Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 210 Pregnancy

In the middle of the day, the people in the village came back and said that the fish was about to come out.It happened that Jinghan woke up and ate something, and she was in good spirits at the moment.Zixuan suppressed the excitement in his heart, helped Jinghan get dressed, and then everyone went to the lake together.

At this moment, the lake has begun to come out of the net.When the net is released, the net wheel is pulled by three big horses, and the sash and the hook on the net wheel cooperate with each other to bite the nets on both sides together.Each time, three nets on each side are pulled out from the ice surface, which is called a pull.The first pull has no fish, and the second pull starts to produce fish.When the fish comes out, the fish hanging on the net is pulled down to the ice surface together with the net, and then picked off, and the fish floating out of the net is scooped up with a ladle.There are not many fish in the first few pulls, but there will be more fish in the future. Because of the reason of catching fish every time, more fish are concentrated in the bottom net belly.

Gradually, all the nets on both sides came out, leaving only the last net belly. When the net belly was pulled out, the crowd on the ice boiled.I saw tens of thousands of fish jumping in the net, and people came forward with scratch hooks, hooked the fish out of the net, and threw them on the ice nearby.The fish jumped a few times on the ice, but because of the cold weather, they couldn't jump anymore and slowly froze.

Jinghan and Zixuan had never seen such a scene before, the icy lake became steaming hot because of the fishes coming out of the water.Thousands of fish are jumping like this on the ice surface. The scene of fish jumping in the ice lake is absolutely exciting.

Jinghan came to the front very excitedly, looking at the big fish, the bigger ones could weigh about ten catties, and the smaller ones weighed four or five catties, "Zixuan, look at these fish, they are bigger than ours. It's too big, it's too big. What about the head fish? Which one is the head fish? How heavy can this fish be?"

Zixuan nervously watched Jinghan jumping and dancing there, and stretched out his hand to hold Jinghan in his arms, "Miss, you should be careful. The ice is already slippery, so add some water, so don't fall down." Then, he used his arms to protect Jinghan in his arms, preventing her from moving.

Jinghan was a little strange, why didn't Zixuan let herself go to see the fish?Although she was a bit puzzled, Jinghan still nestled obediently in front of Zixuan and didn't move any more.

The fishermen began to load the fish into the cart. After a rough estimate of the head of the fish, they said that this net could catch about [-] catties of fish.When Jinghan heard it, she was stunned at the time, my lord, isn't this too powerful?
Yu turned his head to see Jinghan's shock, and said with a smile, "Thanks to your lord and madam, we haven't produced so many fish in several years. Usually, we call it Hongwang. A net, but it is a real red net. Tonight, let's hold a fish feast, and use this freshly caught fish to entertain your lord and wife."

While talking here, someone shouted over there, "The head fish is out, the head fish is out."

Zixuan took Jinghan's hand and hurried over there.Sure enough, among the crowd, a big guy was holding a big fish.That fish was so long, about three feet long, with its tail still on the ground.

"This guy must weigh more than [-] catties?" The fish head said happily, "We haven't seen such a big fish for several years, and tonight, we will use it to entertain our distinguished guests." Waving, the fishermen seized the time to load the fish on the car.These carriages are surrounded by wooden boards, which can hold a lot of fish.

Zixuan and the Sun brothers were talking there, "Brother Sun, Second Brother Sun, what do you think of this fish?"

Sun Jianye was still a little excited, "Okay, great, I have never seen so many fish, and they are so big. How about this, we will discuss with the village chief later, and we will catch them someday. These fish, we They are all responsible for helping to sell them, but we have to charge two Wen for a catty of fish, do you think this will work?"

Zixuan nodded, "There's nothing wrong with that. Without the two of you, the fish might not be sold, so it's settled. Let's go, let's go back to eat the fish first, and talk about other things later." Zixuan Xuan was a little excited, this net of 1000 catties, even if it was sold at ten cents per catty, it would be 200 taels of silver.800 taels were given to the Sun brothers, and there were [-] taels left.Every household in the village can get three taels of silver, although it is a little less, but here, I am afraid it can be used for a year.

The surface of this moon-soaked lake is 20 mu in size. Today, only one net was dropped, and even if it is twenty or thirty nets next time, there will be no problem at all.So if the fish is done well, the people in the village can earn a lot of money just for this item a year.Zixuan quickly calculated the accounts in his heart, but he had a bottom line in his heart.

All the men in the village came to help dress the fish, and every villager had a happy smile on his face.This year's fish is so good, it indicates that next year will be a good year with good weather and abundant grains.With yearning for a better life, people are working in full swing.

