I Got Rich in Period Fiction
Chapter 448: Fish Pond

Chapter 448: Chapter 448: Fish Pond

Once out in the open, there was no cement pavement, so Qiao Qingyu wasn’t worried about the mud as she wore boots. She looked around and asked Qiao Zhiyuan, "Uncle, have you all calculated, assuming nothing unexpected happens, how many fish can you catch in the autumn?"

At the mention of this, Qiao Zhiyuan was very pleased. Although they hadn’t planted corn or other wheat this year, the entire Qiao Family Team, as well as Hejia Village, had planted nothing but rice. More unexpectedly, the fish raised in the fishponds dug out of this low-lying area had all survived and were growing quite well.

"We can probably get about eight hundred thousand jin of fish, including those from Hejia Village. There are even more fishponds there than here."

Hejia Village was now under the management of the Qiao Family Team and had adopted a team-like structure.

Qiao Qingyu was also surprised, "That much? Have you thought about how to sell them?"

"Our county has specifically established an aquatic products company. The county will consume a part of the eight hundred thousand jin of fish, and the rest will be transported to the provincial capital."

That way, there wouldn’t be any surplus, and they would be able to sell everything while it’s fresh.

Another point was that the team would need to reserve some for gifting to various related organizations, and each member of the commune would get a share.

Actually, that didn’t amount to much.

Even though it wasn’t autumn harvest yet, the Qiao Family Team was much busier than other teams.

With greater gains come greater responsibility.

They didn’t visit the more distant fishponds, but the situation was mostly the same, with specific individuals in charge of management and supervision.

And they also had to guard against people from other villages coming to steal fish.

So, the Qiao Family Team had specially organized a patrol team.

Hejia Village organized its own, and the situation with their fishponds was similar.

In the evening, Old Liang from the reservoir indeed brought two iron buckets full of fish, one containing live fish such as Mai Suiyu and ship nail fish, similar to willow root fish, which are coldwater fish known for their delicious taste. Unlike crayfish, these fish have very strict water quality requirements. There were also a few carps and catfish.

Even if carps were raised in the reservoir, they could still be considered wild, and their taste was equally delicious.

Then the other iron bucket contained cleaned Mai Suiyu and two big carps.

What was cooked at home that evening were Mai Suiyu fish sauce and braised carp.

The cool and refreshing summer in the north was suitable for avoiding the summer heat.

Therefore, Wu Qianyun brought Mr. Wu from Yun City back to the Qiao Family Team, where the climate was now just right.

There were many varieties of melons in the fields, which were now ripening successively. Thanks to a piece of melon land on Zhengyang Slope, the soil there was particularly suitable for growing watermelons, yielding fruit with thin rinds and crisp flesh. Chilling them in well water and then eating them was simply too delightful, especially in this hot summer.

Wu Xiucai was also enjoying his time here, with no thoughts of returning to Yun City.

In the north, this season was the eve of the harvest, allowing farmers who had been busy through the spring and half of summer to take a break.

At this time, they were hoping for good weather.

Therefore, everyone in the village thought of Qiao Qingyu as a lucky charm, because on the second day after her arrival, the sun finally came out after nearly a month of gloominess.

Members of the Harvest Commune finally had a reason to smile.

For the crops in the fields, be they rice, corn, or other agricultural plants, which one doesn’t need sunlight?

So, during this season, the sunlight was especially important.

According to the weather forecast, the weather would stay like this for the next half month or so, and by August, it would return to the usual climate for this time of year. Thus, even if the flood disasters that Su Yunyao talked about couldn’t be avoided this year, the losses could be greatly reduced.

Qiao Qingyu mentioned this to He Xiuyu over the phone; she naturally couldn’t tell others what Su Yunyao had said. She just mentioned that the meteorological data provided by He Xiuyu played a significant role. However, those involved should be rewarded accordingly, and if direct rewards were inconvenient, they could be compensated in other ways.

For Su Yunyao, regardless of her intentions, the outcome was ultimately good.

After hanging up the phone, He Xiuyu discussed with Old Wei. Although they were separated by a thousand miles and not even in the same province, within the same country, science does not have so many boundaries. No one can have a completely independent and complete scientific system.

Only by working closely together could our scientific development continue to improve.

Therefore, during the meeting, they decided to use the opportunity of Su Yunyao also providing meteorological data to restore her previously reduced salary, and then praised her.

The Agricultural Base of Tenghai Research was in the Qiao Family Team, and if looked at from future perspectives, it had stakes involved. Now it is more of a cooperative relationship.

Su Yunyao was indifferent, but Shen Haoze was becoming increasingly uneasy. The matter of A-04, for some reason, felt like a heavy weight on his heart.

He felt he had let his brothers down.

Although He Xiuyu was not a particularly attentive person in some respects, he noticed something was off with Shen Haoze. When trying to talk, Shen Haoze hesitated. He Xiuyu then knew there was certainly something Shen Haoze found inconvenient to discuss, but his brother was feeling guilty.

He Xiuyu frankly told him that as a friend, it’s not necessary to be absolutely transparent; everyone has their secrets and things they want to protect.

Right or wrong, the motivation is still the same—protection.

Just like the world has both day and night, it’s not necessary to expose everything to the sunlight. Just as in marriage, it’s not imperative to be totally open without secrets. This is normal human emotion, the world works the same way. There’s no need to unduly burden oneself with unnecessary factors or uncertainties.

He Xiuyu rarely spoke so much, but these words indeed relieved a lot of Shen Haoze’s stress.

He Xiuyu also needed to find time to pay attention to the Agricultural Base. Qiao Qingyu, Wang Laogen, Liu Chengwu, and the others were communicated with via phone, while Fang Xiaomei had returned to work. However, she was now a mother, with many inconveniences, and now that Shen Haoze and Su Yunyao were married, over two hundred young couples were married at the base.

They all lived in the dormitories, which posed a problem. Therefore, the Agricultural Base and the Light Industry Workshop were still very important this year. Besides maintaining normal operations and profitability, He Xiuyu planned to build several family buildings to the north of the family compound.

Building single-story houses was somewhat uneconomical. Obviously, as development continued, the land in Xichuan might not reach the point of being worth its weight in gold, but it couldn’t be used for just any construction either.

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