Chapter 45 Worthy of Lin Qi
Lin Qi did not return to the educated youth camp, she went to the mountains. The fish in the mountains had only been smoked for two days, and if she didn't continue smoking, it would go bad. In addition, she should also make arrangements to grow vegetables in the mountains.
In addition to vegetables, she also wants to grow some other things, such as peanuts, corn, soybeans, etc. She has special abilities, so she doesn't have to worry about these things growing well, nor does she have to care about the season.
Lin Qi went to the cave first and started a fire. She took out the seeds she bought at the commune market, and left the cave carrying her newly bought hoe. She picked out two places. One was on the south side of the cave, where there was a slightly low-lying area. The weeds there were very lush, which showed that the land should be quite fertile. The other was on the east side of the cave, where there were thorns and bushes everywhere, densely packed, covering an area of several hundred square meters. She chose this place because it was flat and large.
Lin Qi plans to grow vegetables on the land in the south, and peanuts, corn, soybeans, sweet potatoes, etc. on the land in the east.
Lin Qi first went to the south. Wherever her feet went, the weeds that were taller than people melted away instantly, leaving nothing behind.
In less than a moment, about seventy or eighty square meters of weeds were cleared away, leaving the black land bare without a trace of grass roots.
Lin Qi began to scatter seeds on the ground. There were seven or eight kinds of vegetable seeds, and she scattered them all. Fearing that birds and insects would eat her seeds, she simply used her supernatural powers to stimulate the growth of these seeds. She stopped only when they grew into half-grown vegetables. In this way, even if the leaves were eaten by animals, the roots were still there, and she could continue to stimulate them to grow.
"Okay, now it's time to plant corn, peanuts, soybeans and sweet potatoes." Lin Qi was about to leave with a hoe, but when she looked at the thriving vegetable fields, she hesitated.
If others come to the mountains, wouldn’t they be able to see it at a glance?
In order to hide her vegetable garden, Lin Qi grew a circle of weeds taller than a person around the garden, so that the weeds completely covered her vegetable garden.
Lin Qi followed suit and planted corn, peanuts, soybeans and sweet potatoes in the east, and also grew thorny brambles and shrubs on the periphery.
When she finished work and picked up her hoe, she suddenly realized that her hoe was as clean as new.
Uh, she forgot to use the hoe.
The vegetables have grown to half size, and the corn, peanuts and other crops have grown above her knees, but the hoe is still clean.
This doesn't make sense, Xu Hexiao will definitely be suspicious.
Otherwise, hoe it twice.
Lin Qi walked towards the vegetable field in the south, intending to dirty her hoe in the black soil, pick some vegetables and cook dinner. Although she caught fish today, she was more craving wild boar meat.
Because Xu Hexiao and Lin Qi often walk around the cave, there are not many animals nearby. They are either eaten by them or scared away.
When Lin Qi heard the call of pheasants coming from the vegetable garden, a look of disbelief flashed across her eyes. It had been less than an hour since she left, and an animal had already smelled the scent and was coming over?
And it seems there is more than one!
Lin Qi approached quietly and found that there were quite a few animals, including birds, pheasants, and hares, totaling more than a dozen.
If it lasts longer, it will probably attract more.
If she planted more crops nearby, wouldn't that attract more animals? At that time, she could catch whatever she wanted to eat, just like she had raised them herself!
Lin Qi was excited. She wanted to quickly plant things around here, including various crops, fruit trees, and even grass seeds that birds liked to eat.
She wants to attract all the animals in the mountains here!
The cafeteria has added more dishes tonight.
The members of the Anliang Brigade smelled the fragrance from a distance.
"It's sauerkraut." Zhao Yi moved his nose.
"Sauerkraut, fish, and chili peppers." Mo Mingyang also said.
"Don't guess, I saw the food in other people's bowls, there's fish!" Jian Tongyi said, then trotted towards the cafeteria.
When the others heard that there was fish, they rushed to the cafeteria without saying a word.
"Line up, line up!" The chef banged on the basin, his loud voice piercing the entire cafeteria.
The next second, the team members lined up in a long queue, stretching their necks to look forward, and their eyes turned green when they saw other people's big pieces of fish.
Suddenly, the sound of swallowing saliva could be heard. Some children who couldn't wait even burst into tears and rolled on the ground, shouting "I want to eat fish". No matter how their parents coaxed them or whipped them, it was useless.
The scene was very lively.
Zhao Yi: "Based on my observation of more than a dozen people's bowls, I concluded that the standard for fish distribution is two pieces of fish for each person over four years old, and one piece of fish for each child three years old and younger. A piece of fish is about three to four centimeters thick and six to ten centimeters long. If it is the fish head and tail, it can be even larger. In addition, each person also has a large spoonful of milky white fish soup."
Ming Kangjian's mouth twitched, "You observe very carefully."
Zhao Yi did not feel embarrassed at all and continued, "The fish for children three years old and under is cooked separately. It is all fish belly, with few fish bones, and each piece is about five centimeters thick."
Jian Tongyi: "Have some shame and don't compete with the brat. If you want to eat the brat's portion, you can also go and queue up."
"No." Zhao Yi refused very straightforwardly, "This fish stew doesn't have much oil in it to begin with. If you don't add some pickled cabbage and chili peppers, it will be meaningless."
"Six basins in total. How many fish did Lin Qi catch? It must be several hundred kilograms!" Ming Kangjian exclaimed. It turned out that she only brought one fish back to the educated youth point. It was not that she could only catch one, but that she only wanted to bring one.
At this moment, Ming Kangjian clearly realized how powerful Lin Qi was.
In the corner of the cafeteria, the captain and the deputy captain had already ordered their dishes, with two pieces of fish in each of their bowls.
