Zhang Meiling glared at Mr. Jiang and muttered, "You're welcome."
"Mengmeng is not a stranger. You should put your things away quickly so that no one can see them." While speaking, Grandpa Jiang was also helping Zhang Meiling pack her things.
Zhang Meiling glared at him and quickened the pace of packing her things.
The two of them put the things away, Zhang Meiling went to put the things away, and Grandpa Jiang took out a piece of paper and put it in front of Qi Mengmeng.
"Mengmeng, this is the question you brought last time. Let me explain it to you..."
Qi Mengmeng listened very carefully and asked two questions from time to time.
By the time I figured out a few questions, twenty minutes had passed.
Zhang Meiling handed a small basket to Qi Mengmeng and urged her to hurry up: "These are the mushrooms I picked. You can take them back and eat them. This basket was made by your uncle by learning from others. You can just throw it away when you get back."
Qi Mengmeng looked at the basket in her hand. It was the size of an adult's palm and was woven from dry grass. The gaps were a bit large, but it was just right for mushrooms. She smiled and praised, "Uncle, this basket is well woven."
Mr. Jiang was immediately happy. He handed a piece of paper to Qi Mengmeng and said, "This is the homework I left for you. You should figure it out in the next few days. If there is anything you don't understand, I will explain it to you again."
Qi Mengmeng, holding her homework in her hand: ...Thank you.
Qi Mengmeng walked to the entrance of the village, put everything in her hands into the space, and went to Mrs. Song's house.
When Song Saozi heard that she wanted to buy chicken and fish, she immediately smiled and looked at the basket behind Qi Mengmeng: "Your basket is a bit heavy with the fish in it, can you carry it?"
Before Qi Mengmeng could say anything, Song Saozi continued, "Otherwise I'll ask my husband to move you to the family compound."
Qi Mengmeng was happy, this was even better.
Mrs. Song knew that Qi Mengmeng was satisfied, so she took Qi Mengmeng to see the dried vegetables she had prepared for her, which were two large sacks.
Qi Mengmeng was stunned. Why are there so many?
"I was afraid you couldn't carry it, so I divided it into two bags. It looks big, but it's not that heavy." Mrs. Song opened one of the sacks and showed it to Qi Mengmeng.
The bag contains dried eggplant strips, which are arranged neatly.
But Qi Mengmeng definitely couldn't move so many things. She thought for a while and said, "Sister Song, I'll take half of these dried vegetables first, and I'll come back to get the remaining half next time."
If she took all these dried vegetables back home, it would definitely cause a sensation, so she had better be a little low-key.
Qi Mengmeng took out two large cloth bags from the backpack, poured half of the dried vegetables in the sacks into the backpack, and put the rest into the bags.
The two parties agreed to meet at the gate of the family compound in an hour, and Qi Mengmeng rode her bicycle back with a bunch of dried vegetables.
On the way, Qi Mengmeng put all the dried vegetables in the bag into the space, and only half of the dried vegetables were left in the backpack.
She first put the bicycle and backpack back home, and then went to wait at the gate of the staff quarters.
Mrs. Song’s husband Dashan came with two buckets on his shoulders, both filled with fresh fish flapping their wings.
Qi Mengmeng took a quick look and guessed that there were at least fourteen or fifteen items.
She asked and found out that there were eight fish in the two buckets, making a total of sixteen fish in total.
Dashan wiped the sweat off his head embarrassedly: "You, if you can't eat so much fish, I will take some back."
Qi Mengmeng originally told Mrs. Song to buy a few more fish, but she didn't say how many. Now the fish are being carried over from the mountains and then taken back, and it's still unknown whether the fish can survive.
"Logically, I didn't want so many fish. I should let you pick them back." Qi Mengmeng said slowly.
Dashan's expression changed immediately. What he said just now was just polite words. He didn't expect Qi Mengmeng would not want these fish.
Qi Mengmeng paused for a moment before saying, "Since you have picked all these fish, I can accept them. At worst, I can share them with some neighbors, but the price will not be the same as we agreed on. What if others don't want them? I will have to take all the fish."
The two people were talking at a distance from the door. The soldiers on duty at the door could only see the two people but could not hear their conversation clearly.
Dashan hesitated for a moment, and Qi Mengmeng didn't say anything, waiting for his answer.
She was confident that Dashan would not refuse her proposal. Of course, it didn't matter if he refused. She could just buy other meat.
Dashan didn't hesitate for long before agreeing. Qi Mengmeng then asked Dashan, "Have you weighed these fish? How heavy are they?"
"That's a total of 42 kilograms of fish." Dashan replied quickly.
These fish weigh between two and three catties, and with sixteen fish, a total of forty-two catties is reasonable.
"Even if the fish is 1.40 yuan per pound, I'll give you 59 yuan. If you think it's okay, I'll take the fish back."
Qi Mengmeng calculated the price and prepared to take the money.
Although he was now four dollars short, all the fish had been sold, so Dashan didn't lose money. So he nodded happily and said, "Okay, I'll do as you say."
Qi Mengmeng asked him to carry the wooden barrel to the door, and she carried it into the staff quarters herself.
The young soldier on duty wanted to go inside to find someone to help her, but Qi Mengmeng politely refused, saying that there was no point in bothering others with things that she could do herself.
But she was lucky. After taking a few steps, she saw the Li Laidie sisters.
With the help of the two sisters, Qi Mengmeng quickly carried all the fish in the two buckets back home.
Li Lai Di's eyes were full of surprise: "Meng Meng, why did you buy so many fish? You will get thin if you can't eat fish."
Qi Mengmeng wiped the sweat off her head and said with a smile, "Isn't this a family dinner? I went to buy some extra fish, but who knew they would send so much? I couldn't let them take the fish back."
"I plan to pickle the fish that I can't eat and save it for the winter."
Li Laidie also wanted to eat fish, but when she thought about the price, she gave up the idea.
Fish has many bones and consumes a lot of oil. It’s better to eat meat with that money.
Qi Mengmeng gave each of them two pieces of fruit candy. Li Laidie took them with a smile and stood up.
"We just came back from outside and have to go home to cook, so we won't do it."
"Well, when you are free, come over and talk to me, sister-in-law." Only then did Qi Mengmeng realize that Li Pandi was holding something in her hand, which seemed to be cloth.
But she was not a nosy person and did not ask anything.
Li Lai Di and her sister both went home. Qi Meng Meng stared at the large basin of fish in a daze. How long would it take to kill so many fish? Just thinking about it gave her a headache.
Modern times are still better. Whether it is a supermarket or a fishmonger, the fish will be killed directly for you. It is so convenient.
When Gu Guizhi returned home and saw so many fish, he was a little surprised. When he heard Qi Mengmeng was afraid of killing fish, he took over the job.
They have planned to have a dinner party the day after tomorrow, so Gu Gui just needs to kill the fish tomorrow night after work.
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