The next day, Xia Qiumei went fishing during the day, but without Xia Chunmei's magic touch, she only caught three-pound crucian carp the size of a finger and two palm-sized carp all day.

Xia Chunmei traded a pound of crucian carp for a piece of tofu. She used the remaining fish and tofu to make a crucian carp and tofu soup, which the sisters ate for two meals.

In the evening, everyone went night fishing together again.

But this time there were four more people.

They were Chen Jinlian's brother and sister-in-law from her maternal family, and Li Xiangcao's brother and sister-in-law from her maternal family. Each of the four of them carried a bucket of water and a fishing rod.

"That Chunmei..." Chen Jinlian and Li Xiangcao were both a little embarrassed and wanted to explain.

"It's about time, let's go." Xia Chunmei didn't say anything.

Seeing that Xia Chunmei wasn't upset, the others didn't say anything either.

However, Aunt Lihua and Xia Mingshi were unhappy, feeling that Chen Jinlian and Li Xiangcao were not being fair.

Xia Chunmei wasn't too surprised by the extra people; that's just human nature.

However, the maximum number of her cheat codes is ten at a time. She herself has three fishing rods, which means there are still seven fishing rods left that she can use to catch big fish with her cheat codes.

Xia Chunmei didn't specify who would catch the fish when she made her wish; it was all random.

Li Xiangcao's luck was exceptionally bad. After Xia Chunmei made three wishes, she only caught one big fish with two fishing hooks. On the other hand, her brother and sister-in-law were quite lucky and caught five fish.

This infuriated Li Xiangcao.

Chen Jinlian's family and her brother's family each had three, Xia Ming's family had four, and Aunt Lihua's family had five.

Although everyone's catch was not as good as last night, everyone else caught more fish than Li Xiangcao, which made Li Xiangcao furious.

"Chunmei, is your father biased? We're all neighbors, how come they all get more than me?" Li Xiangcao said.

Hearing this, Xia Chunmei was taken aback: So this is blaming my cheapskate father?

Xia Ping'an, who came along, was also angry. "You're just unlucky, and you're blaming me? You're really a traitor."

Xia Ping'an said, "Miss, don't call them next time, or you'll only cause trouble."

Xia Ping'an didn't say anything, and Chunmei also decided not to take her next time.

Xia Chunmei then laughed and said, "Auntie, you're hurting our feelings by saying that. I didn't notify so many people in the clan, only your few families. If my father didn't want you to catch a big fish, he wouldn't have appeared in my dream and asked me to call you over."

Aunt Lihua thought Li Xiangcao's words were unpleasant and said, "Xiangcao, don't be ungrateful. You had quite a catch last night, and your brother and sister-in-law had a good catch today too. If it weren't for Chunmei's father, you wouldn't have caught a single one."

Xia Mingshi couldn't stand it either: "If you ask me, it's not that Chunmei's father is biased, nor that he doesn't protect everyone..."

At this point, Xia Mingshi paused, glanced at the Li family and the Chen family, and then said, "But there are only this many fish."

"What do you mean?" Li Xiangcao, Lihua, and the others all looked at Xia Mingshi.

"We caught a total of thirty big fish last night, and the total for tonight is also thirty. However, there are more people fishing tonight, so the amount per person is less. But Vanilla, you really had bad luck."

Xia Chunmei couldn't help but admire the old woman's sharp eyes despite her illiteracy.

After hearing what Xia Ming said, everyone started to calculate and found that it was indeed as Xia Ming had said.

Now the Li and Chen families were in an awkward position, feeling as if they had taken away Li Xiangcao's share. But they had already gotten their hands on dozens of kilograms of fish, and it was impossible for them to give it away for nothing.

The others were fine, but Li Xiangcao and her husband looked rather grim.

Li Xiangcao was embarrassed.

Xia Shuiniu, Li Xiangcao's husband, felt furious, believing it was all Li Xiangcao's fault. If Li Xiangcao hadn't insisted on inviting her brother and sister-in-law to go fishing, how could they have only caught one big fish today?

The Li family clearly stole his share!

It was dark, and Xia Chunmei couldn't see Li Xiangcao and Xia Shuiniu's expressions, but because of Li Xiangcao's words, Xia Chunmei had already decided in her heart to take Li Xiangcao's family less often or not at all in the future, so as not to cause trouble.

...

Early the next morning, Xia Huohua and Xia Qiang took the initiative to help Xia Chunmei carry the fish to the market.

Xia Chunmei's story of taking her neighbors fishing for big fish could no longer be kept secret.

Soon everyone learned that Xia Ping'an had appeared in Xia Chunmei's dream, which was why Xia Chunmei was able to help them catch so many fish.

"Wow, so many fish! Business must be booming today, it's a holiday."

“Our ancestors have been short of paper money for us all year, and they haven’t even sent a message in a dream. Don’t expect me to burn paper money for them next year.”

"Exactly, they don't even bless us, their descendants, so what's the point of burning them! I won't burn them next year either."

"Chunmei, remember to invite me next time you go fishing. You can't always think about your other uncles and aunts when there's something good to do."

"That's right, Chunmei, we can't just think about them. If you need any help next time, just come to me."

...

The clansmen were incredibly envious when they saw Xia Chunmei, Xia Mingshi, Aunt Lihua, and others catch such a big fish.

"Actually, my dad told me something in my dream, but I don't know if it's true."

What did your dad say to you?

"My dad said it will be very cold this year, and it will start snowing in mid-November. The snow will be so heavy that it will collapse the houses. If you uncles and aunts believe me, please start preparing more firewood now and reinforce the houses as well." Xia Chunmei quickly took the opportunity to tell everyone this news.

"this……"

"We haven't had heavy snow for many years."

Was this dream accurate?

“The dream must be accurate! Otherwise, how could Chunmei have led us to catch fish?” Aunt Lihua said with certainty. “Anyway, I believe it! Starting tomorrow, honey, we need to prepare more firewood.”

Xia Huohua also said, "I think it's true too, and I'll prepare more firewood tomorrow."

"Chunmei, you bought so much firewood from me just because of this?" Xia Tianji asked.

Everyone in the village knew about Xia Chunmei buying firewood from Xia Tianji, and at the time, everyone thought Xia Chunmei didn't know how to manage money.

"That's indeed the reason. I wanted to tell everyone before, but I was afraid that people wouldn't believe me. Actually, we need firewood anyway, so we're preparing more while the weather is good. In case it snows heavily in winter and it gets cold, we won't have to worry," Xia Chunmei said.

"Then I'll start preparing more tomorrow; it'll just take a little more effort."

Seeing that so many people had decided to stock up on firewood, the others who were still hesitant also decided to stock up on more as well.