Traveling through ancient times: living a different life

After finishing the potatoes, the family immediately started planting autumn rice.

Grandma hired five people to help at home, and together with the seven laborers at home, there were more than a dozen people who were good at work.

The planting was completed in three days, and we finished work early in the afternoon. Tomorrow we will plant eight acres of land with wheat, peanuts, and soybeans. Almost all the land in the house must be planted, and no land can be left vacant.

On the fifth day, my grandparents asked my fourth uncle to go to Datian Village to order fish fry, and the order had to be placed in advance.

Bi Yue called her fourth uncle to her grandparents' room and said to them, "You don't need to order too much. I can buy it, but you can't just take out so many fry out of thin air. It will be bad if the villagers get suspicious. So we have to go through the motions and buy less."

Biyue followed her uncle to Datian Village to see the fish fry.

Tingwei said he wanted to go with them.

Grandma said: "Tingwei stays to look after the two younger brothers. The elders in the family still have to go to the fields to plant crops. You are a boy, you must be responsible and be able to stand on your own when you grow up.

After leaving the village, along the way, there are large tracts of farmland on both sides of the dirt road in the village. They are all planted with green crops and full of vitality, representing the farmers' hope.

After passing through two villages, we arrived at Datian Village after about an hour. After asking for directions, we found out where the home of Old Man Luo, who raised fish, was. From a distance, we saw two fish ponds, and there were people spreading green grass into the water beside the fish ponds.

Fourth Uncle drove the carriage over and parked it under a big tree. It was shady and the light was dim here. There were a few stones next to the tree and people often rested here. He stopped the carriage and tied the ox cart to a small tree. He asked Bi Yue to wait for him in the carriage while he went to the fish pond to ask people. He didn't know if these two people were the owners of the fish pond.

Bi Yue got out of the car, took out the basin, put it on the ground, poured in primary spiritual spring water, and added a 0.5-liter bottle of mineral water before saying to Niu:

"Brother Niu, you must be thirsty after running so far. Drink some water quickly."

Niu Mang lowered his head and started drinking, finishing it in a few minutes.

Biyue let it have a good rest here because she had to leave again after finishing her work, which was very tiring.

The fourth uncle came over with the old man and the middle-aged man and sat down on a few rocks here. The middle-aged man had a red face from the sun, and he was wearing a short jacket and straw sandals. The old man was dressed similarly, and both of them looked very honest and loyal.

Uncle Si said, "Three cents for two is a bit expensive! It's impossible to guarantee that every fish is alive, so the cost will be even higher."

Not high, if you want 1000, if you want more, it can be cheaper.

Then he whispered to Biyue.

The father and son felt very surprised that the young scholar was talking to a little girl.

"I want 1500 pieces for 1200 wen. Is that okay?"

"1100, we'll let you have 100. Business is bad right now, but you guys can just pull the fish yourself. We won't make any money delivering the fish if there aren't enough."

"Okay then, we'll come back in two days to get the fish. This is the deposit."

My fourth uncle took out half a tael of silver from his clothes, took out a piece of paper and asked the other party to sign. The other party was literate, so he signed, agreed to come and catch the fish in two days, and then said goodbye and went home.

After walking for half an hour, they came to a shady place. Bi Yue said to her uncle, "Stop the car and drive a little further in. Let's take a rest. Traveling in such hot weather is tiring for both humans and cows. Let's eat something."

The fourth uncle responded: "Okay, Yueyue, if you don't tell me, I'm a little hungry too."

Biyue got off the carriage, went to the cow, poured it a basin of ordinary mineral water, untied the rope, let it eat some grass nearby, then got on the carriage and went to eat with her fourth uncle.

There was ice water, bread, watermelon, two chicken legs and two meat burgers on the small table in the car.

When Fourth Uncle saw so many delicious foods, his eyes were so happy that he started eating. Bi Yue was full after eating a piece of bread and a chicken leg.

"Uncle, please eat more. It's noon now. Is this enough? If not, you can buy some more. Don't be polite."

"That's enough. Thank you, my little Yueyue."

Bi Yue put other things into the locker, lay down inside, turned on by a small fan, and fell asleep in a daze.

The fourth uncle looked back and saw that his little niece had fallen asleep. He turned his head with a smile, slowed down the car a little, and arrived home after more than half an hour. He entered through the back door, bolted the door, called her softly, and when there was no response, he carried her out of the car, walked to the yard, and put her in her room.

The grandfather heard the dog barking, came out, and saw his youngest son holding his granddaughter. He followed him, thinking that his granddaughter was injured, and asked his youngest son: "Fourth son, what happened to Yueyue?"

"Dad, it's okay, Yueyue is asleep."

After putting Xiao Yueyue on the bed, taking off her shoes and socks, and covering her with a small blanket, the two went out.

Two days later, the uncle and nephew went to Datian Village to get fish fry. They put four buckets on the oxcart and put 1100 small fish in it. In order to prevent the small fish from dying on the way, they poured a bottle cap of intermediate spiritual spring water into each of the four buckets. They walked slowly on the way back and got home at more than 3 pm. They put the fish in the vent and shade. At night, they went to the field to release the fish. This time, they bought all carp.

When I arrived at the main hall, my grandparents, father, second uncle, and fourth uncle were all there. Wang and second aunt went to prepare dinner.

"Grandpa and grandma, I want to put fish fry in two fields, one for carp and one for grass carp. Both kinds of fish are easy to raise."

"Okay, whatever you say."

“Thank you grandpa and grandma for your support.”

Everyone agreed to the proposal.

"Now that there are fish in the paddy fields, Daddy and Second Uncle don't have time to go to the town or county to work. You can go to the fields to check on them from time to time. When I have time, I'll take you to dig herbs."

Grandma said, "This is a good arrangement. I'll listen to Nannan. You two have been out here for more than a month and you're tired and haven't eaten well. You've become thinner. If you go home and raise fish well, you'll have a good livelihood.

Last time, the three of you sold more than 30 taels of herbs. You gave 3 taels to the eldest and the second son, and 3 taels to Wang, which is considered Nannan's."

At six o'clock, the four men in the family, plus the granddaughter, drove a ox cart to the fields to release the fish fry. When they arrived at the place, they filled it with water, took out the grass carp fry from the storage cabinet, poured in spiritual spring water, and poured the fish in the bucket into the rice field. After finishing everything, they drove the ox cart again to face the afterglow and went home happily!