As soon as she entered the house, Liu Xia Lian was holding the bag of leather shoes and asked, "Where is the third brother?"

"Yes, I am. What do you want me to do?"

"Leather shoes for you. Calfskin shoes."

Liu Dongxue opened the box and saw a pair of shiny black leather shoes. They were so beautiful. The flat-soled, open-toed leather shoes went perfectly with white socks, and they charmed a group of boys.

I tried it immediately and said, "It fits perfectly."

The fourth child, Liu Jingwen, came over and asked, "Sister, where is mine?"

"Girls should be raised in wealth, boys should be raised in poverty. What's wrong with you, a grown man, wearing cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles?"

Liu Xia Lian was carrying a trap and a fishing rod and was about to go to the river when her elder sister came out from the inner room.

"The child just ate and went to sleep. I'll go with you, my second sister, to learn how to set the trap. When I come back, I can also have fish to eat."

"It's very dangerous to go down the trap. You have to be extremely careful. Come on, I'll teach you."

I was in a hurry these days and didn't dig many earthworms. Fortunately, I eat chicken every day, so the chicken bones can be used as bait in the trap.

"There are two key points to setting traps. The first is to prevent snakes. First, use a stick to hit the grass to scare the snakes away. The second is to prevent drowning. Never go to dangerous waters. You have to learn to swim as soon as possible." Liu Xia Lian set two traps and asked her eldest sister to set the remaining three.

It went smoothly at the beginning, and when the last one came down, there was a roar.

"What happened."

"There's a snake in the water."

Liu Xia Lian came over to take a closer look and found that it was a yellow eel lurking at the bottom of the water.

"Sister, you better help out here. I'll be fishing and you can help bring it back."

After Liu Xia Lian discovered the secret of her eyes, she even saved the trouble of making a nest. She just wandered around the river and cast her hook wherever there was a fish. She used live shrimps as bait and cast the hook directly to the fish's mouth.

The bite was too strong, and the goose feather float was pulled into the water with a strong force.

"Second sister, have you caught the fish?"

"Ah, I caught a fish. Otherwise, I would have to wait until dark."

He walked the fish as he spoke, and it took a while to finally pull the fish along the water grass and onto the shore.

"Hahaha, a large snapper, at least 15-20 pounds."

The eldest sister praised: "I am convinced, you are so amazing. If I had half of your ability, that old woman would not dare to bully me."

"Wait until I buy a mule cart, and I'll open a small store for you at home. You can make at least a hundred or eighty yuan a month."

"This, is it okay? I hope you won't arrest me and put me in jail?"

"You are not afraid of death, but you are afraid of going to jail. Remember, the spring breeze of reform and opening up has blown all over the land and will not go back."

"That's good. I know how to raise chickens. I can raise more chickens when I go home and make money by selling eggs."

It was such a coincidence, a bighead carp weighing about eight kilograms, a fathead silver carp weighing more than ten kilograms, and the last one was a large silver carp weighing more than ten kilograms.

The harvest from the ground traps was average, including small crucian carp, whitebait, and willow twigs. Five ground traps yielded about ten pounds of fish, which was an effective supplement.

"Sister, take your things and go back first. I'm going to hang out with my bestie for a while. Don't wait for me to eat."

Liu Xia Lian was carrying a big silver carp and a harpoon as she walked towards her best friend Li Damei's house.

Li Damei's father is also a forestry worker. Li Damei and her mother farm at home. They have 20 acres of land and they plant corn once in the summer.

"Damei, Damei, why don't you light the lamp?"

"Xia Lian, you're here. I'll light the lamp now." After a while, the kerosene lamp was lit and Li Damei came out of the house, with patches covering her clothes.

Li Damei is half a year younger than Liu Xia Lian, barely twenty years old. He is tall, about 1.65 meters, with a handsome face and wheat-colored skin.

"Are you home alone?"

"My mother took my brother back to the forest farm today. I guess she won't come back to farm until the beginning of next spring."

"That's just right. We sisters are rebelling at home. Come, you stew the big fish. I came to see you today for something."

Li Damei took one look and said: "Ah, this fish is longer than my legs, it's too big."

"What a shame! A fish is so frightened."

Li Damei has been farming all year round and has also developed good cooking skills.

The cooking was impeccable. I cut the big silver carp into pieces and stewed it, added some chili peppers and sauerkraut, and made a big pot of sauerkraut fish.

"It's all over. Two pigs can't finish this big pot. I'll go call Da Ya and Er Ya."

"Okay, go ahead, I'll make some more tortillas."

Daya and Erya are two sisters in the village. They are a little bit stupid and have a hard life. But they are big and bulky, 1.8 meters tall and 190 pounds in weight. They have big round heads and strong bodies, and look more like men. But in fact, these two sisters are girls.

When Liu Xia Lian came over, the two were practicing lifting stone locks in the yard.

"Da Ya, has Er Ya eaten dinner yet?"

Erya nodded: "I ate it, do you have anything to do?"

"I want to treat you two to a meal. Damei's family has stewed pickled fish."

Daya turned to Erya and said, "You remembered it wrongly. We had lunch, so we definitely didn't have dinner."

Arya scratched her head: "I don't even remember what dinner is. It seems like I've never eaten it before."

"What else is there to say? Let's go and eat."

Liu Xia Lian called Daya and Erya to come to Damei's house for dinner. The fish was stewed very deliciously, and a lot of corn cakes were also made. They finished the whole pot of pickled fish.

Daya was an open-minded person. She wiped her mouth with her sleeve and asked, "Sister Xia Lian, what's the matter? Do you want us two sisters to help you cut someone down?"

Liu Xia Lian said with a smile, "What are you thinking? You two are so funny. I think you two are the only brave women in our village. It's autumn now, and it's a good time to go to the mountains. There are clubs, mink furs, wild boars, pheasants, and robes on the mountain. The four of us go into the mountains together and wander around. It's not in vain for you to run around. Each person will be paid two yuan a day. If you get good goods, I will give you 10% of it. How about it?"

Li Damei expressed her opinion first: "We are good sisters for life, isn't it just going into the mountains? Okay, I'll follow you. But you only charge two dollars a day, will your mother punish you if she finds out?" As for the commission, Li Damei didn't even think about it. There were many people who went into the mountains every day, but almost no one could get the good stuff. It was rare to make a few cents a day.

"I talked it over with my mother. I gave her part of my earnings, and the rest was up to me. She didn't interfere."

Daya shook her big round head and said: "Everyone in the village teases me and Erya. You treat us as sisters. We pledge our lives to each other. Erya and I don't want a penny. Just provide food and drink. No other requirements."

Liu Xia Lian was in awe. This must be Dian Wei's sister. She pledged her life just for inviting him to a meal. She really has the demeanor of an ancient knight.

A gang, no, a team was formed. The four of them began to pack up their tools, prepare dry food, water bottles, etc.

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