When I was a kid, the farmland ofin my village didn't belong to eachany individual family.

It belonged to all of ourthe villagers, who worked together as production team membersa team.

AThere was a small river that encircled the village, andleaving only left an entrance in the center of the south side of the villagetowards the middle of the southern end.

Every year in the spring, the production teamvillagers would buy some fish fry and raise them in the river.

The two main species of themthey bought were silver carp and grass carp.

As far as I can remember, we didn't feed them any food, we just let them grow naturally.

In the summer, the fish already grew to be quite big.

Sometimes we could see them in the early morning when they opened their big mouths to a take deep breath just under the surface of the water.

Sometimes, we could also sethey looked like they were eating reed leaves, but saying that doesn't mean we really saw them.

TAs they gate the reeds leaves d arounder the water, so thatreeds we could see the reedsat thatey were shaking.

Also, in the summer, the fruits of the paper mulberry trees that along the river became ripe, which often fell down into the river, soand we could see the amazing scene that the grass carp were competinge to eat the fruits. It was an amazing sight.

If someone did, they would face a serious punishment which was deductingconsequences and have their labor scores that were recorded previously by the production team indeducted from their family accounts before.

We used a needle to make a hook, tied it to a thread, (the needle and thread were used to make clothes in the countryside) found an earthworm, and then fished for a short while in secretly.

We often didn't getcatch anything, because we were very afraid of being caught.

All the male adults in the village held single nets and went down into the river and worked together forto fishing.

They usually stood shoulder byto shoulder and fished from thisone end tof the other end ofriver to the rivother.

Sometimes, they would use a big net that neededrequired the help of many people to work together to catch fiswith.

While the male adults were fishing, the women and us kids would stand on the riverside to collect the fish they caught.

Every time we saw many fish flying from the water, we would hailshout out loud.

Each family would be assignedgiven three to five fish after fishingwards.

Although thait was little, that would be our grand banquet to be able to eat fish atof fish that helped to sustain us during that tough time.

A small river encircled the village, and only left an entrance in the center of the south side of the village.

As far as I remember, we didn't feed them any food, w. We just let them grow naturally.

InBy the summer, the fish had already grewown big.

Sometimes we could see them early in the early morning when they would opened their big mouths to take a deep breath just under the surface of the water.

Sometimes, we could also see they were eating reed leaves, but sayingeing eaten. But that doesn't mean we reactually saw them fish.

TSince they ate the reeds leaves under the water, so that we could see the reeds that were shakinge.

Also, in the summer, the fruits of the paper mulberry trees that along the river would becaome ripe, which. They often fell down into the river, so and we cwould see thean amazing scene that theof grass carp were competing to eat the fruits.

If someone did, they would face a serious punishment which was deducting their labor scores that were recorded by the production team in their family accounts before. Their family account's previously recorded labor scores would be reduced.

We used a needle to make a hook, tied it to a thread, (the needle and thread were used to make clothes in the countryside), found an earthworm, and then fished for a short while secretly.

All the male adults males in the village held single nets and went down into the river and, workeding together forto fishing.

They usually stood shoulder by shoulder and fished from thisone end tof the other end ofriver to the rivother.

While the male adults were fishinged, women and us kids would stand on the riverside to collect theany fish they caught.

Every time we saw many fish flying from the water, we would hailshout out loud.

Although thait was little,n't much, during that wtould be ourgh time, it was a grand banquet to be able to eat fish at that tough time.