013: Start the Boy Scouts to Work!

Liu Fen's hand is really clever.

Xia Xiaolan dictated that she could make it up with just a few straws.

Seeing that Xia Xiaolan had the power to act, Liu Yong ignored her and went out to drain the water after eating. Some rice fields still hold water, and the water in the fields is drained before threshing, and harvesting can begin in two days.

Sometimes there are other harvests in the paddy fields, such as loach and yellow eel, and the palm-length crucian carp can be caught in the field... These are wild goods that are sought after in later generations, but the treatment at this time is so-so. Crucian carp is small and thorny, and it is too troublesome to eat. Loach and eel need heavy oil to taste good. Use precious oil to eat these two things?

It is not delicious to cook casually, and the earthy smell is a big problem.

Xia Xiaolan sighed, how good high-protein, low-fat meat was not appreciated by the diners in the 1980s.

Xia Xiaolan thought it was a way to make money at first, and her eyes were shining, but Liu Yong said that the loach could not be sold at a high price, and the dried loach was only a few cents a pound. Anyway, the market price was not more than a cent... It's not as expensive as an egg!

"This thing is dirty and stinky, you better toss your eggs!"

Liu Yong casually caught a crucian carp and threw it into a wooden bucket.

"Uncle, don't waste the crucian carp, make more crucian carp soup for Taotao, the child will grow up well and get sick less often!"

Liu Yong was taken aback, "Where did you hear about it?"

Xia Xiaolan thought, isn't this common sense?

Forget it, there was no common sense in 1983, she opened her eyes and said nonsense: "I saw it in the book."

Don't ask me which book I read, this really can't answer.

Afraid of Liu Yong's questioning, Xia Xiaolan ran away with her little cousin.

The villagers who helped Liu Yong take a deep breath.

Xia Xiaolan is too good-looking. She squatted on the edge of the field like that, and the opposite sex would not dare to look at her. Liu Yong used to be a scoundrel, and whoever dared to touch his niece in Qijing Village was a heartless man who was full and supported. .

Liu Yong wiped the sweat from his neck and glared at the people around him:

"Let me tell you, whoever thought of hitting my niece in a daze, I know that I'm going to kill him."

The villagers were very aggrieved, "Brother Yong, that's my niece, I'm sure I don't dare to have any ideas..."

Liu Yong threw the wooden barrel over: "You're talking a lot of nonsense, hurry up and catch the fish, didn't you hear what Xiaolan said, children should drink more crucian carp soup!"

...

Xia Xiaolan led her little cousin around Qijing Village.

Qijing Village is a place with abundant water resources, and the reeds of Dahe Village have been spreading to this place. Baihua reed in Anqing County was famous in ancient times, and reed resources were readily available, so Xia Xiaolan had no idea of ​​making reed woven products. First, the timing is not right, and secondly, the woven product market in Anqing County has long been saturated.

But the reedbed apparently not only provides raw material for weaving, it is also a habitat for wild ducks and water chickens.

For Xia Xiaolan, it's just waving banknotes... For things like protecting the ecology, let's wait for her to settle down! Compared with those who made a fortune by robbery and robbery, her way of making money is already very clean.

Taotao walked in front of him arrogantly, Xia Xiaolan was what he showed off, no sister was as good-looking as Xia Xiaolan.

The busy farming season is approaching, and the hot sun can't stop the hormones emitted by the younger generation of Qijing Village.

Each one greeted Taotao:

"Taotao, is your cousin here?"

"Taotao, go catch fish with brother?"

"Tao Tao..."

The mouth is called Taotao, but the corner of the eye is aimed at Xia Xiaolan. This roundabout approach also made these young adults blushed, making Xia Xiaolan feel that most young people in the 1980s were still very innocent.

She had no idea about these innocent young people.

I can't fill my stomach, how can I appreciate the little fresh meat.

Xia Xiaolan had been to Qijing Village before, and her name was reverberating among young people, but Xia Xiaolan had always been arrogant and unwilling to pay attention to those who were courteous to her... Now, she intends to continue to maintain the original owner's policy. What she is interested in is not these offspring, but the children who can play with Taotao. Children over the age of 10 basically have to help the family work, and the 13- and 4-year-olds are more than half of the labor force. Xia Xiaolan's target group is under the age of 10. These children are skinny, fall-resistant, and easy to coax.

