The strong fisherman in the courtyard

"Ha, I've taken the bait."

After a while, he felt that the fish on his hook had lost its strength, so he pulled it up and wow, it was another two-pound grass carp.

"Dinner tonight is settled." Li Ming had just finished saying this when he saw the other five people around him coming over.

"Uh, you didn't get anything?"

The five of them shook their heads in unison. "Well, it looks like we're still a little far from having dinner tonight. Let's keep working hard."

Li Ming threw the grass carp into the bucket and could only sit down and continue fishing obediently.

Around five or six o'clock in the evening, a group of six people stood up from the river.

“Fishing feels so tiring!”

"It's not as easy as sleeping."

Li Ming twitched his lips as he listened to the gossips around him. "How much did you guys do?"

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"Does one crab count?" Wu Gang said as he looked at a small crab with its claws and fangs bared in his bucket.

"One fish, estimated to be one kilogram?" Section Chief Xu was also staring at his catch. He was quite disappointed that he didn't catch any turtles today.

"I caught three fish, weighing about 15 to 17 pounds, which is enough." Li Ming chuckled. As expected, he was quite good at fishing.

There are still crabs in Jinshui River at this time, usually in summer and autumn. After all, this river is about 48 kilometers long and is the only tributary of Yongding River in Tongzhou District with water all year round. It originates from Dongshahe Reservoir in Changping District. The basin is ribbon-shaped, with mountain streams in the upper reaches and open channels in the lower reaches.

It's normal to have a crab.

"Let's go home and let your sister-in-law cook!" Xu Qiang waved his hand, and everyone went to Xu's house with their harvest. Even the three air force members grabbed some grass on the shore and put it in their mouths, with the goal of never being air force!

Chapter 31 All living things

The six people from the three groups were already sitting around the stone table in the yard waiting for dinner.

The group of people were chatting lively, and soon they started talking about food.

"Old Zhou, how are you four doing with your food storage? There is really less and less food these days. A few days ago, your sister-in-law went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy food, but she only bought a little bit. She didn't even get half of the quota on the food book."

Xu Qiang said with a sigh.

"Oh, Old Xu, don't mention it. Although I am the type who can feed the whole family with one person's food, I didn't buy much food. The jars at home are half empty, and I can't even buy enough food with my food coupons!" Zhou Tian complained on the side.

"It's the same for us. I'm thinking about going to the countryside to have a look. Even if I don't buy for the factory, I have to get some for myself."

Wu Gang immediately took over the conversation.

"That's true. I was thinking of going to the countryside these days."

"What about you, Akiko?"

Li Ming didn't care when he heard the question, "Our family is better, but we have a lot of family members, and we don't have all the things, and the food is not the same as before."

"If you guys are planning to go to the countryside to collect some stuff, why don't we go together? We can split up and walk around and look around. I think we can get more. We can divide it among our divisions later."

"Yes, Mingzi, there is nothing wrong with what you said."

"Okay, we'll go to the countryside tomorrow. I'm sure you all have your own places, so we'll split up and digest the things we collect among ourselves first."

"If I can be as lucky as Mingzi and get a big fat pig, that's another story."

"it is good."

"No problem. I'll get up early tomorrow and we'll meet at the steel mill."

"Okay, I'll report to Corey tomorrow. I haven't been out much recently, so I have an excuse." Section Chief Xu poured himself another cigarette.

A few grown men here were worrying about food issues, but the courtyard of the steel rolling mill was bustling with activity.

The courtyard of the steel rolling mill.

Father Li was carrying the lunch box that his son had brought him in the afternoon, and he also took back an extra lunch box that he had packed at noon. He attracted quite a bit of attention on the road.

Father Li saw Yan Fugui sticking his butt out to tidy up the flowers and plants at the gate of the courtyard, so he hurriedly took a few quick steps and was almost home when he was discovered by Yan Fugui.

"Hey! Lao Li."

Comrade Lao Li pretended not to hear and went home with his lunch box.

