The Sweetness of the Seventies

Chapter 84 Envy, jealousy (monthly ticket 180+)

After He Tiantian heard this, he almost threw away the bowl in his hand. Zhang Qingshan said in front of the good snake king that it seemed not good to eat its "offspring"!

He quickly comforted the Snake King in the barrier: "Snake King, don't be angry. Zhang Qingshan is very hungry. He didn't mean to say that he wanted to eat your kind..."

"Hmph!" The Snake King snorted contemptuously, "You low-level humans just eat these despicable snakes. I am a spiritual snake, not the same kind as them!"

"Haha, that's good, that's good." He Tiantian felt relieved, as long as it wasn't protected by the Snake King, it could be eaten.

After eating and resting for half an hour at noon, Village Chief Qi began to lead people down to the river to work. Before leaving, he praised Zhao Dajiao, He Tiantian and Qi Xiaoyan. And just let them do some light work on the shore after cleaning up.

After having a good meal at noon, everyone felt strong enough to work in the afternoon. In the evening, they actually completed 150 meters, exceeding the target.

When we returned to the village in the evening, it was already dark. Everyone was tired after a long day, so everyone went back to their homes to look for their mothers.

Grandma Qi San had already prepared the paste and fried potatoes. He Tiantian ate some, talked to Grandma Qi San for a while, and then went back to sleep.

After the villagers returned, they said they had eaten chicken while working. While praising He Tiantian and Qi Xiaoyan for their generosity, Lin Xiaoru and Huang Jingli in the educated youth spot secretly regretted it.

"If I had known there would be delicious food, we would have gone to work." Lin Xiaoru said unhappily. She had not eaten meat for a long time.

Huang Jingli lowered her head, curled her lips, and said to herself, if you want to go, if you don't know how to work, they won't let you go!

Huang Jingli is self-aware that she is indeed not as good as others at work, and she is not very popular and cannot arrange light work, so she is not jealous.

"Okay, let's save some food and not go hungry." Huang Jingli said, "Didn't you see that after Wang Lei, Zhang Qingshan, Sister Wu, and Ye Xiaofan came back, they could hardly lift their legs. Those jobs were very heavy. If we can’t do it, don’t embarrass yourself.”

Lin Xiaoru also knew that what Huang Jingli said was true, but she felt uncomfortable. Why could He Tiantian do light work but others couldn't? It's so unfair, she wants to prosecute.

However, Huang Jingli cannot know about this, only she knows about it. Now that there is no oxcart to go to the county seat, Lin Xiaoru can't deliver the letter in person, so Lin Xiaoru has to suppress this idea for the time being.

Early the next morning, Qi Xiaoyan brought several baskets from home and asked Zhang Qingshan and Wang Lei to put them down.

Sure enough, when the two of them heard that there were five baskets, their eyes lit up. They hurriedly dug up a few earthworms with shovels, killed them and put them into the baskets. They took them to the bottom of the river and found a few more suitable ones. The position was put down.

There is a circle of barbs at the entrance of this basket. Once eels, loaches or fish get in, they cannot get out.

Qi Xiaoyan also brought a small piece of fishing net with him, and when he and He Tiantian were washing potatoes, they put it in the stream. In just a short while, they were able to catch one or two kilograms of fish. This is because these fish are very small and there are not many of them, so there are not enough for making soup.

"Xiao Yan'er, you are helping Director Zhao. Let me take a look here. Can I still say that I caught a fish?" He Tiantian arranged, and another four or five kilograms is probably enough.

After Qi Xiaoyan returned, she talked to Director Zhao, and Director Zhao agreed, letting He Tiantian catch the fish without any worries, and she would not be allowed to interfere with the steamed buns and cooking here.

There is still a lot of firewood. There is no need to chop firewood today. We only need to steam buns and stir-fry vegetables, which is enough for two people.

He Tiantian stared at the stream intently, and it took him an hour to catch more than one kilogram. Including the previous ones, the total was less than three kilograms.

"Director Zhao, look at this basket, there's only so much in it, it's probably not enough." He Tiantian was embarrassed. After working all morning, he got so much, it wasn't enough to eat.

Director Zhao looked at it, thought for a moment and said, "Then just cook the mixed fish soup, a small spoonful for each person, dip it in the steamed buns and eat it, it is probably enough."

At this moment, Wang Lei and Zhang Qingshan came over carrying a few heavy baskets, and said with a smile: "Director Zhao, Xiaoyan brought a few baskets, we went down to the river, and just took them up to take a look, the noodles were actually caught. A lot, see if it’s enough?”

Wang Lei was quick with his hands and feet and poured out the contents of the basket. There were not only crayfish, but also many small fish, as well as more than a dozen eels, two snakes, and many small loaches. They were all sorted out in five baskets, a whole bucket.

Director Zhao was in a good mood after seeing so much and said: "The loaches have mud in their stomachs, so we can't cook them today. We'll save them for vomiting up the mud in their stomachs before eating them. Throw away these two snakes, we don't eat them here." Today I’m going to make fish soup, stir-fried eels and fried potatoes.”

There are both meat and vegetables, and the portions are generous.

When Zhang Qingshan heard that Director Zhao was going to throw away the snake, he quickly said: "Director Zhao, if you don't want it, can you give it to me? We like to eat snake meat over there."

"Okay, you can take it." Director Zhao would not let go of this favor. They wouldn't eat it anyway, so there was no use keeping it.

Zhang Qingshan found two bamboo tubes, put two water snakes in them, and took them back to eat meat in the evening.

"You continue to dig up earthworms and put them in the basket to see if you can catch more. If there are more, you can make more tomorrow." Director Zhao explained that there is meat and fish every day, and everyone can eat something good and work. More energy.

"Yes, Director Zhao, I want to go to the village to get a few more baskets after I go back in the evening. Looking at the situation just now, there are a lot of fish and shrimps in the water. I don't know why there are so many here? Why is no one fishing? "Zhang Qingshan said with a smile, young people have big appetites, and they still feel empty after just eating, making them very easy to get hungry.

After hearing this, Director Zhao said: "You don't need to bother me. I'll go back and look for it tonight. Everyone is happy to be able to eat meat. This is something raised in the river and has no owner. The commune didn't care about it in the past."

It would be even better if Director Zhao comes forward.

Director Zhao started frying potatoes, while He Tiantian and Qi Xiaoyan carried the bucket and knife to the creek to clean up these things. It was still one hour before it was time to eat, so they had to do it as soon as possible.

There were not many small fish, so He Tiantian asked Qi Xiaoyan to clean them up. After they were done, he sent them to Director Zhao and asked her to make small fish soup. He Tiantian continued to clean up the eels by the creek. These tasks were child's play for her, especially after Qi Xiaoyan left, her speed became faster.

By the time Qi Xiaoyan came back to help, He Tiantian had already cleaned up to the last item.

"Sister Tiantian, you are moving too fast. Have you cleaned the inside?" Qi Xiaoyan asked curiously, not believing her eyes. If she was allowed to do it, she might not be able to do it in half an hour.