Qinjiazhuang, reservoir.

At this moment, many villagers gathered at the edge of the reservoir, and everyone discussed how to fish for a long time.

The reservoir is frozen, and the ice layer is very thick, at least twenty or thirty centimeters thick.

It would be very difficult to break the ice manually.

Even if the ice is broken and there is no big net, how can we catch fish?

Seeing that they had been discussing for a long time and were still unsure, Zhou Jimin didn't want to wait any longer and said directly:

"Open the gate and let out the water."

Everyone was shocked, Qin Jianguo shook his head and said:

"The water in the reservoir is the most important, but we can't open the gate."

The other villagers nodded repeatedly. After seeing the benefits of the reservoir, who would deny that the reservoir is a waste of people and money?

"How much water can your reservoir have? If it is full, it will only have the water volume of a dozen small fish ponds. What will happen if it is released? Can't you dig ditches and divert the water to the fish ponds?"

Zhou Jimin didn’t know what to say, but he knew their frugal nature, so he had no choice but to continue:

"The main function of the reservoir is to regulate it. During the dry season, the reservoir can help irrigate farmland; during the rainy season, it can block floods."

"There are other functions such as protecting the ecology, but the problem now is that we need fish in the reservoir. When there is no other better way to fish, opening the reservoir gate is the only way."

"It's New Year's Eve, and there's still more than a long month until March next year. Are you still worried that this small reservoir won't be full?"

Since the beginning of winter in November, it has snowed heavily in the Beijing area several times.

Not to mention that there was a game a few days ago.

Therefore, rainfall is sufficient.

Last year's dry season was between March and April to May and June.

But what about this year?

Haha, it might be the other way around.

When Qin Jianguo heard this, he looked a little relaxed.

The other villagers didn't quite understand, but they understood it.

If you think about it carefully, it seems to be the same thing.

Only in the dry season will it be difficult to fill the reservoir with water, but not now!

Although the river is frozen, there is a lot of snow.

So, Qin Jianguo discussed with several other old men in the village and finally decided to open the gate.

It's hard to open the gate because it's frozen.

But there are many young people in the village, and they still have strength.

A water trap is arranged downstream. After the trap slips through, the upstream gate is released directly.

The amount of water in the small reservoir is small, and it will be drained quickly.

No, the ice layer still exists, and this is also water.

Where the net leaked, big and small fish jumped around for a while, and soon froze into hard lumps.

The temperature is too low and fish can easily freeze.

The villagers were very happy. Two or three kilograms of big grass carp, carp, crucian carp, etc. were very pleasing to look at.

There are also a few big fish, probably weighing more than ten kilograms. These big fish should have flowed into the reservoir from upstream or from the river.

This can be considered an unexpected surprise.

The catch is not small, each household can get at least ten or twenty kilograms of fish, which can make this small mountain village live a prosperous year.

Qin Jianguo gave the fish weighing more than ten kilograms to Zhou Jimin.

The latter accepted it with a smile. This is the wish of the villagers and cannot be refused.

At the same time, he also brought some small gifts to everyone, and each family gave two sets of ordinary old work clothes.

They are all the same size and style. In this era, workers' uniforms were basically not differentiated between men and women.

In his opinion, it is a small gift, but in the eyes of the villagers, it is the most precious gift.

To buy clothes in this era, you not only need money, but also cloth tickets.

For rural people, neither money nor tickets are so easy to obtain.

The villagers were very honest and kept thanking Zhou Jimin.

As the saying goes, if you are poor, you will take care of yourself; if you are rich, you will act straightforwardly.

Living is to understand thoughts.

When you feel aggrieved and can't win over the other person, then find a way to make the other person aggrieved too.

He used some useless old work clothes in exchange for the gratitude of these villagers. He felt that the transaction was worth it.

Hello, hello, hello, everyone.

Of course, he now knows how to play it safe, instead of acting like a bad guy and raising a white-eyed wolf, he will be crying without tears.

After leaving Qinjiazhuang with the catch, Zhou Jimin went directly to Huang Xiaohua's house.

"Brother Zhou, you are here."

The seven Huang Xiaohua siblings have even different feelings towards Zhou Jimin.

In the past, I might have been polite with gratitude, but now I am even more grateful, almost treating Zhou Jimin like a parent.

"This is the fish that Qinjiazhuang just gave me. I'll share one with you. Don't refuse. This is a New Year's gift."

"Brother Zhou!" Huang Xiaohua's eyes turned red again, and she wanted to kneel down and kowtow again, but Zhou Jimin stopped her.

"Are your bones weak from kneeling? Are you still kneeling? Living well is the greatest reward for me."

After Zhou Jimin finished speaking in a deep voice, seeing that the sisters still looked inferior, he sighed and said:

"Xiaohua, if you have time, please ask Pandi and Laidi to come to my house to sit with my sister, or you can help me take care of the children."

To be honest, saving Huang Xiaohua was an accident. I continued to help their family because I thought that the little goldfish would also have a companion in the future.

Of course, these are really just things that come easily to him.

"Okay, Brother Zhou, you haven't eaten yet? I'm going to cook."

Huang Xiaohua suddenly became happy. As long as she could help Zhou Jimin, she would be happy.

Otherwise, she would not be able to hold her head up in front of Zhou Jimin.

Zhou Jimin did not stop this.

After chatting with Pandi and the others, he immediately decided to take the two little guys home and let them stay with the little goldfish for a few days before sending them back before the end of the year.

This saves the little goldfish from running out every day.

Huang Xiaohu also wanted to follow, but before Zhou Jimin could say anything, Huang Zhaodi pulled her brother and scolded her.

She also apologized to Zhou Jimin, saying that her brother was ignorant and asked him not to be angry.

This made Zhou Jimin extremely embarrassed and Huang Xiaohu also felt aggrieved.

After touching his tiger head, Zhou Jimin smiled and said:

"You are the only boy in the family, so you can't cry, you know? You have to protect your sisters in the future, but you can't let them be bullied, do you hear me?"

This is all he can do.

Fortunately for Pandi and Laidi, they can basically take care of themselves.

But Huang Xiaohu is only over two years old, and only about three years old after the Chinese New Year. He doesn't want to have to take care of another little kid.

When it comes to work, Huang Xiaohua is definitely a good hand, neat and tidy.

Braised big grass carp, I won’t say whether it’s delicious or not, just the presentation is pretty good.

"If you put in so much oil, you won't be able to survive in the future?"

Before he even took off his chopsticks, Zhou Jimin saw You Xingzi and immediately joked to Huang Xiaohua.

The siblings all looked at the dishes in front of them and swallowed their saliva.

Seeing Huang Xiaohua blushing and defending in a low voice, Zhou Jimin smiled:

"Eat, eat more, grow up quickly, don't crush the shoulders of your eldest and second sisters."

As for the seven children, starting from Huang Zhaodi and ending with Huang Adi, their family just wanted to have a boy.

The boys were born, but their parents did not enjoy a happy life, alas!

After having lunch at Huang Xiaohua's house, Zhou Jimin returned to the city with his twin sisters Pandi and Laidi.

The two sisters came to Zhou's house for the first time and were very restrained.
To be continued...