Lucky husband

Shanghe Village is next to a moderately large river called Qianshui River, and the water in the river will decrease every winter.

There are several villages along this river. For example, there are Shanghe Village, Linshui Village, and Xiahe Village near here, and Qiantan Village is a little further away from the river.

Every winter, the villages that are closer to the river will discuss which village will block the river to catch fish.

Village head Bai will call on the men of the village to go out and put things like bamboo fences tied with big stones and net ropes in the river water, so that the fish in the river cannot swim away.

Then, all the people in the village can catch fish on the bank of the river, and those who are brave enough can row a boat to the middle of the river.

All the fish caught on this day belong to each family. It is up to them whether they keep it for themselves to eat, or take it to the county town to sell.

There are many men in the family, and they can catch two to three hundred catties of fish in one afternoon. Live fish usually cost six cents a catty, and the price will increase before the Chinese New Year. Bigger fish can be sold for eight cents a catty, and smaller fish can be sold for seven cents .

If one hundred catties of fish are taken to the county town to sell, the income is seven to eight hundred Wen, and two hundred catties of fish is one or two halves. The aunt who knows how to live can live a prosperous year with the money from selling fish.

Therefore, every year the village chief called everyone to block the river to catch fish, and the people in Shanghe Village were very active.

Although catching fish can make a lot of money, in the past, Mrs. Li would only let the old man Li take Li Chengzhi and Li Chengli to catch fish. As for the female relatives and children, they are too short and strong to snatch others, in case they are squeezed into the river If you catch a cold and get sick, you have to pay for the extra medicine, and she has always been forbidden to go.

This year the Li family split up, Li Chengzhi and Bai Xiuhe in the big house are now busy with the soup rice noodle business every day, the old man Li is getting older, and the old lady Li is worried that he will compete with those young people, Li Mingde and Li Ming Li's two-and-a-half-year-old children are even more worried that there are no adults to take her with them, so they simply don't go to catch fish.

With the absence of people from the Li family's big house, the number of people waiting to catch fish by the river has not decreased at all. After receiving the notice, everyone flocked to the river with fishing tools after lunch on the 25th day.

In the past, Qian Xinghua could only be greedy at this time, calculating how much her mother-in-law could get for selling the fish that her husband and the others caught.

This year, Li's family split up, she can sell all the fish that Xianggong catches, and hold all the money in her own hands. Thinking about it, she is very excited!

Going out with the bucket that was going to catch and fill the fish for a while, Qian Xinghua smiled so much that her eyes were hidden in the wrinkles and she could barely see.

After walking a few steps, she felt that something was wrong, so she asked Li Chengli to go to the river first, and she would arrive later.

In the past, Mrs. Li only let the men in the family go fishing by the river, and Qian Xinghua could only watch eagerly as the women and children from other families returned with a full load of fish.

Now that she can be the master of the house, of course she can no longer let her two daughters who are old enough to be lazy, she must ask them to go to the river together, and one more person can catch more fish. This is all money and cannot be let go. Pass!

Returning to her yard again, Qian Xinghua cursed at the top of her voice, "You two lazy girls who don't have any eyesight at all. I don't know that the village is about to block the river to catch fish. You two just know how to hide at home. Take the bucket and go out with the old lady, if the two of you catch less fish later, let's see how the old lady will deal with you!"

After the Li family separated, the old lady Li asked the second room to seal the door on the right side facing the Li family's courtyard, and they opened a new door on the outer wall.

When she was at Li's house, she was used to entering the house first in the courtyard. Qian Xinghua felt that it was not good to open the newly opened door of her house directly to the outside. The stove house and thatched hut are surrounded, and there is a simple yard.

Li Mingchun, who was working in the house, heard the commotion outside, and looked at Li Mingxia suspiciously: "Fourth sister, mother, do you want the two of us to go out fishing with her?"

Li Mingxia heard it too, she was more puzzled than Li Mingchun, they had never been involved in fish milk fishing in the village, why would mother call them?

Qian Xinghua walked into the house in three or two steps, put the bucket on the ground, and looked at her two daughters fiercely: "What are you two doing just sitting around, take the bucket and follow me out!"

Li Mingxia was a little more courageous, so she asked, "Mother, before grandma didn't let us go out to catch fish, can my second sister and I go there?"

After the separation, of course Qian Xinghua didn't like being oppressed by Mrs. Li, so she casually grabbed the thin rattan stick beside her and yanked it at the daughter who dared to talk back: "Your mother and I are the masters of this family. It's your turn to speak."

"Mom, I was wrong, my second sister and I will go out with you now." Li Mingxia hurriedly covered her face with her hands and buried her in front of her chest, trying to shrink her wrists, neck and other places that could not be covered by her clothes.

This kind of thin cane will not hurt the body, but it will be very painful. If the skin on the face is broken, it may even disfigure the face.

Li Mingxia was very worried about being drawn by Qian Xinghua's cane, and there were sadness, sadness, and resentment in her hidden eyes.

In the past few months after the separation, she and her second sister have been beaten by her mother many times. As long as they don't do things according to her mother's request, they will be beaten if they ask more questions. Before, they wore thin clothes and the rattan slapped them very painfully. .

Wanting to rush to the river to grab a place to catch fish, Qian Xinghua put down the cane after a few puffs, and asked her two daughters to follow her out.

