The little yellow duck I bought two months ago has now shed its old fluff and started growing new, hard feathers.

Next to the chicken coop, a new duck house was built to accommodate two ducks.

I heard from the duck seller that these are a male and a female duck. When they grow up, lay eggs and hatch ducklings, we will have more ducklings to eat.

Chu Qi didn’t really care whether there would be more little ducks. She just wanted to see a group of little yellow ducks gathered together quacking, which must be very cute.

The weather was too cold, and to prevent the livestock from freezing to death, the chicken coops and duck coops were padded with several thick layers of straw.

There are also a lot of old and discarded coarse cloth on the walls and roof.

As long as the chickens and ducks don't run out stupidly and stay inside, the temperature will definitely be warm enough.

Winter is a season when it is easy to feel sleepy. Chu Qi took a few walks in the morning and felt very cold. Then, she felt sleepy in waves.

Yawning, she hugged Xiao Huang back to the room, put Xiao Huang in the cat bed next to the bed, and went out to wash her hands.

I came back, brushed off the cat hair on my body, then took off my shoes and socks and went to bed for a nap.

An hour passed in a flash, and Chu Qi slept very contentedly.

In the afternoon, she took her fishing gear and prepared to go out fishing.

Last year, she had not gone out to play because she was busy preparing for the Tongsheng Examination and also to reassure her family. Now that the pressure of the examination is gone, she can finally play to her heart's content.

The pole of the fishing rod was a dark-colored thin bamboo pole that Chu Qi had cut down in the bamboo forest a few days ago. The fishing line and hook were bought from the boatman of Huanghong Lake.

The two Ye sisters were shoveling snow in the middle of the yard when they suddenly saw their brother open the door and come out, holding an oil-paper umbrella in his left hand, a fishing rod in his right hand, and a fat cat nestled in his chest.

Ye Xiwen unconsciously stopped sweeping the snow and asked curiously:

"Brother, where are you going?"

Chu Qi leaned the fishing rod against the wall and carefully put on his hat, "Let's go fishing."

"Fishing? Is it fun?" Ye Xiwen dropped the broom and said with a smile, "I want to go too."

Ye Wenyin silently swept the remaining snow.

"Put on your hat if you want to go."

Chu Qi smiled warmly.

"good!"

Ye Xiwen responded happily and ran back to her room to look for her hat.

After spending some time together, Ye Xiwen was no longer a stranger to this second brother. And because he spoke softly and was very nice to her, the girl now liked him very much.

"Wen Yin, do you want to go together?"

Chu Qi extended an invitation to her quiet older sister.

Ye Wenyin's eyes lit up slightly, but looking at the unsweeped snow, she hesitated and said, "The snow hasn't been swept yet."

"We'll sweep it when we have time. This little snow won't be a problem." Chu Qi said nonchalantly.

It has been snowing these past few days, but no one asked the two sisters to sweep the snow clean. They were just afraid that their family members would slip when walking on it, so they swept a little whenever they had time.

Ye Wenyin was not very firm to begin with, and her heart was immediately shaken after hearing what her second brother said.

Just as I was about to go back to my room, I saw my sister come out with another hat and say:

"Sister, your hat!"

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Chu Qi chose a small river shared by everyone in the village as the fishing spot.

There was heavy snowfall for several days some time ago, and the riverside has already frozen.

Villagers would specially chisel a hole in the ice to get water.

But because the river is so long, the locations where the villagers dug holes are irregular. There are traces of holes in the upper reaches, middle reaches, and lower reaches.

The aquatic creatures frozen at the bottom of the river now have many places to breathe.

Arriving at the river, Chu Qi put bait on the fishhook and threw it into a newly dug hole.

She was holding an oil-paper umbrella to keep out the snow, sitting on a small stool she brought from home, and holding a cat in her arms, looking so leisurely.

The Ye sisters followed suit and took out small stools from home.

Occasionally, a fish would float to the surface to breathe, right in front of Chu Qi.

Chu Qi fished patiently for a long time and spent the entire afternoon here.

Ye Wenyin and Ye Xiwen couldn't bear it any longer, so they took their small stools and went home together holding oil-paper umbrellas.

Ye Xiwen leaned on her sister's shoulder in frustration and muttered:

"Fishing is not fun. I don't understand why my brother stayed there for so long."

Ye Wenyin smiled and said:

"It took a long time, but brother caught quite a lot. We'll have fish to eat tonight."

"How delicious~" Thinking of the fragrant fish, Ye Xiwen became greedy. She couldn't help swallowing her saliva and said:

"I hope my brother can catch a big fish."

On the other side, Chu Qi caught another palm-sized grass carp.

There are already quite a few grass carp swimming in the wooden barrel containing fish.

The smallest one is about the size of a palm, and the largest one is as big as three palms, and it is very plump.

Chu Qi always throws back the fish that is smaller than the palm of her hand. It is not too late to eat it when the fish is bigger.

It's too small to fill the gaps between teeth.

Occasionally, villagers came to fetch water and saw Chu Qi fishing. As if inspired, they went home to make iron hooks on the spot and dug up insects to use as bait.

So inexplicably, the fishing team around Chu Qi grew a lot bigger.

The people of Zhang Village are xenophobic, but there are quite a few people from other families in Zhang Village.

Among the outsiders, there were several women who got along well with Huang Ying. So influenced by the Chinese women, a middle-aged man named Zhou chatted with Chu Qi:

"Mr. Tongsheng, since you got first place in the exam, won't the court assign you a position?"

Obviously, he was just a gossip listener and was not familiar with the official system of the court at all.

That's why I ask this question.

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