Eating melons and raising children in the period literature

"Auntie, are you here to watch the fishing too?"

Yang Qingqing looked at Zhao Xiaohua and several other women from the village, and took Wen Qian to say hello.

"It's Qingqing! Didn't Changhui tell someone to distribute the fish at 2 pm? He asked us to arrive on time with our gear. Are you guys going to take a look too?"

Zhao Xiaohua looked at Yang Qingqing and the others who were fully armed, wondering if they were also going to divide the fish. Did Changhui ask someone to notify Qingqing to join them?

In the past, when I asked him to give some to Liyue's family, he had a lot of reasons to say. Why is he asking him to do that now?

Could it be that they are the children of martyrs and they are given extra care? But I haven't heard that they have discussed it with the villagers! Don't let the villagers make a fuss, it will be difficult to end it.

"We heard that our village was fishing today, so I went to join in the fun. Also, I'm craving for meat! We'll go see if there's any left after you've divided it up, so we can pay to buy a few."

Zhao Xiaohua thought it was a good idea. The villagers should have no objection. After the distribution every year, there would be some left over. No one in the village would buy it, so it would eventually be sold at the supply and marketing cooperative in town.

This can save trouble and not offend people.

When the other people heard what Yang Qingqing said, they felt that they had just misunderstood Yang Qingqing's idea of ​​getting something for free, and they suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

So for the rest of the journey, everyone was particularly enthusiastic, as if this could ease the awkwardness

But Yang Qingqing didn't pay attention to these. The only thing she felt was that the Northeastern people were really warm and welcoming.

When they finally arrived, Yang Qingqing and her child moved to the side, where they could see the fishing process and stay away from the enthusiastic ladies.

After all, if she didn't stay away, she was afraid that she would have to solve her life's major event during the New Year. She talked about finding a suitable young man in the surrounding villages, and wanted to bring him to Yang Qingqing for a look.

Yang Qingqing gave up her enthusiasm for pairing up with Wen Qian because she thought that Wen Qian and her family were still young and needed her care, and her family didn't want to be separated from them in the future.

She saw Ma Changhui directing people to pull the net hard. The person closest to the ice hole was Dong Ke, whom she had secretly taken care of for the past two months. She didn't see Lan Tiansheng behind him, but the male educated youth in the village were in the center of the team.

Later I found out that the people who were sent down were all on the other side. They were the ones who collected the fish online. Although others followed suit, they could be lazy and take a break. They obviously didn't have this treatment.

Even the youngest Dong Anjie followed and worked.

Fortunately, Yang Qingqing has been secretly helping us recently. Otherwise, in such a cold weather, several people would have frozen to death or gotten sick.

Yang Qingqing took the quilts and cotton-padded jackets that her elder brother, sister-in-law and herself had taken off, all of which had large patches on them, and threw them in the yard. She also prepared several pairs of worn-out snow boots for them.

There are also many popular brown sugar ginger teas in later generations, and they were given a lot of them. This is something that Wen Jing has never seen before.

Seeing the men, women, young and old in the village working together, Yang Qingqing felt her blood boiling and she felt so happy that she didn't even feel cold.

Later, when everyone had shared the fish, she saw that each family had at least three days' worth of large fish weighing four or five kilograms. She thought it would be okay for her to sell a few as well.

"Brother Changhui, I see there are some fish left. I wonder if our family can buy a few? If not, forget it."

Yang Qingqing asked, but then she added, fearing that Ma Changhui would be embarrassed to refuse due to his personal feelings.

"Qingqing, if you want to buy it and you like that one, we will give it to you at the price of the supply and marketing cooperative, but you don't need a ticket. But if you want a lower price, that may not be possible."

Ma Changhui made his words clear and his voice was heard clearly by the surrounding villagers to avoid people thinking that he was partial or unconvinced.

It would be bad if I went to cause trouble for Yang Qingqing and the others later. I should talk it out now to avoid trouble.

"That's great. We don't need to pay for tickets. We're all getting a bargain. Then we should..."

Yang Qingqing walked closer and took a look. The remaining fish were either too big or small fish weighing less than two kilograms. She was a little hesitant and wondered how many to buy.

After thinking about it, I still think I should buy more. Pollution-free, pure and natural wild fish are rare, and they should taste better than the artificially raised ones in her supermarket.

Wen Yuan saw that Yang Qingqing didn't say how much she wanted, so he pulled her and said

"Aunt, let's order a few more. We haven't eaten fish for a long time."

He also wanted to eat the pickled fish that his aunt had made before, and later heard that grilled fish was also very delicious, so he also wanted to eat it.

But his aunt hadn't bought any fish yet, so he could only think about it.

Now that he finally has it, he doesn't want to miss it. He has already thought about how to eat it, so he can't buy too little.

"Okay, let's buy two more!"

Yang Qingqing originally planned to buy three large ones and three small ones, which were better than most in the village.

But with Wenyuan's words, she could buy more. After all, she was a spendthrift woman who doted on her children.

It can also scare off some sisters-in-law who want to matchmake for her.

"We want these five-day-old ones, and five smaller ones. Can you help us figure out how much it will cost in total?"

After a while, the accountant weighed them. One fish weighed 12 jin, two fish weighed 10 jin, two fish weighed 8 jin, and the remaining five small fish were all weighed 2 jin. Some were 1 liang less, and some were 1 liang more, so they were not recorded. They were all weighed 2 jin, which made it easier to calculate the accounts.

The last pound cost 50 cents, and Yang Qingqing spent a total of 25 yuan.

Some villagers were jealous when they saw that Yang Qingqing took out twenty-five without any regret.

But thinking that she had a second brother who was a soldier, she calmed down. She bought a lot and there were many people in her family. This must be the family of two families.

When Yang Qingqing bought it, she really didn't think about Yang Qinghe's family. She just wanted to eat together, so she didn't plan to buy extra for them.

Finally, Ma Changhui saw that Yang Qingqing and the others bought a lot and it was difficult to take them home, so he asked Ma Jianfang to help carry them and sent them home together.

Yang Qingqing also gave Ma Jianfang a handful of peanuts and melon seeds as a thank you gift for his help.

After this incident, many half-grown children came to help with the chores at Yang Qingqing's house. Yang Qingqing thought they were good friends of Wen Jing and her friends, but she gave them snacks to help maintain their relationship.

Little did they know that it was Ma Jianfang who was showing off in front of her friends. She got so many delicious foods just by helping to carry things, which made the children in the village envious.

Later, some people saw that Yang Qingqing needed help and offered to help. They also received a lot of snacks, and more people came forward to help.

I have to say this was a beautiful misunderstanding, but because of this, Wen Jing and her children lived well among the children in the village, and no one bullied or isolated them.

Yang Qingqing thought it was pretty good this time. The only downside was that it didn’t include killing the fish. She had to wait for her second brother to come back, so she couldn’t replace the smaller fish with a three- or four-pound one that was most suitable for the whole family.

But she was quite content with this. After cleaning up, she chopped the fish into pieces, and finally she could cheat.

I can only say that Yang Qingqing is really a clever little ghost