A young educated youth who repays his gratitude

"Let's go!"

With a wave of his hand, Bai Lele walked ahead aggressively, "Let's go fishing!"

"Is Baowa happy?" Bai Lele asked him.

"Happy." Baowa was very lively when she came outside, "Dad, hold Baowa and play."

"There's also uncle." Bai Lele didn't want to be outdone, "Uncle will play with you too."

"Uncle playing." Bao Wa'er nodded, showing two dimples on her cheeks with a smile, "Hello, Uncle."

"Wow!" Bai Lele laughed loudly, "Bao Wa'er said uncle is good!"

It's been a long time since she was so happy, Bai Lele was beaming all the way, making Baowa'er laugh nonstop.

Seeing his happy smile, Huo Changqing's expression on his face was much softer. He just liked to see Bai Lele's energetic appearance.

Like a child who never grows up.

The Linjiang brigade is five or six miles away from the river, and it takes half an hour to walk west of the brigade.

Along the way, I met many people from the brigade. A few Bai Lele looked familiar, but most of them were strangers.

"Stayed here for half a year." Bai Lele said with emotion: "I only saw a few familiar faces, and most of them didn't know each other."

"It's okay if you don't know each other well." Huo Changqing said: "After a long time, we will know each other."

After a few miles, they soon came to the riverside, where many people had already arrived.

No matter men, women, young or old, they all stood together with the people they made friends with, chatting and laughing, so it was very lively.

There are also some children, running back and forth dishonestly, laughing and laughing.

"It's Chinese New Year." Bai Lele sighed, "It's great that everyone is so happy!"

"Yeah." Huo Changqing nodded, "I'll take you to the surface of the river to have a look. It's slippery and watch your feet."

"Understood." Bai Lele reached out to grab his arm, "I'll support you, don't drop Baowa."

Huo Changqing: "..."

He felt the weight on his arm, was it supporting him, or was he afraid that he would fall and pull him?

Huo Changqing led Bai Lele onto the ice layer, and a few groups of people scattered on the river, shaving the ice layer with picks.

Ice flakes splashed everywhere, pieces of solid ice were broken, and they were taken away and thrown aside.

The group of people closest to them, Huo Changqing stopped, "You stand here and don't move, I'll go over and have a look."

"Yes." Bai Lele took Bao Wa'er and stood there without moving, more than 20 meters away from the place where the ice was shaved.

He knew that the people who were not chosen to fish were not allowed to go on the ice, for fear that there would be more chaos.

Bai Lele borrowed Huo Changqing's help so no one stopped him.

Seeing that Huo Changqing passed by and before he could stand still, he heard someone shout excitedly: "It's been planed, you can get off the net."

At this moment, Huo Changqing looked at him, and Bai Lele hurriedly pulled down the scarf around his face, showing a big smile.

He lifted the quilt covering Baowa a little more, "Baowa, watch daddy fishing."

Baowa was wearing a hat and her face was wrapped in a scarf, revealing a pair of big round eyes.

Seeing Huo Changqing's direction, he shouted crisply: "Dad."

"Father will be here in a while." Bai Lele coaxed him, but before he finished speaking, a loud shout came from a distance: "There are fish."

Bai Lele turned her head hastily, and saw a net of fish pulled out from an ice hole in the distance, and there seemed to be a lot of them.

"The fish came up." Bai Lele shouted happily: "Huo Changqing, the fish came out."

"I see." Huo Changqing waved to him, "It's almost here, just wait."

After he finished speaking, he went to get the fishing net, and started preparing to lower the net with a few people. Bai Lele knew that there were a lot of fish at this time, and it would not take long to catch them.

It's just a pity that random salvage is not allowed, and the commune must notify the day before it can be done.

Only a few festivals a year can we eat freshly caught river fish.

Huo Changqing and the others had just lowered their nets, and there were cries of fish coming out from other places, and there was a layer of lively big fish on the ice.

"Lele."

Bai Lele was looking around with a smile on his face, feeling the joy of fishing, when suddenly he heard Huo Changqing calling him, and when he turned his head, he saw a net of fish pulled out of the water.

The big fish were jumping around, bumping and jostling, trying to escape the fate of catching them, but they were still "hula" and fell on the ice.

All of a sudden, a lot of fish came up one after another, you jumped up and I fell down, making people dazzled.

But after tossing for a while, it was frozen hard, and could no longer jump up, so it could only honestly fall on the ice and move its mouth weakly.

"Is it cold?" Huo Changqing came over, looked at him and Baowa, "Do you want to go back?"

"Dad, Yuyu." Baowa'er struggled hard, wanting Huo Changqing to hug him, "Dad, hug your baby."

"Okay, Dad hold the baby." Huo Changqing was afraid that they would fall, so he hurriedly reached out to take Baowa over, "Is it cold, son?"

Huo Changqing put his big warm hand into Baowa's neck, touched his little face, "It's warm, you can stay for a while."