"I haven't eaten such a big fish in four or five years, right?" The team leader sighed. The team has a pond and releases fish fry every year. Before winter, the team organizes everyone to catch fish, but fish weighing more than ten kilograms are rare. In addition, due to the drought in the past few years, there was no water in the river, let alone fish.
"Five years to be exact. In 1958, there were still big fish in the river, and the more skilled team members could catch some big fish with fishing nets. Later, the fish became fewer, and the big fish were only 7 or 8 kilograms, and those weighing more than 10 kilograms were extremely rare." The deputy captain said, tasting the fish carefully, "This fish is very fragrant, not old, and not dry. These fish should be from the deep mountains. Lin Qi is not simple. She dared to go into the deep mountains and came out safely with hundreds of kilograms of fish. Such a great contribution, we have to give her more work points."
"There's no rush for this. We'll have a meeting later and discuss a suitable number. Where did she and Old Man Xu go? Why are they nowhere to be seen?" The team leader looked around the cafeteria and saw the educated youth, as well as Hongmei, Xiaomei, Luo Wei, Sanya and others, but he didn't see Lin Qi.
"I just asked the people in the kitchen, and they said that she and Old Man Xu put the fish down and left without saying a word." The deputy captain said meaningfully, "I suspect they want to have a special meal."
The captain said indifferently, "Eat it if you want. She has the ability to do so. Unless you keep an eye on her all the time, who can stop her from eating her special meal?"
"Captain, that's not the case. Lin Qi is eating collective property!" Luo Laizi suddenly interrupted.
The captain turned around and asked curiously, "When did you sit behind us?"
"Just arrived." Luo Laizi smiled, then frowned again, "Two captains, Lin Qi can catch fish, we should let her catch fish for the team every day, this is called putting the right person in the right position and making the best use of resources. We should not allow her to cook for herself and embezzle collective property."
The captain frowned, "Embezzling collective property? I'm afraid your wording is inappropriate. In our team, there are many people who go fishing in the river, hunting in the mountains, and gathering mountain products. If you say so, doesn't it mean that everyone embezzles collective property?"
"How can they be the same?" Luo Laizi was anxious. "When we fish, we only catch one or two fish. Lin Qi can catch hundreds of kilograms at a time. The quantity is different, so the nature is naturally different."
"Lin Qi was entrusted by the brigade this time, so he caught several hundred kilograms of fish at a time." The deputy captain reminded Luo Laizi.
They would never discard a donkey after it has done its job, not to mention that they still need the donkey.
"How do the two captains know that she doesn't catch so many fish on normal days? If she catches so many fish every time, will there be fewer fish in the river? If there are fewer fish in the river, will it be more difficult for the team members to catch fish? Will it directly harm the interests of the team members?" Luo Laizi asked one after another.
The captain and the deputy captain fell into deep thought. They looked at each other and both realized Luo Laizi's ill will towards Lin Qi. But Luo Laizi's words made sense and they could not refute them.
After a while, the team leader Luo Feng spoke up, "There are a limited number of fish in the water. When the autumn harvest is over, there will be only a few fish left in the water. By then, even if you want her to catch fish, there will be no fish for her to catch."
"If not this year, there will be next year, the year after, and every year after that." Luo Laizi obviously didn't want to let this matter go.
The captain lost his patience at this point, "Then let her catch fish for the team every year. Okay, Luo Laizi, if you want to eat fish in the next few days, then watch your mouth."
Luo Laizi originally wanted to say that Lin Qi also knew how to hunt, but he currently had no evidence, so he could only put the matter aside for the time being.
It seems that he still has to continue to wait for Lin Qi.
When Lin Qi came out of the mountain, it was not completely dark yet, so she went to the straw hut first.
Xu Hexiao and Old Man Xu had just returned from the cafeteria with their meals. The grandfather and grandson sat at the dining table and the topic they were talking about was Lin Qi.
"She asked you to wait for her at the foot of the mountain?" Xu Hexiao was surprised, but not surprised.
Old Man Xu nodded, smiling broadly, "She's just worried that I'll get into trouble. She's a good kid. Grandpa is relieved that you've made such a friend."
Before the Xu family was labeled as one of the five black categories, people from hundreds of meters around flocked to them. Once the Xu family was labeled as one of the five black categories, all the families that were "close" to them in the past stayed away and no one offered a helping hand.
He didn't blame them. After all, one could be implicated if one was not careful. Those people didn't take advantage of the situation because they were remembering the kindness the Xu family had shown him in the past.
But Lin Qi was the only one who didn't care about their identity as the "five black categories" and always helped them.
Why is she so nice to them, grandpa and grandson?
Is it because he likes his grandson?
wrong.
Old man Xu shook his head. He could see that Lin Qi didn't have the same feelings for his grandson as a little girl. On the contrary, his grandson seemed to have a deep affection for her.
If Lin Qi rejected his grandson one day, he couldn't imagine how much of a blow his grandson would suffer.
But so what.
At least everything in front of him was beautiful. After Lin Qi appeared, his grandson was like a different person. His emotions of decadence, hatred, depression, etc. were almost all gone. Although his grandson was suffering, he was alive and well.
Old Man Xu curled his lips, picked up a piece of fish and put it into his mouth. Lin Qi was thinking about his grandson's food every day, and it seemed that she had feelings for his grandson.
It's just that at this stage, there is no love between men and women. As long as Lin Qi doesn't fall in love with someone else, his grandson will have a chance.
Although his grandson has a bad background, what if he is removed from the identity of the five black categories?
The Xu family came from Sucheng to Yao County and hid countless wealth along the way. If they wait a few more years or even a dozen years, the Xu family will definitely be able to rise again.
By then, his grandson should be worthy of Lin Qi!
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