The drizzle fell along the thatched roof and eaves...
In the morning, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and it looked gloomy, as if a heavy rainstorm was brewing...
"You're going to town?!"
A sudden and perfunctory sound rang out in the silent courtyard.
Hua Li looked at Hua Shi, who had packed up her things and was about to go out, with a confused expression.
Why are you going to town for no reason?
I heard that the road to the town is very long, and it takes nearly three days to go back and forth. This is if you walk fast. If you walk slowly, you may not be able to make it back even in four days.
Hua Li had never left the village since she was a child, nor had she ever been to the town that adults often talked about...
Hua Shi walked out of the kitchen and took two steps forward along the wet eaves.
Hearing Hua Li's question, he looked over.
Hua Li stood at the door of the main room, leaning against the door frame, looking at her with a pair of bright eyes.
Hua Shi responded and said, "Yes, I'll be back in a few days. There's still a lot of pickled meat in the kitchen, enough for you to eat. Remember to feed the chickens and water the vegetables in the garden."
As she said this, Hua Xiao came out of the house and stood beside Hua Li. She looked up at her and said, "It's raining today. Why don't we go another day?"
Hua Shi said he wanted to go to the town, it was a spur of the moment decision. He had been thinking about going there before, but hadn't thought about going recently.
I originally planned to take care of everything in the yard and the fish pond, and then choose a day to go.
The fish pond was filled with water just yesterday, and all the small fish caught in the mountains a few days ago were put in. Although she had never raised fish before, she knew that fish can be divided into omnivorous or herbivorous. Omnivorous fish eat earthworms and small insects, while herbivorous fish eat water plants and algae.
She had fed the small fish in advance. Maybe because they were caught from the mountains, these fish seemed to be of different species. Some ate aquatic plants, while others only ate small insects.
She wasn't sure either, but luckily she had transplanted some aquatic plants into the fish pond, and when the time came, she would just dig up some mud and earthworms to feed them...
Hua Shi pondered, then turned to look at Hua Xiao and said, "No, the buses into town are all scheduled, so I can't wait until the next time."
That's true. The oxcart comes into the town once a month. If you miss it, you have to wait for a month. It just so happens that today is the beginning of March, so I caught this one.
Seeing that she said this, Hua Xiao didn't want to persuade her any further. He stopped talking and just looked at her.
Hua Li, who was standing by, tried to hold back but couldn't help but ask, "Why did you go to town? Isn't everything fine at home? We don't need anything."
In Hua Li's impression, villagers would only go to the town when they were desperately in need of something and had no other choice.
Firstly, the mountains are high and the roads are long, making it difficult to walk. Secondly, I’m used to living in the village and don’t really want to leave…
Hua Shi replied to him, "I'll go to the town to take a look and find out some news along the way."
"What news do you want to know?" Hua Li asked curiously.
"Let's see how many fish collectors there are in this town. If all goes well, maybe I can get the owner to reserve our fish pond in advance. When the fish grow up, I can just ask the owner to collect them." Hua Shi said while calculating.
She did have this idea. She wanted to go to the town in advance, find a fish-collecting restaurant, negotiate a deal, and then wait until May when the fish have grown and matured, and then have someone come to collect them directly, killing two birds with one stone...
Hua Xiao was puzzled when she heard this. "But our fish haven't grown up yet, and no one else can see them. How could they agree to buy from us in advance?"
Hua Shi took out the fish basket he was carrying, opened the lid, and handed it to Hua Xiao for her to see.
"Look, isn't it here?" Hua Shi said.
Hua Xiao stared with astonishment: "Where did this fish come from? It's so big!"
There should be two. The small fish basket was filled to the brim with two fish, huddled together, plump and plump, their tails still wagging upwards...
"The fish caught in the mountains are pretty much the same as the fish raised in the pond."
Actually, no, she used spring water to grow it. It was kept in the spring water for half a month, and then it grew to that big.
She hadn't known before that spring water could shorten the growth cycle of fish, allowing it to grow to its current size in just half a month.
It was just a test, but I didn't expect it to actually work...
Since I was going into the town, I might as well take the fish with me. Although the journey was long and it was easy for the fish to die on the way if I carried them with me, this problem would be solved with the spring water, and there was no need to worry at all.
Hua Li also squeezed his head over and said, "Let me see."
"It's really a big one. Why is it so big? The ones I saw in the lake before were not as big as this one."
Hua Li scratched the back of his head and said in confusion, while stretching out his hand to measure the length to Hua Shi.
Every time I could catch a fish the size of my palm in the lake, I would be thankful, but this fish was almost as long as my arm...
Hua Shi thought for a moment and said, "Because they grew up in the mountains, right? The water quality is different, so the fish look different."
What she said was somewhat true. The fish in the mountains were indeed bigger than the fish in the village lake, but not as big as the one in the fish basket.
There's no way, she can't say that it grew so big because she used spring water to feed it...
"Ayu, I might not be back for four or five days this time. You have to take good care of your younger brothers and sisters at home, okay?"
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