Early the next morning, Xia Chunmei first cut three bamboo poles to use as fishing rods, while Dongmei, who was very enthusiastic about fishing, carried a hoe to dig up half a pound of earthworms as bait. After everything was ready, the sisters went to the river together.

Luckily, I was smart enough to buy a few fishhooks from the Wang family.

There are already many people fishing by the river so early. If I act like I did yesterday, they'll definitely find out I have some kind of cheat code, and I might even be burned at the stake as a monster.

Worried that Yaomei would run away, Xia Chunmei tied Yaomei to her back. This way, she could work without worrying about Yaomei, although it was tiring to carry her for a long time.

About five minutes after the fishing hook was in the water, Xia Chunmei silently prayed: I hope all three of us sisters can catch a blackfish!

Less than a minute later, all three fishing rods started moving. The three sisters immediately pulled, and wow, they caught snakehead fish, each weighing at least three pounds!

That's some serious cheat code!

Because Xia Chunmei caught so many big grass carp the day before yesterday and yesterday, she attracted everyone's attention as soon as she arrived today. When the fish were put into the ditch, everyone else was even more excited than she was!

"Chunmei, you're so lucky!"

"Chunmei, do you have some secret recipe? Teach us!"

"Yeah, teach us!"

A group of teenagers surrounded Xia Chunmei, staring at her expectantly.

"There's no secret, I'm just lucky."

Remove the fish, re-bait it, and cast the hook back into the river.

Seeing this, Xia Changjiang's eldest grandson, Xia Baofu, immediately moved his fishing spot next to Xia Chunmei, with their hooks less than half a meter apart!

"Xia Baofu, what do you mean?" Xia Ping demanded. "Have you no shame?"

"Mind your own business! This river belongs to everyone. She can fish here, and so can I. Get out of my way."

Xia Ping was about to speak when Xia Chunmei stopped her, saying, "I think his fishing spot was pretty good. Ping-jie, if you trust me, just put your hook there."

Xia Ping trusted her completely, without even looking at her track record!

Xia Ping and her younger brother Xia Fengshou happily moved their fishing hooks over.

Xia Baofu scoffed, "You guys are really stupid. If that place was so nice, why doesn't she go there herself?"

Xia Ping ignored Xia Baofu's words, snorted coldly, turned around and walked away, ignoring him.

This time, after casting her line, Xia Chunmei didn't rush to make a wish; she had to make the act convincing.

About 45 minutes later, she silently prayed to herself, "I hope that the three of us sisters and Xia Ping can all catch grass carp weighing about five or six pounds."

Xia Chunmei originally wanted to wish that Xia Baofu wouldn't be able to catch any fish, but then she thought, why should she waste a wish on such a person?

"They've taken the bait! They've taken the bait!" Xia Dongmei screamed and cheered.

"I've taken the bait too!" Xia Qiumei exclaimed excitedly.

When the three sisters pulled out their fishing hooks, they found that they were all grass carp. The grass carp that Dongmei and Qiumei had were estimated to weigh about three pounds each, while the grass carp that Chunmei had had were estimated to weigh about five pounds each.

"We have some here too! We have some here too!" came a surprised exclamation from Xia Ping's side; hers was also a grass carp weighing about five pounds!

"Hahaha!" Eight-year-old Xia Fengshou laughed heartily, "Sister Chunmei, you're amazing!"

Seeing this, the others looked on with envy, and then one by one they came up to ask: "Sister Chunmei, could you tell me where else I can find fish?"

"Me too, me too."

A group of people surrounded her again.

Xia Baofu was furious! A five-pound grass carp!

He had intended to take advantage of the situation, so he cast his line next to Xia Chunmei. Now they've all caught big fish, while he's caught nothing!

Xia Baofu grew angrier the more he thought about it; that big grass carp should have been his!

"This spot is mine, so this fish should belong to me!" Xia Baofu said, reaching out to snatch the large grass carp from Xia Ping's bucket.

"We caught it!" Xia Fengshou and Xia Ping, the siblings, naturally disagreed.

"Xia Baofu, even though your grandfather is the clan chief, you can't be unreasonable. You left on your own initiative before Xia Ping went over."

"Besides, you yourself said that this river belongs to everyone. If you can fish, why can't others? Now that someone has caught a fish, you claim it as yours. That makes no sense. Why don't you say that all the fish in this river belong to you?" Xia Chunmei said.

"That's right, Xia Baofu, if you dare to steal my fish, don't blame me for being impolite!"

"This is my fish! Give it to me!" Xia Baofu reached out to grab it, and in the struggle, Xia Fengshou accidentally slipped into the river.

"A bumper harvest!" Xia Ping cried out in fright, "A bumper harvest!"

Xia Chunmei was also startled. Forget about fishing, she picked up her fishing rod and ran over: "Fengshou, grab the fishing rod, I'll pull you up!"

Fortunately, Xia Fengshou could swim, and with Xia Chunmei's timely handing over of her fishing rod, they managed to pull him up.

When Xia Baofu saw Xia Fengshou fall into the river, he was so frightened that he ran away as fast as he could, abandoning his fishing rod and hook.

"Sister Ping, why don't you take Feng back first?"

Xia Ping wiped away her tears, picked up the bucket, and took the fishing rod and hooks back home.

Others rushed over to ask Xia Chunmei to find them suitable fishing spots.

“The water is murky now. Fengshou just fell into the water, making such a commotion that it scared away the fish. I don’t know where to place the hooks. You can keep a distance and be quiet after casting the hooks so as not to scare the fish away.”

Today, Xia Chunmei can make one more wish. She wants to go into the mountains to try fishing, so Xia Dongmei is assigned the fishing task, and Xia Qiumei is asked to take Yaomei home.

Xia Qiumei was unhappy; she wanted to bring her younger sister fishing here. Xia Chunmei disagreed, saying the riverbank was too dangerous, and if something happened, it would be too late to regret it.

“Since you all enjoy fishing so much, let’s take turns. Today Dongmei will fish, and tomorrow you can fish. It’s fair.”

Xia Qiumei then obediently cooperated.

Xia Chunmei went into the mountains with only one purpose: to see if she could find ten pheasants for free.

After all, there are people on the river now, so it's impossible to catch big fish for free. The mountains are well-hidden, so if the cheat code works, it would be nice to catch some pheasants, rabbits, pheasant eggs, or even better, ginseng!

In the novels I used to read, the heroines would find either a hundred-year-old human body or a thousand-year-old ginseng in the mountains and become rich overnight!

She was the illegitimate daughter of Heaven, there was no reason why she couldn't do it.

Xia Chunmei didn't expect a thousand-year-old ginseng; if she could get a hundred or eighty taels of silver for a hundred-year-old ginseng, she wouldn't be under any pressure.

As soon as the thought came to her, her head felt like it was being pricked by a needle, with an unbearable stinging pain.

Well, even a century-old ginseng won't make a difference!

If you don't have a hundred-year-old ginseng, give me ten wild chickens, that will do.

The moment the thought crossed his mind, a flock of pheasants flew to his side!

Exactly ten, no more, no less!

However, pheasants are different from fish; these chickens can fly. Xia Chunmei didn't tie them up in time, and four of them escaped. But the remaining six still weighed about seventeen or eighteen pounds.

Live chickens cost ten coins a pound, and wild pheasants should be about the same price. So I'll have over a hundred coins this time. In at most two months, I can get all the winter clothes and blankets for my sisters.

Xia Chunmei was secretly pleased with herself and started walking back with the pheasant in her arms.

But just then...