Female Farming Pond Fish

Chi Xiaotong packed up her things and waited for a while. Sure enough, some students came back after dinner.

Chi Xiaotong shouted a few times and someone came to ask how much the plums were for.

"Two for a penny, five for two pennies!"

When the man heard this, he immediately asked for five. Students all had a few copper coins on them, and it would be inconvenient to bring too many into the school. A few were just right, convenient to carry with them, and could be used as a snack during breaks.

Most of the students who came back bought a few. When the plums were almost sold out, the school was closed and classes were resumed.

Chi Xiaotong packed up her things and walked back. Passing by the river, she washed the bucket and basin.

It’s long past lunch time. I was so busy that I didn’t notice it, but now my stomach is rumbling.

Passing by a shop selling steamed buns, feeling the heavy copper coins in his pocket, Chi Xiaotong decided to reward himself and bought two meat buns for four cents.

The meat buns here are really full of meat filling. Take a bite, the skin is thin and the filling is large, very fragrant. After eating two buns, Chi Xiaotong was very satisfied.

I kept a few dozen copper coins for future use, and deposited the rest in the bank. When I counted them, I realized that I had earned nearly three hundred coins today.

After arriving home and resting for a while, Chi Xiaotong went up the mountain with the basket on his back. He did not go deep into the mountain, but picked some fruits in the front mountain. He wanted to pick more this time.

This method is much better than picking mushrooms. You don't have to go to the back mountain, and you can earn a lot. But it's too tiring to carry them to town. Let's go by ox cart tomorrow.

When we go down the mountain in the evening, we wash the fruits and put the intact ones like plums in a backpack.

The next morning, Chi Xiaotong cooked two large buckets of canned food, carried some fruit, and took a bus to town.

This time they went early and the students had not yet finished school, so Chi Xiaotong found a shady place to sit and wait.

Not long after we sat down, someone came to buy something. A man came with a bowl and asked for a bowl of canned food. He took it back carefully. From what he said, he should take it back to his wife.

More people came, but most of them were students coming home from school. This time Chen Chengyu came out early, and Chi Xiaotong took the time to give her a bowl. Chen Chengyu wanted to pay, but Chi Xiaotong had already gone to greet others. She could only stand in the corner and eat.

After everyone left, Chen Chengyu wanted to give money, but Chi Xiaotong refused. "You saved my life, so what's wrong with treating you to a few bowls of canned food? Come over when you want to eat. Your bowl won't be a big deal."

Chen Chengyu couldn't beat Chi Xiaotong, so he had to give up. He thought about telling his mother when he got home and making up for it from other places.

It was the same today. When the students came back to school, the fruits in their baskets were almost sold out.

After that, I just repeated yesterday's steps and saved money. The difference today was that Chi Xiaotong didn't buy steamed buns, but a steamed bun, which cost one cent each. One steamed bun was enough to fill Chi Xiaotong up.

After returning home, I went to pick wild fruits again.

This went on for a while, and the autumn harvest arrived. Chen Chengyu's exam results came out, and he passed. Now he had to prepare for the provincial exam next year.

When Chen Chengyu returned home, she told her mother about Chi Xiaotong selling canned food. After hearing this, Chen's mother also decided to subsidize Chi Xiaotong from other places.

That night, Chen's mother was very happy and invited several relatives to have dinner together, and also invited Chi Xiaotong. Chi Xiaotong caught a rabbit as a gift.

Chen's mother drank with several elders, and Chi Xiaotong sat with Chen Chengyu and her generation and chatted. Men were not allowed to sit at the table here, and Chi Xiaotong could not change the local customs, not to mention that this was someone else's family, so it was even harder to say anything.

During this time, Chen's mother wanted to ask Chi Xiaotong to come over for a drink. Chi Xiaotong went over to pour wine for the elders, and then said that she didn't know how to drink. She took a symbolic sip in front of the elders and was then let go.

After dinner, before Chi Xiaotong left, Chen Chengyu mentioned that she was selling canned food. Chen's mother asked a few questions, and Chi Xiaotong answered them all. The Chen family was not jealous, but happy for Chi Xiaotong. Before leaving, Chi Xiaotong said to Chen Chengyu, "If you like canned food, come to my house when you have time, and I will teach you how to make it."

Before Chen Chengyu could refuse, her mother said, "That's your way of making money. Just keep your secret recipe to yourself. If she wants to eat it, let her buy it from you." Chen Chengyu nodded repeatedly to show her agreement.

Chi Xiaotong smiled: "Aunt, uncle, this is not a secret recipe. It's very simple to make. If you have time, come and have a look. You will learn it after watching me make it once. Once you learn it, you can cook it at home and you won't compete with me to sell it!"

That's true. Chi Xiaotong added, "We don't have to be so clear about the difference. What I make every day is sold out. Chengyu has eaten it, but Chengshan hasn't eaten it yet! Uncle will make it for Chengshan after he learns it."

Father Chen thought that his youngest son had never eaten it, so he wanted to let him try it, but he couldn't make the decision because it was someone else's recipe for making money.

In the end, Chen's mother agreed to let Chen's father go to school, but she also promised Chi Xiaotong that they would not use this to make money.

Chi Xiaotong could feel that the Chen family really treated her as one of their own. Naturally, she would not be stingy and was happy to share with them.

The next morning, Chen's father came with his son and eight stupid eggs.

"I heard from Cheng Yu that you always arrive in town around noon and make canned food in the morning, so I came here early so as not to delay your work and just watch from the side."

"Okay, I'm just going to start." Chi Xiaotong explained while making it. It was indeed simple to make, and Father Chen would learn it after watching it once. Chi Xiaotong collected the eggs, sent Father Chen out, and then took a bullock cart to the town.

After a few days, every household started to harvest crops. Chi Xiaotong didn't have any land, so she just kept doing what she did, selling canned food in the morning and picking fruits in the mountains in the afternoon.

It's autumn now, and most fruits are ripe, and many ripe ones have fallen to the ground. Many people sell fruits, so villagers don't pick many. The ripe fruits we found every afternoon were just enough. Everyone is busy with the autumn harvest, and it's the season for fruits to ripen. Looking at the fruits that fell to the ground, Chi Xiaotong felt sad but couldn't do anything.

First, I couldn't pick so many, and second, I couldn't use them all. I could only helplessly watch many fruits rot on the ground.