Last year was still the time of the division of labor, the spring to pay the public grain, after the autumn harvest, to pay a part of the taxes, and finally the distribution of the grain and money, so that many people can only eat eight points full, now after the field is divided to the household, Mu Xiu's family has surplus grain after the first year of paying the public grain, and now plus the land does not have to pay these, this year is really a bumper harvest year.

The other villagers in the village have begun to collect their rice, and the families who raise fish in the rice fields have replanted some rice seedlings because of the heavy rain last time, and the rice matures a few days later than other people's rice.

It's just that everyone is raising fish in the rice field for the first time, how to harvest it, everyone still doesn't know, Chen Xiangyang went to Mu Xiu's house early in the morning and took Mu Xiu to the edge of the rice field.

"Mu Xiu, let's start with the demonstration in my rice field, so that the villagers can learn how to do it." On the edge of Chen Xiangyang's field, there are already a lot of people around.

Chen Xiangyang's family has two acres of land, Chen Xiangyang's son was a soldier, he met his daughter-in-law in the field, some time ago, the daughter-in-law's mother was sick and wanted to see the child, so the son took the daughter-in-law and the child back to his parents' house, the autumn harvest can only rely on Chen Xiangyang and his wife, but fortunately, there is not much land, and the two of them can also be busy.

"Uncle Chen, you have to release the water first, and after the fish is fished out, the rice will be harvested." Mu Xiu said.

"Okay, I'll go open the sluice gate first."

"Wait a minute." Mu Xiu stopped her, she suddenly realized that she had forgotten an important thing, that is, she should contact the person who bought the fish first, and when the negotiation is done, the fish will be pulled away directly, otherwise the water will be released, what if the fish dies!

Mu Xiu turned his head and asked softly to Chen Xiangyang, who was standing beside him: "Uncle Chen, this fish can't be sold out in a day or two, otherwise, put half of the water today, fish out half of the fish, pull it out and sell it first, and then release the rest of the water tomorrow, and pull the remaining half to sell it, even if it can't be sold, keep it in the water tank at home, and you can still raise it for a while." ”

Chen Xiangyang came back to his senses at this time, yes, what should I do if I can't sell out so many fish at once.

"Also, you need to prepare a few large wooden barrels, and put the fish in the barrels first, otherwise when the water is put here, the fish will also die." Mu Xiu reminded.

"Son, go home and bring all the big wooden barrels at home." Chen Xiangyang shouted.

"Okay, let's go." Aunt Chen turned around and walked home.

"I'm going to help my sister-in-law."

"I'll go too."

There were four people in the crowd, following Aunt Chen's direction and chasing after him quickly.

Soon, several people returned with three bathing vats.

Chen Xiangyang dug up the opening on the edge of the ditch in the paddy field, and the water of the whole acre of paddy field flowed here, and soon, as the water level dropped, the fish in the paddy field began to churn.

Mu Xiu quickly handed the fishing net to Chen Xiangyang, and the two of them stood on one side and pulled it up, and the fish that flowed out of the rice field fell into the fishing net without any suspense.

Because there is a fence to block it, there are not many fish that flow out, they are all small in size, and they are almost in the pocket, Chen Xiangyang carried the fishing net and poured the crackling and jumping fish into the bucket, and then continued to guard the water outlet.

The villagers with eyes on the side diligently filled the fish bucket with water.

"Okay, Uncle Chen, block it." Mu Xiu stood up, glanced at the water level, and said to Chen Xiangyang.

Chen Xiangyang picked up the shovel, shoveled up the soil, and quickly filled the water outlet, and today he will first engage in the fish in the acre of land here.

"Uncle Chen, you can go down to fish now." Mu Xiu pulled up his trouser leg and walked towards the rice field.

Chen Xiangyang also learned from Mu Xiu and walked into the rice field, where there was only less than one meter of water, although it was all muddy water, but it did not affect the line of sight, and the fish could clearly see when they swam in the rice field of this acre of land, only to see the fish scurrying around.

Several villagers who were raising fish in the rice fields standing on the ridges also rolled up their trouser legs and followed.

"Yo, what a big fish." Mu Xiu lifted a big fish high, only to see that she was holding a fish nearly a foot long in her hand, but suddenly the fish was stiff, Mu Xiu didn't catch it, the fish fell into the water, and quickly ran into the mud.

"Hahaha." Laughter rang out on the shore.

Mu Xiu also smiled, this fish is really fat.

The people who went down to the rice fields all picked up the fishing nets and threw them down, and soon the wooden barrels containing the fish were filled with two large buckets, at least more than 200 catties.

"Uncle Chen, continue to release water." Mu Xiu shouted loudly.

Chen Xiangyang let go of the water again until it could only drip out, but there was still a foot-high surface of water in the field.

"Let's take a wooden bucket and scoop the water out, and then catch all the remaining fish." Mu Xiu commanded.

Soon the water in the field was dry, all the fish were caught, and all three barrels were filled.

Soon a group of people surrounded the barrel, looking at the jubilant fish jumping inside, the villagers who did not raise fish showed envious looks, and the few people who raised fish were also full of expectations for the fish in their own fields.

"Village party secretary, it just so happens that my kid wants to eat fish, you sell me a few." It was Liu Da Niu who spoke.

"Okay, anyway, it's going to be sold in the city, it's three cents a pound in the city, and I'll count it as two cents a pound, folks, who wants to say it." Chen Xiangyang waved his hand and said loudly.

As soon as everyone hears it, one pound is less than a dime, and the five catties of fish are equivalent to saving five cents, which is enough to buy a catty of meat.

"Village party secretary, bring me two too."

"I want it too."

The loudest voices sounded one after another, and the loudest voices were those who were the first to agree to divide the fields into households and raise chickens and ducks, because after paying the public grain, these families actually had surplus grain, plus a bumper harvest of rice, and the market was opened.

The granary was full of grain and went to the market to sell eggs and other agricultural products, so that these families not only had some money, but also full of hope for the coming year, so it is not something they dare to imagine to buy a fish to eat back.

"Okay, get the basin and line up." Chen Xiangyang motioned for Aunt Chen to go home and get the scale.

Soon, everyone took the pot, Chen Xiangyang called the fish, Aunt Chen collected the money, a small fish is almost three catties, the big grass carp has five catties, the folks, you two and I buy three, soon, more than 200 catties of fish were sold, the two barrels were empty, there was still a barrel left, and there were more than 30 fish left.

"I usually go to the city to buy fish and come back dead, and I can't catch such a big fish in the river, so I can eat fresh fish today." An aunt said.