Chapter 13 Fish Trafficking

When An Xi and An Jiao returned home with a heavy basket on their backs, they immediately poured the fish in the basket into a basin and poured some water to raise them.

It's just that there are so many fish, and these two wooden pots are not enough...

What's the matter?

I had to go to the village chief's house first and borrow the big wooden barrel.

But it's not good to go empty-handed, so it's easier to borrow some gifts with you.

After all, no one will turn away the giver of a gift at the door.

So what should I give?

An Xi rolled his eyes and thought about it very seriously.

I caught a glimpse of a bouncing fish.

If you have it, just send the fish.

Squatted down and pulled two fish into the bamboo basket.

An Xi just carried the bamboo basket and walked towards the village chief's house.

Before leaving, I didn't forget to let An Jiao take care of her home, don't go anywhere, and don't open the door if anyone knocks.

"Knock knock, knock"

Walking to the front of the village chief's house, Anxi politely stepped forward and gently knocked on the door of the village chief's house.

The person inside asked.

"Who?"

"I'm Anxi,"

"Oh, it's the brook girl, wait, come right away" The village chief's mother-in-law, Fang, opened the door unhurriedly.

Anxi didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point.

"Grandma, that's the case, I want to borrow your big wooden barrel from you, you see, these two fish have just been caught very fresh, it is good to give the village chief grandfather wine and dinner, I don't know if grandma is willing to lend the barrel to me."

Anxi's smile is close to the village chief's mother-in-law, that is, the grandmother in front of her.

When you ask someone to do something, you have to smile with a raised face and say well-behaved and decent words.

Fang Shi couldn't help but smile when he saw these two obese fish swinging, his eyes were shining.

This dare is good, borrow two fish in a big wooden barrel.

Not only can you give the old man wine and eat, but the whole family can also make tooth sacrifices and open meat.

Strange to say, although this fish is not a rarity, it is not so easy to catch.

If it was so easy to catch, this person would have gone out to catch fish in a hurry, so how could he think about digging wild vegetables and mushrooms to get his fill.

This girl is also magical, and the little quarrel caused by the whole family last time also came from the fish.

This time I gave her two more fish, how did this girl know the skill of catching fish? .

An Xi didn't know that in just this short moment, Fang's heart didn't know how many times he had circled and thought about how many things.

"Girl, are you talking about the one-meter-high wooden barrel in my house?"

"Yes, yes," Anxi nodded hurriedly.

"Oh, you can borrow it, girl, how long do you want to borrow?"

Fang's eyes swept over the two fat fish in the basket in her hand.

Eye-catching as Anxi, why don't you know? It was also comprehended that he pushed the bamboo basket into Fang's arms.

"Grandma, you take this fish, what about this barrel, I want to borrow it for three days, I don't know if it's okay?"

An Xi thought for a moment and blurted out.

Although she wanted to say that it would be borrowed for a longer time, it felt unlikely.

And although Fang Clan's face was gentle and kind, he was making calculations in his heart, and what was hidden in his eyes was some calculations.

What is this girl doing with this big wooden barrel, is there any mystery?

Three days, two fat fish, just borrow her for three days, and by the way, see what she does with this barrel.

"Okay, three days is three days"

Fang took the bamboo basket with a smile, turned around and went back to get a small basin, and took out the fish from the bamboo basket and put it into the wooden basin.

And An Xi watched her accept the fish, and her heart couldn't help but feel relieved.

This eats people with a soft mouth and short hands.

Even if the Fang clan knew what she was doing with that big wooden barrel in the future, they wouldn't feel that they were being taken advantage of.

Hollowing out the fish, Fang returned the bamboo basket to Anxi, turned around and went back to put the fish away, and moved the big wooden barrel out by the way.

Although this Fang clan is a little older, but his body is also tough, and it is still possible to move a bucket.

"You girl be careful, this barrel is a little heavy, your body is light, I don't know if you can resist moving, don't break my bucket"

The way to move the bucket out, a pair of deep-set eyes looked An Xi from head to toe.

"Grandma, I often help my mother with farm work, this little weight is nothing"

Of course, An Xi knew that Fang was afraid that she would drop the barrel, after all, it was not worth breaking the big wooden barrel into it for the sake of two fish.

This big wooden barrel is also bought for a lot of copper plate money, and the entire Anjia Village is also owned by the village chief's family, although Anxi doesn't know what the village chief's family is doing with such a big barrel.

But she's not a nosy, just borrow the bucket.

He smiled at Fang Clan again, and with a half-suspicious look in his eyes, he took the barrel down.

Stop.

It's really heavy.

Anxi only felt that his waist pole was about to break?

Moving step by step, with a bamboo basket on his elbow, it was extremely difficult to walk all the way.

But fortunately, everyone in the village was busy, and no one paid attention to her, only occasionally a few children in the village followed her curiously.

Until she moved to the door.

"Whoa, my sister is back, open the door for my sister"

An Xi put the bucket down and wiped the sweat from his face with the back of his hand.

In this winter, carrying a bucket, she was sweating all over, and she was afraid that she would have to boil water to take a bath, otherwise she would be uncomfortable.

Xiao Anjiao listened to her voice, and took a step with the child's sweet smile and rushed over to open the door for her.

Xiao Anjiao pushed open the door and looked at the bucket behind her with a blank expression.

An Xi smiled at her.

"Good, help my sister bring the bamboo basket in"

Xiao Anjiao obediently took the bamboo basket and watched her sister laboriously carry the bucket in.

"Good, lock the door!"

Ann did so.