When people from other families want to go out to catch fish, the adults always carry the big buckets, and let the children carry the fishing nets or small buckets.

Qian Xinghua was different, she asked her two daughters to carry things with empty hands, and the people who went fishing by the river couldn't help but look at them more.

Qian Xinghua has always had a thick skin. The two girls were born in October of her laborious pregnancy, and they grew up eating rice noodles from their Li family. She can treat her girls as she wants, just like everyone else. It didn't matter, she just walked ahead with her head held high as if those eyes didn't exist.

Li Mingchun and Li Mingxia gritted their teeth and followed behind with a heavy wooden barrel, all the way to the river in silence.

At this time, Village Chief Bai had gathered all the men in the village, and at the turn of the shallow river on the side of Shanghe Village, he organized everyone to row a boat and put the fences and other objects used to stop fish into the river.

In the winter, the working men were so tired that they sweated profusely, took off their cotton jackets and continued to work enthusiastically.

The crowd watching by the river watched with gusto. Whenever the boat shook due to the flow of water, they would be anxious and worried.

About half an hour later, the river was successfully intercepted, and the village head Bai gave an order that everyone can start fishing, and the river bank cheered.

Qian Xinghua pushed her two daughters to occupy a good position, and asked them to squat down and fish together.

Li Chengli knew how to row a boat, so he found a guy from the same village with whom he had a good relationship to row a boat together and catch fish on the river.

The river bank was in full swing, and everyone said what they said, whoever caught a big fish would definitely arouse everyone's surprise and discussion.

After a lively afternoon, Li Chengli's two buckets were full of fish, and they were all big fish.

Qian Xinghua's harvest here is not small, two buckets are filled with fish, and the other two buckets are about half full, but their side is mostly small fish.

According to a rough estimate, Li Chengli's family harvested at least sixty catties.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Village Chief Bai quickly called a stop and asked everyone to pack up their things. After a while, he had to organize the men to remove the fence that blocked the fish, before it was too late.

Tomorrow it's Linhe Village's turn to catch fish. If they stop upstream, the people of Linhe Village will be unhappy, and it will be ugly if the two villages get into trouble because of this.

Seeing that there were still many fish swimming around in the water, Qian Xinghua felt unwilling, but she didn't dare to disobey the words of the village chief, so she could only grumble a few words and stood up reluctantly.

After bending over and squatting for a long time, she suddenly stood up, Qian Xinghua's eyes darkened for a while, and she reached out to grab Li Mingchun on her right who also just stood up.

Li Mingchun is short. In order to be able to catch fish, she stood closer to the river. There were some moss under her feet. She was very careful not to slip, and Qian Xinghua grabbed her hard without any precautions, and her feet flinched in pain. After a while, the person followed and slid forward.

Just as she was about to slip, a pair of slightly rough hands stretched out to support her, and quickly retracted after she stood still.

Li Mingchun turned around and looked around, but couldn't see who helped her, and looked a little dazed.

At this time, the riverside was in chaos, everyone was packing up their things and preparing to go home, and no one noticed that there was a small situation here.

Qian Xinghua didn't notice that Li Mingchun almost fell after she stabilized herself, she just carried the bucket and left. Seeing Li Mingchun still standing by the river in a daze, she shouted to Li Mingchun: "Damn you!" Lazy girl, hurry up and pick up the bucket!"

The three of them, mother and daughter, brought four buckets. When they came to the river, Qian Xinghua asked her two daughters to carry the empty buckets. Now the buckets are full of fish. She will send them to the county town for money tomorrow. The water cannot be spilled to dry the fish. To be on the safe side, she chose to carry two full buckets by herself, and the remaining two half-filled buckets were carried by her daughter.

Looking at the alive and kicking fish, Qian Xinghua automatically converted them into copper plates. She carried two buckets full of copper plates. The fish were sent home and raised in large tanks.

The two sisters, Limingchun and Limingxia, followed with difficulty carrying heavy wooden barrels, especially Limingxia, who was only eight years old and couldn't walk fast at all.

Qian Xinghua's back was getting further and further away, and there were no one around. Li Mingxia put the barrel on the ground to pant, and asked Li Mingchun who had stopped to wait for her: "Second Sister, did you almost slip when you got up just now?"

"Well, my mother grabbed me at the time, and I couldn't stand still." Li Mingchun nodded, "Fortunately, someone helped me. The riverside was too messy at that time, and I didn't know who it was."

Li Mingxia looked nervous, and she whispered in Li Mingchun's ear, "I can see clearly, it's Bai Chen from the Bai family."

Her second sister is already 12 years old, and in a year or two she should start talking about marriage. Li Mingxia was worried that if this matter was seen by other people and spread, it would affect Li Mingchun's reputation.

Li Mingchun naturally thought of this too, and her face froze: "It's him, I haven't had any contact with him before, Fourth Sister, what do you think I should do?"

Li Mingxia thought for a while, and said worriedly: "I can only pretend not to know, the riverside was chaotic at that time, I hope no one else noticed."

While the two of them were whispering, Qian Xinghua noticed that the two daughters hadn't followed, she put down the bucket and turned her head aggressively, scolding: "You two dead girls, you know how to be lazy and write something in the back, waiting for the old lady to come over Help you carry it!"

The two sisters didn't dare to say anything more, picked up the heavy bucket, and walked home with a heavy heart.

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