What a joke! How can you, Yan Fugui, use the lunch box that my eldest son got to improve the family's meals? I am not that stupid pillar in the middle courtyard!

After returning home, Li's father did not come out until Li's mother and sister Li Rui came home, and then he brought the hot lunch box from the stove to the table.

"Ruirui, go and close the door!" Father Li looked at his little girl whose eyes were fixed on the lunch box, smiled and directed her to close the door.

Li Rui couldn't hold it in any longer. As soon as her father spoke, she rushed to the door and closed it. That's it!

Mother Li was also happy to see her own funny girl.

"This is the lunch box your brother brought back. It smells pretty good. Was it made by that idiot in the middle courtyard?"

Father Li nodded and said, "That's right. Although this kid is stupid, he has good skills. Haha."

Then he opened the six lunch boxes on the table one by one, and the aroma filled the air.

"Okay, eat quickly. The better we are, the less people will miss us." Father Li said with a hint of meaning.

"Is it that Mr. Yan from the other side is calling you again?"

"Haha, my wife is really smart. This old man Yan must know that there will be meat at the steel mill today. After all, every household that came back brought lunch boxes with them."

"And we carried the most. The old man must have missed it. He called me but I pretended not to hear him. After I entered our house, I didn't even leave the door."

"Okay, let's eat quickly. I guess they're the only family in the whole courtyard that doesn't have any."

Mother Li quickly invited the father and daughter to eat together. Father Li ran to the kitchen again and took out the steamed buns made of two-grain flour that had been heated up long ago. The whole family ate happily.

Yan family.

"Alas, most of the people in the yard brought back some pork from the steel mill today, especially the one across from us."

"Oh my goodness, I saw Lao Li carrying six lunch boxes!"

The third aunt's eyes turned cold when she heard this, "What! Six? Why do the Li family have so many?"

"Well, it's all because of the boy's hard work! I heard that the factory gave him several extra tickets."

Yan Fugui sat at the table and stuffed the rough flour bun into his mouth as if he had eaten eight or ten lemons.

When the other children at the table heard the topic of “other people’s children” again, they all fell silent.

Jia family.

Jia Zhang naturally knew that the steel rolling mill was going to cook meat and vegetables today, so she was waiting at home for Jia Dongxu to bring back a lunch box. However, she didn't expect that Jia Dongxu did bring back the lunch box, but there was no vegetable in it!

This made the whole family awkwardly sit there. Jia Dongxu ate very delicious food at noon, as he hadn't eaten meat for several months. By the time Jia Dongxu reacted, the lunch box had already been cleaned by him.

Originally, I thought Jia Dongxu could bring back some food, so Qin Huairu didn't prepare any dishes, just a portion of pickles and steamed bun porridge.

When Jia Dongxu got home, he didn't care at all. He sat down at the dining table and started making food.

That means the current Banggeng is only three or four years old. If it were when the original drama started, his family would have been in an uproar.

"Eat, aren't you hungry?" Jia Dongxu kindly reminded others when he saw that they were reluctant to pick up their chopsticks.

Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu finally reacted. They each held a steamed bun and started to stuff the pickles in front of them into their mouths.

Easy home.

Yi Zhonghai and the aunt were eating a delicious pork dish, which was also brought back by Yi Zhonghai from the factory. Yi Zhonghai himself had high skills in the workshop, and the factory had always been generous in giving two tickets to such technical talents.

At noon, when Yi Zhonghai was eating, he deliberately avoided his good apprentice Jia Dongxu. He ate one box himself and left one box to bring back for the aunt.

You said Jia Dongxu was the top candidate for retirement care, so why didn't you leave a box for Jia Dongxu? Impossible, Yi Zhonghai already knew what kind of person Jia Dongxu was, not to mention that there was a Jia Zhang who was always talking nonsense at home, so it would be no good if he gave it to him, so he might as well take it back and give it to his aunt to supplement her!

"Old Yi, the dishes cooked by this Zhuzi are really good!" said an old lady with a smile while eating the lunch box brought back by Yi Zhonghai.

