Traveling through the ages with the hotel, being doted on by four brothers

Chapter 120 The life of salted fish

"Yeah." Xia Qi was very happy after hearing Xia Chan's praise, and then turned around and went out. If he didn't go out, they would probably have to come back to arrest him. He just said he came back to use the toilet.

Xia Chan quickly put the two pieces of large yellow croaker into the space. In fact, she already had a lot of valuable things, but this was a gift from her brother, so she was very touched. Which brother would be willing to give such a valuable thing to his sister? ?
But she won't really want it. From now on, she will share it with her nephews and nieces, and she will never let her brothers suffer.

After Xia Chan made crayfish and distributed them to the captain's family and Qin Hongmei's family, the two families discovered that this unknown hard-shelled insect was quite delicious, and they also learned that this thing was called crayfish. Later, their children would eat it at night. When I go out to catch these things, I always keep half of them at home, and take the remaining half to Xia Chan to exchange for things.

Xia Chan also taught them how to process crayfish. Since there are so many crayfish in their rural waters, they always remove the lobster head directly and leave the lobster tail. It takes too much oil to cook the lobster head together.

Xia Chan told them that the eels and loaches could be cleaned and dried, and preserved for later consumption. The two of them also began to dry these things, so that they could have more dishes at home in winter.

Qin Hongmei has to manage the rabbit breeding farm, so she leaves these things to Jiang Dayong. Jiang Dayong has bad legs, but his hands are fine, so he can do these things.

That morning, after her brothers went to work, Xia Chan lifted the lobster net from the stream, poured the contents into a bucket, and never put it back into the stream again. Some time had passed, and the net looked old. She took it out and told her brothers that she had found it in the stream, and then asked her brothers to weave a few imitations of it using bamboo strips in the same style.

After that, Xia Chan went to harvest fruits and vegetables. The watermelons were quite ripe, so she left two in the basket and put the rest into the space.

There is very little fruit in this era, so it is very valuable. Even if you sell it in season, you can still get a good price. Unlike vegetables, you cannot get a good price in the season when vegetables are on the market in large quantities, and can only be sold in winter.

When the brothers came back at noon, Xia Chan took out a watermelon that had been soaked in cold water. With a snap of a knife, the fragrance of the watermelon instantly wafted out, and everyone gathered around excitedly.

Since the heavy rain, the summer cicadas picked all the watermelons that had been soaked by the rain. Later, many watermelons grew again. The summer cicadas would bring back a watermelon every now and then. Everyone ate a lot of watermelons, so I don’t know why they are still so greedy.

It could also be because it’s too hot; after all, it’s not autumn yet.

The watermelon that Xia Chan opened was not very big, so the five people finished it in a short time.

After dinner, Xia Chan handed the lobster net to Xia Bin, "Brother, I found this in the stream. It must be someone catching fish here. This net can really catch fish. It's much easier than catching them one by one. See if you can make one out of bamboo sticks. If you can, we can put this thing in the water at night and pick it up in the morning."

The lobster net has been dried and no longer contains any moisture, but after being soaked in water for so many days, it looks a little old. I'm sure Xia Bin wouldn't suspect anything.

As for why she looked for Xia Bin, it was because Xia Bin knew how to weave cattail mats and kang mats. Since he had this skill, he should be able to imitate it. What's more, the lobster net was actually not difficult to make, and she believed that Xia Bin could figure it out.

Xia Bin nodded, "Okay, then I won't go tonight. I'll stay at home to study this net. The net is so long and has so many holes for fish. It should be quite efficient to catch fish with it." How can it be quite good? It's very good, okay?
She can fill a bucket every morning, which is much more efficient than going out to catch them, which takes a lot of time.

September soon arrived and the elementary school started. Xia Chan began her teaching job again, but the classes were still in the afternoon. She spent most of the morning time in the mountains. After all, in September, many things in the mountains had matured.

Wild vegetables, wild fruits, mushrooms, nuts...

With a bountiful harvest every day, Xia Chan likes the mountains more and more. There is no pressure and he can still make money. Isn’t this the life of lying down and being a salted fish that many people pursue in the 21st century?
The potatoes, pumpkins and corn planted later in the fields are growing very well. Everyone is looking forward to it and is working in the fields almost every day. Even when they are not busy and do not need to work, everyone is still working in the fields. After all, whether they can fill their stomachs next year depends on these.

The summer cicada was also a little nervous. Under ideal circumstances, there would be food to harvest, but it also depended on the weather in the next one or two months. If winter came early, everything would be ruined.

So she also prayed in her heart that God would cooperate with her, show some leniency, and allow higher grain production.

Otherwise, everyone would definitely blame her. After all, it was she who suggested planting potatoes, pumpkins and autumn corn to the team leader, and that’s why the team leader decided to plant these three crops.

When relief grain arrived, the production team held a meeting and decided to reserve it for the places that needed it most. Because everyone had moved away in time, most of the food at home had been saved, so even if there was not enough food, they could find something in the mountains to fill their stomachs.

In this way, Yong'an Production Team was rated as an advanced production team, and Xia Chan was rated as an advanced individual because he saved everyone and preserved most of the food. The commune also gave him a teacup, towel, pen and notebook.

When going to the commune to attend the commendation meeting, the team leader and Xia Chan stole the show.

When Xia Chan goes to class every afternoon, she will also go to the fields to check on the growth of the crops. In fact, she has a second plan, which is cassava. Cassava has a very high yield, with an output of four to six thousand kilograms per mu.

We planted so many summer cicada trees at the beginning, probably about two acres. If we can harvest more than 10,000 kilograms, and distribute them, each family can get about 100 kilograms, which should be enough for one or two months, right?

Of course, if the crops in the field had a harvest, she would not have to hand in her cassava. She was just preparing for the worst!

Besides, in autumn, there are plenty of things in the mountains, and diligent people basically won’t go hungry and can at least get enough water to fill their stomachs.

Xia Chan's transactions with Su Yu and Xiao Yunfan have never been interrupted and the frequency is maintained at once a week.

Xia Chan believed that Xiao Yunfan would not betray her, but she could not guarantee 100% about Su Yu, because she and Su Yu met when she was hospitalized last year and had never seen each other again, so she still wanted half of the money, tickets, and half of the old things.