Siheyuan Shangpeng

After a while, the fish had no strength left to bite the hook. Shang Peng pulled the fish in front of him little by little. Yan Fugui quickly scooped it up with a scoop net. After taking a closer look, Yan Fugui couldn't help but exclaimed and said to Shang Peng, "Xiao Peng, this fish is not small. It must be at least four or five pounds!"

Shang Peng glanced at Yan Fugui and said, "Uncle, this is just the beginning. Just wait and see. I'll take care of all the fish for both of us today."

Yan Fugui laughed when he heard this and said, "That's great. Your uncle and his family are waiting for your fish."

After saying that, he continued fishing. However, just as he cast the rod, there was another buzzing sound from Shang Peng's side.

Yan Fugui was stunned by the shock, while Shang Peng was calmly fishing. When the fish on the hook was exhausted, he continued to pull the fish closer little by little. However, he did not see Yan Fugui catching the fish, so he could not help but shouting, "Uncle, please help me, this fish is our dinner tonight!"

Yan Fugui reacted quickly and picked up the scoop net to scoop up the fish. Shang Peng didn't even look at the size of the fish, he directly put bait on the rod and cast it, and then he heard the buzzing sound again.

Yan Fugui did not go fishing and just waited on the side for the fish to be caught. More than two hours had passed and Shang Peng's bucket was full. Yan Fugui offered his bucket and waited until Shang Peng caught another fish weighing more than three pounds. Shang Peng did not put the bait on the hook anymore but put away the rod and sat down. Yan Fugui asked anxiously, "Xiaopeng, why don't you fish anymore? It's still early, fish for a while!"

Shang Peng packed up his fishing gear and said, "Third Uncle, that's enough. Look how much we have caught. It's enough for us to eat for a long time. It's too hot to preserve now. Besides, the fish have dispersed, so it's hard to catch any more. I'm tired now. Let's go back."

Yan Fugui looked back and saw that the two buckets he brought were full, and they were basically filled with big fish weighing more than three kilograms. He stopped talking and started packing up the fishing gear with Shang Peng. After they finished packing up the fishing gear, each of them carried a bucket of fish and walked towards the courtyard.

Yan Fugui showed off as he walked along the way. He showed off the fish in his bucket to everyone he knew. He walked all the way to the courtyard. As soon as Yan Fugui entered the door, Third Aunt Yang Ruihua ran over. Seeing the fish in Third Uncle’s bucket, she asked in surprise: "Dad, did you catch all these? Every time you catch a big fish, isn’t it…"

Before the third aunt finished speaking, Yan Fugui quickly interrupted and said, "What are you talking about? Xiaopeng caught all these fish today. He just borrowed our bucket. Don't say anything nonsense."

Shang Peng smiled and whispered in Yan Fugui's ear: "Uncle, I can't tell anyone that you're selling fish, but you can't sell this fish. Everyone knows about it. If you sell it and someone reports you, just give some to your family. Do you think I'm right? Haha..."

Yan Fugui was also a little embarrassed, nodded and said: "We will definitely eat fish today, until we are full."

Shang Peng smiled and said nothing. He took the bucket and went home. He took out the big basin for bathing and poured the fish into it. At this time, Yan Fugui also came to Shang Peng's house and poured the fish in his bucket into it. Shang Peng looked at Yan Fugui and said, "Uncle, didn't you say that these are fish from our two families? Why did you bring them here?"

Yan Fugui also said: "Xiao Peng, that's what I said, but there are too many fish, and Third Uncle can't take them all. After all, Third Uncle is a teacher, so he should have some dignity."

Shang Peng saw that Yan Fugui was okay at that time. He had some bottom line but not much. When the great famine came in two years, he could still ensure fair distribution for the whole family. However, maybe he was scared by those three years, and he became more and more without bottom line and did anything to take advantage.

After thinking for a while, he grabbed two relatively large fish from the basin and put them in Yan Fugui's bucket, and said to Yan Fugui: "Third uncle, don't say I'm stingy. I'll only give you two fish. I can't eat all of them, but I want to send them to the lonely elderly people and the families of military martyrs in several nearby compounds. Third uncle, you are familiar with the surrounding areas. If there are such people in the compound, I'd like to trouble you to go with me."

Yan Fugui was a little unhappy at first because Shang Peng only gave him two, but after hearing what Shang Peng said, he immediately said, "Hey, kid, what are you talking about? No, my family will just keep one, and give the rest away! Don't worry, I'm familiar with this area. We'll go to the compound where there are those people. Uncle San will definitely make it clear for you today!"

Shang Peng waved his hand and said, "It's my duty to deliver fish, but I also know the situation of our family. Two fish is just enough for a family. From now on, we will go fishing every afternoon until we have delivered all the fish to the whole street. Then I will stop fishing. But Uncle, let me tell you, you know that it is impossible to have so many fish every day. If there are too few fish that day, our family will have nothing."

Yan Fugui said quickly: "Xiao Peng, what are you talking about? This is something we should do even if we don't want to eat it. You said this is a slap in the face of your uncle. Stop talking, let's go now?"

Shang Peng quickly stopped Yan Fugui and said, "Uncle, please send the fish back first. Let's discuss which one to send first and which one to send later. There are rules here. We can't just go there with buckets. If we are blocked by that old hag, should we give it to her or not?"

When Yan Fugui heard this, he said, "You are really thoughtful. Let's discuss this after Uncle San sends the fish back!"

After saying that, he ran back home and told Auntie that he had cooked the fish today. The family members ate till they were full. Auntie was so frightened that she wanted to touch Uncle to see if he had a fever.

The third uncle told the third aunt without saying much and then went back to Shang Peng's house, and the two of them started discussing.

Yan Fugui said: "There are two households in the No. 93 courtyard on the left, one is a family of military martyrs, and the other is two elderly people with two children. There are two families of military martyrs in the No. 97 courtyard on the right, and three courtyards opposite..."

After counting, the two of them found that there were five families of military martyrs and six extremely poor families on this street.

Shang Peng and his companion did not waste any time and prepared to deliver the fish to each compound one by one, starting with Compound 93 on the left. The two of them carried the two fish to the compound next door. The delivery to this compound went smoothly and no one said anything when they saw that the fish were being delivered to those two households.

However, when they delivered the fish to the No. 94 courtyard opposite, they really met an old lady who wanted fish. She held the two of them and refused to let them go, insisting that it was wrong not to give the fish to her family. The two of them neither scolded nor beat them. At this moment, the old man of this courtyard came back. Seeing this, he hurried over to pull the three people apart. After understanding the situation, he severely criticized the old lady. In the end, the old lady's son came back and apologized for a long time before the matter was settled. The rest of the courtyards were much more normal, and the two of them finished delivering the fish in a short while.