Zhang Jinfang took the scale and weighed her carefully.
It weighs ten pounds and eight taels, and costs one yuan and eight cents.
Xu Xiaoling carefully wrote down the accounts in a small notebook.
Added up in the past two days, it weighed almost five to six hundred kilograms.
Zhang Jinfang felt worried when he saw so many eels.
She was worried, what if there were so many eels and they couldn't be sold?
"Don't worry, Mom, they will sell it." Xu Erlong replied.
After placing the bucket, Xu Erlong picked up a towel, fetched water in the backyard, and washed his face and hands.
The cool water washes away the sweat and dust all over your body, and the sticky feeling on your body is gone.
After cleaning, Xu Erlong felt refreshed, put the towel on his shoulders, and hummed a tune.
"Xiaoling, come over and clear the money." Xu Erlong motioned to Xiaoling to come over and clear the money.
He poured the pocket of change on the bed and asked Xiaoling to clean it up slowly.
When he came back today, he bought a pig's trotter and prepared pig's trotter stew with soybeans.
Taking advantage of the fact that prices are cheap now, of course I will buy as much as I can to eat.
What's more, a pig's trotter only costs one or two yuan.
Throw the pig's trotters on the pile of firewood, and the roaring flames will burn all the pig hair. The pig skin will sizzle with hot oil in the firelight, and the unique burning smell of the pig skin will spread in the air.
After the pig skin was cooked through, Xu Erlong threw the pig's trotters into a basin, soaked them for a while, and then wiped them vigorously with a loofah.
This loofah is made from old loofah.
Hang the old loofah seeds under the eaves to dry, peel off the shells, and save the seeds as seeds. The loofah becomes a natural dish towel, which is especially useful for wiping things.
After cleaning the pig's trotters repeatedly, Xu Erlong took a machete.
He raised the knife with his hand and lowered it. Under the gravity of the machete, the pig's trotters were chopped into several sections, thrown into the pot on the stove, and simmered slowly over low heat.
Over here, Xiaoling has almost cleared all the money.
In addition to the fixed 50 kilograms of eel money, the remaining money for selling water is almost ten yuan.
After all, one more pail of water was sold today, and one more variety was added, so the unit price increased, but the cost did not increase much.
"Brother, I have more than thirty yuan today." Xiaoling's voice was full of excitement.
This is as much as a worker's daily income.
She carefully recorded today's income in a small notebook, which was a historic high.
Xu Erlong almost laughed when he saw her looking at her careful accounting.
He stretched out his hand and rubbed Xiaoling's head: "Have you counted them all? You have counted them. Remember to wash your hands and eat."
People are like iron, and food is like steel. If you don't eat one meal, you will feel hungry.
Set a small goal first so that your family can eat meat every meal and no longer have to worry about eating.
Although he still can't let his family live a life of buying and selling at will, he can still manage to eat meat every meal.
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The Xu family members were having dinner.
For dinner, we mixed red potato and rice to make porridge, then cut half of winter melon into slices, a cold eggplant, a pickled cucumber, and fried a large plate of leeks with eggs, which was the main course.
Compared to those years when we didn't have enough to eat, the food now is very good.
Keren's desire is always endless.
When I feel full, I further think about eating well.
Especially Xu Damin.
In the past, when he was studying in school, the whole family tightened their belts and went hungry to support him in school. He could always get an egg every day, and he could even dip into some oil when the weather came.
Moreover, at that time, Xu Erlong did not go out separately. He always liked to go to the river to get some fish and shrimps, or go to the mountains to get some game. The food was not too bad.
But now, we have been separated for several days.
The food quality of this meal plummeted, and Xu Damin felt uncomfortable.
A bowl of porridge, most of which is red potato.
When Zhou Fengru was cooking, she was lazy and didn't cut the red potato into small pieces.
Such a large piece of red potato choked in his mouth, which made Xu Damin roll his eyes.
Now, he just wants to start school soon, so that he can register at the university and no longer have to eat such food in the countryside.
"Tomorrow, I will go to the river and bring back some fish and shrimps." Xu Damin said, the subtext being that the food was too bad.
"No." Mrs. Xu stopped her: "You are a college student. Your hands are so valuable. You will be the ones holding pens in the future. How can you do these things?"
"Nai, I just want to bring back some fish and shrimp and add two dishes." Xu Damin said.
Old Mrs. Xu turned to Xu Xiaofei and said, "Then go ahead. You can go to the river to catch some fish and shrimp tomorrow, okay? You just hang out all day long."
Xu Xiaofei grabbed his rice bowl and said, "No, I won't go. I still want to catch eels. One eel can be exchanged for one candy."
Anyway, he doesn't want to eat fish and shrimp, it's too fishy, he just wants to eat sweets.
Mrs. Xu was so angry that she slapped the table: "You are such a lazy fellow. I asked you to catch fish and shrimps, but you only exchanged eels for sugar."
Xu Damin stopped Mrs. Xu from getting angry: "Nai, it has nothing to do with Xiaofei."
"Yes, it's all Xu Erlong's mischief." Mrs. Xu scolded angrily: "I don't know what to do with these eels. The fields and canals are full of people catching eels."
"Probably, he wants to engage in speculation." Xu Damin pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose.
"Humph, he wants to engage in speculation? Sooner or later, he will be arrested and imprisoned for a few years." Mrs. Xu cursed,
He also reminded Xu Damin: "Don't worry about him. Fortunately, we are separated from him. When the time comes, if he is caught, you will not be implicated."
Xu Damin nodded: "I know."
He could vaguely feel that this era seemed to have changed. For example, when the college entrance examination was resumed, he would have the opportunity to enter university.
But how it will change, he is confused.
Don't say he was confused, most people of that era were confused.
Otherwise, there would be no such thing as crossing the river by feeling for the stones.
Only a very small number of people can carry forward the fearless spirit in such confusing opportunities, dare to venture and fight hard, and break out a bloody road and a broad road.
"I'll go and see how he collects the eels in a while," Xu Damin said.
"What's so good about it? There are ditches all over the fields." Mrs. Xu said, "If you want to eat it, I'll make two for you."
Xu Damin remained silent, he didn't want to eat eel, he just wanted to see what Xu Erlong was doing.
If he can get into college, he still has brains and can think about problems.
"Brother, don't go. I'm afraid others will laugh at you." Xu Xiaofei yelled at the side: "In the past two days, others have been saying behind your back that you are too busy studying and you can't repair a car. Xu Erlong is better than you."
Xu Damin's slightly fair face turned gloomy visibly to the naked eye.
Studying and repairing cars are two different things, okay?
Who said that knowing how to read can repair a car? Being able to repair a car is better than studying?
The only reason to blame is that Mr. Xu is too high-profile. Ever since he was admitted to college, he has been showing off in the village that her precious grandson is smarter than others.
Since you are smarter than others, it stands to reason that you should be better than others in every aspect.
Thinking about what happened that night, Xu Damin felt heartbroken.
He gave up the idea of going to see Xu Erlong and read a book at home alone.
Yes, reading with a kerosene lamp on will show how thirsty for knowledge he is as a quasi-college student.