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Because Xu Tongdao was angry, when the three brothers and sisters had breakfast together, Xu Tonglu no longer dared to say anything about him going out to make money.

He just lowered his head and drank the porridge silently.

In other words, although his family has had a difficult time recently, the dishes on the table these days are not bad. In addition to pickles, there are also braised fish and shrimp paste cooked with chili sauce and small river shrimp.

These dishes are very good for drinking porridge, and the three brothers and sisters all drink it.

How much did the river prawns sell for yesterday?

When the food was served, Tongdao Xu asked his sister casually.

Oh, because we sell aquatic products wholesale, the price is cheaper, six yuan a pound, a total of 26 yuan, and the money is here.

Ge Yuzhu explained while pulling money out of his trouser pocket.

After speaking, a few crumpled banknotes had already been placed by Xu Tongdao's hand.

Although it only sold for 26 yuan, he was not disappointed. After all, those river prawns yesterday were only the harvest of yesterday afternoon. Besides the ones that were sold for money, they still had some small river prawns, not only his own. Some were made into shrimp paste, and half was given to Xu Tonglin.

And today he can go to put the shrimp sticks for a whole day, and the harvest may be doubled.

In this era when ordinary laborers can only earn about 20 yuan a day, if he can earn 40 to 50 yuan a day, he is already very good.

After stuffing the money into his pocket, Xu Tongdao casually asked again, Did you make an appointment with him by the way so that all the river prawns we will get in the future will be wholesaled to him?

Ge Yuzhu hurriedly replied, Well, I have an appointment.

Well, that's fine!

Xu Tongdao smiled with satisfaction.

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After the meal, Tongdao Xu accompanied him with some bait, and then went out with his younger brother and younger sister with shrimp sticks, buckets and other items. At present, the cost of the kebab business he is going to do is a little short, so he plans to spend the next few days every day. I go for prawns during the day.

Along the way, they saw their people in the village, and from time to time someone started joking.

Such as: Huh? Xiaodao, Yuzhu, are you going to put shrimp tents? Are you going to go to Xihe to put them?

Hey! Yuzhu, do you still have fish for sale today?

Yo, are you three going to get shrimp? If you get it, can you sell me half a catty? Hehe.

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Along the way, Xu Tongdao seldom spoke, usually just a smile. Most of the time, it was his sister Ge Yuzhu who responded to the villagers with a clear voice.

When passing by the door of Ge Xiaoyu's house, Ge Xiaotian, who was squatting at the door and playing marbles, saw Tongdao Xu and the others were carrying the shrimp stick, and his eyes lit up immediately.

Ge Xiaotian, who had no brain since he was a child, has a very enthusiastic personality and is quite curious. No, he saw Tongdao Xu and their shrimps, and immediately got up and trotted over. Ask: Xiaodao, Xiaodao, are you going to put the shrimp sticks? Where are you going? Can you bring me one? Can I help you?

Because the two lived relatively close together, and because of Ge Xiaotian's warm personality, and Tongdao Xu used to be interested in his sister Ge Xiaoyu, Tongdao Xu and Ge Xiaotian had always had a good relationship before.

Even now, Tongdao Xu came back from rebirth and saw the enthusiastic Ge Xiaotian again, he still smiled, nodded and said, Okay, then let's come together!

Maybe deep-minded people like simple-minded people! When Xu Tongdao saw the warm and simple Ge Xiaotian, his mood became inexplicably relaxed.

Along the way, Ge Xiaotian opened his mouth almost without stopping. He asked this and what, for example, he blinked his big eyes curiously and asked Xu Tongdao if he really didn't plan to go to high school?

Another example is to ask Tongdao Xu whether it was very dangerous when Xu Tonglin fell into the water the night before yesterday? He even curiously asked Xu Tongdao if he had given Xu Tonglin artificial respiration...

Successfully made all the three brothers and sisters of Xu Tongdao laugh.

Not long after, a few of them came to the place where the shrimp tray was placed yesterday, and then the two of them cooperated to put the shrimp tray. About half an hour later, Xu Tonglin also came over like yesterday.

Under the operation of five people, more than a dozen shrimps were stretched, and the harvest was gratifying. Every time he saw the big river shrimp caught, Ge Xiaotian would shout with joy.

In the buckets brought by Xu Tongdao, there were more and more large and small river prawns, so gradually, Xu Tongdao's face became more and more smiling.

At about 10:00 in the morning, a boat with a diesel engine was installed, and it passed by the middle of the river. It was an awning wooden boat. Tongdao Xu, who grew up by the West River since childhood, is no stranger to them. have also sat.

The roads in the countryside these days are not easy to walk. They are all dirt roads, neither wide nor flat. Especially on rainy days, when people have stepped on the muddy road with countless deep footprints, it is even more difficult to walk.

From here to the county seat, there are more than 20 miles. It is always raining like this recently. If you want to walk to the county seat, you will be exhausted halfway.

Fortunately, the West River by their village is wide and deep, and it goes straight to the dock of D County.

As a result, the propeller-driven awning wooden boat with a diesel engine came into being to carry people and goods in this West River. If you take this boat to the county seat, it will be fast and stable, and you can enjoy the scenery on both sides of the river along the way. Loved by many children.

For example, Tongdao Xu liked to take this wooden boat with his mother to the county town when he was a child. He really liked to take this boat. Every time he went to the county town with his mother, he didn’t want anything. When he was hungry, his mother asked him what he wanted to eat. It's always just a bowl of knives noodles.

But more than ten years before his rebirth, the awning wooden boats in the West River were almost extinct.

Because at that time the road from their village to the county town had been repaired, and the whole journey was a flat and clean cement road. At that time, people already preferred to take the bus to the county town, which was fast and cheap. No such ship.

Therefore, seeing such a boat passing by the river at this time, Xu Tongdao showed a sighful smile, and he really missed the feeling of riding this kind of boat to the county town with his mother when he was a child.

Huh? Cao Xin? Cao Xin! Cao Xin!! You're here again...

Tongdao Xu suddenly heard Ge Xiaotian yelling at the awning wooden boat beside him.

Cao Xin?

He was no stranger to this name. The moment he heard the name, Xu Tongdao thought of a girl with a petite figure, delicate facial features, and two deep dimples on her cheeks when she smiled. He still remembered that the girl's skin was very white. The whitest girl he had ever seen before he went out to work before his rebirth.

none of them!

And this girl Cao Xin... is the niece of Xu Weizu's wife Cao Xiaomei.

The day before yesterday morning, when he sold black fish and old turtles to Xu Weizu, when he saw Xu Weizu's wife Cao Xiaomei, he also thought of her niece, Cao Xin.

Didn't expect her to come today?

Tongdao Xu narrowed his eyes slightly and followed Ge Xiaotian's line of sight. Sure enough, he saw Cao Xin in a black dress standing pretty on the bow of the wooden boat. Against the background of the black dress, her skin became whiter and paler as she looked at her. , Xu Tongdao subconsciously turned his head and glanced at his sister Ge Yuzhu.

One is dazzlingly white, the other is shiny black, which are two extremes.