Returning to the Pastoral: Mrs. Yipin

Chapter 13: Picking Ice for Fish ([-])

"Mom, just now the eldest sister of the second family came to buy me a chicken, saying that it was for that broom star to make up for his body, but just now I saw that the whole family went out..."

According to Su Yun's instructions, Lu Xi'er went to the third uncle's house to buy chickens as bait, but just after she bought the chickens and returned home, the third uncle's eldest daughter-in-law Lu Baishi secretly followed behind, seeing Lu Xier returned home, It didn't take long before they went out with Erlang, still holding the fishing rod in their hands, curious, and hurried back to report to their mother-in-law Lu Cao.

Lu Cao's family is the third uncle of Lu Xi'er and Lu Anyou's mother.Lu Xi'er's father, Lu Anhua, was the second eldest in the family, the eldest brother of the patriarch, and Lu Anyou was the fourth brother of the patriarch, also the third uncle of Lu Xi'er and others.

Speaking of Lu Anyou's reputation in this village, it is called a bad one.In fact, Lu Anyou himself was fine. Although he was a bit calculating, we were all relatives, and he could still maintain a basic politeness.

And the reason why he got so many bad reputations is all thanks to his old mother, that is, Lu Cao's family.

Lu Anyou's father left early, Cao had three children with him, one boy and two girls, the youngest girl died young, this Lu Cao was also a capable person when he was young, he was a widow and did not marry, and raised two children, In this ten miles and eight towns, it is a good story.

But for some reason, the older he got, the more confused he became.I don't know if it's because of fame and fortune or something, but it's becoming less and less a thing.

Like that Wang, I always feel that I have to be superior to others if I keep my chastity. Not only have I become more and more stingy, but my mouth has also become more and more broken, and my eyes are always on the neighbors. It's time for a baby, she can know it, and then broadcast it everywhere like a radio.

Who would like this kind of meddling, gossip behind people's backs, and greedy for small things?

The older Lu Cao was, the more serious his problem was, and his temper became worse. As time went by, people didn't even like Lu Anyou anymore.

It's funny to say that Mrs. Lu Bai is Lu Anyou's wife. Because Mrs. Cao loves her son too much, she always feels that this is not a good wife for her, so she often makes things difficult for Mrs. Bai.But this Mrs. Bai seems to be born with a lack of care. Although she is timid, she is very concerned about "stalking" her mother-in-law.

As soon as there was a slight disturbance, he immediately came to report.

No, Lu Xier just bought a chicken from her, and after she found out that Lu Xier's family was doing strange things, she immediately ran over to report to Cao Shi, and she didn't forget to say her conclusion: "Mother, daughter-in-law Seeing that they are going in the direction of Yunxitan, they also brought fishhooks, buckets, and bought chickens from us, so they don’t want to go fishing, do they?”

"What else?" Cao Shi, who was sitting under the quilt, became energetic when she heard this.Originally, in this winter, everyone was lying in the bed when they had nothing to do, and there was a daughter-in-law to take care of them. Cao Shi, who felt lucky all her life, would not get out of bed in this winter, so wouldn't she feel guilty?

Naturally, the cooking, laundry, and babysitting must be done by the daughter-in-law, otherwise why would the daughter-in-law be needed?

"It's winter, Yunxi Lake is frozen, how to fish?" Mrs. Cao chuckled, "It must be that those little bastards are dizzy from hunger, and they think they are immortals! It's such a cold day, The ice ribs are so thick that the arms are so thick, and you still want to go fishing in Yunxitan? What a mess!"

"Mother..." Mrs. Bai hesitated for a moment, and said, "Daughter-in-law often heard from the village gentleman that there was a story of a filial son lying on the ice begging for fish in ancient times, would they understand?"

"I said you are an elm head, you still don't believe it!" A trace of contempt flashed in Cao's eyes, and he said, "That's all written in the book, how can the ice layer be so thick that the little heat on a person's body can break the ice?" melted?"

"Mother, Mr. Nadu..."

"That's enough!" Mrs. Cao interrupted Mrs. Bai, with a displeased expression on her face, "I haven't seen anything in my old age? That gentleman is just teaching the world to be filial, and he didn't say that the filial son is really good." Here comes the fish."

"You greedy thing! I didn't understand what you mean, sir, you just want to eat fish! What time is it, why are cats here? I don't know how your parents taught you to be so lazy. You have to, hurry up and wash all the dirty clothes?!"

"Yes, yes, mother, mother, don't be angry..." Mrs. Bai hurriedly lowered her head, a trace of displeasure flashed in her eyes, but she still said submissively: "My daughter-in-law is going now, and mother rests."

"Really! It's a great blessing for you that my son can marry you back. Don't hold back, go!"

"Ai!"

Mrs. Bai backed out of Mrs. Cao's room with her head down. After walking a few steps, she suddenly turned around and spat fiercely at Mrs. Cao's door, "Bah! Old lady Yu, I really think of myself as an old lady." Too gentleman!"

