In the evening, all the young people who worked in Cangwu Town came back.

At this time, Old Man Cheng's house was brightly lit, and every room was equipped with solar lights.

There are eight lights hung in the huge yard. The lights dispel the darkness and make everything clear and bright, making it difficult to tell whether it is day or night.

Old Man Cheng was leading everyone to work overtime overnight. There were still six threshing machines that had not been made, and ten sets of parts for the threshing machines were still missing. They had to wait for Old Man Cheng to bring them back tomorrow.

The yard was full of people, some were planing wood, some were drilling holes, some were assembling things. They were all sweating profusely, but they were busy but orderly.

Zhang and her daughters-in-law cooked vermicelli and made a pot of fragrant beef sauce. They also prepared various fruit buns and cakes. Cheng Zeli even made tea with spiritual spring water, for fear that everyone would work on an empty stomach.

After everyone's concerted efforts, finally in the blink of an eye, all 37 threshing machines were completed. We just have to wait for the spare parts to arrive tomorrow so that each family can use one to put it to use.

The next day, while it was still dawn, people went to the fields carrying baskets and threshers.

The morning breeze blew across my cheeks with a slight coolness.

In the rice fields, the full rice ears are golden yellow. When the wind blows, waves of rice are raised. Everywhere you look is the intoxicating golden color, as if the ground is covered with gold.

The joy of the harvest was beyond words. People rolled up their trouser legs. Wang spat on his palm, swung his sickle, and his enthusiasm soared to the sky.

"Hey, there are fish, there are fish!"

As soon as I went down to the field, I noticed something running around in the water, and from time to time it would bump into people's feet in a panic.

In the morning light, people were cutting a field of rice, and schools of fish were chasing and playing leisurely.

The sudden surprise came to people's hearts, the cheers were like thunder, and people were extremely excited.

God seemed to be particularly kind to them, and every surprise made them feel extremely happy.

"Where do all these fish come from?"

Boss Cheng was curious.

"They must have come in from the creek when water was released into the fields. The fish eat rice flowers, weeds and insects, and their excrement fertilizes the fields. We should call them rice flower fish."

As the rice sheets fell and the roar of the thresher was heard, the fish were startled and jumped out of the water. Some of them even jumped onto the edge of the field. At this time, the children would rush over and catch the fish and put them in buckets.

Most of the fish in the fields are carp and crucian carp, and there are also quite a few grass carp. The big carp weigh over half a pound, so it is the perfect time to eat them.

With the thresher, the harvesting speed is several times faster than before.

Cheng Lao Da was responsible for picking the millet, Cheng Zeli and Cheng Lao Si were responsible for threshing the millet, the children were passing the rice stalks, and Old Man Cheng was loading the millet from the trunk into the basket. Zhang, Liu and Wang were responsible for harvesting the rice. They were busy all morning and harvested three acres of land.

Li is responsible for cooking at home.

The fish that Boss Cheng brought back was gutted and cleaned.

Make cuts on both sides of the fish body, add ginger and garlic water, rice wine and salt, evenly apply it to the fish body, and marinate for half an hour.

Add starch and water to make a paste, put the fish in and coat it with starch, heat oil in a pan and fry until golden brown.

Then stir in tomato sauce, sugar and balsamic vinegar.

Fry ginger, garlic, chili and onion until fragrant, pour in the prepared sauce, thicken with some wet starch, and pour on the fried fish.

A sweet and sour carp dish that is sour and appetizing is ready.

After frying the carp, coat the small fish as thick as fingers that have also been marinated for half an hour with a thin layer of flour. When the oil temperature reaches 70% hot, put the small fish coated with flour into the pot and fry them slowly over low heat.

Use chopsticks to turn the fish over in the pan and fry both sides until golden brown. Remove from the pan and place on a strainer to drain excess oil.

Continue to heat the oil in the pan until small bubbles appear, put the fried fish into the pan and fry again until the fish becomes crispy.

