After going to the countryside, I rely on the sign-in system to bring my sisters along

Wen Xi nodded. As long as he didn't feel tired, it was fine. She didn't force him to do so.

When they returned home at night, the water that had been dried during the day was still not cold. Qin Mi helped Wen Xi carry the water to the bathroom. Wen Xi went back to his room to get his clothes, took a shower, and went to Shen Jiaojiao's room to sleep.

In mid-June, the Harvest Team began to harvest wheat. Captain Qian arranged for other people in the village to cook in the canteen, so Wenxi and the other three did not have to cook. After all, there were more important watermelons that needed them to take care of.

Wenxi no longer cooks for everyone, so everyone no longer has as good meals as before, because others are not as generous as Wenxi and pay for the seasonings out of their own pockets.

No matter how much we missed Wenxi's cooking skills, there was nothing we could do. We could only eat the old meals that were lacking in oil and salt. Now that we had easier things to do, Wenxi no longer wanted to go to the cafeteria to cook for everyone.

Every morning when it’s cool, we go sit in the thatched hut in the watermelon field for a while and then go back.

That day, when Wen Xi was sitting in the thatched hut, enjoying the breeze and drinking tea, she suddenly heard the postman calling her. She hurriedly came out of the watermelon field with her teacup to sign for her letter.

As soon as she turned to leave, she heard the postman calling Lin Yiwan's name. Lin Yiwan went over to sign for the letter and left without saying hello to Wen Xi.

Wen Xi felt a little strange, but did not ask too many questions. He returned to the thatched cottage and opened the letter written by Pei Jingzhou. This letter was written two days after Pei Jingzhou returned. He was afraid that the letter was too slow to write, so he sent a telegram to report his safety.

Wen Xi put the letter away after reading it, and then called Shen Jiaojiao to go back together.

The watermelons are now slowly ripening, and we need to ensure that there are always people in the watermelon field, so everyone takes turns. Wenxi and her friends sometimes have to wait in line during the hottest time of the day, but staying in the thatched hut without having to bask in the sun is much more relaxing than going to work.

When the watermelons are ripe, they are picked and sent to the units that have placed orders for watermelons. The number of ripe watermelons in the fields is decreasing, while the deposits in the brigade are increasing.

Captain Qian was in a good mood and often arranged for people to buy pig offal and bones for free as a snack for everyone. Even if the food cooked by others was not tasty, it was still a dish of meat!

At noon, when everyone had finished their meal and were resting outside the cafeteria, some people were enjoying the breeze by the river bend. While washing their hands, Wenxi quietly threw stones coated with fish anesthetic into the river bend. After a while, everyone saw many fish floating on the water, both big and small.

Someone saw it and hurried to find Captain Qian. Captain Qian came over and saw so many fish, so he quickly asked people who could swim to go into the water to catch the fish.

Someone asked worriedly, "Captain, is there something wrong with this fish? Can it be eaten?"

Wenxi came over and said, "Is there any problem? First catch the fish and put them in clean water to see if they can survive. If they can survive, it means that these fish are just lacking oxygen, so they must be edible."

"Yes, let's catch the fish first," said Captain Qian.

Afterwards, the young people in the team who could swim jumped into the river like dumplings. When they caught the fish, they threw them onto the shore, and the people on the shore picked up the fish.

The fish anesthetic is effective for one hour, but Wenxi did not throw the fish all at once. She threw them intermittently, so it took more than an hour for everyone to pick up the fish, and they picked up several thousand kilograms of fish.

Because I was not sure whether the fish were edible, I took a few fish and put them in clean water. I waited until the fish regained their vitality and jumped around. Once I was sure that there was nothing wrong with the fish, I knew that they were edible.

Most of the villagers supported distributing the fish and letting everyone decide how to eat the fish, so Captain Qian organized everyone to sort the fish according to large, medium and small sizes, and then distributed the fish to everyone. Almost every family received hundreds of kilograms of fish, including large, medium and small sizes, which was very fair.

The villagers all had bright smiles on their faces after receiving so many fish, but they still had to work in the fields, so each family left one person to process the fish, while the rest went to work in the fields.

Wenxi and the other two were also processing the fish by the river bend. There were too many of them, and they would have to fetch a lot of water from the well to clean them up. Also, the whole yard would be filled with the smell of fish.

Wenxi used a knife to remove the fish scales and then gutted the fish. Shen Jiaojiao was responsible for removing the fish's internal organs, while Jiang Yue was responsible for cleaning the fish. They had eaten the chickens they raised last year, and this year they brought back a few more chickens to raise, so Wenxi cleaned up the fish scales and internal organs and took them back to feed the chickens.

"Xiaoxi, how are you going to eat so many fish?" Jiang Yue squatted in front of Wenxi and asked curiously.

"The weather is too hot now, so these fish can only be marinated and then dried. We'll make spicy fish fillets and braised fish fillets later, but we can make boiled fish tonight." Wen Xi said.

"Xiaoxi, can I catch a few fish?" Jiang Yue asked tentatively.

Wen Xi knew what she meant and nodded. Then Jiang Yue picked out a few fish with strong vitality from a pile of fish that had not been processed yet and put them into the bucket.

This can indeed keep the fish alive for two extra days.

Wenxi also kept a few big fish, planning to eat fresh ones because she didn't want to eat salted fish every day.

It took several people until the evening to process the fish. When they took the fish home, Wen Xi threw the fish scales and fish entrails directly into the chicken coop. Then he took out salt and sat under the eaves to rub salt on the fish, smearing salt all over the fish, and then stacked them one by one in the pickle jar.

In fact, it is okay not to take them out to dry, because some smaller fish will become a shell after drying, and there will not be much meat to eat. Just put them in the pickle jar and take out a few when you want to eat them. They are still moist and not turned into a shell.

Wen Xi had not finished pickling the fish until Qin Mi came over. She stood up to stretch her sore neck and shoulders. Qin Mi walked behind Wen Xi and reached out to massage her shoulders.

After massaging for a while, my shoulders really felt much better.

Qin Mi helped carry the jar of pickles to the kitchen and put it against the wall. Now Qin Mi stayed in Wenxi's room at night, so Wenxi had no way to use the cover of the room to put the fish in the system warehouse. This way, no matter when the fish was taken out, it would be as fresh as fresh ones.

Now that Qin Mi lives in her room, everything must be done in an orderly and honest manner.

"There's boiled fish I made in the pot, go and eat it." After Qin Mi put the pickled fish in the pot, Wen Xi reminded him to eat.

Qin Mi opened the lid of the pot and took out the dishes and placed them on the table. There were boiled fish fillets, braised eggplants, and scrambled eggs with tomatoes. Qin Mi was a little surprised, "So many?"