Love in the Siheyuan: Starting from Jia Dongxu

Liu Shengli was very surprised at first, but when he saw Jia Dongxu's indifferent look, it seemed that he had overreacted.

"Ah? How many are there?"

"Haha, I guess there should be more than 100." Jia Dongxu said with a smile, "If it's less than 100, I'll give you the eggs today."

Liu Shengli quickly said, "Okay! You're right. I've been to many rural areas, but I've never seen a family with more than 100 eggs."

"Young man, you can't eat his eggs. There are more than 140 eggs now. You have to eat a few eggs every day, otherwise his second uncle won't agree." Jia Zhenye's wife said with a smile.

Liu Shengli said in surprise, "No, is your Jiajia Village so rich? Can you afford to raise so many chickens?"

"They are all raised on leaves from the vegetable fields. In our village, every household raises about 20 eggs. It took me about a month to collect these eggs."

"Ah? Second Mother, did you use all the money to buy chickens?" Jia Dongxu asked curiously.

Jia Zhenye's wife went into the house and bought a few eggs. "Didn't you say you wanted to build a chicken farm? Your second uncle was very interested in it. He said we should raise chickens first, so that we wouldn't run out of chickens later. So he went to the city several times and bought all the chickens that people wanted to sell."

"Well, that's fine. This way we can have chicken to eat during the New Year." Jia Dongxu said with a smile.

Jia Zhenye's wife started rolling noodles. "Why wait until the New Year? I'll stew a chicken for you tonight! I see you've lost a lot of weight since you came back. Where have you been? You haven't been back for so long, your second uncle must be exhausted. He says every day that you're acting like a hands-off boss."

"I went to the northeast, but was held back by this guy, so I came back late." Jia Dongxu pointed at Liu Shengli.

"Isn't there a war over there? Why are you running over there?" Uncle Jia asked after hearing this.

"Yeah, I went there for some work. It was even colder there than here. I got sick from the cold."

Jia Dongxu said, "There weren't enough quilts to sleep on, but luckily I managed to get through it."

"By the way, are you guys still sleeping in the shed now?"

"I also want to take a bath and change my clothes."

Jia Zhenye's wife nodded, "Everyone is here, can you come out? It's so warm, at least we have to wait until this winter is over. There is hot water inside, just bring some clothes with you."

"Haha, that's fine. Come visit my house later." Jia Dongxu took the noodles and handed them to Uncle Jia with a smile, "Third Uncle, you eat first."

Uncle San took the noodles and said, "It's so cold in this weather. I need a mouthful of hot soup. It makes me feel comfortable after eating it."

"Uncle San, eat quickly. After you finish eating, come with us to go fishing." Jia Dongxu handed Liu Shengli noodles. "You are not afraid of the cold. You will be the main force in a while. What we eat tonight depends on you."

"Okay, just watch. When the time comes, sprinkle some flour and scoop it up with a winnowing basket." Liu Shengli said confidently.

Jia Dongxu looked at him with disdain, "It's cold in winter, do you want to eat? Let's think of other ways."

"If you don't understand, don't talk. Just watch." Liu Shengli said with a smile.

"Eat something, right? Okay, then let's try fishing. You'll be frozen silly if you go into the water now." Jia Dongxu said as he grabbed some noodles from the panel and kneaded them.

"Make a nest with flour and try it with this later."

"No, you really are fishing." Liu Shengli said.

"Fishing, I won't come back unless I catch some fish today!"

After Jia Dongxu finished speaking, his heart skipped a beat. Oh no, he didn’t know if he could really catch a fish. What if he couldn’t?

Forget it. Not being able to catch anything is the fish’s problem. It has nothing to do with my fishing skills.

After finishing their meal, Ai Dongxu and Liu Shengli went to the river, which had not yet frozen.

Jia Dongxu scattered a handful of flour and really saw some fish coming to eat it. He quickly adjusted the fishing hook to a shallower level, hooked it with the dough, and while the fish were eating the flour, he pulled up several fish as long as fingers.

"Hey, this kind of fish will do, too."

Jia Dongxu happily cast the rod and reeled in the line, and soon he caught many small fish.

By the time all the flour had fallen out, the bucket was already filled with small fish.

"Hey, it's time to try the pastry!"

Jia Dongxu simply lowered the fishing hook, replaced it with a larger dough, and threw it into the river.

"It seems I don't need to go into the water!" Liu Shengli looked at the small fish in the bucket, "They are just too small."

"Well, if we catch a big fish, we'll dump these small fish into the lake and see if we can raise them bigger." Jia Dongxu said with a smile, inserting the fishing rod into the ground.

"Where are the pen and notebook you brought? Lend them to me." Jia Dongxu sat on a small stool and squinted at the fish maw.

Liu Shengli stood up happily. It was the first time he saw Jia Dongxu write something interesting. He quickly took it out and handed it over.

"What? Not fishing? Still writing?"

Jia Dongxu nodded, took the pen, and blew on his hand. "Well, I'll write down what I just talked about with Political Commissar Yu. I have some ideas..."

Liu Shengli didn't dare to speak and disturb him. Seeing Jia Dongxu lowering his head and writing seriously, he pulled out the fishing rod from the ground, imitated him, stared at the lake, and saw that the float suddenly went down, so he quickly pulled it.

Then he saw a fish was hooked. Liu Shengli was delighted. This was his first time fishing, and he actually caught a fish?

He started shouting and yelling.

Jia Dongxu was writing when he suddenly heard Liu Shengli's call. He quickly put down his pen. Don't let this rookie let the fish run away. Judging from the way he was fighting, the fish must be not small.

He snatched the fishing rod from Liu Shengli, and then slowly pushed it back while keeping it taut, slowly letting the fish slide to the shore, and then pulled it out of the water with a strong pull. Seeing Yu Haixia jumping, he quickly pulled the fishing line and dragged the fish up.

"That's great!" Jia Dongxu couldn't help but praise as he looked at the fish that was as long as his right arm.

"Not bad, right? This is my first time fishing!" Liu Shengli was also very excited.

"We can finally have a good meal. Chop the fish into pieces and fry them, then stew a big pot of tofu and cabbage." Jia Dongxu said with a smile.

Liu Shengli looked at the big fish and asked, "Still fishing?"

"Well, this big fish is enough!" Jia Dongxu looked at the fish in the bucket, "Let's dump these small fish into the lake."

He looked at the notebook again with regret, "It's a pity that I haven't finished it. I don't know when I will have time to write it again."

"Can't you write tonight?" Liu Shengli asked.

"We need to review the teaching materials tonight. They haven't been prepared yet." Jia Dongxu put away his fishing rod and stool and walked back. "We can't let the children go to class without teaching materials."

"Are you doing these too?" Liu Shengli followed with water in his hand.

"Uh, shouldn't we do these things in a hurry? Why are you still in the mood to come here to fish?"

"Relax your mind and think about these things."