When all the fish were loaded into the cart, everyone drove the carriage and the horse sledge full of tools, and walked to the village together.When we arrived in the village, some women came over and unloaded a lot of fish, and then took them to each house to stew.Tonight, the whole village will have this celebration dinner together.The location is at the village head's house and several nearby families. The tables in these houses have been set up long ago, and they are all brought from each house.On the kang and on the ground floor, four or five tables were set up in a room. The workers went home and changed their clothes, and then came to sit and chat, waiting for dinner together in the evening.

Of course, Zixuan and the others were arranged to live in the village chief's house, the upper house's east room.The village head and several old people in the village accompanied Zixuan and the others to talk there.So everyone talked about what Sun Jianye said about selling fish just now.Hearing this, the village chief said that all these fish could be sold for help, and now he was very excited, and he kept holding the hands of the Sun brothers to thank them.

"Uncle Tian, ​​you don't have to do this, we also want to make money. This is a matter of reciprocity, as long as you don't think we smoke too much." Sun Jianye said.

"I understand this rule. I am also a village head anyway, and I have some knowledge. In this business, the middleman draws a bonus, usually five for one, and you don't want much. Eldest nephew, the fish in our village can I'll leave it to you, if it can be sold, then we can have a good New Year." The village chief was still a little excited, but gradually got better.

"Uncle Tian, ​​can you see if you can catch a few more nets in two days? Tomorrow, we will take the people in our village to sell the fish everywhere. It happens that the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and every household must prepare some fish. Is it the New Year? Let’s take advantage of this time to play a few more nets and earn more money, wouldn’t it be good?” Sun Jianye asked.

"Success, we used to get fish, but there was no place to sell it, so we didn't dare to catch more. Otherwise, can we raise the fish in this bubble to such a large size? Look at how big our moon bubble is, and there are only a few more today." A place? Yes, as long as you can sell it, we will cast a few more nets in a few days." The village head agreed very happily, which is a good thing. The fish that could only be eaten by the village in the past is now sold. It turned into money, and everyone was very happy.

Naturally, Jinghan didn't sit with Zixuan and the others. The village head specially found a few decent wives and girls to accompany Jinghan.They sat on the kang in the back room, the kang was very warm, and it was very comfortable to sit on the kang.Several daughters-in-law brought out melon seeds, and everyone talked and knocked melon seeds together.

At the beginning of You Shi, all the meals were ready, and the women in the village began to serve them.Today's protagonist, of course, is the fish.The women in the village are good at cooking fish.All kinds of fish, all kinds of recipes, this is a serious whole fish feast.

The village chief held up his wine glass and respected Zixuan and his party, "Thank you very much for today, our county magistrate. Thanks to you, we made a red net today. In addition, this fish can also be exchanged for money, and the little old man won't say anything." Let’s do it first as a respect, let’s do it.” The village chief drank the wine in the cup at once.

Everyone also toasted, Zixuan was not polite, and drank with everyone.

Jinghan and the others are in the back room, so naturally the food can be served slowly.When a few women came into the house with a large plate of fish, Jinghan smelled the smell of fish, but felt nauseated, couldn't help covering her mouth and wanted to run out.

A young daughter-in-law held her back, "Ma'am, go this way." It turned out that there was a small room attached to it, which should be a place to store sundries and relieve hands at night.Jinghan held a wooden barrel and vomited.She didn't eat much at noon, and there wasn't much to vomit in her stomach, she just retched non-stop.

Someone outside had already informed Zixuan, and Zixuan came to the house in a hurry. "Jinghan, what's wrong with you?"

Jinghan was getting better now, and she said with a pale face, "I don't know what's going on, as soon as I smell the fish, I feel like throwing up." Reaching out to take the water from the person next to her, Jinghan rinsed Gargle, "It's much better now, it's okay, maybe it's a cold, it'll be fine in a while."

An older woman next to her laughed, "You look young and inexperienced, so it's obvious that you have a baby. What kind of cold is it? Child, hurry back to my house with the old woman. You get something to eat alone. I’m afraid you’ve just started to feel sick, and you can’t smell fish.”

Jinghan was stunned by the old woman's words. She stretched out her hand and touched her belly, "Have a baby? Is this true?"

A daughter-in-law next to her also laughed, "It was the same when I was pregnant with my eldest. There is no fishy smell at all. After a few months, it will be fine. You should be like this. "

Jinghan thought about it, it seemed that her little day really didn't come this month, it must have been a long time.Jing Han patted her head, she was really too sloppy, she could even forget this.It turned out that she had a child, Jinghan couldn't help but giggle.

Zixuan heard about it at noon, and now that his wife was confirmed to be pregnant, he was also very excited.Putting her arms around Jinghan's shoulders, "Go, I'll take you to the aunt's house first, and come back later for a drink."

　The home is being renovated for a while, so the update time is a bit unstable, please forgive me for those who read the book.

　　
　
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