The dried fish sent by the Wang family were all large, but these small fish tasted very good too.
"You can accept them, but I only accept the ones that have been sorted. Separate the shrimps and small fish, and leave the rest." This saves her the trouble of sorting them herself.
Uncle Jin grinned, his smile sincere and honest, "I'll have my wife divide it up when I get home. Everything will be clean!"
"Okay." She looked into his basket. "Uncle, do you want to exchange for rice, wheat, or beans?"
"Let's go with beans." Beans are cheap, can be used as food and can also sprout, and most importantly, if you plant them here you can still get a small harvest.
"Okay, I'll trade you a liter of beans for these."
“Okay, okay!”
"Let's go back now. We have to go fishing tonight."
Because there were strangers around, she didn't take off her shoes and socks, and now they were wet and stuck to her feet, which was very uncomfortable.
When the three of them returned, the sun had set below the horizon, leaving only a faint light, and most people were still picking up things on the beach.
There were several small boats docked at the small pier, with an average of two people on each boat. A dozen people holding wooden barrels went over to receive the goods.
Uncle Jin greeted them and said, "This is a boat for two or three families to share. We go out early and come back late every day, but the fish we catch is barely enough to fill our stomachs."
"There's a shortage of meat now. Isn't there anyone coming to the village to buy it?"
"At first, peddlers came every day to collect fish, but after being robbed a few times, no one came anymore. The village boats are small, and with so few people left, the catch is getting smaller and smaller. Those who come to collect goods feel that it's not worth the risk to come every day. Maybe someone comes once every two weeks to collect dried goods, and they also collect large fish. In other words, only the large boats of the wealthy families have servants to escort the fresh fish. Besides, fresh meat is expensive, but food is even more expensive."
Jiang Yue was silent. In this way, although they were not starving to death, they were not living well either. People still needed food.
When she returned to her second uncle's house, she poured him another liter of beans.
My second uncle's wife's face wrinkled with laughter as she hurried to pour water for the noble man. The two children followed their mother closely, not daring to speak.
The second uncle brought out his own bag of small fish, poured it out on the straw mat, and asked the children to share it. As for his wife, when she heard that the nobleman wanted to buy small fish, she hurried to her relatives' house to tell them.
Jiang Yue half squatted down and turned over the dried shrimps, fish and kelp. They were indeed quite clean and had all been dried.
Uncle Jin saw the nobleman pile up the fish he had just picked up. "Let me cook it for you while it's fresh. I don't think you can finish it tonight. Can I help you dry some of it? The weather has been nice lately."
Jiang Yue smiled and said, "Don't bother, we can use it ourselves."
As soon as she entered the room, she put it into the space. She came here just to collect fresh fish, and she already had enough dried fish.
Uncle Jin hesitated to speak, worried that they wouldn't understand. But remembering his cousin's advice, he shut up and decided to do whatever the noble man said.
"Uncle, we have to get up early in the morning to go fishing. Let's go to bed first. We'll collect the dried fish tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll leave them alone."
The two of them went into the house, collected the fish, changed their shoes, ate a few buns, and went to sleep. The house was completely soundproof, and even the whispers of people talking back and forth could be heard clearly, so they stopped talking.
I slept until the moon rose high and then set in the west.
“Dongdongdong——”
There was a gentle knock on the door. Jiang Nian opened his eyes and gently woke up Jiang Yue in his arms. It was Uncle Jin who came to call someone.
Uncle Jin's family prepared some wild vegetable dumplings and a handful of roasted beans for him, which would be his food for the next day.
With his mouth wide open, he watched the two nobles take out a fishing net and two sturdy wooden barrels from the mule cart. They were obviously new.
There are quite a lot of things in this carriage, it can hold anything!
He hurried forward and took the wooden barrel from the young lady. How could he let the noble lady carry it by herself?
Jiang Yue didn't refuse, she was also a little lazy.
The waves surge, and under the moonlight, the seaside at night becomes a mysterious and tranquil sea area.
Not only the beach, but also the occasional sparkling spots on the sea surface, intertwined with the starry sky. On early summer nights, the sea breeze brings a sense of comfort to both body and mind.
At the dock, seven or eight small fishing boats were seen, about to depart, and the fishermen were staring at them.
Someone else ran over and asked Uncle Jin, his voice low, but she heard it clearly, "A Sheng, can you please ask the nobleman if he will accept the fish we caught?"
Uncle Jin was a bit embarrassed. He was worried that the nobleman would leave after collecting enough fish. Wouldn't that make his family lose out? But they were all from the same village, and he couldn't help but lend a hand...
Jiang Yue helped him out, "If it's good, I'll take it, as much as I can."
Anyway, after she goes back, it will probably be difficult for her to come here again.
Hearing this, the people on the fishing boats smiled happily and soon they all set off, determined to catch as many fish as they could.
Uncle Jin couldn't help feeling a little sorry that his small fishing boat was in such tatters that even the fishing net was broken. Otherwise, his wife and children would have been able to catch a few fish.
The three of them got on the boat and set off leisurely.
Jiang Nian saw that he seemed to be struggling to row. No wonder they had to set off in the middle of the night. At this speed, it would be faster than just drifting with the waves. He stepped forward to take the oar from Uncle Jin, and then imitated him, completely taking over his position.
Jiang Nian was very strong and rowed steadily, and Uncle Jin's neck turned red.
Jiang Yue sat at the other end, reaching her hands into the sea to play, and said to him, "Second Uncle, you just need to be responsible for watching the direction and catching fish. You are familiar with these two things."
“Okay, okay!”
These two liters of beans were easy money.
The sea water had been exposed to the sun for a whole day and it still felt warm in the middle of the night, which was very comfortable.
"thump--"
A fish jumped out of the water not far away, and a few drops of sea water splashed on her face.
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