Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

"Here!" Xue Li hurriedly ran out of the woods and greeted the villagers.

When those who were nimble saw her, they quickly rushed into the woods and rushed over here.

Soon, the villagers carrying wooden basins, buckets and backpacks followed.

Jiang Yu and his companions had already caught a lot of fish. When they saw the villagers, they quickly called everyone to come and catch fish.

Fishing fish are hard to come by, so once you come across one you have to seize the opportunity. The villagers cheered and plunged into the joy of catching fish.

Everyone was busy working and no one had time to talk.

The simple scoop net for ginger fish shines like a light bulb among a large group of people who can only work with basins.

Zhuang Shouren's wife Cui Xiaofen nodded as she picked up the fish. "Young educated youth Jiang is really smart and excellent! I have never seen such a smart young man. Look at what he has gained. Wow, he is a talent, indeed a talent!"

"Who said it wasn't! Young educated youth Jiang is really this." The lady next to him gave a thumbs up and was very excited when she saw the fishing net for ginger fish.

But now everyone is rushing to catch fish, and no one has the time to make a second net, so this honor is destined to be borne by Jiang Yu alone.

About half an hour later, the water level began to drop and the sound of fish tumbling in the water disappeared.

This race against time to catch fish has come to an end.

The person in charge of catching the fish sat down directly, looked at his companions around him, and laughed out loud.

This sound seemed to have touched everyone's funny bone, and for a moment, everyone present laughed happily.

Zhuang Shouren looked at the wooden basin, bucket and backpack filled with fish with a satisfied look on his face. These fish should be enough for each family to get two fish.

But the most important thing is the great contributors. Zhuang Shouren clapped his hands, signaling everyone to listen to him. "Hey, I say, when it comes to distributing the fish, we must give more to the new educated youth. It was Shuipaozi who discovered the fish, and it was the educated youth Xiao Jiang who caught the most fish, so they have made the greatest contribution!"

"Of course! Jiang Zhiqing and the others must take a few more fish today, otherwise I'll be embarrassed to share them." A dark-faced sturdy man immediately agreed.

"Of course we should share more. We are all thanks to them~"

Guan Wenbin stood in the crowd, listening to the villagers' continuous praise for the new educated youth. His thoughts were surging. He couldn't help but hope that the educated youth assigned to the construction team could come soon so as to break the current one-sided situation as soon as possible.

Chen Xiaohua, however, only cared about more practical things. She pulled Mayanna's sleeve and asked, "You will cook today. Can you cook fish?"

Ma Yanna's face darkened. She didn't know how to cook. She had never cooked a big dish. When she was at home, her mother would cook the fish and meat because she was afraid that the children would waste the food... "Can you cook it?"

"He Yuanchao knows how to cook fish. Why don't you talk to her and change the day to cook?" Chen Xiaohua smiled awkwardly. She also didn't know how to cook fish, but He Yuanchao had cooked crucian carp soup last time and it tasted very good.

Ma Yanna frowned and clicked her tongue. Although she and He Yuanchao were roommates, their relationship was not very harmonious, so she didn't want to ask her for help at all.

Zhuang Shouren looked around and found that the accountant and the secretary were there, so he pulled them together and asked them if they wanted to divide the fish now. Anyway, almost every household in the village had someone there.

"That's fine. Let's divide it up. It saves everyone from having to go through more trouble." The accountant happened to have a notebook and a pen with him, so he could write down the details of how the fish were divided.

The secretary waved his hand and let them make their own decision.

Seeing this, Zhuang Shouren found a high spot to stand on and shouted at the top of his voice, "Quiet, quiet! I see everyone is here, let's divide the fish now, it won't delay you from going back to clean up the fish. Those who want to raise fish can scoop water and prepare it themselves, and those who don't want to raise fish can do it too. Get the tools ready to catch the fish."

The crowd immediately erupted in cheers, "Share the fish, share the fish, share the fish!"

The lady patted Jiang Yu's arm and said, "Little Jiang, the educated youth, go first! Go quickly and ask the team leader and the others to bring you more."

The old man next to him also said happily, "Yes, all of you young educated youth should go to the front, take the fish and go back to have a good meal."

Others made way to allow today's heroes to go to the front row to receive their rewards.

Among them, only Fu Biao knew something about the river fish here, but he only knew that Taima fish was delicious for making dumplings and that Mandarin fish was plump and delicious. So when the captain asked them what kind of fish they wanted, no one could answer. Zhuang Shouren smacked his lips and said, "You don't know what's good. I'll pick for you. If you can't finish the extra fish, you can make cured fish, salted fish, and smoked fish, so you can eat it for a while longer."

"Okay, thank you for your help, Uncle Zhuang." Chen Jinghan hurriedly thanked him.

Zhuang Shouren waved his hand, "You all call me uncle... Qiangzi, bring two more mandarin fish, the red-tail pickled salted fish is also delicious."

The fish for 6 people filled two backpacks.

The people behind had no objection to this. The auntie who was good at cooking even pulled Wu Aiqing to share with him what kind of wood would be more fragrant when smoking fish. When she saw that their fish was ready, she pushed him and said, "Go quickly, pick up more firewood on the way back and smoke the fish."

Wu Aiqing smiled and nodded, "Thank you, auntie."

"Don't be polite, just go ahead." The aunt took her backpack and took a few steps forward, ready to divide the fish.

Jiang Yu and Fu Biao were responsible for carrying the fish back to the educated youth site, while the others helped collect firewood. Xue Li would occasionally help pick the plants that Wu Aiqing pointed out could be used to pickle fish, and put them in a backpack and take them away.

That night, the entire construction team was filled with the aroma of grilled fish.

Braised fish in sauce, braised fish, fried fish if you have good conditions, or fish soup if you have average conditions, in short, every household eats fish.

The old educated youth in the front yard looked at the fish soup full of black spots, and their faces looked like the bottom of a stinky pot.

Guan Wenbin threw his chopsticks down with a bang. "Ma Yanna, is this the fish soup you cooked? Why didn't you tell me earlier if you don't know how to cook? What is this? You want us to drink hot pot water after a busy day?"

Ma Yanna's neck shrank, and then she said in a muffled voice, "It's not my first time to do it. I also did it according to the method taught by Aunt Wang in the village..."

"Bullshit, the Queen Mother told you to add onions and ginger when cooking, and told you to kill the fish and clean out the internal organs, but you don't listen to what others say?" Guan Wenbin was so angry that he was speechless, and he didn't forget to pinch his nose, "The fishy smell is so strong that you can smell it from eight feet away. If you can't do it, just say so, don't harm the things!"

Chen Lei frowned. He scooped a mouthful of fish soup into his mouth, but spit it out the next second. "Oh my god, it smells so fishy."

Fang Qianqian pouted in disdain, "What should I do now? Such a good fish is wasted like this..."

Chen Xiaohua was heartbroken, "We only got 7 fish in total..." The old educated youth did not have enough work points, so the villagers gave each of them a half-grown fish as a token of their appreciation.

"Ma Yanna, you don't have to eat our fish anymore. You can eat this fish yourself. We don't want it." Liu Qiang glanced at Fang Qianqian's disgusted expression, then suggested with a look of disgust.

It would be strange if Ma Yanna was happy about this. She shouted, "You all saw me cooking the fish. You didn't say anything at that time. Now that I made a mess, you blame all the responsibility on me? Ha, you just think I'm a newcomer, so you bully me, right? Dream on!" Ma Yanna didn't know what touched her, but after she shouted, she became furious and overturned the table.