Thinking of this possibility, Gong Linglong immediately stood up and stopped fishing on the busy roadside. Instead, she took her fishing gear and went to a more secluded bend.
As she guessed, the bait was special and the fish were caught very quickly, and there would be a fish caught within five minutes.
The fish were thrown into the space one by one, the small ones were placed in the pond, and the big ones were thrown into the bamboo basket, intending to make them into dried smoked fish when they were taken back.
After two hours of fishing, I had a great harvest and the basket was piled high with fish.
Catching the fish was hard work. Gong Linglong put away her fishing rod, picked up the wooden barrel containing the big grass carp, and hurried home to deal with it.
She returned along the same route, and just as she reached the dark corner, a familiar, disgusting sound fell into her ears.
Gong Linglong frowned tightly, looked around, and finally landed on a haystack in the paddy field in the winding ditch. Thinking about her bad luck of running into a wild couple today, she was speechless: "Did I step in dog shit?"
She didn't want to care about such disgusting things, so she picked up the wooden bucket and prepared to leave, but after taking two steps, she heard a woman scream.
"Hmm? This, this isn't that on the mountain..."
Gong Linglong recognized the other person's voice. Thinking about the woman who was on the mountain last time and now in the straw stack, her face twitched: "I don't know whose wife this is. She's not just planting grass on her head, she's planting grass on the entire Hulunbuir grassland."
These two people probably often mess around outside and have become a little unscrupulous. The noise behind them is getting louder and louder.
Gong Linglong blushed as she listened. Seeing some children running back and forth on the riverbank not far away, she didn't want these two shameless wild mandarin ducks to dirty the children's ears, so she picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at the straw stack.
The stone hit them right on target, making a loud noise. The two people who were working passionately in the haystack were both frightened and shuddered.
Not long after, the two of them hurriedly put on their clothes and crawled out. The man looked outside cautiously first, and when he saw that no one was blocking them, he breathed a sigh of relief, whispered a few words to the woman, and left in a hurry.
Gong Linglong hid in the space and watched the man leave first. She also saw the man's face clearly. He looked rather ordinary and not very recognizable.
After he left, the woman slowly emerged. Her clothes were neatly dressed, but her hair was a little messy, with two pieces of straw hanging from her head, but she was completely unaware of it.
Gong Linglong saw her face clearly in the mountains last time. This woman was actually quite good-looking, with delicate and charming features. She was above medium height and had a slim figure. She had the unique mature charm of a middle-aged woman, and her dress was not like that of an ordinary woman. Seeing that she was walking towards the family compound, she immediately appeared and followed quietly.
"East District Family Building."
Gong Linglong witnessed her entering the residential area of the eastern district of the army. She had heard from Lu Jingchuan before that the people living in the eastern district were employees of the art troupe, logistics department, and school hospital. She did not follow her any further and returned home carrying the wooden bucket.
"Wow, Aunt Gong, what a big fish."
Gong Linglong was carrying the five or six kilograms of fish home, and was blocked by children as soon as she arrived at the family area.
The child's voice was so loud that the sisters-in-law came out when they heard it.
When Liao Qiuhua saw that she had caught such a big fish, she shouted, "Oh my! This fish probably weighs five or six kilograms. Linglong, you're lucky today."
"I sat by the river for over two hours. At first there were no fish. Just as I was about to come back, this stupid fish took the bait."
"Haha, that's really a stupid fish."
Seeing that the children were gathered around and didn't want to leave, Gong Linglong had no choice but to let them look at the fish as much as they wanted. She said to them, "I'll clean up the fish later, and each family can take a piece home to eat."
"No, you worked so hard to catch this, so you can keep it. You just planted the seeds in your fields, and you don't have any vegetables at home. This fish is enough for a few meals."
Liao Qiuhua waved his hand and continued, "Every family has fish to eat. There are plenty of small fish and shrimp, as well as some other miscellaneous fish. Every family has half a basin of them in their cupboards."
Jiang Yaping and the others just came to take a look and had no intention of taking advantage. There was no shortage of fish to eat near the river, and the children in the family often went fishing. There were more fish, shrimps, loaches and eels than they could eat, and they were already tired of them.
Seeing that no one wanted the fish, Gong Linglong didn't force them. After the children had looked at them enough, she took the fish and went back to clean them up.
Cleaning fish is also a hard job. Gong Linglong was busy in the space for nearly an hour before she finished processing all the fish. There was half a basin of fish offal alone. It was not convenient to take it out to cook for one meal, so she had to put it in the space first. When Lu Jingchuan was not at home, she would cook it separately.
I cooked one dish tonight, fish stewed with shredded radish. The couple had good appetites and finished half a pot of dish together.
The next morning, Gong Linglong took the commuter bus to the city again. Spring was coming soon, so she went to buy some cloth to make clothes. Clothes these days were simple and ordinary in style, and she had a sewing machine at home, so she believed she could do it.
Yesterday I took some time to organize the food and vegetables in the space. Today, as soon as I arrived in the county town, I went straight to the orphanage I visited last time.
"Xiaojiu."
Gong Linglong pushed the bicycle to deliver the food to the door. Seeing a group of children moving firewood in the yard, she shouted inside.
When Xiaojiu heard her voice, he looked over at her with a shy and happy smile. Then he ran into the house, shouting at the top of his voice, "Director Granny, the sister who brought us food is here."
The director was mending clothes for the children in the room. When she saw her coming, she immediately opened the door and came out with a smile on her face: "Little comrade, you are here."
"Dean, I brought you some rice and vegetables. Please come and help me carry them down."
"Hey, thank you."
The dean came over briskly and saw five large sacks placed at the door. He was slightly surprised and asked, "Did you just move all this in?"
"I asked a friend for help, but he just left because of something."
Gong Linglong lied a little and pointed at the sacks, saying, "Dean, there are three bags of rice. You need to find a rice mill here to grind them. There are also a bag of cabbage and radish, a bag of potatoes, and two fish."
"There's a rice mill behind the orphanage. We can go there to grind rice for free. It's not far away, so I can just carry it over."
The dean was deeply moved and held her hand, thanking her profusely: "Little comrade, thank you so much! I went to see the leader yesterday, and they said the food hadn't arrived yet, so we had to find a way to get through the next few days. You sent us life-saving food. Thank you so much."
"Is your supply managed by the civil affairs department?" Gong Linglong asked.
"It's under the overall management of the Civil Affairs Department, which then distributes it to the district and street offices. For some unknown reason, not only is our orphanage experiencing a delay in receiving food, but the Guangrongyuan next door is also out of food. This morning, when I went out to fetch water, I ran into someone from Guangrongyuan. They said their rice jars were empty, and if they didn't send us food, they'd have to go out begging."
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