Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

Chen Tao's experience is indeed pitiful, but Chen Lang does not have the energy to take care of him now because he has a lot of troubles to deal with at home.

I’ll see if I can help Chen Tao when I have the chance in the future.

When I got home, Qin and Qian were shelling edamame in the yard.

When Chen Lang saw the edamame, he recalled an unpleasant experience from his childhood.

Salted edamame is one of the few snacks for children from farming families and is very popular among children. Chen Lang liked to eat salted edamame when he was a child, but he could only get a small handful each time.

At first, Chen Lang thought that Qin was fair and just because she gave a small handful to Chen Laosan and Chen Laosi. It was not until one day that Chen Lang saw Qin secretly stuffing their pockets with salted edamame that Chen Lang realized that he was the one who was treated differently.

From then on, Chen Lang stopped eating salted edamame.

At the same time, the two people who were peeling edamame also saw Chen Lang's family.

Qian was overjoyed. The worker had finally returned and she no longer had to shell the edamame.

When I peeled this thing off, there was dirt all under my fingernails, it was so disgusting.

Qin said calmly, "It's still early. Go to the river and get some shrimps and crabs. If you can't sell them, you can at least give your family a snack."

After saying this, he looked at Li Xiuzhi deeply, but didn't say another word.

Li Xiuzhi was mentally prepared to be scolded, but her mother-in-law didn't say a word, which really made her feel helpless.

I am not Qian, who can stay at my mother's house as long as I want. In the past, if I stayed at my brother's house for more than half a day, I would be scolded by Qin when I came back.

It's really strange that he didn't say anything today.

However, Qin was not unwilling to scold, but she was not prepared to scold in front of Chen Lang.

Today's Chen Lang is no longer the Chen Lang who hated his wife in every way. Instead, he has become a good man who loves his wife. This makes Qin Shi dare not scold Li Xiuzhi in front of him. What if she makes Chen Lang angry and he doesn't go fishing and shrimping to make money? Wouldn't she lose ten or twenty cents in income a day?

For the sake of the money, Qin could only endure it for the time being. After Chen Lang left, she would scold Li Xiuzhi harshly and release all the anger that she had been holding in her heart for a while.

Qin also believed that with Li Xiuzhi's personality, even if she scolded her or even beat her, she would not dare to complain to Chen Lang.

"I got it. I'll go after I put my things down." Chen Lang responded and took Li Xiuzhi and Guoguo back to the house.

After fastening the bolt and sealing the gap in the door, Chen Lang listened for a while and made sure that Qin and Qian were not eavesdropping. Then he took out the silver bills and a pile of loose change.

"This money is our biggest support for the division of the family. Xu Fei's medicine will take a few days, so you have to endure it for a few more days."

"Besides the money, find some time to hide all the other useful things in the house. When we split up, Mother probably won't let us take too many things with us, so it's better to prepare in advance."

Li Xiuzhi actually wanted to know how Chen Lang divided the family business, but since Chen Lang didn't elaborate, she didn't ask.

Li Xiuzhi opened the bundle and took out two silver ingots.

"This is what Xiaohu gave me. He said that you have finally turned over a new leaf, so I can give you money without worrying about you snatching it away and spending it on drinking and eating meat."

The two silver ingots together weigh about five taels, which is by no means a small amount for Li Xiaohu's family.

Chen Lang was anxious: "No, the money must be returned. He has a second child to support. Logically, we should be giving him the money. How can we take his money?"

"Besides, Xiaohu works so hard every day. How long will it take him to save up five taels of silver? This money is too hot to handle."

Li Xiuzhi's voice was a little choked up as she said, "I told Xiaohu the same thing, but he only said one sentence."

"You are my only sister in my life."

Chen Lang opened his mouth, and all the words he wanted to say finally turned into a sigh.

"Then keep it for now. When we divide the family and make money in the future, return it to him double."

After explaining everything that needed to be explained, Chen Lang grabbed a handful of copper coins and put them in his pocket, then walked out towards Fuyang River.

When they arrived at the fishing spot, the crab cage had just been put down, and there should be no catch, so Chen Lang was too lazy to pick it up to check. He put the fish hook on the bait and threw it into the water. After pressing the tail end with a stone, he began to sweep along the river.

No matter how abundant the resource points were, they could not withstand Chen Lang's daily carpet sweep. When he was about to return to the county town, the total amount of shrimps and crabs in his backpack was less than one-third of the basket.

Including the tiger ginger, fish mint and other things that I picked up, this basket is only worth seventy or eighty cents at most.

I went back to collect my fishing rod, but found nothing.

My luck is really bad today.

I went to the county town and sold all these things. On the way out of the city, I saw a vendor selling donkey rolls. I bought a few, wrapped them tightly and put them in my arms.

This way, even when you get home, you can ensure that the donkey rolls are hot.

When I got home, all the rooms were dark, only the kitchen was lit.

Chen Lang first went back to his room and hid the donkey rolls and the loose change he had on him in the cupboard.

When I came to the kitchen, everyone in the family was there except Old Man Chen and his two brothers.

Li Xiuzhi was busy in front of the stove, and Guoguo was busy in front of the stove hole.

Qin was holding Nian Nian, and Qian was holding Yue Yue, and they were chatting with a middle-aged man in his forties. Next to the man was a young girl who had just reached the age of marriage.

The little girl is called Chen Xia, Chen Erlang’s younger sister and the youngest in the family.

The emperor loves his eldest son, and the people love their youngest son. Although Chen Xia is a girl, she is the youngest, so she is still deeply loved by the old man Chen and his wife.

The man was Chen Erlang's uncle, Qin An, Qin's younger brother. He had passed the imperial examination and became a scholar over ten years ago, but hadn't made any progress since then. He was now a private school teacher in a wealthy family in the county town, and his life was quite good.

A few days ago, the daughter of a wealthy family who married far away in the provincial capital returned home to visit her parents. Qin An took Chen Xia with him, saying that he wanted Chen Xia to learn the wedding etiquette of a wealthy family and prepare for her future marriage.

It's been less than ten days and you've already returned from studying?

After seeing Chen Lang, Qin An looked him up and down, then nodded slowly and said, "Erlang, the last time I saw you, you looked listless. After so many days, I see you again, and you finally seem to have regained some spirit. This is what a scholar should be like. You must keep it up."

Chen Lang said: "My nephew will remember my uncle's teachings."

Chen Lang had a very good impression of Qin An because he was the only one in the family who could treat everyone equally.

The simplest example is that when Qin An was a child, he gave the same amount of New Year's money to his nephews during festivals.

Of course, Chen Lang’s New Year’s money would always be taken away by Qin on the pretext that “Mom is keeping it for you.”

But this was not Qin An's fault, so Chen Lang still had a good impression of his uncle.

Seeing Chen Lang empty-handed, Qin frowned and asked, "Didn't I tell you to go out and get some shrimps and crabs? Why didn't you bring anything back?"

Chen Lang said apologetically, "Mom, maybe I've been to that section of the river too often. I just walked all the way and didn't find anything."

"I'll go to another place tomorrow and I'm sure I'll be able to get some fish and shrimp. I'll give you the money from the sales when I come back."

Qin stood up and pointed at Chen Lang's nose, cursing, "I told you not to go pick them up, but you insisted on going. Not only did you not make any money all day, but you couldn't even get any fish or shrimp for your family to eat. Why did I give birth to such a useless thing like you!"