"Whew, tired to death"

This body is really weak enough, I think she was so bad at the beginning, uh, well, the hero didn't mention the courage of the year!

Before he could rest for long, Anxi kept pouring water into the bucket until the wave of clear water rose to half of his waist.

He threw the fish that had been squeezed together in the basin into the bucket.

When the fish jumped into the water, they finally felt that the world was a little wider, although they could swim freely in the river, it was much better than the small broken pot!

Looking at the vibrant fish, An Xi unconsciously smiled.

You can have money tomorrow!

Moment,

An Yi and Mo also returned.

It's just that neither of them has free hands.

It turned out that there was nothing left to take care of in those two acres of thin fields, so it was convenient for Mo's to go to find wild vegetables and mushrooms together.

When An Xi saw the wild mushroom in Mo's hand, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, and the smile on his face couldn't be hidden.

"Mother, where did you dig so many wild mushrooms and wild vegetables?"

As for the wild vegetables, Anxi didn't forget to look at them.

After all, in modern times, wild vegetables and mushrooms are all natural green vegetables, and they are sweet and nutritious.

It's domestic, and there's no comparison!

I didn't expect to see so many at once.

I think she was lucky enough to eat it once when she was still in the food program column.

The taste is endless, fragrant in the mouth, and the soup is even more delicious.

But An Jiao didn't have much of a look, maybe she didn't know it as a little child.

"I just dug it casually, I wanted to dig some and make some wild vegetable soup at night, but I didn't expect to find wild mushrooms, so I dug it back together."

Mohs said with a smile.

An Yi didn't speak, his mind was full of what An Xi told him at noon that he would go to the town to buy some rice, oil, salt or something.

The more I thought about it, the more it hurt my brain, and I unconsciously looked at the firewood room, how much can this firewood be sold?

But he didn't want to say it to Mo's, after all, in his opinion, this was his responsibility, how could he tell his mother, his mother was already very hard.

An Xi, who was indulging in the joy of wild mushrooms, didn't notice his sullen expression.

Don't worry about telling him that there are fish, don't worry!

Just excited.

"Mother, I'll do this, let me come, it's guaranteed to be fresh and fragrant."

happily took the wild vegetables in Mo's hand, and An Xi walked towards the kitchen.

When passing by Anyi's side, he looked at him with a faint anxiety between his eyebrows, his eyes were a little more melancholy than usual, and his brows were furrowed, as if he was embarrassed by something.

The careful An Xi thought about it deeply, and then associated yesterday's events together.

"Brother, come over and help me light the fire, I have something to discuss with you"

An Yi nodded, followed An Xi into the kitchen, picked up the firewood and stretched it out under the stove in a hurry, and lit the fire.

And Anxi also skillfully cleaned the wild vegetables and mushrooms with clean water, tore them into two and put them in a pot filled with water.

When boiling wild vegetables and mushrooms, the pursuit is how to make them delicious while greatly retaining their original sweetness.

So it's best not to put other condiments, let it be boiled into soup like this, pour some oil and salt and eat.

But it's not all like that, if there is chicken soup, you can cook it with chicken soup, the fragrance is fragrant, the fragrance is ten miles, mouth-watering!

It's just that these are all utopians, or that sentence, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and no matter how good the method is, the materials are not complete, and it is difficult to make the imaginary taste.

Salt, uh, no salt, Anxi remembered.

It's a pity that this pot of wild vegetables and mushrooms is gone, and she just said in front of Mohs that it must be delicious, just like a fart.

Let's make do with it!

"Xi'er, do you have something to tell me?"

Anxi returned to his senses.

"Well, I borrowed a big wooden barrel from the village chief today, and put it in the yard, I don't know if you have noticed."

"What's in it, what is this big barrel for, and the ox cart you said yesterday?"

"Yes, and the ox cart, isn't this tomorrow going to the town to buy some necessary things, how can we buy them without money?"

"So I caught a lot of fish with her, more than thirty of them, and it cost me two more to borrow a bucket."

"I thought, we will also take some food and borrow an ox cart from Aunt Wu's family later."

"Tomorrow we will carry this large wooden barrel to the ox cart, and then go to the town to sell fish, and we should be able to exchange it for some money!"

After listening to An Xi's plan, An Yi's brows relaxed, and he finally had a smile on his face, no longer so dull.

"I haven't told my mother yet, I'm waiting for us to ask my mother what her opinion is, and besides, I want to get a firewood from this firewood house to sell in the town, but now I hear you say this, I'm afraid this ox cart can't bear such a heavy weight."

"So I'm going to sell the fish first, and this wood won't sell for a few dollars."

"Okay, that's the only way, brother, put out the fire, this soup is ready."

……

"Mother, Jiao'er, the soup is coming"

Anxi brought up the wild vegetable and mushroom soup, and the family barely ate it, um.

An Yi Mo people are in the habit of eating, and they must have eaten like this many times before.

It's just that Anxi has come from modern times after all, and he is a little reluctant to accept incompetence.

While eating, he also took the opportunity to discuss with Mo Shi about going to the market tomorrow, and Mo Shi agreed, and handed over the only copper plate on his body to Anxi.

Let her watch some of the purchases tomorrow, and divide the work reasonably, and tomorrow Xiao Anjiao will be at home to take care of the house, feed the chickens and water the vegetable garden.

Mo's went down to the field as always.

Anxi and An Yi, two siblings, went to the town together, and there was a good care on the way.

After eating, Anxi took a few eggs, picked two Chinese cabbages from the vegetable garden, and carried two more fish and put them in An Yi's hands.

Let him take this food to borrow Aunt Wu's ox cart for use.