The fish pond of the Shanghe Village production team is not big, but the good thing is that it has not bottomed out in two years, and it actually caught a lot of fish.
I don't know how these fish survived when the drought was severe two years ago. Anyway, the members of the production team were very happy, and they were filled with dishes.
The club members who were watching the excitement on the shore were beaming with joy. Seeing that they had almost caught the fish, the old Liu waved his hand: "Divide the fish."
After Gu Mingdong came ashore, he wiped his hands casually and threw the clam shells in his pocket into his bamboo basket.
His action was not secretive. The club member next to him saw it. He took a look and found that it was just an ordinary clam shell, so he didn't notice it. He also joked: "A Dong, you caught so many fish today, why don't you hurry up and pick them out?" Go back with a few big ones."
"The clam shell looks big, but in fact it doesn't have much meat. It doesn't smell like fish when you eat it." Another person also said.
"Have a taste, I'll share the fish right now." Gu Mingdong smiled and picked up the bamboo basket and walked to where there was already a long queue.
Gu Sanmei and Gu Simei came over after cooking. They had just received the twins from Third Aunt Gu, and each of them pulled a nephew in the middle of the queue.
Seeing Gu Mingdong, Gu Simei said quickly: "Brother, let's line up to share the fish. You and the second brother should go home and change clothes first. Don't catch a cold in this weather."
"I'm not cold at all." Gu Erdi said happily, still holding the big turtle spirit in his hand.
Gu Sanmei glared at him: "It will be too late when you know you are cold. You will have to spend money if you catch a cold or get sick. Go back and change clothes quickly."
The second brother Gu was still reluctant to leave. He had already set his sights on the target when he was fishing.
Gu Mingdong pulled his younger brother: "Go home and change clothes first. It won't be that fast to divide the fish. It won't be too late to come back after you have changed."
When the second brother heard this, he ran away and ran home.
"Like a monkey." Gu Sanmei complained.
Gu Mingdong smiled and handed the bamboo basket to his sister. Gu Simei took a look and said, "Why is there a clam shell in it?"
"I want to eat clam meat. You can order a few more later to make a meal."
When Gu Simei heard that he wanted to eat, she immediately agreed: "Okay, then I'll order more."
"One meal is enough. Mussels are not as delicious as fish, so just try something fresh." When Gu Mingdong went home, he wanted to take the twins back, but the two little ones were reluctant to part with the excitement and refused to leave.
Before leaving, Gu Mingdong said: "Don't take out the clam shells in the bamboo basket. I caught them with my own hands."
"I know." Gu Simei agreed obediently.
Afterwards, he smiled at Gu Sanmei and said, "Brother, why are you like a child? You think what you catch is delicious."
Gu Sanmei also laughed: "Actually, the eldest brother is not old either, he just got married early."
The twins were still standing on tiptoes, pulling the bamboo basket and looking inside.
Gu Sanmei smiled and asked, "What did you see?"
Gu Liangxing shook his head and said: "The biggest clam shell that dad caught with his own hands is the biggest."
Gu Liangchen took a sip and said, "It looks delicious."
"You can see this." Gu Sanmei was amused and laughed.
Fish is no easier to weigh than pork. Each fish is different in size and variety. It is easy to cause conflicts if you divide more or less.
According to the custom of the Dahe Village production team, fish is divided according to the household and the number of people in the family, and adults and children are also different.
This can easily lead to disputes, but Lao Lao Liu also has experience in this area. Those who go down to the pond can't get more points than those who go down to the pond. It's first come, first served. It's really not enough to supplement with small fish and clam shells.
Lao Liu had a good plan, but something went wrong not long after.
It was Li Tiezhu's mother-in-law who started the trouble. Unlike the honest and honest Li Tiezhu, their daughter-in-law was known to be strong. In her words, the man in charge was too honest, and she would be bullied if she didn't be tougher.
This time she happened to be behind Widow Liu.
"That's not right, captain, Widow Liu's family only has four members, and two of them are still babies. How can she get so many fish?"
