Li Deyou looked at Li Wen blankly for a while, and then nodded, "Okay, you go with us. When the time comes, stay behind us and imitate the bird calls when someone passes by."

After arranging everyone, they caught six large silver carp and two five-to-six kilogram grass carp, which was almost a hundred kilograms. With the expectation of the women at home, several people climbed over the wall and left.

My home is more than 20 miles away from the county seat, and it takes more than an hour to walk. My eldest brother and my second uncle are already walking in front. My father and my second brother each carry forty or fifty kilograms on their backs, and they are also fast movers. Li Wen follows behind, and in the dark night

Everyone here is about fifty meters away from each other, so they can't see each other but can hear each other.

From time to time along the way, people passing by who were secretly going to the county town's black market to buy and sell things, everyone avoided them, and it was already past one o'clock in the morning when they arrived at the county town.

My eldest uncle's family is a native of the county. The family lives in a separate courtyard, so it is relatively safe.

The second uncle turned from the backyard and tapped the window lightly with a branch. He saw a voice coming from inside. Who is it? Then the light came on.

My brother-in-law is me, Decai. Please open the door, the second uncle said quietly.

"Oh! It's the second child, please wait a moment."

Squeaking, the wooden door opened gently. My eldest uncle Zhao Hongjun was wearing slippers, and my aunt Li Xiulan followed behind.

Looking at Li Wu and his second uncle at the door, aunt Li Xiulan hurriedly said, "Come in quickly," and let them in.

"Auntie, don't be in a hurry to close the door. My second uncle and I are on lookout. My dad and Ah Quan and Ah Wen are still behind. They will be there in a minute." Okay, you and your second uncle go in first and I'll wait here.

Your dad and the others.

After a while, Li Wen and three others also entered the yard one after another.

Everyone walked into the living room and sat down. Aunt Li Xiulan asked doubtfully, "Why did you all run out tonight? What were you talking about? Is there something going on?"

My father took out the two five or six kilogram grass carps from the sack and handed them to my uncle. He smiled and said, "I caught some fish last night. Let me give you some to try."

At this time, other people in my aunt's house also woke up, walked into the living room to greet everyone, and were very happy when they saw two big fish on the table.

The eldest cousin standing aside said with a smile, "Uncle, are these the fish in your net? I think the fish in your sack should also be fish, right?"

Everyone in my aunt's family looked at the sack in shock. My father opened the sack and six large silver carp weighing more than ten kilograms appeared in front of everyone.

"Oh! This fish is so big, my eldest uncle said in surprise!"

"Awen got some fishing lines and hooks from his classmates. This guy actually knows how to fish. His skills are amazing. He caught all these fish last night," Li Deyou said with a smile on his face.

"Yeah! Our Awen is so good, he actually caught so many big fish by himself, my aunt said happily."

"Sister, brother-in-law, we haven't been to the black market in the county for a long time, and we're not very familiar with it. Brother-in-law, do you know anyone in the black market? We want to sell these fish in exchange for some food," my father said, looking at my uncle."

The eldest uncle thought for a while, nodded and said: "I don't go to this black market often, but there is a friend in our village who often buys and sells some things. Usually acquaintances introduce each other. Jianjun, go and ask your Uncle Peng to come to the house.

, be careful on the road."

"Uncle, I'll go with my second cousin. I'm also here to take care of you. Li Wen saw the opportunity and said with a smile."

"Well, you can go too. Jianjun will take care of Li Wen, my eldest uncle warned me."

"Cousin, how is life at home lately? Do you have enough food? Li Wen asked."

"I have enough to eat. I have two meals a day, and one is dry and the other is thin. I have been hungry all day and have no energy to do anything. Now I can't even walk without seeing black eyes," Zhao Jianjun complained.

Li Wen took out a few candies from his pocket and put them into Zhao Jianjun's hand, "My cousin eats candies. Your blood sugar is a little low. Just eat two candies and you'll be fine."

"You still have money to buy candies. You are richer than me. Your cousin and I are almost eighteen years old. I often can't even get a dime out of my pocket. Zhao Jianjun opened the package and stuffed two candies into his mouth."

"Your fruit candy is so sweet, and it also smells like milk," Zhao Jianjun said in surprise.

"Where do I have money? This is the extra money I earned from helping my classmates with their homework when I was in school. These candies are high-end goods brought back from Shanghai by my classmate's father. I saved some to entertain friends. Can I do it with your cousin?"

, Li Wen raised his head and said. "

"That's right, that's right. If you have any questions when you come to the county in the future, I'll ask my cousin. I'm very familiar with every corner of the county."

Li Wen smiled and nodded, and asked, "Cousin, Uncle Peng, is he big? If you don't catch all the fish by then, the fish won't be released for long in the summer, Li Wen asked."

"You talk about Uncle Peng, he is not small. I often go to his house and see him holding a stack of money notes to exchange things with people. The things he sells are also very rich, ranging from tea, rice, oil and salt.

He even has a bicycle ticket. I heard from my dad that he has a lot of energy in our county and eats a lot."

After getting the answer he wanted to know, Li Wen nodded and began to think about his next plan.

Here, the aunt's family is also telling each other what happened recently.

The second uncle sat on the stool, clapped his hands on his knees and said sadly, "The family is running out of food, and this year's harvest is not good. I guess this year will be difficult again!"

"Yes, starting from this year, the food supply in the city has been reduced a lot. Cornmeal used to be coarse grains, but now it has been changed to fine grains. Potatoes and sweet potatoes have become coarse and fine grains. There are even food substitutes (food substitutes refer to some straw and leaves).