The fried fish is golden and crispy, and you can chew and swallow it even with the bones.

Heat the oil in a pan, add some salt to prevent sticking, add ginger, garlic, chili, pour the marinated grass carp pieces into the pan, fry until golden, pour in some rice wine, cover the pot and simmer for a while, the intoxicating aroma of wine mixed with the delicious fish aroma will hit your nose.

Open the lid, add soy sauce and oyster sauce, and simmer for a while.

Thicken with water starch and simmer over high heat until the sauce thickens.

Remove from the pan and sprinkle with chopped green onions.

At this time, the fish soup in the casserole is also cooked, and the soup is rich and milky white.

Scoop a little into a bowl and taste it.

Just one bite and her eyes widened in surprise.

The delicious fish meat is slowly simmered in the milky white soup. It tastes fresh and fragrant, with a hint of the sweetness of rice flowers, which is very memorable.

Put the other marinated grass carp into the steamer and steam it over high heat.

The meal is ready.

He carried Cheng Xingwan, who had just woken up, out of the yard and called out loudly towards the valley below.

"It's time to eat! It's time to eat! The meal is ready, come back and eat!"

"Hey! I heard it! I heard it!"

After a tiring morning, the Cheng family members, who were already hungry, stopped their work, washed the mud off their bodies in the ditch, and then each of them carried a load of millet back home.

The naughty children were chasing the fish and having a lot of fun.

Only after their family members urged them many times and threatened to make them eat fried bamboo shoots with meat, did they reluctantly follow the main group, carrying a string of fish.

Everyone was very satisfied with the breakfast. The children crunched the delicious crispy fish and shouted that they would catch more in the afternoon and fry them as snacks.

Zhang agreed with them with a smile. It was just a waste of oil. In the past, when there was only lard, she would never be willing to eat like this. Besides, lard would solidify in cold weather, affecting the taste and appetite.

There is no such concern with tea oil. Tea oil has a fresh scent, pure flavor, and no problem of solidification.

Now the family has enough oil to eat. Not only their family, but everyone in the entire Chengjia Village has enough oil to eat.

Cheng Jinwu and his brothers were obsessed with catching fish. They hurriedly ate a few mouthfuls of rice, each grabbed a handful of dried fish and ran to the fields.

After dinner, Zhang and her daughter-in-law spread bamboo mats in the yard and the open space outside the yard to dry the rice and prevent mud from mixing into the rice.

Old Man Cheng and his sons each carried a basket and went back to the fields.

As soon as I arrived at the edge of the field, I saw Cheng Dafu happily popping his head out of his field.

"Third brother, have you eaten?"

"I ate already, how about you?"

"I also ate."

Old Man Cheng felt an inexplicable sense of disobedience when he saw his eldest brother's mouth corners almost hanging down to his eyebrows.

Could it be that Cheng Dafu was possessed by an evil spirit? From childhood to adulthood, he has always had a expressionless look and he is rarely seen smiling.

I have never seen a smile that could not be suppressed like the one today.

"Third brother, do you know how much rice we can produce per mu this year?"

Cheng Dafu finally couldn't contain his joy and asked.

"Well, I don't know. I don't have time to weigh it. We'll know after we weigh it after it's dried and stored in the warehouse. It should be enough for us to eat to our heart's content. We won't have to worry about going hungry anymore."

"You didn't weigh it, so I did. Guess how many kilograms we harvested from one acre of land."

"Hey, big brother, don't keep us in suspense. Tell me how much?"

Old Man Cheng's curiosity was also aroused. Knowing that Cheng Dafu had succeeded, he couldn't wait to know the answer.

"This number!"

Cheng Dafu proudly gestured a number with his hand.

"How much? One thousand two hundred pounds?"

"Yes, that's 1,200 kilograms, which is four times more than the 300 kilograms during the previous bumper harvest."

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