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Chapter 42

When Xu Yin was walking on the village road facing the setting sun, her cousin's rice flower fish had all been driven out of the rice fields and swam along the canal into the large bucket connected to the opening. There were more than a dozen pots on the side.

The buckets are filled to the brim, and fish jump out from time to time.

She also leaned over to take a look: "Hey! Brother Jianjun, your fish are really good!"

When everyone saw it was her, they happily chatted:

"Yinyin is back?"

"Girl Yin is finally back! We also want to make clothes from you."

"What clothes are you making? Yin girl must be here to help the family collect fish."

"No, Yin Yin, my family will also raise fish with your family next season. Can you teach us how to prepare fish feed?"

Xu Yin glanced at her cousin and asked: Did you do it?

Xu Jianjun touched his nose and said, "Let's all leave now. Yin Yin just came back and hasn't gone home yet."

After pushing through the crowd, Xu Jianjun tied the two largest carps with straw ropes and handed them to Xu Yin: "Go home and have a fresh meal."

Xu Yin waved her hand: "I have it at home too."

"Your family belongs to your family, and what I give you belongs to mine. Take it! Why are you being polite to me!"

Xu Dajiao was busy dividing the fish. Hearing this, he immediately expressed his opinion: "Yinyin, hurry up and take it. The fish can grow so big because of your formula."

Xu Yin accepted it with a smile.

When Xu's mother saw her daughter coming back, she was both happy and complained: "Why did you stay for so long? Didn't you say you came back before seven months? If you don't harvest rice or fish, are you still going to stay?"

Xu Yin felt funny in her heart: "You asked me to stay a few more days and enjoy the food at my eldest brother's house! Do you think I'm a little fatter?"

"..."

Fat fart!

Xu's mother rolled her eyes: "With your small body, you can be blown away by a strong wind."

Xu Yin curled her lips: "It's not as exaggerated as you said."

Forget it, stop messing with her mother.

"Mom, these are the fish from brother Jianjun's family. His family collected fish today, and many people gathered around to look at it. I passed by and took a look, and he gave me two."

Xu's mother snorted, took the fish and said, "You came up with the fish food formula. They can only raise such big fish. It's cheaper for them to give you two to eat."

Xu Yin looked at the sky and changed the topic: "How do our fish look like?"

Mentioning her own rice flower fish, Xu’s mother’s face suddenly burst into smiles:

"Our fish are really impressive! The big ones weigh almost three kilograms, and the smallest ones weigh about half a kilogram. I'm just waiting for you to come back to drain the water and collect the fish."

"Where's Dad?" Xu Yin followed her mother into the house, put down her luggage, and looked around, but she didn't see Father Xu.

"I went to see his watermelon field again. Our watermelons are growing very well this year. He was very happy. He said that our family's fortune has improved this year. We are raising fish to make fat and growing melons to make them sweet."

When Xu's mother mentioned the family's income, she couldn't smile from ear to ear.

"If I had known you were coming back today, your father would definitely have picked out a big watermelon. You will know after eating it. This year's melon is particularly sweet and has a lot of water. You don't even need to cut it. Just scratch it with a knife and it will crack and turn black.

The seeds are red and the flesh is so beautiful that it will definitely fetch a good price."

"When are you going to sell it?"

"Let's finish harvesting the early rice. Your father has seen it. Not much is ripe yet. When the harvest is finished, the rice will be almost all ripe. When the fields are plowed and fertilized, take them to the purchasing station. Then your uncle will come to help.

"

Xu Yin nodded: "I took the time to go to the farm and ask Master Yu if I could borrow a tractor and pull the watermelons after plowing the land, which would save me the time of pushing the cart."

Xu's mother's eyes lit up when she heard this: "It would be great if I could borrow a tractor! When will you go? Remember to bring a few watermelons when you go."

Xu Yin thought for a while: "How about tomorrow morning? Try to come back as early as possible so as not to delay our family's collection of fish."

"As I said, let's wait until the fish are harvested, and pick up a few more fish by the way." Xu's mother was very fond of Master Yu who was willing to lend him the tractor, and she was not stingy in giving gifts.

Xu Yin naturally had no objection.

"Mom, these are new shoes and clothes that my sister-in-law made for you and dad. By the way, she also packed a big package, which are all specialties from Tongcheng. Unfortunately, it takes a long time on the road, and my brother is worried that I won't be able to pick it up.

, I checked it in, and it will take two days to arrive. My going this time really cost my sister-in-law a lot of money."

"That's what it should be." Xu's mother has always been harsh on her daughter-in-law.

But compared with before, my attitude now is very good, at least I don't scold my daughter-in-law frequently.

Xu Yin took out the items in the bag one by one.

"These are the famous snacks in Tongcheng. I brought two boxes with me and will give one to grandma later. This is lanolin for you to wipe your hands with in winter. This is wine and tea for dad. This is for uncle.

…”

They are all scattered food and supplies.

As for the rolls of wool, cashmere thread, cloth, and several pieces of duck, ham, and dried mutton, they were all checked in with the package.

Sister-in-law Xu also asked her to deliver some things to her parents' family. When she went to pick up the package, she stopped by Houhai Village. In addition to delivering things, she also wanted to collect some goods and send them to Tongcheng.

Xu's mother put away the things and said, "I'm going to call your dad and bring back a watermelon." After saying that, she went out.

Xu Yin glanced over, pursed her lips and snickered.

I thought to myself, Mom, you are going the wrong way. Dad is in the watermelon field, which is completely opposite to the entrance of the village. And why did you put on new clothes and new shoes when you went to the field? You obviously went to show off, tsk!



That night, Lao Xu's family cut open a big watermelon.

Sure enough, as Xu's mother said, the black seeded red flesh is sweet and juicy, many times more delicious than the greenhouse melons of later generations.

Xu Yin was full without paying attention, and she leaned on the recliner for a long time without wanting to move: "We lost money when we sold this melon to the buying station."

The purchasing stations all have a unified purchasing price, and melons are collected by the pound. Good quality melons and poor quality melons are all priced at the same price.

After thinking about it, he suggested: "How about we go to residential areas to sell them. It's hot, so there will be many people buying melons."

"Is it possible?" Xu's mother's thoughts were still stuck in the past. When she heard about private sales, she was always worried about being caught.

Xu Yin talked about the market conditions of street stalls in Tongcheng, and finally said: "Mom, there are some street stalls here, but we don't know about them."

Xu's mother couldn't make up her mind and looked at Father Xu: "Dad, what do you think?"

"Just listen to my daughter." Father Xu said.

It was the first time in his life that he had grown such a good melon and sold it to the purchasing station at the same price. He was really a bit reluctant.

"Then it's settled." Xu Yin agreed, "After harvesting the fish tomorrow, I'll go find Master Yu to borrow the tractor."

The next day, Lao Xu's family began to release water from the rice fields to collect fish.

Of the four acres of paddy field, only one acre has fish. Obviously, the rice ears in this acre are fuller than those in the other three acres.

Xu Yin said that this was the contribution of the rice flower fish.

Xu's mother once again regretted that she had not listened to her daughter's advice to raise more fish. Not only did she raise a few more fish in this acre, but if the other three acres of land were also raised with rice fish, it would be a great harvest this year.


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