After two laps, Xia Xiaolan finally caught the target. A few children older than Taotao came running, laughing as they ran: "Taotao, my mother said your cousin was a fool?"

Xia Xiaolan has black lines all over her head.

Compared with the young descendants who were bewitched by her beauty, these stinky children were too unfriendly.

Shortcuts when we meet!

Taotao refused to obey, "My sister Xiaolan is not stupid! You are talking nonsense!"

Xia Xiaolan sneered, took out two cents and stuffed it to the little cousin who was protecting her: "Take out the canteen to buy something to eat, my sister is tired from walking, I will wait for you under the tree."

The stinky children were immediately envious.

If you can buy food for money, who said that Taotao's cousin has become stupid?

Innocent and simple children, where have they played with the old ghost Xia Xiaolan? When Taotao bought the candy, everyone was drooling.

Xia Xiaolan took the opportunity and said, "Do you want to eat candy?"

All nodded.

"Then use things in exchange. Taotao is my cousin, but you are not, and you call me stupid."

The leading child swallowed hard, "Sister Xiaolan, what can I exchange for sugar?"

This one turns the rudder the fastest when he sees the wind, and has changed his name with Taotao.

"In the reeds

The wild duck eggs, you know, three wild duck eggs are exchanged for 2 cents, and you can buy candy with the money. However, two people must go together to find duck eggs, and they can't go to the river with water! "

"real?"

"A liar is a puppy."

It's true or false, try it and you'll know.

Of course, the duck eggs in the county seat are more than 2 cents. Why don't you make money in business? Xia Xiaolan is busy!

Asking children to help find wild duck eggs uses the cheapest labor, and labor costs are compressed to the extreme. Xia Xiaolan thought that she was really promising. She was reborn in 1983, and she thought of squeezing child labor.

Two cents are very attractive to children.

These children were all born in the 1970s. In rural areas, the New Year's money given to children is only a few cents. With this little money to buy candy and firecrackers, I can play for a long time in my pocket.

More than an hour later, when a nine-year-old girl brought her sister and actually picked up a dozen duck eggs for Xia Xiaolan, Xia Xiaolan checked the eggs and it was good, and she really fulfilled her promise. She also doesn't bully some children who are not good at math, and they can count how they can count the money.

"You took 16 eggs. That's one dollar and seven cents."

Change is exchanged from the village commissary.

The little girl was holding the money, not knowing where to put her excited hand. The younger child was drooling and reciting "sugar", and the little girl took her sister home. It was more than one dollar, and she would not dare to spend it without the permission of an adult.

Xia Xiaolan stopped her:

"If you have eggs at home, you can sell them to me. I live in Taotao's house, but you have to ask your family to sell eggs."

The Boy Scouts launched by Xia Xiaolan swept away the nearby reeds within two hours. The wild ducks quack and quack, flapping their wings and scurrying in the reeds, and find the hatched ducklings and ask Xia Xiaolan if she wants it.

Now that there is a place to raise ducks, Xia Xiaolan is going to take it back to pass the time for Liu Fen.

She collected more than 90 wild duck eggs in total.

As for whether anyone is looking for her to sell eggs, it will be known in the evening.

When Xia Xiaolan returned home, she found that her uncle had caught half a bucket of loach, as well as many eels, and the crucian carp in the rice field weighed more than ten kilograms, all of which were kept in the water tank at the base of the wall.

"Keep it for a few days, and wait for them to spit out the dirt in their stomachs before eating!"

Li Fengmei stewed radishes with stick bones, and the yard was full of fragrance. No one will come to visit at dinner time. It is not easy for everyone to eat something good, so don't pretend to be confused and come to visit at this time.

Liu Fen is weaving straw baskets under the eaves, and she has already made a large pile.

"Xiaolan, look, can you make it up?"

Why not, the duck eggs and eggs are just right in. Taotao puffed out her chest proudly, "Sister Xiaolan bought a lot of duck eggs, and she even bought me candy to eat!"

Li Fengmei laughed when she heard it in the kitchen.

Xia Xiaolan was not so patient with Taotao before. This child is the lifeblood of Li Fengmei. Xia Xiaolan treats Taotao well, how could a mother not like it?

For a time, the atmosphere of the whole family was very relaxed.

Xia Xiaolan felt that this day was a busy one, and the decision to leave Dahe Village was absolutely right!