At this time, Yi Zhonghai had already eaten his fill and was sitting aside sipping tea and lighting a cigarette.

"Haha, that's right. Zhu's cooking skills are also well-known in the steel mill. Even though there is not much meat in this lunch dish, it tastes really good."

"I ate an extra steamed bun at noon."

Chapter 32 Going to the Countryside Again

He family.

"Brother, is there meat today?" He Yushui shouted before entering the house after school.

He Yuzhu poked his head out of the kitchen and said, "You have a very good nose! You can smell it before you even enter the house?"

"That is."

"This is Li Ming from the front yard. He bought a pig for the factory yesterday and cooked it today to improve the food for the workers. I got three tickets, so I have two boxes left for you. I'll mix some cold dishes and we'll have dinner."

He Yuzhu came out of the kitchen with a plate of mixed cucumbers, smiling.

"Brother Mingzi is getting better and better." He Yushui praised casually, but He Yuzhu was moved.

"Do you like the boy from the Li family in the front yard? Do you want me to talk to him for you?"

He Yushui replied while eating, "Please don't make a fuss. I haven't graduated yet and I'm not in the mood to think about that."

"Okay, but if you really have this idea, I, your brother, will go and talk to you about it."

Although He Yuzhu had a bit of Wei Wu's legacy at this time, Jia Dongxu had not yet been hung on the wall, so the thought in his heart was not strong.

Liu family.

The Liu family's dinner today was better, with a serving of the daily scrambled eggs, a glass of wine, and a lunch box brought from the cafeteria.

However, Liu Haizhong hadn't eaten eggs for a while. The main reason was that not only was food hard to buy, but eggs were also hard to get. He finally had a chance to eat some meat, so he gritted his teeth and asked his second aunt to fry some eggs for him.

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Willow branches on the moon.

The Li family finished their lunch boxes early and were now chatting at the table.

"Mom and Dad, our group is going to go to the countryside tomorrow to see if we can collect some food. The food they have stored at home is not enough."

Li Ming had just come back from outside and was slumped in his chair, muttering.

"That's fine, but you have to be careful. Are you going to the countryside together?"

"That's not the case. If we go to our own place, it's not easy for one person to collect things in one village. If so many people go to one village, what can they collect?"

Mother Li took a glass of water and put it in her son's hand. "Then go ahead. Be careful. We still have a lot of food at home, so don't worry too much."

"No matter what happens, our family of four won't starve."

"Yes, your mother is right. Your own safety is the most important thing. No matter how good the food we eat is, it is better than the food next door." Father Li said this while nodding at the person next door. It seemed that he still remembered that old man Yan Fugui was concerned about his food.

"Don't worry, I'm not stupid. It would be nice if I had an old hen. Then I could have eggs to eat."

Li Ming said this in advance. After all, he really planned to take two hens out of the space tomorrow. The hens in the space had already given birth to several rounds of chicks.

"That's great, it can also help your sister improve her brain." Father Li joked with his daughter with a smile.

"A little bit."

"I'm going back to my room to sleep. I won't chat with you anymore." Sister Li Rui naturally knew that her family was good to her, so she said this and went back to her room to prepare for sleep. The children who went to school at that time did not have so much homework. They could finish it in half an hour at most after coming home from school every day.

Father Li glanced at the sky outside and said, "Okay, let's go back to sleep. We all have to go to work tomorrow."

night.

The entrance of the steel rolling mill.

After the roll call, the three groups of people met at the entrance of the steel mill, each riding a bicycle.

"Xiao Li, are you going to the same Shibalidian store today?" Xu Qiang asked when he saw Li Ming riding his bike over.

"Well, are any of you going? Come and keep us company!" Li Ming invited his lazy colleagues around him.

"No, no, it's too far."

"I won't go either. I'll just go to Lijiazhuang where I went last time. I estimate it will take half an hour to get there by bike."

"Haha, Xiao Li, don't force them. They are all too lazy. I don't plan to go so far."

"We all have the same strength as you, haha."