Happiness System

"Qin Xi, where did you buy your things?"

Knowing that there was no way to gain an advantage from Qin Xi for the time being, Huo Yueyao could only suppress her thoughts and behave herself for the time being.

"There is a carpenter in the village. I think he bought it from him. Go out and ask the villagers!"

Qin Xi didn't intend to get entangled with them. She saw a lot of fish by the river in the morning and planned to catch some to eat tonight.

Their things were bought by Jinzhe and Jingyan, so she really shouldn't know the location of the carpenter's house.

Although the adults have gone to work outside, some boys who have not yet gone to school are busy helping the adults at home with work in the new house!

Anyone she asked could tell them the location of the carpenter's house, so she didn't need to show off the social skills of their group of seven.

Qin Xi took out the fishing rod, made some bait, and went out under the scorching sun.

"Xiao Qin, what are you doing? Fetching water to drink? River water is not as good as well water. You can go to a nearby well to fetch water!"

In the morning, Qin Xi conquered and captured a group of little brothers with a handful of candies. When they saw her coming with a bucket of water, a group of little black boys ran over.

"I saw some fish in the river and thought I'd catch a few for dinner."

Qin Xi compared her skin color with that of those little kids running wildly in their shorts, and was saddened to find that she was as dark as them!

Maybe there really are a lot of people calling her Black Bear behind her back!

My heart is more tired than my body!

"Xiao Qin, what is fishing?"

"Xiao Qin knows that the fish in the river are very cunning and hard to catch. Go find a fish cage and put it down. Maybe you can catch some tomorrow..."

"Xiao Qin, can you teach us how to fish?"

"Little Qin educated youth..."

"Hush! Keep quiet and don't scare my fish away!"

Qin Xi found a shady spot without sunlight, and after putting her things in place, she realized that she had not gotten off the stool.

Qin Xi took fifty cents and a candy and randomly assigned a little kid to buy her a small stool, and then she settled down there.

I don’t know if it was because there were too many people or the kids were too noisy, but I didn’t see a single fish being caught for a long time.

Then the little kids lost their patience and only two were left out of the seven or eight kids who ran away.

Qin Xi observed for a while, packed up her things and moved forward about ten meters. That place was considered a deep water area. The water near the river bank was more than one meter deep.

The two little kids who stayed behind were just out of curiosity, because the whole family had been discussing the educated youth Qin and her house these past two days.

Qin Xi quickly learned the names of the two little kids. One was named Chen Pingnan, nicknamed Erzhuang, the second grandson of the team leader. He was six years old and had not yet started school. The other was named Lin Chenghai, nicknamed Goudan, the eldest grandson of the village party secretary. He was seven years old and had not yet started school.

The person who went to change the bench for her happened to be the carpenter's grandson, named Tiedan, who was seven years old and still not in school.

Goudan and Tiedan’s grandfathers are brothers.

Shitou Village is particularly interesting. The more than one hundred households in the village are mainly from the three major families of Chen, Lin and Mo, and there are about twenty households from outside with various surnames.

The bricklayer and the team leader are from the Chen family, the carpenter and the village party secretary are from the Lin family, and the driver and the accountant are from the Mo family.

The three families complement each other and restrain each other.

Maybe it was because I changed to a good position, because less than five minutes after the bait was thrown out, the fishing rod moved.

When Tiedan came back with the bench, there were already three big fish weighing more than half a pound in the bucket.

"Little Qin, my grandmother said that the bench was made of scraps, and she only wants 20 cents for the work. I'll give you 30 cents!"

Qin Xi took the money and put it in her pocket, "Thank you Tiedan!"

As soon as he sat down, Er Zhuang jumped up and down, "Hurry up and reel it in! The fish will run away soon!"

Seeing that the fishing rod was about to be dragged away by the fish, Er Zhuang quickly grabbed the fishing rod. However, the fish was too strong and he lost his balance and was almost dragged into the water.

Qin Xi pulled the man back with one hand and grabbed the fishing rod with the other. The pulling force on the fishing rod was too great, so she pushed Er Zhuang to the haystack, then pulled and swung the fish with both hands. The fish leaped into the air from the water and fell to the ground in a parabola.

"Wow, what a big fish!"

Er Zhuang climbed up from the haystack and pounced on the fish, pressing it down hard.

Goudan and Tiedan also hurried over to help.

The three little kids worked together to pull out the fishhook, and then put the nearly ten-pound fish into the bucket.

Qin Xi seemed to have poked these into a fish nest and caught big fish one after another.

Although it is not as big as before, it still weighs about three to five kilograms.

The wooden barrels were no longer full, so the three kids simply tied some grass together and strung them together.

Qin Xi also knew how to quit while she was ahead, so she stopped after catching seven or eight big fish.

"Okay, now that we've divided the food, let's go home. It's not safe here. Remember, the three of you are not allowed to sneak out here to fish. We are just lucky today. If we were unlucky, we would not be the ones eating the fish, but the ones being eaten by the fish!"

She took the two biggest ones and shared the rest among the three little kids.

"I know, Xiao Qin, we are not stupid. Some people have come to this place to catch fish before. Except for the ones who put fish cages and got some, everyone else went back empty-handed."

"That's right, only the young educated youth Qin was lucky enough to catch the fish, the others were not so lucky!"

