It took more than two hours to rush to the Daliang River, the spring rain a few days ago, so that the river water rose a little, and some places that could have been put down have been flooded. After searching for a while, I found a flat place, first sprinkled the bait I brought into the river to make a nest, and waited until the water surface rippled, and then put the net down.

"Little Five, can you catch a fish here?"

"Absolutely, but it shouldn't be too big, after all, it's too close to the shore."

After waiting for a while, "Big brother, it's time to close the net!" Second brother, come and help! Several people took the net back with all their hands.

"Little Wu, there are really fish, look at it?"

Situ Yan took a look, there were about 5 or 6 small fish, and she first put the fish in a bucket and raised them, and then she sprinkled the nest again and netted the fish.

"Little Wu, can this fish really be raised in a paddy field? You won't eat all the seedlings, will you? Last night, Situ Yan told them that they wanted to raise fish in the rice field, and several people thought it was a joke, but they didn't expect the little sister to take it seriously.

"This fish, it's not just left in the rice field, you want to feed it, if you feed it, it won't eat the seedlings, and it can also help with insect control and fertilization."

"There's that good thing, let's raise more."

"That's not good, you can raise up to 100 fish per acre, not only will the fish not survive, but the seedlings will also die. For the first time, we can raise 50 of them for one acre. ”

"This fish is really hard to raise. I'm really afraid of feeding to death? ”

"I'll raise this fish, and my brothers just farm the land." Situ Yan saw that there were more bubbles on the river, so she hurriedly shouted and pulled the net, and there were more fish in this net, there were more than 20.

In this way, I cast bait to make a nest, went down to the net to catch fish, and was busy for more than two hours, so that I caught more than 160 small fish. Several people were so tired that they couldn't even straighten their waists.

"Little Wu, this fishing is much harder than farming." Li Dalang drove the car and sighed, he still likes farming compared to fishing.

"We don't have much experience, so there is no good way to get tired naturally, I have seen fishermen fishing before, and there are more and bigger nets than us, but people are not as tired as us. Everything needs to be accumulated, and with experience, you will get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Situ Yan sat between San Lang and Shiro, and at first she could talk for a few words, but after walking for a while, she nodded sleepily. San Lang looked distressed and hugged Situ Yan into his arms, so that she could sleep more comfortably. Shiro asked in a suppressed voice, "Is Xiao Wu tired, why are you sleepy like this?" ”

Li Dalang turned around and looked at the little sister in San Lang's arms, and felt a little uncomfortable, and the little sister followed him to suffer again. He found that he was really useless, he couldn't give his younger siblings a good life, and he always made them suffer.

Waiting for the car to arrive home, Li Dalang was just about to carry his little sister into the house, but as soon as he took his hand, Situ Yan woke up, "You're back so soon?" Am I asleep? ”

"Xiao Wu is very tired, leave this job to us, and you can go into the house to sleep for a while?" Li Dalang persuaded Situ Yan while helping him get out of the car.

"It's alright! I feel much better when I sleep here, this fish should be selected, and grass carp and carp should be raised. Brothers, go and rest, I'll just come by myself. ”

"I'm not tired. I'm going to help. Li Dalang wanted his younger brothers to rest, and he carried a bucket to follow Situ Yan to the backyard. Erlang and a few people were willing to help, and they all shouted for help and followed them to the backyard.

First, the fish are classified, 50 are put in an acre of paddy field, and then fed with fish food, and the rest is washed and smeared with salt and flour to make a plate of fried small fish. When the fish went to the field, Situ Yan had a little less to worry about, so she took out the sunflower (sunflower) seeds in the ring, found San Lang and Shiro, and asked them to plant this on the side of the backyard wall, so that when the sunflower grows, it can be used to block the line of sight, and the sunflower seeds can be fried and eaten, and if they are planted well, they may be sold for money.

"Little Wu, there is no one here in our family, so there is no need to plant this." Li Erlang felt that Xiaomei was a little too cautious.

"Second brother, you can't have the heart to harm people, but you can't have the heart to prevent people, no one is a roundworm in someone else's stomach, you can see others clearly. Instead of embankments everywhere, it is better to prepare in advance. ”

"I understand what Xiao Wu said, second brother, you just listen to Xiao Wu, no matter whether anyone comes, let's take precautions." Li Sanlang is the smartest of the brothers, and he is thoughtful and can draw inferences from others. It saved Situ Yan a lot of explanation.

"I don't feel bad, I'm just afraid that Xiao Wu will be tired."

"I and Xiaosi can do this. Second brother, don't worry! "The matter was decided, the next day, Situ Yan felt a little sore in his arm when he got up, and it was better to fight for a while, and it was discussed last night, and the land in the backyard was taken care of by San Lang, Shilang and Situ Yan. Guantian was watched by Daro and Jiro. In fact, Situ Yan is not needed in the backyard, but the four brothers have never planted the rice field, not to mention raising fish in the rice field, so they need Situ Yan's help.

After breakfast, Saburo took a shovel and Shiro went to the backyard to plant sunflowers, and it took three days to surround the entire backyard.

When rushing to the big market on March 25, Situ Yan brought boiled salted eggs and pickles, brought firewood and went to the county seat with Li Dalang and a few others. These days, the four brothers practice calligraphy very diligently, and the paper they get back is a little insufficient, especially Li Sanlang, sometimes when Situ Yan is not paying attention during the nap, he will secretly get up and practice. It's good to have this enthusiasm, but it's not good to take care of your health, for this Situ Yan didn't persuade San Lang less, but this kid didn't know what was wrong, he responded in person, but after that, he went his own way, so angry that Situ Yan didn't talk to him for several days.