Widow Liu, who was at the front of the queue and filled the fish in a basin, was stunned and glanced at the old Liu subconsciously.
Frustrated old Liu had no choice but to explain: "Their family's Dazhu is getting married, so getting some fish so that there is a dish on the table is calculated as work points. It will be deducted from their family's work points next year."
I don't know if others believe this, at least not the Liu Tiezhu family.
Li Tiezhu's family continued to shout loudly: "Hey, it's great to have a wife. It's great to be a city person. You can also borrow work points from the brigade to host banquets."
Widow Liu looked ugly and retorted: "Every household borrows work points from the brigade, and it's not just my family."
Li Tiezhu's family sneered: "No one's son is over 20 years old, and there is not even a single person in the fish pond."
"The men in our family are sitting in the fish pond in the cold weather. Some of them are enjoying themselves at home, waiting for others to come to their door. Those who don't know think they are young men from the old society."
She felt sorry for her man. Everyone said that Li Tiezhu was stupid, but she cared about her man and was not happy to see others being lazy. Because they were lazy, Li Tiezhu had to work more.
As soon as he said this, the surrounding commune members all felt that this was the truth. No one in the world was cold at the fish pond, but every household had at least one person, and some even the whole family went out.
But Widow Liu's house is in a good place. No one was seen just now, and the fish is running fast.
Women and children don't need to go down, but Liu Dazhu, a grown man, is nowhere to be seen, so others are naturally unhappy.
Widow Liu secretly thought it was not good and wanted to scold her back, but when she saw the unkind faces of the people around her, she immediately wiped her tears and cried: "You are bullying no one in our family. Dazhu has been weak since he was a child. You let him fish in the winter." Tang, you want his life!"
The Li Tiezhu family just didn't accept this trick: "Bah, he is weak, but I think he is very thick-skinned."
"Captain, I'm just going to put my words here. This fish belongs to everyone. Who agreed to give them more?"
Lao Liu's face turned dark. He didn't expect that such a trivial matter as dividing the fish would cause trouble: "I told you that it's not for free, it's in exchange for work points."
He had forgotten that there had been a famine in the past two years. The situation in the village was a little better this year, but no one was short of meat. Fish was also meat. Besides, it would be very honorable to bring an extra fish to his parents' house for the New Year.
But there are only so many fish, and if someone shares more, someone will naturally share less.
Widow Liu was a bit too greedy and only picked the big and good ones. No wonder the people behind her had objections.
Li Tiezhu's family said loudly: "Has their family paid off the work points they owe to the brigade? Can they still borrow it?"
"Everyone, tell me, do you agree with their family's use of work to host a banquet? What she took away should have been our fish, and I don't agree with this."
When she yelled, the people behind her yelled that they disagreed.
Li Tiezhu's family stared at the old Liu with side eyes: "Captain, you can't favor one of your own just because she is your sister-in-law."
What else could the old Liu do? He could only wink at Widow Liu.
Widow Liu's face turned green and white, and she suddenly put down the washbasin and rushed towards Li Tiezhu's family: "Why is it that our wife is in your eyes? I will fight with you."
The Li Tiezhu family was not easy to mess with, and the two women immediately got into a fight.
Lao Liu was so angry that his face turned blue, and he yelled loudly without seeing them stop: "Why are you still standing there in a daze? Pull them away."
"No one will break up if we quarrel again."
This threat finally worked, and the two women finally separated, but they stared at each other in disbelief.
Wrong old Liu knew that he couldn't give away the fish today, so he had to say: "According to the number of people in the family, sister-in-law, you are not allowed to borrow work points this time."
The last half of the sentence was obviously addressed to Widow Liu, and it was obvious that it would be convenient not to give her.
In the past, for the sake of relatives, Widow Liu's family was really in trouble, and Lao Lao Liu took care of her whenever he could. But now that the quarrel has started, Lao Lao Liu doesn't dare to be too partial.
Widow Liu was so angry that she trembled, but in the end she went back carrying the few lonely fish that belonged to her family.
