The next day, according to the division of labor, Li Rou stayed at home to take care of the children, Wei Yu and Wei Shuang went to the mountain to look for bird eggs, and Wei Jingshu went to the original place with three sickles on her back.
Wei Jingshu came early, and she cut for a long time before the uncles and aunts from the fields next door came.
Seeing the second daughter of the Wei family, she was surprised, but they were busy working in their own fields, so no one asked.
Men, women, old and young, were busy and couldn't talk. There were at least three people in a field, and with so many people, there was no shortage of topics.
"Dazhu, I heard that your wife gave birth a few days ago. Has she produced milk? This baby has to be breastfed since childhood, so that she can grow up smart."
The man called Dazhu looked honest and said, "Aunt Wang, my wife doesn't produce much milk, not enough for the baby, so I feed her with rice soup."
"If she doesn't produce much milk, make some loofah soup, crucian carp soup, or pig's trotter soup to nourish your wife. I have loofah here. Come to me after I'm done with the work and I'll give it to you."
"There are crucian carps in the pond at the entrance of the village. After I'm done with the work, I'll ask your uncle to take you to catch crucian carps and give them to your wife in turn."
As soon as the topic came up, the next thing was nothing more than giving birth. Wei Jingshu harvested rice while listening to the conversation of the crowd.
It turned out that after giving birth, you have to sit in confinement, which means recuperating your body, not being able to work, and producing milk to feed the baby.
As they talked, they talked about Li Rou.
"I remember that the eldest daughter of the Wei family is about to give birth. Should we find some time to go and see her? The eldest daughter of the Wei family has helped us a lot."
"No, Li and her three children can't protect anything. If we carry things to see her, we will be in trouble. After the grain is harvested, we can invite her to our house for a meal."
There was a moment of silence in the field, and soon everyone agreed.
No one thought of asking Wei Jingshu, thinking she was that fool.
But the fool was quick, and she easily did the work of several people. When she ran out of strength, she drank a bottle of nutrient solution to replenish it.
By the time the work was over, there was not much rice left in Wei Jingshu's field.
Facing the surprised eyes of everyone calmly, she followed Liu Dazhu slowly.
Liu Dazhu didn't understand, but he didn't care and went straight to the pond at the entrance of the village.
He threw his sickle aside, took off his shirt, and jumped into the water to catch fish.
Wei Jingshu sat by the pond, watching and learning.
Liu Dazhu's catching fish depends entirely on luck. He often sees fish in the water and concentrates on catching them, but often catches nothing.
After several attempts, there was still no catch.
"Dazhu, your level is not good enough. It seems that you have to turn the fish upside down before you can catch it." The old man who was fishing next to him joked.
Liu Dazhu did not feel embarrassed and humbly asked for advice: "Uncle, how to catch it?"
Wei Jingshu heard the voice and looked over. The old man picked up a stone from the ground: "The fish under the water is not in the same place as you see, so you have to fish a little bit off."
As he said, the old man threw the stone and it fell into the water, but the force was a little weak, and the fish did not turn over.
After the demonstration, the uncle said again: "Fishing and catching fish are the same way. What you see on the water is different from what is under the water. You have to be a little off."
Wei Jingshu's eyes lit up, and she also picked up a stone, aimed at a fish, and threw it hard.
Dazhu was concentrating on catching fish, and a stone flew by. The next second, a fish flipped up and blood gushed out of its head.
The old man and Liu Dazhu thought it was an accident, and even joked in a good mood: "Sister Shu, you used too much strength, be gentler, don't kill the fish."
Wei Jingshu nodded, picked up another stone, gathered some strength, and hit a fish with one stone.
She threw several stones in a row, hitting the target every time.
The old man forgot about fishing, and Liu Dazhu also forgot about catching fish. They all looked at Wei Jingshu in shock.
Only when all the stones at hand were used up did Wei Jingshu stop and pretend to jump into the water to catch fish. The old man and Liu Dazhu only then reacted and hurried to stop her.
"Shujie, just stand there and don't move. I'll fish it up for you."
Liu Dazhui helped enthusiastically. The uncle also threw down his fishing rod and squatted over, and asked curiously: "Shujie, how do you hit the target every time."
Wei Jingshu looked at the uncle in confusion and said blankly: "I learned it from you."
The uncle was stunned, then he laughed and said to Liu Dazhui in the water: "Dazhui, who said Shujie is stupid? This girl is smart."
Liu Dazhui also responded with a silly smile: "Uncle, please catch the fish on the side. Shujie has caught a lot of fish."
The uncle took Wei Jingshu to catch the fish on the side. When they finished catching the fish, there were already many more fish on the side.
Liu Dazhu enthusiastically found a rope to string the fish together, and said with a smile: "With so many fish, Sister Wei is so lucky."
Wei Jingshu couldn't help but smile, and pushed the fish that had not been strung together in front of Liu Dazhu and the old man: "Thank you, uncle, thank you, Dazhu."
Wei Jingshu had a lot of fish, and she couldn't eat them all. The uncle and Liu Dazhu were not polite, but they felt helpless when they heard the name.
"Sister Shu, this is your brother Dazhu, who played with your brother."
Wei Jingshu nodded ignorantly.
Liu Dazhu and the uncle got Wei Jingshu's fish, and just wanted to take it back to the little girl, but saw the little girl find the center point, easily lifted it up, and went home steadily.
"Wow, Sister Shu is a powerful one."
Liu Dazhu also nodded: "I don't know who said Sister Shu is stupid, Sister Shu is just usually quiet."
Wei Jingshu came home with a bunch of fish, Li Rou was startled and asked hurriedly: "A Shu, where did you get this fish? Be obedient and send it back. If you want to eat fish, sister-in-law will find a way to get it for you, but we can't steal from others."
The general would not steal.
Wei Jingshu said seriously: "This is the old man at the village head who taught me to beat it."
She proudly puffed up her chest: "I beat it myself."
As she said, she pulled Li Rou in front of the fish and said seriously: "Carp soup, milk."
Li Rou felt warm in her heart, and before she could say anything, she was pulled to the bed by Wei Jingshu: "Confinement!"
Li Rou didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, you don't have to be in confinement, sister-in-law will make fish soup for you."
She didn't know why, she felt that she had more strength and energy after giving birth than before giving birth.
Li Rou persuaded Wei Jingshu to stop insisting on the confinement period. She followed Li Rou's instructions, picked up two fish, and went to the neighbor's aunt's house to exchange some auxiliary materials.
When they came back, Wei Yu and Wei Shuang, who went to touch the bird eggs, also came back. They didn't get any, and brought back nine and a half fist-sized bird eggs.
Now she is helping Li Rou to process the fish.
Wei Jingshu couldn't stand Wei Yu's clumsiness, so she ran to ask Li Rou. After she roughly understood the situation, she ran back, snatched the fish and the knife from Wei Yu, and slapped the fish on the head. The
fish, which was already dizzy, had no intention of waking up.
She turned the blade of the knife, scraped off the fish scales one by one, and cut open the fish belly with another knife.
There was clearly a gap on the knife, but with her strength, it was unstoppable.