Chapter 20: Big Brother

On Saturday morning, Ma Xiaodong was in a daze in a small fish pond dug by himself in the yard. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoThis small fish pond is very small, about two meters long and wide, and more than half a meter deep, and a layer of plastic sheeting is laid under the fish pond to prevent loaches from burrowing into the soil. At the beginning, Ma Xiaodong put the fish back in a large tank, but later there were more and more fish. The big tank couldn't be put down at all, there was no way, Ma Xiaodong could only dig such a fish pond.

Although this small fish pond does not have professional oxygen supply equipment for fish farming, the loach fish are very tenacious, and there is no need to worry about them being hypoxic, especially this wild loach fish, which is even more tenacious, even if there is no water they can live for a few days.

But Ma Xiaodong now looks at these fish, but he has a headache, because he can't transport them all to the town. In the end, Ma Xiaodong could only ride a bicycle to the town by himself, but if he rode a bicycle, he couldn't bring much at all, Ma Xiaodong planned to bring a little less to try first, and see if he could find a fish seller and push out these fish.

I found a bag, filled about 50 catties of fish, and packed the scale of the last time my father went to the street to sell mushrooms, and rode a bicycle to go to the town. This kind of tractor has only two wheels and a body attached to the back, which is very common in rural areas, cheap, and basically every household in the countryside has it. When starting, use the 'crank handle', and people with little strength really can't get it.

"Dongzi, are you going to Gaha?" The driver is a man about 30 years old, not tall, dark and stocky, wearing camouflage overalls, this clothes are sturdy, many people in the countryside wear it to work, not torn or broken, it is also convenient when working, and it can be worn well this year.

Seeing this man, Ma Xiaodong's eyes suddenly lit up, "Big brother? I'm going to town, why are you going? "This man's name is Ma Xiaoshan, 28 this year, and he is the cousin of Uncle Ma Xiaodong's family, and the two of them have a grandfather.

However, Ma Xiaoshan has been married for several years, and Ma Xiaodong's uncle is a lazy man in rural terms, and he is very reluctant to do work in the field, so when Ma Xiaoshan was as old as Ma Xiaodong, he began to take on a family farm job.

Anyone in the village who talks about Ma Xiaoshan has to give a thumbs up, this kid is willing to work hard, not afraid of hardship, and the tattered family that was originally in debt was stunned by him to make it more and more prosperous. In the countryside, people who can work are naturally admired and liked, although Ma Xiaoshan's family is poor, there are still people who can like him. I got married a few years ago, and now my children are about to go to school.

Although Ma Xiaodong's uncle is lazy, he doesn't say anything to Ma Xiaodong, it's absolutely good, if there is anything delicious, he won't forget his share, Ma Xiaodong's uncle and father are also brothers, they have the same hobbies, smoking, drinking and bragging. The brothers do have some blowing, Ma Xiaoshan is capable, the entire brigade knows it, and even those in other villages know that Ma Xiaodong studies well, and it can be regarded as for the face of the old Ma family, the brothers go out to blow this head, and others really can't say anything.

When Ma Xiaoshan heard his brother's words, his brows furrowed, "You go by yourself?" What about my uncle? "Ma Xiaodong, a teenager, wants to go to the town by himself, in the eyes of rural people, aren't you doing it?

"I'll go up to the mountain to pick mushrooms, and I'll go to town by myself." Ma Xiaodong really didn't tell his family about going to the town by himself, because he knew that if he told his parents, they estimated that they would not let him go 100%.

Ma Xiaoshan smiled when he heard his brother's words, "You kid, didn't you tell your parents?" Aren't you small? What are you going to do in town? ā€

Ma Xiaodong saw that it was debunked by his eldest brother, and smiled, "I have shed some fish in the past few days, and I plan to sell it in the town." ā€

When Ma Xiaoshan heard this, he was immediately surprised, "Yo! Brother, do you still have the ability to do business? I really didn't see it before, but I happened to be going to town today, and I drove you there. When he heard that his brother still had the intention of doing business, Ma Xiaoshan was really surprised, although he was just selling some fish for himself, but this kind of mind and courage was not something that an ordinary rural baby could have.

Children in rural areas are generally shy, and some are shy to greet strangers, let alone engage in small business. His brother has this ability, and Ma Xiaoshan is really a little impressed.

When Ma Xiaodong heard this, he was immediately happy, "Really? Big brother, are you going to town too? That's right, let's go, help me pull all the fish, I'm worried that I can't pull much on this bike. "Although the little tractor of the eldest brother is not big, it is still no problem to pull away his own fish of about 1,000 catties.

"And what? Where? I'll pull it all for you. ā€

Ma Xiaodong pointed with his hand, "In the yard, drive the car in and load it." ā€

"Okay!" With that, he turned the tractor around and poured it into the yard.

Turning off the engine and stopping the car, looking at the fish in the small fish pond, Ma Xiaoshan was dumbfounded. "I said, brother, can you sell all the fish today?"

Ma Xiaodong said with a smile while looking for tools to hold fish: "It's okay, if I can't sell it out, I'll try to push it to the fishmongers, although it is cheaper, but it is worry-free." In fact, Ma Xiaodong also planned to sell it first when he arrived in the town, and the price of the retail sale was high, so he pushed it to the fishmongers if he couldn't sell it.

Ma Xiaoshan has never done business, and when he heard his brother say this, he didn't know if it was right or not, but if his brother dared to break through, then he would dare to accompany him as a brother, and it was a big deal that he would delay a day's work, nothing remarkable.

"Look at what you said, find a plastic sheet to put in the body to save water leakage." Both of them put the fish in bags, then put them in the car, and fill them with some water, so they don't have to worry.

It took more than an hour for the two brothers to finish loading the fish and driving the tractor straight to the town. Although the road to the town is not a cement asphalt road, but the road condition is not bad, but it is inevitable that there will be bumps, the last time he sat on the tractor, Ma Xiaodong remembered that it seemed to be when he bought a tractor in his own life in his last life, but according to this time, it will take two years.

"Big brother, what are you doing in town?" Sitting in the car, the two brothers chatted about their daily routines.

"Is it so close to the autumn harvest, I'll pack up the car and buy some bags for collecting grain." Autumn harvest time, is the busiest time, there is a saying in the countryside, three spring is not as busy as an autumn, the autumn harvest must be hurried, after the grain is ripe, it will automatically fall off later, soybeans will collapse pods, rice will break the ears of rice, only corn is fine, so the late harvest is a loss, generally prepare early, so as not to delay the time.

The two brothers said this, and slowly approached the town, and Ma Xiaodong also came here for the first time after being reborn, this town that occupied too much in his life.