"Is Baowa okay?" Bai Lele was a little worried, even though she wanted to watch the fishing, she couldn't freeze the baby, so she hesitated, "How about, let's go back."

"It's okay." Huo Changqing said: "The fight will be over soon, let's go together in a while."

Fishing is done several times a year, and there is a limit on the number of nets each time. If there are too many, it is not allowed, and people sent from above will supervise them.

After more than an hour, the team leader yelled to stop the net with a loudspeaker, and ordered the fish to be carried to the river in baskets.

After weighing and counting, part of the fish is handed in, and the rest can be shared with everyone.

Bai Lele and Huo Changqing also arrived at the riverside, watching the team leader lead the people very busy.

"How about I go back first?" Bai Lele said, "Bao Wa's been out for too long, don't freeze him."

"Let's go back together." Huo Changqing said, "Listen to the horn to call for someone before coming out."

"Then let's go." Bai Lele also saw people walking back one after another, probably because they wanted to go home to warm up for a while before sharing the fish.

……

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the brigade used a loudspeaker to call for people to share the fish in the drying yard.

Bai Lele immediately wrapped Baowa'er up, carried her outside, "Hurry up, before it's too late."

Huo Changqing followed behind and locked the door, with a smile on his serious face, "What's the rush, we won't share until we're all here."

Not far from the door, he saw Er Dan and a few young boys coming over, and Bai Lele said hello to him.

"How about your bare-backed baby, Dahu?" Bai Lele asked curiously, "Where do you live now?"

Huo Changqing didn't pay attention to this matter anymore, and Bai Lele still missed those children.

"I live in the warehouse in the backyard of the brigade headquarters." Er Dan leaned over, "It's a big place, very good."

"Okay." Bai Lele nodded.

"It's not that good." Erdan looked at Huo Changqing, winked and said to Bai Lele, "I just gave food, but nothing."

He sighed and said: "Even everyone made up some matches for burning, and didn't even give a bowl for eating."

Bai Lele: "..."

He didn't doubt that Erdan's words were watery, some people could do anything if they could be ruthless.

"I have some things for home use." Huo Changqing said suddenly: "After you share the fish, bring someone to get them."

"Okay." Erdan happily agreed, "I'll tell Dumb about it."

Bai Lele glanced at Huo Changqing, and secretly smiled in her heart: After all, she is soft-hearted.

When they reached the brigade headquarters, they saw several large piles of fish piled up on the drying ground, divided into several grades of size.

It is rich in carp, silver carp, and some small miscellaneous fish, such as crucian carp, old man fish, white drifter...

The team leader held the trumpet in his hand, and looked around, seeing that it was almost time for someone to come.

He began to shout: "The old rule is that each household has two large fish, four medium-sized fish, and three catties of small miscellaneous fish. Now we start to share."

Then they started calling their names one by one.

Everyone who was called came forward to take the fish, with smiles on their faces and joy all over their bodies.

Who would be unhappy if you save the money to buy fish and still eat fresh fish, adding a meat dish during the New Year.

Huo Changqing was quickly called, and he went forward with a bucket to finish his share of fish.

Bai Lele saw that there were two big fish in his bucket, each weighing four to five catties, one carp and one silver carp.

Four medium-sized fish, each weighing more than two catties, were also shared with carp and silver carp.

Huo Changqing stood beside Bai Lele, "Let's leave later, there will be some left after the distribution, and we can buy some back."

"I won't buy it." Bai Lele shook his head, "The fish I share is enough to eat, there is no need to spend any more money, and there are not many family members."

He knew that Huo Changqing would not let him spend money, and Bai Lele didn't want him to spend money, so he pulled Huo Changqing to leave.

"You don't want to eat fish." Huo Changqing stood still, "Buy some and freeze them, and you can eat them whenever you want."

"Isn't that much enough for you to eat?" Bai Lele glared at him, "After the Chinese New Year, the weather will be warmer, and I want to eat what we pay for."

Huo Changqing saw that he would not let go, so he had no choice but to follow him back, but Bai Lele stopped after walking a few steps.

"You have to give your sister a New Year's present, right?" Bai Lele thought of this, turned around and wanted to go back, "Do you want to buy some more?"

"No." He said so, and Huo Changqing left quickly, "Only the eldest sister and the third sister come back for the Chinese New Year. These are enough to eat."

Bai Lele: "?"

Inexplicably feeling that Huo Changqing was in a bad mood, he didn't insist, but quietly observed Huo Changqing's expression along the way.

But that serious face has never been too emotional, and Bai Lele can't see anything.

"Huh?" Bai Lele saw a few people standing in front of the house from afar, "Who is this?"

"Irrelevant people." Huo Changqing's tone suddenly turned cold, "You don't need to pay attention."

The author says:

There are some changes in the previous chapters. Today, a small part of about [-] words is the content of yesterday. It is moved to this chapter. It is not a duplicate content, so I would like to explain it.