After speaking, he turned his head and went to the courtyard to wash clothes with a look of resentment.

Besides, when Lu Xi'er returned home, after getting everything ready, Lu Erlang was about to leave, but Lu Erlang offered to help out together, and took out all the buckets used to fetch water at home by the way.

Thinking of the fish in the water hole, Lu Xi'er thought it would be good if more people could help, but she could bring more fish back, so she nodded in agreement.

Seeing the second brother, the eldest sister was about to go fishing, and the other younger ones clamored to go together.But it was stopped by Lu Xier.

The weather is too cold, the clothes of the brothers and sisters are thin, and they are still young. If they go out, they will easily catch the wind and cold, and the gain will not be worth the loss.

These days, wind and cold can be fatal.

The two siblings arrived at Yunxitan very quickly, walked up to Su Yun quickly, and said, "Sister-in-law, I brought everything here."

"Why is Erlang here? It's cold, go back!"

"Sister-in-law, it's all right..." When Lu Erlang saw the fish in the ice cave, a smile appeared on his face, "This is fish and meat. I smashed the chicken and mixed it with the dough. These fish are guaranteed to take the bait."

"That's really great!" Su Yun laughed. She had been negligent just now, and she didn't know what these fishes were eaten. Seeing what Erlang said, she was very sure whether she could eat delicious fishes today. A few points.

All the fishing tools were brought, and the few people stopped talking and started to get busy.

These fishes probably didn't expect that in this winter, the surface of the water would be so thickly iced, and someone would come to attack them at this time of year.

In their genetic memory, as long as they survive the early winter, it is a safe period.You can stay quietly in the water system of Yunxia Lake until next spring.

The ancients were in awe of the heavens and the earth, and had a strong awareness of environmental protection. For example, the large-scale fishing of this fish is in the early winter, and if they encounter smaller fish, they will be returned.

Moreover, the so-called large-scale fishing quantity is also limited.In the days of relying on the sky for food, every ancient person followed the rules handed down from their ancestors very much, and it was absolutely impossible to do things like fishing for money.

Therefore, after the water surface freezes, there is such a concept in the genetics of the fish: they are safe at this time.

But they never expected that there is a kind of alien called "travelers" in this world. No, this girl is so cold, so she came to use them to sacrifice to the Temple of the Five Viscera.

"Hooked!" Lu Erlang shouted excitedly, and then slowed down his movements. He is more experienced in this field. How many boys in the countryside have never done fishing and snail fishing?

So today's good start is destined to be Lu Erlang.

A fish was caught, landed on the ice and jumped a few times, then was dragged ashore by Lu Erlang.An adult fish weighs at least five or six catties. Perhaps God saw that this family was suffering too much, so Lu Erlang caught a catfish that weighed about ten catties with the first shot.

Lu Erlang was overjoyed and ignored the cold. He grabbed the fish with both hands, held it in his arms, and held it in front of Su Yun like offering a treasure. He said excitedly: "Sister-in-law, look, look, I caught a fish!" It’s a big fish! It’s worth at least 800 Wen!”

"What?!" Su Yun opened her eyes wide. She only heard Lu Xier say that the fish is precious, but she has learned a little about the prices in this world in the past few days. Insane.

But now, after hearing from Lu Erlang that the fish sold for at least 80 renminbi a catty, she was shocked.

Now good rice is about 650 Wen per stone, which is about 120 Jin of the later generations. According to this ratio, almost 1 guan is equivalent to about 600 to 700 RMB, and this catty of fish costs 80 Wen, which is about 48 yuan 50 yuan a catty, this price is simply too heaven-defying!
How can ordinary people afford this!Even in her world, where the material life is relatively rich, it is impossible for ordinary people to eat meat and vegetables that cost upwards of 40 yuan every day.Unless it is the New Year's Eve, there will be more expensive meat dishes like this, and they will only eat once a month on weekdays.

Beef like deli, in the Changzhou area of ​​the south of the Yangtze River, generally costs around 48 to 52 yuan, and most people only eat it once a month, which is relatively willing to eat.

However, the material conditions in her world are so rich, and ordinary people still have to consider eating such expensive meat and vegetables. In this ancient times with low productivity, a catty of fish can be sold for such a price, isn't it a sky-high price?
"I can't stop looking at it..." Lu Xier analyzed from the side: "That's the price before the war..." After a pause, he lowered his head and said in a low voice: "It's still the price when Daddy was alive. Maybe it's even more expensive now ..."

"Don't worry about that much..." Su Yun put away his surprise, and said: "Let's catch more fish. No matter how much this fish sells for, let's get some to eat first. You guys are just growing up. It won’t work without oil and water.”

"Well, listen to my sister-in-law!"

The two younger ones nodded one after another, and now they can't take care of these trifles anymore, since their father, mother and brother left, they haven't tasted meat for a long time.

Even if I get some wild game occasionally, they are all small fish and shrimps. My younger siblings are still young, so I naturally want to let them eat, not to mention meat, even fish soup!

(End of this chapter)