Liu Lairong saw Cao Xiang coming over with two children, one older and one young, and grinned at Cao Xiang from afar. Cao Xiang approached and asked, "You are here alone, can you come over?"

"Yes, a lot of kids over there who are playing can help, and they're all positive. ”

Liu Lairong said, and pointed to a bunch of children next to him who were chasing me and having a good time, these children were all from those Zhuangzi people on the edge of the reservoir.

In the past two years, the Liu family has not given fish to these Zhuangzi people once every three years, but has given them every year, and in addition to the Spring Festival, they have distributed some fish from the reservoir, and on big festivals such as the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, they have sent crucian carp raised in the lotus root fields, and every family has two large crucian carp with chopsticks. Perhaps, the Liu family is doing everything in front, these people are not stupid, and even if the Liu family gives out so much every year, it is impossible for ordinary people to be so generous and willing to do so. Instead of recontracting to others, they can't get anything, and it is better to continue to be raised by the Liu family.

Speaking of this, it is because after the fishing music started, some people saw that the fishing music was booming, so they moved their hearts and minds to take back the reservoir and contract it themselves. Then he ran from house to house, trying to persuade these families with the friendship of his neighbors, and jointly demanded that the reservoir be taken back and then contracted to him. These people nodded to their faces, and as soon as they turned their heads, they privately admonished each other: "Don't let the reservoir be contracted by his family! Otherwise, we won't be able to catch the fish once every three years, let alone think about the good things that the Liu family has given them several times a year." ”

The man managed to persuade the village chief to hold a meeting with everyone and demand that the reservoir be recovered. As a result, every family sent a woman to stand on top, and whatever the village chief said was a blind distraction from the donkey's head to the horse's mouth. The village chief still doesn't know what's going on?! The meeting was dismissed less than half an hour after the meeting, and he went home in a rage.

The old man who was still helping the Liu family watch the fish seized the opportunity and told Liu Yujin about it. She didn't specify who it was, but Kusaka knew, but she didn't think about revenge or anything. She did not succeed in snatching the contracting rights of the reservoir, nor did she maliciously sabotage her family's business, but only wanted to take back the reservoir through formal channels, which was also regarded as normal competition.

In fact, the Liu family also thought about bringing some business to these Zhuangzi's families with the help of fishing. But as soon as those people said this, they shook their heads, saying that their family is not good, and those people in the city are particular about this and that, and they can't serve well. However, the children like to come to the dam to play, so the Liu family gave a little money by asking the children to help deliver fruit plates, tea, cigarettes, and meals. If some children want to eat fruit or have a meal, they can also eat fruit without money at one time, and they can eat two meat and two vegetarian meals without money twice.

Therefore, these children look like they are running around together, but in fact, they pay more attention to whether there is anyone waving among the fishing people on the platform. As soon as he found someone waving, he immediately ran over to ask what people needed, and then ran to Liu Lairong to get something and send it over. Sometimes, there are generous guests who will give them one or two yuan, and during the peak fishing season, these children can earn at least seven or eight yuan a day.

There are a lot of fruits here, but except for watermelon, the amount is very small, because the weather is too hot and the fruits are easy to ripen and rot, and the grass fragrance is not put into the box every day. She looked down and saw Xiao Fanxing's eyes shining at the big watermelons piled up, so she asked, "Do you want to eat watermelons?"

"Yes!"

"Okay, Sister Rong, you can help me cut the biggest watermelon, call all the children playing over there, and everyone will finish eating together." ”

Liu Lairong smiled and found a large watermelon weighing more than 20 catties, put it on the board dedicated to cutting watermelons, and began to operate. While cutting, he asked Caoxiang: "Brother Saw got married on August 18th, did you ask your uncle?"

"August 18th, how hot is it!" Then he shook his head and said: "My parents are in the county seat! My grandmother didn't mention it, so I guess I haven't come home yet!"

It's still far from August 18th!

Liu Lairong nodded: "Maybe I haven't started to invite yet!" My family knew in advance because his family was going to use my big pot to cook rice that day, and our family still had to help them, so they greeted us in advance and asked us not to go out that day. ”

Grandpa Liu Lairong and Liu Laisaw's grandfather are brothers, and Uncle Liu Lairong and Liu Daman are cousins. The two of them are also close to each other, and it is normal to ask their family to help and cook at their house. The fragrance of grass is not strange at all, but on this hot day, how can you think of making a big deal?!

"On such a hot day, I can't keep leftovers or anything, why does Uncle Daman seem to be doing a big job?"

Liu Lairong sneered: "I don't know what that woman's family is tossing, my daughter has a big belly, isn't it better to be more careful! But their family doesn't! Ask the uncle's family to invite at least twenty tables of guests, if there are not so many relatives, can you still go to the road to pull people to eat at home?!"

You don't need to use your brain to think that the female family is afraid that on the day of the wedding, the male family is too cold, and the daughter will be looked down upon! After all, there is a problem with her own marriage.

Cao Xiang joked and said: "I have a lot of family, and I can fill two tables when I go all, so I'm afraid that Uncle Daman and Aunt will be dumbfounded." ”

"Poof!" Liu Lairong laughed.

Cut all the watermelons and put them on a plate, and picked up two slices of grass here, one for Xiao Fanxing and one for Fanyun. Over there, Liu Lairong beckoned the children playing next to him to come and eat watermelon.

After Xiaoxing finished eating the watermelon, he took him to sit on the Qianqiu rocking chair and play for a while. The little guy may see a lot of children at once, a little excited, can't sit in the rocking chair, but follows behind those children, chasing and running crazy. Running like crazy, he didn't scream to take a shower and change clothes, and when it was time to eat, Cao Xiang called him to go back to eat together, and pouted and was unhappy.

"They'll have to go home for dinner in a while, and I'll bring you over tomorrow to play. Okay, okay?"

The little guy nodded, and was reluctantly carried home by the fragrance of grass. The dishes and chopsticks at home have been put on the table, and the aunt of the Xie family hurriedly went back to the kitchen and brought out the dishes and chopsticks of three people.

"I thought you were eating at the reservoir!"

Cao Xiang washed Xiaoxing's face and hands, and replied: "There are many more people fishing this year than last year, cousin, they are too busy, so I won't mess with that." ”

She can help deliver things, but the kids are already doing it, and there's nothing else she can do to help. If they were going to eat there, her cousin would definitely fry a few more dishes for her, wouldn't that be adding to the chaos?

Zhu Linglong asked loudly in the house: "There are a lot of fishermen? I haven't seen anyone come to stay for this time, I thought business was not good!"

"Who wants to live outside if they can get home in time?" Liu Baiquan muttered, anyway, he didn't like to spend the night outside.

At the dinner table, Cao Xiang talked about Liu Laisaw's marriage on August 18, and asked his grandparents how much gift money they had prepared.

"It's hard to say how much other people's families are, if your uncle goes, you have to follow at least a hundred, and you can't take it if you don't have it. Zhu Linglong thought about it, and said to Feng Mingfang: "Your family has to be counted as a share that day, it doesn't matter if you go or not, the gift money must be followed." ”

Feng Mingfang responded: "Then I'll follow a hundred!"

The current gift of fifty yuan is enough, and Liu Baiquan is not very willing to let his youngest son's family follow so much. said to his little daughter-in-law: "Your eldest brother's family is rich, and if he is less, he is afraid of others gossiping." You don't have to do that, fifty dollars is a lot. It's too much, but it's hard for others to do!"

Zhu Linglong also nodded: "Well, what the old man said is right, you can follow fifty!"

"Whoa!"