Sitting on the mule cart, San Lang deliberately sat next to Situ Yan, "Xiao Wu, don't be angry, I want to practice the characters as soon as possible, so I don't need you to copy books to make money in the future, I don't want you to be tired." Situ Yan was a little distressed, it turned out that her third brother was just thinking about her everywhere, and she was still angry with others, so she couldn't help but be a little embarrassed and her face flushed slightly, "Third brother, thank you, but I didn't just want to copy books to make money, but also to learn more knowledge from books and understand more reason." Even if the third brother practices his calligraphy well in the future, I still have to copy books, so I can't ignore my body by temperament in the future. ”

"Okay, listen to Xiao Wu, don't be angry with me, you haven't even said a word to me for three days, I'm dying?" Seeing Li Sanlang talking to her in a coquettish tone, Situ Yan couldn't hold it back, and fell into his arms with a smile. Li Sanlang looked at the little sister and smiled, and then put down the heart he was carrying, and it was terrible for the little sister to get angry. Although he is not noisy or noisy, it is also very scary to ignore people and ignore them, and he will not dare to provoke his little sister in the future.

After entering the county seat, Situ Yan cut a salted egg with a knife, so that the oily yolk inside was exposed, which immediately attracted many people. This time, salted eggs were sold faster than pickles, and when Situ Yan copied the book and found it, there was still half a small jar of pickles that had not been sold.

"Next time, you should take less of this pickle, but you can take more eggs." Situ Yan calculated in her heart while watching.

"Xiao Wu, this egg sells for 5 yuan a piece, and so many people buy it. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to sell it at this price? Li Erlang was a little embarrassed, the eldest brother and younger brothers thought they could sell it, but he didn't believe it, and he was a little embarrassed to see that it was all sold at this time.

"This salted egg is shared by the family, and the cake can be eaten as a dish, of course it sells well. I only brought 50 of them today, and I can sell 100 of them next time. ”

"Big brother, I'll go to the grain store in a while, I want to buy some bran and wheat bran to feed the fish, and when the fish fry are bigger, I don't need to feed them anymore, only the grass and insects that grow in the field are enough for the fish to eat."

"Okay." A few people went to the grain store, bought the things they wanted, bought some pork and pig bones, and went to the embroidery shop to buy some thread for tying the ties, and then drove home.

March has been spent in a busy time, on the evening of March 31, Situ Yan and Li Dalang sat at the kang table, not in a hurry to read, "Big brother, we have been busy for the past few months, and we have earned almost 15 taels from the year before the year to the present (Situ Yan said a few taels, and of course he didn't say the 20 taels that sold illegal salt.) The real income of the family is 40 taels. ）。 Life in this family is also better, some aunts in the village asked me about the marriage of the eldest brother, there are no elders in our family, I don't know what the eldest brother thinks about this marriage? ”

Li Dalang was happy when he heard that his family had made so much money, but when he heard his little sister's next words, he felt a little sad in his heart, and he lowered his head and didn't know what to say for a while.

"Big brother, don't be embarrassed, our family is in a special situation, you are the oldest in the family, so this matter must start with you, and when we have a sister-in-law in the future, the sister-in-law will help the second brother, third brother, and fourth brother Zhang Luo in this matter."

Before Da Lang could speak, San Lang and Shiro said in unison, "I can't get married!" The two glanced at each other, they already had someone in their hearts, how could they marry someone else.

Li Dalang glanced at his younger brothers, how could he not know what his younger brothers were thinking, he himself had that idea, and he made up his mind, so he turned his head to look at Situ Yan, "Xiao Wu's family is having a good time, and the younger brothers are all young, I don't want to marry now, if someone asks again, you can help me go back!" ”

Situ Yan thinks it's okay, men, they are not afraid of getting married later, as long as they have the ability and money, they are afraid that they will not be able to find a good one. What's more, Li Dalang is only 15 years old this year, and he is a student who has just graduated from junior high school in modern times. "Well, I know what to do. With this money, our family's life is also more relaxed, and if my brothers want to buy something, they will buy it. Situ Yan is not afraid of a few people spending money indiscriminately, these people can save more than her, and she is the one who can spend the most money in this family.

Li Dalang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that Xiaomei didn't insist on letting him marry, although he was still a little sad in his heart, but he understood that he was not worthy of Xiaomei, even if he couldn't wait for Xiaomei to nod, but if Xiaomei didn't marry, he would rather stay by her side like this. Even if he just took care of his little sister like this, he felt happy.

Li Dalang's incident made Erlang, San Lang and Shiro also muttered in their hearts, although Erlang was a little muna, he also knew his own thoughts, he liked Xiaomei, if he wanted to marry, he only wanted to marry Xiaomei, but he also understood that he was not worthy of Xiaomei. Although San Lang and Shiro are young, but San Lang is thoughtful, he knows that if he wants to give his little sister happiness, he has to study more and earn more money, and if he can take the test in the future, he will have the capital to propose to his little sister. With a goal, several people studied more seriously, and even practiced boxing in the morning much more seriously than usual.

These Situ Yan can feel it to some extent, she is not really only six years old, but she can only pretend not to know, at least for now, she only thinks these people are her own brothers, as for whether they can come together in the future, it depends on fate.