Bran is ground into powder, mixed together and used as a substitute for food) The eldest uncle nodded and said. "

"That's it. Every time I buy grain with a grain book, I often can't buy it. My father is the only official worker in the family, or a temporary worker after liberation. The salary is low and the benefits are few. In recent years, a large part of the income has been spent on the black market.

I’ve bought food. It’s already the 21st of this year’s liberation, and I still don’t have money to marry a wife,” the aunt Li Xiulan sighed, and everyone sighed after hearing this.

""Uncle, my name is Li Wen, what do you call me?" Li Wen looked at the fat middle-aged man in front of him and said with a smile!"

My name is Peng Yuyan, everyone calls me Lao Peng, you guys just call me Uncle Peng!

"What, Peng Yuyan?" Li Wen staggered and said!

Is there a problem? The middle-aged man looked at Li Wen and asked doubtfully.

No, it just sounds like a famous person, Li Wen said with a smile.

Haha, I love to hear what you kid says, I like it, and the man laughed.

Lao Peng is here, please sit down quickly. When the eldest uncle saw the three people walking in, he stood up quickly to greet them.

"The Red Army is too polite. What's the relationship between us? We grew up playing together," Peng Yuyan waved his hands. Everyone sat down one after another.

"Lao Peng, look at these fish on the ground, can you eat them? My brother got them. You see they are still alive. He kicked the bag on the ground and saw the fish flipping their tails violently. Zhao Hongjun

Said with a smile."

Lao Peng looked at the big fish jumping on the ground and felt very happy. Recently, several big customers have contacted him to get some meat for gifts. He was worried about what to do. He was really going to be sleepy when he met the pillow hander.

.

"This fish is really big. Now everyone is short of food, not to mention the meat. Although the fish meat is less oily and watery, it is still meat. These big fish are good and very fat. Peng Yuyan checked the ground

The fish said with a smile on his face. "

Looking at his father, Lao Peng smiled and said: "The Red Army and I are buddies, so I call you brother. I think your fish is still alive and the meat is fresh, but I don't know if it will still be alive when I take it back.

I’ll give it to you at the black market price of half-live fish, 2.3 yuan per catty, brother, what do you think?”

"Eating is expensive now. The price of a pound of flour on the black market is as high as 1.21 pounds. The price is ridiculously expensive. The price of fish is about the same. My eldest uncle Zhao Hongjun nodded and said with a smile."

The father and the second uncle nodded, "Okay, we are very satisfied with the price, so we sold it to Brother Peng. We have a happy cooperation."

The aunt hurriedly took out the scale and found that six big fish weighed a total of 82 kilograms.

"The average one weighs more than 13 pounds. This head is really big. Everyone sighed!"

"Eighty-two kilograms, a total of one hundred and eighty-eight yuan. Brother, do you want money or something to exchange for?" Peng Yuyan patted the bag happily and said.

Brother, it’s only one hundred and eighty-eight yuan. You can give me eighty-eight yuan in cash. There is one hundred yuan left. You can help me exchange it for seventy yuan in food stamps and cornmeal. There are thirty yuan left.

Please help me change some gas stamps and cloth stamps.

"I just happen to have five kilograms of gas coupons in my hand, which cost three yuan per kilogram. I gave them to you, brother. The price of food is relatively high now, and the coupons are not cheap. I hope you can understand."

As he spoke, he took out eight big black tens and eight one-dollar bills and handed them to his father. He also handed over ten and a half catty gas stamps and a dozen cloth stamps. "Brother, please see if you are right," Lao Peng said with a smile.

Father Li Deyou took the money and counted the votes, nodded and said: "Brother, there is no problem."

"Then you all sit down first. It's getting late. I have to take the fish back and process it quickly. Lao Peng weighed the sack and said, and brother, if you have good things in the future, come to me directly. The price will definitely satisfy you."

Father Li looked at Li Wen and nodded.

"Boss, I'll give it to you, Uncle Peng. It's hard to get so many fish," said eldest uncle Zhao Hongjun, standing up.

"Okay, trouble Jiefang, haha. Lao Peng smiled and patted Zhao Jiefang on the shoulder. You guys are here, I'm leaving."

After sending Lao Peng away, everyone sat down again. Everyone looked happy. They didn't expect that the fish worth more than 80 kilograms was so valuable.

"A pound of cornmeal now costs 80 cents, which has increased eight times. It used to cost only 10 cents. Food is really precious now," the aunt sighed.

"Dad, my eldest uncle has helped us so much tonight. You gave me twenty kilograms of cornmeal stamps and one kilogram of oil stamps. Just now on the way, my cousin said that they only eat two meals a day, and they are still dry and hungry every day.

I'm panicking, my aunt's family must not have much food, Li Wendao."

Hearing this, the eldest uncle said excitedly, "How can this be done? We are relatives. Such a small thing can be done easily. Why do you think we are outsiders?" The eldest aunt also hurriedly stood up and refused.

"Okay, I listen to you. These fish were all caught by you, Xiaowen. You have the final say. When you grow up, you know how to respect your elders, and you don't want your aunt to love you! Father Li Deyou smiled and nodded.

Li Deyou took out the bill and handed it to Li Xiulan and said, "Sister, take it. You and your brother-in-law have helped our mother-in-law a lot over the years."

Li Xiulan couldn't refuse, so she took it, smiled and touched Li Wen's head and said: "You are a sensible kid. My aunt is also having difficulties at home now, so I will continue. Thank you!"

"Auntie, aren't you slapping me in the face?" Li Wen said with a red face. "It's just some food stamps. My family is thanking me. These fish are all caught in the reservoir anyway. It doesn't cost much, so don't thank me."
Chapter completed!