Li Tiezhu's family was like a victorious rooster, spitting: "What's wrong with the widow? The widow can be unreasonable, so she shouldn't spoil their family."
Someone nearby advised me: "Okay, their family is also pitiful."
But Li Tiezhu's family snorted coldly: "It's pitiful. Who wouldn't be pitiful? My son is pitiful because he doesn't have enough to eat every three days and is so hungry that he cries."
Others didn't dare to persuade me anymore.
Gu Mingdong didn't hear about this until Gu Sanmei and others returned home after dividing the fish.
Gu Sanmei was beaming as she spoke, and finally said with a smile: "She deserves it. Everyone is staring at that little fish to celebrate the New Year, but she is better. She can pick a lot of fish at once. It's strange that the people behind have no objections."
Gu Simei said instead: "Maybe it's because their family is getting a wife, or it's a girl from the city. Many people in the brigade are jealous. It's hard to say normally, but today it happened."
When Gu Mingdong heard this, he felt that his fourth sister saw things clearly.
Widow Liu's family lives at the bottom of the village. Orphans and widowers have always been looked down upon by others. Now that Liu Dazhu can marry a daughter-in-law from the city, he is very proud.
As the wedding day approaches, Widow Liu often shows off to the village, which makes people feel uncomfortable after hearing it too much.
Especially if someone in the family is planning to have a son, it would be strange to be happy after hearing her words.
Gu Sanmei also agreed: "Their family is too flamboyant. Whoever gets married these days is so grand and has a face that comes to borrow money as a bride price. She deserves to be scolded."
Gu Mingdong took the opportunity to say: "So you have to remember that you live your own life. You just know how to live well and eat well. You don't need to tell anyone about it. If you say that others praise you on the face, they won't be happy for you secretly."
The second brother Gu said from the side: "I'm not stupid. I have to eat good food quickly. What do I tell others to do and let them snatch my food?"
The twins squatted next to them and listened to the adults talking. At this moment, they also said: "You can eat the delicious food by yourself, and you can't tell others."
Seeing how cute they were, Gu Mingdong couldn't help but rub their heads.
The Gu family brothers all went to the fish pond. They were given a total of twelve fish, some big and some small, but they certainly couldn't finish them all in one meal.
Gu Simei rinsed them neatly with her hands and feet, and put the ones that were still alive into the water tank: "These can be kept for a while, and we can eat them after the Chinese New Year."
The two dead ones must be eaten quickly.
After cleaning up, Gu Simei said again: "Brother, you have to keep these clam shells for a few days, otherwise your mouth will be full of sand when you eat them."
Gu Mingdong brought out a big wooden basin: "Put it all here."
After saying that, they saw a big guy crawling out from the pile of clam shells, crawling around menacingly, which made the twins scream.
He asked strangely: "Who brought this big turtle spirit back?"
The second brother Gu was laughing beside him: "I brought it back. No one likes to eat it. They all say it has no meat, but I heard others say it is very filling."
Looking at the turtle who held his head high and could bite it in one bite with his chopsticks, Gu Mingdong said helplessly: "Okay, you can eat it if you like."
He glanced at a large basin of clam shells and couldn't help but get a headache. Just now he said he wanted to eat it just so he could bring it back without attracting attention. Now, the fourth sister thought he liked to eat it and brought back a lot of it.
Gu Mingdong's mind changed and he simply poured out half of it and put the target clam shells in: "I'll go to my aunt's house and give them some fish and clam shells to try."
"Brother, come back quickly. I'll stew the fish first and eat it together when you come back." Gu Simei shouted.
Gu Mingdong waved his hand and went out carrying the bamboo basket.
Halfway through, Gu Mingdong stopped next to the big rock again. After making sure that no one was around, he stretched out his hand and found the big clam shell accurately.
The clam shell closed tightly without any gaps, but Gu Mingdong had his own way.
The supernatural power quietly exuded a fatal charm, and even a clam shell could not resist it, and it quickly let go of the opening.
Gu Mingdong quickly stretched out his hand to hold it down, then cracked open the clam shell.
Seeing clearly what was on the clam shell, Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows slightly.