She also had mutton in her space, but she had no excuse to take it out. Pork was hard to buy these days, let alone mutton.
She wanted to discuss with Fu Shinian about hunting a wild sheep to eat, but she could guess that Fu Shinian would not agree.
This matter did not trouble her for long, because the next day the village started to set up water nets for fishing, and she went early with Fu Shinian and the others to join in the fun.
This time the two of them did not go to help, because the people over there were all veterans in the village and they would not easily replace them to guard the place.
The three of them stood in the crowd, watching the people below draining water and netting fish. Soon the water was drained out, and they watched them lift up the fish and pour them into buckets.
After the accountant and his men finished weighing the fish and sorted out the ones to be sent to the commune, they began to distribute the fish to the villagers.
The team leader is not here today because he has been very busy these days and has to visit each village and group in the team to see their fish harvest this year.
Tong Yiya and the other two were given 35 kilograms of fish. Fortunately, Fu Shinian and Dong Weibing brought two wooden barrels with them when they came. The small fish were put into the barrels, and the big fish were caught by twisting some grass next to them into ropes, which could be passed through the big fish's mouths and then carried directly by hand.
After returning home, the three of them started to divide the work. First, they scaled and gutted the fish, cleaned them and froze them. After Laba Festival, when they started preparing New Year's dishes, they thawed them and fried them.
The three of them were busy until about two o'clock in the afternoon. Tong Yiya was afraid that the two were hungry, so she went to the kitchen to cook.
By the time the two of them had processed the remaining fish, she had also prepared lunch. After lunch, the three of them sat in the kitchen by the fire. From time to time, villagers would come to Tong Yiya to get medicine.
For villagers who were not in a hurry to go home, she would invite them into the house to sit for a while. When the villagers saw the small clay stove she built, they would ask them how they came up with the idea.
Tong Yiya said: "This is not what we thought of. I saw someone in my hometown doing this before. I thought it would be too cold to eat in the kitchen, so I drew a simple diagram for Fu Zhiqing and the others based on my memory, and the two of them worked it out according to the diagram."
"You city kids are really smart. I never thought that this little clay stove could be so warm," said the villager.
"What's so smart about that? If anything, it's the people who got along with each other in the first place who are smart. We just copied them," Fu Shinian replied with a smile.
They chatted for a while, and then the man saw that it was getting late, so he got up and went back.
In the evening, the three of them continued to eat yesterday's pork tripe hotpot. There was some left over from yesterday, and after this meal, they had finally finished the two pork tripes.
More than ten days passed like this, and now there are only two days left until Laba Festival.
During this period, Fu Shinian would come to Tong Yiya early every day to accompany her. The two of them didn't have much to talk about, but just quietly accompanying each other made them feel satisfied.
Since Tong Yiya came to accompany him every day, she no longer had to do many things by herself. Every time Fu Shinian saw her moving, he would ask directly. If there was something to be done, he would do it directly if he knew how to do it. If he didn't know how to do it, he would ask Tong Yiya first and then do what she said.
Guard Dong would only stay with them here for one or two days. Most of the time, he couldn't stand their love and affection, so he went back home quickly after dinner.
Even without Dong Weibing as a light bulb between them, Fu Shinian did not do anything inappropriate. The two of them have been dating for more than a month, but they have not even held hands.
Sometimes Tong Yiya saw Fu Shinian's hands moving in front of her eyes, and she wanted to pull them up, but she controlled her eager thoughts out of girlish modesty.
Fu Shinian's hands were very beautiful, his palms were twice as big as hers, but there were no scars on his fingers or hands. His hands were just a little dark, probably because of being sunburned after doing farm work for several months.
It will be Laba Festival in two days. Tong Yiya asked while the three of them were having dinner, "It will be Laba Festival in two days. Every year on this day, the villagers here will cook Laba porridge to eat. Do you two want to eat any flavor? I will soak the beans in it earlier."
"I can do it. We don't know how to cook it, so you have to cook it for us," said Guard Dong.
"Me too, we'll eat whatever you cook," Fu Shinian also said.
"Okay then, I'll see what we have at home and put some of that in. I heard from the aunties in the village that the more things you put in, the better it tastes." Seeing that neither of them had any suggestions, Tong Yiya made her own decision.
"That's fine. I'll help light the fire then," said Fu Shinian.
"Yeah, and also, I saw that it hasn't snowed in the past two days, so I thought about going to the mountains for winter hunting. Are you two interested?" Tong Yiya asked
She had not forgotten her desire to have a mutton hotpot in the winter, and thought that the three of them had nothing to do these days, so she asked the two of them if they had any ideas.
She thought that if neither of them wanted to go, then she would find time to go secretly. By the time she came back after hunting, it would be too late for Fu Shinian to stop her.
Fu Shinian and Dong Weibing had never done this before, so of course they wanted to go. So Dong Weibing asked, "Is winter hunting fun? Can we catch prey?"
"Of course we can, but we have to go deeper into the mountains because many animals hibernate in secluded places during the winter. But it has been snowing for a while and some animals have almost eaten up all their stored food. So they have to risk going out to find food. These animals are our targets," Tong Yiya explained.
"The villagers said that it's very dangerous in the mountains, and there's snow everywhere. Let's not go there," Fu Shinian said.
He was mainly afraid that he would not be able to protect Tong Yiya if they encountered danger. The mountain was covered with snow, and he was afraid that if they encountered danger, the ground would be slippery and she would fall and get hurt, which would be very bad. That was why he advised her not to go.
"It's not as dangerous as in summer, and we're not going deep into the mountains. We're just looking around the edge. It's boring at home, so it's good to go for a walk," said Tong Yiya.
When Fu Shinian heard her say this, he knew that if he refused again, this little girl might sneak away on her own.
Instead of letting her take the risk alone, it would be better for the two of them to go together. Even if they encounter any danger, one more person means more safety.
"Okay, let's wait and see tomorrow. If it doesn't snow, we'll go, but if we don't find any prey by then, we'll all come down from the mountain before three in the afternoon, okay," Fu Shinian said.
"Okay." Seeing that he agreed, Dong Weibing and Tong Yiya naturally agreed to whatever he said.
After deciding this, the three of them finished their meal in a short while, cleared away the dishes, and went home to rest.
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