:
"Yes, your grandma will be back later, but please don't mention your grandpa, okay?"
"Oh, I know, Mom~"
Qingyao seemed to understand but not quite; she listened to whatever her mother said.
Da Xue gave a soft "hmm." As a junior and a granddaughter-in-law, how could she dare to expose her elders' shortcomings?
Qingyun, of course, needs no introduction; men care about their reputation, and he wants to save face for his master.
"Snap~"
"Splash~"
"What a huge fish!"
"Quick, make way! We need to weigh the fish we just caught on this open ground!"
"Don't rush, let's weigh the fish first before dividing them!"
"Anyone who dares to rob or steal, don't blame this old man for being ruthless!"
"Axe, hoe, keep an eye on the fish! Anyone who comes near, I'll beat them up!"
"Okay, Uncle~"
........
Poor mountains and bad waters breed wicked people. Wu Family Village used to be poor, and everyone lived a hard life. Whenever it was time to fish, some people would steal...
However, this time was different; everyone was extra orderly and kept the distribution rules in mind.
With everyone working together, they cast the net more than a dozen times and managed to scoop up all the big fish.
It took several more hours for the laborers to go into the water and catch fish, loaches, eels, and small shrimp in the cold mud.
The ginger soup never stopped flowing. The laborers, who were freezing, went into the small space separated by the bamboo mat to change their clothes and warm themselves by the fire. They drank another bowl of ginger soup and then continued to go into the water.
After several trips back and forth, finally, with everyone's concerted efforts, the fishpond yielded 2,000 jin of fish, and several hundred jin of loach, eel, and small shrimp.
Each household began distributing fish according to the number of people in the household, with the village chief and clan elders overseeing and recording the distribution.
"The Wu family, a family of five, divided twenty-five catties of fish."
"Wu Xiaoshu's family has six members, and they share thirty catties of fish."
"The Wu family, eight people, will share forty catties of fish."
........
Several hundred people in Wujia Village were eligible to receive fish, with each person receiving at least five jin (2.5 kg). They happily took their share of the fish and left.
Jiang Yue learned from the conversation that the fishpond in the village was built more than 20 years ago by some villagers who pooled their money to build it. Every year, the surplus fish were sold to buy fish fry, and this practice was passed down year after year.
"The Jiang family, consisting of six people, was divided among thirty catties of fish, plus thirty catties of eels and small shrimp."
The village chief called out, then explained that a few months ago, a murder had occurred in the village, and that Jiang had helped the village by entertaining the officials, so the village owed her a favor...
The clan leaders all knew this, so after discussing it, they gave an extra thirty catties of eels and small shrimp as compensation.
The villagers discussed the matter at length, but most agreed and were grateful to Mr. Jiang for helping the village at the time.
Only a few people were muttering to themselves, but they were all being glared at by the people in front and behind them, so they remained silent...
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