novelhk Chapter 339 Happy Grandpa
Chapter 339 Happy Grandpa
"so big!!!"
My aunt stared blankly at the meter-long sea wolf that Chen Feng was pulling closer.
This was the first time she had seen such a long pike, even though she had been married to Zhoujiagou for almost ten years.
"Don't look at his fish, your hook has taken the bait!" Grandpa said to my aunt.
"oh oh!"
My aunt quickly pulled up her fishing line, and it was not bad, it was a grouper.
Compared with Chen Feng, my aunt especially disliked herself as a fish.
A half-sized one would be fine too!
It’s enough for their family to have a meal!
"Hehe, if I sell such a big sea wolf to Yingbin Building, I will become the king of fish!" Zhou Jing looked at his fishing float while watching Chen Feng catch the big wave.
Grandma had put away her fishing rod, took out a kitchen knife, and started bleeding the fish.
Zhou Xiaoya was also attracted by such a big sea wolf. She turned her head from time to time, her big eyes shining.
"Lord Dragon, bless me. I am your big brother's little maid, little follower, little sister, little friend. Please give me a big fish. I don't want one this big. Just this big will do..."
The little girl kept praying quietly.
"Uncle, do you think this is a king fish?" Chen Feng cast the hook again.
"Of course. I've only seen a fish this big twice when I was a kid, and both times the old patriarch personally fished them out of the sea."
Zhou Jing recalled: "It was one of them that was given to a senior official in Tianjin at the time, in exchange for our exemption from grain tax that year."
"Another fish was presented to the conscripts. Because of this fish, only ten people from our tribe were taken away."
Grandpa whispered, "One third of the men in the neighboring Zhaojia Village were taken away at that time, and most of them never came back. Your uncle and his people were assigned to Sijiu City because of the fish sent by the old patriarch, and they escaped this disaster."
Chen Feng was silent.
The conscription officer still had a conscience. At least he did his job after receiving the gifts. He did not harm the Zhou people or embezzle the money from the big sea wolf.
"Uncle, if I use this sea wolf to exchange it with the commune for a scorekeeper, deputy village committee member, or a committee member, will they agree?"
Zhou Jing and grandpa started to think immediately.
My aunt and grandmother were also a little nervous.
Whether they are members of the village committee or scorekeepers, they are not considered high-ranking officials.
But there is one advantage: you don’t have to work.
Especially the scorekeeper, who only needs to record the number of people who start work every day and evaluate everyone's work results. It is an easy, simple job with considerable authority.
Grandma naturally hopes that her son will not have to go to sea, and my aunt also hopes that her husband will be successful and become a minor official, so that she can have face in the village.
"Our village's is not good enough. The village scorekeeper gave it to the third child. There are only old and lonely people left in their family. This position cannot be taken."
Grandpa said slowly: "But there must be other positions in the commune, such as accountants, cashiers, hygienists, statisticians, canteen managers, warehouse keepers, and grain storers. Several grain storers were just dismissed during the New Year, so we are short of people."
"At noon, we will go to the old patriarch. He will definitely have a solution."
Each production brigade had a grain distribution point, and naturally the position of grain distributor came into being. The position of grain distributor in the production team was extraordinary because they controlled the distribution of grain.
In that time of material scarcity, supplies of daily necessities such as flour and soybean oil were extremely limited and were often rationed according to the number of family members rather than on demand.
Therefore, establishing a good relationship with the grain distributors meant ensuring access to these important supplies during times of food shortage.
"It's a pity that such a big fish would cost several hundred dollars if it were sold to Yingbin Building." My aunt was happy but also felt distressed.
"My uncle's work is more important." Chen Feng said with a smile: "Maybe there is a second one."
He didn't catch the second one, but later he caught a sea wolf that was over 70 centimeters long, which is a very rare big fish in the Bohai Bay.
The happiest person was Zhou Xiaoya.
She filled two more buckets with fish.
Last time she caught a full bucket, so this time she brought two buckets.
Unexpectedly, a school of fish really came up. In less than three hours, two fish buckets were filled.
Zhou Jing and his aunt went back three times, which was equivalent to bringing home six large sacks of Sea Wolf.
"Xiao Ya, come on, I'll take it back for you. We can go find your grandfather at the same time." Grandpa stood up and said with a smile.
Zhou Xiaoya looked at Chen Feng and asked, "Big brother, can I tell everyone that there are sea wolves here again?"
"Okay, just don't tell anyone about me." Chen Feng nodded with a smile.
"I'm not that stupid!" Zhou Xiaoya said happily.
The group of people went home.
In less than twenty minutes, Zhou Xiaoya brought a group of people here to fish. This time there were more people, including many elderly people and adults at home.
Just as Zhou Xiaoya said, there really are fish here.
This group of people didn't even eat lunch. They just squatted in the reef area until the fish school left and no small fish could be caught.
When cooking porridge at noon, Chen Feng made a modified version of pickled fish, added a cod fish, and steamed razor clams!
Although Chen Feng didn't like to eat clams with sauce, his two cousins enjoyed eating them very much.
"Cousin, this spicy sauce is delicious. Bring more next time when you have time." Zhou Dinghai ate the spicy sauce directly with rice.
The spicy sauce was not made by Chen Feng, but by Sha Zhu.
The mutton that Chen Feng sent was added with soybeans and other condiments, which is similar to the Lao Gan Ma of later generations.
(Note: This is not the Lao Gan Ma spicy sauce produced after the second generation of the Tao family came to power)
"Eat less spicy sauce, or you'll get acne from getting angry."
"Beans?" The two cousins were very confused.
"Forget it, you guys eat it." Chen Feng picked up a clam and put it in his mouth, savoring its simple flavor and taste.
He wants to eat salmon.
Unfortunately, there are no salmon along the coast of China. It was not until 2021 that the technology for deep-sea salmon farming was developed.
"This sauerkraut fish is delicious. Let's make more sauerkraut next time." My aunt likes sauerkraut fish very much and praises it highly.
"It's just ordinary pickled cabbage, but when paired with fish, it becomes completely different."
"Xiaofeng is a good cook." Grandma said with a smile.
Grandpa didn't eat it at home, but carried the king fish to the old patriarch's house, where the old patriarch kept him at home to eat it.
Zhou Xiaoya even came over to invite Chen Feng and Zhou Jing to have dinner with her, but neither of them went.
Chen Feng felt that he was useless and redundant in the past.
Zhou Jing probably felt that the old patriarch’s lunch was definitely not as delicious as the one made by Chen Feng.
This is also true.
Grandpa looked at last year's salted knife fish, last year's drunken crabs, last year's shrimps, and last year's sea wolf on the dining table... No, this sea wolf is from today.
"What's wrong? Not to your liking?" The old patriarch held his grandson and fed him a mouthful of sea wolf meat.
"That's not the case. It's because I'm not hungry." Grandpa said seriously.
He used to envy the clan leader very much, but now he feels that his family is so happy!
Sure enough, happiness comes from contrast!