The news that the Xue family caught fish spread faster than a bird with wings. Xue Yaya didn't take a bath at night. Bai Xiuying used hot water to wash her and changed her clothes. Xue Yunyun and the others were so excited that they were in high spirits during dinner. Xiao Meiniang and Bai Xiuying listened to the story of fishing and then the story of selling fish. Of course, the story of selling fish was exaggerated. Not many people paid for it. Even the second grandmother spent 5,000 yuan to buy a blue carp. Other families exchanged rice, flour and cloth for it.

Xue Xiaoxiao asked, "Our village is not far from Dai River, why didn't anyone go fishing here before?"

Hearing this, Xueli Er and the others also looked at Xueshan Hong in surprise. Xueshan Hong looked around and finally said helplessly:

"I'll only go if I really have nothing to eat. Who doesn't work in the fields? If there's nothing to work, it's better to go to the city and do odd jobs!"

Xiao Meiniang said, "It's not that no one fished before. Old man Chen in the east of the village had a boat and could cast a net."

The Xue family's children, including Xue Yaya, looked at Xiao Meiniang in surprise. Xiao Meiniang was about to wash the dishes, but seeing how excited they were, and Xue Duoduo still pulling her arm, she had no choice but to sit down again and continue telling the story from the past:

"Old man Chen went out on a ship a long time ago, but somehow he was captured by the Japanese and never came back."

"Does he have no descendants?"

Xue Duoduo asked curiously.

"There are none now. There were some before, but they all died when we were fleeing." At that time, the Japanese often used water routes to rob and commit crimes in various villages. They fled to the mountains at first, but later heard that the Japanese wanted to burn the mountains, so they simply crossed the mountains and fled to the other side. They fled for a year and said they were going north. They encountered Japanese soldiers on the way and suffered many casualties - the eldest and the third brother also died at that time. Later, Xiao Meiniang also fell ill. Xue Shanhong tried to find a local doctor to treat Xiao Meiniang, and spent almost all the valuable things he had on him.

The Xue family took the lead, and everyone had more or less the same idea, and they also fled home. Lin Baoyi and Qi Ying's third son, Lin Liyong, followed a few people and fled, saying that they wanted to join the army to fight the Japanese.

The Xue family was originally a hunter in the mountains. As the villagers fled and hid in the mountains, they also followed them. However, unexpectedly, not much of their belongings were lost. After losing two sons in a row, the old couple was heartbroken. Xue Lier, who went out to find food, brought Bai Xiuying back. The Bai family also fled from Jiangbei. She originally had parents and brothers, but unfortunately, only Bai Xiuying was left in the Bai family. Her brother disappeared to protect him.

On the way, they got married simply to cure Xiao Meiniang's illness. When Bai Xiuying became pregnant, they heard on the way that the Japanese were retreating to the south. The old man gritted his teeth and said directly: "Go back, even if you die on the farm, it's better than living in this place without a place or boundaries!"

Bai Xiuying has already married Xueli Er, so naturally she follows her husband, not to mention that her in-laws treat her very well.

"So why doesn't anyone fish in our village?"

Xue Xiaoxiao asked in confusion.

"Because I'm busy making money, because fish consumes a lot of oil, and fish tastes better without oil or meat, because..."

Xue Duoduo couldn't continue, and Xue Shanhong said, "Because someone drowned in the river."

Actually, it is still contradictory. The main reason is that many people died in the river at that time. They fished the bodies out of the river one by one after they escaped. Even the young people who could swim searched the bottom of the river for ten days, but gave up after finding no human bones. Some of the bodies were from the village and some were from the other side of the river. I don’t know what happened. The devils were so vicious! The tragic scene in the river...

Xueli Er also fell silent. Xue Xiaoxiao said, "Then we drink the water from the river..."

"What's the big deal!"

Seeing that she was scared, Bai Xiuying was afraid that other children would be frightened as well, so she quickly comforted her, "Didn't your grandfather say that the dead were fished out and buried by their families? Besides, this water is alive. One year, the mud at the bottom of the river was cleaned up once, so it's already clean now!"

"Then why doesn't anyone go fishing?"

Xue Xiaoxiao is a chatterbox, one sentence after another!

"Some people went fishing, but they didn't catch anything." Xueli Er said, in fact, there were few fish in the water leading to the village, and they habitually thought that there were not many fish in the Dai River. And because of what happened that year, few people went to the Dai River, and only those who still had some fields there would go. For families like theirs, whose fields were all in the south, they rarely went there.

In fact, the main reason is that the shadow of the past is too great. Drinking water is for survival, and many people think that it is unlucky. In fact, it is also because of this contradictory mentality that the height of the ditch that draws water from the Dai River is higher than the riverbed of the Dai River, so of course there are fewer fish. The water that was brought in was used to irrigate the land at the beginning, and more water was drawn from the two wells in the east and west of the village. Over time, the younger generation took the trouble to directly draw water from the pond.

This evolution process is hard to understand for adults and children, and Xue Yaya has no idea about it. But she does know:

"There will be a lot of people fishing tomorrow!"

Xue Shanhong blinked and said, "Then shall we go tomorrow?"

A baby who is less than one year old was fishing. Fortunately, no outsiders saw it today. By the way, when we came back to change the fish, Yaya seemed to have been staying in the second child’s arms without saying a word!

"I'll be back soon!"

Asked her grandfather to check in, but she still refused to go. Does she think she is too old to show off in front of others? !

"I want to sleep!"

Xiao Meiniang pinched her little nose: "Little monster!"

Xue Yaya was right. From the next day, there were many more people fishing on the riverside, some were as old as Xue Shanhong, and some were only 14 or 15 years old. Their equipment was simple, some used bamboo poles, some used rattan, and some even used branches. The fishing line was even simpler, just the thick thread of the quilt, and the fish hook was made of embroidery needles or pins.

The fish in Linjiazhuang haven't been so popular for more than ten years. They are so beautiful that they are bubbling and hooking. The fishermen who come here have more or less made some gains! Including Lin Fubao's eldest brother Lin Zhengying, who caught the biggest silver carp in the venue. He can be called the fish king of the day! The problem is that Lin Zhengying used a big pin with white cotton thread and two thorns!

Xue Shanhong went home happily carrying two yellow mullets, a river pomfret and some other small fish - he could eat them himself today, as there were not many fish bones!

For more than ten days, the popularity of fishing in Linjiazhuang continued to grow, but unfortunately it was no longer as popular as ever, with only one or two fish caught at most. The river bank was cold, and gradually fewer people had the patience to sit there. As the twelfth lunar month approached, a heavy snow covered the houses, and even fewer people went there.

Xue Shanhong would not take his granddaughter and grandson out to suffer the cold. If one of them caught a cold and got sick, it would be a loss! The family could still make do with food and clothing!

On the morning of New Year's Eve, Bai Xiuying said regretfully: "If there is a fish tonight, it will be fish every year!"

The speaker has intention, and the listener takes it seriously, not to mention that she is not the only one who takes it seriously!

Since yesterday, some people in Linjiazhuang have been trying to catch fish for the New Year! Their thoughts are no longer limited by the lack of fish! Unfortunately, the ice is not thick enough for people to get on, and the fish have become low-key and hid deep in the river!

Xue Yaya whispered, "Grandpa, do you want to go take a look at the pond?"

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