Tian Changfa shook his head, "Miao Xiu, this pond is too shallow, I'm afraid it won't be easy to dig up." ”

Tian Guodong sighed, and also said that the cost was too big, "In my opinion, it is better to pack a deep pond." ”

"Halfway through this year, how can there be a deep pond? The people in the village have packed the pond at the end of the year. Tian Changfa said again.

"If you can't dig well in a month, you will dig for two months, and when I finish the exam, I will dig the pond, and I don't believe that digging is not good!" Tian Guoliang rolled up his sleeves, patted Tian Miaoxiu's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Dig a fish pond to raise fish for my little sister to eat fish every day." ”

Tian Miaoxiu was funny, she suggested digging a pond, but not to eat fish for herself.

Liu Lamei, who was in the kitchen, cooked the rice, came and called everyone to eat, and listened to everyone talking about the fish pond, she said, "We don't raise fish either, we waste time and can't make money, how can the family live?" ”

If she can't make money, if she is ridiculed by the villagers for not being able to support her children and being a bad home, where will her face go?

Liu Lamei didn't want to do something she wasn't sure about.

She lost her job in the city and came to live in the old house in the village, which has become the laughing stock of the villagers, and she doesn't want to be ridiculed anymore.

Tian Miaoxiu understood Liu Lamei's difficulties, so she said, "Mom, there are many people in our family, let's divide labor and do things first." Mom and dad contracted to plant the land, and took care of the fish pond in their free time. The eldest brother and sister went to the town to find odd jobs, and my second brother and I could also come to help the family during the holidays. That shallow pond can be dug when there is time, and there is no hurry to dig it all at once, and use as much as you want. We can plant some lotus roots first, and then raise fish when the pond is dug up. ”

Everyone listened to Tian Miaoxiu's analysis and felt that it made sense.

Tian Guoliang looked at Tian Miaoxiu in surprise, "Miaoxiu, do you know this?" ”

"Yes, Miao Xiu, how do you know so much?" Tian Xiuying found that her little sister actually knew better than her, who was an older sister.

It surprised and embarrassed her.

When she returned to the village, she was very upset and anxious about the future when she saw the muddy roads, the flies and insects flying everywhere, the moldy and mottled walls and the leaky roofs and the dilapidated windows.

Unexpectedly, the little sister who grew up in the city and was only twelve years old did not panic in case of trouble, and thought about everyone's future.

What reason did she have to complain?

"I heard from the male classmates in the class that many of them have hometowns in the village." Tian Miaoxiu lied.

You can't let people know that she is born again.

If you say that you have heard it, it will never make people suspicious.

Sure enough, when she said this, everyone was not suspicious.

Tian Changfa said, "Miao Xiu's idea is good, let's do it first." ”

With a solution to the dilemma, everyone felt a lot more relaxed when they had dinner.

Tian Guoliang kept praising the delicious fish, and said, "There are several fish in the shallow pond, so I have to catch them quickly." Let the others catch it, and tomorrow there will be no fish to eat. ”

He hurriedly finished his meal, put down the bowl and ran out the back door.

Tian Miaoxiu also ate well and followed quickly.

She grabbed Tian Guoliang and reminded in a low voice, "Second brother, be quiet, beware of shouting so that others hear!" This is a wild pond! ”

The wild ponds and wild ditches in the village have no owner.

Anyone can dig loaches, lotus roots, and catch fish.

Tian Guoliang smiled knowingly, "Hehe, yes, yes, let's be quiet." ”

Tian Guodong put down the bowl and followed, "Be careful, it's getting dark this day, the light is not good, don't ski." ”

He carried the bucket and followed his brother and sister to the pond.

"Alas, Dad didn't let us catch it just now, it's been so long, and I don't know if the fish is still there......" Tian Guoliang stood by the pond, taking advantage of the dim light at six o'clock in the evening, stretching his neck to look for the aquatic plants.

Rainy days get darker than sunny days, and the light at dusk is also darker.

"Second brother, there, hurry, catch that!" Tian Miaoxiu stretched out her hand and pointed to a place.

Actually, it was she who thought of the fish, and the fish appeared.

Tian Guoliang praised her, "My little sister's eyesight is so good, she can see clearly in such darkness, hehe, look at how I catch fish!" ”

He took off his shoes, rolled up his trousers and sleeves, and stepped lightly into the water.

The pond is shallow, barely enough for the fish to swim.

Tian Guoliang was fast and accurate, and it didn't take much effort to catch the fish.

"It's a fat grass carp! It's six or seven pounds! Tian Guoliang happily threw it to the shore.

The fish jumped a few times on the grass.

Tian Guodong immediately picked it up and threw it into an old wooden bucket filled with half a bucket of water in advance.

"Guoliang, come up, beware of scratching your foot, there may be snails in the water, you have to take the exam tomorrow, or I'll come." The eldest brother Tian Guodong had already taken off his shoes and socks and beckoned to his younger brother Tian Guoliang.

Tian Miaoxiu also said, "Second brother, come up and let the eldest brother catch a fish." ”

"Okay, I'll change you." Tian Guoliang climbed to the shore.

Under the guidance of Tian Miaoxiu's "good eyesight", Tian Guodong caught more than a dozen fish of different sizes.

The small bucket could not be filled, so Tian Guoliang ran back and forth to the house three times, pouring the fish into an old water tank and raising them.

The three brothers and sisters returned home happily.

Tian Changfa saw their harvest and said in surprise, "I didn't expect that there were so many fish in that shallow pond." ”

"yes, don't the people in the village usually find out?" Liu Lamei also said.

Tian Miaoxiu guessed that they would ask, and said, "It has rained heavily in the past few days, and the fish hidden in the aquatic weeds have been driven out of the water, so we caught them cheaply, and I learned a text that says that there is less oxygen in the water on rainy days, the water is turbid, and the fish will come out of the water to breathe." ”

Anyway, no one in the family knew what kind of texts she was studying, so she made them up.

Tian Changfa suddenly, "Ah, I remember when I was a child, after it rained heavily in the summer, Grandpa Miao Xiu took me to the wild water ditches and wild ponds in the village with fishing nets on his back. What yellow eel, loach, and loach are all kinds of fish. ”

"It's hot now, we don't have a refrigerator, so many fish, we can't eat them all, we can't live long if we raise them like this, right?" Liu Lamei looked at a tank of fish and became worried.

Tian Miaoxiu thought of an idea, "Let's take it to the county seat tomorrow morning and sell it, a dozen or so fish, which can be sold for dozens of yuan." ”

At this time, the price of goods is cheap, and the fish cannot be sold for much money, but the other prices are also relatively cheap.

Tian Changfa said, "Tomorrow morning Guoliang will go to the exam, and when I send Guoliang to the county seat, I just bring fish to sell." ”

Tian Miaoxiu was worried about Tian Guoliang's college entrance examination, and also said that she would follow, "Dad, I want to go too." ”

Tian Changfa touched her head, "You have to get up at four or five o'clock to sell fish, can you get up?" ”

"Of course, when I go to bed early at night, I wake up early." Tian Miaoxiu nodded.

No matter how difficult it is, she has to personally accompany her second brother in the college entrance examination.