Chapter 728: Escape from Famine 33
In the center of the square, a large wooden basin used for slaughtering and shaving pigs was filled with fish, and the team leader was directing people to weigh them.

Half an hour later, all the fish were weighed.

The villagers rushed to the front of the big wooden basin and lined up.

The team leader held a loud speaker and shouted, "Fellow villagers, please don't push. Every household has a share. We will distribute the fish according to the number of people. Each person gets one pound of fish. It's not a first come first served basis. Please don't push."

Someone said, "Captain, I have many relatives and there are many guests for the New Year dinner. One pound of fish per person is not enough."

"Then you can buy it yourself, 30 cents a pound."

The team leader picked up the loudspeaker and shouted, "If there is not enough food, you can buy it with money. Big fish are 30 cents per pound, and small fish and shrimp are 10 cents per pound. Our team will keep this money to buy a few more pigs to raise next spring."

"Captain, those small fish and shrimps are small and fishy, ​​and difficult to cook. I won't eat them even if you give them to me. And you're selling them for 10 cents a pound, who will buy them?"

"That's right, Captain. One cent per pound. Just sell it to us and give it away half."

The captain was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, "Radishes are still two cents a pound, and you want to eat fish for one cent. These small fish and shrimps are at least meat dishes."

"I would rather eat carrots than small fish and shrimps. They are hard to clean and smell terrible."

Yuanchun, who was at the end of the list, listened to the voices of several old ladies in the village. All she could think about were fried fish, fried shrimp, fish sauce, shrimp sauce...

It happened that Geng Dalin and his wife came. Yuanchun asked Geng Dalin to line up, and she went to find the team leader and bought 20 kilograms of small fish and shrimp.

The team leader said: "Mother Dalin, your family doesn't have any relatives visiting during the Chinese New Year. You bought so many small fish and shrimps. If you can't finish them, it will be a waste of money."

Yuanchun smiled and said, "We can finish it, we can finish it. I want to dry some small fish and shrimps to eat when I am tired from work in the future."

If there weren't many small fish and shrimps, Yuanchun would have wanted to buy another twenty kilograms.

The captain looked up and saw that it was freezing cold and there was no sun. How could the sun come to dry the fish? The captain wanted to persuade him again, but the captain next to him smiled and said, "Aunt Geng, you are the first person to buy small fish and shrimps. You can choose whatever you want."

Oh, there is such a good thing.

Yuanchun used a gourd ladle to scoop a few scoops from where there were more shrimps.

These small river shrimps, fried onions, fried peanuts, and fried green garlic are all delicious.

Unfortunately, people nowadays don’t know how to eat it, thinking that small river shrimps have little meat and are just a layer of shell, and are not delicious.

How could they know how delicious the river shrimps are?

Yuanchun swallowed her saliva and scooped up two gourd ladles of shrimps. The team leader weighed them and found they weighed 26 kilograms.

Yuanchun immediately took out two dollars and sixty cents and handed it to the accountant who was sitting there collecting money.

"Goushengzi, weigh out ten more big fish for me." Yuanchun pointed at the wild black fish, grass carp, catfish, etc. in the big basin with a smile and said, "I want three black fish, five grass carp, two carp, and eight small crucian carp."

"Aunt, small crucian carp is the same price as small fish and shrimp."

"Five pounds, then."

"Okay, auntie, wait a minute, I'll weigh you."

After the team leader weighed the money, Yuanchun took out two big unity notes and gave them to the accountant. Before the accountant could change the money, someone shouted, "Oh no, oh no, someone fell into the pond at the entrance of the village."

"What?"

The captain was anxious. He ran towards the village entrance and yelled, "We just finished fishing in that pond, and the ice is not solid yet. Who is running there?"