Qin Xi patted their heads one by one and said, "Go back quickly. The adults will be off work soon. Don't cry when you get robbed!"

After that, he took out another bag, gave each of them two candies and said, "Go back and ask if you have pickled cabbage at home. I want to eat pickled fish but there is no pickled cabbage. If there is scallions and chili peppers, give me some."

"Know it!"

The little kids were afraid that the fish would die, so they rushed home with the fish in their hands.

Qin Xi shook her head enviously, "What a powerful person! He runs so fast!"

She can't even remember what she was like when she was six or seven years old, but she definitely couldn't walk briskly while carrying something weighing around ten kilograms.

When they returned to the Youth League Home, Huo Yueyao and the others had already returned from buying things at the carpenter's house. The originally spacious house had become much more crowded.

Each of the three of them bought a cabinet and two wooden basins. They also followed the trend and bought a cupboard to place opposite Qin Xi's cupboards, as well as a wooden barrel and chopping board, etc. It seemed that they were planning to cook for themselves.

Maybe he felt that Qin Xi was difficult to talk to, or he planned to use the stove at the old educated youth's place, after all, that place was much more spacious.

Seeing that it was almost time to get off work, Qin Xi did not move.

She will probably spend more time in the Youth League Home in the future, so she can’t let them develop the habit of preparing meals for them whenever she’s free!

She didn't know whether Erzhuang and the others would bring her sauerkraut, so she thought about going to Danniu's sister-in-law's house to ask, but then the yard door was pushed open.

"Xiao Qin Zhiqing, we are here!"

It was Erzhuang and the others. The three little kids each carried a basket and were sweating from running. They looked very tired.

"Are you sending me sauerkraut? Did you come here by yourselves? Why didn't you ask me to go and get it?" Qin Xi suddenly felt guilty for enslaving child labor.

When Qin Xi went to the infirmary, she took some cooling tea with her. She had already prepared it before she went out. She filled a bowl for each of the three children before looking at the basket they brought.

Goudan and Tiedan's baskets contained a porcelain bowl of sauerkraut and a handful of green onions. Erzhuang's was probably afraid that he couldn't lift it, so the sauerkraut was wrapped in taro leaves and also contained a handful of green onions, a few pieces of ginger, and some green and red peppers.

She cleared the basket and said, "Why do you need so much? Just a little bit will be enough for each of you."

A few children scratched their heads and smiled embarrassedly. How could they know whether there were many or not? They were all packed by their grandmother.

Seeing their dirty faces, Qin Xi couldn't help but wash them clean, and then asked them: "How do you eat fish at home? Do you want to stay and eat pickled fish?"

Er Zhuang: "I'll go home and eat. My grandma will also make pickled fish tonight!"

Tiedan: "I want to go home and eat too. I haven't eaten the tofu my family bought yet. My grandma said we're going to stew fish with tofu tonight!"

Goudan was embarrassed to stay since his friends didn't stay either. He continued to scratch his head: "My fish is still alive. My grandma said she would stew it when my second uncle comes back the day after tomorrow and make steamed egg custard for me tonight."

The Youth League Home was not very interesting, and the children did not have a good impression of the old educated youth. When they heard the horn sounding for the end of work, they immediately drank the herbal tea in one gulp and ran away with their baskets.

Qin Xi asked Uncle Chen to help her build a simple bathroom. They arrived with the things a few minutes earlier than Zhao Xiaofen and the others.

She was watching Uncle Chen and the others working. The first thing Jin Zhe and the others did when they came back was not to ask why Qin Xi had found someone to work again, but to fetch water to wash their faces and hands.

Seeing the fish in the bucket, they shouted in surprise: "Qin Xi, did you go to the commune to buy fish?"

Qin Xi turned around and said, "No, the fish was caught in the river. Who among you knows how to cook pickled fish? Please prepare the fish!"

Li Jianshe took the biggest fish out of the bucket and said, "I know how to make pickled fish. I'll cook tonight!"

"Wow, both fish are so big. Are we having a fish feast tonight?" Cheng Bing leaned over and touched the big fish. He was so happy.

Li Jianshe slapped him away and said, "Eating two in one meal? Even the landlords don't think like you! Go away, you still have one day left to cook after tomorrow!"

After Li Jianshe freed up the bucket, Jin Zhe and Jing Yan continued to fetch water.

Although the staple food was prepared in the afternoon, Zhou Paner and Zhao Xiaofen did not sit idle. After a short rest, they helped with some things within their ability.

Uncle Chen and his companions were very quick. They had already set up the simple bathing shed before the fish was even put into the pot.

He said that the materials belong to the new house and can be used there when the time comes, so there is no need to charge for them.

There were three fish weighing about half a pound in the basin, so Qin Xi asked Uncle Chen to take them away.

The construction site over there became busy as soon as the work got off work. Today was a good day. After the Chen brothers performed a simple ceremony, they led their men to dig the foundation.

The name of Shitou Village comes from the fact that, in addition to the big stone at the entrance of the village, the village’s residential land is also covered with stones of all sizes.

It is also because of these stones and the fact that those lands cannot be cultivated that the residential land in Shitou Village is so easy to approve.

But it is also because of these stones that it is not easy to dig the foundation, and even more difficult to build a house.